Martin Espada.

well-wishers.

Jace Withy-Allen gets a garland or two.

and family share a Kodak moment. Poetic Justice Colors Commencement

Ideals of activism and diversity invoked as the Class of 1999 claims diplomas at Pitzer's 35th graduation ceremony.

The May 16 ceremony began with 195 Pitzer seniors, brightly but changed it. You have made our objective real: education attired in orange and white robes, marching to the familiar for social responsibility." strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" while congratulatory rela­ This year's commencement ceremony also included spe­ tives and friends gathered beneath a giant canopy on the Brant cial moments. Joel Getlin, a senior class speaker, read a fable Tower lawn. he had written entitled "Boundless." ''A look out at the world Political poet Martin Espada delivered a keynote address is also accompanied by a look inward," he noted. ''Always ven­ focusing on themes that echoed among all the speakers: activ­ ture into your interior space; you have an infinite frontier to ism, justice and diversity. "Ifyou achieve justice, you have trans­ explore." Silvia Elvis with her kids, formed life into poetry," said Espada, who flavored his com­ Another senior class speaker, Griselda Suarez, discussed the Abigail and Aaron , and a classmate, in foregro und, ments with lines of his verse. He is the author of five books of need for diversity and greater respect for diversity: "Everyone Alex Espinosa. poems, including "Imagine the Angels of Bread," winner of needs to acknowledg~ and celebrate h is or her differences." the American Book Award, and "Rebellion is the Circle of a Later, Terry F. Lenzner, newly appointed Pitzer trustee, Lover's Hands," winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize. climbed the podium to present a diploma to his son, William. Espada added: "The greatest inheritance of tradition is the And alumni association President Meg Perry '72 welcomed the struggle for social change. Don't think all of the struggles have new graduates into the family of Pitzer alumni. been won." ''I'm overwhelmed by the feeling of four years having gone President Marilyn Chapin Massey praised the students for by in a snap," said graduate Eliot Baker after the ceremonies. activism already undertaken: "You are agents of change in a Another graduate, Darlene Olfman, added: "I enjoyed the pro­ Photos by Nancy Newman-Bau er changing world. You have not removed yourself from the world, cess. It's been wonderful being here."

Summer 1999 I 1 Campus News

enable Pitzer to continue attracting WASC: Pitzer talented students, regardless of their personal financial circumstances, she Sets New added. "If we are to sustain our deep commitment to access into the future, Standard we must increase our endowment for scholarships significantly." Pitzer received a ringing endorsement this The Fletcher Jones Foundation, based winter from its accrediting body, which in Los Angeles, has been one of the most also praised the College for setting a new generous and important foundation standard for education. supporters of Pitzer College. Foundation In a memo to the Pitzer community in President John P. Pollock served on the March, President Marilyn Chapin Massey Pitzer board of trustees from 1967 to 1976. said that the Commission of the Western In recent years, the foundation has helped Association of Schools and Colleges Pitzer complete its campus-wide informa­ (WASC) officially accepted the report of tion network by funding the wiring of the evaluation team that visited the College Holden, Sanborn and Mead halls. Prior in December. "In addition to reaffirming grants include funding The Fletcher Jones our accreditation, WASC explicitly praised Co·stars Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin flank Susan Dolgen at "The Out-of-Towners" premiere. Language and Culture Laboratory, a the College's integration of its educational Photo by Eric Charbonneau Fletcher Jones Professorship in Political objectives," she said. donors, noting that half of Pitzer students exchange information. Studies, a student loan fund and annual The letter dated Feb. 25 from the have some kind of scholarship support. "I This program is unique in higher support for Pitzer's academic programs. Commission said: "The evaluation team thank you on behalf of all the students," education, says Carol Brandt, vice presi­ found much to commend in its visit, she said. "You are all supporting wonder­ dent for international and special pro­ particularly how Pitzer has developed its fully talented students." grams. "Other colleges use two-way video­ distinctive educational objectives so that Pitzer Jocks Susan Dolgen, a Pitzer trustee and conferencing for distance learning," she they form a seamless whole. Interdiscipli­ chairman of CSSSA's board of trustees, co­ said. "But it's unusual to use it for intercul­ nary perspectives, social responsibility and Join Sagehen chaired the event with Martin, Hawn and tural exchange and to share that resource intercultural understanding infuse the Jonathan 1. Dolgen, chairman of Viacom with the local community." curriculum and programs of the College." Hall of Fame Entertainment Group. "It is important to Pitzer established the "Doorways to WASC suggested that other colleges and raise money for educational institutions," Asia" program under a two-year, $160,000 Three Pitzer graduates-a record-setting universities would do well to emulate Susan Dolgen said. "It is important for grant from The Freeman Foundation. football player and All Americans in tennis Pitzer's example, in effect saying that the schools to get visibility. Pitzer has wonder­ Among its goals are to increase teaching and basketball-were inducted into the College is setting a new standard for such ful professors. They develop a social and learning about Asian countries, Pomona-Pitzer Athletic Hall of Fame at education. conscience in students and self-esteem. I'm cultures and languages for students in ceremonies held in April. As a sign of its endorsement, the really proud of Pitzer." public schools and at Pitzer. Dan Daley '89 was honored for his commission set the date of the College's The evening began with the arrival of The program has succeeded in building performance on the football field. In his next full evaluation 10 years from the last the movie's stars. Hawn arrived with her bridges. At one point, the local high-school senior year, Daley caught 17 passes in one one, in the fall of 2008. longtime companion, actor Kurt Russell, students asked their Chinese counterparts game, tying a small-college division record. Massey also told the community that and their two sons, Oliver Hudson and how many siblings they each had. Because Daley tied the mark set by Jerry Rice from the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, currently Wyatt Russell. Martin was accompanied by of the "one-child" policy of the Chinese Mississippi Valley State, who went on to housed at Scripps College, will be coming his good friend, actor Martin Short. Other government, however, the Chinese students set a National Football League record for to Pitzer College in the fall when its attendees included Pitzer trustees, parents, there said they had none. The local receptions. Daley also holds school records current lease expires. "Having the institute alumni, students and staff members. students' reply? "We are now your brothers for receptions in a season, at 62, and for a on our campus will enhance the opportu­ After the movie, the post-premiere and sisters," Brandt said. career, at 227. In his senior year, he was nities for our students to work on impor­ party with a New York Central Park theme named SCIAC Player of the Year. tant social issues concerning the Hispanic took place in a 5,000-square-foot white community and to take part in ground­ tent erected on the Paramount grounds. Foundation Gives breaking research," Massey said. The Waiters in black-tie delivered drinks, and institute is a natural fit for Pitzer, partly Scholarship Funds multiple buffets offered guests fennel-cured because its president is Harry Pachon, salmon with herb creme fraiche, grilled ahi The Fletcher Jones Foundation last month Pitzer's Kenan professor of political studies, tuna and New York steak sandwiches. granted Pitzer College $280,000 to and because its mission complements that Both Martin and Hawn said they were augment The Fletcher Jones Foundation of the new Center for California Cultural glad they could help. "It's important to Endowed Scholarship Fund, which was and Social Issues, as developed in the contribute to the arts in any way we can," established in 1983 with a gift of comprehensive planning process, she Hawn said. "I'm very happy to be a part of $100,000. The Fund now will support five Daley, left, Duque and Nelsen. Photo by Schenck and added. Established in 1985, the institute Schenck Photography it." student scholarships annually. conducts and disseminates objective, Added Martin, "I think any time we "This gift responds to Pitzer's greatest policy-relevant research and its implica­ Rick Duque '89 was selected for can help young people it's important. They need," President Marilyn Chapin Massey tions to decision-makers on key issues basketball. Duque was named an Honor­ are a big part of our society." said in accepting the grant. Scholarships affecting Latino communities. able Mention All American. He was the Massey also announced appointments to fill the Kenneth S. Pitzer and the Jean M. Pitzer professorships. Steve Naftilan Pitzer Opens becomes the Kenneth S. Pitzer Professor of Physics, and Susan Seymour becomes the Virtual "Doorway Jean M. Pitzer Professor of Anthropology. These chairs were endowed under the to Asia" generous terms of the will of Kenneth Students on this side of the Pacific Pitzer, Massey said. Ocean-many of whom have never traveled beyond their hometowns-had a Film Benefit Raises chance to interact with their counterparts in China over the spring under a unique Scholarship Funds program that uses technology to bridge cultures. More than $90,000 in scholarships for Hundreds of students from local Pitzer College was raised at the gala and elementary, middle and high schools have world-premiere screening of Paramount gathered in Pitzer's Broad Center Perfor­ Pictures' "The Out-Of-Towners" starring mance Space to pay a "virtual" visit to Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. China and speak with students there Some 750 people attended the through the use of video-conferencing Hollywood premiere and post-screening technology. Pitzer in China staff members party at Paramount Studios on March 29, Greg Taylor and Ming Fei Gao helped which benefited both Pitzer and the interpret for students on both sides. Before California State Summer School for the the video conferences, Pitzer students and Arts (CSSSA). Pitzer President Marilyn Studentsfro~ Vina Danks Middle School take part in a video conference with students from Shanghai, China, in faculty helped Chinese and U.S. students Chapin Massey expressed gratitude to the April at Pitzer s Broad Center. Photo by Jeff Malet for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

2 I Pitzer College Participant Three members of the Class of '69-(from left) Sheila Sussman Thompson, Marcia Green and Isabel (Siqueira) Courtney-reminisce over Pitzer's yearbook.

SClAC Player of the Year in 1989 and For Scholder, who now lives in Los earned three First-Team AlI-SClAC honors Angeles and builds furniture, Pitzer's during his college career. Also in 1989, he influence has been among the greatest of was selected as Pomona-Pitzer's Most his life. "Pitzer truly afforded me a unique Valuable Athlete in all sports. opportunity to explore myself," he said. "It Karen Nilsen Nelson '89 was inducted gave me a strong foundation to become for her accomplishments on the tennis who I am now. It allowed me the space to court. Nelson was a four-time All Ameri­ become myself. That's more important can in tennis, qualifying for the NCAA than any individual experience." At David Glickman '92 (far right) visits with a prospective student and his parents at a reception at the Palo Alto home of Anne Bilodeau '69. Tennis Championships all four years at Alumni Weekend, he enjoyed renewing old Pitzer. She and Julie Lindberg '88 won the friendships. "It's really neat to see people attended were Kristin Kasper '91, Alphie NCAA Division III Doubles National you haven't seen for a long time-to see Alumni, Parents Batto '94, David Glickman '92 and Gayle Championship in 1988. As a senior, she who remembers you and who doesn't, and Carlsmith '68, who is also the parent of a advanced to the singles semifinals at the it's surprising who does and doesn't," he Woo Prospective Pitzer alumna, Katherine Carlsmith '98. national championships. In conference said. Another part of the weekend he Admission staffers hope that more play, she won the SClAC doubles title enjoyed was the faculty lectures. "The Students alumni and parents get involved in three years in a row. In 1989, she was Alumni College is awesome," he said. outreach efforts around the country and named Pomona-Pitzer's Most Valuable "We're finally mature enough to under­ Alumni and parents from California to the are looking for alumni to help with other Athlete in all sports. Also in 1989, Nelson stand the lectures." Midwest this spring took a more active role recruiting events, Parsons said. received the Intercollegiate Tennis Carole Goldberg '79 said she came to in persuading admitted high schoolers that Diane and John Lesselyong, who have Association's Division III Arthur Ashe get away from her 2-year-old twins. "We Pitzer College is the place for them. a son at Pitzer, Alan '02, hosted the Dallas Sportsmanship Award. look for any excuse to get away," she said Students met alumni and parents in reception on April 18 at their home. Three with a laugh, adding, "It's fun to see old receptions in the Bay Area; Dallas; alumni attended the event-Rick and friends." For Goldberg, who works for a Chicago; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle. Saskia Van Zandt Wiedeman '88 and Craig Weekend Draws Bay Area software company, Pitzer is filled It's something admission staff at the Urbach '91. with memories. "Every corner has a College are pleased to see, said Abby Alumni Home Also in April, Mitchell and Sharon memory," she said. "You remember spots Parsons, associate vice president of Sheinkop hosted a reception at their home Like other Pitzer College graduates, Jason on campus where you had a certain admission and financial aid. "It helps in Chicago. Among the alumni who Scholder '92 came to Alumni Weekend to conversation." students to get a feel for Pitzer, a sense of attended were their daughter, Joanna see classmates and professors and to bask in For Jo Deane Zalay-Gerard '69, Pitzer the place," she said. Sheinkop '94, Melissa Tuber '94 and Gail nostalgia. But he had another important was a place where she gained self-confi­ In April, 18 prospective Pitzer students Horowitz '93. Chiara LaRotonda '97 from reason for coming: He was celebrating the dence. She remembered taking a graduate­ and their parents in the Bay Area got a the admission office also attended. one-year anniversary of meeting his level course and being intimidated by the chance to learn more about the College In Portland, Robert and Paula girlfriend, Kathy Davis, a Scripps alumna. rhetoric of the graduate students. But her and to decide if Pitzer is for them. Hamilton hosted a reception at their home They met last year at Davis' five-year advisor, George Park, a professor of social The students and parents attended a on April 10. Their son, Hayden, graduated Scripps reunion. "I recognized her from anthropology, reassured her. "He told me reception for students who have been from Pitzer this year, and another son, college, and my roommate Travis (Wright) that my writing was as good as, if not admitted to Pitzer at the home of alumna Michael, is a freshman. Nine prospective introduced us," Scholder said. "He told better than, theirs, and that I made strong Ann Bilodeau '69 in Palo Alto, Calif., students and their parents attended, along me, 'You could never get a girl like Kathy,' arguments," the San Luis Obispo, Calif., where they got a chance to talk with with Lucrecia Choto '93. Brooke Yoshino, so I set out to prove him wrong." resident said. "He was the first one who alumni. The alumni and Parsons answered an admission counselor, also was there. Wright, on the other hand, wanted to really gave me confidence academically. questions about faculty, living on campus, Gordon Baker, who is the father of make clear that he had returned for just That was a turning point for me." what it's like going to a small college, Elliot, a 1999 Pitzer graduate, hosted a one reason: "I came back to see [Professor] The alumni were also struck by Claremont and the other colleges, she said. reception at the Bellevue Athletic Club in AI Wachtel." changes both on and off campus. Goldberg Students came from as far as Marin Seattle on April 11. Fourteen prospective Scholder and Wright were among the was surprised at the Ontario airport- "it's County, Calif Ten of the 18 have indicated students and their families attended, along Pitzer alumni who returned to campus no longer a little landing strip." that they will enroll in the fall. with Ernie Marquez '88 and Yoshino. from April 23 to 25 to reconnect with their "With the new buildings, the center of Along with Bilodeau, alumni who alma mater. Alumni Weekend celebrated campus feels more like the center of the reunions of the classes of 1969, 1974, campus," Scholder said. Now a counselor 1979,1984,1989 and 1994, but all with the state Department of Corrections, alumni were invited. They listened to Zalay-Gerard was impressed with the lectures from faculty, played softball and landscaping. "When we were here, it was a Frisbee, attended a wine tasting and went desert," she said. swing dancing, among other activities.

Jason Gold, 10, left, grandson of former trustee Chair Peter S. Gold, center, takes the cake from Gold Student Center It was standing room only at Professor Barry Sanders' Alumni College lecture, "How to Tell a Story in America: Make Director Chris Freeberg at the fourth anniversary celebration of the center named for Peter and his wife, Gloria, last it All True, Damned Near." Sanders was one of a dozen Pitzer profs who addressed the event's theme, "Truth & March. The entire Gold family shared the day's events with students, faculty and staff of the College, who gathered Consequences." Photos by Nancy Newman·Bauer to thank Peter and Gloria for the generosity that made the student center a reality. Photo by Nancy Newman-Bauer

Summer 1999 I 3 Alumni Notes

The reunion photos throughout this section were while post-doc'ing at the University of taken during Alumni Weekend by Gil Frazee '98. Michigan. We have two children, Ken­ neth (now 15, a high school junior, na­ tional honors society member and middle-distance runner) and Charlotte Rebecca (10 years old, a spunky, bright fourth-grader and gymnast extra­ ordinaire). In 1992, I completed the master's in public health degree in epi­ demiology from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. I have worked at the University of Massa­ chusetts at Boston's Center for Survey Research (senior research associate, 1985), the Rhode Island Department of Health (demographic and statistical con­ sultant, 1986-'90, and project director, 1991), National Cancer Institute (can­ cer prevention fellow, 1991-'94), and the Boston Regional Office of the Health Care Financing Administration (epide­ miologist, 1995-present), where I cur­ Got News? llcasc send upd,l[es to till. Jo Deane Zalay-Gerard rentlyearn my living. Ken, the kids and alumni office at 10'50 N, Mills Ave., (San Luis Obispo, Cali£) I live in northern Rhode Island and com­ Claremont, Calif. 91711; e-mail I am still the California Department of mute daily to Boston. Sorry I wasn't able [email protected]; or visit our Web site, Corrections liaison between the Depart­ to attend the reunion (Charlotte's 10th http://www.pitzer.edu/alumni. You can ment of Corrections and the Department birthday), but I was thinking of you! keep in touch with fellow alumni by sub­ of Mental Health-especially at the Cali­ E-mail: [email protected] scribing to Alumni Talk, an electronic fornia Men's Colony and Atascadero State mailing list (http://www.pitzer.edu/ Hospital (where the most mentally ill are alumnilralk.html). housed). 1969 1970 Irene (Halouchko) Harwood REUNION: April 28-30, 2000 (Los Angeles) Class contact: Susan Price, phone: (310) Last year I gave birth to my "second 828-1448, e-mail: pricewright@ baby"- my book, "Intersubjective and carthlink..nct Self Psychological Pathways to Human Understanding" (Taylor & Francis) . This Linnea (Sowers) Edwards year my "first baby," my son, Stephen D. (Porterville, Cali£) Harwood '99, graduated from Pitzer. As a Hello friends! It's been a few years since I student, he directed Without a Box, the left Pitzer. Lots of warm memories. I just Class of 1974 Claremont consortium's improvisational completed my reading specialist creden­ Roy Lewis Elder (Aurora, Colo.) theater group. E-mail: iharwood@ tial in January and have been teaching We all shared some interesting moments ucla.edu first-graders using Reading Recovery for in time together. I hope that each of our the last five years. My two daughters are paths finds happiness and unselfish shar­ Linda (Witwer) Whitehurst 12 and 21. I hope life is interesting for ing with others! E-mail: R-Elder@ (Pacifica, Cali£) you all! web tv. net "Hi" to everyone at the 30th reunion. Sorry I couldn't make it. E-mail: Molly (MacNulty) Karlsgodt whi teh [email protected] (San Diego) Kurt (CMC '68) and I recently celebrated 1975 our 25th wedding anniversary. We have REUNION: April 28-30, 2000 two college-age children. Katie will Class contact: Davy Rosenzweig, phone: graduate from Trinity College in )'2) 7

4 I Pitzer College Participant A Word From the Alumni Association President Thanks to the volunteer alumni committee members, the Alumni Council and Pitzer's staff, your alumni association met its two-year objective to improve relevancy in just a single year! Being an alum now has more relevancy to the faculty, staff, students and fellow alumni, as we'd planned. I met my husband, Andrew Our new objective is to collaborate more: to increase 1977 Marlowe, in 1992 when we each won an collaboration between alumni and the faculty, students, Kevin Spicer (Santa Monica, Calif.) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and staff and fellow alumni. The greater Pitzer community is Kevin was recently promoted to execu­ Sciences Nicholl Fellowship for more aware of alumni because our footprint has grown. tive director of broadcast standards and screenwriting. We've been wild about Now we want to improve communication and increase practices at Fox Broadcasting Co. He will each other ever since and we got married the opportunities for alumni and the Pitzer community to work together. oversee all program standards and prac­ in the fall of '97. Celebrating with us At its May 8 meeting, the Alumni Council welcomed four new members and set tices specific to Fox comedy develop­ were Alissa (Okuneff) Roston and Lisa goals for getting alumni more involved in the life of the College. ment, in addition to reviewing and ap­ deFaria, both of whom I met at Pitzer. Hector Martinez '88 will chair the special events/Alumni Weekend committee. proving current and alternative comedy They are two of my most treasured Martinez has helped the College in various positions, including the alumni fund programming and variety specials in friends. committee. Mter graduation, he worked in the admission office before moving to a prime time and late night. Since joining Right now I'm creating a TV series job at the Webb School. the Fox broadcast standards and practices and co-producing two of my own roman­ Michelle Jordan '94 was named chair of the Student Alumni Relations Commit­ department in 1994, he has been respon­ tic comedies, "Truly" and "Bachelor Auc­ tee, where she has served as a member for the past two years. Working in the sible for such series as "Martin," "King tion." What could be better than having Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies, Jordan has gained a lot of experience of the Hill," "Mad TV," "The PJs" and a spouse you adore; terrific, healthy chil­ working with both students and fac"ulty. "Futurama," as well as the Billboard dren; work you love; and great friends? The new chair of the educational programs committee will be Eric Ditwiler '85. music awards, the Emmy awards and the Knowing life dips, jags and grows tumors, He has already started several new programs to integrate alumni with the College, NAACP Image awards. A 20-year veteran I'm enjoying these moments of grace. including distance education through the Internet. in broadcast standards and practices, Special bows to Ellen Ringler-Henderson New members Alphie Batto '94 and Ross Roybal '88 have agreed to serve as Kevin went to Fox from ABC television (women's literature), Barry Sanders co-chairs of the alumni admission committee. This is a new committee and was in 1992. W hile at ABC, his series assign­ (magical realism) and Al Wach tel created because of alumni interest in the admission process. (See story in Campus ments included "Who's the Boss?" "Full (Shakespeare and improv theater class News, page 3). Batto has helped with several events this year for prospective House," "That's Incredible, " "America's sponsor) .. . all powerful, positive influ­ students. Roybal has supported the College as a panelist for the sociology field Funniest Home Videos," "General Hos­ ences. E-mail: [email protected] group dinner. pital" and the Academy Awards. I encourage you all to support our new members and stay involved! For more information, please e-mail alumni director Greg Saks, [email protected], or call Steve Temkin (Highland Park, Ill.) 1979 him at (909) 621-8130. We (Steve and Laura Temkin '79) live out­ Michelle Hill Cohn (Flemington, N.J.) side of Chicago with our two boys, Max, I continue to live in and enjoy small-town MegPeny'72 12, and Ross, 9. We miss our friends and New Jersey. Team teaching in a multiple President, Alumni Association fun from Pitzer, although our cousin now disabilities classroom in my hometown keeps us up to date. We'd love to hear has continued to be my dream job. Life from you. E-mail: [email protected] with my 3 112-year-old, Cydney, and husband, Dave, is great! E -mail: 1980 S. Travis Silcox (formerly Shirley Travis) [email protected] REUNION: "pril 28-30, 2000 (Sacramento, Calif.) CLlss contact: Stuart Smith, phone: I'm teaching English classes and Italian Lisa Hogan (Boulder, Colo.) (310) 8}0 2400, extt:l1sion 2<'1(;, e-n1.lil: cinema for the California community I'm a managing partner at Colorado's sSlllith~11 I.lCsd.org colleges in Florence, Italy, this spring. E­ fifth-largest law firm. I'm still juggling mail: [email protected] all kinds of things and flying trapeze­ Steve Murane (Germany) proving that while you may have to grow I'm still in Germany and will probably older, you don't have to mature! E-mail: be here until at least 2001. I'm no longer 1978 [email protected] in the army, but am still working for Lisa deFaria (Pacific Grove, Calif.) them. E-mail: muranes@cmtymail. Goodbye L.A., finally! Hello to the beau­ Gregg Howard (Tempe, Ariz.) 100asg.army.mil tiful California central coast! The girls I am currently employed as catering di­ and I took the plunge and relocated to rector for Arizona State University and Sheryl (Cooperman) Stiefel Pacific Grove, an idyllic beach-side com­ Sun Devil Stadium. My current passions (Bothell, Wash.) munity adjacent to Monterey. Small­ are whitewater rafting and working on a It's been a whirlwind year for us. Our town ambiance and fresh sea breezes are book about travels in northern Mexico's youngest daughter, Miriam, 8, climbed quite a change. Alexandra, 15, and back country. E -mail: greggh@ the REI Pinnacle (65 feet) without a Lauren, 11, are settling in great. I'm just extremezone.com sweat. Our oldest daughter, Elana, be­ grateful for a safer environment for teens. came a bat mitzvah in October, one week Love my work at family services- pro­ Susan (Elliott) Jardin (Berkeley, Calif.) before a broken pipe fl ooded our base­ viding therapeutic services for those in After graduating from Pitzer in 1979, I ment, including our study. After 15 years, need. W ill be launching my own early spent five years in Italy working for the I left Seattle's Museum of History and childhood intervention program for United Nations. Upon returning to the Industry to direct the operations and high-risk infants and preschoolers. U .S., I began an apprenticeship with a grant-making activities of the foundation Searching for grants is always a challenge. San Francisco ceramist and spent the next at Overlake Hospital Medical Center, I'm ever grateful to the sociology pro­ few years producing European style ma­ located in Bellevue, Wash., just 10 miles grams at Pitzer. Blessings to the late Inga jolica pottery. My husband, Fred, and I east of downtown Seattle. Mark (CMC­ Bell. moved to Berkeley in 1990, and have two Stanford' 81) is now directing engineer­ wonderful children, Elliott, 8, and Kiana, ing services at PRIMEX Aerospace in Christy Keefer (Los Angeles) 1. For the past six and a half years, I have Redmond, Wash. E -mail: mjssks@ I am a video camera engineer and have been running my own business, Hopkins aol.com been working at KCAL-TV almost 16 Street Clayworks, and teaching ceramics years! Candace Bergmann also is a fellow to children. I was at the recent Pitzer KCAL engineer. Alumni Weekend with my family and would love to hear from other alums! E­ Terri (Edda) Miller mail: [email protected] (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) I've lived several lives since I left Pitzer, Laura Temkin (Highland Park, Ill.) not all of them ideal. My current incar­ We (Laura and Steve Temkin '77) live out­ nation as a writer/mom/wife is by far the side of Chicago with our two boys, Max, most challenging and most satisfying. I'm 12, and Ross, 9. We miss our friends and exceptionally proud of my twins, Jessica fun from Pitzer, although our cousin now and Lawson, who just turned 15 in Janu­ keeps us up to date. We'd love to hear ary. Jessica is first-chair cello at her high from you. E-mail: [email protected] school and plays second base on the soft­ ball team. She wants to join the Peace David Wells (Providence, R.I.) Corps and study to become a doctor. David was recently awarded a Fulbright Lawson takes Japanese and hopes to live grant to teach photojournalism at the and work in Japan someday. He sings in University of M ysore, India. E-mail: the school choir, loves to sail and has a [email protected] killer sense of humor. Class of 1979

Summer 1999 I 5 James Weiner (Santa Monica, Calif.) Keren Clark (Parks, Ariz.) Lynn Boyden, Beatrice Rose (our daugh­ I am still living in northern Arizona with 1983 ter) and I are living large in Santa Monica. husband Stephen Posey, 6-year-old twin Adrian Arleo (Lolo, Mont.) Lynn recently earned her MLIS at sons, Dyson and Ethan, and year-old In April, I had a solo exhibition of my UCLA, where she is now assistant to the daughter, Sadie. I'm still in private prac­ sculpture at Trinity Gallery in Atlanta. chair and adjunct lecturer in the Depart­ tice as a marriage and family therapist in Still happily married in Montana with ment of Information Studies. Beatrice Flagstaff. E-mail: [email protected] my husband and two great daughters, Rose is very involved with language ac­ Celia, 8, and Ellie, 6, plus two dogs, two quisition and sphere dynamics. Ever sup­ J. Scott Ladd (Winthrop, Maine) guinea pigs, seven chickens and a horse. portive ofLynn's interests, I have become My daughter, Samantha Therese, was a senior architect focusing on library and born March 13, 1997. Life in the great Link Nicoll (Washington) school design, with a large firm (where I white north is great! I have been working as a photographer am referred to as the "environmental for Microsoft's Washington.Sidewalk. guru"). I am maintaining my 12-year Nancy Molin (Tochigi-Ken, Japan) com. consulting practice in affordable housing I joined the Asian Rural Institute in De­ and restaurant projects. We would love cember 1998, and felt at home right to hear from Pitzer friends to share old away. ARI teaches life in community, re­ 1984 stories and create new ones. I can be spect for the Earth, food production and Kindel (Miles) Castle reached at (310) 458-6563 or e-mail: leadership-in a lot of ways very similar (Costa Mesa, Calif.) compass [email protected]. to Pitzer. Participants in our program Kindel graduated from Pepperdine Uni­ come from all over the world, mainly versity in May with a master's degree in from southern and Southeast Asia. Con­ education. She would love to hear from 1981 tact me about possibilities for volunteer­ other Pitzer alums in the field. She now Alex Barnes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) ing! We need community-oriented farm, lives in Orange County and can be My wife, Randa, and kids, Tarek, 8, and kitchen and office workers. Drop me a reached via e-mail: [email protected]. Suraya, 5, and I recently returned from a line! E-mail: [email protected] four-year stay in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. On the way back, new son Jad was born Barbara Sagat (La Crescenta, Calif.) in London in July. We are living in Or­ I am currently serving as the pastor of ange County again and can be reached children's programming and healing min­ bye-mail: [email protected]. istries at the Metropolitan Community I'm especially interested in hearing from Church of Los Angeles. I am also direc­ other co-op survivors. tor of the World Junior Jubilee-a first­ of-its-kind conference for children of gay and lesbian Christian parents- to be held in July in Los Angeles. It is an exciting and rewarding time! E-mail: bsagat@ Chapter Updates eifoundation.org Bay Area 1982 Gayle Carlsmith '68 and Rowan Solomon '85 have agreed to serve as co-chairs of Class of 1984 the chapter. Several alumni attended a reception at the home of Ann Bilodeau '69 in Andy Golden (Los Angeles) Palo Alto, Calif., for students admitted to the College. They are Kristin Kasper '91, Sharon and I are pleased to announce the John McVay (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) David Glickman '92, Alphie Batto '94, Carlsrnith and Abby Parsons '7l. delivery of our daughter, Hana Rose, I was promoted on March 1 to general born March 4 and weighing in at 7 manager of Veri Test, the most recent ac­ pounds, 3 ounces (19 inches long). Ten Boston quisition of Lionbridge Technologies, a toes, 10 fingers and dark, curly hair. Mom worldwide enterprise globalization ser­ Alumni gathered at the Brew Moon in Cambridge, Mass ., in November, along with and Hana are doing great! E-mail: vices company. VeriTest, the leader in psychology professor Alan Jones and Pitzer staff member Jennifer Berkley. Alumni [email protected] real-world testing, provides logo testing attending included Rona Carroll '82 and her husband, Warren Clark '83; Mark support for companies ranging from Bailey '95; Zander Sprague '91; and Kathryn Gately '98. The chapter held another Thomas Perls (Weston, Mass.) Microsoft to Peachtree, holding an ex­ gathering in February at the Back Bay Brewing Company with Professor Tom Ilgen. Tom Perls is a geriatrician at Beth Israel clusive arrangement with many of to day's Alumni who attended this event included Bailey, Sprague, JelUlifer Bale-Kushner Deaconess Medical Center and an assis­ software and hardware leaders. My re­ '87, Carol Davis '73, Andrea Pass avant '90, Lisa Geller '76, James '82 and Charlotte tant professor of medicine at Harvard sponsibilities as general manager include '87 Milan, Marc Broidy '95 and Margaret Houy '68. Medical School. Perls, who recently pub­ expanding VeriTest hardware and soft­ lished a book, "Living to 100," is princi­ ware testing capabilities into new opera­ New York pal investigator of the New England Cen­ tions in Europe and Asia. Previously, The chapter held networking receptions in March and May. Kate Post '95 and tenarian Study, a project based at Harvard I was general manager of the Japanese Singleton Cox '94 organized both events. More than 25 people attended the March Medical School's Division on Aging. The Group of Lionbridge in Cambridge, gathering and more than 75 were at the May event. Pierre Ratte '76 will organize an project's mission is to study centenarians Mass., formerly Japanese Language evening with Pitzer professors in the fall. To stay informed about chapter activities, who are believed to carry the secrets to Services. For more information on contact Dave Neubert, chapter chair, at [email protected]. successful aging and how to delay or even Lionbridge Technologies, see www. escape diseases associated with aging. lionbridge.com. For more information North Los Angeles/Ventura Visit their Web site at http:// on VeriTest, see www.veritest.com. Chapter members held an alwnni dinner with Professor Barry Sanders in May at www.med.harvard.edu/programs to find E-mail: [email protected] the La Pergola Restaurant in Sherman Oaks. Almost 20 alumni attended, including information about the various studies Andrew Goodman '81 (the event chair), Joe Chatham '89, Meg Perry '72, Debra being conducted, their staff and some Dennis Smith (Long Beach, Calif.) Vardi '7.9, Rebecca Tolstonog '88, Matthew Adler '97, Monica Pankov '96, Naomi related links. E-mail: thomas_perls@ My wife, Leslie, and I are expecting our Glasky '90 and Dan Sternlight '86. The chapter meets the first Thursday of each hms.harvard.edu first child in mid-September. E-mail: month at the Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas. "We call it 'Sagehens at the Sage­ [email protected] brush,'" said Chatham, who is chapter president. "The meeting is simply a get­ Mary Ann Voveris (Upland, Calif.) together where we discllss whatever is the hot topic in the world or at Pitzer." I'm still grateful to Pitzer for transform­ ing my life. I continue to be a practic­ 1985 ing, exhibiting artist. I also have my own San Diego REUNION: A.pri l 2R-30, 2000 art restoration business and teach part The chapter named two inaugural chairs-Kim Maskalenko '88 and Monique Class con tact: Chandre Kipps Nicholas, time at Mt. San Antonio College. In the Olesniewicz '97. Their first event was held June 24 with Profess'or Peter Nardi. phone: (jl()) ()30-0,)27, c-mai l: future also hope to be a mentor for r chandre([t>lill1L't\\ ig.coll1 Pitzer. . ~ Washington Karen Buttwinick (Albany, Calif.) In February, the chapter held a wine-tasting reception at the home of James '89 and Judith Wah non (Montclair, Calif.) Karen and David Greensfelder '87 are the Desiree '90 Lange in Silver Springs, Md., with President Marilyn Chapin Massey. Hi there! I'm still working in real estate proud parents of a baby girl, Julia, born Alumni in attendance included Michelle Marks '78, Jennifer Finlay '90, Lisa Mayne with Coldwell Banker in Claremont, in February. E-mail: dkgreens@ '80, Sarah Miles '93, Phoebe Bogert '98, Ed Key '98, Sheryl Kurland-Platt '91, Calif. E-mail: [email protected] Rachel Levin '92, David Feldmann '93, Michael Philips '77, Josh Rosenthal '83, worldnet.att.net Marc Broidy '95 and Harriett Crosby '68.

6 I Pitzer College Participant Marka Carson (Sawyers Bar, Calif.) I am currently teaching grades K-8 in a tiny, rural public school. We are partici­ pating in a watershed education grant program monitoring the river tempera­ tures for salmon habitat, maintaining a wildlife-sighting journal and incubating salmon eggs in the classroom. My school duties include administration, overseeing a part-time staff of four and shutting off the generator each evening. No, I do not drive the school bus!

Tetsuya Kasahara (Shizuoka, Japan) I am the owner and executive manager of Kasahara Developing Corp., and we own four pachinko parlors. Pachinko is a very popular Japanese game of chance. It's not like Las Vegas, and there are about 350 pachinko machines, including slots In typica l Pitzer fashion, Stephen and Natasha Goodwin Prime chose to host an "alternative" reunion brunch at their Los Angeles home during Alumni Weekend. Eighteen alums (with 14 offspring in tow) appeared. Pictured are: (top row, from left) Jon Fied ler '84, Chana Hauben '85, Jeff Landesman '83, Brian Jerlow '85, Goodwin Prime '85 (with son, and pinball. About two years ago I wrote Ju lian), Emily Brown '85, Mike Simpson '86, Dana Bain '84 and Andy Davidson '84; (m idd le row, from left) Mark Warshauer '83, Matt Brandt '85, Laura Whee ler '86 (with da ughter Katheri ne), Nancy Whalen '86, Steve Prim e '83, Andrea Brown '84 (with Macgee) and Fran Kap lan '84 (with Ella and Eli); (front ro w, from left) Nick Taylor '85 and Tiffany a book that includes short essays and my Carroll '85. own predictions before and after the year 2000. E-mail: [email protected] Yoon Jung Park their shelters in South Africa. Yoon hopes (Johannesburg, South Africa) to be back in the U.S. sometime in 2001. Tanya Muftic-Streicher Yoon Park is still living in Johannesburg, Long lost Pitzer friends can contact her (Littleton, Colo.) South Africa, witnessing a most fascinat­ via e-mail: [email protected]. Have become a local coordinator for Au ing transition period in this country's Pair USA. E-mail: [email protected] history. She has given up her free-lance Susan Pratt (Santa Fe, N.M.) consulting work for the time being to I had a lot of fun being in two movies take on two projects: 1) A Ph.D. with this year: "Hi Lo Country" (opened De­ 1986 the sociology department of the Univer­ cember '98) and "Wild Wild West" Mark Massengill (Palm Desert, Calif.) sity of the Witwatersrand, focusing on (opened July 4) . I also hosted a group of Still racing. the tensions and interplay between na­ Pitzer students as they traveled through tional and ethnic identity ofSouth-Afri­ Santa Fe on their Route 66 trip. E-mail: can-born Chinese; and 2) Co-editing a [email protected] book on violence against women and Amy-Lu Srednicki (Woodacre, Cali£) Hello to Mark Lopez, Nancy Whalen, and Get Involved! Tammy and Jerry Allen!

A primary goal of Pitzer College and New York City Jason and Beth (Baker) Steinberg (Woody Creek, Colo.) the alumni association is to create David Neubert '88 We are expecting our second child in and support alumni chapters. If you (212) 761-5361, work April. Our first, Jack, is 19-months-old live in one of the following geo­ [email protected] graphic areas and would like to help and may start skiing this year! If any Pitzer folks are in Aspen, be sure to look organize your chapter, please contact North Los Angeles/Ventura the following: us up. Still in touch with Dennis Casey, Joe Chatham '89 Susan Pratt and Alexandra Davis. (805) 379-4178, home National Chapters Committee [email protected] Deborah Sutcliffe (Red Bluff, Calif.) Marc Broidy '95, East Coast I am self-employed as a family physician. Chapters Chair Phoenix Eric and I have a beautiful daughter, (212) 988-7499, home Marc Garcia '95 Melinda. [email protected] (602) 587-9188, home [email protected] Kristin Kasper '91, West Coast Chapters Chair 1987 Kathy Finn '94 (415) 931-7041, home Elaine (Evans) and S. Chase Davenport (602) 973-5152, home Kristin.Kasper@Q uokka.com (Berkeley, Cali£) [email protected] We were married in 1993 and now have Bay Area a 3-year-old son named Ellis. Chase is San Diego getting a master's degree at Stanford this Gayle Carlsmith '68 Kimberly Maskalenko '88 year in curriculum development and (408) 739-2266, home (619) 485-0856, home teacher education. Elaine is a pediatri­ [email protected] kimaskalenko@access1 .net cian in a group practice in Berkeley. Elaine participated in the California Rowan Solomon '85 Monique Olesniewicz '97 AIDS Ride in June- bicycling from San (415) 431-9272, home (619) 273-4553, home Francisco to Los Angeles! [email protected] Boston David Greensfelder (Albany, Calif.) Jennifer Bale-Kushner '87 Washington David and Karen Buttwinick '85 are the (617) 623-0167, home Desiree Lange '90 proud parents of a baby girl, Julia, born [email protected] (301) 754-0677, home in February. E-mail: dkgreens@ [email protected] worldnet.att.net Zander Sprague '91 (617) 787-0731, home Michelle Marks '78 [email protected] (301) 320-7352, home [email protected] Attention Alumni Artists! Chicago Jill Baskin '77 If you're an alumni artist/illustrator whose work might be suitable for Participant (773) 327-6103, home covers, we'd love to see some samples from your portfolio! For more 'information, [email protected] please contact Nina Ellerman Mason, managing editor, at (909) 621-8219 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Samples also may be sent directly to: Nina Susan Nathan Sholl '76 Ellerman Mason, Public Information Office, Pitzer College, 1050 N. Mills Ave. , (847) 835-4223, home Claremont, Calif, 91711.

Summer 1999 I 7 Connie (Kesser) Tierney Robert Briones (Alhambra, Calif.) George Illes (Costa Mesa, Calif.) (Woodstock, Ga.) I'm still working as a psychologist at USC I live in Costa Mesa with my wife, Gina, I am a stay-at-home mom now. Jessica and doing some private-practice work as and 15-month-old daughter, Inessa. Life just turned 10 and Austin is 6. We cel­ well. I married Christina Trydal, a is good to us. I enjoy working as an envi­ ebrated Austin's birthday at Disney Pepperdine grad, at the end of March! ronmental engineering consultant, al­ World. It was great! Patrick now works though my passion is writing, and I hope for Internet Security Systems and loves Juanita Gonzalez (Arcadia, Calif.) one day to be a prolific writer! Hey, it! Would love to hear from old friends. We are back in California after six years you gotta keep dreaming! E-mail: E-mail: [email protected] ofliving in New York and Michigan. I'm [email protected] ready to go back to the Midwest! William Po lese 1988 Michael Gosnell (Monrovia, Calif.) (Manchester by the Sea, Mass.) Tess (Jackson) Albert My wife, Julia, and I have a beautiful William and Beth Gura Polese '90 cel­ (Owings Mills, Md.) daughter, Kayla Janice, born July 14, ebrated the birth of their first child, It was great fun to return to campus for 1998. I'm keeping busy with family, daughter Samantha Jane, on Nov. 19, our 10th reunion (May '98)! I enjoyed bridge and the outdoors. I'm currently 1998. Samantha weighed in at 7 pounds showing my kids (Kelsey,S, and working on the 275 peaks over 5,000 feet 11 ounces and was 22 inches long. Alexander, 18 months) around campus. in Southern California (just went over Beth and William live in Manchester Many exciting changes! I had a good time 100). E-mail: [email protected] by the Sea. Beth works for IBM, and catching up with friends I miss, but won­ William works at Forrester Research in der where others are. Lisa Marten ... are David Kadan (Marion, Australia) Cambridge, Mass. E-mail: wpolese@ you out there? Please contact me. Currently, I am very busy as a third-year forrester.com student at the Flinders University School of Medicine. On vacations I try to see as much of Australia as possible. E-mail: 1990 [email protected] r il 28-30, 2000 Alumnae Poets Honored by NEA Class c.ontact: David Straus, p~()n : ( ~ 10) Laura Scharfenberg (Lincoln, Va.) 273 3979, e-mail: Dstr.tus~.lv10m My husband, John, and I live in Lincoln, I don't know how Va., about 50 miles west of Washington. Catherine Francine Caporale to get out ofthis beauty I have "retired" from Capitol Hill to raise (Claremont, Calif.) -"Door" by Dana Levin our daughter, Charlotte, who was born Francine recently announced her engage­ on Oct. 26, 1997. I am loving life and ment to Jay Cordes, and they are plan­ Dana Levin '87 and Maurya Simon '80 were rwo of 40 writers who won coveted had a wonderful time at my 10-year re­ ning a spring wedding in the Caribbean. 1999 Creative Writing Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in union. I hope to see more classmates at Francine is a licensed marriage and fam­ December, chosen from a field of nearly 1,000 applicants nationwide. Each received the next one! E-mail: jnlscharf@aolcom ily therapist at Creative Counseling Cen­ $20,000. ter in Claremont and with the Claremont Poetry found Dana Levin in the second grade. Every Thursday, she and the other Ellen (G likbarg) Shea Unified School District. Her future hus­ children would watch a film in the cafeteria and then would return to the classroom (San Mateo, Calif.) band is a computer programmer at Pres­ to write about it. One Thursday, they saw a film about an astronaut being chased by Ellen and her husband, Tom, are living tige Software in Anaheim Hills. E-mail: a space monster, Levin said. As she began to write about the film, Levin tossed the in San Mateo, Calif, with their new baby, Francap [email protected] words about in her mind-space and chase-and began to realize in the play of Patrick John. Ellen will be going back to words the power of language. teaching music and singing part time. Julie Flapan (Los Angeles) "I thought, 'I can make a poem out of this,'" she said. Just moved back to L.A. after four years On that Thursday began a lifelong passion that has culminated in the publica­ in Chicago, where I met my partner, tion of her first book of poetry, "In the Surgical Theatre," and winning the NEA 1989 Andy Feig. We were married June '98 in grant. Jill (Weiser) Farbarik (Seattle) Iowa. I am currently pursuing a doctor­ Levin, 33, won for "In the Surgical Theatre," which has also won the American Jill married Ray Farbarik on July 19, ate in education at UCLA and working Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize. The book will be published by Copper 1998. In attendance were Kendall Jones, as a diversity trainer with the A World of Canyon Press in fall 1999. She has also won a 1998 Pushcart Prize, honoring the Erica Levin, Michelle Kipper '90, Dara Difference Institute. Loving life! E-mail: best writing among the small presses, for her poem "Door," which was published in Schlissel '91, Julie Jacobs '90, Megan [email protected] "Countermeasures. " Conboy '87, Leslie Anderson '87, Chela After Pitzer, Levin earned a master's degree in creative writing from New York Richheimer '90, John Corey (CMC '89) Gale Mead (San Diego) University, then taught at Burlingron College in Burlington, Vt., for several years. and D'Arcy McGrath. I'm working for National Geographic In 1998, she returned to Pitzer as a visiting professor. She is now a visiting professor as a writer and editor. I recently moved at The College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. Michael Goldberg to San Diego. Life is good! E-mail: Levin said her poetry depicts "the nature of suffering, whether it be political, (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) [email protected] personal or physical," and how suffering can be "transformed into enlightenment" I currently reside in Marina Del Reyand and even joy. What she looks for from poetry, she said, is a "transformation of work at a law firm in Century City, spe­ Beth Gura Polese consciousness-political, spiritual-some kind of waking up." cializing in securities fraud, consumer (Manchester by the Sea, Mass.) The settings for her poems range from places where suffering is part of the fraud and antitrust law. E-mail: Beth and William Po lese '89 celebrated the ordinary, from hospitals and operating rooms to New York City, northern Wyoming [email protected] birth of their first child, daughter and Bosnia. Samantha Jane, on Nov. 19, 1998. Simon won for her work, "A Brief History of Punctuation," an inquiry into the philosophy of language and being. It is her fourth volume of poetry. For Simon, poetry is a way of making sense of the world through language. Simon, 48, has been at the University of California, Riverside, for the past 15 years and was recently made full professor of creative writing. Both poets said their Pitzer experience was a big influence. Levin called her time at Pitzer "totally essential" to her development as a poet, while Simon said it was formative. And both had special praise for Barry Sanders, lauding his openness and breadth of knowledge. "He encouraged me to live inside my creativity," Levin said. Simon credited Sanders as well as Agnes Jackson and Ellin Ringler-Henderson. "I don't think I would be where I am today without them," she said. "The atmosphere in general fostered experiment, activity and independence outside of the classroom," Levin said. Poets, Levin said, provide a shadow history. "Things not given validity in history texts come out in poetry," she said. And she is not particularly disappointed that poets are not in the spotlight. "In a bizarre way, it's a blessing that poetry is not a lucrative art form because it's not as prey to the desires of the market," she said. "You can still take risks because there is nothing to lose, talk about things like God and the spiritual life and emotional difficulties. It's an incredible medium for speaking about truth."

Class of 1989

8 I Pitzer College Participant Alumni Careers: Pitzer Medical Practice Makes Perfect [This is a new featu1'e for Participant, highlighting the career choices ofPitzer alumni. In this edition, we look at alumni in the field of medicine.]

While it is better known for social sciences, Pitzer College has also produced a pantheon of graduates in hard science who have gone on to successful careers in medicine. Phillip Frykman '90, a surgeon now living in Cincinnati, says Pitzer's interdisciplinary approach to education gave him the Samantha weighed in at 7 pounds 11 freedom to pursue a unique goal-a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Pitzer combined with an MBA from the Claremont ounces and was 22 inches long. Beth and Graduate School (now Claremont Graduate University) . William live in Manchester by the Sea. "That's the beauty of Pitzer," enthuses Frykman. "I had a very well-rounded pre-medical scientific education; 1 did hands-on Beth works for IBM, and William works research in the summer; and 1 learned about money, management and finance. 1 never would have been able to do that if it wasn't at Forrester Research in Cambridge, for Pitzer's structure, which allows you to take a significant number of courses outside Mass. E-mail: [email protected] your own field." Many Pitzer alumni now in medicine went through the Joint Sciences Program, Victor Guillermo Sanchez which they say provided them with the class offerings and faculty of a much larger (Pasadena, Calif.) institution by pooling the resources of Scripps, Pitzer and Claremont McKenna's Victor and Connie Salgado were married science departments. at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Santa And at a time in their lives when they really needed guidance and inspiration, one Barbara, Calif., on March 13. A recep­ Pitzer professor in particular stepped forward to help. He was biology's David Sadava. tion followed at the Cabrillo Arts Cen­ Frykman, for instance, recalls how Sadava arranged for him to work in the lab of ter in Santa Barbara. In attendance were Joseph Goldstein and Michael Brown, two Nobel Prize winners in biology who had Pitzer alumni Inger Soto '92, Candice given a series of lectures at Pitzer. Sadava struck up an acquaintance with the Nobel Bryner '91, James Foley '91 and Catherine laureates and later arranged for FryklIlan to spend time in their lab at the University of Francine Caporale. The couple spent their Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Eventually, Frykman earned his M.D. honeymoon in Costa Rica. and Ph.D. there. Frykman Stephanie Quarles-Jackson '76 also recalls Sadava and physics professor emeritus Sarah (Gedney) Shuffler Leonard Dart as key mentors. "They took such a strong interest and concern for my (Wellesley, Mass.) well being and offered guidance," says Quarles-Jackson, a Los Angeles pediatrician. C ongratulations to the Shuffler family Married to an anesthesiologist she met during her residency and mother to two girls, Quarles-Jackson works in private practice on the birth of their son, Mason, born in Beverly Hills and for the Los Angeles Unified School District, where she does medical evaluations for special education students. Jan. 16. Although she was accepted to UCLA and USC, Quarles-Jackson chose to attend Pitzer as the result of a fluke meeting when an admissions officer came to her Los Angeles high school. She had never heard of Pitzer, but visited and fell in love with the campus. "It was a small school and far enough so I'd be away and near enough to my home that I'd be able to visit my family," she says. 1991 Quarles-Jackson liked the cross-pollination of taking classes with students from other Claremont campuses and the personal Ari Bass (Culver City, Calif.) attention she got at Pitzer. She says this hit home when she took a summer class at UCLA one year. I have recently transferred out of the au­ "It was very large, and 1 realized that Pitzer was the right choice for me because the classes were small, and you can have a dit practice into a specialty consulting personal relationship with the professors," she recalls . "They know you by name and were very willing to answer questions and group called Capital Markets. The group help you out when you had special projects." performs risk analysis and consulting re­ The pediatrician also finds it gratifying to run into former Pitzer schoolmates with whom she once crammed for finals and find lating to the effectiveness of clients' in­ them scattered in medical practices throughout Los Angeles. She ticks off a handful of terest rate, foreign currency, equity, etc. names of specialists she now refers patients to. strategies. Also, Capital Markets performs After completing the Joint Sciences Program, Brett Kantrowitz '78 went straight to independent valuation of options and UC Davis, where he received his DVM and proceeded into the unique career of bonds. It's a great opportunity for me to veterinary radiology. Kantrowitz, who transferred into Pitzer as a third-year student and learn much more about the derivatives worked at a veterinary clinic cleaning cages while in school, says Pitzer's rigorous and fixed-income markets. Up to this scientific education prepared him well for veterinary school. point, my knowledge and experience has "It's a fabulous science department," he said. "I was able to get into veterinary focused on the equity markets. The firm school on my first application, and the field is very competitive. I've talked to other is also sponsoring me for the Chartered Pitzer graduates over the years, and those who have applied to vet school have done Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, very well." which is a certification many investment Mter graduating from Davis, Kantrowitz went into private practice for a year, then portfolio managers have. E-mail: did a residency in radiology at Ohio State, where he also taught. Today he has a [email protected] consulting practice as a veterinary radiologist, one of about 200 nationwide in this growing field, which includes sophisticated ultrasound imaging and diagnosis. Kantrowitz Matthew Davis (Oak Park, Ill.) Kantrowitz lives on a 10-acre citrus and avocado ranch in Ojai, Calif, with his wife After serving as the top assistant of a na­ and three children. So does this vet have pets? Kantrowitz laughingly enumerates his menagerie: 11 Iceland ponies that he and his tionally ranked Division II basketball wife raise and train, three dogs, a cat, a 21-year-old parrot and numerous chickens. team for the past two years, I have relo­ Looking back at his Pitzer days, Kantrowitz reflects on the thorough scientific grounding he got in those formative college cated to Chicago and am now working years. "With the Joint Sciences Program, you're combining three or four colleges together, which gives it the staff of a much larger at Andersen Consulting. In my capacity institution," he says. with Andersen Consulting, I am devel­ Adds Quarles-Jackson. "We were prepared very well. The science professors at Pitzer should be very proud of themselves." oping the diversity curriculum within the -Denise Hamilton flrm fo r the U.S. and Canada. I find my position to be enjoyable, challenging and Hamilton, a freelance writer based in GlendaLe, covered The Claremont Colleges for the Los Angeles Times from 1989-'95. rewarding. I like the "Windy City." Old friends are welcome to contact me by calling (708) 445-0503 or e-mail: Zander Sprague (Brighton, Mass.) Michele Botwin (Los Angeles) [email protected]. I have a new job! I am now a business I am finishing my master's degree in jour­ systems analyst for Mellon Bank. E-mail: nalism at USC and working as a news Claudette Hatcher (Bellevue, Wash.) [email protected] editor for Online Journalism Review I have been busy with theater since March (http://www.ojr.org) , produced at the '97. I appeared in a short film released Lynne (Kristoffersen) Stallings Annenberg School for Communication on video called "The Olive Pit." Cur­ (Fullerton, Calif.) at USc. I am also an intern at the Los rently, I'm singing in the stage produc­ I received my Ph.D. in linguistics from Angeles Times, writing for the calendar tion of "Prelude to a Kiss" and will ap­ USC last year and have been teaching section. E-mail: [email protected] pear in the Seattle Fringe Festival in courses at Cal State San Marcos. I re­ March. E-mail: [email protected] cently accepted a postdoctoral research Monlica Chung (Lombard, Ill.) fellowship at Indiana University in In­ I am currently engaged to be married. I Joshua Ross Herman (San Diego) dianapolis, to do language acquisition have been teaching elementary school I have moved to San Diego and started research on deaf children who have co­ since I graduated from Northwestern my private practice. I am practicing Radi­ chlear implants. E-mail: lstallin@ University with a master's degree in el­ cal Sanity, a highly effective form of scf. usc.edu ementary education and social policy. I psycho-spiritual counseling. I have just have been teaching for six years. Five years completed a three-article series for a lo­ were spent in a fifth-grade class and now cal newspaper and have also been teach­ 1992 I am teaching sixth grade. E-mail: ing classes on Radical Sanity for the Alpha Anderson (Amherst, Mass.) [email protected] LearningXchange. I am about to launch Alpha and Jack Delap will be married next an online transformational program on winter and are both pursuing post-gradu­ Michael Corbin (Mission, Kan.) my Web page. I am also working on ate degrees. They would love to hear from I'm getting married July 31 to Elizabeth "Choose Joy, A Radical Sanity Approach old Pitzer friends. Call (206) 523-3744 Hayes in Kansas City! to Self-Love." I am very excited and or e-mail: [email protected]. happy about my work and life. Please e­ Anthony Faber (Chicago) mail me at [email protected]. Me gusta fa pinata verde.

Summer 1999 I 9 Jacquelyn Kaster premiered in May. The feature film was (Newport Beach, Calif) 1993 shot in Santa Cruz and screened at the I have been promoted to director of bus i­ Lucrecia Choto (Vancouver, Wash.) New York Indie Film Fest. E-mail: ness development and planning at St. I got married July 4, 1998, to Kurt [email protected] Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Ca­ Mueller, Vassar '93. We met while study­ lif., and recently moved to Newport ing abroad through Scripps in Quito, Chris Gamel (Galveston, Texas) Beach. E-mail: [email protected] Ecuador, in 1992. We honeymooned in Chris finished his master's in biology Thailand. I was recently hired by Lewis from the University ofTe xas-Pan Ameri­ Jennifer (Whorton) Mann & Clark College as the assistant director can, where he met Noemi Adame. They (Pomona, Calif.) of overseas and off-campus programs. I were married on May 24, 1998, and hon­ My husband, Dereck, and I just had our continue to do community activist work eymooned in Fiji and Australia. Chris is first baby daughter, Cara Heather, in Sep­ and have been instrumental in organiz­ currently working on his Ph.D. in ma­ tember 1998. I want to wish congratula­ ing a non-profit Latino advocacy orga­ rine biology at Texas A&M in Galveston, tions to John McGaha and Sharon, and nization called Latinos Labrando while his wife is a medical student at the Mychal Rosenbaum and Kirstie on their Caminos (Latinos Opening Pathways) in University ofTexas-Medical Branch. His upcoming weddings. A big hello to Vancouver, Wash. E-mail: choto@ fieldwork involves studying cape fur seals Michelle Sarkisian-Hickey and new baby, lclark.edu in South Africa for two months out of Sydney. E-mail: [email protected] the year. E-mail: [email protected] Quincy Horan (Kent, Conn.) Matt Martin (Portland, Ore.) I'm still enjoying life as a would-be farmer Michelle Excell Jordan (Los Angeles) Still in Portland working for Adidas In­ here in Connecticut, growing and sell­ Michelle and husband, Edward, are ternational in footwear development. ing my vegetables to the local restaurants thrilled to announce the arrival of their Recently got engaged to a wonderful and others. I'm also happy to report d augh ter, Kamaria Gye Nyame, on woman (no date yet). Hope everyone is that fellow alumni, Matthew (Matty) March 29. Kamaria weighed in at 6 1 well. E-mail: [email protected] Edwards '92 and Sacha Malkin have re­ pounds 13 ounces and 19 / 2 inches. cently become engaged. "Hi" to all Kamaria means "like the moon," and Gye Thomas Mills (San Francisco) Pitzoids! E-mail: [email protected] Nyame means "I fear no man." E-mail: I received my master of urban planning [email protected] degree from San Jose State University this Adrienne Houser Kuhn (Portland, Ore.) May. I hope to specialize in neighbor­ I am in my third year of teaching middle Erika Mariscal (Upland, Calif) hood revitalization and economic devel­ school in the district I grew up in. I am Since graduating, I received a teaching opment in my career as a planner. Last expecting a baby May 22, 1999! I would credential from the University of October, I married Lia Brown in San love to hear from Pitzer folks. E-mail: Redlands. I've been teaching in the Francisco. Pitzer alumni attendees in­ [email protected] Fontana Unified School District since cluded Sarah Compton, Max Langert, 1995. I will complete my M.A. next Deryck O'Brien '93 and Freya Prowe '94. Lia Kevin Murphy (Goleta, Calif.) spring and begin a counseling position and I are living in San Francisco, but will I received my M.A. in art history from during the following school year. In De­ be moving to Portland, Ore., in Septem­ the University of Massachusetts, cember I will marry Miguel Agosto, ber. In the meantime, I will continue Amherst, in May '98. Currently, I am whom I met while studying abroad working as a transportation planner for working toward a Ph.D in art history at in Spain during my junior year at Pitzer. the Presidio Trust at the Presidio of San the University of California, Santa Bar­ E-mail: [email protected] Francisco. I would love to hear from lost bara with an emphasis in American paint­ friends, especially you Portland contacts. ing. E-mail: [email protected] Kathy (Finn) Sensa men (Phoenix) Please e-mail me:[email protected]. Kathy married Paul Sensamen on Nov. Nina Schnall (Pacot, Haiti) 14, 1998, in Phoenix. Paul is press secre­ Kenny Tse Jr. (Sacramento, Calif) I'm conducting research for a Ph.D. in tary for Arizona's speaker of the house. Graduated from University of Pacific cultural anthropology at UCSc. Last year E-mail: [email protected] Dental School in 1998. I received a Fulbright .Fellowship to do fieldwork in Haiti, where I now live. E­ Dorian Stone (Santa Barbara, Calif.) mail: [email protected] After working for League Benefits Trust in Pomona, I served in the Republic of New Director Helps Alumni Network for Careers Angela (Ragusa) Stengler Panama as a small-business development (Oceanside, Calif.) volunteer for the Peace Corps. My ser­ Karen Suarez, newly appointed director of career services, says that alumni should I moved back to California from Port­ vice terminated last year, and since then be proud of their Pitzer liberal arts education. Because of the rapid changes in the land, O re., and opened a natural family I have worked as the program director of job market, a liberal arts education has actually become more sought after, she said. health clinic with my husband. But my the newly formed business program. I am Such training develops the skills that students can bri ng to a variety of jobs­ main job is taking care of our son, M ark planning to attend business school in the leadership, communication, writing, computer and problem-solving skills. Jr., born Nov. 29, 1997. fall. I will most likely attend W harton And Suarez, who took on her new job this spring, says Pitzer's career services Business School at the University of center offers a wide variety of resources for alumni to draw from when looking for a Matthew Stratton (Madison, Wis.) Pennsylvania. E-mail: dor stone@ job. In addition to publications, the career center has its own Web page to help I'm about halfway toward my Ph.D. in hotmail.com direct alumni and students. The Internet is a resource for job hunters that they English literature at the University of should not overlook, she said. Suarez can also connect alumni with others in Wisconsin-Madison. Will start my dis­ Marcella Zita (Claremont, Calif) different fields who can talk about their own work experiences. sertation (irony, ethics and satirical vio­ I'm now near the end of my fourth year Greg Saks, alumni director, said his office could also share the names of alumni lence) next fall. of teaching English and art at Hillside that might be a resource. Alumni can help by relating their challenges and experi­ High School, the district's continuation ences to one another, he said. (See a new feature, "Alumni Careers," for profiles of Mariam Gates Wheeler school, in Upland, Calif. I find it reward­ Pitzer alumni in specific fields, on page 9.) (Cambridge, Mass.) ing to teach students who dislike high Counseling students and alumni has become more challenging because more are Mariam received her MED from Harvard school, as I did when I was their age. interested now in one-on-one coaching rather than group workshops. "They want in '97 and is currently teaching in the to know what is going to work for them," Suarez said. Boston public schools. She was married In a market where new jobs come and go with the speed of e-mail, Suarez urges in May '98 and is living in Cambridge. alumni to "follow their hearts" when deciding on a career-and to be prepared to She would love to hear from Pitzer folks. continually develop their skills, even after college. The average professional will go Call (617) 441-8736. through five career changes in his or her working life. A former associate director of career services at Pomona and Occidental colleges, Suarez said she likes working with Pitzer students and alumni. ·"1 am really enjoying 1994 my time here," she said. Elba Alonso (San Gabriel, Calif) (Jobtrak, an online database of full-time, part-time and temporary job listings, is I got engaged to Pablo Ortega on Christ­ now available to students and alumni. Alumni may also post their resumes online. mas Eve. Alicia Lopez will be my maid of Alumni can access Jobtrak at the Jobtrak Web site, http://www.jobtrak.com/. honor. The wedding is planned for next Alumni can also connect to other online job search Web pages through Pitzer's Web spring. E-mail: [email protected] site, http://www.pitzer.edu/ departments/Career_Services/jobsearch.html. For more information, e-mail Suarez at [email protected], or write the career services Amy Champ (Brooklyn, N .Y. ) office at 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont, Calif. 91711.) Amy had her big-screen debut as an ac­

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10 I Pitzer College Participant been singing, going to massage school Alumni Fund Grows and trying to find a music-therapy graduate program to enroll in. I hope As of mid-June, the number of alumni who have contributed to Pitzer is topping everyone is happy, healthy and living where we were at this time last year, said Susanne Faulstich' 81, director of the life to the fullest. Love and light to all! annual fund. "We have already exceeded our goal of 1,350 donors, and we still have E-mail: [email protected] two weeks before the fiscal year ends." The 1998-'99 alumni fund goal is a challeng­ ing $300,000, almost 9 percent higher than last year's total of $276,000 Erin Skitt (Los Gatos, Calif.) "For Pitzer to stay unique in student diversity, it is critical for as much financial I have accepted a position at a digital support as possible to go to students," says Richard Chute '84, co-chair with Ella video company as a non-linear editing Pennington '81 of the College's alumni fund. This explains why all un designated engineer and as a result have relocated to alumni gifts to Pitzer are going to student scholarships this year. In addition to the Santa Cruz mountains. Furthering ensuring a richly diverse learning community, alumni giving expresses commitment my education, creating a post-production and affection for Pitzer, Faulstich says. studio, joining the association of certi­ Last year, 29 percent of alumni gave to Pitzer. Chute noted that for a college of fied editors and completing exploits Pitzer's reputation, that number is comparatively low. "It can't be explained away with genesis at Pitzer are my plan's for with the fact that Pitzer is younger," Chute says. "We must get the message across the next few years. E-mail: Erin_Skitt@ about how important giving is." Truevision.com With increased alumni association activity, alumni are feeling a more personal connection to the College, which in turn will lead to more support, Chute says. Pitzer is working to increase alumni giving by 3 percent each of the next five years. 1995 1997 II iI2S-30, 2000 Leah Smith (San Jose, Calif.) ( I.J~~ c.om, c.r~: Jennifer Vanliew Garcia Mter graduating from Pitzer with hon­ lI1t Marc Garcia, phol'(: (602) i "2·6216 ors in environmental studies, Leah be­ ail: nH~ Irc.i I«(l phXeVL).org came involved in helping educate the Nepali in proper use of chemicals in Joanna Garfein (Oakland, Calif.) farming and in preserving the environ­ I am now working for a fabulous public ment. While in Nepal, Leah was active relations firm in San Francisco, promot­ in the "Gift of Sight" program, which ing Internet Web sites such as Yahoo! screened 1,200 patients and gave sight I live in Oakland Hills with my part­ to 322 eyes. She was also witness to 200 ner, Lisa, a forensic scientist. E-mail: cases of intraocular lens implants. She was [email protected] active in organizing a library, and help­ ing in the fencing of a reforestation Marc Garcia (Glendale, Ariz.) project. I was recently named to the governor's commission on drug and gang policy. I Dana Sperling (Alameda, Calif.) Pitzer College Participant am also vice chair of the Arizona His­ I have recently begun working towards Summer 1999 panic Republican Council, a member of my Psy.D. at California School of Pro­ Vol. 32, No.3 the board of directors for the Interna­ fessional Psychology in Alameda, Calif. tional Association of Hispanic Meeting E-mail: [email protected] Marilyn Chapin Massey Professionals and a precinct committee President member for Arizona Legislative District 19. I am currently working for the 1998 Greg Saks Greater Phoenix Convention and Visi­ Gail Cugno (Ontario, C;lif.) Director, Alumni Relations tors Bureau as manager of national con­ Through Pitzer's program (New Re­ vention sales. Visit our Web site at sources) support, I was able to attend and Patrick Lee www.arizonaguide.com/phoenix. E-mail: receive a double bachelor's degree. It is Editor [email protected] my turn to show support for Pitzer and others who will benefit from the schol­ Nina Ellerman Mason Ayana Rodriguez (Miami) arships and programs that helped me. I Managing Editor Chris O'Rand and I will be getting mar­ love Pitzer! (Oh, and faculty and staff, ried in August in Miami. We look for­ thanks!) Anthony Esposito ward to seeing many of our friends from StaffWriter Pitzer. E-mail: [email protected] Doug Forcheskie (Upland, Calif.) Doug recently opened an Edward Jones Carol Faubus Scott Rothman (Los Altos, Calif.) Investments office located on Foothill Editorial Assistant Scott Rothman and Jennee Berry were and Claremont boulevards, in Clare­ married on Sept. 26, 1995, at the Com­ mont, Calif. The firm has been serving The Dymkowski Studio pass Rose Gardens in Bodega Bay, Calif. individual investors through stocks, Design The happy couple spent their honey­ bonds, mutual funds and annuities since moon In beautiful Puerta Vallarta, IS71. He would love to serve the invest­ Dual Graphics, Inc. Mexico. ment needs of the Pitzer community. Printer Give him a call at (909) 625-2626. Jessica Rowland (Boston) A member of The Claremont I am working full time bringing soccer Matthew Loggins (Upland, Calif.) Colleges, Pitzer College is a private teams to Europe to play. I volunteer at My son, Cal Clark, was born Sept. 14, liberal arts institution committed to Massachusetts General Hospital in the 1995. values of interdisciplinary perspec- trauma unit of the emergency room. I tive, intercultural understanding and keep in touch with many friends Marissa Nesbit (La Place, La.) social responsibility. Participant is from The Claremont Colleges and look I joined Teach for America after gradua­ published three times a year by the forward to Ayana Rodriguez and Chris tion and am teaching a special education public information office. We O'Rand's wedding in August! E-mail: class for children with autism in Reserve, welcome comments from our readers. [email protected] La. I just experienced my first Mardi Address letters to: Participant Editor, Gras-what craziness! I miss California Avery 105, Pitzer College, 1050 N. tons! E-mail: [email protected] Mills Ave., Claremont, Calif. 91711- 6101, or [email protected]. Alisa Ruby (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) Visit Pitzer's Web site: http:// I worked in Hawaii Volcanoes National www.pitzer.edu. Park on the big island until April, when I returned to San Luis Obispo. I have ®Printed on recycled paper with soy-based ink.

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Dear Reader:

We're delighted to tell you that the Pitzer College Participant won a coveted 1999 Silver Medal for excellence from CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The medal was part of CASE's national Circle of Excellence Awards Program for alumni relations and communications. Participant was cited for excel­ lence among college and university general interest magazines with fewer than 10,000 readers. The magazine's award was due in part to hard work by designer Greg Dymkowski; Gary Cordova, the poetry editor; editorial assistant Carol Faubus; alumni editor Jessie Pryce, who compiles the "Scoop"; all of the staff members in the ad­ vancement office; and, of course, our many contributing writers and photographers. The judges were particularly impressed with the distinctive cover illustrations by Santa Fe, N.M., artist Joel Nakamura and our editorial decision to feature a single illustrator's work on the year's covers. This creative approach, they noted, was unique among college magazines. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is an international association of education advancement officers, who include alumni administrators, fund-raisers, public relations managers, publications editors and gov­ ernment relations officers. The CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program for Alumni Relations and Communications identifies and rewards excellence in the areas of alumni relations and communications. Thanks for your continuing support of Pitzer and the Participant!

-Patrick Lee, editor -Nina Ellerman Mason, managing editor