RICHARD MEYERS ’60 days with family in Denver. After a reconnected at our 50th reunion Arkansas to spend a night in Branson. ’60 120 Grand Palm Way few days, we drove to Michigan for a weekend. They visited Hermosa We pushed on to Kansas City for notes Palm Beach Gardens, FL quick visit with our grandchildren and Beach to stay with RICK LEARNED and an afternoon at the WWI Museum Class 33418 their parents. In December we will his wife, Siva Zhang, and Seattle, which was also a really great exhibit, 561-624-2811 drive to California before fying to where they spent time with Kathie and saw a fne art museum. Finally, Cell 914-772-5260 Hawaii to celebrate our 50th and DICK GLASSBURN and Beverly and we returned to St. Louis and made [email protected] anniversary with our daughters and JOHN GREEN. Many old stories were stops at the Truman Library and the their families. We will fy back to foggily recalled and embellished Churchill Museum. It was a great Pacesetters Southern California and spend a few upon. If laughter is truly the best trip and we met lots of wonderful days to celebrate New Year’s with medicine, we all overdosed on our Midwest people and enjoyed some BOB SUNSHINE ’61 Charlotte’s sister and family before meds. great conversations. Go visit your AAA 1261 Cumberland Cross driving back to Kansas. Beyond that offce and get a set of books. We had a ’48 ’49 ’50 ’61 Road we are considering several travel JOHN GREEN ’66 wonderful trip. I send my best wishes JIM STOESSEL ’50 Santa Ana, CA 92705 options for 2018.” 3490 Point White Drive NE to the great Class of 1967.” 44 Westvale Meadows #A [email protected] HOWARD SOHN contributes, “The Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 JIM CARSON writes that he has Concord, MA 01742-2855 only class-relevant tidbit I have: 206-842-0159 recently completed his second 978-369-2104 I’m off to Israel in November, [email protected] historical work, Chasing Mosby, Killing [email protected] I received a nice picture where I work with several NGOs RICK LEARNED ’66 Booth: The 16th New York Volunteer from TAIN BODKIN sunning ’62 toward the fuller integration of Arab [email protected] Cavalry. Jim provides the following himself at his home on the citizens (21% of the population) into summary: “Near the end of the Civil POSITION OPEN beach in Mexico (if you want a copy of mainstream Israeli life for the beneft War, Army Chief [email protected] ’51 the picture just let me know). He of all. On a previous trip, I visited BOB NOVELL writes, “It has of Staff Henry W. President Benson addresses the class of 1952 looked good. I also saw him at our with Svi Smith, son of GREG SMITH, been a very busy year for Halleck described class reunion in late April along with with whom I reconnected at our ’67 both Sharon and me. We’ve the 16th New York FRED FULLER, who had lots to say about POSITION OPEN their association and also the Monterey across all his countryside on trails 50th. And the most irrelevant tidbit: had more visitors visit us without much Volunteer Cavalry as CHUCK BATTERSON ’56 recent books he had read. SANDY [email protected] County Vintners and Growers that still exist today. We walked from My wife and I just acquired a puppy chance to take trips. But we found an ‘cowed and useless’ ’52 [email protected] WEINER looked great as did BILL ’56 Association. Congratulations to Al. Moreton-in-Marsh to Stow-on-the- (20 years since our last dog died) 11-day window in October and after they were ‘cut SYMINGTON, BRENT HOWELL (with We hope all our ’57 mates are Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, around whose life expectancy matches our decided to try and see the mid-South up’ by Confederate Beth), DUKE WYATT, and a few other planning to join in our annual reunion to Chipping Campden, and back to own (optimistic) projection. Strategic of the U.S. First thing I want to Colonel John Mosby’s Sally and SCOTT EVANS classmates. The campus itself is to be held in October 2018 in Carmel, Moreton-in-Marsh, seven towns in planning…” mention is that I became a member of Rangers. The took a pleasant trip to the growing as we read these notes—a to be co-hosted this year by the all on the self-guided tour arranged METE TUNCAY reports from Turkey, the Marines’ Memorial Association in following April, the ’53 ’57 Northwest and British special space. aforementioned Mr. Scheid. by Cotswoldwalks.com. We walked “Due to a hemiplegic stroke I suffered San Francisco. We have stayed there in New Yorkers made Columbia in the early fall. Highlights in 2006, I am not physically ft for the past several times. We stayed one their place in history We are sad to report the passing of about seven miles per day, the longest MARSHALL SALE ’62 DAVE ARBUCKLE ’53 included Glacier National Park, Banff, long trips. Also, my wife, Ayla, suffers time when STEVE WOODWORTH and his when 26 men led by Lieutenant RICHARD WEILEIN on Dec. 19, 2016. being about nine miles, as our luggage 505-690-0299 Lake Louise, and, most especially, from Parkinson’s. However, in late wife, Robin, were using the hotel as a Edward P. Doherty captured and killed [email protected] Our deepest condolences to his family was being carried to the B&B in the [email protected] visits with Maggie and LOU KNAFLA in and friends. next town. We must have gone over June this year we went to Ankara base for a visit to the wine country. John Wilkes Booth. Creston, B.C., and with Nancy and hundreds of feld gates, kissing gates, for the graduation ceremony of our Being a member gives you access to “An amalgam of three partially FRITZ DELBRUECK in Portland. On the BERNIE MARSHALL ’57 and over stiles where you hop over grandson, Emre, who graduated from reciprocal clubs all over the country formed regiments, the 16th was DON DOTZAUER ’54 last day of their trip, Scott and Sally [email protected] the fence or stone wall. Walking the Science High School. After taking and even in some foreign countries. If plagued by early desertions, poor [email protected] were reached by a neighbor friend university acceptance tests, Emre you are a vet, you should consider leadership, and a near mutiny as its ’54 REID SHANNON ’57 Cotswolds was one of the best weeks ’63 telling them the news of the deadly fre was found eligible to be enrolled First Battalion prepared to march to [email protected] we’ve ever experienced. becoming a member as the benefts are storm in Santa Rosa. Scott reports, “Coming back, we told the U.S. POSITION OPEN at Bilkent University in Ankara, tremendous. We used our membership northern Virginia to bolster the outer “The entire development east of us, KOSTA GEORGE passed away Customs folks in Detroit that we’d [email protected] where he will be studying industrial in St. Louis for lodging and plan to use defenses of Washington in October Coffey Park, and the adjacent eastern in January of this year. He had contact with felds of farm engineering. We are proud of him. it again in other cities in California and 1863. The regiment spent most of the ’55 half of our development, Windrose, was one of the few of us animals, wondering what they would “If any of my classmates come to also when we travel overseas. (For remainder of the war chasing Mosby’s were completely wiped out. One block who could get into CMC today. Prior ’58 do. Even though it had been two Turkey we can arrange a meeting further information, visit marineclub. cavalry. They won a few tactical from us, the fre department was fnally to entering CMC, where he graduated weeks since our walk, (we visited LARRY BERGER ’64 at Ayvalık on the Aegean coast next com/reciprocalclubs.) victories but were mainly confounded able to stop it spreading farther west cum laude, Kosta served for four years, BOB MCCRARY ’58 other places), they dipped all the larry_berger@external. spring or summertime. The beach “Our trip was much too much. We by the Confederate guerrillas. into our street. Five very close friends during the Korean confict, in the 1703 Milan Ave. shoes we had worn on the trails in ’64 mckinsey.com is so nice with fne golden sand. drove 1,300 miles in nine days, but “Drawing on personal letters, got no warning at all and lost U.S. Army’s initial guided missile South Pasadena, CA 91030 some disinfectant slop. We were The Aegean food is delicious; lots frankly it was worth it. Our focus was diaries, and memoirs by men of the everything, escaping with their lives, BILL DAWSON ’64 program at Ft. Bliss, Texas, and White Fax 626-441-0501 happy we had others to wear for our of similarities with Greek food. Missouri and Tennessee. We used 16th, and the recollections of Mosby’s cars, and very little else. Advice we will [email protected] Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. [email protected] next fight home.” However, I’ve been told prices the Auto Club books and looked for men, this deeply-researched history now follow: Assume that your property While at CMC, Kosta played end on ALLYN SCHEU hosted lunch for STEVE HALLGRIMSON ’64 are much cheaper.” Liaison note: gems to visit. In St. Louis we visited provides fresh perspective on Mosby’s will be destroyed or severely damaged. the Pomona-Claremont football team, CLARK BOOTH, TONY ARNOLD ’60, PETER [email protected] Mete sent several nice photos of the art museum, the botanical garden, exploits and the hunt for Booth. Be prepared with an easily accessible list including the undefeated 1954 BOB BEASLEY writes, “Amy MARR, and OMER LONG at Red Hill his family. I’ve posted them on the Catholic Cathedral Basilica, (Available at your local bookstore or of what to grab if you’re forced to conference championship season. and I have wanted to walk Country Club. Clark spoke about the Facebook page for Claremont and the Arch. To my dismay there through Amazon in paperback and evacuate in an hour or less, using the ’59 BOB SUMMERS After graduation, he attended the Cotswolds west of their trip to Africa. A couple weeks writes, “It McKenna College Class of 1965 was not enough time for a tour and Kindle.)” fve P’s as a guide: People and Pets, has been a busy year. Our GUY BAKER Stanford Law School, graduating in London for some time. It is a region later Allyn, Clark, HOBIE SMITH, Pete, (https://www.facebook.com/ samples at the Budweiser Brewery. writes, “Since our Papers (important documents), ’65 1958. He returned to his native Long of natural beauty that has been under and Omer met at Zov’s in Tustin. grandchildren from groups/102785443445/). Please join In Nashville we hit the Grand Ole reunion, I have completed my Ph.D. Prescriptions, Pictures (irreplaceable Washington, D.C., and Michigan Beach and set up a successful law architectural control for many years, BART BROWN was away visiting this group if you are on Facebook. Opry, Andrew Jackson’s plantation dissertation and am now preparing memories), and Phone (personal were in Hutchinson in July for their practice that spanned 50 years. Kosta as all homes and buildings have to be the presidential rock carvings in JOE BRADLEY ’65 at Hermitage (where I served as a for my defense. The title of my computer).” was a member of the Long Beach made of the same limestone abundant Nebraska. annual visit for space camp at the [email protected] “second” for a duel reenactment), the dissertation is ‘A Contemporary Look Yacht Club and was a senior emeritus On a celebratory note, we learned in the area. Stretching from Stratford Cosmosphere. Charlotte presided over Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the at Implicit Investment Fees.’ It is a member of Virginia Country Club. that AL SCHEID has been named by upon Avon in the north to Bath in the OMER LONG ’59 a successful million dollar fundraising Johnny Cash Museum. In Memphis study of the hidden fees in mutual [email protected] He was 85. RIP, Long Beach’s King of the California Association of Wine- south, the Cotswolds are home to drive and renovation project for the ED D’ANCONA reports that we visited the Civil Rights Museum, funds now compared to the market Torts. grape Growers as the association’s 2017 countless sheep, goats, cattle, and Hutchinson Art Center. We both were he spent several weeks on the Mississippi River Museum at Mud maker model. I am hopeful to have Leader of the Year. In its announce- again very involved with the Kansas ’66 this behind me by the end of January. TOM BERNSTEIN ’55 other farm animals, as well as acres of the West Coast visiting Island, which was very good, and took ment, the group lauded Al for his State Fair. After the fair, we spent a I am excited about my topic because [email protected] wheat, peas, and other crops. family and friends. He was in the marching of the ducks at the exceptional leadership, noting that he “Back when the king owned all week with friends at Snow Mountain accompanied by Madelaine Shellaby, Peabody Hotel. Then we went over it represents uncharted waters and has was a visionary pioneer who co-founded the land, his subjects could walk Ranch near Granby, Colo., plus a few Scripps ’62, with whom he the Mississippi River and through the possibilities of setting the standard

40 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE WINTER 2017 41 for a whole new conversation in the and evacuees in many areas could not to provide a ‘fortress conservation’ became an executive mentor to three lived in West Los Angeles for more the site and look under Mikey’s Books, feld of investment expenses. return to their homes for more than a buffer zone and prevent poachers from full-time MBA students (a very diverse than 44 years. We did so primarily to you’ll see every book I’ve read since “Colleen and I celebrated our 50th week. After a month or more since the entering from the Mozambique side group) at the W.P. Carey School of be closer to our daughter, her husband, 1995. There are lots good suggestions year of marriage in July. We took a storm the city now looks fne. Visitors into Kruger as well as assist in hot Business at ASU and expect to soon and our two grandchildren (ages 11 here. 3-week tour of Greece in September today might say, ‘What was the big pursuits of poachers exiting into Moz. become a mentor to an inner-city and 13). They live in Capitola, which “We try to go to Europe every year. following the steps of Paul the Apostle, deal?’ Halloween night is a good I was there for a week in February student attending a private preparatory is 40 miles to the north. The ‘thump, We go in either May or September, starting in Macedonia and ending in example. Entire neighborhoods were of this year and this trip will be a high school in Phoenix. I also am a thump’ of young feet can once again be when there are slightly fewer tourists Corinth. We also went to Ephesus still dark where homes were fooded. 3-week excursion. Looking forward mentor to an executive director of a heard at our home and is music to our abroad. We have stuck with mostly and several Greek islands. A very Sheetrock had to be torn out two to to some air time in the helicopter local nonproft and sit on the Board of ears. Life on the Monterey Peninsula Western Europe because most people memorable trip and one worth taking three feet above the high water line. and ultralight, and with tracker dog Directors for a middle market, private has turned out to be as idyllic as in this area speak a little English and if you have any interest in ancient Flooring removed. Everything must teams used for quick reaction force company in Southern California. often claimed. We now enjoy cooler that really helps. We love visiting small Greece.” dry. The challenge is to fnd honest operations. This is not your typical “Finally, as I write, our youngest temperatures, cleaner air, far less towns and the local weekly markets. MARTY KAPLIN writes, “Regarding workers. Everyone knows people who 5-star safari…but it will be fun. The daughter in Ventura, Calif., is automobile traffc, and a considerably In September we found a local set of Hurricane Harvey and Houston— had major damage. I know people who guy running it is a retired Rhodesian expecting her frst child any second… slower pace of life. There are times markets in downtown Athens: a fsh considering how many people were have experienced three foods in less special forces colonel…he demands all Robin and I are so excited for her and when we miss the vibrant dynamism market, a meat market, and a vegetable seriously impacted, we were very than three years! Enough is enough!” shave daily, no alcohol in camp, and her husband, who, for many years, did of the megalopolis that is Los Angeles market. If you go to my website and fortunate. We never had water DICK BAUMER writes, “Irma was you’d better not show up with a man not think this was possible. We have and our relatives and friends living look at Mikey’s Pictures you can see standing in our street so far as I a sideswipe for Palm Beach area— bun or ponytail!” two grandchildren (ages 15 and 11) there. But so far we feel we made the all the trips we’ve taken. You can also know. There was no serious wind thankfully. We had 91-mph winds and JOHN MAZZA writes, “In August, the in Scottsdale, whom we religiously right decision. see the best pictures from each trip. with Harvey, just rain, rain, and more horizontal rain and salt spray from the Berger Boys, PAUL SCRIPPS, ERIC HASS, spoil. We are well aware that with the “I remain retired from the practice We’ve been on one large cruise (with Students form a human pyramid in 1977 rain. We personally had a couple of Intracoastal, but no tidal surge to speak JOHN PETTIT, JOHN MAZZA, and TOM thrill of a third grandchild comes the of law, even if I technically remain an Garrison Keillor) and two Viking 15-minute power outages. Our son of or leaks into the house. My plants BURTON ’68 met in Ventura for a 4-day expectation that 2018 will be spent a active member of the bar. I do miss the River Cruises and one Rick Steve’s and his family, however, live in an area and trees took a beating but they are get together. After watching the pig lot differently than this year. Onward stimulation, challenges, and rewards tour. All our other trips we fgure out years when let’s try to get at least 55 of at the Desert Ridge Marriott was my that was impacted. He lives in a newer quickly recovering. I had planned to races and meeting a cardboard cutout and upward…” that lawyering affords. But I enjoy the on our own.” us together for reunion number 55!” wife, Jayne, along with DICK GALE and home that is built up. He didn’t have bug out to a hotel near the airport but of Mr. Pillow at the Ventura County STEVE RUDD writes, “The NorCal time to live a balanced life and have STEPHEN MARTIN writes, “After the his wife, Chris, JEFF MASON and his water in his home although he lost discovered they wouldn’t allow pets, Fair, we took a leisurely 4-day cruise fres were devastating, but here in enjoyable personal pursuits.” reunion I went to San Francisco where ROBIN BARTLETT ’67 wife, Emilie, and JIM PERRY and his a sedan. Their other car was spared. so we decided to ride it out. We lost around Santa Cruz Island (formerly Silicon Valley, all we got was lots of WILL THOMPSON writes, “Life is we have a timeshare and stayed with [email protected] wife, Lucia. (Perry wound up The water in his street was up to power for three days, but my neighbor owned by ED STANTON) aboard Paul smoke, which was bad for persons good in Mill Valley. I remain active in Northern California friends before Russell Chung ’67 graduating from Pitzer but he is still Scripps’ beautiful 1943 78-foot with respiratory challenges. Lots of our real estate development business, and after. Then came back to Tulsa, P. O. Box 638 considered one of the Berger boys.) ketch. Grand times were had by all. attention is being paid to Veteran’s Day but investing not nearly so many hours Okla., where we had moved half a Sunland, CA 91041-0638 What is remarkable about attending (John assures us that no alcohol was here in Cupertino. We have dedicated as in my younger years. Leslie and I year earlier when my wife retired. I 818-957-4925 the reunion with Dick and Jeff is that consumed, no police stops were made, a combat statue to Cupertino natives are in good health and I’m looking completed the sale of the company [email protected] we went to elementary school no one fell overboard, no fsh were and Navy Seals Matthew Axelson forward to another ski season in I had started in Mexico, and ended together as well as high school. And caught, and no animals were harmed.)” and James Suh, who lost their lives in Colorado. Our daughter Elizabeth my 15-year retainer with Soros. I still then CMC. I knew all of their old STEPHEN WOODWORTH writes, Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan. and her family have moved to a small own and operate www.absalonproject. girlfriends. (They did not know any of “2017 has been an awesome year, with Also, the local American Legion post farm just west of Sebastopol, about an com, which is an archive of articles on mine since I couldn’t get a date until I much to be grateful for and more is participating in fundraising for the hour north of us in Sonoma County. the Danish mortgage system which ’68 was 30.) surprises on the way. My wife, Robin, national program, Wreaths Across We spend many weekends there with I think would be a sound system for Dick remains working for the and I celebrated our 25th wedding America, that decorates veterans’ grave our granddaughters, Lulu and Ellie. a large country such as the U.S. or POSITION OPEN California Teachers Association anniversary all year long. Restaurants sites in December.” My next big project is a tree house for China. Meanwhile, my son closed [email protected] although he claims retirement is did not tire of our repetitive story, and AL CARPENTER writes, “I’m sorry the girls. None of us were endangered his coffee shop, then reopened it as a coming soon. Jeff retired from United we were consistently rewarded with Daisy and I couldn’t make the reunion, by the fres in October, although the restaurant which he closed again after Health Care after a prior career as delectable desserts we really didn’t and I hope to speak with many of you smoke and ash in the air was severe three months, then incorporated/ an endocrinologist. He and Emilie Professor Payne teaches outdoors in 1965 ROB BLY ’69 need and found hard to digest! The in the future. Daisy and JIM CARSON enough to cancel school for a week. started a recording studio which now relocated to San Diego to be near [email protected] climax was indeed returning in May to actually did make contact and when he I’ve heard many harrowing tales of has published his work and others ’69 their daughter and grandchildren and the Mauna Kea on the Big Island, our and Margie visited Yosemite National narrow escapes and several friends lost available in all the usual spots online recently returned from a trip to Peru. his shoulders. He was stranded for has two generators and ran a 50-amp wedding and honeymoon venue. Park. They got together with our their homes. The community support (iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, etc.) You Jeff rides his bike miles and miles two to three days as I remember, but jumper to my electric panel so we at “Robin and I really enjoyed my daughter Madelyn and son-in-law for those who had to evacuate or lost can look it up under ‘Savage D.’” POSITION OPEN through the streets of San Diego fortunately did not get water in his least had one HVAC zone and the 50th college reunion in April. It was Todd, who both work there, and our their homes has been remarkable. RON DOUTT writes, “Just as was [email protected] and is in great shape. Jim Perry is a home. All he has to do is think about refrigerator running the whole time. great to catch up with classmates (we two grandkids.” Elizabeth and Aman took in a family the case back in the ’60s at CMC, ’70 retired lawyer living in Phoenix. And his neighbors…he’s VERY lucky. Cable and Internet were out for about really don’t change much, do we?) ROB MAGGS writes, “Debbie and of former college classmates. ROGER I’ve waited until the last minute to I continue to try cases here in Tucson. “Harvey didn’t discriminate—both a week. I remember when I frst moved and their spouses and to participate I had a wonderful time at both the NELSON ’68 and his wife evacuated respond. My ‘contribution’ is some It is just a bit diffcult going to court Remaining immature had the rich and poor were impacted. The here my brother-in-law told me, ‘We in the many activities on campus. CMC and Scripps reunions. Missed to his offce building in Petaluma, summary thoughts about what worked and facing prosecutors who have been my remedy for the rich have the means to deal with it, haven’t had a hurricane in 10 years, The half century has brought a lot those absent including three of our camping out there with a large about the 50th reunion. In a word, it never heard of Jim Morrison because ’71 passage of time and the the poor don’t. It will be years before so no worries.’ Irma was the second of positive change to the campus. It groomsmen. We both would have group. Where else do you go at two was ‘everything,’ but most especially they were born 10 years after he died. descent into the, how can I delicately everyone is ‘back to normal’…if ever. near miss in the three years I’ve been was also gratifying to have my old preferred they could have had the in the morning? He’s helping his the Memory Book, honoring BOB DON KLEIN has fnally retired as say it, golden years. I’ve been pretty “We personally were very, very living here so I’m wondering if it’s bad roomie, BOB NOVELL, recognized for reunions on the same weekend. Now employees and their families rebuild NOVELL for all he’s done to foster the longest-tenured public defender successful at warding off any sense lucky. juju. They always come in threes don’t his countless contributions to CMC up to six beautiful grandchildren their homes. Please contact me if class cohesion and communications, in Pima County. He and Marsha that I am aging gracefully. That tactic “The fooding everyone saw on they? and to exchange, for the umpteenth ranging from 8 years old to a you’d like suggestions where fnancial JIM CARSON’s stellar job as emcee have been travelling (Canada and was put to the test as I travelled to the the newscasts was widespread but “I’m leaving next week for time, war stories with Mara Toga and sophomore at Northwestern. We contributions can do the most good. of the class dinner, ROBIN BARTLETT China are but two of their recent Phoenix Central High School Class of fortunately the entire city was not Mozambique to coordinate with an Boswell buddies. celebrated our 50th anniversary with I’m reminded by several of my favorite and AL CARPENTER’s fne video, JOHN trips) and are preparing for the 1967 50th reunion. Fifty stinking devastated. That being said, entire NGO, the Dyck Advisory Group, “We were also fortunate this year the whole family in August. It’s not wineries to buy more wine…an easy PETTIT’s story about the start of the wedding of their son, Jason. Klein years is a long damn time. But I had neighborhoods were fooded. Our that we support for rhino counter to have extended stays in New York, true that the people who are married way to help.” ABC Scholarship, the continuing asked for suggestions for songs for company in my misery. In the fall of downtown fne arts complex was poaching. Their area of operations North Dakota, the Minnesota Lakes, for 50 years are all ‘old.’ My best to MIKE DONOVAN writes, “I am a class conversations, and the chance the frst dance at the reception and, 1967 fve fellow Bobcats travelled to fooded. Offce buildings were closed in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier the Riviera Maya, and California’s all.” voracious reader. I read a mix of to reconnect with about 50 fellow remarkably, turned down “Mama Southern California to attend CMC. for two months after Harvey because Conservation Area and is about 10 Central Coast (many new wine FRED MERKIN writes, “In April science fction and mystery and other classmates. You ALL looked terrifc! Tried.” And four of them showed up at the their underground electrical system miles wide by 50 miles long. It lies fnds!)—each has had its unique 2016, Maggie and I moved to Pacifc fction. I know you probably don’t The experience was priceless. Barbara ROY OKAMOTO, I am happy to Central reunion. Sadly, the ffth, MIKE was fooded. Areas close to bayous against the international border with highlights, but we are always happy Grove, Calif. (located at the tip of the want to hear this, but I keep track of joins me in thanking all who attended report, is fnally fully retired. No KRASNOFF, passed away several years and below the reservoirs which feed South Africa’s Kruger National Park. to get back to our Scottsdale home, Monterey Peninsula), after having all my reading at http://www.donobug. and all who had a part in making it more part-time gigs. After a recent bayous west of the city were hardest hit The mission of the organization is where I remain active. I recently com/$webapp/index.asp. If you visit happen. See you all in four and a half ago. But attending the festive occasion

42 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE WINTER 2017 43 minor setback (back surgery can only KEN GILBERT ’73 POSITION OPEN a successful TV advertising account lieutenant commander in the U.S. be considered minor if it happens to 4308 Goodfellow Drive [email protected] executive for almost two years, and Navy. He resides with his family in someone else) the Stroke is back on Dallas, TX 75229-2816 ’75 joined Xerox again 40 years after Springfeld, Va. Our daughter, Sarah, his bike pedaling away and enjoying 214-353-9828 I started with them after CMC. In resides in upstate New York and is a the Pacifc Northwest rainfall. (I made [email protected] Longtime CMS Athletic Alaska, Xerox sells through an agency. family and consumer sciences teacher, that last part up. Does anyone enjoy Director and current I interviewed to get the fexibility I and primarily teaches nutrition classes 200 days a year of rain? I’m waiting ’76 Director of Advancement could not get in media sales to go in a public high school near Saratoga STEVE PRUZAN Your Class Liaison is Springs, N.Y.—coincidentally, where for to answer that.) for Athletics MIKE SUTTON has been back to school. I am attending the shamelessly putting in a All the Berger boys will want to named the College Swimming and executive MBA program in Portland Cynthia went to undergraduate ’74 plug: Save the date—April know I heard from the great JAMES Diving Coaches Association of run by the University of Oregon. I school, at Skidmore College. 26-28, 2019— for our next class BROWN ’70. James was Berger’s America’s Ben Franklin Award winner. commute every other Thursday for “Best to all to our Class of ’77.” reunion. It will be worth the trip to answer to the hardest working man in Awarded to the individual or weekend classes. The program runs AL HARUTUNIAN, our much-admired campus! show business as he was the hardest organization whose efforts and or for 20 months. This MBA may seem Class Notes scribe, reported that In the meantime, JIM WEBSTER working man in the political science innovations best promote the integrity odd at this time of my career, but he has been appointed to the Ethics writes, “The good news from the department. He is retired in Orange and enhancement of the student- in 1976, MBAs used slide rules and Committee of the California Judges Northwest is that both Luke (JOHN County. athlete ideal. Sutton was recognized at IBM punch cards to do analysis. I Association. The committee provides LUCAS) and I had the privilege of Students in class circa 1980 I know you all were waiting for the CSCAA’s 57th Annual Awards fgure this education is like putting advice to California judges seeking walking our daughters down the the news so here it is. After a one Banquet on May 8 at the Bahia Resort a Tesla motor in a ’55 Chevy! It guidance on issues they face under aisle in September and October. We year hiatus, the Cooper family had its in San Diego. will be fun, and boomers have a lot the judicial rules of ethics…such as roomie, WHIT LATIMER). Still on his you explain the desire to skydive? was sightseeing all around the Lake each were able to attend the other’s annual Fourth of July party in Solana to share with the next generations whether it is okay to describe oneself bucket list: playing center feld for the STEVE GARCIA writes, “Having done Elsinore area hanging at 2,500 feet. wedding celebration in Seattle (my Beach. We had a great time capped by MARK LAURIA ’76 coming up into management. I fgure as “much-admired.” New York Yankees. the skydiving thing a couple of times Remembered the jump master. I daughter Jaime) and San Francisco watching the freworks over the Del 1706 Chattanooga Court I have some gaps in my experience Talking about WHIT LATIMER, he (once by myself and once with a client looked up at him—he was half out (Luke’s daughter Marla). It was very AL HARUTUNIAN III ’77 Mar fairgrounds. DICK GALE showed Claremont, CA 91711 and knowledge this program can fll. writes, “Since I’m a golf course to help him exorcise some demons of the plane to pry my fngers loose. exciting and emotional for both of 619-450-5006 up as did AL DAUBER. Dick and Al 909-625-2760 It will introduce me to the Portland traveler I knocked off a couple of from his youth), most things on my He fgured I had frozen out there. us.” [email protected] at the party is a happy tradition. Al [email protected] business community where my wife ‘golf’ bucket list items this year: In bucket list include travel. I have on My grin and his curt nod, and I From Concord, Calif., WAYNE has recently relocated to Phoenix. and I plan to move in a few years to honor of turning 60, I took my two my list to learn Italian and go to was away…arch thousand…check AKIYAMA writes, “New company He would love to hear from any be closer to family. I am three and a boys (32 and 28) up to the Monterey Italy. I stopped at four languages and thousand…feet almost pointing at the name (APTIM…same folks, different classmates. In the spring of 2017, the half years out from my esophageal Peninsula and played Cypress Point have wanted to learn a couple more, ground and good chute…Okay! No name). I am still in Northern I hope all is well with all of you Class of 1977 held its 40th cancer treatment, and I feel like I have ’78 Club, Spyglass Hill, and Pebble namely Italian and perhaps Chinese. pull and punch needed…360s pulling California and been here since 1980, ’77 and I am not too proud to beg for reunion. We had a modest a new lease on life. I wish the best to Beach. A great father/son(s) memory; My wife and I hosted 18 Chinese high on the risers…quiet. Last 360 saw doing environmental cleanup on material. I don’t care if it is true. Just but friendly turnout, and all agreed all my classmates.” fellow ’79 classmate and the ‘Most school students in our home over the Pat lying on the ground, so I dumped military bases. Hope all is well. I am send me lies about your life and we that we probably would not be JOHN WEED writes, “I recently FRANK CHMELIK ’78 Powerful Man in Golf’ (ERIC AFFELDT) course of six and a half years, so we both risers and came in hot (jump married, have three boys all grown will get it into the Class Notes. admitted to CMC if applying now retired from 40 years active full-time Chmelik Sitkin & Davis took me to play at the Augusta have many people who would like us master was pissed at me that day, as and one granddaughter…too young (since we don’t have perfect SATs or a employment, and as a corporate vice 1500 Railroad Ave. National Golf Club. I’m still pinching to visit them in China; so as you can only a retired black hat jump master DAN COOPER ’71 for CMC. Still running, although not dorm named after us). JIM CARROLL president. Bellingham, WA 98225-4542 myself (I have now played seven of imagine, visiting China is also on the could be.) Head into the wind, look 5036 N. Calle Bosque as fast as my CMC days!” commented: “My wife and I are enjoying life Phone 360-671-1796 ext 204 the top 10 in the world, three this bucket list. My wife and I also hope at horizon, hit ground and PLF, grab Tucson, AZ 85718-6302 RILEY ATKINS sends his regards “I made the trek from New York back west here in Colorado. We Direct 360-306-3001 year, and would love to play the other to get a camping vehicle and traverse chute, and run to Pat. Later in the ER 520-529-9427 from the southern coast of Spain, to be part of the small but high are living in our newly built home Cell 360-223-5633 three). Finally, on my 60th birthday the U.S., and I’d like to see the aurora we laughed about it all as he got his where he is “traveling with spouse and [email protected] quality group of celebrants at our in the Flying Horse Community in Fax 360-671-3781 next month, I could only hope for a borealis someday. Some things I’ve ankle wrapped in a cast, and talked friends. This retirement thing is really 40th reunion in April. So great to see Colorado Springs. We are enjoying [email protected] bucket of Ballast Point Victory at Sea checked off my bucket list include about his upcoming call to parents.” underrated!” GEOFF CLINE (and wife, Sally), GEORGE the great climate, and I continue to beer.” (BTW, this is Clint, and I got hiking the Zion Narrows, skydiving, Next to the craziness of skydiving, And lastly, DAVE ROTH writes, “It is BOB BILLS ’72 COX, CONRAD CORCORAN, JONATHAN be active in our local MFHA Hunt to play Augusta in the ’90s and while sailing in the Caribbean, going to the running 26.2 miles comes a close hard to believe that we have been out [email protected] BROWN, Dr. JON MARKOVITZ, AL Club (based up in Kiowa). I am lucky When I was in school as a it wasn’t on my bucket list, it was top of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue second. After all, the frst marathoner, ’72 of Claremont for almost 45 years. I HARUTUNIAN, MIKE IDEKER, ROBERT to keep my horse stabled across the CMC literature major, I special. And no, my daughter was not of Liberty, arguing a case in the Pheidippides, after he fnished, died. have been in Houston for the past ’79 PORTER, ALLAN GOLAD, and JOHN way at the USAF Academy stables! learned the importance of named after this event; it is my wife’s Supreme Court, shaking hands with STEVE TRENHOLME ran the Big Sur three decades. My three children ARNSTEIN. Special thanks to Joanne We also play golf at the country club words and punctuation. I much prefer grandmother’s name. That’s because the president, and going to the Army International Marathon. “It was my live within a couple of miles of our Ward Turner for organizing a Scripps here at Flying Horse. In addition, a bucket list to a casket list, and good her father was Bobby Jones. (Got ya, vs. Navy game (twice). I don’t know if frst marathon in about 20 years. The home and we see them regularly. I ’73 contingent that included Joan Grein last spring, we joined our local city news is better than fake news. that very last part is fake news.)) this is a funny item on my bucket list, race is on Highway 1 from Big Sur have one grandchild and two of the Sharon, Susan Howe, and FaceTime bicycling club, and we look forward to Regarding grammar, as my wife likes Golf, golf, golf. Is that all the Class but I’m still trying to fgure out what to Carmel. Much of it is next to the three children are married with the The Class of ’73 is saving up its news, with Liz Miles Jacobelli while we the upcoming ski season. to say: “Let’s eat Mom. Let’s eat, of ’79 talks about? STEVE LONGLEY my favorite meal is so that I can eat it Pacifc Ocean. It is considered the last engaged. I have been at Texas updates, gossip, hearsay, innuendos, were touring the incredible new “I just returned from my third Mom. Punctuation saves lives.” My reports that “it’s been a busy bucket before I die.” most beautiful marathon there is. Children’s Hospital and Baylor and general stuff for its upcoming Roberts Pavilion athletic complex. European bicycling tour—this family’s good news is that my daughter, list year for me. It’s amazing how For a moment, let’s digress to a People came from countries all over College of Medicine since I fnished 45th class reunion April 20–22, 2018. The late afternoon drive from LAX year we went to Provence, France. Augusta, now works for the The New much you can accomplish when you story that happened while we were the world to run in it. Running that my training in 1985. I am currently For this event, the motley collection to Claremont was an unbelievable Enjoyed the French countryside York Times—due to her editing skills. stop going to the offce.” Here’s students at CMC. It’s about skydiving. particular marathon was defnitely a chief of urology at the hospital and of REID DABNEY, DAVE DENENHOLZ, nightmare, but after that we really had including all the good food and For her, this job is a check off her what he did: sold his company in FORD FROST remembers that he and bucket list item for me.” chief of pediatric urology for the HARVEY GOLDHAMMER, BOYD HUDSON, a lot of fun!” culture. In addition, I am networking bucket list. January of 2016; walked the Camino PAT LAU went parachuting “NOT So, what comes next? Mountain medical school. I hold an endowed STEVE MCGANN, BRUCE PETERSON, JACK SHEDD touched base to say, with various volunteer service In this vain, I asked our class de Santiago; learned his frst ancient tandem as baggage with an instructor climbing, of course! professorial chair as virtue of my BILL ROTHACKER, DON WADDELL, and “Didn’t make the 40th reunion… organizations. Who knows, I may for their own bucket lists. SCOTT language (Latin) at Princeton (plans strapped onto your back, but rather JOHN BEDNARSKI reports that he appointments. My wife retired I are your class reunion committee. sort of hoping to get to California start some part-time consulting in the ANDERHOLT is happy to report that to tackle Greek and Hebrew in 2018); a solo descent after a short static line recently successfully climbed Mt. eight years ago and spends her time This means that one or all of us will a few times to visit family. Just can’t new year! the bucket list items he has completed just started a master’s program at yank by the jump master. Large group Whitney (elevation 14,505 feet) with painting, caring for her parents, be in touch to encourage/cajole you afford to live there since retiring from “My wife, Cynthia, continues to are: Seeing a game at Yankee Stadium; the Princeton Theological Seminary from CMC and Scripps. Don’t recall his 22-year-old son, Bryan. John grandmother (105 years old), and our to attend—in the nicest way possible, the Army in October of 2016 (you’ll keep busy with part-time substitute seeing Mickey Mantle play in person; (word usage alert, this master’s has who else. Do recall the RIP poster has been at the Metropolitan Water dog. Retirement is in the future but I of course. Also, we would appreciate never get rich digging a ditch…you’re teaching, volunteering at the local living in Switzerland (he’s half-Swiss, nothing to do with the Masters golf heavily taped over the dorm room District of Southern California for do not know when.” you contacting your circle of CMC in the Army now). I did run into soup kitchen, and is active in our so he wanted to see his “homeland”); tournament); is currently launching door. First plane awarded based on the past 25 years and is currently the Keep those cards and letters classmates and encouraging them to BRIAN TALBOT ’76 as he came through church. living, working, and raising a family a nonproft; and is laughing more, ground school performances; I was section manager for water supply coming, guys. Stay connected. attend the reunion—with you. See the area on his way to a new home in “Our kids are still on the East around the world (10 years total having more fun with his wife and second out of the plane following Pat. initiatives. you in Claremont in April. SKIP WEISS ’74 Florida. My best to all from Georgia, Coast—our son, Colin, is currently in Rome, Madrid, Frankfurt, and family, and being more grateful. Protocol was to exit plane and hang Not to be outdone, RUSS [email protected] south of Atlanta.” the director for sustainment and Sydney); learning Italian and Spanish; For some, a bucket list is similar from the wing strut (high wing) and GREENBERG climbed to the summit of KEVIN HALVORSON reports, “I left logistics at NAVSEA, presently at and winning his club’s member/guest to a casket list, otherwise, how do then on okay nod from jump master, Mount Kilimanjaro (elevation 19,308 KTVA, a CBS affliate where I was the Washington Navy Yard, and a golf tournament (with his college let go, arch, and count. Instead, I

44 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE WINTER 2017 45 feet) in Tanzania, Africa. “Climbing remains a part of the City of Los POSITION OPEN team which now offers Michelle and also like to encourage you to make Mount Kilimanjaro was a lifetime Angeles.” [email protected] me the opportunity to have fun sailing the role as easy for him as you did for goal,” states Greenberg. “Like any ROBIN ABLIN also has been a subject ’82 our ’54 Hylas in the Caribbean during me by sending your newsy notes! You task, it is much easier with the proper of fake news, but only in Class Notes! the winter. We’ll be going back to can reach Dave at 7davide007@gmail. preparation and equipment.” “All those stories about winning Grenada this November and plan to com. -Merrill When I was bragging about Russ’ Olympic gold medals, Nobel Prizes, sail her up to Dominica and Puerto DAVE EASTIS ’85 accomplishment, JIM SHASKY asked, super models, the French Foreign ’83 Rico to see friends and help out [email protected] “How do we know Russ actually Legion, alligator wrestling, winning however we can. Time permitting, climbed it? Maybe he rented a Le Tour de France, being the real Hello, Class of ’83! It’s time to we’ll head north to the Turks and helicopter to take him to the top. brains behind Microsoft, Google, and start planning to come to our 2018 Caicos.” The California Association Just kidding, Russ. Helicopters don’t Tesla, curing cancer, walking on the reunion—35 short years! April JEFF RYAN: “Big news in our family of Local Agency Formation operate very well—if at all—at such moon, actually being Elvis, and being 20–22, 2018. At an early reunion I is my daughter started her frst ’86 Commissions (CALAFCO) high altitudes. married to a space alien are all true. attended, a classmate said to me: “I semester at Stanford Law School.” has awarded its 2017 “Outstanding “Clint, aren’t these bucket lists a I swear it on Donald Trump’s honor, can’t remember who I liked and who DAN WHALEN was on LAFCO Professional” Award to LAF- little premature? Sure, we all have really!” I didn’t like, so I’m starting with a vacation. ELAINE ROSSI is away. CO Executive Officer PAUL NOVAK. been ‘plenty-nine’ for some time, but I also asked, were you ever part clean slate.” I followed that advice MARC BRODY:“ NATHANIEL BRODY Paul was selected amongst several we’re not old and decrepit—yet. My of lawsuit against a company or and have loved getting to “meet” our ’21, the eldest of my four kids, is now nominees from LAFCOs through- mother, Jean Shasky, just passed away municipality? Once again, JEFF DAAR classmates, all of whom are doing a CMC freshman.” Marc included a out the state. In granting the award, this summer. She was 94 years old. volunteered, “Yes. As a lawyer, I have something interesting and different photo of the two of them at the CMC CALAFCO recognized Paul’s Her bucket was full. That’s what I’m sued municipalities on a number of from what I’m doing. It’s cool. That orientation, which those of you on my leadership in processing numerous talking about.” occasions. In addition, I have been said, here’re the updates: email list will enjoy next go around. Brian Gray, Jon Kramer, Chris boundary changes within one of the KARL LUCKE has also completed personally named in lawsuits based on A while back, I, TK, read this nice TAMMIE (CALEF) KRISCIUNAS: We Stephens, and Erin Sweeney, state’s largest counties and the most some of his bucket list: “Took family my capacity as a city commissioner. letter to the editor in WSJ, agreeing are healthy—and grateful that now Class of 1996 populous county in the United States; to old countries of Finland and For more than 10 years, I chaired as I read along, and had the pleasant we’re old enough to no longer take LAFCO’s completion of multiple Sweden (plus bonus stop in Iceland) the Appeals Board for the City of surprise to fnd NOAH MESEL’s name at good health for granted. We’re Sphere of Influence (SOI) Updates and wrote and recorded ‘Train Los Angeles Housing Department. the end of it. keeping busy with full-time work: surrounding communities afterwards Continuing our trip south this issue, called Dreamland: The and Municipal Service Reviews Left the Station’ now playing on The decisions of the Appeals Board LARRY “CHIP” ANDRE: “After three- same clinic and teaching for me at and I helped with collection drives at on Highway 1, PETER OTTE sent True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. (MSRs) for cities and special districts; SoundCloud (still in business last could be reviewed by the Superior plus years in the Sahara serving as the university, and clinic and surgery the medical offce I manage. Many this update and invitation to see While I’m sorry to have missed his LAFCO’s initiation and dissolution time I checked). Still to come I hope: Court. At times when a decision was ambassador to the Islamic Republic for Vic. Did I already tell you all that of our patients lost everything but him perform. “Some of you may appearance at a local book festival of the Huntington Municipal Water Portugal in September 2018 and B challenged in court, I would be named of Mauritania, Deborah and I are we had dinner in Paris last May with I’ve been encouraged by the positive remember how much I loved Queen here a while back, I still cherish fond District; the successful annexation of side to train song if I ever drag my in addition to the City.” ready to move on. The president Libby and PETER HUTT? That was fun! attitudes from those that lost their when I was in college. Freddie was memories of my Dante class, taken large areas into vector control districts sorry keister back to the studio.” I’m the other member of the class nominated me to serve as ambassador Now, we’re taking sailing lessons, homes as well as the volunteers the most operatic of rock stars and I with his father, Ricardo Quinones. to address vector control deficiencies To arouse conversation, I asked who sued a municipality—my village to Djibouti. So, Senate willing, I will with the goal of being competent to helping their neighbors. Since then, credit him with the inspiration to join One of my best CMC experiences, throughout Los Angeles County; his my classmates if they were ever the and the neighboring ones around me get my second ship to sail. Here is charter 45-foot sailboats for vacations. Brant met up with JEFF FRICK for the chorus at Opera Santa Barbara that!” Agreed, Tim! And I’m guessing 2-year service as the deputy executive subject of a fake news story. JEFF in Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The the link to my senate confrmation Vic’s keen to own a boat. I’m wary octopus pasta under smoky skies in fve years ago. Opera Santa Barbara Canto VI (the third circle) for drug officer of CALAFCO; and his work to DAAR has been: “Yes and on more municipalities tried to prevent the hearing: https://www.foreign.senate. of the hassles of maintenance. We San Francisco. And while I grew up premieres Manon by Jules Massenet dealers. Anybody want to jump in on educate the public about LAFCOs as than one occasion. My favorite one Jewish community from erecting an gov/hearings/nominations-100317p. got a 130-gallon saltwater aquarium in L.A., as Houston transplants, we on Friday, Nov. 3, and Sunday, Nov. this one? an adjunct lecturer and speaker for the goes back to 2002 when Los Angeles eruv. While it is a long complicated Now the waiting begins. I know (talk about maintenance!), with two hope that the Astros will have won 5. We are rocking the music, the sets, Always nice to hear from CHRIS University of California, the Univer- had an election on whether the San civil rights story (eight years in federal Djibouti well and like it quite a lot. dozen very colorful fsh and a bunch the series by the time you’re reading and the glorious costumes of Manon MARTIN who writes that he, KEN sity of California Davis, and the Uni- Fernando Valley should be allowed to court), the end result is that my side It is a lively, cosmopolitan port city of corals. We still go skiing a bunch this!” (Ed. Note: yes, they won game by Jules Massenet. We have shows MORRIS, and his lovely wife, Lettie, versity of California Los Angeles. secede from the City of Los Angeles won. Mazel Tov. with several military bases (France, in the winter. We saw the eclipse in seven last night, Nov. 1.) usually in the fall and spring so if had a get together at Ken’s home “Paul Novak’s leadership and and become its own city (at the time Finally, we should not forget all the Japan, Italy, Spain, China, Germany, Idaho—“totality”—it actually was Nice to hear from GIL ALVAREZ, who you’re ever in town come check it out. surrounded by Halloween decorations knowledge have guided LALAFCO a San Fernando Valley city would recent natural disasters, one of which and the U.S.). My daughter, Ruhi pretty amazing, and we took the offered this brief update: “Living in It is a 100% professional company and dozens of neighbors. Ken spent to make sound decisions with regards have been larger than Philadelphia). I affected one of our own, RON GIMBEL, Andre, works for an American solar bump on enough fights that trip the beautiful Pacifc Northwest, Ore., and you won’t be disappointed.” all day creating peanut butter and jelly to local boundaries throughout Los was one of the Valley leaders against in Mexico. He wrote, “It’s a very power company based in Nairobi, to accrue $9,000 in airline tickets— for the past seven years.” Turns out, Bravo, Peter! fnger food. Chris added, “Ken, if that Angeles County,” said LAFCO Chair secession and a co-chair of a group diffcult situation. Although in 1985 Kenya. A short direct fight gets us hello world, here we come! Well kids, Gil and I live about 20 minutes from From across the country, TIM internal audit gig doesn’t work out…” Jerry Gladbach. “Paul’s proactive out- called One Los Angeles. Basically, it was a lot worse and again, we’ll there. Cheers.” TK here: in a last- that’s it for this quarter. Your faithful each other. And KATHI CALOURI is even BURBERY writes: “We’re still living Seems to me like you guys could pair reach to our colleagues in local gov- the local newspaper, the Daily News, come out of this one okay. It’s in these minute update Chip writes: “The class liaison, TK. closer. Thanks for reconnecting, Gil! on the ‘road less travelled’ here in up with DAVE EASTIS for a holiday- ernment and other stakeholders makes Senate voted in favor of confrmation was one of the powers behind the situations when the ‘good’ of the TAMMIE (CALEF) KRISCIUNAS ’83 From further down the Pacifc West Virginia, as I teach English at themed service weekend! our local communities a better place today. Hurray!” TK again: Regarding secession movement. The Daily people come out.” Amen to that! [email protected] coastline, DAVE EASTIS writes from Marshall University. It’s interesting Speaking of weekends, Berger Hall to live and will make a difference in News then ran a fake news story my comment that I loved my life and the San Francisco Bay Area that he residing in the reddest, most pro- dorm alumni DEBORAH BONITO, KATHI Los Angeles County for generations CLINT GREENBAUM ’79 that incorrectly reported what had wouldn’t change a thing, but would worked with ESTHER SAIDMAN ’84 on Trump state, having come from one CALOURI, ELIZABETH CASEY BURGESS, to come.” 61 Seafeld Lane happened at a hearing before the love to live several parallel lives, Chip an amazing service project for Wells of the bluest states and with most of MAGGIE (WILLIAMS) SYKES, DEBI Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 POSITION OPEN POSITION OPEN governmental entity overseeing the replied: “Like you, if I had it to do Fargo’s International Headquarters. our families and friends in the blue WILSON MOORE, and I got together [email protected] [email protected] mechanics of a possible formation of [email protected] over again I would choose the same ’84 Dave and Esther (who is a senior VP states. Hillbilly Elegy has been a key for a getaway weekend in Seattle in a new city and secession. Based on path, although sometimes I ‎wonder with WFB) worked with hundreds of book for us as we seek to understand August. Deborah brought along our this fake news story, the Daily News about roads not taken.” Wells Fargo employees who packaged what’s going on around us. While I fnal yearbook and there was much then ran the next day an editorial PAUL NATHAN ’80 BILL SERVICE: “Our youngest (of Greetings, Class Notes more than 120,000 meals to feed confess to not yet having read it, my laughter, storytelling, and a two-plus FRED DELLOVADE ’87 attacking me personally. The entire ’80 [email protected] three boys) just graduated from ’85 readers from CMC’s Best people currently in homeless shelters. wife has read me excerpts and much hour impromptu car trip crisscrossing ’87 [email protected] editorial was based on fake news that Claremont this past May, and is now Class Ever. It’s been a crazy Benefciaries of the program included of it rings true to our experience here. Bainbridge Island very late at night did not happen. Its basis was entirely living and working in San Francisco. few months—with hurricanes and Rise Against Hunger, UNICEF, and “We’ve also had to come to trying to fnd a ferry that would get made up. The fact this happened was With our second grandson coming fres making news for much of the late Habitat for Humanity. Dave has a grips with the fact that our town, our group back to the mainland…and the biggest compliment I could ever PAUL GRAFF ’81 this January, my wife, Michelle, and summer and early fall. long history working with Habitat Huntington, W.V., has the dubious then back to Seattle. A weekend to get as to my effectiveness as an anti- ’81 6084 Gold Spirit St. I have found a pretty good balance JEANNETTE (MCMULLIN) JONES for Humanity—he helped launch distinction of being ground zero remember, for sure. ’88 secession community leader. It was a Corona, CA 92880 between work, family, and fun. Family and her husband, BRANT JONES, the college and high school chapters for the opioid crisis, and has been A quick note about Class Notes. DAN O’KEEFE ’89 writes, “I don’t like huge badge of honor to be targeted 909-509-3332 is based mostly out of Oregon/San had an up-close encounter with one of Habitat for Humanity. There featured on programs such as BBC DAVE EASTIS has volunteered to in a manner clearly based on a fake Fax 909-509-3334 Francisco and work is predominantly of these. Jeannette writes, “Brandt are more than 1,000 chapters today and the PBS NewsHour. One CMC become the Class Notes scribe 2017 so far, at all…sad to report the news story. By the way, secession lost [email protected] in the restaurant and gaming business and I weathered Hurricane Harvey and they have raised more than $29 connection: Sam Quinones has beginning with the next issue. I want passing of KURT HOCKER. Kurt battled and the San Fernando Valley with in Oregon, West Virginia, and with very little damage personally. million for people in need of housing. written one of the go-to books about to thank Dave for jumping in and I’d colon cancer most of this year and its almost two million inhabitants Illinois. We have a well-seasoned We were able to help gut houses in passed on Oct. 9.

46 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE WINTER 2017 47 “I was blessed to have spent a few Neighbor Awards, which honors that I received from Professors like physicians in the country appointed to days with Kurt over the last month realtors who make an extraordinary Jack Pitney and Edward Haley, and the Appeals Advisory Panel for the along with MARK MESSANA ’89 and impact on their community through the impactful D.C. experience I NFL settlement agreement related to DEREK ELMORE ’89. It was my pleasure volunteer work. Lara is the driving had interning for then Rep. Leon concussion injuries and we hired to spend time with him, his dad, Al, force behind ShamRockin’ for a Cure, Panetta during the Persian Gulf War, Pitzer alumna Amanda Leon ’15 at ’98 and his wife, Felicia. Kurt will be an annual event that has raised more in service to my country. Anyone OC Neuroscience after she returned missed by so many people and I have than $2.5 million to help patients with who wants to learn more about my from her Fulbright Fellowship.” Always great to hear from the Class so many memories to share. cystic fbrosis. She uses her vast campaign is welcome to visit my of 1998! And believe it or not, we are “The CMS Captains Trophy for network of community connections to website: ElectKathleenAllen.com.” JAKE ZIMMERMAN ’96 gearing up for our 20th reunion in the track & field is named the EHMO increase attendance and sponsorships Congratulations to LAURENCE 9046 Old Bonhomme Road spring. Party on Green Beach! Hope Award: Elmore, Hocker, Messana, to help CF patients get closer to a SOTSKY on the successful tech Olivette, MO 63132 to see you there. O’Keefe. Forever buddies, friends, cure. company he started two and a 314-983-0553 Congratulations to SARA (BROCK) [email protected] KIRKWOOD and Stags. ANNE-MARIE D’AGOSTINO ’91 half years ago, Hopscotch (www. and her husband, who “I love you Kurt Hocker and fam- [email protected] gohopscotch.com). fnalized the adoption of their two ily. You will be remembered for a Hopscotch enables sports teams, boys this past spring. Following long, long time and you will always be INGRID (MORRIS) ENSING ’91 venues, and others to rapidly create BRIAN MIKES writes, “I’m several years as foster sons, her with us. [email protected] mobile apps for their fans. With 30 ’97 still in Arizona, living in family is thrilled that all fve in her “Rest in Peace friend.” ERIC WISE ’91 people in Los Angeles and another beautiful Cave Creek. A family now have the same last name, [email protected] 20 overseas, it’s still growing and few years ago, Linda and I bought two and they don’t have to call a social CAM TREDENNICK ’88 and a half acres of land and a nice [email protected] expanding its reach. worker every time they access medical little home. Just enough for the three treatment. Sara remains a licensed INGRID (SIMON) INNES ’92 KATHRYN PEARSON ’93 dogs and six horses. foster parent, but now has adopted ’92 Innesfamily205@gmail. 3417 St. Louis Avenue “Last year we decided to renovate. three times! Professionally, Sara is still FORREST NABORS: In light com Minneapolis, MN 55416 We gutted the whole house, adding working at the Nuclear Regulatory ’89 of the unfortunate turn of [email protected] on a new master bedroom and bath. Commission, where she has worked events in national politics, I We redesigned the kitchen/great- for the last 16 years. Students participate in AIDS Walk Los Angeles in 2001 thought it would be timely to tell you room for entertaining…Along with all MONTE LUTZ had the honor of CHIP NIERLICH ’94 about my forthcoming book entitled that, we added a large private offce marrying Catherine Martin of Gibson, Dunn and property frm with offces in Los D.C., BERNIE BURROLA, made a From Oligarchy to Republicanism: The ’93 for my businesses. Greenfeld, Mass. on Aug. 5 in No doubt it will last many decades ’94 Crutcher LLP Angeles (Jordan’s) and San Francisco career change and left the world of Great Task of Reconstruction. The “I work from home, running two Santa Barbara, Calif. The couple more. Dianna is looking forward to Our reunion is coming up, April 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 (Tim’s). Tim reports that so far, it global education to work in global book’s preface happens to begin with different small companies plus a few celebrated in the presence of friends seeing people at Alumni Weekend! 20–22, 2018! JULIA (ALTROCCHI) has been a blast and clients are very health. In May 2017, he became an inquiry into one of our nation’s San Francisco, CA 94105 other investments. One business is and family, including groomsman As for me, your Class Notes scribe, SLATCHER and STACY BECK are co- excited to get two lawyers with a the director of international grants I am still working and living in D.C. Confederate war memorials, which [email protected] in fnancial publishing. The other, CHASE HUNTLEY, who delivered an chairing the reunion committee for bunch of trial experience at nearly for the Campaign for Tobacco- are the subject of national debate and Betwext.com, is in mobile marketing epic toast about the Texas skies and Earlier this year, I moved downtown, Class of ’93; please reach out to them half the cost. They are already Free Kids (CTFK), an organization a fashpoint of confict right now. software. I also own part of a cabinet about honoring the love shared which I love! After my stint in the now if you want to join the planning doing some fairly high-profle dedicated to saving lives through Ten years ago I set out to recover company and a travel agency…and on that good day. The ceremony Obama administration, I am now committee or if you have any ideas or trademark and patent litigation the adoption of pro-health public the line of research left by Harry Jaffa, I’m working on two new startups. also featured a reading by Dallas working as a media consultant for questions ([email protected] ’95 work for clients in the food, apparel, policies on tobacco control, obesity in order to understand what happened Busy, right? Clayton. The couple spent three Accenture. At the moment, I am and [email protected]). It will and entertainment industries. prevention, drowning prevention, to the new birth of freedom after the JORI HAYNER ’95 “Recently, I started volunteering weeks exploring the Maldives and fnalizing the Class Notes update be a fun-flled weekend catching up Visit byronraphael.com for more and better cardiovascular health. In Civil War. While doing that research, TM Financial Forensics regularly at a local community Hong Kong, returning in time to from an internet cafe in Glasgow, with friends and classmates, checking information. Tim’s wife, Dianne this role Bernie travels around the some unexpected evidence in the 353 Sacramento St, 22nd Floor college. I’ve been speaking to classes celebrate daughter Ryan’s 10th Scotland. There are plans to drink out the latest additions to campus, Martinez, continues to be active world meeting grant recipients and historical record caught my attention San Francisco CA 94111 on entrepreneurship, and assisting the birthday and reunite with their Scotch in the Highlands, meet up participating in ContinuED sessions politically. She spent last year serving overseeing the global grants portfolio. WENDY (MILLS) LISTER ’97 that popular and academic histories [email protected] development offce where I can. rescue pup, Sebastian, who learned with for with faculty and alumni, wine tasting Emeryville as its mayor, and this year, While it is odd to no longer work in have mostly disregarded. Since then “Add to all that spending a good bit how to bark and hasn’t stopped dinner in Edinburgh, and spend the and dining, and Monte Carlo night. I CHRIS GOOCH ’95 she will complete her frst 4-year term higher education, Bernie enjoys the I have been collecting that evidence of time with the family, including my since. Monte, Catherine, and Ryan next week in the Netherlands visiting hope to see you there! [email protected] as an Emeryville city council member. new work and especially the fact he and assembling a different story about parents, four brothers, and their nine live in Larchmont Village in L.A., family and eating all the pastries. One of our classmates is running She is also fnishing up her second is no longer fundraising. CTFK is American government and political kids…and no two days are the same. where Catherine is the VP of Hope to see you at the reunion! development from 30 years before the for the U.S. Congress! KATHLEEN I love it. year as vice chair of the Alameda fortunate to receive funding from the AARON MCMURTRAY communications for Ticketmaster KRISTAL DEKLEER ’98 HAMILTON ALLEN reports: “After writes, County Democratic Party. Their kids, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill Civil War through Reconstruction. “We’re looking at spending a few and Monte is the SVP of consumer [email protected] living for 11 years with my husband, “Had a good year—got Ashby and Adeline, will turn 7 and 5, & Melinda Gates Foundation, and This was a very diffcult project, ’96 months in Europe during 2018…so engagement, digital marketing, and son, daughter, and father as a quiet promoted to associate respectively, this year. the Zuckerberg Chan Initiative—you but I hope that it will contribute to a great adventures await. If you’re in PR for Activision. They also escape blue dot in the red state of Georgia, professor at UCLA Medical School, COLIN MURPHY reports that he is can’t ask for better funders! LOUIS LEVINE ’99 better understanding of things that we the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, I’d love from L.A. often to spend time with I decided to run for the U.S. House elected president of the Los Angeles married to his best friend with whom In October, MENDY (BOETTCHER) 571-331-7844 hold dear. to connect…email me at bmikes@ friends at their home in Palm Springs. ’99 of Representatives. My increasingly Neurological Society (a 100-year-old he raises and wrestles two kids (4 and MINJAREZ, CINDY (MARESSO) GRAY, [email protected] gmail.com.” DAVE FARKAS and his wife, Brittany, TODD THOMAS ’89 diverse GA-07 District is made organization with a mission of 1) and a dog living in San Francisco. MELISSA PAULISSEN, and DIANNA BRIAN DENNIS writes, “I am excited are releasing a second album later this [email protected] 8535 E. Clydesdale Trl. up of two counties, one of which advancing neurological science), By good fortune, he spends his free TURNER-GRAVES met in Seattle for to share with you that I recently year titled Our America—and are also CAMILLE GRIEP ’99 Scottsdale AZ 85258 went blue in November for the frst received a new grant for our alpha-7 time with JEFF RIDGEWAY and family, their 20th annual reunion. They accepted a job offer to become the getting ready for their second child [email protected] 480-466-5839 time since the 1990s. The district nicotinic acetylcholine receptor RYAN GILBERT, JULIE BAUMGARTNER opened the time capsule they created associate dean at Claremont Graduate in January. Margot is almost a year [email protected] needs a representative who will modulator compounds that we are ’97, and BARUCH LEVY ’97 and his the night before graduation and University’s Drucker School of and a half and is excited to meet her listen, learn, and work tirelessly, and developing at the Los Angeles family. Less fortunately, Baruch’s confrmed that they were indeed Management. I am thrilled to return little brother in a few months. Dave BILLY GRAYSON, an expert in collaboratively wherever possible, BioMedical Research Institute for family brings Baruch, but Colin has skinnier and more ambitious 20 years to Claremont.” is still working as an actor as well as sustainability program to address pressing issues facing our treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, and learned to take the good with the ago than they are now. The trip ’00 FAYE (KARNAVY) SAHAI ’90 continuing to build the Polo Buddies development for companies constituents and country. I’ve spent 22 our private company, OC WILL BALLARD ’97 bad. Colin is always interested in included running to a local thrift store [email protected] Water Polo program. And, he hopes and organizations, has been selected ’90 years working in managed healthcare, Neuroscience, reached an agreement [email protected] reconnecting with old classmates to purchase a $4.99 VCR to watch the to see everyone at the reunion coming by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) to the last eight for the nation’s premier with the Pitt-Hopkins Research so look him up if you are in S.F.! video put together in 1998. They also AIMEE (JONES) AVER ’97 up next year. serve as the executive director of nonproft healthcare provider and Foundation to conduct the frst ever Also, he notes that summarizing two confrmed that CMC friendship can LARA (WEISS) DOLAN was a [email protected] After more than seven years at its Center for Sustainability and insurer, getting our ACA plans on the tests in humans of an experimental decades into a few words leaves little indeed survive 20 years, 10 degrees, fnalist for Realtor O’Melveny & Myers, TIM BYRON Economic Performance. ULI is a exchanges. I want to put that practical HDAC inhibitor compound for ANDY CHASIN ’97 wiggle room for entertaining stories. four spouses, seven children, countless ’91 Magazine’s 2017 Good started his own law frm with Jordan global, multidisciplinary, member- experience, the great education in treatment of this rare genetic [email protected] Maybe next update, Colin! jobs, mortgages, continents, family disorder. Also, I was one of only fve Raphael, a boutique intellectual driven real estate organization government and foreign relations After a decade in Washington, dramas, and life generally speaking. dedicated to responsible land use and

48 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE WINTER 2017 49 and our kids Zoe (now 3 years old) my 22-month-old son), running, Strongly recommend! Two weeks and Zac (now 22 months) moved and weight lifting. Life is peaceful, of nothing but steak, Malbec, and to Okinawa, Japan following my blissful, and beautiful! We will be ’03 empanadas means I’m eating a lot of husband’s selection for command closing down the year with a trip to salads these days, though! of a Marine aviation squadron. Zoe Shanghai and Chiang Mai, Thailand, RYAN KUNZI writes, “I’m pleased to FILIPP GORELIK decided that paying is attending an American Japanese for Thanksgiving, where we will announce that Jason Kania and I off one mortgage’s worth (MBA debt) Montessori school and is learning have the kids experience elephant launched the K Squared Fund, a wasn’t enough, so he and his wife Japanese and karate as well. (Okinawa reservations and the gift of rescuing private equity fund based in Denver’s just got a real mortgage and fnally is the birth place of karate, who endangered animals. Zac will be Larimer Square. We built K2 to became homeowners, in Ann Arbor, knew?) I am staying at home with turning 2 on Dec. 28 and will be offer fellow entrepreneurs a way to Mich. His wife is in her fnal year as my 22-month-old son Zac at the going to Hong Kong Disneyland to transition their company to operators a second language studies Ph.D. at moment, exploring the beautiful celebrate, on a separate trip.” Zen who know how to build a sustainable Michigan State (so if anyone is hiring exotic Okinawan beaches and the spends a lot of time in Tokyo and business. We aim to acquire an for related teaching positions next out-of-this-world kids parks. We live Hong Kong and would be happy to existing North American company year, give him a holler) and Fil’s in in a Japanese neighborhood with a connect with alumni in either of those with revenues between $10-75 his second year (and sixth overall in grocery store, playground, baseball cities. million. Following the acquisition, the company) as Ford’s residential felds, basketball courts, and a water AJ PRAGER and his wife, Anna, Jason and I will take a management fortune-teller, working on forecasting park in a house with stunning views welcomed Emmanuelle “Emmy” Rose role and focus on long-term growth. sales of cars, small SUVs, and of the clear blue East China Sea. We on Oct. 10. Congratulations to the We have just begun our search for Lincolns well into the 2020s. JUNE say ‘goodnight’ to the sun and admire happy family! companies to acquire. If you know of CHRISTY MARTELL and her husband, 15-17 the amazing Okinawa sunsets on the MILES REMER was promoted to business interested in selling, contact Jared Boldemann, live in Alameda, 2018 ocean, jump into the evening waves partner at West Advisory Risk. me directly. Calif., and welcomed their frst naked (the kids do), pick seashells and Congrats, Miles! “The past few months have been a daughter, Charlotte Boldemann, to sea glass that washes off the shore, whirlwind and we thought you might the world on March 4. Thanks to and spend a ton of time outdoors ARJUN MCAVOY ’01 enjoy a brief glimpse into what we’ve fellow mama CATHERINE LELAND for every day. 415-722-3060 been working on. We are honored to all the advice. Charlotte has also met “This weekend, we have [email protected] have the support of 13 investors and fellow CMC alumnae SARAH CONWAY experienced our frst powerful 10 teammates. Our investors have and ERIN BREAM ’05, but is looking to typhoon in the Western Pacifc with invested in more than 150 businesses meet other fellow CMC peeps in the Join President Hiram E. Chodosh and CMC alumni and parents for our Matt and KATHY (NESTEBY) winds of 92 mph and have seen the ranging between $2 million and $8.5 future. FRIEDMAN welcomed their 29th Annual Euromeet in Lisbon, Portugal. | online.cmc.edu/euromeet amazing eye of a major storm pass billion in revenue, and offer over 300 ASHLEY (BAKER) DOLIESLAGER ’02 second daughter, Liora right on top of us. I have never years of management experience. Our reports that all is well in Austin, Rose Friedman, on Oct. 21. seen a more magnifcent natural team now consists of 10 exceptional Texas, where she and her husband WENDY (PERLA) KURTZ says, “I actu- phenomenon where after crazy professionals all who have gone above now live with their four boys. Their ally finished my Ph.D. at UCLA in whipping winds and rain, a total and beyond in the past months! We youngest just turned one. Life is full the spring. It’s in Hispanic languages stillness with birds chirping ensued are proud of how quickly our team and busy but they are loving it! and literatures with a graduate certifi- building thriving, sustainable recently celebrated my 1-year likes to catch people off guard with a and we welcomed our daughter, Zoe for a couple of hours (we were right in has come together. You can fnd KATYA (GENTRY) and DUSTIN cate in the digital humanities. I’m now communities. Grayson joined the anniversary for McAvoy + Co, CPA tackle that slightly resembles a hug. Cassandra Crousore. After a short the middle of the eye of the massive additional information about our BECKETT welcomed a new baby, Ada, working as the digital humanities spe- Institute’s staff on May 30. (mccocpa.com). The warm reception Alejandro is obsessed with basketball maternity leave, I returned to my storm) only to be followed by the investors and team on our website and in March. She joins big brother cialist at Gale, an academic publisher.” by clients and my network was and has a terrifc aim for someone position of senior director of capital most destructive winds I have ever in future updates.” Liam and, so far, her mellow nature STEVE GROVE ’00 AARON RUBIN writes, “I was just overwhelmingly positive, so I have no so small. He is also in his train phase investments for Amtrak and nine seen once the south side of the storm is a perfect match to the constant [email protected] made partner at my wealth manage- regrets in taking this leap. and extremely territorial over every months later I resigned to be at home commenced and the eye started to BRIAN GREEN ’03 energy of a 3-year-old. Now for the ment firm, Werba Rubin Papier ALLISON (DAVIS) O’KEEFE ’00 I managed to visit with RYAN inch of the train table. As for me, I with Zoe for six months before her move north. Pretty incredible stuff! 909-698-3664 best part—copious name-dropping! Wealth Management. I’m releasing [email protected] BLANEY ’99 in Spain, and I have enjoy my job tremendously as the brother Zac was going to join us on “We spend a signifcant amount [email protected] Remember, we will fnd you even if a financial planning book early next touched base with STEVE BRENDE on one-woman marketing department this wild ride. We took an amazing of time traveling throughout Asia you don’t volunteer it for the notes! year (let’s see if I can convince the Ath MATT POLADIAN ’03 occasion. at the University of Kentucky Police trip to Europe (we went to a Sikh and beyond—Taiwan, Hong Kong, [email protected] Dustin and Katya recently spent a Hilary and I recently came to let me speak). Other than that, just HARRY KRUGLIK is riding out Department. I feel very fortunate to wedding in Mallorca, and traveled to Shanghai, Philippines, Thailand, fun weekend in Shenandoah with the back from a 15-day 10-year chillin’ in Pleasanton (S.F. East Bay) Armageddon in our nation’s capital be afforded the ability to positively Romania, Barcelona, and Frankfurt) Vietnam, mainland Japan (Tokyo families of CARY SABADOS ’05, SARAH ’01 anniversary trip to Europe with my wife, Libby, and three kids while establishing himself as an infuence the perception of law when Zoe had just turned 1 and and other parts of Japan), Bali, and Hey all, I know it’s been a (KING) ROTHENBERG, and BRIAN NEVITT, at the end of September without kids. (Natalie, Gwen, and Emmy).” independent communications enforcement within the community shortly thereafter I decided to take a Australia (the Great Barrier Reef while since we last shared as well as ANDY BYRNE. Back in SEAN TELLES checked in to say, We traveled through the Spanish, consultant and speechwriter after using the sum of all my talents. It is USAID audit contract position at the and Melbourne). The kids and I will ’04 our stories, so let me start June, they spent a week up in Maine French, and Italian Riviera by train, “Hello, CMCers. I’m living in Ka- 13 years doing similar work in by far my favorite job I’ve ever had U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, be spending next summer renting by saying that I missed you all. I know at Acadia (gorgeous!) with LUKE and visited Barcelona, Cadaques, polei, Hawaii, teaching both middle government/political campaigns. “If the past three years and really enjoy it for a couple of months. Upon my Airbnbs and traveling through Europe you missed me too, so you don’t need BENEDUM, RYAN JETTON, and their schoolers (Major Sheldon Wheeler) Cassis, Cinque Terre, and Florence. I anyone 1) has public policy goals, 2) despite being so far away from family.” return to the U.S., I had spent the catching up with friends and a mini to say it. It’s okay. I know. I think it’s lovely wives and babies. Per Katya, HIGHLY recommend a trip like this and college students (The University needs help telling their story, and 3) TOM ROBERTSON and his wife, Emily remainder of the fall taking a trip vacation in Dubai. Six months later, been a while since our last issue of “CMC kids and national parks are our of Hawai‘i—West O‘ahu). I recently to all of you. Consider the cost/ wants a strategy for getting that story Uhre, recently took their 3-year-old to California with Zoe and traveled we will be living in Melbourne, CMC Magazine, so I’m super excited happy place.” Dustin is still working attended the 15-year reunion and beneft on your marriage of a spousal- in front of the right people,” then give daughter, Mia, to the north coast from Palo Alto to L.A. on the PCH Australia, for two months while to get back on track! As always, I get at the CFPB, and Katya is teaching continue to feel blessed to be a part only vacation for a week-plus versus him a buzz: Story & Strategy, Harry of Spain for a 10-week sabbatical by stopping in Carmel, Santa Barbara, visiting my brother who moved to go frst because I write the damn second grade in Maryland. counseling. I know where I would of the Stag/Athena community. Even Kruglik, Founder + Only Person. of waves, wine, and rest. With the and Marina Del Rey before returning there a couple of years ago, prior to thing! SETH MARTINDALE, ANDREW TRABA, rather spend the money. though there have been many changes JESICA LOPEZ-HUSKEY has been batteries recharged, Tom is now back to Washington, D.C., where we were returning to Okinawa. I was recently in Argentina for MICHAEL “O’DOYLE” HALL, and CHRIS Other than that, the kids since 2002, I feel the core of what I living in Lexington, Ky., for the past at his civil rights law practice in San living at the time. “I am now starting to look into two weeks with my wife, Sophie (nee LEWERT ’06 enjoyed the Chicago experienced is the same: thoughtful, are enjoying third grade and three years and really enjoys it despite Diego, representing victims of police “Three days after Christmas 2015, entrepreneurial business ideas so Hume, Scripps ’10). We got married Bears vs. Baltimore Ravens match- interesting people not always agree- kindergarten. Keira is an amazing being so far away from family. “We brutality and abuse. two weeks early, we welcomed my that I can work from home part back in April, but this was technically up together on Oct. 15. They were reader, but is working through the ing.” purchased our frst home last year ZEN (PINTILIE) CROUSORE may son, Zac Alexander Crousore, into time while still having have ample our honeymoon. We wanted to wait joined the night before by CLAYTON social dynamics of elementary school. which was a bit challenging given currently have the most exciting life of this world and my life had never been time with the kids and live in KAITLIN (GIBSON) WATERSON ’02 until it was spring in the Southern SCHROERS for drinking (only a little) It is curious to see the fts and starts the real estate market. We have two our class as she is living in Okinawa, fuller with both kids in it. Zoe was various parts of the world for a few [email protected] Hemisphere before going. We spent and revelry (lots and lots). This is the of childhood development, and very boys, Patrick is 5 and Alejandro is 2. Japan, and travels very frequently. 18 months old when her brother was months at a time. I am also learning a week in Buenos Aires and a week in ninth year the group has traveled to rewarding to coach both of the kids Patrick started kindergarten and is “In 2014, I married my husband, born on a cold East Coast winter day Japanese with my daughter (we’re San Carlos de Bariloche in Patagonia. a football game to enjoy each other’s through this period. doing well academically but is still Derek, a Marine lieutenant colonel in D.C. still working on developing the art Buenos Aires is a great city, and company. Honk! (Allegedly the sound On the professional front, I learning his physical boundaries. He aviator (COBRA helicopter pilot) “In July of 2016, Derek and I of full conversations in English with Patagonia is so beautiful it looks fake. of a Stag…allegedly.)

50 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE WINTER 2017 51 ZACK BURSTEIN is very excited to BOOKS welcomed Lillian Rose on CAITLIN DRULIS married Gavin EMILY FERRELL ’07 December. Her wife, KATERINA YALE, announce that on his birthday (Sept. 2004-05 residential assistants Aug. 16. Turner this August in San Francisco. [email protected] lived with them for a month over the MICHELLE (SEFFROOD) BYRNE 6) he and his wife, Jenny, welcomed writes: The wedding of her dreams also TAUSEEF RAHMAN ’07 summer while doing a dermatology their frst child—Bryce Burstein! “We have a few things going on in served as a makeshift CMC reunion, [email protected] externship at USC. Steve and Gizelle Zack says it has been an amazing our lives and it’s never a dull moment with bridesmaids EMERALD BERG, got married in September in Pasadena. few months flled with smiles, coos, around here. Our fourth child, MEREDITH WILLIS, and ERIN SEDLOFF; KATERINA YALE was Maid of Honor and crying, and a few naps here and there. Malachi Oliver, was born July 25 and ushers WESTY ROSE, KEVIN BLAIR, made their cake! Basically, it was a mini Let him know if you are in the D.C. has made a wonderful addition to our SAMUEL L. JACKSON, and TED DAYNO; softball reunion. MICHELLE HARVEY, area—they would love to introduce family, joining big sisters Nora and esteemed guests KARRIE HILLIARD, ’08 CHELSEA BAKER, KARA (MANTANI) you to the adorable little guy! Elsie and big brother Simon. Also, my MELISSA ALDANA HERMANN, JEN CURTIS, and Melissa Munoz (Scripps) PETER CALTAGIRONE continues to husband, Joel, launched his custom CUMMINS, ROMINA VINCENTI, COLIN BROOKS RANDOLPH welcomed his were all there. kick ass up in Alaska. He had a good fne furniture business the beginning READ, and TOM WOODWARD; and daughter, Audrey Grace, on May 12. Gizelle also adds an important tidbit season fying foat planes, which of October (as a plug, we can ship CMC staff members Liz Algermissen, Congratulations, Brooks! that RORY BAIRD lives in Upland and sounds amazing, and reports that he’s anywhere in the States, so feel free to Kaitlyn Plummer, and Dave and KIRTHI NARASIMHAN ’08 they hang out sometimes. enjoying his oil and gas law practice check out our Facebook page (website Susan Edwards. [email protected] SARAH DICK submitted a lovely for the State of Alaska. is still being developed)—Joel Byrne DREW PATTERSON married Maria update on behalf of KAITLYN DESAI MEGAN BROTHERTON’s flm Woodworking—and spread the Cruz on July 14. They live in San and ANDREW COSENTINO—they got Buttercup just won First Place word if you know anyone looking for Francisco, eight blocks from TAUSEEF FREYA LEE HURTADO writes, married! Huge congrats on their Narrative Short Film, Best Idaho custom-built furniture.” RAHMAN ’07, and still lose to MARK “I graduated with my MBA wedding, which was chock full of Film, and the Audience Choice Award BETSY MCIVER CHO and her WEISS ’07 at Mario Kart when he ’09 from UC Berkeley Haas fellow CMCers. at Sandpoint Film Festival. It screens husband, Joseph, welcomed a baby visits. School of Business this May, and then HENRY LYFORD says that he and next at Napa Valley Film Festival. boy, Emmett Dylan Cho, on Sept. 8. JOANNA (REPSOLD) HYATT just I moved back to Claremont. I married ALEXANDER BARGMANN ended their She’s on the lookout for additional SARA VINK and AUSTAN MOGHARABI returned from two months in Malta Steven Hurtado, Pomona ’08, and year-long roommate-ship in the flm festivals to submit this flm to, so ’07 welcomed their second child, where her husband was directing a current ITS staff, on July 1 at Little NoPa neighborhood of San Francisco if you’ve got anything in mind, reach Darian Ata Mogharabi, on Aug. 14 at movie for Sony Studios. She works Bridges on Pomona’s campus. We (“Frisco”) as Alexander moved to D.C. out to her! 8:33 p.m. He clocked in at 9 pounds, for a national not-for-proft educating were surrounded by many loved ones, to (in all likelihood) complain about JASON LIPPENBERGER recently 12 ounces, and 21.5 inches after on abortion and lives in eastern many of whom are affliated with The that city’s shortcomings as well. JAKE started a new job at Cascadia Capital, news: “Matt Oliver moved from of the Redeemer in Atlanta, I will be TIFFANY WILLIAMS ’05 just an hour and 15 minutes at the Washington with her husband and Claremont Colleges as alumni or BAUCH recently defeated MARSHALL a Seattle-headquartered investment Brooklyn to Seattle and is a moving to Virginia Beach, along with [email protected] hospital. two little girls. staff. My matron of honor was FISHER in golf despite Marshall’s daily bank. He and his wife now live in the corporate counsel at Amazon. He my wife and fve sons (11, 9, 7, 6, 3) MITCH BROWNE ’05 KATIE (HAYES) LARKIN-WONG and And lastly, with the most exciting DANIELLE (PEEBLES) RICHARDS, my golf rounds as part of the curriculum at historic and lively neighborhood of and his wife welcomed their frst to plant and pastor a new church of [email protected] her husband, Jonathon, welcomed update from our class, TOM HALLOCK, roommate for three out of our four Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ballard. child, Finn, in October. If you’re in the Presbyterian Church in America their frst child, Kieran Ilaria Larkin after six years of trying, became a years at CMC.” TESSA DOVER recently moved That’s all for us this time around, Seattle, say hello!” (PCA). I was ordained in the PCA in Wong. Their dog, Wes, is serving as national champion at the 20th Annual STEVE ELSON married Meredith up to Portland, Ore., to start a job but really strong showing. I’m proud TARYN BENARROCH writes, “I got 2013 after completing my Master of The Class of 2006 has been her personal security detail and their World Adult Kickball Association’s Fisher on May 28. Congrats to the as an assistant professor of applied of you. Until next time, stay golden, married in September, and while Divinity at Covenant Seminary in St. ’06 getting more action lately home is bursting with love (and a Founders Cup. happy couple! social psychology at Portland State pony boys and girls. my husband, Mark, is English and Louis and accepting my frst pastoral than they did in college! constant fow of coffee). The editors would like to extend a BENJAMIN PAULUS and his wife, University. She’d love to connect with sadly not a CMC alumnus, there call in Atlanta.” We’d like to welcome many new Now for some exciting, non- warm welcome to KEVIN BLAIR in his Ciara, welcomed Cedar Charles on alumni in the PNW! MIKE AVENT ’04 were several Stagthenas present CASEY COHEN and her husband, members to the CMC family! baby-related news, SCOT MATAYOSHI new role as Class Liaison! If you have May 22. Congratulations! CAROLINA VICARIO fnished her 518-88-AVENT at the wedding in London. MILLI Matt Beagle, welcomed their frst JANE (CHEE) MATTHEWS and her is running for the Hawaii State any news or updates, please send them internship in veterinary emergency POSITION OPEN [email protected] (KANANI) HANSEN, NATE HANSEN, child, Sadie Cohen Beagle, on May husband, Jarrad, welcome their third House of Representatives in the 2018 to Kevin at the email address listed and is working as a family veterinarian [email protected] KAREN CONRAD, and LEE RIDLEY were 30! child, Jada Colette Matthews, on election. Visit www.scotmatayoshi. below. in San Diego, where the weather and all there to witness the culture clash/ JACKIE DADAKIS writes, “I am still Aug. 3. Jada checked in at 5 pounds, com for updates or to help (hint hint) Mexican food are pawsitively purrfect! MARC BATHGATE writes, KEVIN BLAIR ’06 great party. My dad, TIM HOWETT in New Orleans; I was promoted to 14 ounces, and 17 inches. Brother the campaign. Good luck, Scot! KATHERINE WERNET recently “We welcomed Marc [email protected] JAMES NORELL married ’83, was also there as the head of our COO of my company this year, a Jericho (4) and sister Julia (2) love the SOCORRO CHRISTMAS-REYNOSO celebrated her beautiful wedding ’05 Gabriel Bathgate on June Lizzie Wen on July 14, and CMC delegation. My husband and I green real estate development frm. new addition! has been killing it professionally, as ’10 to Wils Johnson in Carmel Valley, 24. He will go by Gabriel until he SIYA KAPUR married Jan live in Dubai where he is a payments I’ve had the pleasure of hosting BRIAN WEEKS welcomed a beautiful her name has been included in two reuniting so many sweet CMC decides to rebel, change his name to The National Wildlife Ellerbrock in May. Congratulations to consultant and I do government a number of CMCers for various baby boy on June 2, and like a true published documents in the feld of faces. Also, she loves attending “M.G.,” and apply to Pitzer. James is Federation EcoLeaders all! affairs for NYU Abu Dhabi. We’re festivals and conferences. Mardi sleep-deprived dad, provided no name social welfare. First, she contributed ’07 UCLA Anderson each week with the a great older brother and we’re Career Center is returning to California in a month, Gras is Feb. 14 next year for anyone or other details. Brian also began a a story about her experience as EMILY MEINHARDT ’10 delightful SONIA BAO. Occasionally, thriving as a family of four, still in celebrating the motivating stories and and I plan to force him on tour of thinking of making the trip.” new job as a Fourth District assistant a child welfare worker to The they even run into TOM MOURMOURAS Arlington, Va. Anyone coming career accomplishments of young [email protected] campus and to eat at Walter’s.” CATALINA MUMM WITMAN writes, public defender in Minneapolis and Impossible Imperative: Navigating the professionals making their names (and ’10. Hashtag…whyFEMBA! through D.C. should say hello! I was ABHI NEMANI ’10 ERIN (EVANS) and CALEB NERSTAD “After the birth of my son, Joaquín, beat several ’06ers (SAM MITTERMILLER Competing Principles of Child Protection AMY JACOBSON recently moved back on campus for ImpactCMC weekend a difference) in the sustainability [email protected] have had a busy last few years. In in May 2016, I said a temporary aka Commish, WESTY ROSE, COLIN published by her former professor to sunny Southern California, after and we look forward to coming back movement. They’re calling this group 2015, Erin received her Ph.D. from goodbye to teaching and decided READ, and KEVIN BLAIR) in fantasy at UC Berkeley’s School of Social six glorious years in New Orleans! in the spring for the Class of 2008 of change-makers and rising stars the University of Chicago; they to stay home full time. Life with a baseball. Welfare, Jill Duerr Berrick. Second, “The EcoLeaders Top 50 She got married to her husband, Beck 10-year reunion for KATHERINE welcomed their second child, Vivian, toddler is busy and certainly keeps DIANA KELLY HOLDTMAN and her she contributed via interviews to Inspirations.” ANDREW LEE was ALEX SHAKIBNIA Flanagan, in June at her favorite place (KELLETT) BATHGATE ’08.” in April 2016 (sister to Ava, now 5); me on my toes! Besides going on husband, Alex, welcomed their frst Georgetown Law’s Center for honored as one of these 50 leaders. on earth: Lake Tahoe. She would love TRAVIS PEERY reports, “I am RDS M’10 and moved to Santa Barbara in June many play dates and mommy and child, Caroline, on Aug. 4. Their Poverty and Equality’s “Gender and ’10 to connect with more classmates still in playing with my band (The Travis Andrew is a founder of Esper, alex.shakibnia@ of this year for Erin’s new job at me classes, my hopes of turning daughter will have a lifetime snack Trauma—Somatic Interventions for the L.A. area! Peery Band) at The Satellite in Inc., and an advisor to the Creative gmail.com UCSB. Caleb is continuing to work him into a tiny book worm are supply, as Diana is working in brand Girls in Juvenile Justice: Implications Action Network. As an NWF Fellow, KATHRYN MGRUBLIAN recently Silver Lake, Los Angeles, for their EDDIE CONRAD M’10 remotely as operations manager for coming to fruition as his favorite management for Goldfsh crackers in for Policy and Practice” authored Andrew focused on the installation of started her own public relations December residency which was put [email protected] Surface Shields. They’ve reunited pastime is fipping through books. Connecticut. by Rebecca Epstein and Thalia moisture sensors to decrease business in Pasadena, Calif., called together by our manager, DANIEL with JUSTIN TEVIS, who lives in In non-mommy related news, I am MICHAEL KAYATTA and his wife, Gonzalez. A story sharing her irrigation and identify malfunctioning ClearWest Communications, focusing ARTIANO, who will also be singing nearby Carpinteria, and are enjoying taking a short story class through Nikki, welcomed their daughter, journey as a social worker and the on healthcare clients! with the band. We’ll be playing sprinklers across CMC. Hello! Class of 2011 is back being back in the California sun and UCLA extension. It has been super Aubrey Christine Kayatta, on Oct. 14. work she is doing with adolescent CRAIG DEPRIESTER CLAIRE KATHERINE WERNET, AMY JACOBSON, the frst three Wednesday nights and at it again with the notes, so sand. motivating and inspiring and is JEFF MANASSERO and his wife, Jenn, females involved in the foster care THOMAS and KATHRYN MGRUBLIAN went to in December (Dec. 6, Dec. 13, and welcomed James Brenton to ’11 let’s get to the updates! Thank you, JIMMY BROCK, for bringing me one step closer to my welcomed Jack Edward Manassero on and juvenile probation systems will the world in July. Congratulations to a live-to-flm production of Willy Dec. 20) and would love to see some GIZELLE PERA FARENBAUGH says it your frst submission. He writes, dream of becoming a published Oct. 3. be featured in The Bull magazine’s Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at the CMCers in the crowd!” the happy family! was the best year ever! Gizelle and “In November, after fve years as author! PAUL BOOKS and LACEY (EVERIST) upcoming issue that will focus on Hollywood Bowl. Let’s just say that MATT OLIVER shares great STEVE FARENBAUGH ’08 got engaged in pastor of family ministry at Church women’s issues. Weird Al Yancovic sang all of the

52 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE WINTER 2017 53 CRAIG DABNEY M’12 back ahead of me immediately (where RDS cjddabney@gmail. she stayed for the rest of the day). She ’12 com is still the most competitive person we know and still knows how to push us to ALUMNI WEEKEND 2018 our limits. HARMONY PALMER sent in “After San Diego, we spent more this epic story: “Ten days nights camping at state and RV parks ’13 after JEN RINGOEN ’12 and I as we cruised through Arizona, New celebrated our wedding in San Mexico, and Texas. It was wonderful Francisco in August, we set out on a to discover the small towns of travel adventure that had been in the Wickenburg, Ariz.; Silver City, N.M.; works for over three years. “The Marfa, Texas; and Fredericksburg, Honey Ride,” as it came to be known Texas. On the other hand, we were from our daily documentation on astounded by the countless deserted, Instagram (@thehoneyride), was a self- run-down towns that were seemingly supported bicycle ride across the thriving not long ago. We also Harmony Palmer ’13 and Jen Ringoen ’12 country. experienced the detrimental impacts of on their “Honey Ride” “After we both graduated CMC, towns located in food deserts, having we picked up cycling as a hobby to no access to fresh produce and, often, take advantage of the beautiful, diverse safe tap water. We spent many meals in JOYCELYN HO is studying dentistry at Oompa Loompa parts. email (gently urging revolt) to all years eating his way around Northern riding the Bay Area has to offer. these areas eating the limited options the University of Western Australia. TINA NGUYEN got mildly addicted North American employees. He has California as Zagat’s San Francisco However, neither of us had embarked available to us—canned refried beans, ANDREW YANDELL and WILL YANDELL to the game Magikarp Jump. Her rebranded to Sasha Graft, but you are editor. Yes, he does dine out almost on a multi-day ride nor camped more jerky, potato chips, etc.—usually from ’14 moved into a house in Bernal Magikarp is now at level 120. Please all grandfathered in and can still call every night. But, no, he’s not as mean than a few times in our lives. Inspiring the only gas station in town. Heights last May. It’s really feeling send her help! (Editor’s Note: It’s been him Alex! Currently, he is fnishing a critic as Anton Ego in Ratatouille. Let friends like KATE JOHNSON—who “West Texas was by far the hardest like home this fall with the arrival months now since this was submitted, up an MFA in fction at Columbia and him know if you ever want to check thru-hiked the Pacifc Crest Trail leg of our trip due to its limited of their youngest brother after his so send help ASAP!!!) writing a novel about a corporation out a new restaurant or an old favorite after graduation—gave us confdence resources, desert climate, and strong graduation from Middlebury. Andrew’s Last October, PETER JEBSEN ran the that traffcs in illegal dreams…among if you’re in the Bay Area! that we could overcome our lack of headwinds. For both of us, the hardest wine import label, Trumpet Wine, Budapest Marathon in a personal best other things. (Editor’s Note: Feel free YOSHAN KENNEDY-CHURNAC says that experience with the proper research, day of our entire trip was riding from continues to grow and teaches him of 3:27:46. This summer, he fnished to ask Alex directly what “among other after six months of travel in Europe planning, and training. Sanderson to Seminoles State Park, new lessons every day. his law degree, fnally read The Road to things” includes!) Reading fction is and Asia, her life has turned into an “So, on Aug. 30, less than two a hilly 80-mile stretch with zero JACLYN D’ARCY is in the midst of Serfdom, and joined the shipping and like taking your brain to the gym, episode of Project Runway. She’s been weeks after our wedding, we left San resources to stop for water, food, or getting her MBA at Northwestern’s offshore practice at Wikborg Reins so he encourages you to (mentally) sewing non-stop trying to keep up with Francisco. Our route took us down the shade. We started the day on little Kellogg School of Management. Bergen Offce. pump that iron! Last year, he self- orders for her clothing line Fringe coast to San Diego, then east across sleep. It turns out the only RV park in DANIEL FOGEL just moved to Miami, SHANE DAVIS graduated from published Ways to Upset Your Mother, & Epaulette. Looking to expand the Southern Tier to St. Augustine, Sanderson is only 30 yards from the teaching the LSAT and the GMAT. medical school and moved from an illustrated book for all children and intentionally and hire more staff by Fla. railroad tracks, and we were awakened ALLIE MACY has been in San Boston to San Francisco to start his mature adults. Hit him up for a copy! next season! Turns out her CMC “The Pacifc Coast was mainly by thunderous trains rolling through Francisco for about three years residency. JACINTH SOHI says that after four French major skills will actually come beautiful riding, except for a few fat every half an hour throughout the now. She is working in San Bruno CHARLES JOHNSON and his wife had and a half years, she left her job in handy: she’s moving to the south tires and an extreme heat wave we hit night. as the coordinator of mental health a baby girl named Charlotte! scaling operations at Uber to found of France by 2019 with her husband. as we bypassed the Big Sur closure. “When we emerged from our tent and behavior services for the school OLGA LORAINE KOFMAN is at Penn EngageProgress, a company that (They were married in June!) During a string of triple-digit-heat at 5 a.m., the headwinds were already district. She and her boyfriend Neurology, and started her Master of helps local Democratic clubs and SARAH BEATTIE just moved to a new days, we were hitting the road by 5 strong, a biker’s nightmare (at least explored Italy over the summer and Social Work (’20) at the University of county parties develop their digital house in D.C., rooming with CAMERON a.m. and fagging down the occasional hills usually end, wind usually does her parents are in the process of Pennsylvania. infrastructure. HANSON ’10 (an old CMS basketball truck to help us to our destination not). We made it 75 miles before my moving to Claremont! NELSON BEAN is currently attending ANNIE KAISER is having application teammate!). when the temperatures were body began to give out. Jen was able MIKE WHATLEY got married to Tulane University for his M.D./MPH. deja vu this week after helping That’s all she wrote, folks! unbearable. to decipher through my exhausted Jessica Hamilton in the Outer Banks STEPHEN POWELL is “chilling.” Rwandan scholar Christiane Umutoni “Throughout our 9-week trip, gibberish the words ‘need shade,’ so we in September, and it was quite the DIVYA VISHWANATH ’11 MORGAN SHATTUCK says a great apply early decision at a U.S. college as we camped about 40% of the time, stopped at the top of a hill and found Claremont reunion. In attendance [email protected] CMC crew got together in San Diego part of an initiative for San Francisco- stayed in motels/Airbnbs about 20%, a small patch of shade under a leafess were MICHAEL WILNER, JESSE for CHANTAL HOANG ’12 and JASON based nonproft SHE CAN. KATHRYN MGRUBLIAN ’11 and stayed in homes about 40% (via tree. After resting for 10 minutes, we BLUMENTHAL, ERIN BLUMENTHAL ’13, LEE’s wedding. Attendees included CHRISTOPHE BINDERT tells us that [email protected] connections from our community, sipped the last of our water supply and LAURA SUCHESKI, JACINTH SOHI, KEVIN ELICA SHARIFNIA ’12, STEFANIE CHAN, after an incredible year off, he joined couchsurfng.com, or warmshowers. headed out in survival mode. At just BURKE, KALE FEIN, JOSEPH CLIFTON, and JULIA YU, BRIAN LI, EMMELINE WIDJAJA, the dark side again and landed a job org, like CouchSurfng but specifcally three miles to go, we reached the top VICTORIA DIN. KEILA NOVOA, JONATHAN “SHAKA” KHIL, in London, working as a business/ CHRIS STRIETER for cyclists). The CMC community of a hill that led into a steep decline KARA (MANTANI) CURTIS moved to DREW VINSON, JOSEPH CHANG, JIN TAN, data analyst for The Yacht Week (if M’11 was strong down the coast, where we with a shoulder-less bridge. Out of Maryland and enjoyed living where it RDS ’11 EMILY HIRANO, JUSTINE KALANI-DODGEN you haven’t heard of it, it’s probably [email protected] benefted from the hospitality of ERICA nowhere, a pesky bee stung me right snows for the frst time. Got to hang ’12, STEFAN GONZALEZ ’10, REI KAWANO the most CMC-esque vacation BELLMAN ’12 in Santa Cruz, CASEY on the neck right before the descent. with CMCers at the best wedding in ’12, SUBIN KIM ’13, TRACY KAO ’12, and you can take—boozing and sailing RECK ’11 in Santa Barbara, and KATIE “Just when the GPS said we had Pasadena (shout out to Gizelle and Shailini Pandya, Scripps ’12. around the Mediterranean). If you’re SCHLEIN ’10 in San Diego. arrived at the state park, we couldn’t Steve!), traveled to Italy this summer, ALISON GUSHUE married ALEX GRABOVSKIY says that after contemplating on going on a Yacht “Our longest distance day on fnd any indication signs. We spotted and she recently became a frst-time Georgi Dinolov on May graduation, he went to work at a Week trip (or Ski Week for that ’12 the trip was 94 miles from Santa a woman in her yard, who confrmed aunt to the cutest baby ever. Best work 20. Congratulations! large international bank. Whilst matter) holler at him for a good deal. Barbara to Santa Monica; the miles that the park was just half a mile down stories as a PT are still getting to help APRIL 20-22, 2018 there, he began distributing a widely (Editor’s Note: Sign us up please!) He’s WILLIAM BROWN ’12 few by with CMS softball coach and the road. However, as we encountered people take their frst steps and get read, slightly subversive satirical learning to love London despite the [email protected] legend Betsy Hipple, who joined us many times on our trip, the sound of back to walking after strokes or spinal FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: employee newsletter that almost got lack of the beautiful Californian sun… for the entire ride! Coach was great our voices alerted her two unleashed cord injuries. Challenging and so MARK MUNRO ’12 www.cmc.edu/alumniweekend him fred, but got him promoted to a he makes up for it in gin and tonics, motivation (lots of ‘Spin to win!’ and dogs, who proceeded to chase us down rewarding! [email protected] OR FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM nice position in the Communications fsh and chips, and cheeky pints at the ‘Let’s go baby!’) and gave us cycling the street, barking wildly. JEANNA KIM is working in the flm @CMCALUMNIWEEKEND Department instead. He escaped pub though! Get in touch if you’re tips from her racing days. I tried to get “Completely depleted of energy and industry as a camera assistant. several years later by sending an around. in front of her once and Coach shot water, we arrived at the state park only TREVOR FELCH has spent the past two to see the offce had already closed for

54 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE WINTER 2017 55 the night and we didn’t know where Jen tried a test ride through the park. Since I’ve last written to you, I’ve years strong living with CMC dorm/ the campsites were. A wonderful Unfortunately, her knee had barely moved back to Atlanta. It’s nice to real-world roommate ROSE KOPER. couple saw us, gave us two cold bottles improved, and we were forced to be near friends again, and since Elizabeth recently started a new job in of water, and we rode another mile cut the honey ride two weeks short. CMCers are such travelers I still get PR and media relations at The Hatch down the road to our campsite just in Finding a new opportunity, we packed to see a fair amount of people from Agency in San Francisco working with time before the sunset. We had been in the bikes on a train to Birmingham college—although not often enough. clients like Dropbox, Thumbtack, and the saddles for 12 hours that day with to visit the Civil Rights Institute, I’m working as the press secretary for Doordash. RYAN no rest, so all we had energy to do was then drove to Nashville to visit Stacey Abrams for Governor. Finally ABBY MICHAELSEN ’15 boil some pasta, scarf down dinner, and DRISCOLL ’16 before fying home to found a candidate I would follow to [email protected] go to sleep. Even a thunderstorm that San Francisco. Like all the previous the ends of the Earth, and I couldn’t night couldn’t disturb our sleep. When CMC connections along our ride, she be more excited to work for her. it rains, it pours (literally!). welcomed us with love, comfortable Check her out (www.staceyabrams. LAWRENCE BEALL writes, “Since the beginning of the trip, beds, and top-notch food. Ryan’s com) and if you’re ever in Atlanta “My frst book is now we were most excited to reach Austin. grandmother even hosted us for a send me a message!” ’16 published! It’s available on CAMERON HANSON ’10 hooked us up southern breakfast of cheesy grits, MARK BLUMENFELD remains Amazon. My book includes all the with a night at the DoubleTree, our buttermilk biscuits, fried pork chops, unmarried and continues to walk his cutting edge work I’ve been doing to frst hotel stay of the journey (and free and gravy. mother’s dog. revolutionize origami—basically cookies!). “Refecting on our trip after a breaking all the rules for what is ALEXANDRA COOKE ’14 “For the remaining days in Austin, week of returning home, the best considered ‘proper’ today. The book [email protected] BECCA ROSENTHAL ’15 connected memories revolve around the people has beautiful full-page color images, us with JACQUELYN ZEHNER ’15, an we encountered. Every one of our MERRIEL FOSTER ’14 background information on each art Austin native who moved back after hosts, whether they knew us or not, [email protected] piece, and my unfltered perspective graduation. We had never met, but welcomed us into their lives with on the way I see the folded art-form. she proved to be one of the most overwhelming warmth, openness, and “If you or anyone you know likes hospitable hosts we encountered, generosity. If you are ever in the Bay HESTER LAM moved to art books (who doesn’t like books which is saying a lot. Area, let us know so we can welcome ’15 Dallas in July, “but with pictures?), you can get a copy “On Day 51, after almost a month you into our home. We have a lot of desperately misses the today: Neo Origami: An Ancient Art of pedaling through Texas, we reached hospitality to pay back to the world!” sunshine and the mountains in L.A.” Reborn. Louisiana. We were immediately She left auditing at PwC and now “I also hope to hear what you ELLIE BECKETT ’13 welcomed with swamps, mosquitoes, works in advisory at EY. think—it’s a subject I love to talk [email protected] and thick Cajun accents. We tried to KYLE WEISS writes: “I have recently about, and feedback would be very take a photo at the state line with me CLARE RIVA ’13 relocated to my ancestral homeland much appreciated!” on Jen’s shoulders, but after 50 miles [email protected] of Israel to pursue a lifelong dream of POSITION OPEN of riding that day, Jen’s legs couldn’t producing high-quality, cruelty-free, [email protected] hold much. semi-organic, hand-pureed artisan “Small town Louisiana treated hummus. The work is hard and the us well with a high school football days are long, but the privilege of game, po’ boys, and our stay at an RDS ’13 seeing people enjoy the fruit of my old, haunted hotel to fuel us for the loins makes the many hours of hand Please send us week ahead to reach New Orleans. ARIA KRUMWIEDE ’12M’13 crushing garbanzo beans all worth it. your news. However, as we learned on this trip, [email protected] Please keep on the lookout this coming life rarely goes according to plan. spring for Kyle’s Kreations lines of TO SEND A CLASS NOTE TO “Halfway into our ride on Day 55, hummus on the shelves of grocery CMC, please contact your liaison, listed at the end of your class year’s Jen felt sharp pain in her knee, which ALEX FOX is working on a stores near you. Don’t let your dreams notes or found at bit.ly/ClassLiasons intensifed for the remainder of the new clothing concept @ be dreams friends!” If your class does not have a liaison day. With eight miles left to reach ’14 originofmind. “We design After a much-needed vacation listed, contact the Alumni Relations the town of Bunkie, I called the local clothing collections around specifc in Australia and New Zealand and Offce at [email protected] to frehouse we planned to stay with that social issues. For example, our frst learning how to surf, ANDREW NAM has report news or to volunteer for the night, and they sent a car to pick us collection on education looks at topics shed the title of investment banker and position. up. By the time our rescuer arrived, in school funding, resources, and has moved on to private equity. He still CMC Magazine does not accept we realized Jen’s knee would require demographics. Profts from clothing resides in Midtown NYC, but with a engagement, pre-birth, or legacy more than a night of healing. Our go back to support community new roommate, NAINA MULLICK ’17; she application announcements; best option was to get ourselves to organizations. Based in Oakland; you has redecorated their entire apartment, fundraising or solicitation notices; New Orleans (180 miles away) for can visit at originofmind.clothing. If including making the entire bathroom obscenities; libelous, defamatory, or some R&R. With some quick research interested, please reach out!” “salmon” (although Andrew is certain harassing statements. All submissions and a couple of phone calls, we LUKE MAYER is back on the Beast that it is pink). to Class Notes are subject to editing found ourselves in a 26-foot U-Haul, Coast for med. school at Dartmouth. KAYLA NONN moved to D.C. to for style, clarity, length, and strict typically used for moving 4-bedroom He skis more than he studies and still begin grad school at Johns Hopkins adherence to these content guidelines. homes. Luckily our bikes ft, and we sheds a tear each Tuesday in memory School of Advanced International Please be advised that the editorial drove a bumpy few hours to New of TNR. Studies (SAIS), concentrating in staff neither guarantees the validity Orleans to regroup. EMMY MILDENBERG fnally Middle East studies and international of any information herein nor is “In New Orleans, Jen rehabbed her succeeded in convincing CARLY economics. She absolutely loves living responsible for the appearance of any knee while we took a deep dive into GOODKIN to move to the East Coast in D.C. and runs into CMCers all the inaccurate or libelous information. the food scene, including hot dogs (and is subsequently praying for a time. She even recently spotted SHERIN with JEFF STEITZ. After hearing we’d mild winter to convince her it’s not so ZADAH ’17 while walking by a cafe, and be in New Orleans for a week, KELSEY bad) She has also been able to catch proceeded to terrify Sherin by GROSS surprised us by fying in from up with HANNAH DUNHAM (and her knocking on the cafe window. Typical In Memoriam to be included in next Boston for a weekend. Her love and dog), mostly while cheering against Kayla! issue of CMC Magazine. energy boosted our spirits. the Dodgers. ELIZABETH EGGERT is still loving “On our fnal day in New Orleans, CAITLIN HIGHLAND: “Hi, everyone! San Francisco and is going on six

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