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N FEATURES M AY PEACE BE WITH YOU. W O

S 14 / WHY IS THERE WAR? T

I How can we not be perplexed by war, the destroyer of

S families, of cities, and of nations? A political science I professor ponders the big questions. E C A

E 16 / BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS P Training graduates to cool off global hot spots isn’t easy, but USD’s School of Peace Studies and the Joan B. Kroc E Institute for Peace & Justice are up to the task. N I Z

A DEPARTMENTS G A AROUND THE PARK M 4 / Commitment to Safety

D It’s a big responsibility, but Public Safety has

S a handle on keeping students safe on campus. U 6 / Fresh New Look 10 USD’s revamped logo is part of the university’s push to reinforce Catholicity and brand itself for the 21st century.

7 / Save the Date Autism Conference, Grandparents Weekend, Kyoto Laureate 30WOUNDS INTO WISDOM. Symposium, Alumni Honors.

ON THE COVER: 8 / Serenity Seekers POINT OF VIEW Illustration by School of Peace Studies students Monya Kian, Yusuf Gawany and 12 / The Chrysalis Effect Barbara Ferguson Zacharia Akol are blazing a trail of peace around the globe. Journalist Scott Heidler ’90 TORERO ATHLETICS and his fiance set out to 10 / We are the Champions reveal the raw, unfiltered Toreros top mid-major program in an unprecedented experiences of post-Taliban season that ends with no regrets and an eye toward the Afghan women in their new future. Also: Basketball forward Nir Cohen and more. book, Parwana. I NJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. CONTENTST HE STORY ALWAYS OLD AND ALWAYS NEW.

20 / GREETING THE TENSE NEW DAWN When the people took to the streets in Nepal, the IPJ was there.

30 / BACK FROM THE BRINK As Oct. 2006, the bloodiest 24 month in a year for U.S. troops in Iraq, wound down, 24 / THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS Chris Simonds ’05 was Military defense attorney Neal A. Puckett ’89 (L.L.M.) thankful to be alive after doesn’t shy away from high-profile clients. Why should he? taking a bullet in the back. He’s never lost a case.

CLASS NOTES BEAD B Y BEAD.

CAMPAIGN CORNER CLASS NOTES 32 / The Future is Now 36 / Maritime Man $200 million Capital Cam- Coast Guard Captain William Uberti paign supports USD’s vision oversees San Francisco’s waterways. for the future: educating 41 / Life During Wartime 36 students who are globally Rebuilding public services for Iraqi is a tough job. competent, ethical leaders. That’s why they called in Joe Ghougassian.

ALUMNI UPDATE 44 / Teaching the Teacher 34 / Paying it Forward While bombs fell in Israel and Lebanon, Donald De Angelo USD is the reason that made a deeper connection with his own Catholic faith. Maureen (Gavron) Partynski 47 / Remembering the Fallen ’82 is dedicated to volunteer- Joshua Palmer lost his life in the spring of 2004, but his ing time and money to her memory lives on through family and friends. 12 community.

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[editor] Julene Snyder [email protected] [valor] [class notes editor] Kelly Knufken NEXT OF KIN [email protected] [art director] Barbara Ferguson The answers to big questions begin with simply listening [email protected] [proofreading] y father never liked to talk about the war. Nonetheless, we somehow found out that he Fawnee Evnochides fought in the Pacific Theater, that he was in the Air Force, that he saw combat. We [feature photographer] M Marsall Williams knew from photos he kept in a shoebox, high on a shelf, that he looked impossibly young in [illustrators] Barbara Ferguson 1943, and that when the camera was pointed his way, he tended to squint, just a little, and that Alan Burch he seemed fit and trim and ready for anything. We knew that he came home without visible [web design manager] Michael James wounds, and we knew, somehow, without him saying a word, that not all of his buddies made it. [email protected] He’s been gone a long time now — over 15 years — and I still find myself wishing I’d found out more about [web site] www.sandiego.edu/usdmag his time “over there.”It shaped him, I think, in a fundamental way, and perhaps made him the man he was.

He was a stickler for good grammar, loved words and ideas above all else, and immersed himself in academia UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

for his entire career. For the most part, his experiences in WWII remained private. When he died, I found myself [president] Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D. sifting through that stack of photos, wishing I’d asked more questions, listened more closely, learned more [vice president of details, no matter how hard they may have been to hear. university relations] Timothy L. O’Malley A few weeks ago, I had a call to make, and I was hesitant to pick up the phone. But when I reached Jackie [assistant vice president Kennedy, she was so delighted to talk to me that I was glad I’d called. “I love for people to talk about Joshua,” of university marketing and creative services] she said. Her son, Platoon Commander Joshua Palmer ’01, had been killed in Fallujah, Iraq in the spring of Coreen Petti

2004. When I explained that the next USD Magazine would be a theme issue focusing on war and peace, [usd magazine] is published by the University of she was delighted to talk about her son’s ultimate sacrifice. San Diego for its alumni, parents and friends. Editorial offices: USD She told me not just about the day he died, when he and his troops had cornered a sniper that had been Magazine, Publications Office, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá firing upon another platoon, but about his love of children, and how he’d shared many a meal with Iraqi Park, San Diego, CA 92110. Third-class postage paid at San Diego CA 92110. families, and that he’d been awarded a posthumous Bronze Star. She sent me a photo of a smiling Palmer USD phone number (619) 260-4600. Postmaster: Send address changes to on a dusty Iraqi street, surrounded by more than a dozen smiling kids. She wrote on the back, “We think that USD Magazine, Publications Office, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá this is the last picture Joshua was in. He loved the children. He loved to see them smile.”She also sent me a Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492. thank-you note, which seems backwards, somehow. [0107/53000]

When I first decided to focus much of an entire issue on war and peace, I had no idea how deeply it would

affect my own life. I didn’t know I’d wind up in a courtroom at MCRD listening to soldiers describe one of the most terrible days of their lives. I had no idea that I’d wake up in the middle of the night worrying about USD alumnus Joseph Ghougassian. While I’d known about the good work going on at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, I hadn’t been aware of just how hands-on our peace-builders are and how they put them- selves at risk time and again. I didn’t know a whole lot of things. I know now.

— Julene Snyder, Editor

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[counterpoints] Fall 2006) — on my doorstep. Meaningful Discourse alongside Edna Harper to create Wow! What a spread! It looks In the last issue of USD Magazine the hillside topiary for many beautiful, and the story is great. (Fall 2006), we ran a story about years is Pedro Duran Vidal, a I can't thank you enough for a topiary garden at the home of 36-year-old man from Oaxaca, the wonderful story, the beautiful Alex Harper ’83 (J.D.) and his wife, Mexico. pictures and your opinion that my Edna, titled “Green Elephants and In a recent meeting with mem- life and music were worth creating Leafy Pyramids.” It was meant to bers of the university’s Committee all the aforementioned for. What be a light-hearted piece celebrat- on Inclusion and Diversity and a heartwarming welcome home ing a hillside wonderland filled the editor of this magazine, ideas and a tangible measure of my with whimsical greenery. were exchanged on how USD own life. Thank you, thank you. Unfortunately, in our attempt Magazine’s goals can continually — Brigitte DeMeyer ’86 to craft an entertaining and strive to remain in line with the colorful story, we ran a caption mission of our university, and to Great cover piece on a very special that could be preceived as insen- actively and foster cultural diver- Wowzers! fellow alum, Brigitte DeMeyer. The sitive and offensive. The text in sity. We are grateful for the I love your most recent issue of music is outstanding, and I would question describes the topiary’s opportunity to hear the concerns USD Magazine (Fall 2006). My hus- have never heard it had it not been gardener in the following of all members of the university band, Ben Mosley ’00, and for your article. I’m still living my manner: “See the little guy in the community and welcome the I have lived all around the world double life (as an investment coun- front wearing a hat? That’s a input of all of those who take since graduating from USD and selor/musician) and am enjoying ‘self-portrait’ of Pedro, the full- pride in the University of San Diego, getting married in Founders every minute of it! time gardener who helps bring its mission and its magazine. Chapel. We are always so proud — Jim Hitchcock ’83 all this whimsy to life.” We take great care to make sure to share our university with new As was subsequently pointed that each issue of USD Magazine friends. We are incredibly thankful I just wanted to thank you for the out, this description is insulting reflects the diversity of our campus for USD and all that it has to offer story on Brigitte DeMeyer. I thor- and hurtful to some members community, and welcome this its students. May God continue oughly enjoyed learning how of the university community. reminder that we need to be ever- to bless this amazing place! Brigitte is chasing her dream and Specific concerns included that vigilant in the ways that we show — Robin (Perkins) Mosley ’01 how happy she is. If I close my eyes, the gardener was diminished in respect for all members of the I can see wonderful memories of status by being referred to as communities that the magazine Wow! USD Magazine is really fan- Brigitte driving her blue convertible “the little guy,” a familiar, unpro- and the university serve. tastic. I look forward to reading Volkswagen Bug through campus, fessional and arguably demeaning Our genuine apologies are every issue, and the photos are and I start smiling as I remember characterization. Furthermore, offered. While it was never our superb. Ms. Snyder’s “Editorial her infectious smile and laugh. the gardener is called by his first intent to be insensitive or hurtful, License” is always inspiring and I look forward to seeing her on name only, again reducing his we sincerely regret causing real. We are really fortunate in VH1 soon. status and showing disrespect. offense. Be assured that we will having a magazine of this caliber — Paul Van Stone ’85 Finally, it can be construed that continue to listen, to learn and produced on campus. The caring, highlighting a caricature of a consider how best to respect visual eye, content and organiza- I wanted to compliment USD Mexican man as a self-portrait diverse cultures in our pages. tion of staff really shows. Keep Magazine on the wonderful article reduces the real person to a — Editor up the great work. Thank you. featuring Brigitte DeMeyer. When stereotype. — Rickey Jayne Vignati I received the magazine in the While none of this was the Special Assistant to the Vice mail I was instantly drawn to the intent of the story’s author or the Write us ... President, Student Affairs cover and the story inside; the pic- editor of the magazine, we have a We welcome letters to the tures surrounding the article were duty to be respectful to all of the editor about articles in the Some Kind of Wonderful beautiful and truly portrayed subjects of our stories. More care magazine. Letters may be Just got back from a great and Brigitte's unique style. I have been might have been taken to assure edited for length and content, productive trip playing in fortunate enough to hear Brigitte that we did not unconsciously rely and must include a daytime Nashville for the Americana Music play in person and her music is on stereotypic or offensive depic- phone number. Write: Editor, Association conference to find amazing. Thanks for the great tions of anyone in the pages of this USD Magazine, 5998 Alcalá the new USD Magazine — and story on a great alumni!! magazine. Park, San Diego, CA 92110. the cover story profiling my life — Laura (Miller) Hasshaw ’85 For the record, the full name E-mail: [email protected]. and career (“Someone After All,” of the gardener who has worked

SPRING 2007 3 K R A P E H T D K N U O R A R K R A P A E H T P D N U O R A E K R A P E H H T D N T U O [wa t chdog] R A K R D A COMMANDING RESPECT P Public Safety keeps the peace on campus E

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T t’s a big responsibility. “The ning a department that functions Barnett says. (The department’s N

D mission of the department is to professionally, like a sworn police annual report, which includes sta-

N provide a safe and secure envi- department, ready to respond to tistics for 2005 and other important

U I ronment for the campus com- anything that happens on cam- public safety information, can be

O munity,”says Larry Barnett, assis- pus. Still, the San Diego Police found at www.sandiego.edu/safety; R U tant vice president for public Department would be the pri- click the Annual Report link.) A safety. Students may be USD’s mary responder for any felonies The ongoing charge for the K largest stakeholder, but the that may occur on campus. Department of Public Safety is to R

A charge also includes protecting “We have for many years had a remind students and others to

P faculty, staff and visitors. The lat- strong relationship with the San protect themselves and their O

E ter category may include dig Diego Police Department,”Bar- valuables. “To me, the message is,

H nitaries who don’t come with nett says. That includes working ‘Be aware of the potential for T their own security detail, such as on the College Law Enforcement crime to occur,’” Barnett says. D R Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human Task Force, which looks to solve Toward that end, before the N rights lawyer and Nobel Peace problems both on- and off- local Fall 2006 school year began, U Prize winner who spoke on cam- college campuses. Public Safety was working with O pus in September.

R Most incidents that do occur on the Mission Beach Town Council, A A Barnett prides himself on run- campus are crimes of opportunity, the San Diego Police Depart-

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A [generosity] tion Sciences (SOLES) building,

P which is scheduled to open in

M Fall 2007. P A Built around the university’s C THE FUTURE IS NOW mission statement, the campaign R $200 million campaign goal within reach

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N ome said it couldn’t be already posted a staggering vision for the future: educating

R done. Others were kinder, $181 million. Those dollars will students who are globally compe- M O but still called it exceedingly go for campus initiatives such as tent, ethical leaders working in our C S ambitious. Nonetheless, week by endowed faculty chairs, the fund- ever-changing world. A good por- N week, month by month, year by ing of a new school as well as insti- tion of the monies raised will build G

I year, the goals of the landmark tutes and centers and funding for an endowment that will enable A A Campaign for the University of two new buildings. These are the the university to invest in student P San Diego are being quietly met. Donald P. Shiley Center for Science aid, groundbreaking research, out- M The $200 million fundraising and Technology and the new standing and innovative teaching A C

C effort began in 2001 and has School of Leadership and Educa- programs, new technologies and

32 USD MAGAZINE [gung ho] world-class learning facilities. first time that college students Other key initiatives include an choose — on their own — to endowment to benefit the School participate in their religion. of Law, an endowed chair in real GENUINE ZEAL “My husband and I love to go to estate and a new Mission Cafe and Trustee Sandra Brue digs deep to support students student Mass several times a year,” Fitness Center. Brue says. “Founders Chapel is USD President Mary E. Lyons andra Brue spent more than money and has the qualifications. packed, and nobody’s forcing them has been an enthusiastic booster two decades in business for I look at it as a way for the parents to go. It’s upbeat and just what I of the Campaign for the University Sherself, making small, realis- hopefully not have to sacrifice as think public worship should be.” of San Diego. “The gifts of our gen- tic animal sculptures that her com- much as they would have.” Serving on USD’s board of erous donors have provided stu- pany, Sandicast, sold all over the Her connection with the univer- trustees gives Brue a deep respect dents of exceptional ability with world. But these days, USD has sity started when Brue attended for how the university is run. the benefits of a faith-based edu- become an equally big passion. the College for Women for her first “When problems arise, I see how cation,”she says. “These monies “I really do love USD,”says the long- two years of college before trans- things are handled, and I see an ensure that graduates of the time board of trustees member. ferring across town. She always honesty there. We are always University of San Diego are pre- Brue designated that her own kept a fondness in her heart for checking our actions against our pared as they assume positions of contribution to the Campaign for the University of San Diego. values and our mission.” influence in our region, the nation the University of San Diego go Brue loved that USD offered so As for the campaign, Brue touts and around the world.” toward scholarships for Catholic many opportunities to participate the “wonderful naming opportu- The campaign has been ably students. While she welcomes reli- in and connect more deeply with nities” available for donors and chaired by university trustee gious diversity on campus, she her Catholic faith. These days, she says the campaign is a way “to Sandra Brue, who points out that says, “I’d like my donation to help says the campus still offers that to make a difference in the future USD has come a long way since its a Catholic student who needs the students during what is often the for thousands of students.” founding more than 50 years ago. “The school has achieved distinc- tion on many levels,”she says. “It has outstanding faculty and exception- al students, innovative graduate programs, centers and institutes, acclaimed community outreach efforts, and competitive men’s and women’s athletic programs.” This close to the finish line, the goals of the campaign are nearly within reach. All that’s needed is for those who love their university to seriously consider making a person- N O S al donation, influencing their com- U G R E

F pany to make an outright or match- A R

A ing gift, or advising an organization B R A B or foundation to support USD. Vice President of University Relations Tim O’Malley is confident that the goals are realistic and attainable: “The Campaign for the R E

University of San Diego has gener- K C E ated excitement and support from D N A L

all branches of the university family. A Faculty, staff, alumni, parents, [commemoration] corporations, foundations, friends of USD, and even our students IN CELEBRATION of the final massive steel beam being set in place at the themselves are contributing to our success. We look forward to construction site of the new School of Leadership and Education Sciences celebrating a $200 million cam- building, a party marking the “topping off” was held on-site in late October. paign victory in 2007.” Above, architect Michael B. Wilkes shows off the blueprints to USD Assistant

For the latest campaign figures, go Vice President of Facilities Management Roger Manion, along with Sacred to www.sandiego.edu/campaign/. Heart alumna Fran Dolan and friend of USD Paul Cloonan.

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P [inspira tion] Responding to the Alumni U

N Association’s call for a “Day of I Service,”on Nov. 4, Partynski put N together an event with about M PAYING IT FORWARD

U Community volunteering called incredibly rewarding 25 volunteers from the Chicago L chapter. In conjunction with Victor A by Carol Cujec

M Ramos ’91, who works at the Boys E hen the Enron scandal zations in her community. & Girls Club, the alums got togeth- T

A hit the papers in 2001, As a business leader, Partynski er to paint and renovate a room at

D Maureen (Gavron) created a charitable foundation, the inner city club. The 47x47 P W Partynski ‘82, CEO of Hemlock which funded a new science lab at room was previously not being U U a local Catholic elementary school, used by the Boys & Girls Club,

I Federal Bank in suburban Chica-

N go, wondered, “Where did these grants for disabled children to which had neither the money nor

M people go to college?” attend summer camp and play- the resources to renovate it. The L

U Partynski credits USD for helping ground equipment for inner city group painted the room (in USD L solidify her own core values. She kids. Her foundation even donated blue and white, no less) and wrote A recalls, in particular, a senior retreat an entire bank building to become “USD”with their handprints. Says E

T in the mountains of Julian, where a daycare for homeless children. Partynski, “Instead of just getting A A she and her classmates felt inspired Recently retired, Partynski now together for pizza, we decided to D to build a better world. “I’ve always calls herself a “professional volun- reach out to the community. It P

U had a sense of spirituality,”she says. teer.”As president of USD’s Illinois was incredibly rewarding.”

I “But it certainly grew in me at USD, alumni chapter, which she helped Partynski herself donated the

N and I was motivated to reach out to revitalize in the past two years, furniture, which helped transform

M others.”Over the years, she has and member of the National the once abandoned space into a U donated her time and money to Alumni Board, she regularly first-rate teen center, complete L

A USD, as well as to charitable organi- organizes alumni events. with a TV, DVD player, Nintendo

34 USD MAGAZINE [go-getters] THIS WORTHY LEARNERS AND THAT Trio of recipients recognized for their Twice the Impact achievements with two new scholarships You can double your gift to USD without doubling the amount on your check. If your Liebrand plans to pursue a enior Michelle Liebrand employer participates in a thrives on challenge. As a Ph.D. in marine biomedicine and matching gift program, please Sfreshman, she got a chem- ultimately end up with a career contact your company’s human istry exam back from her professor in natural products chemistry resources department to find with the question “why?”written all doing cancer research. out how you can fulfill a match- ing gift. To check if your company Sophomore Allison Christian over it. “She expected more than participates in this program, go had ever been asked of me before,” and senior Rhett Buttle are proud to www.sandiego.edu/giving/ recalls Liebrand. “And I grew to love recipients of scholarships from makeagift and enter your the challenge.” the USD Alumni Association’s company’s name. It’s that sort of attitude that Terry Whitcomb ’53 Alumni made Liebrand the first recipient Scholarship. Christian, who’s car- Get On Board of the Kyle O’Connell Memorial rying a double major (Communi- Looking for e-mail continuity and a lifelong link to USD? Sign up to cations/Spanish) wrote a heart- Scholarship, created in honor get your very own permanent of Kyle O’Connell, the son of felt essay about her experiences e-mail address that reads “your- Michael O’Connell ’87 and Julie working in Tijuana on communi- [email protected],” by (Belfiore) O’Connell ‘88. The ty service-learning projects becoming a member of the scholarship is given to a junior, through the Oscar Romero Cen- online community. Other benefits include the ability to search for ter for Faith in Action. “I feel no senior or graduate student who’s fellow alums, share milestones L L

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N advance your career by taking A recipients one day might find a a difference in others’ lives.” advantage of the Alumni Career MAUREEN PARTYNSKI ’82, Buttle, of course, is the president cure, develop new treatments or Network. While there, feel free third from the left, organized a provide help to ease the suffer- of the Associated Students. “I am to share products and services group of USD alums in Illinois ing of patients and their families a student who has truly embraced with fellow alumni in the to paint, renovate and decorate affected by cancer,”the O’Con- the University of San Diego,”he Torero Blue Pages. Sign up at http://alumni.sandiego.edu. a room at Chicago’s Boys & nells said when setting up the wrote in his application essay. Girls Club in Torero colors. criteria for the scholarship. “I live and breathe USD!” Right Around the Corner From sea to shining sea, USD Gamecube, karaoke machine, alumni are banding together to ping-pong table, board games make a difference in their com- and a reading nook. They also put munities, hang out with fellow up a college board to inspire the Toreros and take advantage of kids about their future. local networking opportunities. Regional chapters of the Alumni David Stephens, associate Association can be found in director of alumni relations, Arizona, Chicago, Colorado, calls Partynski a living example Los Angeles, Massachusetts, of USD’s commitment to service. Minnesota, New York, Orange “She totally understands the County, Las Vegas, Oregon, San Diego, San Francisco, Texas, alumni volunteer perspective Washington and Washington, and leads by example.” D.C. From football games to art As a mother of two teenagers, openings to community service, Partynski recognizes the impor- alums are making a difference, tance of entering adulthood with in major ways. R

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R national and regional alumni news affiliate myself with USD. I’m still D C I and events, call (619) 260-4819 or R inspired by what I learned there,” E go to alumni.sandiego.edu. she says. “I don’t think every MICHELLE LIEBRAND ’07 loves challenges; that’s one reason why school has that effect.” she’s the first recipient of the Kyle O’Connell Memorial Scholarship.

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Why is there by Virginia Lewis AR? ow can we make StatesW also create a language of of war and its attending horrors. ed. It’s actual people who do sense of war? When “the other” to denigrate the Thucydides’ ruminations might things, Thucydides reminds us. Hwe’re confronted with opponent and to spur citizens to offer us a clue to the way out of Individual people are policy- gritty, gruesome images of war, commit war’s inhumane acts. the labyrinth of war. In spite of makers, warlords and generals. is it possible to understand the Thucydides invites us to join his revelations about the ruthless It’s easy to feel powerless to “why” behind them? How can we him in a conversation about war. way that states wage war and his stop a particular war or to justify the incalculable human Is war, in fact, necessary to depiction of war as a common change the conduct of warfare. suffering that war inevitably achieve political goals? Can we outcome of the pursuit of power, However, when we remember brings? How can we not be per- imagine states that would act he understands humans to be that individual choices bring us plexed by war, the destroyer of in ways opposed to their self- capable of more than warfare. His to war, it becomes possible to families, of cities and of nations, interest? Would ordinary people own rational examination of the see that statecraft is construct- yet also the maker of heroes and recoil from warfare if they were awful destruction around him ed. States don’t inexorably act, the sometime harbinger of peace? to see its actual dynamics? Are stands as evidence that the like glaciers. We can identify We’re not alone in asking, “Why our leaders simply the true reflec- human condition is not hopeless. decision points where citizen war?” The historian Thucydides tion of ourselves, as Thucydides First, we need to take a clear intervention can make a differ- puzzled over the great conflict of thought? Are citizens unwilling to look at the nature of our human ence. We might even become his time, the Peloponnesian war, face the requirements of their interactions. Although we are all leaders ourselves. 2,500 years ago. His state — own self-preservation? Don’t all unquestionably capable of If Thucydides is right about the democratic, imperial Athens — reasonable people prefer peace? destructive acts, we are also the lynchpins of war, we could begin fought a 27-year-long war with Perhaps human behavior is the authors of acts of great nobility. to discuss in the public realm the city of Sparta and her allies, real question here. Are we really The human race has lasted this new ways to understand national who feared Athenian expansion. warlike? Is war only a mirroring of long, not because evildoing is security, wealth and prestige. We In writing the classic study our nature? Perhaps there is a inevitable, but because overall need not eliminate those policy of war, Thucydides shared his biological survival mechanism in we exhibit socially integrative goals: we could redefine their observations of the behavior of humans that — although once behavior. For example, the sacri- meaning. Instead of allowing our states. One of his most provoca- helpful for primitive survival — fices we make in family life are fears to lead us to war and to tive insights is that states robe has become dysfunctional. much more widely characteristic guide our conduct there, we their pursuit of power in decep- Despite the best efforts of civiliz- of human behavior than are the could bravely consider what true tive language. States will pursue ing forces, is the beast within all atrocities of Abu Ghraib. Even in political peace might involve. the path of war to satisfy their people only intermittently the hell of warfare, soldiers’ War might be a repetitive motif own interests of security, wealth domesticated? Is it inevitable that actions of courage and compas- of human interaction, but it’s and prestige, he reported; yet soccer matches can only substi- sion are everyday occurrences. certainly not inevitable. Political leaders cloak the self-interested tute for war for a limited time, as Thucydides saw them, and we history is as much the story of nature of these goals in public Orwell noted? Before World War see them, too. We need not the success of peace as it is the discussions with their own citi- II, Germany held pride of place in lose heart and retreat to the story of war. But the burden of zens. States will lead their people the culture rankings of the West; snatched pleasures of the pri- achieving peace rests squarely

to ignominious death while after the war, Nuremburg con- vate realm in the face of the on our own shoulders. N O S

simultaneously offering them a firmed the extent of depravity brutality we witness. U G R E F

chance to achieve glory by dying there. Clearly, Western values are Secondly, states don’t really Virginia Lewis, Ph.D., is a professor in USD’s A R

for a righteous, selfless cause. Department of Political Science. A no inoculation against the fever do anything, waging war includ- B R A B

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Blessed are the Peacemakers Training graduates to cool off global hot spots isn’t easy, but the IPJ and recipients of USD’s Master’s in Peace Studies are up to the task by Barbara Davenport

tand at one of the doors to the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. Look up. Above the lintel, a dove carved in stone carries an olive branch. If you stand at the other door and look up, you’ll see Astraea’s scale, ancient symbol of justice. These carvings testify to illustrations by Barbara Ferguson the conviction shared by Joan Kroc and the institute itself that peace and justice are deeply linked, and that one is impossible without the other. Every speaker and conference and program at the institute, every peace initiative its staff and graduates make, from Uganda to Bosnia to Southeast San Diego, is built from this fundamental knowledge: fairness, inclusive- ness and respect are the basis of peace. Five years into its mission, the institute teaches this conviction both on-campus and on the ground in some of the world’s most troubled places. Since it opened its ornately carved doors in December 2001, the IPJ has become a respected instrument of peacemaking in the world. Conversations with staff, graduates, faculty, current students and guest scholars reveal how the institute connects with the campus and how it works at building peace in hot spots around the world.

16 USD MAGAZINE SPRING 2007 17 The IPJ’s simultaneous engagement with USD’s academic mission and with The master’s program in Peace and Justice Studies, an intensive inter- its global mission is embodied in its campus presence. The curving entrance disciplinary program emphasizing ethics, international affairs and conflict plaza is planted with daylilies and roses and graced with a flowing fountain. resolution, admits 12 students a year. Its graduates work for non-govern- The two wings of the institute reach out to the rest of the university grounds. mental organizations (NGOs), in university settings, in multinational On the building’s west side, the Garden of the Sea meditation garden and corporations and elsewhere. In San Diego, one 2003 master’s graduate reflecting pool look out to San Diego, the Pacific Ocean and the world. used what he learned to build Reality Changers, a program to support The structure’s dramatic rotunda, along with its auditorium, conference first-generation college students. rooms, production studios and negotiation center are all designed to The institute and the university’s academic programs will become linked serve national and international constituencies. The second floor brings even more closely soon, once the first dean of the new School of Peace Stud- the international work home to the campus; that’s where the departments ies arrives on campus. His or her task list includes expanding the current of history and political science have their faculty offices, as well as eight Peace and Justice minor into a full undergraduate major, and increasing the classrooms. Kathryn Statler, associate professor of history and coordinator scope of the existing master’s program. Like the IPJ, the school will serve both for the undergraduate minor in peace and justice, is delighted with this the campus and the wider world. Its charge is “to advance peace and justice arrangement. She says that students who come for classes or to meet with through the development and dissemination of interdisciplinary scholarship professors become aware of events organically. And they’ve so come to and state of the art practice to serve the region, the nation and the world- see the building as theirs that when security is increased for an interna- wide human community.”The IPJ will then become part of the School of tional newsmaker or a former U.S. president, they’ve been known to Peace Studies, and its executive director, Joyce Neu, will report to the dean. grumble about the intrusion in their space. As part of Peace and Justice 101, a basic course for the 18-unit minor in ndowing the IPJ was a direct reflection of Joan Kroc’s longstanding peace and justice, Statler requires her students to attend three IPJ events. commitment to peacemaking. Her vision of a peace institute at Students come to the minor with questions about war and peacemaking, EUSD evolved through the ‘90s, in continuing conversations with and want to learn the nuts and bolts of how societies go about rebuilding then-President Alice Hayes. Both saw the institute as a concrete statement after conflict. “They get their eyes opened,”she says. Students come away of Catholic social teachings that see peace as inseparable from justice. with a deeper understanding once they’ve had up-close contact with gen- Kroc wanted USD to engage with the whole world. In 1998, she gave erals and legislators, heads of state and Nobel laureates, people who’ve the university $25 million to build a facility that would include a confer- been in the thick of peacemaking efforts. ence center, classrooms, meeting facilities and a residence to house This fall, Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and peace activist who was award- visiting scholars, as well as start an institute to do this work. ed the Nobel prize in 2003, came to the campus as part of the IPJ’s Distin- While the institute’s home was being built, Kroc frequently came to guished Lecture Series; 1,800 people heard her speak in the Jenny Craig Pav- campus. Dee Aker, interim director, remembers that Kroc would park ilion. But Statler and 30 USD undergraduate students had a private meeting near the construction site, and when the weather was good, she’d sit on with Ebadi, including a free-flowing question-and-answer session in the IPJ. a bench and watch the work. “She didn’t come into our offices, and she

18 USD MAGAZINE never told us how to build it,”Aker remembers. “You could look out the invites four women who’ve made significant contributions to peace, social window and see her sitting there, and just know how much she cared.” justice and civil society in their own communities to come to campus for The mission statement published at the groundbreaking ceremonies an eight-week stay, in which they can document, share and build upon describes Kroc’s vision: “ ... to establish harmony, safety and hope in a their unique peacemaking stories. context of mutual respect and fairness in international, national and local Being invited to take part in the program, which covers transportation communities. Through its peace studies, research and outreach programs, and the costs of the stay, is a significant honor and an internationally the Kroc Institute will creatively promote conflict resolution, non-violence recognized validation of the importance of their work. and cross-cultural harmony in a setting where scholars, students, activists The most recent crop of PeaceMakers came from Kosovo, Serbia, and political leaders can study, reflect and exchange in dialogue.” Afghanistan and Sudan. Palwasha Kakar of Afghanistan created a secret Kroc made her vision for the institute crystal clear at the building’s dedica- home school for girls at a time when the Taliban forbade girls any school- tion in December of 2001: “We must not only teach peace, but make peace.” ing, and she smuggled texts in, using copies of the Koran. Shukrie Gashi, a That vision has guided the institute’s work for its first five years. Joyce Neu lawyer, poet and mediator, drafted laws for mediation, property and hous- of the Carter Center, which is committed to advancing human rights and alle- ing, and gender equality for the newly liberated Kosovo. viating suffering with health and peace programs, became director in 2000. The Women PeaceMakers have usually worked in hostile conditions, Neu, Aker and other IPJ staff have traveled frequently to Nepal and Uganda often in great personal danger. For each, her stay at the institute has been a to participate directly in peacemaking and planning. The U.S. Agency for welcome chance to step away from work, to slow down and reflect. They International Development confirmed the institute’s standing in the interna- live in Casa de la Paz, a comfortable two-story guesthouse that opens onto tional community when it awarded a major grant for its in-country project, the Garden of the Sea. Serbia’s Svetlana Kijevcanin gestured around her “Building Constituencies for Peace and Democratic Development in Nepal.” room cluttered with papers, books and pamphlets, and grinned. “It’s won- derful to be here, to have a chance to think about what I’ve done.” he IPJ also organizes conferences and programs that bring peace- Each PeaceMaker is paired with a writer who’s schooled in international makers to campus, most notably the Women PeaceMakers Pro- affairs, and also works with a filmmaker to document her work. The films Tgram, which program officer Diane Kutlow calls “the heart of the and the written documents, as well as the women’s public presentations IPJ.”This initiative, unique to the institute, grew from Aker’s work in Ugan- during their stay, make their work visible to a wider audience, confirming da, where, in the wake of a brutal civil war, she saw that “women were its importance to themselves and the community. holding society together, literally rebuilding their country,”yet they were As USD’s School of Peace and Justice grows and more students take excluded from the talks aimed at promoting peace. courses and major in peace and justice studies, the institute’s international The program recognizes that women on the front line of efforts to end and local peacemaking efforts will become even more visible and influen- violence and secure a just and peaceful solution seldom record their activ- tial on a worldwide basis. In just five years, the vision of Joan B. Kroc has ities and insights, primarily because they have no time or, sometimes, begun to manifest itself in far-reaching ways, to the enrichment of USD, insufficient formal education to record their stories. Each year, the institute the IPJ and the world.

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20 USD MAGAZINE GREETING the Tense New Dawn When the people rose up and took to the streets in Nepal, the IPJ was there

by Thomas Larson

Last April, Dee Aker and Laura Taylor, peace-builders with the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, flew to Kathmandu, Nepal. It was their third trip in seven months, each flight taking 38 hours with a 10-hour layover in Bangkok. Before leaving San Diego, Aker and Taylor had read State Department warnings: Nepal was still unstable and had been since Feb. 1, 2005, the day King Gyanendra had declared a state of emergency. Frustrated by a decade-old Maoist insurrection, he had closed the country, jailed political dissenters, shut down radio and TV stations, and cut electric communications, even cell phones. In the interim, some liberties had been restored, but much of the country continued to struggle under martial law. On previous visits, Aker and Taylor had experienced disruptions of their work. Once they had to hide S E G

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SPRING 2007 21 The pair had come to Nepal to facilitate workshops for political and is open.”For three days, Aker and Taylor facilitated discussions among human rights leaders as well as disenfranchised groups; they expected political leaders, youth, and women. They thanked the IPJ for not flee- some citizen-led disruption. But the ride in from the airport was eerily ing during the chaos, then Aker asked them, “What next? Now that calm. Kathmandu’s commercial districts felt strangely subdued: thou- peace has broken out, how will you involve yourselves in the political sands had closed their shops to mass near the palace. victory you have won?” Fed up with a non-functioning government and the unstable King Gyanendra, unarmed demonstrators thickened the streets to encounter interim director Dee Aker is a woman whose long, gray- the gun-toting Royal Nepalese Army, in green, and the police, in blue. going-grayer hair attests to a lifetime spent fighting for But time and again, the protestors turned back; the potential for IPJpeople, often those traumatized by civil conflict. Such violence was too great. A taxi driver told Taylor that the U.S. ambassa- groups, geographically and linguistically isolated, can benefit, she says, dor had begun evacuating non-essential American personnel. Though “when they work through a non-governmental agency, or NGO, where she and Aker felt no danger, Taylor did “feel it was not safe for those they learn to resolve difficult challenges from abuse to bad governance.” involved.” The IPJ is an NGO that holds forums, facilitates peace-building activities Tanks and soldiers stood vigil in front of the Hotel Malla, where and fosters a safe environment for victims to safely talk and learn from Aker and Taylor had planned to hold their conference, which they one another. Generously funded by Joan B. Kroc and now celebrating subsequently cancelled for the safety of participants. The king had its fifth anniversary, the IPJ is a major player in the world of local issued a shoot-to-kill curfew from 9 a.m. to dark. The pair was locked conflict resolution.

A million people staged a victory rally in the streets. Aker and Taylor were invited to join the ecstatic celebration, a march beribboned by flags of the seven oppositional parties.

in the hotel all day, but from the front gate they watched stand-offs With soft-voiced surety, Aker ticks off a capacious resume. She was between marchers and tanks, reminiscent of the pro-democracy battle in the Peace Corps “while Kennedy was still alive.”She did brain science in Tiananmen Square in 1989. and international relations, and holds a double doctorate in psychology Actually, this was the second people’s uprising in Nepal. The first, and anthropology. in 1990, was primarily a peaceful protest, called Jana Andolan, or citizen “What I’m really interested in,”she says in her campus office, “is how revolt, in Nepalese. That rebellion led to a constitutional monarchy and people’s belief systems impact their ability to live a relatively healthy a government that promised democratization and rights for women life.” She’s lived and worked in Zurich, Paris, London, New York, India, and indigenous groups. But while key elements of the constitution Japan and Africa, where she directed the United States International slumbered, the country became enmeshed in military and political University in Nairobi, Kenya, and later, as a journalist, covered the conflict. A Maoist insurgency armed rural communities, and seven creation of Uganda’s “affirmative-action constitution, the highlight of political parties organized opposition to the monarchy. my life.” In San Diego, she has worked with Carl Rogers, who is known In the hotel, Aker and Taylor remained worried, though they knew for his client-centered approach to psychotherapy, and through him, the military would not target international observers like them. in Central America during the 1980s, “getting people in civil society As Taylor recalled, “We were concerned for those Nepalis, our friends — to work across their differences.” the leaders, the youth, the women — who were on the frontlines.” At KUSI-TV, Aker produced 234 half-hour programs about women They watched the protests grow: tens of thousands kept flooding the in crisis, women as survivors. From these profiles, it became clear to her streets, defying the curfew. Some of the women who planned to attend that women received scant coverage for their grass-roots organizing. the IPJ conference joined the march, and a few were beaten by the Joyce Neu, executive director of the IPJ, decided that the institute’s police. Several beatings ensued after the women had taken snacks and first conference should focus on human rights and conflict resolution. flowers to the troops — and after they had told the men they were Aker and Neu agreed that conflict resolution tends to employ the major “threatening their own mothers and wives.”At one point, helicopters players. Such negotiations seldom include women, farmers, laborers, tear-gassed the crowds. (Twenty-four people would die in 19 days of even soldiers, those decimated by violence. To ensure citizen participa- clashes during Jana Andolan II.) tion, Aker and Neu identified four countries at different stages of armed On April 25, the king, swayed by the people themselves and, perhaps, conflict. Aker chose Nepal as one of the four because it had not been a diplomatic outcry that he was squashing democracy, issued an order fully destabilized by war. to restore parliament, which he had dissolved in 2002. The next day, a When she first assessed the situation in Nepal, Aker said she million people staged a victory rally in the streets. Aker and Taylor were believed “the IPJ could help build greater constituencies for democra- invited to join the ecstatic celebration, a march beribboned by flags of cy in which women would play a leadership role.”As women got the seven oppositional parties, including the hammer-and-sickle. Many together, whether as Maoists or government supporters, “they got wore the Hindu blessing, the tikka, the vermillion thumb-swath on the along and worked side by side, often preventing violence.” forehead. One of many slogans chanted was, “The door to democracy The “very hard work” of raising funds for the Nepal project occupied

22 USD MAGAZINE Aker and others for four years. The first support came from former the mother’s name. For centuries, citizenship has devolved only USD President Alice Hayes. In 2004, Aker and a former program officer through the father — if he died or if there was a divorce or a rape, and graduate of the College of Arts and Science’s Master of Peace and the child had neither citizenship nor rights. Widowed women forfeited Justice program, Karon Cochran, wrote a successful U.S. Agency for their property to the husband’s family. Another issue is security. Taylor International Development grant, which has funded the “intense points out that the government has killed twice as many Nepalis as the work” of 2006. Maoists have. In turn, the Maoists have extorted money from villagers, Aker has learned that when dealing with patriarchies in Nepal or especially teachers who receive a state-guaranteed salary. anywhere, it’s key that men are involved to co-facilitate programs. Taylor hopes to apply lessons about post-conflict turmoil from As a result, she enlisted Conflict Management Partners, whose two Guatemala to Nepal, where long-term damage has so far been averted. top members “get the right attention from male leaders quickly.” “You should prepare yourself during conflict for what is going to hap- Still, Aker insists that in their negotiating process “one woman from pen in post-conflict situations,”she says. the central committees of all parties join the two top leaders during In Nepal, where a feudal past and a Hindu caste system still define our trainings, to promote a new consciousness about inclusion and daily life, Taylor asks, “How can a sense of agency and mutual respect human rights.” be fostered?” Poverty and illiteracy continue to cripple development. “There’s a mistrust of politics — how does one engage democratically, t 26, Laura Taylor is a peacemaking wunderkind. Four days how does one know what one’s rights are?” In addition, the Maoists, after receiving her master’s degree in peace and justice from who often abduct adolescents to serve in their cadres, must be demo- A USD, she was hired by the institute as a program officer and bilized, as well as the king’s army. “Those who once held a gun,”Taylor grant manager. She attended Haverford College where she “became a says, “must now share a plow.” politically connected person as opposed to just an individual person.” Throughout Nepal, Aker and Taylor have worked with many train- After that, Taylor, who calls herself as a “global citizen,”spent two years ers. One such trainer is Shobha Shrestha, who, in partnership with working with the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission. In 1996, the IPJ, instructs several Nepali groups in conflict resolution and the 36-year civil war ended in Guatemala, but not before rural popula- peace-building. At last October’s IPJ Women PeaceMakers conference, tions had been torn apart by the disappearance and murder of men, Shrestha, who also works on small-arms control, presented a paper, women and children. While the military used a “scorched-earth policy” “Women in the Nepali Democratic Revolution, Missing from the to eradicate leftists, many members of the country’s 24 indigenous Government.” groups had fled to the hills and hid out in fear. Every three months Shrestha, 42, speaks explosively about the discrimination Nepali Taylor flew to Guatemala and drove 18 hours into the jungle to work women face, not only in the family but also in governing: “When with people who were devastated by the war. women try to speak, men harass them. People say it’s sexual harass- Sleeping in huts, walking in knee-deep mud, and using her educa- ment, but these days it’s more mental harassment. Men make fun of tion in Spanish and psychology, Taylor and her colleagues worked women — they say they aren’t informed, can’t articulate themselves with women, often the comadronas, or midwives. “We worked through well.”She says the IPJ in Nepal underscores her and others’ demand them to provide mental health services and human rights training.” that women be allowed to speak in political forums — and be heard. She remembers supporting women who testified against soldiers on Even during the Jana Andolan II, women were “not taken into the trial for war crimes as particularly difficult. process,”she says. “We need to upgrade the laws and eliminate the “We saw a lot of post-traumatic stress — physical symptoms like patriarchal society. But all with nonviolence.”

In Nepal, where a feudal past and a Hindu caste system still define daily life, poverty and illiteracy continue to cripple development. “Those who once held a gun,” Taylor says, “must now share a plow.”

gastritis, headaches, insomnia.”The midwives knew natural remedies Taylor says that the best outcome of the IPJ’s workshops is if trainers for these afflictions. Taylor and others helped “provide a space where like Shrestha take their skills to their constituencies. Apparently, it’s people could talk and re-weave the social fabric.”Feeling safe, the happening. When she and Aker returned in July for a final “peace summit” women began planting community gardens; some returned to making on building democracy, they found that the wheels of the democratiza- their traditional colorful clothing. tion train were inching along. Women, youth and the indigenous were For the Nepal Project, the IPJ used the grant money “to build con- ready to take to the streets again if the Maoists and the elected leaders stituencies for peace and democratic development.”Aker and Taylor tar- did not negotiate a comprehensive peace agreement. geted three Nepali groups: emerging leaders; women and indigenous Finally, in November 2006, an agreement was signed by all parties, groups; and political parties and policy makers. “We do workshops with and the Nepalis stand ready to move forward. Aker and Taylor, too, each of these groups; we bring in international lawyers in human rights, stand ready to take another 38-hour flight to Nepal, once they secure experts in democratization and Women PeaceMakers.” new funding. Aker concluded, “It’s been a privilege to see and have Key issues for Nepali women are property rights and citizenship in the IPJ involved in a genuine, peaceful, people’s revolution.”

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The Defense Never Rests When attorney Neal Puckett’s on the case, expect intensity, squared by Julene Snyder illustrations by Barbara Ferguson

It's shortly after 7 a.m., and a soldier stands alert, scrutinizing the driver of each car entering Gate 5 of San Diego’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Her posture is perfect, her demeanor polite, her gaze level. She is, of course, armed. There’s not the slightest bit of doubt that if the situation demanded it, she would use her weapon. Visitors are instructed to slowly maneuver their cars around a series of staggered concrete barriers and make their way directly to their particular destination. Constant vigilance, dogged efficiency and the faint smell of freshly-mown grass mingle in the air. Inside the courtroom, it’s quite pleasant. Six ceiling fans keep air circulating; open windows let in the roar of jets from nearby Lindbergh Field along with occasional distant yells and incongruous bursts of bugle song. When Judge Lt. Col. Jeffrey Meeks calls the court-martial proceedings to order, the accused, Staff Sgt. David J. Roughan, is flanked by his military counsel and the civilian

SPRING 2007 25 defense attorney he’s hired to represent him against serious charges: civilians — Puckett was livid. “He shot his mouth off and said that these involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and dereliction Marines killed in cold blood,”he recalls. “That’s a congressman telling of duty. people that they were guilty. So I got the full story out there by talking Grave as those charges are, Roughan is in good hands. To his left, to a contact at The Washington Post.” the attorney with silver-tinged hair curling over the collar of his tailored “It will forever be (Wuterich’s) position that everything they did that shirt is Neal A. Puckett, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel. In his entire day was following their rules of engagement and to protect the lives of career as a military criminal defense attorney, he’s never lost a case. Marines," Puckett told the newspaper in June 2006. “I gave that reporter the story of what really happened in Haditha,” “I always win. I’ve never had a situation where I’ve lost since he says. “These guys are innocent.” I was in private practice.”Puckett is enjoying himself. “Of course, a win doesn’t always mean acquittal.” Inside the MCRD courtroom, Staff Sgt. Small is all apologies. Puckett is a man who likes to talk, to persuade, to pontificate — all It’s his job to escort media on and off the base, and the pro- excellent attributes in a lawyer. There’s an appealing fearlessness to ceedings are running behind schedule. “These cases are notori- him; it’s easy to imagine that if you needed someone to defend your ous for starting late,”he confides. “There’s a lot of hurry up and wait.” life in court, you'd be in the right hands if Puckett were on the case. He settles down to read a tattered paperback. He recalls that even as a boy in Indiana, he was fascinated by courtroom Glancing out the window, it’s hard not to notice that the grounds of scenes. “I’d watch Perry Mason-type shows,”he recalls, when pressed. MCRD have a lot in common with a certain well-manicured college “My favorite movie was ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’I’m still interested in how campus. There are stucco buildings topped with curved terra-cotta tiles,

people come to break the law, and I’m interested in human motivation.” there are perfectly groomed expanses of lush green lawns and most Puckett doesn’t shy away from high-profile clients. In just the past everywhere you look, there are fantastically well-toned humans. few years, he’s represented Army Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who was in But soon enough, the proceedings are underway. After some discus- charge of the Abu Ghraib prison when the notorious prisoner abuse sion about witness lists, the prosecution lays out its case, which asserts scandal occurred. He’s currently representing Marine Staff Sgt. Frank that the death of Staff Sgt. Andrew Jason Gonzales during water- Wuterich in the Haditha investigation, and filed a defamation lawsuit survival training at the depot training pool in August of 2005 was the against Congressman Jack Murtha (D-PA) in connection with his remarks fault of swimming instructor Roughan, one of two instructors charged regarding the Haditha case. in the case. “Karpinski and I hit it off while we were doing research, in case charges “My client pleads not guilty on all charges,”says Puckett. were brought,”Puckett recalls. When “60 Minutes” did a story about Abu During his opening statement, the prosecutor asserts that Gonzales Ghraib, she wanted an opportunity to correct the record, and Puckett drowned because Roughan wanted to send a message, and that his made a few calls. Within hours, the pair were talking to every big media rough handling during rescue escape drills resulted in the Marine drown- outlet in New York. “We did Diane Sawyer, you name it. We spent two ing while surrounded by his classmates and under supervision of instruc- days going from studio to studio, talking to all the top news shows.” tors. While the mood in the courtroom is serious, there’s a sense of genial- In the end, Karpinski wasn’t charged, but she did get demoted in a ity between the attorneys on both sides of the aisle and the judge. In the manner that still makes Puckett’s blood boil — via a statement released spectator gallery, a young woman wears a photo of a square-jawed by the Army. “When you get fired in the military, it’s a face-to-face situa- Marine around her neck. It’s of her late husband, Gonzales. tion,”he says, adamant. “Always. You simply don’t expect treatment this One by one, Marines testify about what happened that day in the shabby by the Army.” pool. They tell of Gonzales’ initial refusal to participate in the exercise, When Murtha opined publicly on the Haditha investigation — which his reluctance to take part in games of underwater water polo, of involves accusations that Wuterich led a squad that massacred Iraqi Roughan towing him toward the deep end to take part in one-on-one

26 USD MAGAZINE escape drills, of Gonzales yelling to be let go. feasible. “I’d been married for three years, my second child was due, and On cross-examination, Puckett is all business. “You said today that the reality was that the Marine Corps wasn’t going to pay for my law Roughan continued to tell him to relax, that he must have said it three school, they were just going to give me the time to do it before I went or four times.”Then the response: Yes. on active duty as a lawyer.” “You previously said that you saw nothing out of the ordinary. You So Puckett and his wife decided to roll the dice and take whatever didn’t have a need to intervene. Is that correct?”Yes. assignment came his way. He’d found out that there was a program “If you’d seen something unsafe, you’d have a duty to stop it, isn’t that would pay for officers to go to law school after their first tour. that correct?”Yes. “I thought, ‘I’m not going to let my dream of going to law school die, Another Marine testifies that yelling wasn’t unusual in the grueling I just simply can’t afford it right now.’It was pure economics.” training. “Every time we played water polo, at least one student would So he became an intelligence officer, which he describes as “someone get out of the pool and want to quit the program.”Another adds further who’s familiar with the collection, analysis and dissemination of information context: “Obviously it’s shocking to them the first time they play. We about the enemy. ”The enemy at that time was the Soviet Union. “My first were instructed not to be too intense. We don’t want students out of real assignment was as an intelligence officer for an infantry battalion,” the water, not participating.”Puckett keeps hammering certain points he recalls. “And the executive officer of my battalion went on to become home: that Roughan held a briefing with instructors just before the Gen. Tony Zinni, who was the U.S. central commander right after (Gen.) training began about class safety. That he again brought instructors Schwarzkopf and before (Gen.) Tommy Franks.”Zinni — one-time special aside to remind them not to go overboard. That any of the Marines in U.S. envoy to Israel and the Palestinean Authority, and now vocal critic of the pool that day could have stopped the training if they’d thought the current Iraq war — became one of Puckett’s mentors.

MARSHALL WILLIAMS something unsafe was going on. When a brief recess is called, Puckett Subsequently recruited as a counterintelligence officer, Puckett got takes off his jacket, revealing an immaculately pressed dress shirt and a into some serious cloak-and-dagger work: “It’s basically the gathering pair of fancy leather suspenders. of the human intelligence. Running spies. It’s recruiting host-country As far as revelations go, that’s nothing. Before the day is over, he’ll nationals to spy against their own government. It’s also the protection divulge a piece of evidence that will make spectators gasp. of our information and personnel against exploitation by the enemy.” Asked if he was able to come home from a hard day’s work in those As a teenager growing up in Indiana, Puckett was one of the lucky days and tell his wife about his day, he laughs out loud. ones. By the time he started winning speech and debate competitions “Absolutely not.” in high school, he already knew precisely what he wanted to be when After serving on active duty for four years, Puckett got selected for he grew up: a litigator. His interest in the Marine Corps came a bit later. the Funded Law Education Program, and attended law school at Indiana “The Marines had a program that let you complete Officer Candidate University. During the summers he’d go on active duty and serve as School, get commissioned as a second lieutenant when you graduated, non-lawyer trial counsel (i.e. a prosecutor). It worked out well when it then defer your active duty until you finished law school.”He leans for- came to garnering on-the-job training, since Puckett got to prosecute ward, thoroughly engaged. “That’s what interested me; I wanted to go cases in court years before he graduated. “At the lower level of courts- to law school right after college, then go into the Marines because they martial, the prosecutor doesn’t have to be a lawyer,”he explains. “Only promised me lots of good courtroom experience. That’s what they were the defense attorney does.” advertising; you come in as a lawyer, you go right into the courtroom, Upon passing the bar, Puckett received orders to go to Naval Justice you get your own cases.” School, where he learned military procedure and law, and was subse- It was a good plan, and it would have worked beautifully except that quently certified as a judge advocate. In 1984 he lobbied to be assigned while Puckett was a college freshman at Indiana University he got to Camp Pendleton. Steadily rising through the ranks, he served as married; by the time he graduated, going to law school wasn’t financially staff judge advocate and chief prosecutor before applying for a special

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education program offered to just six officers to get their L.L.M. in a It’s been a long day of testimony in the MCRD courtroom, and the specific area of law. prosecution is winding down. Marine after Marine has talked “I wanted it, mainly because it meant that I’d spend one year getting about the day that Gonzales climbed into the pool breathing, an L.L.M., and the payback was having to commit to three years as a only to be pulled out of the water lifeless less than an hour later. military judge.”He flashes an infectious grin. “Becoming a military judge An earlier Article 32 hearing had resulted in these charges being filed was my goal, so if I got picked, I would get to be a judge without having against Roughan; at that time, Puckett told a reporter from the Marine to go through a separate selection program.” Times that his client had done all he could to prepare students for the When he got into the program, the University of San Diego was intensity of the course. “There’s no standard operating procedure, and his first choice. “It had the best law program in the area and I got to there’s nothing to tell them how to do it,”he said, pointing out that the stay with my family, since we were in-quarters at Camp Pendleton.” teachers “passed it down from generation to generation.” Puckett loved his time on campus. “USD was so accommodating to When he pauses in his cross-examination and asks the judge to have me, in allowing me to design my own curriculum and basically call it a new piece of evidence admitted, spectators wonder how they ever criminal law. Now when people look at that, and see L.L.M. in criminal could have missed the enormous poster leaning face-down against the law — which fulfilled my military aspirations and my professional wall. Puckett shows it to the judge. He shows it to the court reporter. aspirations — well, to say I got an L.L.M. in criminal law at USD looks He shows it to the prosecutors, and finally, he turns it so that the court- pretty prestigious.” room audience can see it. After receiving that degree, Puckett was assigned to serve as a mili- There really is such a thing as a collective gasp. tary judge in Okinawa, Japan, hearing all manner of cases. He’d thought The poster measures at least three-by-five feet. Fully dressed solders he’d get sent back to Camp Pendleton once that assignment was com- are in a swimming pool. One is pointing a gun at the camera. One is pleted and buckle down to his work as senior defense counsel, but the behind a swimmer he’s getting ready to dunk under water using a rear- Marine Corps had other plans. “They told me I was going back to head hold. Bold type reads, “Swim or Die. Just Don’t Quit.” school. Understand, I’d just left USD, had spent three years in Japan, “Do you recognize this poster?”Puckett asks Gunnery Sgt. Tim Sissen. and now they’re sending me back to school to the Naval War College “Yes.” to get a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.” “Is that you?” Puckett asks, gesturing to the soldier that’s getting He smiles, aware of just how lucky he’s been. “By the time I retired, I had ready to dunk the swimmer under water. four degrees, including two law degrees, and three of that number were paid “Yes.”He admits that this piece of evidence appears to be identical to for by the Marine Corps. I was a poster child for educational opportunity.” a poster on display at the swimming pool in Coronado, where the official As a counterintelligence officer, Puckett’s been involved in some serious cloak-and-dagger work. “Basically the gathering of human intelligence. Running spies.”

three-week Marine Corps Instructor for Water Survival course is taught, the very same course these Marines were training for that day. That poster will come up once more in this trial, when Puckett gives his closing argument. His last witness, First Sgt. Slattern, admits under questioning that he had- After getting that master’s degree, Puckett returned to the bench as n’t even listened to Gonzales’complaints that morning, when he’d come a military trail judge at Twentynine Palms for a few years before returning to him and asked to be released. to Okinawa as the officer in charge of the legal service support section “First Sgt. Slattern had told him to ‘Swim or die’ because his career of the Third Force Service Support group; during that tour, he also was going to die if he didn’t do it,”Puckett said during his closing argu- successfully defended a capital murder case. Before retiring from the ment. “To Gonzales’ credit, he tried his best to do what he was told, but Marine Corps in 1997, he got his kids off to college: a daughter to in the end, he just ran out of air.” Indiana University, a son to USD. The judge apparently agrees and dismisses the charges on all counts. When he moved to Virginia with his second wife, he assumed he’d The death of Gonzales is ruled an accidental drowning; Roughan won’t have no problem finding work as a judge. For quite possibly the first be facing a dishonorable discharge and 20 years in prison. time in his life, the roll of the dice let him down; there simply weren’t Puckett is pleased, of course. “I love doing military defense,”he says. any jobs in his field available. “Prosecutors never get thanked by anybody. I get so much personal sat- No worries. He’d just change careers. isfaction from being appreciated by a human being, by a service mem- “I really like coffee,”he says, deadpan. “I went down and put an appli- ber, whose life I may have very positively affected.” cation in at Starbucks and worked there for eight months while taking After court is dismissed, there are hugs and thanks and tears. Later classes and putting together a business plan. I was going to open my that night, there is most likely a beer or two hoisted. But no more than

S own coffee shop.” But in the end, he decided to bag the coffee career, that, because the next day, he’s off to the Naval Air Station, Miramar, M A I L

L put his 22 years of experience to good use, and get back into law as a to drop by the brig and check on another client. I W

L solo practitioner in military criminal defense. It’s worked out well thus Arguing the defense in a military court case every month or so isn’t L A H

S far, because as he’s happy to tell you, in all his years as a military criminal exactly the most restful sort of retirement imaginable, but it seems to R A

M defense attorney, Puckett has never lost a case. suit Neal A. Puckett just fine.

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36 USD MAGAZINE [bead by bead] MARITIME MAN Coast Guard commander has a mission to oversee San Francisco’s waterways

by Kelly Knufken he television is on, but six major oil refineries and the that doesn’t mean Capt. fourth largest container port in T William Uberti isn’t busy. the country — Oakland — plus His hands are occupied with a cruise ship terminal. intricate work. By day, Uberti Uberti joined the Coast Guard oversees the San Francisco Port. in late 1978, after getting his By night, he makes rosaries. bachelor’s and master’s degrees in While the beads he works with history from USD. “I use my history are physically small, the job he’s degree every day,”Uberti says. been given is gigantic. It’s a He met his wife, Kathleen daunting mission, serving as (Kuglen), a 1976 USD graduate commander of U.S. Coast Guard and former special education Sector San Francisco. teacher, while at school. They’d “I’m in charge of the maritime been in the same social circle, security for the San Francisco and once he was in the Coast Bay area, which streches from Guard he asked her to Home- San Luis Obispo to the Oregon coming and they hit it off. The border. We have to defend the couple has two grown boys and coast,” he says. “The threat (of one in high school. terrorism) is big. That weighs a Uberti’s grandmother first lot on us. We’re always keeping showed him how to make rosaries an eye out for anything unusual. when he was just 8. Later, when We also depend upon the aver- she was frail, he would help her age citizen — everyday boaters, tighten the wire rosaries she made tugboat operators.” for a rosary club. He’s made thou- With the Golden Gate Bridge — sands since then, sending them a span that could be a top West all over the world. Coast target — under his charge He crafts a rosary string in as well as two airports adjacent to about an hour. “If I don’t have the water, this is a high-stakes meetings, I make one or two a mission. His team does daily secu- night. That shows you how much rity patrols by air and on the water. TV I watch,”he quips. “I don’t They also work with other federal waste my life watching TV; agencies, including the FBI, to I make rosaries.”He favors shows make sure they’re on top of any like ‘Walker, Texas Ranger.’“You threats. His authority to raise the can’t watch anything bad and port’s security level is a balancing make rosaries.” act. He must take threats seriously, The rosary, a devotion to Jesus but over-reacting could hurt the through the Virgin Mary, has been economy. an important part of Uberti’s life. Homeland security, along with He sees a connection between the search and rescue are his two strong, religious women in his life biggest priorities, but by no and seeking guidance from the means the end of his responsibil- Blessed Mother. ities, which include controlling “It helps you gain peace and I N A

O ship traffic and overseeing the perspective, every day. I’ve got all T N A

M response to oil spills. He’s in this responsibility, and I want to M I

T charge of an area that includes make the right decisions.”

SPRING 2007 37 KENT LEVIS (J.D.) plans to retire on NPR. The book is currently avail- until they were older, then worked at 1950s in April 2008. He is a judge for the able in bookstores. Costco, as an aide at Santee schools, Fresno County Superior Court and, and then as a school nurse at San [1958] having completed a two-year stint as ROBERT JOHNSON JR. (J.D.) Diego City Schools for five years. ROSALIE PARKMAN (B.A.) is misdemeanor presiding member of a received the highest jury verdict “I have worked in psychiatric nursing retired and living in Tucson, Ariz. “I criminal law education committee, is award for a Jones Act case in Califor- and in triage nursing for 1 1/2 years,” am enjoying a summer home in the now sitting on a general trial assign- nia: $5.2 million vs. ExxonMobil for a she says. “I enjoy nursing as an occu- mountains, connecting with good ment. He bought a second home in worker injured on duty. He spends pation.” friends and writing (hopefully, if it Cambria, Calif. summers at his 42-acre horse ranch ever gets finished) a children’s book.” in McAllister, Mont., where he raises [1976] Tennessee walker and Missouri fox RICHARD ANNIS (J.D.) reports, trotter pleasure horses. “On May 17, 2006, I became the 1970s grandfather of a beautiful baby girl, 1960s [1974] Daniela Vercollone.” [1970] CAPT. MARK ZECCA (B.A.), [ 1960] THOMAS BELLEPERCHE (B.A.) commodore of Naval Coastal Warfare LARRY ROSENSTEIN (J.D.) has SISTER LINDA HAYWARD (B.A., resigned from full-time law practice Squadron 30, returned home after a been practicing workers compensa- M.A. ’68) spent 10 days in New in February 2006 and is a self- year in the Middle East involved in tion law since 1977 with a private prac- Orleans nine months after Hurricane employed investor in Fort Wayne, Ind. coastal and port security for Iraq and tice in West Los Angeles. “I have been Katrina for a retreat and to witness Kuwait. There, he earned a Bronze active in the community as a member the effects of the storm. [1972] Star for actions involving force pro- of the board of trustees of Temple JOHN HEISNER (J.D.) is a partner tection of the United States and Israel of Hollywood, a member of the [1964] in Sullivan, Hill, Lewin, Rez & Engel, allied assets in the region. Legal Division Cabinet of the Jewish MARITA ANGLETON SHEEHAN a litigation law firm in San Diego. He Federation and a frequent volunteer (B.A.) is assistant academic dean and is also an adjunct professor at USD’s [1975] at Meals on Wheels and the AIDS professor of pediatrics at the Texas School of Law and on the board of LANCE BEIZER (J.D.) retired in lunch program at L.A. County-USC.” Tech University School of Medicine in directors of St. Jude Research Foun- January 2002 after 25 years with the Amarillo, Texas. “I am a pediatrician dation. He is active in Masonic organ- Santa Clara County District Attorney’s MICHAEL SPILGER (J.D.) has a and teach medical students and resi- izations and is the author of “Medita- Office in order to attend the Episco- solo practice in real estate transac- dents. I also serve as academic dean tions on Masonic Symbolism.” pal Seminary at the Graduate Theo- tional law in San Diego and is an for medical students and residency logical Union in Berkeley, Calif. He author and speaker for continuing programs at this campus.” SISTER MAXINE KRAEMER received a master of divinity degree education classes for real estate (M.A.) is still active in the Kraemer in May 2005, was ordained as a priest brokers and attorneys. [1966] Endowment Foundation, which she on Sept. 10, 2005, and is now on the RICHARD GRAY (B.A.) is training established to benefit St. Madeleine staff of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in [1977] in Washington, D.C., for a new assign- Sophie’s Center, an organization that San Jose, Calif. JAMES BOONE (M.ED.) and his ment as management officer at the serves developmentally disabled wife, Lauralee (Nelson) ’77, are both U.S. Consulate in Naples, Italy. “I’m adults in San Diego. Sister Kraemer STEPHEN EVATT (B.A.), longtime retired from public school education. happy to meet USD alumni if you visit was director of St. Madeleine Sophie’s advertising manager of American “We continue to serve the Lord Jesus Naples during the next three years!” for 25 years until her retirement in Handgunner magazine, is now also Christ through teaching opportuni- 1992. the advertising manager of American ties in our local church community EVA (VIDAS) YOUNG (M.ED.) is Cop magazine. Steve and his wife, and overseas,”Lauralee reports. a professor for Embry-Riddle Aeronau- [1973] Sally, live in San Diego, and they have tical University, where she teaches JAMES BOSTWICK (J.D., two grown daughters. ROBBIN CUTLER (B.A.) has been aviation/aerospace, management, LL.M.G. ’02) handles criminal a special education teacher with the humanities, and literature and writing. appellate cases through Appellate BRUCE GINSBURG (J.D.) contin- Redlands Unified School District for Defenders Inc. in San Diego and the ues to try cases in Pennsylvania and the past 18 years. [1968] California Appellate Project in Los New Jersey. “My children are growing THOMAS WOOD (J.D.) still lives Angeles. He has been a recognized and scattered to the wind.”Son Aaron DAVID FROMAN (J.D.) practices 1 in Carlsbad and drives 1 /2 miles to appellate law specialist by the State is a manager of film writers and direc- business and immigration law in San work. His office is just blocks from Bar of California since November tors in Los Angeles; daughter Lauren Diego. His family recently moved into the beach in the village area. Thomas 2004. He is active in Toastmasters works in the corporate offices of a their new home, which was built on and wife Barbara have two grown and an avid reader of Shakespeare. clothing manufacturer in New York; the site of their home that burned in children — both married — and and daughter Ariel entered college the October 2003 Cedar fire. David is two grandchildren. DEBORAH HALL (M.ED., M.S. as a freshman in September. “I visit a co-sponsor of the David Froman ’75) has been writing as an avoca- L.A. three to four times each year for and Sandra M. Wagner Comparative [1969] tion for several years. “My biggest business and pleasure. I always think Law Award at USD’s School of Law. DENNIS DIEMOZ (J.D.) is the publication thrill came late last year fondly of my time spent in San Diego, chief legal officer for United Space when I had an essay accepted for and of the Law School itself.” RITA MARIE KELLEY (M.ED.) is Alliance in Houston. He is responsible NPR’s ‘This I Believe’ series,” Deborah thrilled to announce the birth of her for legal, internal audit, security, tech- says. “My essay was titled ‘The LORRAINE (CAGLIERO) PETER- first granddaughter, Natali Cadence nology protection and export control Power of Presence’ and can be SON (B.A.) worked for three years Kelley. functions. United Space Alliance found online at NPR.”It was broad- after graduating from USD, was mar- operates the space shuttle and the cast on Dec. 26, 2005, and is includ- ried and went to San Diego State NANCY (SCHONS) SMOKE (J.D.) International Space Station for NASA. ed in an anthology of all “This I University to earn a B.S. in nursing. sends “more kisses to my fellow law Believe” essays from the first year She stayed home with her two sons school Class of ’77 alums!”

38 USD MAGAZINE [1978] KAREN BLACK (J.D.) published focuses on the rise of girls’ media ERIC GORDON (J.D.) and his wife, 1980s her first novel, Code of Conduct, production in the United States since Bonnie Braiker-Gordon ’78, moved to based on her husband’s experiences the early 1990s. Los Angeles after law school and [1980] as a prisoner of war. Learn more at opened their own law practice in GUSTAVO BLANKENBURG www.code-of-conduct.com. [1985] 1981. They have two adult children: (M.B.A.) closed Edumate Educa- ANN (WAGGONER) AKEN (B.A.) Jessica, 26, a licensed cosmetologist, tional Materials in San Diego after TERRANCE BLANCHARD (B.A.) and her husband, Mike, welcomed and Spencer, 24, who earned an 20 years in business. He recently joined Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Advi- their first child, Abigail Rose, on July M.B.A. in April 2006 and is working established NetLearn Inc., a market- sor Group as a financial adviser in the 27, 2006. She weighed 8 pounds, toward his J.D. degree in a joint ing company for sales and training firm’s Irvine Spectrum office. Terry 5 ounces, and was 20 inches long. J.D./M.B.A. program at Pepperdine of a Web-based English language has been with Morgan Stanley since University. development curriculum for English 2003 and lives in Orange County, LAURA (FLORES) BADILLO learners and struggling readers. Gus- Calif., with his wife, Christy, and their (B.A., M.ED. ’89) and her hus- [1979] tavo has the exclusive rights in Cali- children, Brandon and Nicole. band, Ted, have been married for ANA ESPANA (B.A., J.D. ’82) fornia, Nevada and Oregon for 21 years and they have six kids: Nick, continues to represent children in ESLreadingsmart.com, a No Child MICHELLE (FABIAN) LILLIE Danielle, Joe, Anna, Teddy and Mario. foster care in San Diego. Ana has Left Behind compliant program, and (B.B.A.) and her husband, Brett, Laura is principal of the newly char- been involved in drafting several is looking for sales/training represen- welcomed twins Brayden and Mikayla tered Santa Rosa Academy in Wildo- bills pertaining to foster youth, and tatives throughout the region. More on Jan. 31, 2006. The twins were mar, Calif. every one has been signed by a information is available at baptized at The Immaculata on governor. “My oldest child is a www.netlearn.us. July 16, 2006. HEATHER WILLIAMS (J.D.) has sophomore in college, my middle been with the Federal Public Defend- child is entering college, and my STEPHEN FLYNN (J.D.) was NANCY LIO (B.A.) married Paul ers Office in Tucson, Ariz., for baby is starting high school!” she named assistant director of the Colderchant on Dec. 31, 2005, in 13 years. She teaches Legal Ethics reports. Ana and her husband, Aviation and Admiralty section of Long Grove, Ill. Present at her wed- for the Criminal Practitioner at the Jeffrey Reilly, have both worked in the Torts Branch, Civil Division of ding was her friend and college University of Arizona Law School in the San Diego County Juvenile the Department of Justice in Wash- roommate, Cathy (Galvin) Schneiders Tucson and teaches each summer at Court for more than 20 years. ington, D.C. ‘83. Nancy is a certified meeting the National Criminal Defense Col- planner and program director for lege in Macon, Ga. She is researching SISTER CHRISTINE FENDEL GARY MARTIN (J.D.) started a law Total Event Resources in Inverness, a book on the parts of the criminal (M.ED.) is a teacher in the Early firm with Anthony Passante ’80 in San Ill., where she produces special process with a defender’s name Start program with the San Bernar- Diego’s Del Mar area. The firm special- events, meetings and conferences attached, such as Miranda warnings. dino Unified School District. izes in real property and business for Fortune 500 clients. Nancy and matters. Paul live in Darien, Ill. [1986] REGINALD GATES (J.D.) pub- ANNA (TOMALINO) AMUND- lished his first book, The Barefoot MONTY MCINTYRE (J.D.) is a San BETSY MYERS (B.B.A.) is execu- SON (J.D.) lives in San Diego with Lawyer, on May 5, 2006. It is a 225-page Diego County Bar Association dele- tive director of the Center for Public her husband, Steven, and 11-year-old compilation of 32 fictionalized short gate to the ABA House of Delegates. Leadership at Harvard’s John F. son, Grant. She is a partner in the San stories based on personal experiences. Kennedy School of Government. She Diego office of Koeller, Nebeker, Carl- CHARLES MOUNT (M.ED.) retired lives in Massachusetts with her hus- son & Haluck, where she has worked GARY LOGAN (J.D.) is a partner from the U.S. Navy after 38 years. He band, Rob Keller, and their 4-year-old for 11 years. “We just received the at Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, is chief nursing officer at Continental daughter, Madison. Lawyers Club award for having the Rosenlieb & Kimball in Bakersfield, Calif. Rehabilitation Hospital in San Diego. highest women partners ratio!” [1984] STEPHEN MANCINI (J.D.) is a [1981] JOHN DUFF (M.ED.) is in his STEPHAN BRENNAN (B.A.) and principal with Strazzeri Mancini, an JAMES POOLE (J.D.) continues to second year as chair of the advisory his wife, Lisa, have been married for estate and business planning firm in practice patent and trademark law in board for Aging and Independent 18 years and they have two teenage San Diego, and with the Southern Colorado, and has clients from sever- Services of San Diego County. John daughters. Stephan is a partner at Iliff California Institute, an educational al other states. “Recently, I took my is also a member of the Commission & Meredith, a law firm in Maryland institution of professionals teaching son on our first hot air balloon ride in on Aging for the city of La Mesa and that focuses primarily on professional other professionals. beautiful Steamboat Springs, Colo.” a member of the National Silver liability litigation. Haired Congress. He retired from his JAY SACKS (J.D.) has been a mem- [1982] position as an academic counselor at DONNA (HEATH) BROWN (B.A.) ber since 2003 of Courtly Noyse, a MERRY ARMSTRONG (M.S.N., Imperial Valley Community College. released her first publication, The Renaissance instrumental/vocal group. D.N.SC. ’92) received a graduate Scorecard: How to Fix Your Man in They have performed at the Poway teaching award at Washington State BOB GAGLIONE (J.D.) is presi- One Year or Less. She has been fea- Center for the Performing Arts, Califor- University’s College of Nursing in the dent of the Todd Inn of Court and tured on news programs including nia Center for the Arts in Escondido spring of 2006. “I have a private prac- served as program chair of the 2006 the “Today” show, Chicago ABC-7 and the Old Globe Theatre. tice as an advanced registered nurse annual dinner of the San Diego chap- and Fox-12 news, and in publications practitioner, am involved in profes- ters of the American Inns of Court. including Business Week, Parenting, SUSAN EYDENBERG WESTLAKE sional organizations and chair a foun- Times UK and New York Newsday. (J.D.) joined Sage Legal Search in dation for the International Nurses MARY CELESTE KEARNEY (B.A.) New York, which places experienced Society on Addictions.”Merry lives in is assistant professor of radio, televi- MONICA (DUACSEK) BUEHN- attorneys in the corporate depart- Spokane, Wash. sion and film at the University of ERKEMPER (B.A.) is a vocal coach ments of law firms and corporations. Texas at Austin. She published her for Clear Lake High School in Lake- first book, Girls Make Media, which port, Calif., with her husband, Mark.

[reunion reminder] SPRING 2007 39 In September 2005, they opened island with their daughters, Madison, SAM LAVORATO (B.A.) was James, and I live in Orcutt, Calif., with M-Square Farms, a horse boarding 11, and Brianna, 8, to live in Orange appointed superior court judge of our three teenage children (the most facility on their 10-acre ranch in County, Calif. Monterey County, Calif., by the gover- challenging part of my life!).” Kelseyville, Calif. “We enjoy spending nor. Sam lives in Salinas with his wife time with our children: Chris, 14, PORTIA WEBSTER (M.A.) pub- of 10 years, Tina, and their two boys: ETHEL PASCAL (M.S.N.) planned Veronica, 12, and Julianna, 10,” lished a book, We Adore Thee, Samuel, 6, and Louis, 3. to relocate to San Diego from Alexan- Monica says. through Liguori Publications early dria, Va., in early 2007. in 2006, and she is hard at work on [1988] MITCHELL DEAN (J.D.) has been another. NAVY CMDR. MICHAEL CARAM- [1989] at Daley & Heft in Solana Beach for BAS (B.A.) was named commander MARIE GIBLIN ANDERSON 19 years. “I have been married for [1987] of Training Squadron IV at Pensacola (B.A.) married Robert Anderson in 20 years to Rose, and my oldest child ALAN ALVORD (J.D.) was Naval Air Station. As commanding Founders Chapel in July 2004. Their just graduated from Vista High appointed presiding administrative officer, Michael leads more than 100 first baby, Joseph Michael, was born School. My other three children law judge in the San Diego Office aviators and is responsible for train- Feb. 15, 2006, and was to be baptized (16, 12, 11) are well on their way.” of Administrative Hearings, which ing future Navy, Marine and Air Force in November. “He is the light of our provides administrative hearings navigators. Michael received his life.”Joseph was named after Robert’s MICHAEL DI ROMA (J.D.) writes, for more than 1,000 state and local Naval commission in 1988 through uncle, Joseph Coppo, who died in the “After practicing law for several years, agencies. Alan’s wife, Janene, is a the ROTC program and earned his World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. I joined the FBI in 1995. I was graduate of the USD paralegal pro- Naval flight officer wings in 1989. Robert and Marie are both in phar- assigned to the Sacramento division gram and is corporate compliance As a combat aviator, he has logged maceutical sales. and handle counterterrorism and administrator for Life Settlement more than, 2,800 flight hours and counterintelligence investigations.” Solutions Inc. Alan and Janene live 500 carrier-arrested landings. THOMAS DIACHENKO (J.D.) has Michael was deployed to Afghanistan in Chula Vista with their three boys. his own practice in San Diego with in 2003, and Qatar and Iraq in 2005. JOHN HANES (ED.D.) advises his wife, Beth, specializing in medical He is currently at FBI headquarters BARBARA BEELER (B.B.A., Fortune 500 companies, large gov- malpractice, personal injury, employ- in Washington, D.C., assigned to the M.A.F.M. ’06) earned the Out- ernment agencies and the military ment and business litigation. His old- Office of Congressional Affairs. standing M.A.F.M. Scholar distinction on increasing teamwork and leader- est son, Alex, is attending the Univer- in May 2006 by graduating with a ship effectiveness. He lives in Lake sity of California, Davis, on a baseball THERESA (PLUM) GARNIER 4.0 grade point average. “I am working Arrowhead, Calif. “I have been trying scholarship. His younger son, Drew, (B.A., M.ED. ’88) has been toward completing the requirements to visit every beautiful island resort is attending Cathedral Catholic High married to Warren for 15 years, and for my CPA license,”Barbara says. in the world on vacations,”John says. School. they have three children: Karina, 12, “I aspire to the Jimmy Buffet lifestyle Hunter, 10, and Jake, 6. Theresa KURT HALLOCK (J.D.) received when I retire.” DAVE DUNN (B.B.A.) is the head shares a job as a Spanish immersion an outstanding trial lawyer award football coach at The Catholic Univer- teacher two days a week and is taking from Consumer Attorneys. In March CHARLES HENDERSON (J.D.) sity of America in Washington, D.C. Spanish classes at San Diego State 2006, he took first male grand master moved into semiretirement in July University to earn a single-subject and won the Road Runners Club of 2005. “I had the opportunity to ease JOHN GROH (B.A.) was named credential in Spanish. America Marathon Championship back on the old rat race and I took it!” publisher of The Produce News, a in Napa, Calif., and in July, he won he says. “I am presently setting my New Jersey-based weekly trade pub- JANE LIEBERMAN (J.D.) has the grand master division of the sights on an extended European lication that covers the fresh fruit and been in Iceland for the last two years San Francisco marathon. tour. I want to make some practical vegetable industry. He joined the and is off to Cambridge, England, for use of the language skills I’ve devel- company in 1995 as assistant editor. more adventures. DENA JENSEN-DUGAN (M.ED.) oped. Since my language studies John and his wife, Mary Anne, live in is a world and U.S. history teacher at have been European (French, Ger- the New York City suburb of Haworth, BARBARA SCHUPELTZ (B.S.N., Douglas High School in Gardnerville, man, Russian and Spanish), I think N.J., with their 5-year-old son, Zane, M.S.N. ’87) retired as a captain Nev. Because she has a special educa- a trip to Europe of oh, say, 18 to and 3-year-old daughter, Skyler. from the U.S. Navy in 1994. She does tion background, several special ed 24 months is in order.” volunteer work with Rotary Youth students are included in her regular NEAL PUCKETT (LL.M.G.) lives Exchange and American Red Cross education classes. Dena taught geog- DAVID KINGSLEY (B.B.A.) has in Alexandria, Va., and has a solo Disaster Relief. raphy for 12 years at the local middle been in the financial services industry practice specializing in military school. She co-chairs an Amnesty for 19 years. “I enjoy teaching my son, criminal defense. “I represented MARK SHOUP (J.D.) is a supervis- International student group that Harrison, 6, and daughter, Maitland, Army Lt. Col. Allen West in 2003, ing deputy public defender for San responds to urgent-action letters to 4, golf and cooking,”he says. David and Army Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski Bernardino County. For 10 years, he help incarcerated prisoners of con- and his wife, Crystal, live in Wildomar, in the Abu Ghraib case. I currently rep- has served Apple Valley, Calif., as city science around the world. Calif., with Harrison, Maitland and resent Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich councilman and currently is its mayor. Weston, 2. in the Haditha investigation. I filed a Mark and his wife, Maryann Connolly SISTER MIRIAM KAESER (ED.D.) defamation lawsuit against Rep. Jack Shoup ’87, live in Apple Valley. was elected to the leadership team of SANDRA MCBETH (J.D.) is in her Murtha, D-Pa., in the Haditha case.” her religious community. She began her 18th year of practice, and her seventh (See story on page 24.) LYNNE (CUMMINGS) VELASCO six-year term as councilor in July, while as a sole practitioner. She is a Chapter (B.A.) lived on Catalina Island for continuing to serve as assistant superin- 7 bankruptcy trustee and most of her 13 years while she and her husband, tendent for curriculum for the Archdio- practice relates to bankruptcy: debtor, Pete, managed a hotel. Pete passed cese of Cincinnati. “Wish me luck!” creditor and trustee representation. away in January 2004 following a “I am also very involved in the Central long illness due to complications Coast Volleyball Club as a coach and from diabetes. Lynne moved off the a director,”she says. “My husband,

40 USD MAGAZINE 1990s [ 1990] KRIS (REUBA) BROWN (B.A.) and her husband are living in Roseville, Calif., with their four chil- dren: Madeleine, 7; Ethan, 4; Abby, 3; and Alexander William, born Feb. 17, 2006. Kris is a stay-at-home mom.

ERIC DEUTSCH (B.B.A.) has been married to Courtney for five years. They have two daughters: Peyton Marie, 2; and Parker Jane, who was born July 20, 2006. The family lives in Dayton, Ohio.

WILLIAM HAMBY (B.A.) is assis- M tant chief counsel for the Depart- I H A R

ment of Homeland Security, Immigra- B I R tion and Customs Enforcement in E M A Houston. He is also a major in the T Marine Corps Reserve serving as a In Baghdad Joseph Ghougassian is seldom alone; he’s flanked by his personal security judge advocate with the 1st Battal- detail, which accompanies him everywhere he goes to protect him from insurgents. ion, 23rd Marines in Houston.

KAREN HUNCK (M.B.A.) lives in [stepping up] Encinitas and was recently divorced. “I keep busy with triathlons and work,”she says. LIFE DURING WARTIME ELIZABETH KREITZER (J.D.) was named the 2005 Michael C. Shea Rebuilding public services for Iraqis from the ground up Chair by the San Diego Certified Fam- by Julene Snyder ily Law Specialists for service as a ringing decent public “Then, I was able to travel all made up of Iraqi-American aca- teacher and mentor to family law attorneys. services to Iraq is a tough over the country by myself or with demics who are there to show Bjob. That’s why they called Iraqis,”he says, sounding weary. the people what being the best KATHLEEN LAVIN (B.A.) has in Joe Ghougassian. “Now, I cannot even leave the of the best looks like. “We train been a personal fitness trainer for From a secured compound in compound by car or by walking. trainers, who train other train- 14 years and has owned her own Baghdad, the former ambassa- I’m always surrounded by guards. ers, and spread out from there.” personal fitness training business dor to Qatar talked about his Things have deteriorated to such Ghougassian, who earned two for the past nine years. Kathleen decision to spend the next three an extent that I would not dare to degrees from USD — a master’s lives in San Clemente, Calif. years there to head efforts to travel about on my own.” in international relations in 1977 ANN (KRAUSS) MAYO (M.S.N., bring basic services such as In spite of the dangers he and and a J.D. in 1980 — also taught D.N.SC. ’98) is a post-doctoral water, electricity and fuel to the his team are facing — insurgent on campus for a number of years. fellow at the University of California, people. “They have to wait in line activity, ethnic violence, criminal Of course, in a manner of speak- San Francisco, studying memory for hours just to get a tank of gas, elements such as kidnapping, ing, he’s still teaching. “There are and aging. and it’s dangerous out there.” carjacking and murder — five areas we need to focus on,” Tapped in August to become Ghougassian is determined to he explains. “Fiscal management, JENNIFER MCCAIN (J.D.) writes, “I continue to enjoy my job as assis- chief of party for a project fund- bring about progress. “We want personnel management, informa- tant city attorney for the city of Escon- ed by the United States Agency procedures to be transparent, and tion technology, communication dido. My husband, Doug, is a com- for International Development to stamp out the kind of bureau- management, and strategy and mander in the Navy. We are busy with (USAID) to develop and strength- cratic corruption that is endemic planning.” our six children, three boys and three en public service delivery to Iraqis, in the Middle East. We want to While the job seems impossible, girls ranging from 16 to 2 years old.” Ghougassian admits that things bring them in tune with the best Ghougassian is used to exceeding are wildly different now than practices of industrial nations.” expectations. “Within two weeks, JEWLS (ROGOWSKA) TENEVA (J.D., M.A. ’90) says, “I am still they were back in 2004 when he It’s a gargantuan task indeed. we had already put together two working as an immigration specialist was in Baghdad as an adviser to “There are 1.9 million public ser- training courses in procurement. but very part-time since the birth of the Coalition Provisional Authori- vants that need to be trained,” Washington couldn’t believe how my fourth child, Konrad Nikolas, on ty, charged with normalizing he explains. Luckily, he’s put quickly we were able to begin Oct. 24, 2005. He joins his twin sis- higher education. together a solid team, mostly the work.”

[reunion reminder] SPRING 2007 41 ters, Agnieszka and Tekla, born on NAVY LT. CMDR. MARSHALL CHRISTOPHER THOMAS (B.A.) ERIKA VALERIO HARRINGTON Feb. 14, 1997, and brother, Stefan PROUTY (B.A.) and Vicki (Morgan) and his wife, Tracy, have three chil- (B.A., J.D. ’03) and her husband Paul, born on Feb. 14, 2003. Some- Prouty ’91 live in Virginia with their dren and live in Menifee, Calif. Tucker celebrated the birth of their how, Konrad is the only child not three children: Shannon, Ben and Christopher earned his insurance son, Parker Matthew, on Aug. 20, born on Valentine’s Day! I also have Erin. Marshall is the executive officer license in 2003 and his real estate 2006. The Harringtons live in Santa a business renovating and renting on the USS North Carolina. license in 2006. Clara, Calif. Erika works at the law houses, so I am a landlord too.” firm of Hopkins and Carley in San DELRENA SIDES-SWAGGERTY [1993] Jose, and Tucker is at Apple Comput- [1991] (B.A., M.A. ’95) and her husband, TOM GAMBON (B.B.A.) and his er in Cupertino. JODY (MORGAN) CAMPILLO Dave, welcomed their second daughter, wife, Angi, welcomed Samantha Riley (B.A.C.) married her husband, Mark Georgia. Their oldest daughter, Delrena, into the world on April 13, 2006. “She KIMBERLY DAY JACOBS (M.ED.) Campillo ’90, in September 2004. is 2. The family lives in El Cajon. joins Madison (2 years old) who just writes, “Amazing! Living at the foot of In August 2005, they welcomed their loves being a big sister,”he says. The Diamond Head in Hawaii. Loving life!” son, Noah Donald. Jody also has a MICHEL ZELNICK (J.D., M.A. family lives in Erie, Colo. Tom was After graduation, Kimberly moved to son, Barry, 12, and Mark has a daugh- ’04) and his wife, Barbara ’04, recently promoted to chief financial the islands, spent five years at Chami- ter, Ashley, 10, and a son, Bradley, 7. opened a psychotherapy consulting officer at Cognitive Solutions Inc., nade, a private Catholic university, They all live in Poway. Jody is chief practice in La Jolla. The Zelnick Group a manufacturer of thermal barcode and has been at Marimed Foundation financial officer for a San Diego soft- provides psychotherapy, perform- and label printers in Golden, Colo. for seven years, where she is director ware firm and Mark is a corporate ance and organizational consulting of education. “I was married last year trainer for Geico. services. KEVIN HERDE (B.B.A.) and his to Stan Jacobs. We honeymooned in wife, Freya, welcomed their first child, his native Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, HYDEE (HARRIS) HAWKINS [1992] Garrett Trey, on April 7, 2006. Kevin is Austria (we love opera); and the (J.D.) married her husband, Brad, CHRIS DANIEL (B.A.) moved to director of finance at Gen-Probe, a South of France to meet my god- in 1994. “We moved to Lexington, Ky., Rhode Island with his wife, Michelle, biotech company in San Diego. The daughter. And, yes, the Danube is in May 1997 to be closer to family. their daughter, Corynne, two dogs family lives in San Diego’s Kensington blue when you’re in love.” I have worked as an assistant U.S. and a cat. Chris started his own con- neighborhood. attorney for almost four years. My sulting business focused on interna- KOURTNEY (SCANLAN) husband practices law at a small tional humanitarian issues. Michelle BRENT HODGES (B.A.C.) is now KENNEDY (B.A.) says she would civil firm in Lexington. We have two is an emergency physician at a local principal of Rancho Solano private love to be more involved with USD wonderful little boys: Harris is 5, hospital and trains residents at Brown school in Scottsdale, Ariz. He has a alumni. She is also looking for interns and Mason is 19 months old.” University. 10-year-old son, T.J. for her educational organization.

HOLLY (WOODRUFF) LYONS LISA LEMAY (B.A.) married Steve CATHERINE (DUFORT) KUIPER SISTER JEANETTE MCDERMOTT (J.D.) says, “Hello all! I am still in D.C. Brown ’94 on Sept. 3, 2005, at (B.A., M.ED. ’94) and her husband, (M.A.) continued to work as hospice working for the U.S. House of Repre- Founders Chapel. They both work for Jason, welcomed their second child, chaplain through Grossmont Hospital sentatives Aviation Subcommittee. Callaway Golf Co. and live in Carlsbad. Christian Thomas, on Sept. 27, 2005. after graduation from USD. In 1998, It’s an interesting place to be since “After a bumpy few months, he is she was elected western district coor- Sept. 11, 2001. I really miss San Diego.” GREG PHILLIPS (M.B.A.) and his finally a healthy, happy little boy, and dinator for her community, Medical wife, Jill, are raising their three chil- Tierra is a wonderful big sister!” says Mission Sisters in La Mesa. She com- DAVID MONTELEONE (J.D.) dren — Julia, 5; Cassie, 4; and Robby; Catherine. The family lives in Julian pleted her term in January 2003. and his family joined classmate Jamie 3 — in beautiful Frederick, Md. They in San Diego’s backcountry. “From August 2003 until the present, Corbin and her family on a southern return to San Diego regularly to visit I have worked as a volunteer in vari- Caribbean cruise. They had such a friends and family, and they report HAYS (FRAIM) PADRNOS (B.A.) ous activities, but my work is perhaps good time that they are planning that they have a wonderful life and her husband, Daniel Padrnos ’93, best covered under the umbrella of another cruise in the near future. together. welcomed a baby girl, Ella Christine, spiritual direction.” David is in private practice in Rock- in June 2006. She joins big sisters ford, Ill., where he concentrates in LORI (ARBOGAST) ROY (B.A.) Kate, 6, and Charlotte, 4. Alumni THOMAS MELITO (M.ED.) is a the areas of medical malpractice is a stay-at-home mom in Carlsbad. Meredith Lucey and Dan Kilkenny teacher with Baltimore County Public and personal injury. He and his wife, Her son, Colin Woodrow, was born are Ella’s godparents. Schools in Maryland. “After earning Kathleen, have three children: Seth, on Dec. 11, 2003. my doctorate in modern archaeology, Adam and Cynthia Kate. HISASHI SAKASHITA (B.S.) and I ran with the bulls in Pamplona, MAUREEN (FEERICK) ST. Chrystol Koempel ’94 were married Spain. I am currently in training in RON PETERSEN (B.B.A.) married PIERRE (B.A.) is married with four at The Immaculata on March 12, Houston for the NASA Voyager MartyAnn Thomas on New Year’s Eve children and living in Arlington, Va. 2005. Hisashi is assistant vice presi- expedition in 2008.” 2005 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in She and husband Scott have three dent of investment services for Union Carthage, Mo. “We had a lovely wed- boys, ages 11, 10 and 6, and one girl, Bank of California. BRIAN TOMPKINS (M.B.A.) ding, and our new lives have begun!” 14 months. Maureen is a part-time recently moved to Bend, Ore., to sell Ron owns 12 apartments and is the education consultant with companies [1994] home theaters and ski at Mount Bach- manager of his family’s two radio sta- such as Scholastic Books. Scott is an DEBRA FISCHER (M.S.N.) has elor.“I recently became divorced and tions. MartyAnn is a health and safety independent defense contractor with worked as a family nurse practitioner spend half of my time with my director at Fisher Scientific. They live the U.S. Navy. The children attend at an urban Native American health 4-year-old daughter, Victoria,”Brian in Carthage with their four children. Catholic school at St. Thomas More clinic in Seattle since 1998. She says. “We love Oregon so far and are “Between work and kids we stay very Cathedral in Arlington. Maureen says earned a Ph.D. in health psychology looking forward to the summer here!” busy. It is hard to believe we graduat- several USD alumni live in her neigh- from Capella University in 2005. ed from USD 15 years ago. Just older borhood. and wiser, I say.”

42 USD MAGAZINE [1995] ELIZABETH (DENSFORD) ANDREA ORSINI-BROWN (M.A.) an associate marketing manager for DONALD DE ANGELO (M.A.) is ROCHA (M.S.N.) is enrolled in a recently moved to Michigan with her Taco Bell Corp. in Irvine, Calif., and social studies department chair at post-M.S.N. certificate program at husband, David, and their two sons, Ashley is a programmer analyst for Cathedral Catholic High School in USD for clinical nurse specialists. Roman, 4, and Nikolas, 3 months. the University of California, Irvine. San Diego. Donald is an active volun- They live in Costa Mesa. teer with the Anti-Defamation JEREMY TYSOR (B.B.A.) and his [1997] League through the planning com- wife welcomed Joakim Ellwood SARAH BURCHETTA (B.B.A.) ALY (RUTHERFURD) ROMERO mittee for the Bearing Witness pro- Sebastian Tysor on May 14, 2006. and her husband, Jim, celebrated the (B.A.) and her husband had their gram. The three-day program brings Older brother Jonathan is 2 1/2. birth of their second child, James second child, Nicholas Eric, in January Catholic school teachers together to “We love our two boys.”The family David (“Jake”), in January 2006. He 2006. “He has been a wonderful addi- examine issues of the Holocaust, was planning to go to Sweden for joins sister Charlotte. tion to our family and to big sister anti-Semitism and Catholic-Jewish the holidays so the boys could see Madison, who is 3.” relations. Donald was one of 30 their grandparents. CAPT. JUDITH FIDELLOW Catholic teachers in the United States (M.S.N.) retired after 26 years in the JAMES RUANE (B.A.) and wife chosen by the Anti-Defamation [1996] military and is using her degree in Monica (White) Ruane ’98 had their League to participate in the national EDWARD BRYANT (B.A.C.) and case management as the military second child, Patrick Denver, on June advanced program last summer, his wife, Gabriela (Gonzalez) Bryant ’95, account manager with Gentiva 8, 2006, in San Francisco. Older son which included six days of travel in celebrated the birth of their second Health Services. Judith lives in Valley Gavin is 2. Israel. “We arrived in July, just as the child, Alexander, on Nov. 14, 2005. Alex Center in San Diego’s North County. war began, and had some very inter- joins older sister Stephanie. JODI (WHITE) SCHNOEBELEN esting experiences,”he says. “It was JILL FUERTGES (B.B.A.) married (J.D., LL.M.T. ’03) is still working an amazing journey I will never forget. MARK BARRETT (M.B.A.) relo- Nick Mazzocco on Sept. 9, 2005, in for White and Bright out of her home My task now is to find three teaching cated to New York City as vice presi- Positano, Italy, surrounded by family office. Jodi and husband Marc have ideas to share this new knowledge in dent of customer strategies and mar- and friends. Fellow alumni Tanya two children: Kai, 6, and Maia, the classroom at Cathedral Catholic keting at Wells Fargo Bank. He lives Gonser and Cari (Peters) Streeter 16 months. High School.”(See story on page 44.) and works in Manhattan. attended the ceremony. Jill and Nick live in Scituate, Mass. MARK WOODBRIDGE (B.A.) REBECCA DE LA CERRA (J.D.) DIANA (CASTRO) CARSON finished his residency in family prac- and her husband, Mark, have a (B.A., M.ED. ’00) published her SEAN GAFFNEY (B.A.) and his tice at the Naval Hospital at Camp 1 1 /2-year-old daughter. “She is the first children’s book, All the Muchos wife, Kelly (Ranger) ’98, live in San Pendleton and expects to be sta- absolute love of our lives,”says in the World, through Pauline Books Diego with their son, Nicholas, 1. Sean tioned in Japan for a year with his Rebecca. “After taking some time off and Media. She also began a disability earned his J.D. degree from the Univer- wife, Blanca. to stay at home with the baby, I have awareness teaching program for ele- sity of San Francisco School of Law in decided to join an old friend as part- mentary schools — called Ability 2000 and practices civil litigation with [1998] ner in his law firm.”She expects the Awareness in Action — and was hon- Sullivan, Hill, Lewin, Rez & Engel. KENDALL (GASPAR) BROWN Law Offices of Cho and De La Cerra to ored as teacher of the year at McMillin (B.A.) and husband Frank welcomed be in full partnership in the next few Elementary School in Chula Vista. MICHELE (TEKIPPE) GAMBLE Gracie Kathryn on Feb. 15, 2006. Big months. The firm is in Rancho Cuca- (J.D.) lives in Pasadena, Calif., with sister Hayley will be 3 in February. monga, Calif. DON FELLOWS (M.ED.) was elect- her three children. She is an attorney ed to serve as president and chief with Collins, Collins, Muir & Stewart, RICHARD BRYDGES (ED.D.) is TERRI (BURGES) HIRNING executive officer of Marts & Lundy, a where her practice is focused on the continuing his work in leadership, (B.A.) and her husband, Eric, cele- national philanthropic services con- representation of design professionals. organizational achievement and brated the birth of their second child, sulting firm based in Lyndhurst, N.J. strategic planning as a founding Emma Kathryn, on Jan. 27, 2006. DAVIN HECKMAN (B.A.) and his partner with the ARC Leadership “Emma was five weeks premature, KATHRYN GRYBOSKI (B.A.) and wife welcomed their second son, Group, a training development and but weighed an amazing 6 pounds, her husband, Dan, welcomed their Oscar Romero, on Feb. 17, 2006. publishing corporation. They work 3 ounces, and is doing very well,”says first child, Samson Joseph, on April 9, Davin teaches English and media with individuals and organizations Terri. Emma joins big brother Matthew, 2006. Sam weighed in at 6 pounds, studies, and is under contract with to address the challenges before 2. The family lives in Gilbert, Ariz., 2.6 ounces, and was 19 inches long. Duke University Press to publish his them and go to the next level. where Terri is a full-time mom. The family lives in Westminster, Colo. first book. “When I’m not at work, Richard and his wife, Carolyn I mostly just goof off with my family Salerno-Brydges ’91, live in Encinitas. DEBI HUYSSOON (B.A.) graduat- GABRIELLE KEENUM (M.A.) and assist my wife, Carrie, in her work ed from the Oregon Health Sciences says, “We added to our family again as a peace and justice advocate.” BRYNN (EDMONDS) BURNS University School of Dentistry in June in the spring of 2004. We went to (M.ED.) and her husband, Don, 2005. Three months later, she and her China to adopt our daughter Chloe KELLY KREISLE (B.B.A.) married celebrated the birth of their second husband, Scott Grant, welcomed a (now 3), who joins big sister Mikaela, Ashley Burke in Huntington Beach, child, Samuel Allen, on Dec. 14, 2005. son, Anthony Braydon. The family 9, and big brother, Shaler, 6. God’s Calif., on May 27, 2006. Bridesmaids He joins sister Shannon, 3. The family lives in Portland, Ore. blessings are amazing and our adop- included alumnae Ashley (Adolph) lives in Leawood, Kan., a Kansas City tion of Chloe was a miracle. All praise Farrell, Gina Dornan and Jamie suburb. MELYNDA MYERS-MALLORY to Him!” Hewitt. Other USD alumni in atten- (M.S.N.) says she is “still enjoying dance were Rob Gannon, James and STARR (WEDEMEYER) DODS family practice in Temecula and my BARBARA MCCURTIS (M.A.) Shawna (Kiser) Phelan, Patrick and (B.A.) and her husband, Christopher, own practice, Mallory Medical, is the curator/director of the Marine Paige (Tippin) Wilson, Michael and became the newest partners in a specializing in integrative health care Corps Recruit Depot Museum in Jennifer (Ross) Viola, Lloyd Jurado, marketing and advertising firm, Ele- for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue San Diego. Vanessa Martires, Travis Farrell, Mike ment 8, in Oahu, Hawaii. Starr is start- syndrome.” Leonard and Dean Rossmann. Kelly is ing her public relations practice.

[reunion reminder] SPRING 2007 43 [pilgrimage] He’s careful to say he doesn’t hold Israel blameless for all its actions. Still, “You stand in one spot and see Syria and Lebanon TEACHING THE TEACHER — both places hostile to Jews — While bombs fall, educator learns about faith and Palestinians live within their borders, and you see they’re by Kelly Knufken cornered. You can definitely ouring Israel was supposed aimed at bringing lessons about in Lebanon. Later, the bombs begin to appreciate what they to help Donald De Angelo the holocaust and anti-Semitism dropped in Israel. The group must go through every single T gain a greater appreciation into classrooms. The impact of arrived in Tiberius just an hour day just to survive.” of Judaism. But it also helped him their trip was immediate. after a bombing. They also got a The tour took the group to reli- make a deeper connection with “Everything there had mean- glimpse of the life-goes-on attitude gious sites in Israel; at each there his own Catholic faith. De Angelo ing — spiritual, historical — it of Israelis when they could see would be a Bible reading. “We had and a few dozen other Catholic was very intense the whole time. smoke from the clash while people a priest and a rabbi with us the teachers from around the country Your faith really comes alive continued to water-ski on the Sea whole time — it sounds like the left for Israel in mid-July, arriving when they say, ‘Jesus stood right of Galilee. “There’s something in beginning of a bad joke,”he quips. just in time for the outbreak of war over there.’” De Angelo still mar- your head that says, ‘Those are The priest would give the tradi- with Lebanon. vels at the experience. bombs falling,’”he says. “But the tional Catholic interpretation, and The group was participating As the group toured Golan tour guide kept going, so some- the rabbi would talk about what in the Anti-Defamation League’s Heights, they heard a reverberating thing in you says,‘I guess there’s life was like for a 1st-century Jew. “Bearing Witness” program, boom. The fighting had begun nothing wrong.’ It was very surreal.” “It was just amazing. It makes you

44 USD MAGAZINE look at the text so differently.” TINA STAHLKE DONALDSON CYNTHIA (JACKSON) SHORT Richard Symington ’02 all on hand for In his day-to-day life, (B.A.) is executive director of the (M.A.) and her husband, Brian, wel- the big day. The family lives in De Angelo teaches history at Robertson Education Empowerment comed a son, Maxwell Grant, on April Pasadena, Calif. Don is completing a Foundation, which created a financ- 25, 2006. He weighed 6 pounds, Ph.D. in public policy at the Universi- Cathedral Catholic High ing program to help students attend 4 ounces, and was 19 inches long. ty of Southern California and running School, the gleaming campus universities. Tina and husband Brian a consulting firm that helps nonprofit in San Diego’s North City that live in Solana Beach with daughter KRISTI MILLER ULRICH (B.A.) organizations raise money. replaced the old University Rachel, 2, and son Pierce David, born taught an archaeological field school High School across from USD. June 24, 2006. at the Alamo over the summer for the DANIELE DILLING POLLIN De Angelo’s shaved head and University of Texas at San Antonio. (M.I.B.) and her husband, Andy soul patch, coupled with his BRIAN EGAN (B.A.), along with She’s also been co-authoring a field Pollin ’99, welcomed their second wife Marissa and 3-year-old son Sean guide to Spanish colonial ceramics of child, Grant Andrew, on Feb. 22, 2006. self-described “biting sense of Patrick, welcomed the newest addi- Texas that is expected to be published Grant joins a big brother, Jack, 2. humor” prove that he’s not tion to the family, Ireland Danielle, soon. “I still love spending my free time your stereotypical history on Aug. 31, 2006. Brian works with with my beautiful daughter, Rachael, 2, AMY (LOGAN) WRIGHT (B.A.) teacher, as does his banter his dad and brother in commercial and husband, Lucius,”she says. and her husband, David, celebrated with students. real estate development in Reno, the birth of their second child, Ryan Nevada. [1999] David, on Sept. 15, 2005. Their first BRIAN BICKEL (J.D.) established child, Ashley Christine, was born in DONALD DE ANGELO ’95 HASHEM KAROUM (J.D.) prac- his practice in San Diego in March October 2003. The family lives in Gig stands at the top of the tices civil litigation, business, law and 2005, specializing in the automotive Harbor, Wash., where Amy is at home Massada, a national bankruptcy. In 2003, he married lemon law. with the children and David is a shrine to Israelis. Adele (Vigil) Karoum, who expected branch manager for Smith Barney. to complete her law degree at USD ROCIO CASTRILLON (B.B.A.) He received a master’s in in January 2007. graduated in August 2006 from Pep- CHRIS YOUNT (B.B.A.) and Mary international relations at USD perdine University with an M.B.A. in (Engel) ’99 happily welcomed their in 1995 after being laid off as JON MCMULLEN (B.B.A.) mar- global business. Rocio lives in Orange beautiful little girl, Amanda Elizabeth, ried Jennifer Muller on Aug. 26, 2006, County, works as an account supervi- into the world on May 18, 2006. The a marketing operations spe- at St. Mary Magdeline in San Diego. sor in advertising and would like to family lives in Reno, Nev. cialist at Chase Manhattan “We had a wonderful two-week hon- pursue an international assignment Bank. When he began teach- eymoon in Tahiti.” in Europe. O L

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P about how much of a differ- San Diego. Sequestration in the Asian Snake lives in Orange, Calif. ence I made.” Rhabdophis tigrinus.”She is working The Israel trip left an CLEMENS PAULY (LL.M.C.) says, as a postdoctoral research associate TARYN BAACKE (B.A.) married indelible mark on De Angelo, “I am proud to announce the birth of at Old Dominion University. Rob Estelle on July 22 on Fort Laud- our third son, Maximilian August, on erdale Beach, Fla. He proposed to her on who plans to now help June 28, 2006. This comes approxi- PETER LEESON (J.D.) founded his May 9 at a Florida Marlins baseball game. students make connections. mately one year after our law firm own law firm, Leeson Law Group P.C., Since returning, he put was restructured to Langstadt Pauly in June 2005. The Pasadena, Calif., LISA COMER (B.A.) is a graduate together a lesson to help Chartered in Coral Gables, Fla.” firm specializes in complex bankrupt- student at the University of Kansas. the drama club really under- Clemens was sworn in to the Florida cy litigation and employment and She received a master’s degree in stand the “Diary of Anne State Bar in April 2005 and he is now business litigation. Spanish literature in 2004 and is now Frank” by showing them that licensed to practice law in Germany, in the graduate certification program New York and Florida. KEVIN MCPHEE (J.D., M.B.A. for K-12 Spanish and working toward the characters were real, ’00) and Seda (Evis) McPhee ’00 cel- an English as a Second Language three-dimensional people, STEPHANIE RIESENMAN (B.A.) ebrated the birth of their son, Kaya endorsement. She expects to finish not just words in a book. lives in Stamford, Conn., and is a fac- James, on Sept. 28, 2005. The family the program by 2007 and earn anoth- “I noticed kids tearing up. ulty manager for the Scienomics lives in San Diego. er master’s degree in teaching Eng- The room got very quiet. Group, a medical education and com- lish to speakers of other languages. I realized, ‘This is something munications company in Greenwich, WHITNEY (SYMINGTON) MOR- Lisa lives in Lawrence, Kan. I can do.’I can make an Conn. “After completing my master’s GAN (B.A.) and Don Morgan ’95 degree in science, health and envi- welcomed their second child on April KATE (BERG) GALINDO (B.A.) awareness of this horrific ronmental reporting at New York 24, 2006. “Donald Leonard Morgan IV completed her master’s degree in experience, which is such University in December 2003, I have is doing his best to keep up with his teaching English to speakers of other pivotal moment in history. worked as an occasional freelance sister, Molly Lorraine.”Donnie, as he is languages in May. She also earned I can help them understand journalist for a variety of news out- known, was baptized in August, with a certificate in language program and complete the Jewish lets,”she says. godparents Michelle (Watson) Alfon- administration. Kate accepted a experience.” so ’94, Juan Alfonso ’94, MBA ’95, and 10-month fellowship in Montevideo,

[reunion reminder] SPRING 2007 45 Uruguay, with the English language 1.3 million readers,”he says. “The arti- NICOLE (ANGLE) BERGEN Law in Fullerton, Calif. He also is fellows program. She will work close- cle was entitled ‘See Past Myths’ and (B.B.A.) and her husband, Scott, faculty adviser to the International ly with the Council of Primary Educa- explains some of the misconceptions celebrated their first anniversary on Law Students Association. tion and the Office of Bilingual Edu- regarding 1031 exchanges.”Kenneth Aug. 13, 2006. Nicole is a research cation to develop curriculum and and his wife, Ann, live in Pueblo, Colo. manager for Time Warner Cable in BASIL CONSIDINE (B.A.) gradu- materials for 34 primary English Los Angeles and was recently named ated from Boston University in 2006 immersion schools. Her duties will JOHN HEMMERLING (J.D.) has manager of the year. Scott is in his with an M.T.S. in theology and musi- include advising school directors on been with the San Diego City Attor- seventh year of teaching at his other cology. He finished with seminary best practices developed in United ney’s Office since graduation. He is alma mater, St. Francis High School and is a Ph.D. student in musicology States immersion schools, conduct- the police legal adviser. John spent in La Cañada, Calif. at Boston University. ing in-service and pre-service teacher June 2005 to June 2006 on military training, and monitoring and assess- leave to Iraq. CHANTELLE DAVIS (B.B.A., J.D. SCOTT HAWMAN (M.S.G.L.) ing educational programs. ’05) and Casey Fisher ’03 were married works as a civilian at the Department JAMES HEWETTE (M.S.G.L.) on Aug. 12, 2006, at The Immaculata at of Defense in Hawaii. “The project JAYMIE GONZAGA (M.A.) is still married Ingrid Schroeder in June USD. Chantelle practices law in San management courses I took as part of working as an adjunct counselor pro- 2004 and then left the active Navy in Diego, and Casey is in medical school. the M.S.G.L. program apply directly to fessor at MiraCosta, Miramar, City and December 2004 to fly for UPS Airlines my job as the program manager for Cuyamaca community colleges in the as an MD-11 international first officer. EMILY ROTH (B.A.) spent the past infrastructure support within a joint San Diego region. Jaymie also is a Recently, James and Ingrid had a two years teaching in Guatemala, interagency task force,”he says. “I single parent to Bart, 17, and a mili- baby boy, J.B. “Life is good!” James where she met her husband, Luis would highly recommend USD to any tary police officer with the California says. “I am writing this from a hotel in Bolaños. They were married in Antigua, transitioning military officers preparing Army National Guard. Hong Kong as I prepare for tonight’s Guatemala, on June 10, 2006. Both themselves for a civilian career.” flight to Anchorage, Alaska.” have jobs at another international [2001] school in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emi- ERIKA SHARP (B.A.) married Ben CHRISTINE BROWN (M.F.A.) JAMES HEWLETT (B.B.A.) lives in rates, for the next two years. Emily will Powers ’01 on April 22, 2006, at San continues to have success in her act- Portland, Ore. “I’m trying to weather teach first grade, and Luis will work in Pedro Catholic Church in Ambergris ing career. During the spring of 2006, the wettest winter on record for the the information technology depart- Caye, Belize in Central America. Erika she completed the role of Sarah in Northwest,”he says of early 2006. ment and coach varsity soccer. and Ben were married by the bishop the play “Trying” at the Old Globe “Most of my contracting business is of Belize, and many USD alumni Theatre in San Diego. In August, outdoors. Business is booming.” LESTER SEBASTIAN (M.B.A.) attended. They honeymooned in Christine played the female lead has been with Wells Fargo Bank since Belize and Guatemala, and currently (a girl with bipolar disorder) in an JUAN OROZCO (B.A.) completed 2003. He is a commercial loan officer live in San Diego. industrial film shot in New York City his M.B.A. degree at Washington and assistant vice president in San for a drug company that produces University’s Olin School of Business Diego, helping entrepreneurs pur- ELLA (ROBINSON) SLOAN Risperdahl. In the fall, she was cast as and was accepted into Raytheon’s chase their buildings, equipment, (ED.D.) retired from City College in Masha in Anton Chekov’s classic play Supply Chain Leadership Develop- businesses and business lines. San Diego on June 30, 2006, and “Three Sisters,”at the Center Stage ment Program. plans to pursue a second career in Theatre in Baltimore, Md. [2003] the nonprofit sector. She founded ELIZABETH PARKER (J.D.) ELISABETH BIEBL (B.A.) has the W.E.B. DuBois Leadership Institute ALLISON DUSHANE (B.A.) married Tim Gamber on Oct. 16, been living in Vail, Colo., for two for Young Scholars in 1997, targeting earned a master’s degree from Duke 2004, and they welcomed a daughter years. “I suppose I’m taking a break fourth- through eighth-grade stu- University in the spring of 2006. She on Aug. 2, 2005. “I stopped practicing from the real world,”she says. “While dents. Ella also facilitates student is working toward a Ph.D. in English. law shortly before Molly was born,” in Vail, I’ve worked on Vail Mountain travel to West Africa, taking school she says. “In January 2006, I began as a ‘yellow jacket’ (basically skiing supplies to children in the Ashanti CHRIS FALCIONI (B.A.) and his working as an elementary school around five days a week, helping the village in Kumasi, Ghana. wife, Stacey, welcomed their first teacher through the Clark County ski patrol and lost or injured guests), child, Kai Roa, on April 11, 2006. School District’s alternative route to and have delved into the nearly non- AARON TUBBS (B.B.A.) recently She weighed 5 pounds, 8 ounces, licensure program.”The family lives existent public relations scene in the returned from a year-long trip around and was 17 inches long. in Las Vegas. area, among other odd jobs. It’s been the world. Aaron now works for a a blast, but unless a miracle trust New Zealand touring company lead- SCOTT FELBER (B.A.) married his DOMENICA (CIMARUSTI) fund appears, I’ll be back in the San ing outdoor tours all around the Unit- wife, Anabella, in 2002, and they wel- PEARL (B.A.) and her husband, Francisco Bay area to continue pursu- ed States. comed a son, Drew Matthew, on Aug. Joey, are happy to announce the ing a ‘real’ job in PR.” 23, 2006. Drew weighed 7 pounds, birth of their daughter, Savina [2004] 12 ounces. Scott is a teacher at Ores- August, on June 21, 2006. GARLAND BLACKWELL JAMIE BANKER (M.A.) is working timba High School, and Anabella is a (LL.M.T.) established the Garland toward a Ph.D. in marriage and family fourth-grade teacher at Von Renner [2002] Blackwell Scholarship Fund at North therapy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. Elementary, both in Newman, Calif. LORI ABELLA (B.A.) is in graduate Carolina A&T State University. school at Dominican University in ERIN BURKE (B.A.) is a full-time KENNETH GARRISON (LL.M.T.) River Forest, Ill. “I will graduate in May DAVID BRENNAN (LL.M.I.) graduate student at Colorado State is a qualified intermediary with 2007 with a master’s degree in library enjoys teaching international law and University, expecting to graduate in Investment Exchange Group, and he and information science,”she says. international business transaction May with a master's degree in social facilitates Internal Revenue Service “My present plan is to become a courses as an adjunct professor at work. Erin also works as a school code 1031 tax-deferred exchanges. school librarian, although I have not Western State University College of social worker in grades K-12. In July “I had an article published in Realtor yet chosen a specific grade range.” 2006, she was a bridesmaid in the Magazine in May 2006 with over wedding of her USD roommate,

46 USD MAGAZINE Sandy Phanthasone, who got married Campaign Against Hunger and Home- in Anchorage, Alaska. lessness. Her most recent work has focused on building grass-roots sup- KRISTEN DENNIS (M.B.A., J.D. port for the Affordable Housing Fund. ’04) is a policy analyst at the White “In this position, I’ve had the opportu- House in the Executive Office of the nity to reach out and involve college President. She says she longs to students in organizing events around return to the climate (both weather the issues of hunger and homeless- and political) of Southern California. ness, including a new group at USD called S.O.M.E. (So Others May Eat)!” ANDRES GARCIA (B.A.C.) moved to Los Angeles after graduating and JENNIFER SAMSON (M.ED.) worked for a CPA firm that allowed says, “I married my best friend in him to travel throughout California. 2006. We had a beach wedding in “This job made me realize how much I June and a church wedding in July. love San Diego, so I moved back in I plan to take a year off from teaching 2006,”he says. Andres works for a local and work part time.”Jennifer and her CPA firm in University City and bought husband, Shaun, plan to live in Lake a house in Normal Heights. “You can Bluff, Ill., and then move closer to probably find me at a Home Depot, if Shaun’s work. not training for my first triathlon!” [2006] ETIENNE JAMBOU (B.B.A.) has TOBIAS HERRERA (B.A.) and his worked for Google in Dublin, Ireland, wife, Tracey (Albright) ’04, celebrated since January 2006. the birth of their second child, Madi- son Grace, on Aug. 1, 2006. “We are LADONNA KIENITZ (LL.M.T.) doing well and can’t wait to get back has her own private practice in to San Diego,”Tobias says. Tustin, Calif., and works at the tax law clinic at the Chapman University School of Law. In Memoriam DIMITRIS MAGEMENEAS (M.B.A.) and his family — wife, PATRICIA BRASELL (B.S.N. ’81, H C R

Jeanette; son, Dominic, 7; and daughter, M.S.N. ’93) passed away on April 1, U B N

Calista, 5 — “enjoyed a wonderful 2006, of complications from cancer. A L summer in 2006, spending many A weekends at our beautiful San Diego [heroism] beaches and two weeks ‘back home’ in Chicago,” says Dimitris. Send Class Notes JOSHUA PALMER ’01 [1978-2004] Just

1ST LT. ANDREA NEWHOUSE Send class notes to one of the follow- minutes before he was killed in a firefight (B.A.) is stationed at Camp Pendle- ing addresses and we’ll get them in in Fallujah, Iraq, on April 8, 2004, the ton, Calif., and was recently deployed USD Magazine as soon as possible. with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Class notes may be edited for space. infantry officer dodged heavy gunfire to Unit (special operations capable). Engagements, pregnancies, personal rescue a group of soldiers from a rooftop, e-mail addresses and telephone LT. J.G. JOSHUA REHFELD numbers cannot be published. where they were being bombarded with (B.S.B.A.) earned his wings of gold sniper fire. His mother, Jackie Kennedy, on July 28, 2006. He and his wife, E-mail: [email protected] Mariella (Bravo) ’03, expect to be sta- Web site: www.sandiego.edu/usdmag says that witnesses compared his quick tioned at NAS Lemoore, where Josh U.S. Mail: USD Magazine Class Notes, will fly the F-18 Super Hornet. Department of University Marketing reaction in getting them down to “some- and Creative Services, University of thing out of a movie.” She says her son, [2005] San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, MERRILL DIBBLE (I.M.B.A.) is San Diego, CA 92110. an international relations major who the processing manager for a large attended the University of San Diego almond farm in Bakersfield, Calif. Please note that Class Notes Merrill and his wife welcomed their submitted after Jan. 1, 2007 while in the Marine reserves program, second child, Daniela, in May 2006 will appear in the Summer 2007 “loved USD, loved education and wanted and he says they are enjoying life in issue of USD Magazine. Bakersfield. people to have freedom.”The entire campus community salutes Palmer, along RENEE PROVENCHER (B.A.) is West Coast field organizer and policy with all the fallen who’ve made the ulti- organizer for the National Student mate sacrifice in service to their country.

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