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Dear Fellow Alumni, JIL STARK ’58 writes, “I am writing this “Among the classmates we missed seeing this year I was heading into the end of 2018 with brief update while Jack and I are at the was our designated ‘roaster’ and prize giver FRITZ lots of fun, including attending the We are at an important crossroads in the history of the College. As we approach our 75th ’57 class of ’57 Reunion in Carmel. We had DELBRUECK. When contacted by your correspondents, ’62 Children’s Institute Cape & Gown Gala anniversary, we reflect on how far we have come, where we stand in higher education, our a fabulous daylong tour of the Scheid Fritz pleaded to an overloaded social schedule which November 14, 2018, honoring BOB and Family Vineyard and learned about was keeping him on the move in Oregon circles. It’s Beth LOWE for their support of this history and founding, and our increasing importance as a leader in education globally. We also all the up-to-date technology at this cutting-edge nice to hear that one more class member is working special Institute helping children in Los Angeles. Also turn to our alumni—13,000—small by comparison but mighty by impact. Without our alumni, business. We have recently returned from a week- hard at maintaining our reputation.” looking forward to a two-week cruise in the Caribbean long fishing trip on the Alagnak River in the Alaskan in late November. But “life is about what’s happening we simply could not be where we are today. wilderness. Jack caught numerous huge Silver Salmon, BERNIE MARSHALL ’57 when you are making other plans” so on Thanksgiving [email protected] trout, Grayling, and Dolly Varden every day, and I stayed day I was having surgery for a detached retina with Our alumni are, in many ways, the glue that holds the institution together—both to present clear of the bears. We have just spent five months REID SHANNON ’57 terms like trans pars plana vitrectomy, membrane peel, at our 1924 cabin on Silver Lake and are planning to [email protected] and retinectomy. No flying or driving and keeping my day and to our past. We rely on alumni not just for philanthropic support, but to help us recruit return to our home close to CMC in mid-October. Best head down on a chair for weeks! the best and brightest students, assist with job, internship, and shadowing opportunities, wishes to all.” BRENT HOWELL reached out and said his wife Beth had GORDON MCKINZIE reports that he just serve on numerous boards, and help grow our regional and on-campus programming. BERNIE MARSHALL writes, “In October, 17 of our several operations as well. He then said he would be completed a 12-week course at the classmates gathered at Carmel’s Quail Lodge for three at a daughter’s wedding up north and we agreed that ’58 Museum of Flight in Seattle to become days of reunion and good fellowship. In attendance 2019 would be our year. The CMC Alumni Association has made it a priority this year to grow engagement both on a docent. He enjoys it immensely, and were: BURT and Phyllis CORSON, JOHN and Lee finds it feeds his passion for airplanes BOB LOWE indicated he just got back from Saudi Arabia. and off campus. We want to enhance opportunities for our alumni to interact with the CMC DEVEREUX, SCOTT and Sally EVANS, RUSTY and Bebe and his interest in communicating with many old GROSSE, DICK HAUSMAN, PETER KEADY, BERNIE and TAIN BODKIN has emailed about world events but community. That way, we can support one another and our students. As we approach Alumni timers (like himself) who have varied backgrounds in Mary Ann MARSHALL, GARY and Marilyn NEUHOFF, also maintains that he has discovered several medical Weekend 2019—April 25-28 to celebrate our “4”s and “9”s—we encourage all alumni to come aviation. Many of his docent buddies are retired military DEAN PAINTER and partner Jim Vilnow, WALT PARRY, breakthroughs. I believe him since he looked like he and airline pilots and engineers, and the “war stories” back and reconnect, or engage off campus, in preparation for our alma mater’s 75th birthday. DON and Fernanda SAMMIS, AL and Shirley SCHEID was 45 years old at our last class reunion. He might be are plentiful, warming up the gang before they meet P’82, REID and Georgia SHANNON, JACK and JIL STARK starting a women’s health spa where he would be the their museum guests out among the artifacts. ’58, TOM and Judy USSHER, GALEN and Mary YOUNG as trainer and applicator of special creams to maintain In honor of our 75th, we also look at what makes CMC unique in the world of higher Ironically, the very same aircraft (a Northrop F-5A well as honorary class member Fred Prager P’99 P’01, beauty for women between the ages of 18 and 40. He fighter) that Gordon worked on in the early ‘60s at education. Intellectual thought and political diversity are some of the most important and along with his wife, Eileen. has also sent pictures of his Pacific Ocean home in Baja. Edwards AFB is hanging from the ceiling. His If you would like a copy just email me. identifying characteristics of CMC, and I am proud to support the initiatives of the Open “One of the highlights of this reunion was a full day’s fingerprints are all over the airplane, and you can bet Academy to ensure our students and institution stay true to our original values. To be a future tour of facilities and operations at Scheid Family that he has plenty of anecdotes to share with his No doubt many of you have had similar unwelcome health events. It’s part of the process. I have 10 books to leader, one must understand all sides of the argument and be exposed to diverse viewpoints Vineyards led by our classmate AL SCHEID P’82 and unsuspecting visitors! his son, SCOTT ’82, COO of the company. Al and Scott read, which were accumulated for my cruise that did not and opinions. I hope you will join me in this exciting, and much needed, initiative. exceeded all expectations in showing what a first-class ROBERT MCCRARY ’58 happen. If you would like some titles just let me know. management team they have and in organizing an 1703 Milan Ave. MARSHALL SALE ’62 outstanding day of education and entertainment. I thank you for your continual support of the College, and look forward to seeing you on South Pasadena, CA 91030 505-690-0299 campus or around the world. “Grape farming on some 4,000 acres is carried Fax 626-441-0501 [email protected] out at several locations up and down the Salinas [email protected] Valley. Various members of their staff gave excellent presentations, emphasizing how they push for LARRY FORD writes, “Fortunately, we had sustainability throughout their operations including The class was saddened to hear of the a healthy year and our family members sustainability for employees. It was evident this is an recent death of classmate LEN MATSON. 63 ’59 ’ are doing well. Our Florida home, organization that captures and utilizes data in every Len will be remembered fondly as a Sarasota, is booming so we see build up facet of its activities. Al was the gracious host at a good friend. in traffic and local activities. Our Paul “Pablo” Nathan ’80 sumptuous luncheon on the patio of the Scheid tasting RAY REMY writes, “On a personal note Colorado home, Salida, is also booming so everyone President room in Greenfield, followed by a tour of the state-of- we were recently blessed with the seems to be following our choices which is both good the-art wine making facilities and tastings of Scheid Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association arrival of our third great-granddaughter.” and bad. We like the positive aspects but also yearn for varietals both in Greenfield and the Scheid wine tasting Ray also confirmed that our class dinner the good old times. So far, my favorite fishing spots room in downtown Carmel. at the reunion in April will be graced with the presence seem to be holding steady. Last year, I added a new “Reunion attendees were privileged to be joined for of JACK ’57 and JIL STARK ’58. fishing destination to my plans. Turns out New Orleans has an excellent fly fishing environment for big Redfish this day by CMC President Hiram Chodosh and his wife, ’59ers, don’t forget to make your reservations for our on a fly rod. Great fun to catch 20-plus pound Redfish Priya Junnar. President Chodosh spoke about recent 60th, April 25th through the 28th. See you there! accomplishments at the College as well as the College’s when sight fishing in shallow water.” plans for expanding and integrating computer and BOB BEASLEY ’59 DICK MCKAY writes, “I deal with some knee and back data science coursework into the liberal arts curricula. [email protected] issues, but that does not stop our traveling. This year

30 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019 31 ’63 Court Press and on Fastcase; a new one published do (but don’t enjoy) yoga. It’s pain and suffering, but before Watergate. He served President Ford and had a check on family commercial real estate investments world,’ but we did get to experience living in Maine and by Reuters; and a new one published by the ABA. needed as my aging body gets stiffer every day. distinguished law practice in Washington, D.C. until his there—and I stay in pretty good touch with RICKY Puerto Rico. During our time in Puerto Rico, our family I am totally back to normal and have a few expert death. He has two daughters by his first marriage and is LAZARUS from our CMC class. Hope all in the Class of expanded to include our two sons. “I enjoy reading a lot. My favorite authors include David files to work on. I keep writing and enjoying my survived by them and his widow.” ’64 are well and happy.” Brooks, Yuval Noah Harari, Stephen Pinker, and Carlo “When my Navy obligation ended, Marilyn and I retirement from the practice of law and now only Rovelli. I never imagined that history and quantum All: We continue to receive updates from you in ED SELF writes, “I was profiled in the CMC alumni moved—with our two sons in diapers—to Chicago Making a difference work eight hours a day, five days a week.” physics could be so mind-blowing. Thank goodness for response to our inquiries; thanks very much to those of magazine after I won an Emmy. I have been retired for where I joined the U.S. EPA and began my career as an “I have shifted from full-time trial JIM MASON writes, “I am still living in the Sierra Audible and Audm.” you below who answered the call. New contributions longer than I can remember. My first producing job was environmental lawyer. I quickly found that I enjoyed the Nevada town of Mariposa near Yosemite National show again the varied and interesting lives our in the early 1970s on the TV series Emergency! when I combination of law, policy, and environmental science, work for paying clients (including DON JAMES writes, “My wife, Sue, and I continue to Park and still work three 12-hour shifts a week classmates have led.—Bill, Larry, and Steve was the youngest producer in Hollywood. The crew, as long as someone else was the scientist. After four enjoy good health and an active lifestyle. Last June, we contingency fee cases) to spending as an Emergency Room Technician (EMT) in the all older than me addressed me as Mr. Self. This made Chicago winters, this California boy moved his family celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in Big Sky, LARRY FORD ’63 more time on pro bono matters. Emergency Department at John C. Fremont me uncomfortable, so I told them to call me Mr. Ed, a to Denver to join the EPA’s Rocky Mountain regional Montana with a family reunion that included horseback [email protected] Hospital in Mariposa. I do quite a bit of volunteer reference to the talking horse. I still use that moniker office. We enjoyed our five years in Colorado, but as EPA I’m pleased to say one of the most rides, river rafting (some class II and III rapids), and tours work, including one weekend a month at Henry with friends, and consider myself ‘The Talking Human.’ matured as an agency, it became more bureaucratic, rewarding trial victories in my 52- of Yellowstone National Park. This was followed by our Coe State Park in Morgan Hill. Other volunteer BOB BRUNING writes, “We are now up to which led to my joining Pennzoil Company in Houston annual trip to Grindelwald, Switzerland for a month of “My first contribution to TV was creating a villain for the year career was a few months ago work includes the Mariposa County Arts Council, 14 grandchildren (counting my wife’s as environmental counsel. Any concerns I had about hiking in the Alps. We have rented an apartment in a ’64 Batman series, Egghead, played by Vincent Price. He when a federal jury in Los Angeles where I am on the Board of Directors and four daughters and my son and ‘switching sides’ were quickly dispelled, as it was chalet for a number of years from a local Swiss family appeared once using my story, and later in an episode treasurer. I am also a volunteer with the Mariposa daughter). My son and his wife had their clear that Pennzoil was serious about meeting its returned a unanimous verdict for that lives upstairs. Without a car, every day involves a in which I had no involvement (except for a residual County Sheriff’s Office, and do some patrolling first child, a boy, so the Bruning name environmental obligations, and I wound up staying two Hispanic immigrant clients lot of walking even if it’s to catch a bus, train, gondola, check). My proudest achievement isn’t The Incident and event security as well as being a member of lives on! We really enjoy spending time with Pennzoil until retiring in 2002. or boat. It’s great exercise and we have yet to tire of the starring Walter Matthau (the Emmy project), but Help against a major real estate investor/ the Sheriff’s Tactical Emergency Medical Support with each of the families (they are all in view from our terrace of the North Face of the Eiger Wanted: Male starring Suzanne Pleshette. The reason “We moved from Houston to Austin, Texas several years landlord who tried to double their Team.” California). It’s like a vacation weekend at sunrise and sunset. We have also enjoyed the sense for my pride is that nobody at CBS believed in the ago to be closer to our older son, Eric (also a lawyer), when we’re with them. I’m still doing FO-type rents and evict them, and made the BOB BOIES writes, “Barbara and I celebrated of fellowship that has developed over the years with project, and in fact tried to prevent it getting filmed, and his family, and love it here. The University of Texas consulting. This year I helped a $200-million revenue mistake of violating the Fair Housing our 40th anniversary in June. We traveled on many of the local merchants and residents. When we but through perseverance, I prevailed and it proved to has an outstanding lifelong learning program, which company redo their $40 million in loans. Since leaving a cruise in Russia, and enjoyed a trip with our are not in Switzerland, we enjoy walking on the beach be the highest rated MOW of the year. Along the way, we joined immediately and is at the core of our day-to- Act—causing a disparate impact on the last full-time job when the company was sold in granddaughter (to Paris) to celebrate her birthday. in Kailua, Hawaii, which is about ten minutes from our I was supervising producer on Sarah, Plain and Tall, day intellectual and social life. The travel hasn’t slowed a protected class of persons. The jury 2013, I’ve enjoyed the projects without having to work This Christmas, we saw her debut with the San house. Life is good. Aloha.” the highest-rated Hallmark Hall of Fame of all time. It down, either. Our 2017 journeys included celebrating at finding them. awarded each of them $50,000 for Francisco Ballet in The Nutcracker. I played golf starred Glenn Close and Christopher Walken. our 50th anniversary on a sailboat in the Virgin Islands, DAVID FORREST writes, “The urges that led me to be the compensatory (emotional damages with my grandsons today (they are on break “Trudy is still working and volunteering part-time. My and our 2018 travels took us to Oregon; Hokkaido, author of ‘The Wanderer’ in the Collegian back in our “In 1970, I wrote a paraphrasing of The Night Before from college). I am an occasional consultant for volunteering time is spent helping a couple of charities Japan; and England, Scotland, and Wales. only) and $500,000 each for punitive senior year are still at play in my life. After three years of Christmas to make it about the birth of Jesus instead my daughter’s company (Audition Dancewear), raise money. With our less-intense work schedules, damages for wrongfully trying to working with the military in Hawaii (where my son was of the arrival of Santa Claus, and am currently pursuing “Few people, however, accumulate as many birthdays and enjoy the fact that both of my daughters Trudy and I have expanded our travel horizons. We had evict them. A life-changing event for stationed), I am now the staff psychologist at Clallam having it made into a wall plaque to offer for sale next as we have without serious setbacks, and not all of my live nearby. I’ve enjoyed 18 years of retirement gone to a resort in Jamaica in the spring for eight years, Bay Corrections Center, a 900-man state prison on the November. I’ll post it to you if you’re interested, and if I news is upbeat. We lost our younger son, Gregory, in the clients—and super rewarding to from my career as a teacher and school principal but last year we spent two weeks in northern Italy, and northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. can figure out how. 2008 to diabetes, which he’d dealt with since infancy. (Tustin HS and Newport Harbor HS). I still see this year it was two weeks primarily in Botswana. Next me personally.” No cell service out here, but then you can’t bring a That loss has taught us a lot about grieving, but we’d RUSS IUNGERICH and GEORGE DAVIDSON spring, we hope to meet a grandson in Europe where “I’m also a recovering alcoholic, three years sober. —KENNETH CHAITE ’63 cell phone into a prison anyway! My current contract rather have remained ignorant. I speak for both of us, from our class, as well as my roommate ORLEY he plans to attend a university.” I returned to what had been a brief sojourn with expires in May, so maybe I’ll retire this year. Maybe. however, when I say that despite the ongoing pain of ASHENFELTER ’64, BOB WALKER ’64, and DOUG Christianity after I sobered up, and that faith has made RICHARD HAWLEY writes, “After losing my fiancée Greg’s loss, we realize that in the big picture of human NOBLE ’64. I enjoyed our 50th and 55th reunions, “In October, I reconnected with an estranged brother, a world of difference during my reclining years.” in 1986 to cancer, I tried marriage again and experience, we are at the fortunate end of the scale. and seeing CMC friends at the Res Publica who with his lovely wife, took me in while I recovered succeeded! Elizabeth Lavine and I were wed on LOU LAGRAVE writes, “I retired at 59 from The Goodyear Life is good, and I hope that is true for each of you.” luncheons in LA and the OC.” from an illness and operation, a true silver lining. My November 18, 2017. We live in Campbell and she is Tire and Rubber Company, and moved from Orange included two weeks in Tahiti, one week in an overwater son, Chris, now has his dream job working at the LARRY BERGER ’64 JOHN WELLS writes, “It’s nice to know that there is a life/spiritual coach. We plan to move to a mellower County to Arizona. I soon found retirement to be bungalow on Moorea, and then 10 days aboard Pentagon in an internal Air Force strategy think tank [email protected] another classmate from western Colorado. A lot has climate in a year or so, Santa Cruz. a bit boring. I entered a new field and went into the Paul Gauguin. Next came a cruise to the Baltic called Checkmate. His desk covers the Indo-Pacific happened this year in my part of Colorado. I was advertising sales, rising to executive director of sales BILL DAWSON ’64 including Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Moscow, region (China, North Korea), so he’s in the middle of “My son, James, is the convention manager at a hotel divorced in January and moved from a large, hillside for a weekly newspaper in our area. In 2007, I joined [email protected] Tallinn, Copenhagen, and London. We did New York these exciting times.” in Los Angeles, and raises two children. My daughter home on the Crystal River to a small golf club home the Times Media Group in Scottsdale, now located in at Christmas, and Copper Mountain skiing after. My also raises two children and is a full-time mom. Outside STEVE HALLGRIMSON ’64 in Glenwood Springs. My address is still at Carbondale, WILLIAM HOLLINGSWORTH ’62 reports WILLIAM E. Tempe, where I still work part time as a senior account [email protected] passions are still fun with the family, skiing, and ham of friends and family, my greatest interest is growing a since I still live closer to the Carbondale post office. BILL CASSELMAN, II passed away on September 10, 2018, executive. radio. I still run one aviation social organization (Red spiritual life in yoga. For me, yoga is about the ‘union BAKER and I attended the memorial service for JOE and writes, “Bill and I roomed together our last two Barons), write a monthly news article for another, the of the individual self with the Universal Self,’ and has “While staying active with work, we have still managed BATTAGLIA in August. It was a sad occasion, but well years at CMC. We were put in a room at Harvey Mudd KEITH NIGHTINGALE reports that his QBs, and am president of a HOA at Copper Mountain the amazing benefit of removing the me from the to visit five continents, and I do volunteer work with done and well attended. We were sorry that we did not in the fall of 1961, as the CMC campus was full, and we travels in 2018 consisted of constant Colorado. I’m retired, right?” equations of life. This makes life beautiful always, as it the City of Phoenix and in our local community. The see more CMC grads in attendance. I have spent the were returning after a year off. Bill attended Bradley ’65 travel to Hawaii to manage/counsel his was meant to be.” latest overseas trip fulfilled a lifelong bucket list item for University after the campus police followed the path daughter, his annual trip to Normandy BARRY ZALMA writes, “Last year was interesting since I last month, including the holidays, recovering from my me by taking a photo safari to Tanzania. After a couple of spilled red paint from the red-painted statues at JEF MATTHEWS writes, “After selling both Tucson new for the D-Day anniversary with the had some serious arterial problems and a heart attack I third back surgery. I know I’m getting too old for this. of road trips and some fly fishing last year, this year Scripps to his dorm room in the Quad. He was asked car dealerships in the ‘80s (Chevrolet and Dodge/Rolls troops and GE, and a sojourn into the Alaska Inside didn’t know had happened. It ended with the excellent I should be getting back to a more normal routine in looks like a trip to Switzerland and Austria. Hope my not to come back his sophomore year. I had flunked Royce), as well as our Dollar Rent-A-Car dealership, I’ve Passage. Travel plans for 2019 include the 75th D-Day surgeon—John Robertson—at St. John’s Hospital in another month.” classmates are all enjoying good health.” Santa Monica redoing all of my arterial plumbing and out, worked a year, and returned to redeem myself. been active in real estate brokerage. About five years anniversary and frequent travel to children/ KENT GREENE writes, “I continue to live in Carlsbad, just giving me an extra 30 years, which should take me After graduation in 1963, Bill went to Washington, D.C. ago, I added real estate brokering in Mexico, as well. I LANCE VINSON writes, “I have not been a diligent grandchildren with check in hand. For good books, a short walk from the La Costa Resort, where I spend to 106. I retired from the active practice of law and attending George Washington University Law School spend as much time as I can in San Carlos (Guaymas), correspondent, so this update will begin in fall 1964 Keith recommends Churchill: Walking with Destiny. much of my day. I plan to live here until my time runs had to stop acting as a testifying insurance expert for and served on Congressman Gerald Ford’s staff. After Sonora. However, I am in Tucson, Ariz. much of the when I entered Georgetown Law School. I missed my out. I still work and enjoy helping my clients, many of PAT MULLIN writes, “On December 20th, Sherry and six months while I healed. As a result, I was able to law school and working on the Nixon presidential time because my mother is still very active. She lives graduation ceremony three years later, as my marriage whom I have worked with for 20-plus years, providing I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. Upon campaign, he was hired by the White House to work at home alone, reads three-plus books a week, does to Marilyn McDonough, with KEN HENDERSON as best spend more quiet time writing, and have published returning from Vietnam in 1968, JOHN GREEN ’66 software to meet their needs. These are good people man, took priority that day (at Claremont, Ken had set several books on insurance law, insurance claims, and as a congressional liaison under Bill Timmons. When crosswords and spreadsheet accounting daily, and and his wife Beverly suggested I meet this Texas girl and it’s my privilege to be able to help them make their us up on a blind date). After a brief stint with a Los insurance fraud on Amazon; four new ones by Full Ford became vice president, Bill became Ford’s counsel feeds 200 pounds of bird seed monthly to her ‘friends.’ when I served in Mineral Wells, Texas as a U.S. Army businesses profitable. Aside from working, I play tennis Angeles law firm and with the draft looming, I joined to the VP, which got him out of the White House I also get to south Florida a couple of times a year to helicopter instructor. The rest is history and now I have or pickle ball and work out in the gym every day, and the Navy as a JAG attorney. I didn’t exactly ‘see the

32 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019 33 successfully completed my first fifty years’ probation the special vehicle.” ’67 of Retired Executives). SCORE is the nation’s largest principles are simple. When I am out to ’70 Words of wisdom of marriage. I have been enjoying the very interesting nonprofit network of volunteer, expert business dinner, I find it easy to find a fat-laced PETE FEUILLE’s widow, Susie, wrote that she is military combat writings of KEITH NIGHTINGALE on mentors, with more than 10,000 volunteers in 300 paleo/keto item on the menu. I can still drink “GLENN WARING has volunteered to serve doing OK but misses him. Facebook. Great stories, Keith! Sherry and I will be chapters. It provides free counseling services for wine (which only has 2 to 4 grams of carbs in a as the new Class Liaison for the Class of ’70. To on Maui from February 18 to March 20. Any other DEAN DAVIDGE sends an update, “I’m pretty entrepreneurs and business people who are having six-ounce glass). I also look for items with “net start, he asked for life tips from classmates: “I classmates there then? We will start our cycling training much recovered from my eye surgery last problems. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the experience. If carbs”—this is food with carbs less than fiber. I figure most of us in the class of ’70 are now in our October. Having to follow the doctor’s order Fiery escape for our July Iowa bike ride on Maui.” you’ve retired or about to and wondering what to do use heavy whipping cream in my coffee, since 70s, and we could share a few updates on to be a couch potato for almost three months with yourself, I suggest volunteering might be just the it has the fewest carbs of any creamer. This TONY CHILDS checks in with, “next trip is in March to PAUL SCRIPPS, TOM BURTON ’68, enjoying the eighth decade.” was almost worse than the operation. I had “ and ticket!” is just the way we eat now. It combines with Siberia, included will be the Road of Bones. I’m doing it joined a HIIT (high intensity interval training) JOHN PETTIT were scheduled to descend our exercise routine to produce an active and • “Strength through rest. Cousin Helen Pashgian in winter on Ice Road so we can experience cold life in STEVE WOODWORTH filled us in on his wine country class at the local YMCA about a year ago and energetic lifestyle.” For more about his nutrition Siberia. Yes, there will be a survival kit in our vehicle— on my home in Malibu—the same day travels, “2018 was a very busy year for Robin and me, (Pomona) got us hooked on this—it was her getting back to it is really hard after the long approach, contact Joe directly. just the two of us with our Russian pal and the driver of the Woolsey fire arrived. This was to be due largely to family additions and celebrations, travel father’s favorite reminder. Structure. I find layoff. I must say I’ve felt better and been temptations (eyes larger than the stomach), and health WILL THOMPSON passed along the following this is an age where it’s great to have some healthier (other than the eye problem) since I a makeup get-together to replace our rehabilitations. We did our share (... and then some) of story. “Life is good in Mill Valley. I continue to methodology like a weekly lunch, a bi-monthly started the class a year ago.” annual yacht trip on Paul’s Miramar. That trip had to be cancelled because of an wine tasting and buying in Arizona, Nevada, California, toil in the multifamily real estate industry. We overnight group, and some annual outings. ’67 GREG SMITH writes, “Trip earlier this year to and Washington. Our current inventory is in no need of rejoined our partnership with Trammell Crow Sometimes I don’t want to go, but I’m always Egypt. Flew there from Tel Aviv. Will wonders unfortunate mechanical problem. Fun replenishment. Residential in 2015 and have four large apartment glad afterward. I really treasure the long-term never cease? I strongly recommend the communities under construction in the Bay Area and games were carefully planned, but “During our July trip to Seattle and environs we associations—amazingly, I’m in partnership trip to Egypt to see the tombs and temples. and a couple more in the pipeline. I continue to I had the foresight to call it off as soon had a great reunion with JOHN GREEN ’66 and DICK in a small venture with a friend I met in Astonishing what the Egyptians were able have fun at work. GLASSBURN ’66 and their spouses. In short, the year to do more than 3,000 years ago. Planned a as I saw the smoke. The participants, fourth grade. Using Airbnb all over, finding That fateful day flew by, and we felt much more familiar with airports “Leslie and I have experienced the health issues trip to the Arctic for this coming June—on fortunately, missed having to fight the fire extended family under a single roof makes for than our outdoor patio. For 2019, we have resolved to of our generation. I’ve successfully moved on “One of my most vivid memories an ice cutter (if there is still ice to cut). The great memories. Cutting back after 20 years and get stuck in Malibu for a week or so. stay more at our ‘home resort’ and enjoy the desert air from cancer in 2012 and a cardiac event in come-on is polar bears. Also travel to Israel of corporate and another 25 years in private of CMC occurred during our I’m sure everyone saw the news coverage, and open space. I remain busy with company board 2015 with a little scar tissue here and there and a couple of times a year, as one of our sons counseling for CEO’s. Parting with clients is freshman year, November 22, which I missed, because of no power: and mentoring activities, and Robin is painting and a stent in my LAD. Leslie suffered a six-week and his family live there. Reading an excellent tough—as much as ten hours a month with has joined the board of the Desert Botanical Garden in hospitalization with pneumonia in 2012 and now 1963 to be exact. I was coming book on Churchill by Andrew Roberts (Note: cell, land line, and Internet for more than Phoenix. Although not seasoned Arizona veterans like suffers from COPD. We travel less but I still get out some since March of 1994. But holding on to out of class around 11 a.m. and same book Keith recommended). Kids and two weeks. I have learned from the past classmate STEVE GRIFFITH, Robin and I can honestly to Colorado to ski the Rockies every year. She was just a few favorites is going to be fine, and I’m JACK INFRANCA grandkids doing well, and like many of you, was passing by. 45 years that your house will burn unless say that we have (after ten years of commuting and really impacted by the poor air quality in the Bay looking forward to new endeavors, time with passing the big 75th.” He said that President Kennedy you stay and personally fight for it. Five five years of permanent living) fully embraced the state Area from the fires in 2017 and 2018. The deaths four grandchildren, and a great wife of nearly had been shot, but he kept on JOE BRADLEY and his wife enjoyed attending neighbors and my wife, Robby, managed and its plethora of amenities, resources, incentives, and and destruction in both were astounding. We had 40 years.”—GLENN WARING ’70 the 100th ROTC anniversary at CMC. activities for proactive, gray-haired types like us. So, if close friends barely escape the Paradise fire in walking without saying anything to save most of our neighbors’ homes • “My all-time favorite concept is: This too shall else. Thinking that was strange, Classmate WALLY DIECKMANN also attended. you find yourself at or near the Valley of the Sun, let us November with their pets; losing their home, cars, “Marilyn and I have two cruises planned for along with my house. All in all, it was a know. We have lots of room, a welcoming patio, and and 35 years of accumulated possessions. Almost pass. I’m one of these people who has been I turned around and said, ‘Jack, 2019: a trans-Atlantic crossing to Amsterdam very exciting time and proved that this natural preserve—and plenty of wine that we love to 20,000 buildings were destroyed and folks in that interested in the stock market since I was a kid finish the joke.’ He stopped, and the Norway coast in April/May and a 73-year old guy can still get pumped up share.” area are still suffering. Consider a contribution and I’ve made a hobby of following it whether Med cruise in October. I’m currently enjoying to North Valley Community Foundation’s Camp I’m actually investing in it or not. Anyway, turned, and said that he heard with adrenaline.”—JOHN MAZZA ’67 STEVE GRIFFITH brings us up to date on spring training reading Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Fire Relief Fund to help out. You can find them at when you follow the stock market, you really on radio that President Kennedy in Scottsdale. “For the past five years, several CMCers Kearns Goodwin.” www.nvcf.org.” —CHARLES DAVIS ’70 had been shot. Others started from the Class of ’67 have gathered in Phoenix for a see that this too shall pass.” JOE BRADLEY ’65 gathering and said they had spring training rendezvous. Joining me in Scottsdale JOHN PETTIT tells us about a favorite experience. • “My motto is ‘Beware of averages—they are [email protected] for a few days of baseball watching, swapping stories, “My wife, Patricia, and I have had the opportunity and plan to add some pictures, as well. I’m not writing never right.’ Water is only three feet deep on heard the same thing. We rushed hanging out, having a few beers, and catching up to join several personal tours conducted by a book, but want to put down in writing some of my average, but you still drown.”—BRIAN PUTT ’70 over to the Hub to listen to the with each other’s goings-on have variously been JOHN the curators of various exhibitions at the Getty BOB NOVELL shared the following life experiences decade by decade. It has been a fun PETTIT, RON DOUTT, LES WAITE, BILL SLAVIN, and JOHN Museum. One such tour was conducted by • “I have learned several things: 1. As Karen, news. Around 1 p.m., I went update: “Sharon and I were able to do project. A generation or two from now, someone in my PYLES. The guys also manage to play an occasional Elizabeth Morrison, Ph.D., who is the Getty’s my wife, always said, you should retire to to my American government ’67 the Danube River trip (Budapest to family may want to read it. Some of you may want to hearts game ’til the wee hours of the morning. Griff curator of illuminated manuscripts. After an Prague) except the water level was too think about doing the same thing with your life story. something not from something. 2. You are class taught by first-year lecturer regularly tries to “shoot the moon,” but Les always hour-and-a-half tour, which included a detailed low and we were bused from Budapest We have all had some marvelous experiences and exactly who you are when you retire that you Werner J. Dannhauser and the succeeds. The hearts game for John, Ronald, Les, and explanation of every piece in the exhibition and to Vienna where the boat portion finally began. It was a stories to tell. were before. Same interests, different schedule class watched the small portable great trip and resulted in many fond memories. We Griff started in their freshman year at CMC, usually after lengthy Q&A’s when prompted, our group of and remuneration. You join boards and donate “Our last set of Class Notes was amazing. I hope shared stories and tales with a wonderful group of a Shakey’s Pizza run. PETE WILKINSON plans to join us eight was taken to “the vault” to see several pieces TV set that he had brought into you took time to read the wonderful stories and time and money so you can do what you used people we met on the boat. The conversations with on the trip. that are held behind the scenes. Each piece we the room. During that class we experiences that were shared. Kudos to ROBIN were shown was more strikingly beautiful than its to get paid to do. 3. It’s a lot of fun being retired. European colleagues reminded me of the richness and SANDY MACKIE provided a comment: “Cindy (Hoyt) and heard that the terrible news was BARTLETT for his work in putting these Class Notes predecessor, and then Ms. Morrison brought us to More helping, no hierarchies.” importance of history. A highlight of the trip was sitting I are enjoying the quiet retired life in snowy Winthrop, together. When I tell people about our class reunions, I the grand finale. —ROBERT MILNES ’70 true and that our president had in the corner of a hotel lobby in Prague at 3 a.m. with Wash. The news of 2018 is the arrival of our first say that I come back to reunions to see roommates and been assassinated. Over the years, two shipmates and watching the Dodgers in the World grandchild, Jasper Alexander Mackie. For classmates in “It was a book that had taken ten years to • “Time cures a lot. Wendy and I enjoy being friends in my dorm and perhaps some teammates, but Series. the Seattle area looking for unique produce and great produce from ca.1420 - ca.1430. Pre-Gutenberg, with our family and church community. Eating whenever the subject came up, we I always end up making new friends.” all remember exactly where we “I stumbled through my German throughout the trip chicken, my father, David Mackie, and mother, Bonnie, it was created by hand. The title of the book solid food remains high on the list—I’ve still RAY WHITE is planning to retire in May. but had fun with lots of hand signals. I also read two are organic farmers who can be found every Sunday is French, but it translates into English as The got my teeth.”—JOHN HOW ’70 were when we first heard the news at the Broadway Market under their Skinny Kitty Farms Adventures of Gillion De Trazegnies, a knight about the assassination. American books on the trip, Short History of WWI and WWII by MARTY KAPLIN contributed the following. “I closed • “Why do we have to choose between cursing James Stokesbury—and, no, they were not short. These my family’s 93-year-old, three-generation business in logo.” who participated in the Crusades. There are approximately 100 pages in this book, all the gloom and lighting a candle? Why not a innocence was lost that fateful books reminded me of the 100 million people who 2006. I had no intentions of following my predecessor’s JOE JOHNSON followed up his article in the last Class printed on vellum and the binding is in perfect little of both?”—BOB KEATLEY ’70 day.” —LOREN SATTINGER ’67 died in Europe in the 20th Century. tradition of dying in the business. So, what do you Notes with this helpful addition. “There is a lot of do when you retire at age 60? Fast forward to 2018 condition. Each page has copious filigree around I have embarked on writing a short history of my life information about Keto diets on the Internet. The where I’ve been a volunteer with SCORE (Service Core the edges, and within the filigree the story is

34 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019 35 told in black ink in Latin. In the middle of each we start making a more concerted effort to acquire the DAN ALTEMUS writes, “In the run up to Ah, another new year. And we keep page, surrounded by the verbiage of the story, Tribute to a friend new skill. But the difficulty of the new conquest starts our 50th reunion—the big event is moving along. Most of us have there are spectacularly detailed illuminated to be nettlesome, then vexing, and then downright ’70 scheduled for April 23-26, 2020—DAVE ’73 recovered from our 45th reunion by miniatures showing the action as described on ORMOND RANKIN ’71 shares the following tribute to his friend and classmate infuriating. We’ve had it, we don’t have to take this— OFFICER and I have begun to search out now and are gearing up for the next that page. These illuminated miniatures, still GUSTAVES PAIGE HIATT III, who passed away April 24, 2018, from prostate cancer who do they think they are?—and other causes for the members of our class to get a rough one. The news this time covers the spectrum. in pristine condition, are what make the book impatience begin to prevail. And we become nasty and idea of who is still sentient, and whether they may be First in is MARLO LEWIS who writes, “Our son, Parker, something I will remember forever. The book in Parker, Colorado. “He led a wonderful, full life and will be missed by all.” Reach unpleasant, just like we were before the last hurdle. interested in attending the reunion event. expects to get his Associate of Arts degree in looks as if it was just published, with every page out to Ormond for the full obituary. “There are no guarantees on getting over the various “If folks have an interest, contact either Dave or me mathematics this year and plans to study mechanical carefully designed by hand nearly 600 years ago. “Most of Paige’s mentoring happened as an informal, hilarious long-term friendship hurdles that confront us. Suffice it to say that we’ve and we will follow up. In addition, even for those engineering at Cal State Long Beach in the fall.” Cheers None of the pages have been torn out to be gotten over whatever hurdles that have stood in our who will not attend, the school will be preparing a and congrats all around. auctioned or sold page by page to collectors as in a group of CMC grads, plus Chip Clements (ANDY CRAWFORD’s high school way to reach this point. And also suffice it to say that questionnaire/survey for each classmate to complete. is the case with many rare books of this nature. And in big congratulatory news, REID DABNEY tells us tennis partner). The group was named ‘Friends United for Backpacking, Angling, there’s no assurance that we’re to get over the hurdle, That information will be compiled into a booklet for all. This book is one of the most impressive artistic that he married Sherry May on December 16, 2018, in and Recreation’ (FUBAR). It was a group created after a backpacking trip in the whatever it is, that presently confronts us.” Contact Van Finally, the College has suggested that we form a small items I have ever seen, and Ms. Morrison told Berkeley. His son, CRAIG DABNEY RDS ‘12, was the sole early ’70s into the San Gabriel Mountains with multiple CMCers, including JERRY for the full text. committee to spread the search and work. As all of us that the acquisition of this book at auction CMC representative at the small gathering. Sherry is an us had different circles of friends and roommates, the at Sotheby’s in New York for the Getty Museum MEYERS, TERRY PRINGLE, OLIVER COOLIDGE, PAIGE HIATT, ORMOND RANKIN FRED MERKIN reflected on a letter he wrote to Dr. accountant and has children and grandchildren of her thought is that such a committee might be useful in was ‘the highlight of her career.’” and a number of other friends. A few years later, Oliver, Paige, Chip, TERRY John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of own. “Ergo, I’m now an instant grandfather in addition tracking down as many classmates as possible.” Philosophy, about Elie Wiesel’s Night. Roth remains a to being a husband.” Our very best wishes and here’s to STEVE RUDD reported that he and his BARNES ’70 and our significant others got together for a few days of food and leading authority on the Holocaust and was a friend of MERTON GOLDMAN asserts, “Best to all and look forward popping the champagne. We look forward to meeting partner, Martie, have been together camaraderie in the Bay Area. This led to Oliver suggesting we make this a regular Wiesel. to seeing you in 2020.” her at our 50th reunion. for the past 14 years. Life has been event, and over the next 36 years, we met most years with anywhere from two to great, he said, and the couple enjoys ’71 six of us in various venues. “More than 50 years previously, as a CMC student, I had CHARLES DAVIS is also on board, “I do intend to be travel tours, doubles tennis, theater, the good fortune to have taken a stimulating course there for the 50th reunion.” on Logic taught by Dr. Roth. Later, he did me the honor concerts, speakers, clubs, and most of all “The early events were mostly backpacking trips into the Sierra, Sawtooths, DAVID BEEBE writes, “Hey, I’m alive and well in Amherst, of agreeing to read my senior thesis. With this project, I their shared family life with four daughters, White Clouds, and into Yosemite. Later we branched out into sailing (Catalina, Mass., a retired attorney, looking out the window at a ’73 returned after that long passage of time to my familiar four granddaughters and three grandsons. blustery morning, about an inch of snow last night. But Nantucket to Newport), canoeing the Boundary Waters, a few of our weddings, and welcomed role as Dr. Roth’s student.” After some dating struggles, Steve admits, it’s bright and sunny, and another day in 20-freakin’-19!” “I finally got on the right track with the right skiing Breckenridge, hitting family vacation retreats (Red River, N.M.; San Juan Here is an excerpt from Fred’s letter: GLENN WARING ’70 woman and with the assistance of my Rotarian Islands; Nantucket; Wisconsin Farm; Idyllwild; West Ossipee, N.H.; San Diego); [email protected] History lesson friends—a very worthwhile organization.” Feel motorcycling (Yosemite, Northern California Highway 1); America’s Cup; and “Reading Night and reflecting upon its message have free to contact Steve for more on his dating reinforced my long-held belief that today’s world DR. CRAIG LUTHER, Class of Montana guided fishing. The events always included catching up, learning, and desperately needs an international mechanism perspective. DAN COOPER writes, “I heard from DOUG celebrating. Each event had its stories like the time Paige and Ormond canoed the by which murderous tyrannical regimes and non- ’73, is the author of a new book, CAMERON, who remains in Chicago but DICK BAUMER updated his rhino counter state actors are neutralized quickly once they have The First Day on the Eastern Boundary Waters with REX HIATT ’74 (Paige’s brother) and his son. After one long ’71 is planning a spring visit to Tucson. We poaching story that appeared in a previous sufficiently demonstrated their odious character. Sadly, hope to get together and, after nearly Front. Germany Invades the Soviet issue of CMC Magazine. “I am very pleased and arduous portage between two lakes, Paige and I opened our backpacks only to the world today is not up to the task. Far too many of 50 years, it is about time. Union, June 22, 1941 (Stackpole, to announce that GEOS Foundation (Global discover they were loaded with a few heavy rocks in addition to our supplies! us avert our eyes away from atrocities reported in the Exploration & Oceanographic Society) and Dyck 2018). In the spirit of Martin “When I think of Paige, I think of a principled man who was a self-examined news. Too few of us are willing to support international “I had dinner with AL DAUBER a few weeks ago. He’s Advisory Group (DAG), our operating partner, intervention to eradicate these political cancers had some health setbacks but his sense of humor Middlebrook’s classic First Day have entered into an agreement with Peace person—always learning, contributing, laughing, and helping others as friends. He until metastasis has occurred. It is to be recalled that remains the same. Dauber, in case you missed it, was on the Somme, Luther narrates Parks Foundation (PPF) to provide technical developed his character over many years of this self-examination and showed up as a Winston Churchill called World War II the ’unnecessary mentioned in the new ROBIN WILLIAMS ’73 biography the events of June 22, 1941, a day support for the restructuring and management high integrity, honest, trusting, and transparent individual with a passion for sports, war’ simply because Hitler could have been stopped as was DICK GALE. ‘A Night with Al Dauber featuring of counter-poaching operations in the four that saw German military might friendship, the outdoors, and group get-togethers. He was genuine and could howl early on at several points without undue difficulty. Robin Williams,’ held in the spring of 1970, remains a national parks in Mozambique. The parks, which A higher level of consciousness is what is required. legendary event in the College’s history. I was there. at its peak, making it appear as include Maputo Special Reserve and Limpopo, with the best of them. Paige had a great sense of humor and I will always remember Following your talk, one questioner asked what could though the Soviet Union would Banhine, and Zinave national parks, comprise laughing with him over our 51-year relationship. The humor of life was always present. “Speaking of Dick, my wife, Jayne, and I travelled to be done in this regard. In our brief discussion later, I San Diego in September to attend his well-deserved be easily conquered. By looking approximately 5.5-million acres of critically Even during our last FUBAR event, which was held in his rehab room two weeks repeated the question. In both instances, you gave the important conservation land. retirement party. I was honored to speak at the event at one of the pivotal days of before his passing, we relished in his enthusiasm for life, positive nature, and the only sensible response—each of us should do what we and did manage to mention an incident or two from “The new partnership with PPF makes us one of can.” Reach out to Fred for the full book review. World War II, the book examines significance he brought to our group. May peace always be with him.” our days living together after graduation from CMC. high command down to the tanks the largest and most respected wildlife charities ROBIN BARTLETT—finally—your 1967 Class Liaison for But the California Teachers’ Association has lost an in Africa and our mission is key to protecting CMC, is happy to report that his oldest son, Dr. Jason invaluable employee who worked tirelessly for its and soldiers at the sharp end, and restoring wildlife throughout the continent. Bartlett, married Alexa Vacaro in a beautiful ceremony members and for the students of California. covering strategy as well as tactics PPF’s mission is to preserve and connect vast at St. Peters Church, Danbury, CT, on December 30, “Also at the party was ALAN LOEWE, who I had not and the vivid personal stories of swaths of conservation land across international spent nine months working on political campaigns, biggest passion. 2018. Just in time to file joint income taxes. boundaries. This kind of ‘connectivity conservation’ seen since graduation. Alan looks great and is enjoying the men who crossed the border visited most of the archeological sites in the Middle ROBIN BARTLETT ’67 is critical for allowing wildlife to reestablish ancient VAN SMITH contributed this excerpt from an essay he retirement after a long career as a litigator. Speaking into the Soviet Union that day. East over the winter of 1972-73, practiced law for 18 [email protected] migratory routes, preserve genetic diversity, and called “Ye Hurdles Must Ye Leap.” of retirement, I see DON KLEIN often as a group of ex- years, served as a judge in the Missouri Division of public defenders meets for lunch regularly and Klein is Luther, a retired U.S. Air Force re-wild areas where animal populations have been “What has recently become well established in Workers’ Compensation for 18 years, and retired in able to pull himself away from his busy schedule to join historian who lives in Tehachapi, decimated by war and poaching. PPF now controls pedagogical circles and in psychology has long been 2010. Though I really loved my job, my last year before us. He also is loving retirement.” Calif., has also authored Blood approximately 250-million acres of prime wilderness retirement was spent in a constant state of exhaustion old hat to parents watching their children learn, namely areas across ten countries in southern Africa.” from long hours at work, long hours planning my that we do not progress toward a new goal in even, ’69 ROB BLY ’69 DAN COOPER ’71 and Honor: A History of the 12th [email protected] JOHN PERCY is keeping busy, which makes sense for travel, and taking trips. The year before I retired, I took measured steps. Instead, we clear some hurdle and 5036 N. Calle Bosque SS Panzer Division and Barbarossa someone who has attended 1,600 plays/musicals, 200 18 trips. Now, my life in retirement is so busy I wonder master a new skill, and then begin to mill around on Tucson, AZ 85718-6302 Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg ballets, and many hundreds of art exhibitions. “After how I ever had time to work.” John also updated us on the new level, at first not too uncomfortably, until we 520-529-9427 through Central Russia to the Gates recognize what the new issue is, whereupon we start [email protected] CMC, I attended and graduated from the University his love of opera. Reach out to him for more about his of Moscow, June-December 1941. of Illinois Law School, served 18 months in the Army, to make the new attempt. At first, the difficulties which arise are taken in good faith, as part of the territory, and

36 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019 37 PAUL FISHER writes, “The 45th was a great reunion! Our daughter, Alix, organized an amazing celebration total for my career, including eight years as a deputy ’77 Of course, seeing all who attended was super. Great of life for her mother at the arts center in Concord, attorney general for the state of Idaho. I divide my time catching up with those who don’t regularly attend. Mass., where Suzanne had a studio for 25 years. The between the Bay Area and Cape Ann, Mass.” Missed seeing some of those who regularly do but gallery and hallways were covered with Suzanne’s REX CLEMENT writes, “I have just recently celebrated my Water works couldn’t for health reasons. The status update from paintings, her only one-woman show. Thanks to PAUL seventh year at Tesla. What an incredible journey it has President Chodosh was not only reassuring about the BENINGER for attending. STEVE NICKOLAS, been. I have been instrumental in launching Model S, Class of ’77, was direction of CMC, but inspiring. Given the political “In non-family news, I remain in close contact with JOEL Model X, and now Model 3. I’m a senior manufacturing recently profiled inBevNet magazine. He climate these days, Professor Pitney drew quite a JUTOVSKY. He is retired now and busier than ever. JEFF engineer in plastics at Tesla. We mold some of the talked about co-founding Hawaii’s first crowd, and it seemed to me the comments by some TAYLOR ’74 introduced me to a company where Jeff has interior, and most exterior, parts of all three models. It of the attendees were quite insightful. Hope we have bottled water business in the early ’80s, been an outside director that needed a new valuation has been an extraordinary ride these last seven years a great turnout for our 50th. After 39 years in the distilling water in his kitchen. Within 18 firm. Jeff and I have worked together for the last three learning how to build world-class electric cars. Next communications business (television distribution and years, and that has been fun and educational.” up is the new Roadster, Model Y (a mini-SUV) and months, they hit $1 million in revenue, programming, as well as high speed data), I am really the semi-truck. When I first started here I was told we ultimately making $3 million at the enjoying retirement, seeing grandkids often, playing KEN GILBERT ’73 wouldn’t last two years, and electric cars will never company’s peak. He traveled extensively golf a couple of times a week, and having occasional 4308 Goodfellow Drive make it. We proved them all wrong and have turned (Egypt, Israel, Kenya, Marshall Islands), meals with fellow CMC classmates (PETER GASTALDI, Dallas, TX 75229-2816 the automobile market on its collective head. There are KEN GILBERT, RON HANNI, and TOM KEENE). In between building more than 50 bottling plants 214-353-9828 many more exciting things coming up for Tesla. Stay meals, I went on safari in Kenya and Tanzania in August. throughout the world, often amid [email protected] tuned.” A trip of a lifetime and then some.” political instability and armed guards. AL HARUTUNIAN III ’77 We also hear from DON WADDELL, who reports, 619-844-5960 “Following our great reunion, I went home to ask how Not much reported from the Class of ’74 In 1991, Steve moved to Arizona [email protected] I got so old. My wife, Tami, and I traveled to Europe in except for folks that wrote in that they with plans to take advantage of the 74 were disappointed they would miss our September for our third cycling adventure—this time ’ booming national marketplace for 45th reunion in April 2019. DICK in Slovenia, Italy, and Austria along the Julian Alps. The winner in the category ‘Most ARCHIBALD and Harriet are out of the bottled purified water. He came up We made it through 125 miles in six days without an Devoted Grandpa’ goes to JOHN SHEAN, country for the month of April. RILEY with a company name of “APANI,” as incident until the last day, when my wife took a fall. She ’78 who reports that he is still living the life used this as reason to not ride but to go to the spa at ATKINS, DAVE KITCH and their spouses an acronym for water “as pure as nature will be in Croatia and Slovenia. And of a retired grandpa in Kansas City, Mo. the resort where we were staying instead. We finished He says, “I’ve gotten pretty good at KC intended.” He inked a deal with the San FRANK HOBBS (who reports he hasn’t missed a reunion the trip with a week in Germany in the Black Forest and BBQ with my pellet smoker.” He also reports that he Francisco Giants for the first custom the Rhine Valley. I am looking forward to our 50th. since we graduated) will miss his first one as he, too, will be traveling to Europe. Maybe we should be having gets to play golf about once a week with his son. John label and sports branding ever for the CHIP ALLEN acknowledges that it is really he, the full the reunion on the Continent? Did I miss the memo? says, “Every time I question my decision to retire early water business. Ultimately, he obtained figure of a neophyte yogi (his words), in the photo and move 500 miles from my home of 29 years, I simply Hope to see them at the 50th—and the rest of you in custom-licensing deals for all major on page 25 of the prior CMC magazine issue. But he pull out a photo of my grandson. As the ad campaign league baseball (for a paltry $5,000), points out the photo did not properly reveal that Claremont at the 45th reunion from April 26-April 28. says, ‘Priceless!’” across the narrow quadrant of the yoga mat at 6 a.m. SKIP WEISS ’74 the NFL, NBA, and NHL. In 1995, an Dr. MOHAMMAD AL-SABAH reports that he was investor took over APANI (generating was classmate LOWELL SEARS, a 25-year veteran of [email protected] busy last summer speaking at the Global Dialogue yoga and one who should be so recognized. As Chip conference in Dublin, Ireland, the Paris Institute of $36 million annually), which ultimately observed, “If karmic justice all balances out, I should be Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris, and as a co- led to Coca-Cola taking control and hit by a meteor.” KEVIN HALVORSON writes, “I divorced in March of 2018 after eight years and panelist with Andrew, the Duke of York, at Oxford changing the name to Dasani. MARK ROSENTHAL gives us this update, “I am now more ’77 have six months to go for my MBA from University. actively involved in medical research than when I was the Universtiy of Oregon’s Portland CRAIG BENTLEY is looking forward to some R & R after Steve then moved on as a pioneer in a professor at UCLA. I’ve been working on two very Executive MBA Program. I plan to move retiring from his day job managing a video department custom-labeled water in Hollywood promising inventions. One is our discovery of a plant- to the northwest Portland area this year after ten years at UC San Diego, and refocusing on Imageworks, the under the name “Bottled Water Images.” derived estrogen that is safer than the prescription in Alaska. Thirty-five years after leaving Xerox in 1983, video production company he’s run in San Diego for medicine. My group just received a National Institute His next venture was Alkaline Water after five years with them out of college, I am working 30 years. He’s looking forward to working on passion Company. He and his business partner of Aging grant to support molecular characterization with Xerox again in Alaska handling the State of projects and creating videos that fit his affinities. of the estrogen in order to synthesize it so we can get Alaska—which is the largest organization in the state used a sophisticated electrolysis process MARK SCHWARTZ attended CMC’s Impact Weekend last FDA approval. Also, our group has developed a hand- with 18,000 employees. This position is challenging and to purify tap water and incorporate trace October. Mark was the elder statesman of his group, held device that uses patterned electron energy to gives me time to commute to Portland every other which included GEORGIA TUCKERMAN ’22, BRUCE SOLL materials to raise the pH to 8.8, with the repair damage inside any injured or diseased tissue weekend for school. I am looking for opportunities in ’79, Anne Cunningham Carson, Lisa Schwartz, JOHN product called “Alkaline 88.” In three in the body. We’ve treated over 1,000 chronic pain the Northwest with my shiny MBA and suggestions on FARANDA ’79, and GARY CARSON. years, they went from $600,000 to $12 patients to get them off narcotics and other pain where to live in the Portland area.” medications and have used this devise to reverse RICK VOIT writes, “I pushed the retirement button at million in annual sales through 35,000 CHRIS HEFFELFINGER writes, “I’m still practicing law dementia in Alzheimer patients.” Merrill. That is, they pay me out over four years and stores nationwide. in San Francisco, and active as a board member for during that time I’m ‘of counsel’—meaning I check in And from ROGER WINSBY, who writes, “2018 was bitter Legal Aid at Work in San Francisco and the Nepal Youth with the office from time to time. What a change! The Steve has remained philosophical and sweet. My wife, Suzanne, passed away on April Foundation. Son James finishes his six-year stint in the time gets sopped up as an unpaid volunteer working 18; we had been married for over 42 years. Her health U.S. Navy next July and starts Harvard Business School about his career path, saying, “Alkaline with Youth for Christ out of Denver, Colo. At YFC, we’re had been in a serious decline for the last ten years. She in August.” (For those unfamiliar with the name, Harvard 88 is today, by far, the most healthful in the middle of a campaign to serve one million kids in was brave and remarkably upbeat given the physical Business School is probably better known as the various cities, with a big tab necessary to get that done.” premium water on the market. But there indignities she suffered. Two days before she passed ‘Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Other than that, he likes flying his airplane and hanging will be something else down the road in away, our fourth grandchild, Beatrice Elena Winsby, Claremont Graduate University of the East.’)” was born in Miami to our son, Joe, and his wife. We out with his wife, Emily. another few years, and I hope to be part GEOFF THORPE writes, “I retired from Chevron in San have been very fortunate to have wonderful children, STEVE BRAM reports that in January 2019, he of that.” Ramon after 20 years as tax counsel there, with 38 years children-in-law, three granddaughters, and a grandson. celebrated 35 years at George Smith Partners, the

38 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019 39 Always with a smile Googled it). It is certainly nice to see that aged 38, 35, and 27, are pursuing varied careers in you’re the original fashionista and I’m sure I remember PATTY (HARPER) WILMINK writes, “I definitely plan on JANETTE WHITE SHELTON writes, ’79 in a class full of doctors, MBAs, lawyers, public administration, entertainment, and corporate you wore a monogrammed bathrobe when strolling attending. I don’t think I have been back on campus ’82 “Greetings from beautiful Del Mar. My The Class of ’79 was very sad to learn the accountants, bankers, and other left-brain HR. I’m staying busy in the literary field, writing my next the corridor in Berger Hall). since the 20-year reunion. After CMC, I returned to husband, Doug, and I live in the house thinkers Steve raised a creative right-brain work and judging a major literary award (which I can’t Tempe, Ariz. I got a Masters of Engineering in industrial in which I grew up. I am retired from the news of our classmate BRIAN AMES’ passing. thinking child. reveal until April). I’m also traveling extensively while CLINT GREENBAUM ’79 engineering from Arizona State University. I went to University of California and volunteering 61 Seafield Lane Some memories: enjoying working for Orange County’s two professional work for US WEST and later Bellcore as an engineering most of my time at the zoo, church, and for a local club. I am happy to report that my son, BRIAN Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 major league sports teams. If anyone needs bar manager. I quit working in 1995 after my second child I also chaired my 40th high school reunion committee • CHMELIK ’18, graduated from CMC in May, [email protected] “Brian was the RA of the Beckett dorm. It recommendations in Surf City, let me know.” was born. I am married and have three adult children. and was fortunate to catch up with ANNE AMES during and even happier to report that he has a self- was the first dorm with no cleaning services, Kelly (25) is also an industrial engineer, Donnie (24) is a the weekend’s events. Doug travels much of the time, sustaining job in a private equity advisory STEVE GARCIA proudly writes, “My oldest son, Brad, got mechanical engineer, and Claire (22) is taking a year off so my dogs and I hold down the fort. Our oldest son, and they used that money to have parties like company in La Jolla. The graduation speaker married to the former Kianna Couture of Manchester, It’s hard to imagine that the Class of school to live in Paris. She is also going to get a degree Reiner, is 23 and an EMT here in town so we see him the Beckett Jazz Festival. Beckett installed was Christine Lagarde, the managing director N.H., at the Four Seasons Oahu Ko Olina Resort on 1980—the first four-year co-ed class at in engineering from ASU in 2020. often—occasionally as he goes screaming down the of the International Monetary Fund. She was September 24, 2018. It has now been five years ’80 CMC—is getting ready to celebrate our a kitchen. Plus, the dorm had a section street with the lights and siren. Our youngest son, introduced by a graduating senior whose since I started my own law practice, Garcia Legal, 40th Reunion next year at Alumni “I recently completed a Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim hike of dedicated to women CMCers. He was a true Sparky, is 21 and a senior at the University of Alabama claim to fame, at that point in his life, was A Professional Corporation, focusing on real estate Weekend 2020! I hope you will all plan the Grand Canyon. I did my first one 30 years ago. It in Huntsville studying aerospace engineering.” leader. Very calm under fire.” being a Jeopardy! contestant. Ms. Lagarde litigation, and I’m loving it.” to attend what promises to be our best reunion ever to changed my life. For my 60th birthday, I wanted to do it —CLIFF HOCKLEY ’79 won the crowd over when she noted that she be held from April 23-26, 2020. again. I went a lot slower this time.” GIGI BIRCHFIELD-BAUTE writes, “I am still managing STEVEN TRENHOLME writes: “Thirty-two years ago, I was used to being introduced by presidents partner of the Los Angeles office of Major, Lindsey & • “I’m shocked by Brian’s passing. As our very deliberately moved to Paradise, Calif. The name LOU CARON writes, “In June 2016, I stepped into the Carrie George also reports that a lot of CMCers were and finance ministers (like our classmate Africa, a global legal search firm with offices around the well described it. I loved living there. As you no doubt role of president of the Printing Industries Association in attendance at her daughter Leah’s wedding in RA, he was a great ally and fun guy. Tough Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah), but this was the world. I specialize in recruitment for in-house clients, for already know, the town of Paradise was destroyed in of Southern California. I am the third president in a September, namely, DITMAN JOHNSON ‘79 (Carrie’s when he needed to be, fun the rest of the first time being introduced by a Jeopardy! roles at all levels and in all industries—can’t believe I’ve a fire this past November. Both my home and my law trade organization that was formed in the 1940s, so husband!), FRANCES (BURKHART) GHOSE ’99 (Carrie’s contestant. been doing it for 18 years, far longer than I practiced time. Sorry to hear this news. Sadly, we’re all office were destroyed, along with 90 percent of the my predecessors had incredible tenure. This is my first niece), NORA STUDHOLME ’14, ALEXANDRA COOKE ’14, time in a not-for-profit organization, which is a bit of law! getting older.”—ERIC WEBER ’79 FRANK CHMELIK ’78 homes and structures in Paradise. I safely escaped KENDYL KLEIN ’14, BENNETT JONES ’14, ANTHEA WAXEL an eye-opener. One of my first duties was to visit the • Chmelik Sitkin & Davis without any injury, but driving out of town was a ’14, LEAH (JOHNSON) SHANKLAND ’14, CLAIRE PETERSON “I’m still in close touch with AMIE (FRIEDLANDER) “Brian was brilliant and a kind soul. Frank 1500 Railroad Ave. surreal experience with flames on either side of the owner of a printing company in Ontario called Bertco. ’14, ALEXANDRA SLOVES ’14, CAMERON RUBY ’14, KATIE YEHROS and DENISE (TROTTER) ELIOT. I occasionally Verderame and I lived with Brian in D.C. one Bellingham, WA 98225-4542 road just a few feet from the car. Thankfully, my wife The owner, CHUCK STAY ’64, was a CMC grad and RODIHAN ’14, HEATH HYATT ’12, BRYANNA MOORE ’14, run into JANE SEMEL and DANA WIEGER ’83, and follow summer. He always wore a great smile. He Phone 360-671-1796 ext 204 was out of town. Since the fire, we have been the unfortunately passed away a few months ago. Right TOM GEORGE ’86, and ADRIENNE JOHNSON ’16. MICHELLE (DAVIS) STRATON on social media along with was also best friends with Professor Richard Direct 360-306-3001 beneficiaries of so much generosity and kindness. after this, our auditors showed up to ’bayonet the others. After many years working with CMCAA and with Cell 360-223-5633 Friends opened their home to us and allowed us to wounded and I find out that the staff includes a young WAYNE SLAVITT ’80 the Berger Institute, as chair of the Berger Board this Wheeler (government) while we were at Fax 360-671-3781 live with them for two months. Last week, we moved lady from a school that few would know—Scripps [email protected] year, I remain very involved with the College. My eldest CMC. He would sneak over to Wheeler’s [email protected] into a home we have purchased. Our new home is College. Kids are off the payroll. My wife is working. The graduated from CMC in 2012, so I’m also a parent of an house to drink wine, snack on cheese, and almost completely furnished with things given to us wine cooler is filled. Golf game sucks. What more could alumna! debate Wheeler on international affairs.”— by friends and my wife’s family. I want to give public one ask for?” Classmates WHIT LATIMER and recognition and thanks to MICHAEL GABRIEL for ANDY ABRAHAM ’79 ’79 SCOTT ANDERHOLT won the offering to drive from his home in Portland, Ore., to give • Virginia Country Club Member me suits to wear (all my clothing was destroyed); to “I remember sitting on the beach in Virginia Guest Tournament in Beach and Brian commenting that it was CLINT GREENBAUM for offering to fly us to New York to November 2018, but more de-stress and relax; to KEVIN WHITE ’80 for sending me Back in time nice, but it wasn’t a California beach. Brian importantly, they beat photos of my mother (all my photos were destroyed What would you like to return to CMC to experience again • “I would like to wander around the new athletic loved the California beaches. He was a great classmates ERIC AFFELDT and in the fire); and to JON LEHMAN ’76 for listening to facility and, if the timing works, to watch some volleyball guy, taken from us too soon.” DALE YAHNKE in the 2018 me ramble on during three or four dozen phone calls or for the first time? It might be a night in your old dorm, ’80 BUGS (Butt Ugly Golf Society) reunion at the attending a Tower Party, eating in Collins, or studying in or other sporting event. I would also like to see the —FRANK VERDERAME ’79 since the fire, and also for sending photos. Losing my Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission community has been hard, but the kindness, support Honnold Library. exhibit (in Bauer) of original documents signed by each Hills. Anderholt added some more details: “My • “My main memory of Brian was that he and love of friends has been heartening.” of the presidents.”—JOHN BOLMER ’80 college roommate, Whit, and I won his The Class of ’80 weighs in with suggestions: always had a smile and was a really terrific member/guest golf tournament for the third Finally, a quick poll! • “I would love to spend a sunny afternoon playing golf • “I was a bit odd at CMC; a community college person to everyone he met.” time. In addition, the Berger Boys, Eric, Whit, • How many members of the CMC Class of ‘79 will and drinking beer with our friends.”—STEVE CASSELMAN ’80 —RUSS GREENBERG ’79 Dale, and I got together over New Year’s in the attend the 40th reunion (April 25 to 28)?: 21 (Clint transfer, married with one daughter (son born during desert to play golf for two days, swapping the Greenbaum); 22 (Eric Weber); 32 (Steve Garcia); 33 finals week of junior year.) I lived off-campus and worked • “Because both my daughters went to CMC (classes same stories we’ve swapped for the last 40 (Scott Anderholt); 40 (Kent Braithwaite); 42 (Russ 30 hours per week. Needless to say, my experience was of ’14 and ’16), I’ve been back to campus and spent time years. Seems like yesterday that Eric, as the RA Greenberg); 44 (Don Logan). not typical of the average student. The No. 1 CMC in a North Quad dorm (Green instead of Wohlford, but in Berger, and us, were all having a great and largest privately-owned commercial capital advisor in Which member of the CMC Class of ‘79 will wear the close enough. Sort of.) Anyway, that took care of my memorable senior year.” • experience I’d do again and again is enjoy the excellent Southern California. The company arranges more than ugliest outfit at the class reunion dinner? (as voted speakers at the Athenaeum. If I had the opportunity to interest in seeing if North Quad rooms were really bigger $2 billion of financing a year, and Steve serves as the KENT BRAITHWAITE and his wife JENNY ’78 have both on by attendees—Don Logan is barred from voting): ‘do over,’ I’d be a typical student—able to experience and better than other dorms (bigger—maybe, better— company president and broker. Steve’s notable deals “retired from our careers in public education. Upon David Kent (Latimer); John Faranda (Greenberg); Don that’s still a matter of taste) and cured me of any desire included a $220 million construction loan in Culver my retirement, my then-congressman (a former Logan (Weber); John McDowell (Greenbaum and all that CMC has to offer as a full-time, live-on campus City, a $110 million bridge loan in La Habra, and a $30 student/protege), Dr. Raul Ruiz, went into the Well of Garcia) student. When I read CMC Magazine, I’m often envious to spend the night there. As for dining in Collins—well, million land loan for a proposed resort in Napa Valley. Congress and read a tribute to me and my dubious of the many stories of the fantastic relationships and never again is soon enough! In my current incarnation as, OK, I let Logan chime in for the ugliest outfit at the Steve is still happily married to Julie (for 35 years) and career which is now in the Congressional Record. A class reunion: “LOL, you sure? Do you really want to bet bonds made while studying and living together.” shall we say, a mature adult, three things I’d like to do are: reports that his son, Ben, has won two Grammys as majority of the local city council, the mayor, the elected against the guy—as I’m ‘barred from voting’—whose —BROOKE TRAUT ’80 audit a few political science classes from a really good arranger for Pentatonix. His daughter, Alanna, had her county executive (county supervisor in California), pocket square matches his tie and who has his shirts prof, bask in the lovely weather (it’s a dreary January day wedding in March. Steve sees MARK SCHWARTZ and and the state assemblyman, as well as Congressmen • “The Buffalo Inn, The Wash, and then Walter’s for monogrammed with initials at the left wrist? (By the in Seattle as I write this), and hang out with the old CMC DAN GOLDZBAND from the class. Ruiz, were all former students. I left town quickly and —BOB FARRA ’80 way, that would be a fun question for the next class breakfast!” moved to my vacation home in Huntington Beach, gang. See you at reunion!”—CARRIE GEORGE ’80 For those of you philistines in the class, Pentatonix is news: where do you put your monograms on your where the Democratic Party won every Congressional • “A get-together of our study group, conversations a renowned a cappella group from Arlington, Texas (I shirts? And do you put the initial for your last name at seat—Dick Nixon’s home county. The three kids, now with a professor, such as Gordon Bjork, and I would love the end, or as a larger size in the middle? Greenbaum, to learn what teaching methods have changed since we —PAUL NATHAN ’80 40 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019attended.” 41 “My middle child graduated from USC in 2017 and visiting the campuses and enjoying the mixture JEFF RYAN writes, “I just got back from Our son, Matthew, recently was promoted to account Our younger son is graduating from Rose-Hulman in our 30-year reunion last summer, but am happy to see works for Caruso in leasing, and my son is a junior at of familiar and new! We can’t wait for our next get Thailand, where I vacationed with my executive for Skedulo in San Francisco. He handles a May with a degree in chemical engineering. We are many classmates posting updates on Facebook. I’ve CU Boulder. We still live in our long-time family home together!” ’83 daughter for nine days. Lovely country. sales territory for the company’s enterprise software extremely proud of them both. remained busy running the family logistics company, in Los Feliz, now as empty nesters—with my mom and My daughter is a second year at product for mobile workforces. Life is good when you now in our 71st year, and still find new challenges CAROL (MENDEZ) MABEE writes, “After CMC, I went “Last year we hosted ROGER DALE here in Hawaii, as our beloved dog, Milo, holding down the fort.” Stanford Law School and will be have both kids out of college and gainfully employed!” and opportunities in international trade every day. through the PA (physician assistant) program. I worked well as met with JON RUDNICK in Kansas City. I’ve seen working at Skadden Arps as a summer associate this My Sagehen wife, Julianne, and I were lucky enough COLIN HAYWARD writes, “I sold my umbrella design as a PA in internal medicine and the emergency room RICK WENTZEL writes, “In December, we went to MIEMIE (WINN) BYRD ’89 here on the island. Thanks summer, splitting time between their NYC and Palo to celebrate the marriage of our eldest daughter in and manufacturing company after 28 years in business for 25 years. I am currently retired, enjoying myself with Dallas to watch our daughter graduate cum laude again for reaching out and a big Aloha to our amazing Alto offices. I had a great year in 2018 and was able to November, welcoming a new member to our family. in Santa Barbara. Then picked up stakes, loaded up my husband (who is still working part time) and my from Southern Methodist University, with a degree classmates!” pay off my mortgage, as well as buy my parent’s home I’m also pleased that she returned to SoCal to become the minivan, and moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, pets. I have a horse, three dogs, three chickens, and in accounting (yes, following dad’s footsteps). Then in Maine.” CLYDE HINSHELWOOD writes, “My daughter, Siena, the fourth generation of Coppersmiths in our company. for a couple of years. After returning to Santa Barbara, two birds. I am waiting for my husband to retire fully, off to New York City for a few days to see the city all started studying history at Scripps in September.” We are also happy (and bewildered) to now be empty I formed Hayward Group Real Estate with my wife, which will be sometime this year. We are still deciding decorated for the holidays. She will be starting with TAMMIE (CALEF) KRISCIUNAS ’83 nesters, as our second and third children are attending Monica, as part of the Village Properties whether to move out of Southern California. We try to [email protected] PwC in Los Angeles. Now it’s back to work serving BUD COPPERSMITH writes, “I was disappointed to miss brokerage. stay active but as we get older, our bodies start to get not-for-profit organizations and thinking—how much more aches and pains from arthritis, but we try to longer until I want to retire?” work through it.” ROD STREEPER moved his wife, TIM BURBERY writes, “I’m currently taking a semester- Jeannine, and daughter, Irene, back to ’84 ALICIA (HALL) GOLD writes, “I continue to live in the long sabbatical from Marshall University in West ’84 SoCal two years ago to buy a Seattle area with my husband of 31 years. The kids Virginia. I teach English, and am researching Screenmobile franchise in San Diego. spotlight are pretty much grown and out. Becky graduated some of the many fascinating intersections of the He’s busy now making screen doors and from Scripps in 2015. She played lacrosse for CMS humanities and sciences, including topics such as screen windows out of his hometown in all four years (thank you for the idea, Jodie Burton) Dante and quantum biology, geomythology, and Legally speaking El Cajon. Jeannine is working at and ended up coaching high school lacrosse, the effects of Einstein’s relativity on the literary Grossmont College, Irene is busy United States District Judge basketball, and volleyball for her old high school. imagination. (Professor Quinones’ Dante class was my studying at UNLV, and son, Steven, owns and runs an Shamil Hargovan ’10 She’s now in her second year of medical school at favorite college course). Had a nice exchange with ANDREW GORDON, United escape room in the Hillcrest area. CEO and co-founder of Wiivv States Magistrate Judge SUZANNE Washington State University. Andrew graduated KATHRYN (GRIESINGER) PIEDRA ’84 a few months from Chapman University in May 2018 and moved ED TRUMBULL writes, “My lovely wife, Debbie, and I are back. As for ’85 folks, I’ve kept in touch a bit with (HORENSTEIN) SEGAL ’82, GREG back to Seattle. He’s working remotely for his current grandparents to four wonderful children, who are ages DAVID YOO and GREG TASHJIAN, though honestly, KOLTUN, and JEROME HAIG company, but is on the hunt for a job in marketing. 3 and under, with a fifth grandchild expected in March. it’s been too long. Our son and daughter are both in Stepping up: A job at Hewlett-Packard put headlined a legal presentation and Our youngest, Matt, is a freshman at Chapman. He’s We’ve discovered that as a grandparent, what’s old is high school, so we’ll be gearing up for the college Hargovan on the path to explore 3D technology. discussion at the Marian Miner at the business school there and playing lacrosse, new again. You read to your grandchildren, get down admissions process before too long. Yikes!” as he did in high school. Adam and I finally closed on the floor and play dinosaurs, and reenact light saber At Wiivv, he’s making custom-fit apparel— Cook Athenaeum entitled “The DAVE EASTIS ’85 Gobble—way less stress in our lives! I’m still working scenes out of Star Wars. [email protected] starting with a version of the sandals Hargovan Supreme Court and Beyond: What’s at The Overlake School as the athletic operations “Professionally, I’m a vice president for ICF, an pretty much lived in while on campus. Next in the Legal World.” The event manager. I handle uniforms, scheduling, and a international professional services firm that specializes bunch of other logistics for our 50-plus teams and MIKE SEKITS writes, “I recently co- Consumers use Wiivv’s app to take photos of was presented by the Claremont in disaster recovery, workforce innovation, and inclusive founded an investment firm to invest in 80-plus coaches. In addition, I’m fortunate to have economic transformation. Our firm is performing their feet, and the app converts the data into Journal of Law and Public Policy, an ’88 financial services and technology an 8th-grade homeroom and be able to coach— substantial work in Puerto Rico and I’m leading a new undergraduate journal published by companies. We specialize in mortgage, a digital map used to manufacture custom this school year, it’s middle school volleyball, JV girls project in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Should your travels asset management and insurance. students of the Claremont Colleges. basketball, and JV girls’ Ultimate. On top of that, I take you to St. Thomas, St. Croix, or St. John’s, let me footwear. The 45-employee company now Each of us presented a variety also teach six different cooking camps during our know.” “I have been living in Manhattan Beach for 25 years summer program. Fun side note: WENONA SMITH has offices in San Diego and Vancouver, of interesting and timely topics, JEROME HAIG ’84 and have three sons. Nick is a junior attending STRAFFORD’s boys and my youngest were in the and just inked a deal with Dr. Scholl’s to with fantastic participation by [email protected] Whitman College with CARLA HAMILTON RAPP’s same graduating class at Overlake!” son. Garret is a senior in high school and applying to make insoles using Wiivv’s tech. “Going current students (even those from SAM WALKER writes, “I have been working for The colleges, including CMC, and my youngest, Daniel, is a Pomona).”—JEROME HAIG ’84 Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. as a writer We celebrate the 33rd year since our sophomore at Vistamar High School in El Segundo. to CMC was the best decision of my graduation when Peter Ueberroth, for their fundraising efforts since 2004, and worked “I recently spent the weekend in Cabo hanging out life. I was exposed to enough tech for them from 1992 to 1998 as their manager of ’85 commissioner of baseball and chairman with ROB KETTERER ’85, TRISTAN BARRIENTOS, and that I knew it was an exciting place to editorial services. Between those two jobs, I worked of the United States Olympic JOHN WINKENWERDER. And I see JOHN SPROUSE every for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan Committee, served as commencement be,” the Australia native said. “I guess “Our 13-year-old son, John, is excelling academically at few months at the local Manhattan Beach barber shop. (a state think tank) as editor of all their research papers speaker. We’re the last class with “Claremont Men’s the local junior high school and focusing on basketball Always eager to reconnect with CMC alumni.” I always expected to become an and op-eds. Before that, I was a TV news reporter in College” on our diplomas and the “Best Class Ever,” after his parents put the brakes on his first love— Virginia Beach, Va. Hope all my fellow graduates are coined by devoted, former scribe STEVE TAO. EDDIE THOMAS writes, “This past fall, I took a position at entrepreneur at some point, and football. I’m the head coach for his team this year and Georgia College and State University, where I teach in well!” Professor Michael Riley, film scholar and author, passed now is the time to take risks.” we’re off to an inauspicious start, but look forward to the accounting department. I received my Ph.D. from away in December (Note: see the In Memoriam section seeing individual improvement for every player instead CHRIS TOWNSEND reports, “I hosted Class of ’82 friends, the University of Florida in December 2017.” of racking up the wins (OK, admittedly, this is Plan B). DARREN CHANEY (who flew in from Kansas City), JIM for his full obituary). We’re thankful to PETER OTTE, GERVANG, MIKE SEDER, and STU WILLIAMS (who flew who penned a fitting tribute to one of our most gifted BILL GUM writes, “Two years ago, I retired after serving “Met up with DON LOGAN ‘79 recently at a in from Seattle) for the Raiders game versus the Kansas educators. Dr. Riley created traditions as the founding 28 years in the Army. My last assignment was at the U.S. neighborhood wine-and-cheese event. He’s one City Chiefs on Sunday, December 2, 2018, at the director of the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla. I had an busy guy, president of the Santa Barbara Scholarship Oakland Coliseum in the Townsend Public Affairs (my which perpetuates his memory today. Riley was an amazing career and wanted to continue serving with Foundation, and coordinator for the Santa Barbara CMC firm) suite. Also, STU WILLIAMS brought his daughter inspiring mentor to many students of our era. the military as a government service (GS) employee. I Alumni Chapter, etc. Anyone traveling to Santa Barbara Boo to the game, as he was visiting her at Santa Clara was blessed with a GS job working for the U.S. Army SCOTT PRITCHETT writes, “Our daughter, Haleigh, in 2019, be sure to give me a heads up, we’d be happy Pacific Command in beautiful Oahu, Hawaii. I’ve been University the day before.” graduated from FIDM in Los Angeles with a bachelor’s to show you around town if it’s your first time!” in the job a few years now and am loving life! My wife NOHEMI (GUTIERREZ) FERGUSON ’82 degree in interior design last June and is now in and I have two sons. Our oldest is a lieutenant in the Air ANNE AMES, SUZY PARKER, and CATE (SAFRANEK) [email protected] her sixth month at Ware Malcomb Architects in San Force serving as a researcher and is currently in Ohio DAPRON write, “The three of us got together for an Francisco learning the commercial interiors business. overnight in the Claremont Village. We had a blast getting his master’s degree in nuclear engineering.

42 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019 43 cycling, and video games. They’re looking CHIP NIERLICH ’94 LOUIS LEVINE ’99 in full-service interior design, as well as remodel and his eighth year with The Vita Companies, an insurance forward to the start of Little League again. Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP 571-331-7844 construction design. company offering employee benefit brokerage My wife, Alisha, is running her successful ’94 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 [email protected] services, where Jeff has worked in a couple of different CARL MARRONE ruined my fantasy football season, lifestyle and clothing stores, along with San Francisco, CA 94105 [email protected] roles. ZACH ENGLAND ’09 is in his ninth year at Harris beating me by less than two points on a 75-yard an interior design and staging business. [email protected] Williams, which he joined right after graduating, and Natural fit ’04 CAMILLE GRIEP ’99 Randall Cobb touchdown. Fortunately, Carl didn’t reach Renovation of our “Tuscan ruin” in is a vice president in the investment bank’s Consumer [email protected] the championship match. PETER CALTAGIRONE, from the Fairfax proceeds apace. After two years Group. Class of ’04, was recently recruited by of construction, we’re looking forward to RICK SCHWARTZ has a lot of exciting changes in his life. BRETT KOCHER was previously teaching in New York at wrapping up the first phase. Vocationally, Your scribe reports that Brian and I He and his wife welcomed a daughter, Rosanna, and Alaska’s new governor to serve within Ithaca College, and has recently relocated to NorCal, I am about to finish the build out of my welcomed our third daughter, Annalise Rick began a new job as a partner at Browne George the administration as special assistant SEAN ELSBERND writes, “after finishing teaching part time at Sonoma State University. He new architecture studio in San Anselmo, ’02 Margaret, on October 30. Her big sisters, Ross LLP in Century City. off my six years as Senator Dianne wrapped up 2018 by successfully defending his Ph.D. to the commissioner of Alaska’s an easy bike ride downhill from home, 97 Avery and Amelia, think she’s terrific! ’ Feinstein’s state director, and helping SCOT MATAYOSHI was elected to the Hawaii State dissertation and is on track to formally receive his Ph.D. Department of Natural Resources. He and a strenuous ride back. I’m working on She is! her get re-elected to her fifth term, I House of Representatives and was recently sworn into in May. Thereafter he hopes to remain in academia. two Passive House retrofits of homes in will have a hand in shaping policies, have returned to San Francisco City Hall KAITLIN (GIBSON) WATERSON ’02 office. Congrats, Scot! Congrats Brett! the Silicon Valley and a new design/build statutes, and regulations regarding the to serve as Mayor London Breed’s chief of staff.” [email protected] venture with a builder partner, developing CLARIBEL GAMBOA and JONATHAN MEDINA welcomed Old roommates BEN TABORSKY and PATRICK FOLEY are continued development of Alaska’s their second child, Samuel Medina, in September. both in the Bay area tech scene. Ben is a data scientist a prototype for the ‘Eichler of the future’ WILL BALLARD ’97 natural resources. Peter anticipates in Fountain Grove. We’re grateful, happy, [email protected] Your class scribe writes: I’m still in Seattle AUSTIN HENKEL continues to frequent the saunas of at Affirm, Inc., a fintech company that provides lending healthy, and basically ‘well-guided Marin and consumer credit services. Patrick is an algorithm having a small role leading up to the AIMEE (JONES) AVER ’97 doing my startup lawyer thing. Bought a San Francisco on a regular basis. He has a guest pass if hot-tubbers!’” ’04 developer at Stitch Fix, a firm that provides an online first lease sales within the ANWR [email protected] house on Bainbridge Island with my any ’06ers want to join him. wife, Sophie (Hume), and taking the subscription and personal shopping service. Coastal Plain. He’s “both excited CAM TREDENNICK ’88 ERIN SEDLOFF and TED DAYNO sadly left San Francisco boat to work. My daughter, Louisa Mary [email protected] for San Diego with their daughter, Makena. Erin claims In the New York City area, EDDIE and MEG (PINTER) and honored.” In his spare time, he’s The class of ’99 reunion committee Avent, was born on January 21, 2019. she misses me and San Francisco, but I’m not sure CONRAD are balancing finance careers with parenting: continuing to build his Alaska flight cannot wait to see the rest of the CMC MEGAN BROTHERTON just got engaged I believe her because she’s enjoying the San Diego their daughter, Elin, is now a 1-year old, crawling ’99 alumni in April. If you haven’t registered, hours doing a lot of bush flying. TODD THOMAS ’89 this year, so while she is directing her beaches, sunshine, and French fry-filled burritos too and talking up a storm! Other parents in the area you can do so online! Not your reunion This past summer he received a type ’89 8709 E Spanish Barb Trl feature film, The Bachelorette Party, she’ll also have a real much. include ALEX SHAKIBNIA (daughter, Ava) and MIKE year? Register and come anyway! SHAUGNESSY (son, Michael). Alex has settled with rating on the Cessna 185 on floats—a Scottsdale AZ 85258 bachelorette party! KEVIN BLAIR ’06 480-466-5839 This quarter, Professor KRIS BURRELL his family in Westport, Conn., and is a principal at fun, classic bush plane with lots of AMY WALTER BEISEL moved to Germany one year ago [email protected] [email protected] writes: “I’ve had a couple of essays lower-middle-market private-equity firm Gemspring with her husband (Chase) and three daughters (Lucia, horsepower. about Martin Luther King, Jr. published Capital. Mike lives in Brooklyn and works in downtown Madeleine, Sophie), and is working for the research online—“Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Greater Vision: HEIDI DENENHOLZ writes, “I moved up to Manhattan as a vice president at RBC Capital Markets. publisher Wiley. She invited me out for a pretzel and a Bending the Arc of Time Towards Justice.” Public Redwood City about six months ago ERIC SEUBERT is also in New York now, working in the half-liter the next time I’m in Bavaria, but I’m sure the TATIA PRIETO writes, “I Seminar. January 15, 2018, and “To Build a Mature ’09 and am loving Northern California! I’m field of management analytics at First Republic Bank. same goes for all of you if you find yourselves in the graduated with my doctorate Society: The Lasting Legacy of Martin Luther King’s now a small animal veterinarian— neighborhood! In SoCal, HUNTER METCALF ’09 is launching a career ’90 in educational leadership ‘Beyond Vietnam’ Speech.” Gotham Center for New York graduated from UC Davis in 2015. in private equity at investment firm Pacific Growth universities away from home. Looking forward to from the University of North City History Blog. November 15, 2018.” ABBIE (JOHNSON) WEIBEL and her husband, Jay, Looking forward to our ten-year Investors after recently completing his MBA at a great year in 2019 and wishing all the Stags and Carolina at Charlotte and, as welcomed daughter Ellis Lee Weibel on December 7, reunion, and let me know if you’re in the “I also have a chapter coming out in April in an edited UCLA Anderson School of Management. ALISTAIR Athenas continued success.” my husband says, have reached the end of ways to 2018, in Longmont, Colorado. Abbie writes, “She’s our Bay Area.” collection with New York University Press in The Strange THISTLETHWAITE is in his ninth year at Caltech DALE BATHUM writes, “I am now living in Sun Valley, spend money on degree programs. I had some of my beautiful, wiggly string bean—and growing quickly!” Careers of the Jim Crow North: Segregation and Struggle COURTNEY (CRONIN) DEBEAUCOURT writes, “It’s been Investment Office, which he joined right after coursework research published in a book on education The new mom and dad are feeling incredibly blessed. Idaho, if anyone is visiting.” Outside of the South. My chapter is titled, ’Black Women quite the past year! In just one year, I married my best graduating, and is a director responsible for the in China and am working on a full-length book about And tired. Like looking into the future for me! ADAM and Rita GOLDSTON are preparing for the nest as Activist-Intellectuals: Ella Baker and Mae Mallory friend, Rich, in Del Mar. Afterward, I took a two-month endowment investments in real assets and fixed education in the United States. I continue to consult to be empty, as well. “Our son, Josh, is deploying with Combat Northern Jim Crow in New York City’s Public RACHEL SIFUENTES had been a federal law clerk for sabbatical and Rich quit his job—we spent our time income, among other areas. JONATHAN LEONG full-time in the K-12 space; consequently, I spend a lot the U.S. Army on an anti-terrorism mission to Thailand Schools During the 1950s.’ several years, but is finally getting back into private honeymooning in Thailand for a few weeks (where I got recently relocated to SoCal after getting married this of time in rural towns with populations less than 500. practice. She started a new job at the firm of Riley to play with monkeys and elephants—so cool!). Then past December. Old roommate SCOTT HUAN ’06 was and the Philippines. Our son’s battalion will also visit “I’ve also been fortunate to have presented on Martin “Our oldest son, Jaime, is currently racking up student Safer Holmes & Cancila in their San Francisco office in we sold all of our belongings to prepare for our move to no doubt in the wedding. Jonathan is still running the Republic of Palau, the first such visit of active Luther King and the Civil Rights movement in New loans at the University of Toronto, pursuing an MBA. February. According to Rachel, “New city, new job, and Connecticut. We moved cross country in our small sedan Aumakua Capital Management, a U.S.-based asset duty infantry since the 1970s. Our daughter, Lauren, is York at several venues in 2018, including the New Our daughter, Reagan, has successfully launched from looking forward to new friends and experiences, but with our 80-pound Goldendoodle, Maverick, in the back management firm he founded, but he also somehow a high school senior and just months away from being York City Department of Housing Preservation and undergrad and is working at Disney. Our youngest, dragging the same old husband and dog with me to seat and spent a month visiting ten different states. We manages to maintain part-time teaching positions at off to an amazing college. Please let us know if your Development, Bloomfield College in New Jersey, St. Lucas, is finishing out his last year of high school the city.” I’m sure there are classmates in SFO looking got to see everything from buffalo roaming in Zion to a Oregon State University, Santa Monica College, and travels take you to Manhattan Beach. We have empty Paul’s Church—National Historic Site in Mount Vernon, and has committed to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical forward to seeing Rachel more often! honky-tonk in Nashville! After a long trip, we bought a Claremont Graduate University, in addition to advising bedrooms!” NY.” University (Daytona Beach campus) for next year. He’s house and are now living in Guilford, Conn. I am working on a friend’s Hong Kong-based private equity firm. IMAD ELIAS writes, “I’ve been a partner at the Law MIKE AVENT ’04 also enrolling in Army ROTC, so I’ve been having fun SARAH (BARZEN) SLAYEN reports: “I just started a new in insurance at Aon. Rich is a project manager at Sikorsky Office of Mann & Elias in Los Angeles for 20 years, 518-88-AVENT Two classmates are currently in Boston (or nearby). JEFF getting him ready and trying to get back to sub-eight- job as associate general counsel at Personal Capital. and we are both looking forward to seeing everyone at specializing in employment litigation, but more [email protected] BEMOWSKI ’09 recently completed his MBA at The Tuck minute miles myself (spoiler alert—I’m not getting I’m excited about the company and thrilled about the the ten-year reunion this spring!!” recently have moved with my family (wife, Kari, and School of Business at Dartmouth, and continues to there anytime soon). If anyone is passing through the 12-minute commute!” three boys) to Orange County. The firm recently CAMILO CUELLAR ’09 pursue his interests as an entrepreneur, building a new Charlotte, N.C., area, I’d love to catch up.” [email protected] business. MICHAEL MCCULLOCH has recently landed as expanded the law practice and we have opened a We’re thrilled for you, too, Sarah! That sort of commute The Class of 2006 continues to be busy! vice president at the premier private equity investment second office in Irvine, and working on opening a FAYE (KARNAVY) SAHAI ’90 in the Bay is priceless and well-deserved. Things are going well for BEN HOSTE. He third office in Northern California soon. On the social firm, Providence Equity Partners. [email protected] Kris, Sarah, and I (Cami) look forward to seeing you in ’06 is currently studying at the University of It’s been a while since we’ve front, just raising the three boys, all named after soccer April. But whether or not you can join us in person, we Arizona in Tucson working toward his shared updates on the M’10 According to our tally, SCOTT HUAN ’06 and SOFI players, Beckham (13), Owen (10), and Donovan (8).” RDS’10 wish our CMC ’99 friends and the rest of our alumni MFA in studio art. Class: SOLLEY-GUTIERREZ are our only two classmates GRAHAM IRWIN writes, “2018 was a busy year for us, family a fantastic 2019. that continue to live and work outside the U.S. In BETH BRUNNER is now located in Seattle, where In the San Francisco Bay and 2019 is shaping up the same. The boys, Finely (10) Shanghai, China, Scott is a director of market analysis she continues to work on interior design, but has area, ALEX BONNETT ’09 is in his fifth year working at and Lucas (7), are joyously engaged with school, Magic and forecasting for health systems in all of Asia Pacific transitioned to running her own firm, Quartz & Bone. investment bank Houlihan Lokey, where he is a vice the Gathering, school plays, reading, indoor soccer, for leading health technology company Philips. In She began the firm in September 2018 and specializes president—consumer, food, and retail. JEFF CLARK is in

44 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019 45 the Mexico City area, Sofi is the loving mother of two Our East Coast hold-out, NATHANIEL KIECHEL, is now In California, ELLE PETIT is still living in SFO with her young children and, since leaving Claremont, has had an uncle to an awesome nephew and niece and still boyfriend and their kitty, Muni. In September, they experience in both academia and wealth management. loving his work at Sidley. adopted a Corgi mix rescue puppy named Juno! They spotlight recently celebrated SUBIN KIM’s 28th birthday with JJ In the Chicago area, MELANIE XUE continues her And on the coast, MICHAEL LEVITIN is crunching away SUTTLE, KYLE SHIPLEY ’12, SACHI SINGH ’12, and STEF career in academia and is now a postdoctoral fellow in Venture Capital in Orange County and volunteering CHAN ’11. NOAH ABOLAFIA-ROSENZWEIG is coming at Northwestern University. Since leaving Claremont, with the Jewish Federation & Family Services. He’s now up on his two-year mark as a prosecutor, and is now she has obtained her Ph.D. in economics from George the philanthropy chair and loving the opportunity to assigned to crimes against police officers. DRAKE Mason University, and made stops at Brown University, give back. ESCROFANI is still in Los Angeles doing design work UCLA Anderson School of Management, and the USDA Tina Nguyen ’11 MAXWELL VAUGHAN is now working at TELEO Capital, and looking for full-time graphic design roles, and new Economic Research Service prior to landing in Chicago. Staff reporter, Vanity Fair a Los Angeles-based PE firm, and hasn’t given up his recipes to try—if anyone has any leads! SUNNY TSAI and Last but not least, ANDREW KNOX gave up his incredible Southern California lifestyle yet. He and Strieter are JEN GOOD also remain in Los Angeles. Jen and ELHAM views of Denver from the C-Suite at Fortune 500 catching up over dinner soon. ALI ’15 started a company, Peacefully, in October to help company DaVita and is now enjoying the world of small POLITICAL EVOLUTION: As a CMC government And I, CHRISTOPHER STRIETER, am still doing people prepare for end of life. They are working out of business ownership. He acquired a pair of drug testing major and during the first years of her reporting wine things at Senses while exploring a few other Cedars-Sinai, and Peacefully will launch at the beginning companies which typically provide services to large career, the Boston native identified as “a fairly business models for my next steps. There’s real estate of February! KATE JOHNSON remains in the Bay Area companies in safety-sensitive industries (construction, diehard libertarian,” Nguyen said. After leaving D.C. development, a modern wine-fulfillment company, and (when she’s not travelling all over the globe for work) at oil and gas, trucking, warehousing and distribution, Juntos, and often sees newlyweds HARMONY PALMER and spending a few years as a food blogger, she a fun web tool/app to help friends get together more etc.).According to Andrew, it’s been quite a ride! and JEN RINGOEN ’12. landed at Vanity Fair’s online magazine, The Hive— often in queue. We shall see. the day after Donald Trump was elected. A scathing ALEX SHAKIBNIA M’10 CHRIS STRIETER M’11 PRISCILLA HSU moved back to Los Angeles from [email protected] Brooklyn, N.Y., so hit her up if you’re in the area. ANNA review of the restaurant in Trump Tower put her [email protected] BRILL moved to New York with husband Matt Hasling, on the media map. She now covers politics for the ED CONRAD M’10 [email protected] where she is putting that literature degree to use at site. “You work really, really hard, and I know a lot The Class of 2013 celebrated our five-year Skyhorse Publishing. She also gets to see old roommate of journalists who burn out because of it,” Nguyen reunion in June 2018—and some of us AVANTIKA SAISEKAR, who moved to New York last year said. “But any time you manage to make an impact, ALEX VARGA received the 2018 William ’13 are still recovering! But since then, we to work as the vice president of sustainable investing it feels really, really frickin’ good.” Koury III Outstanding Alumni Award at have several updates from our class. at Wafra Inc. There, she leads the sustainable investing ’11 the Claremont Accounting Association’s Several of us have moved to or from group, implementing environmental, social, governance 37th Annual Spring Awards Banquet at other schools (although none will have a place in our (ESG) metrics within private equity. She left ARIEL KATZ the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Alex hearts like CMC). WENDY QIAN is in the second year of and JAKE ROTH, who both remain in the Windy City. was presented with the prize by Professor James Taylor, her Ph.D. program in modern South Asian history at ILAN BEILAS has also started his exciting new job as the who touted the critical assistance Alex has provided to Tufts University. CONNOR O’BOYLE is also in Boston in his head of analytics for Business Insider. CMC students pursuing the accounting profession. second year of med school. JACKIE COBURN is in Philly Exciting things are happening for the class of 2013! Alex, who has an MBA from CGU, is an audit manager at in his second year of dental school. SEAN SMITH started Thank you to everyone who shared an update. To be Deloitte in Los Angeles. an evening MBA program at Chicago Booth (where he included in future editions of Class Notes, send us an also works full time). JEFF MACDONALD started a joint update any time at [email protected]. DIVYA VISHWANATH ’11 degree program, getting an MBA at Stanford GSB and a [email protected] Masters of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, ELIZABETH (ELLIE) BECKETT ’13 KATHRYN MGRUBLIAN ’11 and his new wife, ISABEL HARBAUGH, is wrapping up [email protected] [email protected] her Ph.D. program at Harvard, where she and Jeff share CLARE RIVA ’13 an apartment with KELSEY GROSS. COREY BICKLER just [email protected] graduated from dental school and is now working as a Happy New Year from the dentist in Albany, Ore. SHANE KUNSELMAN graduated RDS’11 Masters of 2011! We got a from Yale Law School and CLARE RIVA also finished her LAURA EPSTEIN writes, “It’s been quite the great round-up of updates law degree from Stanford. ELISE YOSHIDA finished her year—I got engaged to Evan, whom I with some notable doctorate in clinical psychology from the PGSP-Stanford ’14 met shortly after graduating, and we’re developments to share. PsyD Consortium. She then promptly moved back to getting married in June. Fellow CMC ’14 graduates CLAUDIA RAIGOZA, CHRISTINA TRAVIS HULL moved to the Netherlands for a special SoCal and got a Disneyland annual pass. So, if anyone projects role implementing robots for his company’s wants to meet up in Long Beach or have a Disney day, BRANDT, and CAITLIN HIGHLAND will all European organization. He fully looks forward to she’d love to catch up! be in my bridal party! I also worked in Michigan for six months to help elect assimilating as a Euro expat and traveling the region. RILEY (THOMLISON) BECHDEL and her husband, Jeff, Reach out if you’re anywhere near. now-Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, and I recently recently bought a house in Washington, D.C. where they started a new job as the communications director/senior LAURA JILETA is expecting a baby boy in April! Very live a streetcar distance from CMC couple ERIN (ELFRINK) adviser to Congressman Antonio Delgado.” exciting news and we’re so happy for her. and JESSE (’11) BLUMENTHAL. JEN NAJJAR also moved to the district, to start at DOJ as a trial attorney for the KENDYL KLEIN writes, “I’m now living in NYC by way of REENEE GARCIA recently became engaged and is Environmental and Natural Resources Division. She can Chicago, Ill. Missing ALEXANDRA COOKE, GABE SIEGEL, looking forward to her Singapore wedding in October. often be found scouting out comedy shows with fellow and JORDAN STEIN, but excited to be living in the Big HARSHA TATA may have given his first, possibly second, District of Columbia resident ELLIE BECKETT, who, by Apple! I live with JAKE WEYERHAEUSER ’13 and spend update since graduating, so we are very excited about day, works for a nonprofit doing economic development as much time as possible with fellow CMCers: ANTHEA this—he’s in Dubai working in management consulting work for Native Americans, and by night, bartends on WEIXEL, NORA STUDHOLME, JAMES HAVLICEK, ERIC and loving it. He’d love visitors, so keep him posted. Capitol Hill. QUINN CHASAN is also in the district, where VAN WART, JARED THOMAS ’15, and the elusive CLARK he is the head of customer analytics for Google Cloud KISSIAH.” FELIX MENG is celebrating life with magnums of Public Sector. CAROLINE NYCE moved from the district to Senses Wines (produced by Strieter) and splits his time ALEXANDRA COOKE writes, “Living in Chicago, but San Francisco last fall to help open up The Atlantic’s West between Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai. He also visiting NYC and SFO frequently for work. Newly Coast offices. wants visitors. engaged. Excited for five-year Reunion.”

46 CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE SPRING 2019 47 ’13 (before his departure to NYC). I was in Los Angeles STEPH WONG checks in from the District of Columbia, for Friendsgiving with MELISSA BECKER and HANNAH “I’ve been living in D.C. for a year now working for spotlight DUNHAM to celebrate, amongst other things, the House Leader Nancy Pelosi in her Capitol office. It’s engagement of MARINA GILOI.” been a blast so far and I’ve had the chance to hang out with fellow CMC ‘17 alumni AARON YANG and ANNA Wedding bells ALEXANDRA COOKE ’14 SHEPARD, who also have done stints on Capitol Hill in [email protected] CMCers from the Class of ’13 are the past year. In my free time, I’ve been playing for the Vanessa Gill ’18 tying the knot left and right—ETHAN MERRIEL FOSTER ’14 local women’s rugby club, Northern Virginia (NOVA), [email protected] but I’ll always be a Claremont Fox at heart!” CEO and co-founder of Social Cipher GILBERT is living in Denver with his new wife and their dog, working his KATELYN FAUST is currently completing a masters in dream job in sustainability for Prologis. MICHELLE GOODWIN was recently secondary school education at Trinity College Dublin, GAME ON: As a teenager with Asperger’s, promoted to assistant vice president at Ireland. Congrats Ethan! BRANDON BAK is Gill taught herself how to make social ’16 Barclays Capital. Some of her clients are VEDA BELTRAN writes, “After graduation, I permanently getting married in Oahu in March. even CMC grads, too! In her spare time, connections by studying movie scenes and relocated to D.C. and have been working on Capitol Hill soundtracks. Social Cipher, a video game In December, he joined Alteryx as a she volunteers for two organizations in for Senator Tim Kaine. Academically, I also am pursuing sales engineer working in Irvine. SARA the city and goes to every Oakland Raiders home my master’s degree part time at Johns Hopkins that Gill created with Anastasia Ibrahim ’18 BIRKENTHAL is living in Cambridge, game. Since graduation, she has traveled across the U.S. University. Life has been amazing, but I definitely miss and Amy Wu ’18 as juniors, helps kids on Mass., and finishing her last year of and internationally to see CMCers, including but not the SoCal weather.” the autism spectrum learn emotional cues limited to: JOHN MARSHALL, JOSH BOREN, JUSTIN BECK, through an interactive platform. In January, law school as a visiting scholar at HALEY GOODMAN is in her second year of teaching HUNTER ASHBURN ’17, HEATHER COUSINS, KATIE Gill wrapped up a prestigious Halcyon Harvard. She got married in September SAVARD, CHRISTINA STRAEHLE, KAILAS MENON, eighth-grade science in Boston, Mass. Her students are Incubator fellowship in Washington, D.C. in Manhattan, N.Y., after meeting her KETHAN REDDY, OLIVIA LANARAS ’17, and SAM keenly aware that the mitochondria is the powerhouse husband three-and-a-half years ago BLOMBERG. Go Stags! of the cell. In her free time, she works part time for a “I went into Halcyon immediately after craft hard cider company and still rock climbs regularly. graduating with a neuroscience degree and at CMCer MEREDITH REISFIELD’s KELSEY (HEFLIN) RIDLEY married CAMERON RIDLEY ’15 barely any business knowledge, so I had to birthday party in Washington, D.C. on March 10th, 2018, in Dana Point. They met in the ZOE PINCZOWER writes, “In June, after returning from an amazing trip to Israel, I started a new job at Netflix in learn all of this fast,” Gill said. “At first, I was CMCers ANNA JOSEPH and MACIE environmental leadership class in the spring semester of 2014, and got engaged August 5th, 2017. Two of the the corporate post-production department. I couldn’t overwhelmed with all that I didn’t know, but LEACH celebrated the special day bridesmaids were KAITLYN KELLEHER ’15 and LINDSEY have been more excited to move my little sister, LuLu, then I realized that it was similar to making with them, with Anna serving as their BETTS, and JOSH NAON ’15 and MARTIN SARTORIUS ’15 into Pitzer for her freshman year of college. Can’t wait sense of my humanities classes through to go back and visit her/one of my favorite places!” officiant and Macie as a bridesmaid. were two of the groomsmen. Kelsey writes, “Several what I learned in my science classes.” Sara would love to connect with any other CMCers attended our wedding as well! We had KRIS BRACKMANN reports that she fell in love with CMCers in the Boston area! ISABEL a fantastic one-week honeymoon in England and Spain and returned to teach for another year. Although Scotland.” Kelsey is continuing to work at Transom HARBAUGH and JEFF MACDONALD are she’s retired the old basketball shoes, she keeps up on Consulting Group in Los Angeles along with MAKARI sports by playing and coaching beach volleyball. getting married in February in Mexico, KRAUSE and KATIE KUOSMAN ’17, and Cameron SARAH SANBAR writes, “I have been working in Iraq and their wedding party includes a graduated in May from USC Law School and has begun and Kurdistan, doing protection work for internally whole slate of CMCers from the class clerking for a judge in Riverside.” displaced persons and refugees with the Danish of 2013: AVANTIKA SAISEKAR, KELSEY ANNA BRITO reports, “In the past six months, OLIVER Refugee Council. Our work has mainly focused on GROSS, ELLIE BECKETT, SUNNY TSAI, SEIFERT, EMILY ZHANG, and ANTHONY DAVANZO have responding to the needs that arose from the operation JEFF VIGNOS, PRISCILLA HSU, QUINN run into CHAD TARPLEY ’15 in both Cusco, Peru, and to take back Mosul last year, and though it’s pretty grim Lake Tahoe, totally unplanned. Submissions CHASAN, and ZACH DORAN. It’s hard work, I’m loving it. Much love to my fellow CMCers. Keep in touch and let me know if you’re in/going to the To send a Class Note to CMC, please contact to believe that it’s been nearly ten years ANNA BRITO ’16 Middle East!” since they started hanging out at the [email protected] your Class Liaison. JULIEN CHIEN is currently living with RYAN SUNG ’18 in Knotts Scary Farm trip during freshman JACK FERNANDES ’16 Is your class missing? Contact ClassNotes@ San Francisco and enjoying the Bay Area tech scene as cmc.edu to submit or volunteer to become year. Finally, in birth news, PATRICIA [email protected] a software engineer at a startup. a Class Liaison. A full listing of liaisons is also (INGRASSIA) DEANGELIS expanded MADISON GEPHART ’16 (@kitchen_on_cole) to share my passion for cooking, COLE MORA writes, “After kicking off post-grad life [email protected] ALEJANDRA VÁZQUEZ BAUR writes, “Following my eating, and hosting dinner parties.” with my first role at Highspot—a SaaS startup in available under the Connect tab at her family—this time with a new baby. graduation from CMC in May of 2017, I moved to sunny Seattle—I found myself at a good company that just online.cmc.edu. KELSEY GOHN ’16 DINA ALUZRI writes, “Adult/working/real-world life, as Welcome, little Sophia! Miami, Fla., to join Teach For America. I currently teach wasn’t the right fit. After some reflection and amazing [email protected] intimidating as it is, is the best next chapter you can CMC does not accept engagement, pre- ninth-grade algebra 1 intensive at Miami Northwestern conversations with people around me, I decided to birth, or legacy application announcements; EVAN MOLINEUX ’16 hop into. I am so thankful to CMC for all the tools to Senior High School and sponsor our school’s Latinx keep looking for the right next step. Some time off fundraising or solicitation notices, [email protected] succeed in this chapter in my life. It’s been about a year Culture Club. Outside of my TFA commitment, I also for travel, networking, and friends led me all over and a half since I graduated and I’ve never felt more obscenities; libelous, defamatory, or teach group and private Latin dance lessons, tutor high the country for a few months before I found that prepared for any challenge that comes at work. I am harassing statements. All submissions to MAX ZIPPERMAN writes, “I moved to NYC!” school math, study Portuguese at the local community next step with Infosys Consulting. Now I am helping CALLA CAMERON writes, “I’ve just started currently working at Cloudflare in San Francisco, along Class Notes are subject to editing for style, college (Miami-Dade), interview CMC prospectives, organizations in the fields of manufacturing, high tech, CARLY LENDERTS writes, “2018 was a busy year! I my second year at Georgetown with a couple of other CMCers, all on separate teams clarity, context, length, and strict adherence and I’m currently applying for graduate school in Latin and enterprise strategy and architecture, and learning bought a condo in Denver and started a new job ’17 University’s M.A. in global, international, and individually making a difference. We are known as to content guidelines. American and Caribbean studies in immigration. Come a lot in the process. Personally, I have been grateful to working in real estate development. It turns out that and comparative history, in which I study the ‘CMC mafia’ because nothing gets in our way. Please be advised that the editorial staff visit me in paradise!” stay so close to so many of my CMC friends—it reminds working in real estate does not make one good at modern Latin American human rights neither guarantees the validity of any Class “Best of all, my friends have become my second family. me of how lucky I am to be a part of our community.” home improvement or interior design. The new gig and transitional justice issues. I plan to continue my PARKER MALLCHOK writes, “I’m thriving in San Francisco, We continue to add on to our memories from CMC to Notes information in this magazine nor has me making frequent trips to the Bay Area—excited scholarship by publishing a master’s thesis on the working at Zumper as a business operations manager. COLE MORA ’17 now. It’s a blessing to have such an amazing support is responsible for the appearance of any to catch up with more CMCers. I’ve already seen connections between the transitional justice regimes in I travel between Chicago and Denver partly for work [email protected] system up in the City. And everywhere you walk, you’re inaccurate or libelous information. ALEX BENTLEY, ANKIT SUD M’14, and ADAM GRIFFITH Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.” and partly for fun. I’ve also started a food Instagram sure to run into another CMCer.”

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