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PRESIDENT JAMES J. KELLY | SF 49ERS CEO JED YORK | SF 49ERS INTERN DONOVAN BONNER ‘14 ENTREPRENEURSHIP T COLLE ES GE B I 12 N 0 T H 2 A E W D E E S M T A N W SPRING 2013 ESTER N kickstart your life with a foot in the window for a future wide open. in Silicon Valley a tech tank for thinkers where you can become tomorrow’s CEO. perfectly positioned in a valley of internships prized degrees to be chosen champ sports to be played. in a small setting that gets the big picture the focus is you– networking is critical. make the connections in opportunity’s playground. let your mind wander and take care of business in talks with wise scholars. change yourself to better the world. ccording to wiseGEEK.org*, become a sports agent. He expressed “An entrepreneur is an individual to me, just like in his speech, to not be who accepts some sort of risk— afraid to take risks or go above and usually financial—in the pursuit beyond in all I do.” Aof new ventures.” It goes on to say, A very busy young man, Donovan’s “A person in this role is often charac- experience with the 49ers will not be his terized as innovative, independent, first sports team inroad. “I was able to optimistic, creative, and hard-working.” tell [Jed] a little about my experiences If you think this sounds like it is describ- working for the Golden State Warriors. ing many Menlo College alumni and Also, I discussed my new internship faculty, you’d be right. From small with the Oakland Athletics and how it business to multinational corporations, is an in-office position and will help me from healthcare to hotels to investment see what directly happens behind the banking to venture capital, Menlo Oaks scenes in the office. He asked me how are entrepreneurs. What we also pride I got all these jobs in sports, when it is ourselves upon is that many of our cur- often hard just to find one internship. rent students get their next step ideas Last summer I sat down and called and connections right here on campus. every sports organization, sports Donovan Bonner ‘14, featured agency, college, and sports on our cover with San Francisco affiliation in the Bay Area. 49ers CEO Jed York, is taking From this hard work I was several steps simultaneously able to get two internships, as he pursues his bachelor’s the first at San Francisco State degree in sports management. University and the second This summer Donovan will at San Jose State University. begin a marketing internship I started at the end of the with the 49ers organization. summer and worked all the “I expect to learn a lot from way to the end of the fall this internship and be able to semester. From these jobs interact with the community stemmed my offer to be a and organization. I feel like Dean of Students Yasmin Lambie-Simpson collected Donovan part of the Golden State [the interns’] role with the Bonner ’14’s judging cards at the Human Rights Essay competition. Warriors Events and 49ers helps link the fans and As a Student Ambassador at the May Promotions internship team.” sponsors to the organization through Commencement, Donovan was able to Donovan is as focused and driven as the events we will be hosting. We are meet Jed York. “I had a great experience he is personable. He is also a leader on there to enhance the experience of with Jed. I appreciated his kindness and campus as the President of the Black everyone and be positive representa- welcoming attitude towards me.” Student Union. He exemplifies the tives of the 49ers organization. I believe Before Commencement, “Jed and I self-made, well-prepared, hard-working this internship will help me network spoke about the new stadium and how Menlo Oak spirit, and he clearly has and be able to meet people in sports he has a vision to create a technologi- exceptional time management skills! that could help further my career after cally-filled stadium. He wants Levi’s to The Menlo community is looking college. Also, the internship will help be the pedestal for all the stadiums that forward to Donovan’s next innovative my overall knowledge of sports and come after. Jed told me a little bit about step forward. how to market a team in various ways.” how he got started. I told him that my *http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-an- future goal was to go to law school and entrepreneur.htm MENLO COLLEGE 1 2 SPRING 2013 MANAGING EDITOR Darcy Blake SENIOR EDITOR Judy Seitelman CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Dr. James J. Kelly, Dr. Julie Filizetti, Menlo College bids farewell to Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Zhi-Jin Hou who has Dr. James Woolever, returned to Beijing Normal University, where she is an associate professor of counseling Darcy Blake, Judy Seitelman, in the School of Psychology. We thank her for sharing her global perspective with us. Tina Fairbairn, Neil Gonzales, Andrey Poliakov, Vicky Schultz ‘14, Aaron Gillespie DESIGN Darcy Blake Table of Contents PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS 1 COVER STORY | Making Things Happen Darcy Blake, Andrey Poliakov Jio Castro, Max Hoster ‘15, Haley Heryford ‘15 2 Student Athletic Leadership Council Festival | photo by Jio Castro Douglas Peck Photography 3 Table of Contents menlooakssports.com EDITORS 5 FROM THE PRESIDENT | When Preparation Meets Opportunity Cheryl Collins 7 Persistence, Persistence, Persistence | Julie Filizetti Ruth Gordon Anne Heaton-Dunlap 8 Annual SBA Day a Huge Success Linda Teutschel 11 Financial Literacy and College Persistence Conference Speakers Adam Montez James Yoder ‘14 18 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | James Woolever COLLEGE PRESIDENT 19 Faculty Notes Dr. James J. Kelly 23 Accounting Professionals Speak and Marketing Professionals Network BOARD OF TRUSTEES Julie Filizetti, Ed.D., Chair 24 Rotaract Club Visits Facebook and Dr. Thomas’s Travels Charles “Chop” J. Keenan III ’66, Vice Chair 25 Fulbright Scholar Speaks to Business Ethics Students David Chien Howard Dallmar ‘74 26 A Personal Video by Kainoa Keanaaina ‘13 David C. Irmer ‘58 27 Taylor Kopf Wheels Out a Bike Business While at Menlo Micah Kane ‘91 Harry W. Kellogg, Jr. ‘63 28 Green Technology is the Future for Anton van Happen ‘08 Suzanne Dvorak-Peck Thor Geir Ramleth, ‘87 29 Launching a Venture James T. Rea ‘67 30 ALUMNI | Alumni Notes Tom Scannell John C. Shenk ‘69 33 Soccer Tournament, Memoriams including Anna Greenberg ‘07 Kristine Thagard ’77 34 In Memoriam, Sheryl Cumine ‘07, Al Kinslow’11, Rafael (Josiah) Luevano ‘11 The Menlo Advantage, published by the Menlo College Office 35 ATHLETICS | Golf Tournament of Advancement, brings news of the College and its 36 Mark Grieb Nabbed as Head Football Coach community to alumni, parents and friends. 1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, California 94027-4301 37 STUDENT GOVERNMENT | Kevin’s Jump Shot into Sports Management Tel: 800.55.MENLO Fax: 650.543.4102 38 Student Ambassadors [email protected], www.menlo.edu 40 85 Years | 85 Artists 41 The Annual Hawai’ian Lu’au Front cover: President James J. Kelly, SF 49ers CEO Jed 42 Honors Convocation York and SF 49ers intern Donovan Bonner ‘14, PHOTO: 50 Commencement 2013 ANDREY POLIAKOV. 52 Jed York’s Commencement Speech Opposite page: Students and band members at the Student Athletic Leadership Council (S.A.L.C.) Festival, 56 Apollo Night PHOTO: JIO CASTRO MENLO COLLEGE 3 SINGAPORE JAPAN More than 20 Menlo alumni President Kelly and friends joined Wee met with Sung Tang and Minami and President Kelly Yoshito Takano, at a festive get- the parents of together held Eimi ‘13, left, at a brand new and William spa center in Ireton, far Tang’s Depart- left, father ment Store, a of baseball Singapore land- player mark. Also on William Ireton‘12. hand were representatives of Ngee Ann Polytechnic, a school that sends groups to ISRAEL Menlo for a summer program. left, Mr. Tang’s hospitality pro- Dr. Christopher vided a beautiful and warm B. Howard, setting for alumni to share President, stories and learn about what Hampden- has been going on at the Col- Sydney College lege. Left-to-right: Wee Sung met with Tang, Kaylin Khoo, President President Jim Kelly and Linda Liu. Kelly in SEATTLE Tel Aviv. President Kelly and Senior Director of Development Bill Hopkins, right, met with Bill Thurston ‘64 at the Bellevue Club. HAWAII Right, Hawaii alumni were invited to attend A Legacy of Menlo Alumni in Hawai`i, an HONG KONG 85th anniversary reception Right, President Kelly hosted by John Henry Felix met with Richard Li, left ’49, CEO, HMAA, at the Above left, President Kelly Waialae Country Club. with Abdulaziz Al-Saud ‘16 Guests included above, KINGDOM of SAUDIA ARABIA, Dr. Riley Yuen ‘52, DDS, Ted Anastopulos ‘52, Michael Lilly ‘66, with his son, Alex Lilly and wife, Cindy. Gabe Amey 01, Christian Adams ‘01, Kepuanani Lee ‘08, Duane Ito ‘98, Athens Arquette ‘01, and Neal Takamoto ‘87 4 SPRING 2013 FROM THE PRESIDENT by Dr.James J. Kelly, President, Menlo College o a room filled with Silicon Valley business leaders, We learned about innovation and independent thinking from faculty, and students, SBA Day keynote speaker and distinguished alumni and friends at special 85th anniversary Menlo College Professor of Management in Entrepreneur- get-togethers that included Wee Sung Tang ‘74 in Singapore, ship Ron Kovas invoked the wisdom of 1st century Roman John Henry Felix ‘49 in Hawaii, William Ireton in Japan, Earle Tphilosopher Seneca who said, “Luck is what happens when Chiles ‘56 in Portland, and Jon Galt Bowman ‘55 in Seattle.