ClassClass NotesNotes HERE L EE Barbara Gunn John- P CLASS REUNIONS France. Dancers include Class Secretaries: Dick Duhring, 13871 son, Kenneth Leitch, and Cecelia Steinberg Robleda Rd, Los Altos Hills 94022, fkd@ Details are included in your Hurwich. Cecelia’s memoir, 92 and Dancing, is duhring.net; Virginia Pearson Anderson, 100 class’s section. now available from Vitality Press in Berkeley Bay Pl, #2001, Oakland 94610 (P.O. Box 5017). Class of ’53 Class Secretary: Rebecca Hayden, 2598 Filbert Phyllis Prindle Carvalho Fall 2013 St, Apt 2, San Francisco 94123, beckyhnotes@ 45-47 continues to tap dance sbcglobal.net, 415/931-4283 with the Antioch Senior Flappers. They per- Class of ’58 form at local events in Contra Costa County. April 20 I talked last year with Dave Matte- Erin Woods Flanagan and her husband, 43 son, who lives in Greenbrae. What’s Bill, made two bicycle/bird-watching trips Class of ’63 happened to my old classmates Bob Oliver, Lee last year. One was to Ohio and the other to Oct. 4–6 H. Burns, Dave Hodges, and Doug Campbell? Rockaway Beach in Oregon. I, James S. Rorabaugh, am living in Green Joyce Strang Hoover and her husband, Class of ’68 Valley, Arizona, and have been for almost Rusty, made a trip to Palm Springs to visit Oct. 4–6 24 years. I was in the Naval Reserves for 25 family and friends. years, retiring as a commander. We sold our ’45 Class Secretary: Mary Napton Engstrom, commercial insurance business in 1984. My 2001 Rancho Verde Circle East, Danville James A. Felchlin, a member of the wife and I are fortunate to have our son Jim 94526, [email protected]; ’46 Class 41 Bay Area council and the Director of nearby. My daughter is a professor at the Secretary: Eileen O’Brien Kreps, 290 Via Bar- the Boy Scouts of America, has, in the past six University of Arizona. Maybe we’ll hear from ranca, Greenbrae 94904, [email protected]; months, traveled to Hawaii, Mexico, and the some classmates. ’47 Class Secretary: Phyllis Carvalho, 5520 Caribbean. Class Secretaries: Rosamond Craig Castle, 565 Starboard Ct, Discovery Bay 94505-9416, Flora Helen Mackenzie, a retired Presby- Bellevue Ave #2306, Oakland 94510, 510/451- 925/634-5706 terian minister who leads a monthly worship 1210; Anne Ristenpart Soule, 633 Terra at Parkview Gardens Convalescent Hospital, California Dr, Apt 6, Walnut Creek 94595, Doriel Goltz Parkinson, who lives in has recently published her autobiography, I’m 925/946-1348; Tom Mulcahy, 278 Scripps Ct, 49 Tustin, asks where her classmates Not Everybody, I’m Me!, available on Amazon. Palo Alto 94306, 650/493-6260 and AOPI Sorority sisters are. She enjoys Theodoisia Keane Maurer, known as being part of the lives of her grandchildren, “church mouse” at St. Paul’s Episcopal Jere Austin, who during WWII served the children of her youngest daughter, Church in Walnut Creek, is planning to travel 44 as a marine engineering officer Carol. Oldest daughter Kathleen is a Cal to Honolulu to visit some of her family. aboard the carrier Intrepid, now lives in Los grad. Son Eric is father of her two oldest Ann (Radojevich) Mirassou, who helps K–8 Altos with his wife, Jean Anderson Austin ’46. grandchildren. students improve their reading skills, has, in After a long career with Westinghouse, Jere Sam Zutler, who is about to celebrate the past six months, traveled to several Euro- says he retired in 1989 to go home and clean his 90th birthday with family and friends in pean countries and gone on an African safari. out the garage. Fresno, where he came to retire in 1986 after Oakland resident Florence Wiseman Yaffe Barbara Currier Bellamy, an avid photog- 35 years with Dow Chemical Co., has writ- has taught science in Oakland and Richmond rapher, recalls taking action football shots for ten From Brooklyn to Berkeley—How WWII High for 30 years, and currently writes movie the Blue and Gold in 1943. She was the first Changed My Life. and library notes at Piedmont Gardens. female ever allowed access to the field.L ater Class Secretaries: Harriet Williams, 33 Linda Class Secretary: Lorraine Lunt Godfrey, 600 she studied with Ansel Adams in Yosemite. Ave, Apt 2304, Piedmont 94611; Gilbert Pav- Sand Hill Rd, Apt 229H, Palo Alto 94304, lar- She and her husband, John ’43, live at the lovsky, 41 Moncada Way, San Rafael 94901 [email protected] Smith Ranch near San Rafael. Don Campbell can’t tell you exactly how Classmates came from far and wide Our festive 70th reunion in October many grandchildren he and Lucy Harrison 52 in October for our 60th reunion, 42 had 70 guests. At the luncheon at Campbell ’47 have, but he does know they including Carol Holmes Case from Hawaii; Alumni House we were happy to see Corwin fed 26 family members for Thanksgiving. Connie Cole from Texas; Ted and Barbara Johnson, and to welcome June Woodson Mer- For 65 years, they’ve lived in the home they Johnson, Bill Macy, Ted and Jakie Engs, John rell, who came from New Jersey, and Alice built high in the Berkeley Hills. Don reports and Carol McLean McGhee, Nick and Ellen Betty Hill Nelson from Wisconsin. Chuck that Fran Allen, the Oregon cattle rancher, Hardway Rugen, and Bonnie Ritzenthaler Wil- Auerbach, Reunion Chair, presented June has exasperated his physician. Last year he son all from Southern California; Marty and and Alice with stuffed Cal bears for coming was bucked off his horse, and recently he was Lee Talbot from Virginia; and Shel and Ann the farthest distances. Highlights included injured again, this time shoveling snow. Crary Arnot from Arizona. Updated figures the Cal Straw Hat Band—and Oski, much John Dunlap’s 90th birthday was cel- for the class gift indicate that our total for photographed with class members. For more ebrated last October at his hilltop home in 2012 (as of end of November) was $2,179,431, on the reunion, read Martin Snapp’s Alumni Napa. Out of about 60 guests, Sheldon Cook and the grand total was over $41 million! Gazette on page 75. and Dick Duhring were his only classmates Terry and Harry Hanson will be mov- Class members keep active in various present. Guests paid tribute to John with ing to Carmel Valley Manor this year from ways. Among the recent travelers: S. Malvern memories from his extensive service in the their Corralitos ranch in Santa Cruz County. Dorinson to Turkey and Mary Gribble West to state legislature. They are members of the UCSC life-long CALIFORNIA SPRING 2013 CAL1 KEEPING IN TOUCH learners group. They have three children and years of leisure, traveling extensively, and are 55th class reunion Saturday, April 20, five grandchildren. Dr. Max Kalm of Naples, lucky enough to both still be in good health. 58 2013; Cal Day; luncheon at Bancroft Florida, is active in his retirement commu- We have seven grandchildren and two great- Hotel. Details on website: www.cal58great. nity as a member of the resident council, the grandchildren. Watching Cal football remains org or contact [email protected]. Looking marketing/sales committee, and as treasurer one of our favorite activities, and we attend forward to seeing everyone. of the camera club. He enjoys golf and photog- most home games. We were fortunate to After 42 years farming raisins and kiwi raphy. His two daughters are Berkeley grads, have all of our children receive their degrees on her family’s property in Kerman, Pauline Denise ’75 and Debbie ’80. Joan Williams through the UC system, with our two daugh- Podsakoff Chamness and husband, Oliver Hoover of Chevy Chase, Maryland, serves on ters both graduating from Berkeley. Acting as ’59, are retiring to divide their time between the Cosmos Club Historic Preservation Foun- Northern California scholarship represen- their homes in Oakhurst and Cambria. Oliver dation Board and chairs the club’s associ- tatives for the Cal Alumni Association also was an engineer with the City of Madera and ates. She has a son and three “20-something” keeps us in close touch with the University. Pauline taught in the Fresno area. They have granddaughters! Class Secretaries: Beth Mott, 14 Mariposa Dr, three sons, all working in Silicon Valley. Class Secretaries: Mardy Pletcher Robinson, San Luis Obispo 93401, [email protected]; Marilyn Jeffries McMasters and Alan, 1195 Glen Rd, Lafayette 94549, BluDot1195@ Oliver White, Ridgeback Rd, Carmel Valley Ph.D. ’66, celebrated their 55th wedding anni- aol.com; Micky Scholte, 28450 Buena Vista, 93924, [email protected] versary in August along with her sister Karen Mission Viejo 92692, [email protected] Jeffries Traynor ’62 and Karen’s husband, Bill Somerville is Founder and CEO of Mike ’63, who were celebrating their 50th, Plans for our 60th reunion this fall 55 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, and third sister Penny and Norman Scott, 52 53 are coming together. What kind of which provides over $8 million a year in grant years. Noralyn Smiley completed an M.A. in reunion do you want? Email us your ideas to money to charities in the Oakland area and special ed at UBC and worked in the Vancou- consider. Stay tuned for details. beyond. He and his wife, Joanne, live in the ver schools for 25 years with children with Hugh Silcox: I am still in Napa, enjoying same house where he grew up in the Berkeley learning disabilities. In addition to family retirement. It’s hard to believe that it was 21 Hills. He has two sons. (her three children and eight grandchildren years ago that I put the chalk back next to the Class Secretaries: Bob Leslie, 71 Lakeview all live in the area), and social groups, she blackboard.