Pepperdine University Pepperdine Digital Commons Pepperdine Magazine Campus Documents Fall 2011 Pepperdine Magazine - Vol. 3, Iss. 3 (Fall 2011) Office of Public Affairs, Pepperdine University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/peppmagazine Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Office of Public Affairs, Pepperdine University, "Pepperdine Magazine - Vol. 3, Iss. 3 (Fall 2011)" (2011). Pepperdine Magazine. 4. http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/peppmagazine/4 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Campus Documents at Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pepperdine Magazine by an authorized administrator of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90263-4138 Volume 3 Issue 3 Fall 2011 THE UNSTOPPABLE JAMES R. WILBURN MEMORIES & Reflections on 40 intrepid years at Pepperdine. HEARING HER STORY MILESTONES Women judges speak from the bench. OUT OF THE STRESS ZONE From Pepperdine’s How do students deal with the pressure? Historic 75 years NEGOTIATING THE FUTURE Personal finance tools for planners of all ages. PEPPERDINE MAGAZINE FALL 2 011 From professor to provost to dean of two graduate schools, School of Public Policy dean James R. Wilburn remembers the struggles and successes of four decades at Pepperdine. Full story page 19 124973_Pep Mag Cover_R1.indd 1 10/19/11 2:21 PM The Pepperdine Plan CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY EASY STEPS TO INCOME SECURITY AND LEGACY The Charitable Gift Annuity is a simple agreement between you and Pepperdine and provides you with guaranteed income for life. You donate cash, stock, or real estate directly to Pepperdine in return for Pepperdine’s promise to pay a When I enrolled in the Pepperdine PKE MBA program, I was fixed amount to you during your lifetime. just starting up a new business. 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Heidelberg t London t Florence t Buenos Aires tLausanne tShanghai 124973_Pep Mag Cover_R1.indd 2 10/19/11 2:27 PM Volume 3 | Issue 3 | Fall 2011 FEATURES COMMU NITY DEP ARTMEN TS 2 SCHOLARSHIP LETTERS 4 PERSPECTIVES 6 NEWS 12 SNAPSHOT 34 ALUMNI 48 IN FOCUS 36 Ripe for Change 38 The Great and the Just SPIRITUAL LIFE 14 PEPPERDINE TURNS 75 Memories and milestones from Pepperdine’s historic 75 years. 40 Hope & Victory 42 Service, Granted in Malibu ATHLETICS 19 THE UNSTOPPABLE 23 HEARING HER STORY JAMES R. WILBURN Women judges speak Reflections on 40 intrepid from the bench. years at Pepperdine. 44 The Wilson Era THE ARTS 27 OUT OF THE STRESS 31 NEGOTIATING THE 46 The Illuminated Exhibit ZONE How do students deal FUTURE Personal finance with the pressure? tools for planners of all ages. magazine.pepperdine.edu 1 124973_Pep Mag Text.indd 1 10/13/11 1:16 PM PEPPERDINE HAS SPECIAL REASON TO CELEBRATE THIS CORPS VALUES YEAR. During the recent Waves Weekend 2011, the University kicked I enjoyed reading the article about the off its 75th anniversary celebration. Alumni, students, faculty, staff, Peace Corps and the involvement of so many Pepperdine alumni. It is great and friends came together to honor the school’s mission, heritage, and to see such dedication to a worthy community, while remembering the founding vision of Mr. Pepperdine cause. Many people may remember LETTERS that made it all possible. that just a few years after the creation of the Peace Corps, President Lyndon In this issue of Pepperdine Magazine we celebrate this anniversary by Johnson created the Job Corps. This sharing some of the many memories and milestones from Pepperdine’s program, which was also headed by historic 75 years. We hope you’ll visit magazine.pepperdine.edu and www. Sargent Shriver, was developed to pepperdine.edu/75th to share your own personal stories and explore our create a stronger and better-educated photographic timeline. In addition, you will learn about commemorative items young work force in America. The to mark the occasion and the many upcoming events taking place around first national director of the Job Corps the globe that will pay tribute to the transformative university Pepperdine is appointed by President Johnson was today. former Pepperdine University professor We also recognize other special anniversaries being reached at Pepperdine Dr. Stephen Uslan. I wonder how many this year. We take a look back on the 40 remarkable years School of Public Pepperdine alumni have been involved Policy dean James R. Wilburn has given to Pepperdine, and shine a spotlight with the Job Corps through the years? I on the School of Law’s top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and would love to hear those stories. the Seaver College Great Books Colloquium as they reach 25 years. Thank you for joining us as we celebrate 75 years of strengthening lives —Glen Uslan (’81) for purpose, service, and leadership. We look forward to hearing from you throughout this landmark year. Ed. Note: We would love to hear these stories as well. Please e-mail magazine@ MEGAN HUARD pepperdine.edu to share your memories editor of serving with the Job Corps. And please keep the article ideas coming! We’re happy to hear from you. In honor of the 75th anniversary A PORTRAIT OF PEPPERDINE Life at an Extraordinary University Publication February 2012 | www.pepperdine.edu/portrait 2 Fall 2011 124973_Pep Mag Text.indd 2 10/13/11 1:28 PM What a wonderful tribute to a gifted THE TRIPLE THREAT athlete and academic. It has been Farrell Gean is a gifted human being. my privilege to work with Professor EDITOR Megan Huard Those who learn from him are not just Gean at Pepperdine University. He has ART DIRECTOR Keith Lungwitz his students in his class but everyone enriched the lives of his colleagues, PHOTOGRAPHER Ron Hall (’79) who engages with him. He has the students, friends, and brothers and WRITERS Gareen Darakjian, Sarah Fisher warmth, sincerity, and generosity sisters in Christ with his humor, grace, COPY EDITOR Vincent Way of spirit which allows him to be poetry, and love of the Word. Being PRODUCTION MANAGER Jill McWilliams remembered by all who meet him. inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame WEB MANAGER Kyle Dusek (’90, ’97, MS ’99) I thank him for his gift of friendship is well deserved, but merely a reflection WEB DEVELOPER Kimberly Robison (’10) to my family and am awed by his of his many natural, God-given talents, humility and talent. He is a mentor to and excellence in service. PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS his students and they will count him VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS always as one of the best. —Connie James AND CHURCH RELATIONS Rick Gibson (Mba ’09, PKe 121) ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR INTEGRATED —Alice Cone Osur The best stories in this life are the “real” MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS ones, and this well-written article helps Matt Midura (’97, Ma ’05) Farrell had a profound effect on set the stage for the many adventures, DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICES Brett Sizemore shaping my life and served as a learning experiences, friendships, DIRECTOR OF WEB & MULTIMEDIA real role model for me in my early and opportunities that the Lord has ed Wheeler (’97, Ma ’99) days at Lipscomb. I always felt he provided for Farrell and our family over was responsible for me getting the the years. His devotion to his family is Pepperdine Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 3, Fall 2011. Pepperdine Magazine is the feature magazine for opportunity to be recruited and signed proof that even though the miles may Pepperdine University and its growing community by Lipscomb to play basketball for logistically separate us, the ties that of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends. It is published quarterly by the university’s Public Affairs the Bisons from 1974 to 1978. The bind us are even greater. division. Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific coast Christian environment on campus was Highway, Malibu, California, 90263 just what the doctor ordered for a guy Pepperdine Magazine is produced with —Ondie Mitchell guidance from an advisory board representing a who was “rough around the edges” cross-section of the University community. and liked to “push the envelope” and Send address changes with publication name to: “live on the edge” when it came to office of advancement information Management at Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, behaving. The four years at Lipscomb Malibu, California, 90263. Other information and taught me the value of a Christian queries should be directed to the editor. All material A FINE BALANCE is copyrighted ©2011 by Pepperdine University, education and showed me the way I Wonderful! Product of a good Malibu, California 90263 should live and the light I should be education, and a whole lot more.