SAINTTHE MAGAZINE OF SAINT MARY’SMARY’S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA VOLUME 32 • NUMBER 3 • SUMMER 2012 PUBLISHER Michael Beseda ’79 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR EXECUTIVE EDITOR J. Elizabeth Smith EDITOR Jo Shroyer WHO AMONG US HASN’T CRIED OUT FOR ASSISTANT EDITOR “A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET, IF YOU DON’T MIND?” Teresa Castle CREATIVE DIRECTOR In the ceaseless bath of news, opinion, messaging and media, personal pressures Bob Ciano of every kind, not to mention the relentless spinning of our own weary minds, ART DIRECTOR we struggle to find our own island of calm and serenity. Karen Kemp Many of us mothers (come on, admit it) have resorted to shutting ourselves GRAPHIC DESIGNER in the bathroom for a few minutes with a beloved book just to get away from the Beth Brann din and demands of family life. POETRY EDITOR I once knew a fellow whose mother — the wife of a prominent architect who Graham Foust was often away — sent her several kids outside to play, locking herself in her CONTRIBUTORS bedroom for one hour every afternoon. My friend said he and his siblings tried Chris Carter ‘97, MA ‘02 to pry her loose by calling up the stairs to report this or that infraction or urgent Kathryn Geraghty hunger. She would serenely inquire, “Are you bleeding?” J.G. Preston Ginny Prior “No,” they’d answer. Susan Sward “Then go away.” Of course, I don’t necessarily recommend this as a best practice in parenting. But I understand it. The Saint Mary’s College of California experience Given how difficult it is to define and create our own personal peace, or even inspires learning that lasts keep peace in our families, consider the size and complexity of the problem of a lifetime. The College’s bringing peace to our communities and the brawling wider world? rigorous education engages intellect and spirit while It is a brain numbingly difficult job done by hardy humans bent on action and awakening the desire to determined to effect change. Their work defies a cultural perception that peace is transform society. We are essentially passive. Not to impugn the power of passive resistance championed by all learners here — together, working to understand some of our greatest heroes, but as a dear colleague pointed out to me: You can’t and shape the world. be a bystander in a peace movement; you have to be all in and willing to put others’ For more information, see needs ahead of your own if you’re going to make any difference at all. stmarys-ca.edu. A few years back I was in Los Alamos, New Mexico, working on a book about the national laboratory that created the world’s first atomic bombs. I noticed a Saint Mary’s magazine is published three times a year. bumper sticker on one of the battered pickups favored by a particular breed of Please send comments to rugged engineer. It read ACTUATING PEACE — intended, I thought, to trump the [email protected] more prevalent bumper stickers that urged us to ENVISION PEACE, as if the latter or call (925) 631-4278. Please submit name and were just wishful thinking. address changes to In planning this issue of the Saint Mary’s magazine, I couldn’t stop thinking Donna Foster at about the difficult job ofactuating peace. Not through developing the technology [email protected] or write Saint Mary’s College, of mutually assured destruction, but through exercising the range of activity that P.O. Box 4300, Moraga, CA begins with envisioning peace and continues through hard work and self-sacrifice. 94575-4300. Peacemakers and peacekeepers are heroes; they should be celebrated for the many ways they throw themselves into the difficult job of making this planet a tolerable, maybe even wonderful, place to live. We celebrate some of them in our magazine. JO SHROYER EDITOR A VISION OF GUARDIAN IN GANGLAND San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Victoria “Tori” Verber-Salazar ’87 prosecutes Stockton gang homicides and, at the same time, dedicates herself VOLUME 32 • NUMBER 3 • SUMMER 2012 to helping young people get out and stay out of gangs. 28 THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS Michael Collopy ’82 has photographed some of the world’s best-known figures, including HELPING HAND Nobel Peace Prize FOR PEACEKEEPERS UNDER PRESSURE winners and dozens Bob Delaney, a 2010 graduate of the M.A. in Leadership program, of other peacemakers has been an undercover cop infiltrating the mob, an NBA referee, and public personalities. and now helps veterans cope with post-traumatic stress. 12 27 2 events 3 feedback 4 the arcade Commencement | Barry NEW WAYS Eckhouse – Prof of the Year | New TO KEEP Seminar Approach | Journey to the THE Sacraments | Golf Walk-on Goes for Win | Field of Dreams Opens | The M.A. in Leadership That Championship Season | program at Saint Mary’s Faculty Profile: Carl Guarneri is changing the way 32 the quad California police departments Alumni Awards | Columnist keep the peace by using Celebrated Regular Folks | Pro Rugby Great Retires | Scholarship collaborative decision-making. Honors Rugby Alumnus 36 gael glimpses 22 44 in memoriam Volume 32 • Number 3 • summer 2012 Cover photo: Michael Collopy ’82 45 endnote photographed with his portrait of his friend Mother Teresa. This photo of him was taken with a 20X24 Polaroid camera, a huge device, of which there are only four used commercially in the world. © Tim Mantaoni. All THE MAGAZINE OF SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA THE MAGAZINE OF SAINT MARY’S SAINT MARY’S rights reserved. EVENTS JUNE 20 CONTINUES THROUGH JULY 22 tasting, delicious appetizers and fun! Tickets are $45 21 CONTINUES THROUGH JUNE 23 Alumni Reunion 2012 per person until August 3 ($60 thereafter); designated KSOE Summer Leadership Institute: What are your fondest Saint Mary’s memories? The driver rate is $15 per person. Proceeds benefit student Equity and Inclusion Great Books? The Chapel? Jan Term? Painting the scholarships. Learn more at stmarys-ca.edu/alumni- Through a Leadership Lens SMC? The Brothers? Your classmates? Come back to events. campus July 20 – 22 for the biggest and best alumni Soda Center 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. 20 10th Annual Golf & Bocce Tournament event of the year. Celebrate those days with friends Enjoy a thought-provoking multimedia presentation for Graduate Business Alumni & Students and family and see what’s new. Learn more and from the New Wilderness Project and presentations Join Graduate Business alumni and students at the RSVP at stmarys-ca.edu/reunion-weekend. on testing, cultural competency and diversity by Juan 10th Annual Golf and Bocce Tournament for a day of Carlos Arauz, Tarah Fleming, Kathy Moore and Carol fun, sun, laughter and prizes. This event is not limited Loftin. Learn more at stmarys-ca.edu/summer- to experienced players, but rather brings together leadership-institute-equity-and-inclusion- individuals of all skill levels. Afterward, enjoy an through-a-leadership-lens. exciting raffle and delicious dinner. Learn more at smcbusinessalumni.com/golf. JULY 8 CONTINUES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16 SEPTEMBER The Nature of Collecting: 5 Mass of the Holy Spirit The Early 20th Century Fine Art Chapel 12:45 p.m. Collection of Roger Epperson The Mass is the traditional celebration of the beginning Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art of the academic year and an opportunity for the entire Wednesday to Sunday 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. SMC community to gather together. Roger Epperson, an East Bay Regional Parks ranger, amassed a large collection of early California art, wood block prints and lithographs, including works Frances Gearhart; “Above the Trail”; color block print on woven Japanese paper; 1929; 12 x 10; collection of Hannah Kully, courtesy of Catherine E. Burns Fine Prints. 28 5th Quarter Family Picnic The SMC Football Alumni Chapter invites alumni, family and friends to gather for a family picnic featuring live music, great food and special guests. Tickets are William Posey Silva; “Sunset Hour, Point Lobos”; $25/person ($10/children 12 and under). Learn more at 5 oil on board; ca. 1935; 9 1/2 x 11 ∕8; collection of stmarys-ca.edu/5th-quarter-family-picnic. Roger Epperson. William S. Rice; “The Glacier Sierra”; color AUGUST 12 MFA Sesquicentennial Celebration woodcut with hand coloring on laid Japanese paper; ca. 1920; 9 x 12; collection of Hannah Kully, 11 11th Annual Soda Center 7 p.m. courtesy of Catherine E. Burns Fine Prints. Women’s Soccer Inter-squad Celebrate the sesquicentennial with your fellow Game & Kick-Off MFA alumni, current students and faculty, and our by Maynard Dixon, William S. Rice, Mary DeNeale Save the date! Meet the 2012 Women’s Soccer Team guest speakers — SMC basketball great-turned-poet Morgan and Lorenzo Latimer, among others. Also on players and coaches, learn more about the upcoming Tom Meschery ’61 and former U.S. Poet Laureate display: Richard Gayton: One Square Mile with season and help support Gael Athletics as we kick Robert Hass ’63. To RSVP, contact Sara Mumolo, exquisite drawings and watercolors by California off the Women’s Soccer season. Event proceeds [email protected]. College of the Arts professor emeritus Richard Gayton benefit the Women’s Soccer Team Fund. Learn more 15 Sesquicentennial Mass that will transport viewers to the hills, canyons and at stmarys-ca.edu/womens-soccer-inter-squad- Chapel 5 p.m. wooded trails of Mount Diablo State Park; and Beyond game-kick-off. The Mass is the official kick-off of the year of Saint California, oil paintings from William Keith’s sojourns Mary’s sesquicentennial celebrations. Join us for a through the Northwest, Alaska, New England and 12 8th Annual Summer Wine Festival wonderful Mass and the grand reception that follows Germany.