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Who's Been Sitting in Whittier's Chairs? Ever wonder what an "endowed chair" really means at Whittier College? Here's the who, what and why of these honorable seats. By Judy Kidder Browning
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A Personal Trainer in English Susanne Weil won the 1996 Nerhood Award for her rigorous approach to teaching writing. By Thea Makow
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ON THE COVER:
High Hopes, Big Plans October 11 marked the start of the most ambitious fund-raising campaign in Whittier's history. By Kristin Tranquada
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FEARES
2 ("i Commencement '96: V A Photo Album
Cover photo by Peter Rogers
DEPARTMENTS
2 President's Corner 25 Poet to Poet
3 To the Editor 38 Sports Shorts
4 on Campus 40 Calendar of
10 Alumni Echoes Events
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uiROCK The Magazine of Whittier College
Editor
Kristin M. Tranquada
Managing Editor
Thea Makow
Senior Writer
Judy Kidder Browning
Assistant Editor
Benjamin Hubble '95
Contributors
Rock Carter '89
Christine (Reel) Nelson '72
Art Director
Monica Fiege-Kollmann
Photography
Steve Burns
Rich Cheatham '68
Jascha Kaykas.Wolff '98
Christine (Reel) Nelson '72
Peter Rogers
Printing
Orange County Printing Co.
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THE ROCK, Fall 1996, Volume 67,
Number 3, Copyright © 1996
Whittier College.
THE ROCK is published three times
a year (winter, spring and fall)
by Whittier College.
Our mailing address is
THE ROCK
Office of Communications
13406 Philadelphia St.
P.O. Box 634, Whittier, CA 90608
Phone (310) 907-4277
FAX (310) 907-4927
Internet: therock@whittier.edu
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LI L
[mLjj[iuILJLL1JL WHITFIER COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Anthony R. Pierno '54, J.D.
Chairman
Richard H. Deihl '49, D.B.A. '84
Vice Chairman
Dear friends of the college:
Those of you who were on the Poet
Campus on October 11 witnessed
one of the most important events
ever to occur at Whittier College—the offi-
cial launch of the most ambitious fund-rais-
ing effort in the history of this institution.
This is an exciting time to be a part of the
Whittier family, and I want to assure those
of you who were not able to attend the
kick-off celebration that there will be plen-
ty of other opportunities for involvement. In the meantime, the coverage
that begins on page 22 of this issue will bring you up-to-date on the
tremendous progress we have already made toward our campaign goals.
As we prepared to enter the public phase of The Campaign for Whittier
College, we interviewed alumni about the Whittier experience. We want-
ed to know what about Whittier College was special to them, what they re-
membered best, what they missed the most, and what has influenced their
lives after graduation.
They mentioned beloved faculty members—Albert Upton, Roy New-
som, Lois James, Roberta Forsberg, Harry Nerhood, Lucille Verhulst,
Charles Browning, Paul Smith, Nelle Slater, Charles Cooper, Margaretha
Lohmann, Herschel Coffin and many others. They recalled athletic victo-
ries, society parties, convocations, homecomings, dorm friendships, all-
night study sessions and Cl food. And almost without exception, they said
they treasured the sense of community and shared purpose they found
among the faculty, students, administration and staff at Whittier College.
The voices of generations of alumni echo the theme. "The close, posi-
tive interaction with the faculty had a profound impact on me." "I've al-
ways been amazed at how the faculty go out of their way to help students."
"Whittier has a testimony of integrity and equality." "We live in such a
rush-rush world; it's nice to have the slowed-down, caring world of Whittier."
"The whole work and lifestyle of Whittier brought out the best in me."
"The faculty cared about us, and that caring extended beyond the class-
room and beyond graduation." "As soon as I set foot on the campus, I felt
at home."
Community. Caring. Opportunity. Respect for the individual. These are
the traditions that make Whittier stand out among independent liberal arts
colleges. These are the traditions we will help to secure for future genera-
tions through The Campaign for Whittier College.
This campaign marks a turning point in Whittier's history. We have an
opportunity to secure the college's future—to provide the facilities and the
funds that our faculty and students will need to excel in this competitive
Continued on page 9
Willard V. Harris, Jr. '55
Vice Chairman
Donald E. Wood
Treasurer
Dolores L. Ball '33, L.H.D. '96
Secretary
James L. Ash, Jr., Ph.D.
President of the College
Robert G. Bailey, LLB.
C. Milo Connick, Ph.D.
John H. Crow '64, Ph.D.
Rayburn S. Dezember'53, L.H.D. '94
Sharon W. Ettinger
Sheldon Feinberg
Douglas W. Ferguson
Gary Steven Findley, J.D. '79
Ronald R. Gastelum '68, J.D. Richard L. Gilchrist '68 J.D.
Alfred J. Gobar '55, Ph.D.
Charlotte D. Graham
Barbara Ondrasik Groce '57
Clinton 0. Harris '34, L.H.D. '95
Donald J. Herrema '74
Caroline P. Ireland '43
H. Trevor Jones '53
David C. Lizarraga
David D. Mandarich
Theodore F. Marshburn '51. M.D.
William H. Marumoto '57
James E. Mitchell '62, J.D.
R. Chandler Myers, J.D., I.L.D. '88
W. D. "Bert" Newman '59, M.Ed. '62
Edward James Olmos, L.H.D. '93
Lee E. Owens
Ernie Z. Park, J.D.
Carole Martin Pickup '57
Richard M. Pomboy
Dennis C. Poulsen, J.D.
Robert H. Rau '62
J. Stanley Sanders '63, LL.B.
Ruth B. Shannon, L.H.D. '92
Willard W. Shepherd, Sr.
Elden L Smith '62
S. Donald Sussman
Tomio Taki
Togo William Tanaka
Maxine M. Trotter
Roberta G. Veloz '57
ALUMNI TRUSTEES
Kristine E. Dillon '73, Ph.D.
Stuart E. Gothold '56, M.Ed. '61, Ph.D.
Paul R. Kiesel, J.D. '85
PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI BOARD
Jennifer A. Blazey '86
TRUSTEES EMERITI
John L. Compton '25
Ethel K. Eckels '25
Hubert C. Perry '35
Carl L. Randolph '43, Ph.D., LLD. '82
Homer G. Rosenberger, M.D.
Benjamin B. Tregoe '51, Ph.D., LLD. '90
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Eugene S. Mills, Ph.D., LLD.
OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE
James L. Ash, Jr., Ph.D.
President
John A. FitzRandolph, J.D.
Vice President for Legal Education & Dean of
Whittier Law School
Jo Ann Hankin
Vice President for Finance & Administration
Richard S. Millman, Ph.D.
Provost & Dean of Faculty
Joseph M. Zanetta, J.D.
Vice President for Advancement
Susan E. Allen, Ed.D.
Dean of Students
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FOR THE RECORD
John Lewis '79 was left out of the Spring 1996 story
about alumni who work for the college. Lewis is a campus
safety officer.
t Lil JLtDL THE TIME IS NOW
In assuming the chairmanship
of The Campaign for Whittier
College, I would like to ac-
knowledge and thank Ray
Dezember and his organization,
along with the staff of the col-
lege, for successfully getting us to
the public announcement phase
of the campaign.
In this second stage, our job is
to get contributions from sources
who know the college but have
not yet decided how much to
give or how to afford it, and
from sources who have the funds
but are unaware of the need or
the qualities that make the col-
lege deserving of their largesse.
I have heard for years that
Whittier somehow cannot be
expected to compete for funds
the way other colleges and uni-
versities have, and that some-
how our alumni are less interest-
ed or less generous than those at
Oxy, Redlands, Pomona, USC,
etc. Nonsense!
It is true that Whittier has
had a terrible record of endow-
ment and alumni participation
in charitable giving. However,
this has been in large measure
the fault of the college. First, the
college has never before had a
major capital campaign to give
alumni the opportunity to con-
tribute significant financial sup-
port. Second, the educational
process explaining the relation-
ship of alumni to the college has
been woefully inadequate.
I read with interest certain
comments in The Rock [Letters,
Spring 19961 criticizing the pre-
dominant place reserved for
contributors to the college. This
criticism typifies the attitude of
many Whittier alumni who
would prefer to focus on pleasant
news of the college and friends,
rather than on distasteful financial
news concerning the college's
needs. When we were students,
we were interested in what the
college would or could do for us.
As alumni, we must focus on our
responsibility to our alma mater.
The responsibility and hope
for success in this campaign
must rest with the alumni. If, for
example, alumni would think in
terms of a one-time contribution
of 10 percent of their net worth,
the college would be taken care
of through the next century. We
must guard against the fabrica-
tion of reasons not to give to the
college. We must recognize our
responsibility to give the long-
denied gift of financial security
to Whittier College.
The opportunity has arrived;
don't miss it. Make your contri-
bution to the future of your alma
mater now.
Richard H. Deihl '49
Chairman, The Campaign for
Whittier College
Vice Chairman, Whittier
College Board of Trustees
SHE'S A PEPPER Congratulations on a great
issue of The Rock! I really appre-
ciate the new format and found
the articles very interesting.
Judy Browning's account of
the students who live off campus
was particularly interesting as I
lived off campus while a student
in the late '30s and early '40s.
We called ourselves the "Green
Peppers," but we had no place to
meet on campus.
Olive Chandler Clift '41
Whittier, Calif.
MORE ON POET TO POET
In your spring '96 edition of
The Rock, you printed a letter
written by Howard Seelye. On
the surface, his critique and rec-
ommendations are absolutely
valid. Mr. Seelye has the experi-
ence and expertise in this field
to warrant his criticism and sug-
gestions.
However, on May 24, my
youngest daughter, Rebecca, re-
ceived her Master of Arts in edu-
cation at Whittier. I attended the
commencement ceremonies and
had the opportunity to walk
through the campus. I was amazed
with the growth of the physical
plant and the ensuing problems
that the college must incur.
Based on my personal experi-
Continued from page 9
Send your letters to The Rock, Office of
Communications, Whittier College, P.O. Box
634, Whittier, CA 90608. You can also fax
your letter to us at (310) 907-4927 or e-mail it
to therock@whittier.edu. Please include your
full name, class year, address and daytime
phone number. Letters may be edited.
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News in Brief
A Change of Venue for Whittier Law School Alianza Forming Career Network
M embers of Alianza de los
Amigos, Whittier's His-
panic alumni association, are of-
fering career guidance to current
students. Participating students
will be matched with Alianza
members who are working in the
students' chosen career fields.
To become involved, contact
the Center of Mexican Ameri-
can Affairs at (310) 907-4283.
I t's official: Whittier Law
School has a permanent new
location in Costa Mesa, where it
will be the only American Bar
Association-accredited law
school in Orange County. The
law school is acquiring the 15-
acre site, formerly home to a de-
fense contractor, from real estate
development company C.J.
Segerstrom & Sons.
"We are breaking into a mar-
ket that has been ignored for far
too long," said John FitzRan-
doiph, dean of Whittier Law
School, at a July press conference
announcing the site selection.
"No other metropolitan center
with 2.5 million people is without
an ABA-accredited law school."
Lack of space at the law
school's Los Angeles site, which
it has occupied since 1975,
prompted the Board of Trustees
to announce last spring that the
school would move to Orange
County. First-year students are
attending classes at the school's
temporary quarters in Irvine this
fall, while continuing students re-
main in Los Angeles. Renovation
of the Costa Mesa site's existing
buildings is under way, and the
entire school will move to the
new location in the fall of 1997.
STEVE BURNS Qastelum Joins Board
of Trustees
R onald R. Gastelum '68, chief administrator of BKK Cor-
poration in Torrance, has been
named to the Whittier College
Board of Trustees.
Gastelum, who also serves on
the board of directors of BKK's
affiliate, Greenfield Environmen-
tal, has been a partner in the law
firm of Ochoa and Sillas, deputy
general counsel for the Metropol-
Hungry
customers fill
their trays at
The Spot,
which
re-opened this
fall after
extensive
renovations.
Students Welcome Return of Club and Spot
The social scene on the Poet
campus has picked up con-
siderably with the long-awaited
reopenings of The Club and
The Spot in the Dexter Student
Center.
The Club, which closed as a
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venue for social events in 1992
after the city of Whittier deemed
it unsafe for occupancy, has been
completely renovated and now
boasts top-of-the-line sound, light
and video systems and a new
dance floor. The Spot has been
996
transformed from a 30-seat snack
bar to a colorful, modem restau-
rant with triple its former seating
space, a new coffee bar, expanded
menu offerings and wall jacks
where students can plug in their
laptop computers.
Students, teachers and friends of the Broadoaks Children's School
celebrated the school's 90th anniversary in May with thanks for
their supporters. The afternoon's events included dedication of
classrooms and other school facilities in honor of Broadoaks
boosters, including the Grammy Award-winning band Los Lobos,
pictured here with President Ash and Broadoaks students.
New Faculty and Administrators
Celebration Marks 90 Years for Broadoaks
itan Water District of Southern
California, and an attorney with
the California Rural Legal Assis-
tance Program and the Denver
Legal Aid Program. He earned a
J.D. from UCLA in 1971.
Find WALDO at Whittier
This WALDO isn't the weird
little guy in the stocking
cap and goofy glasses; it's the
new on-line system installed in
the Bonnie Bell Wardman
Library.
Thanks to WALDO (the
name, an acronym for Whittier
Automated Library Database
Online, was suggested by Jeremy
Cosand 197), Whittier's circula-
tion and public catalog systems
are now fully automated.
Women's Studies Minor Launched
A new minor in women's
studies has been added to
the curriculum, beginning this
academic year.
Students pursuing the 18-unit
minor choose courses from a wide
variety of disciplines, including
art, English, history, religious
studies, business administration,
economics, sociology, anthropol-
ogy, Spanish, music, political sci-
ence, psychology, science and the
Whittier Scholars Program.
The program also includes a
required integrative course,
which will be taught by a distin-
guished visiting scholar.
Faculty Mariella Bacigalupo, assistant
professor of religious studies, will
join the Whittier faculty this
spring, following a postdoctoral
fellowship at Harvard's Center
for the Study of World Reli-
gions. She holds degrees from
UCLA and Universidad
Católica de Chile.
Frank Beckwith, assistant pro-
fessor of philosophy, specializes
in reason and critical thinking,
ethics and contemporary moral
issues, and philosophy of reli-
gion. He comes to Whittier from
the University of Nevada at Las
Vegas. He earned his Ph.D. at
Fordham University.
Jeanette Cryer, visiting instruc-
tor of social work, is completing
her dissertation, which focuses
on self-esteem in African-Amer-
ican adolescent boys, at the
University of Southern Califor-
nia. Cryer has taught in the Cal-
ifornia State University system
for the past seven years.
Blane De St. Croix, visiting assis-
tant professor of art, comes to
Whittier from the University of
Nebraska. A highly visible artist
who has exhibited internationally,
he holds an M.F.A. in sculpture
from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Continued
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New Faculty and Administrators Continued
Marilyn Gottschall, visiting in-
structor of religious studies, is a
Ph.D. candidate at the Universi-
ty of Southern California, work-
ing on her dissertation, "The
Ethics of Postmodern Feminism."
Zhidong Hao, assistant professor
of sociology, comes to Whittier
from the City University of New
York, where he earned his Ph.D.
and has taught for the past eight
years. His specialization is in com-
parative and political sociology.
Melissa Hyde, visiting instruc-
tor of art, specializes in 18th-
and 19th-century European art.
She is completing her disserta-
tion at U.C. Berkeley.
Connick Lauded for 50 Years of Service
Trustee Ray Dezember '53 (left) and President Ash
present a stained-glass depiction of Founders Hall
to C. Milo Connick at a May reception in Connick's
honor. The professor emeritus of religious studies
and long-time college trustee was honored for his
50 years of involvement with Whither, beginning
with his arrival as a young faculty member in 1946.
Sal Johnston, assistant professor
of sociology, recently completed
her dissertation at the Universi-
ty of Oregon. Her areas of con-
centration are social move-
ments, gender/feminist theory,
sexuality, social change and so-
cial theory.
Laura McEnaney, assistant pro-
fessor of history, specializes in
U.S. history from 1865 to the
present and U.S. women's histo-
ry. She recently completed her
dissertation at the University of
Wisconsin at Madison.
William Monte, visiting instruc-
tor of education, is completing
his doctorate in education at
Claremont Graduate School.
Lynn Sharp, assistant professor
of history, received her Ph.D. in
history from U.C. Irvine. Her
field is European history, with a
specialty in modern France.
Paula Sheridan, visiting assis-
tant professor and program di-
rector of social work, is complet-
ing her doctorate at the
University of Southern Califor-
nia. Her dissertation focuses on
working mothers.
Andrew Wulff, visiting instruc-
tor of geology, is finishing his
doctorate in geology at the Uni-
versity of Massachusetts,
Amherst, with a specialty in ig-
neous petrology and volcanology.
Administration Paul Carey, director of major
gifts, comes to Whittier from
Chapman University, where he
was director of development.
Carey, a Chapman alumnus, was
previously the university's direc-
tor of alumni relations.
Jo Ann Hankin, vice president
for finance and administration,
was previously associate vice
chancellor for finance and infor-
mation management at UCLA
and vice president for finance
with the UCLA Foundation.
Christine (Reel) Nelson '72,
director of alumni relations, is
profiled on page 10.
Lynn Pearson, director of career
services, was previously director
of learning assistance and career
counselor at Mount St. Mary's
College in Los Angeles.
Tracy Poon, director of student
activities, has served as assistant
director of student activities at
Occidental College and director
of student activities at Mount
St. Mary's College.
Kristin Tranquada, director of
communications, was formerly
Whittier's publications manager.
She has previously held public
relations positions at California
State Polytechnic University,
Pomona and the Pasadena Tour-
nament of Roses.
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Noted & Quoted
A sampling of Whittier College and Whittier Law School people in the news
Cable News Network
Rafael Chabrán, associate pro-
fessor of Spanish language and
literature, was featured in June.
Chabrán edited The Latino Ency-
clopedia, a six-volume reference
work, with his brother, Richard,
of UCLA's Chicano Study Re-
search Center. Chabrán was also
featured in the Orange County
Register, Austin (Texas) Ameri-can-Statesman, Albany (N.Y.)
Times Union, Miami Herald and
Seattle Times, among others, and
on KCAL-TV (Los Angeles).
Roy S. Anthony, Jr. '61 was
profiled in May after winning a
National Educator Award from
the Milken Family Foundation.
Dedication of a Broadoaks Chil-
dren's School classroom in honor
of Grammy Award-winning band
Los Lobos was featured on CNN's
"Showbiz Today" program in
June. The dedication ceremony
was also featured in the Los Ange-
les Times and on Los Angeles
television stations KA.BC, KCAL
and KVEA.
The New Republic
Michael J. Bazyler, professor of
law, was interviewed for an Au-
gust story about Bosnian Serb
leader Radovan Karadzic's de-
fense before a war crimes tri-
bunal in The Hague. Bazyler was
also featured in a number of sto-
ries about one of his clients, an
Argentinian who successfully
pursued damage claims against
the government of Argentina.
The story ran in the Los Angeles
Times and on KNX-AM (Los
Angeles) and National Public
Radio, among others.
Forbes
Law School Dean John A.
FitzRandolph was quoted in an
August story about accommoda-
tions for students with learning
disabilities.
Wall Street Journal
Trustee Donald J. Herrema '74
was featured in July upon his ap-
pointment as chief operating of-
ficer of the Bessemer Trust
Companies.
KNBC-TV, Los Angeles
Marino Angulo '96, who has al-
most single-handedly raised his
eight brothers and sisters while
attending school full-time, was
profiled in June.
USA Today
I. Nelson Rose, professor of law,
was quoted in June on the perva-
siveness of gambling in American
society. Rose was also featured in
the San Diego Union-Tribune, Or-
ange County Register, Denver Post,
Portland Oregonian and on Fox
Television (Los Angeles).
Providence (R.I.) Journal
Joseph L. Price, professor of reli-
gious studies, gave a tongue-in-
cheek interview on the spiritual
aspects of Tupperware for a story
that appeared in May. Price was
also quoted in September in the
Journal on the spirituality of
everyday activities.
Albuquerque Journal
Martin Ortiz, director of the
Center of Mexican American
Affairs, was interviewed for an
August story about late civil
rights leader Hector Garcia.
Boston Herald
Trustee Edward James Olmos
was profiled in June. The story
mentioned Olmos' community
activities, including his Whittier
trusteeship, as well as his starring
role in the Showtime television
movie "The Limbic Region."
Spy Magazine The \Vhittier Poets made the
humor magazine's September
"Lamest College Mascots" list,
sharing the dubious honor with
such notables as the Arkansas
Tech Wonderboys, the Heidel-
berg Student Princes, the Pres-
byterian College Blue Hose and
the Trinity Christian Trolls.
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That was Then
POETS ON POLITICS From the pages of the Quaker Campus
College President Paul R. Smith greets his former
student Richard M. Nixon during Nixon's 1956
campaign visit to the Poet campus.
BONNIE BELL WARDMAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
Crystal Brian
20 YEARS AGO
It takes something special to be a politician's wife. It is per-
haps the hardest role of all for an American woman to perform.
There is no in-between in popularity for a political wife; the public
either likes you or doesn't. Which applies to Betty [Ford] and Ros-
alynn [Carter]?... [Both] are so very different from previous political
wives. These women are involved and aren't ashamed or afraid to
voice their opinions. —Nov. 3, 1976 editorial
40 YEARS AO Some 350 Poets will not soon forget the breakfast they ate
with the vice president of the United States Wednesday morning in
the Campus Inn. Richard Nixon unexpectedly walked in on the
Poets and joined them for the meal. The move was so unexpected
that he even deluded the press, with the exception of one plucky Life
magazine photographer ... Nixon opened the GOP campaign in
Whittier on Tuesday with a gigantic rally and motorcade.
—Sept. 21, 1956
60 YEARS AGO Franklin D. Roosevelt will be re-elected president on No-
vember the third. In spite of early indications favoring the Republi-
can candidate, Mr. Roosevelt will win by a considerable plurality.
This election has been characterized by a determined effort on the
part of both parties to misrepresent facts, juggle figures, and criticize
profusely the platforms, party history and candidates of the opposi-
tion. It has been a blot on the annals of American politics.
—October 29, 1936 editorial
Update
Frank Beckwith, assistant profes-
sor of philosophy, is revising his
monograph, Politically Correct
Death: Answering the Arguments
for Abortion Rights, which was se-
lected as Best Ethics Book of 1994
by Cornerstone magazine. The re-
vised edition will be released next
fall. Beckwith also co-authored
Affirmative Action and Social Jus-
tice: Two Differing Perspectives,
part of the Crossroads Series in
Faith and Public Policy.
Crystal Brian, assistant professor
of theatre arts, has been named
literary manager of Pacific Resi-
dent Theatre Ensemble in Los
Angeles. In addition, Brian's Los
Angeles production of Horton
Foote's "The Habitation of
Dragons" was named Best Re-
vival Production of the Year by
the Los Angeles Weekly. Also as-
sociated with the production
were Brian Reed, assistant pro-
fessor of theatre arts, Colleen
Windham '96, Brian Colburn
'94, and Wendy Newell '96.
Brian, Colbum, Reed and
Newell teamed up again this fall,
along with Chris Mueller '98,
Adam Webster '94 and Angel
Felix '96 on the Los Angeles
premiere of Foote's "Laura Den-
nis" at the Zephyr Theatre.
Gustavo Geirola and Doreen
O'Connor, both assistant profes-
sors of modem languages, were
among the organizers of a confer-
ence titled "Latin American and
Iberoamerican Theatre: End of
the Millennium and Beginning
of a New One: Where are we
and where are we going?" The
conference was held at Catholic
University in Washington, D.C.
40 THE ROCK FALL 1996
Philip O'Brien
1 [msd[Tt1 Lu[[fflL Continued from page 2
world, while maintaining the supportive, thriving community that
all of us at Whittier cherish.
We often heard another phrase to describe Whittier College dur-
ing our discussions with alumni: "poor, but proud." We may not have
had the resources of many of our peer institutions, our alumni note,
but we still have managed to achieve great success. This is indeed
true at Whittier, and it is indeed a source of tremendous pride.
But along with that Poet pride, I also sense some alumni appre-
hension—a concern that a larger endowment or new facilities will
somehow bring about a fundamental change at Whittier, turning
the college we love so well into an unfeeling, uncaring, impersonal
institution.
This campaign is not about changing Whittier into something it is
not. It is about preserving what Whittier has been for more than a
century. Whittier College stands for something—for opportunity,
community, respect for the individual and a shared love of learning.
This campaign is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to preserve for
generations to come what my distinguished predecessor Eugene S.
Mills called "this precious place, this Whittier College." I invite you
to join us.
To tkLl- WhOl, Continued from page 3
ence, I know The Rock is not a
commercial publication. It is a
report to all of the members of
the extended Whittier College
family. In its issues, the success-
es, the needs, the frustrations of
the college should be brought to
the attention of its readers.
Items that may not be interest-
ing to Howard Seelye may be in-
teresting to Bill Flynn, and vice
versa. As far as I can see, your
publications have done very well
in these areas.
William Flynn '53
Anaheim, Calif.
MORE ON COFFIN We're still collecting reminis-
cences about Dr. J. Herschel
Coffin, professor of philosophy
from the 1920s to the 1950s. If
you have any anecdotes to share,
please send them to us at the ad-
dress on page 3. •
Hart archives at Kings College
in London over the summer.
The results of his research will
be published in a second supple-
ment to his award-winning bib-
liography of Lawrence.
Stephen Goldberg, professor of
biology, received a grant from
the National Science Founda-
tion to work with colleagues at
the Instituto de Biologia, Uni-
versidad Nacional Autónoma de
Mexico in Mexico City, on stud-
ies of parasites of indigenous am-
phibians and reptiles.
David Hunt, professor of philos-
ophy, published "Augustine on
Theological Fatalism: The Argu-
ment of De Libero Arbitrio III.
1-4" in the spring issue of Me-
dieval Philosophy and Theology.
Paul Kjellberg, assistant profes-
sor of philosophy, co-edited
Skepticism, Relativism and Ethics
in the Zhuangzi, which has been
released by SUNY Press.
Jeff Lutgen, assistant professor
of mathematics, published
"Higher Order Flatness of Lens
Spaces" in the Houston Journal of
Mathematics.
Philip O'Brien, college librari-
an, received a grant from the
British Academy to do research
on T.E. Lawrence in the Liddell
Williametta Spencer, adjunct
assistant professor of music, at-
tended the world premiere of
her composition "And the
White Rose is a Dove," commis-
sioned and performed by I Can-
tori, a professional choral group
based in Savannah, Ga. Williametta
• Spencer
THE ROCK FALL 1996
Christine (Reel) Nelson '72
and Mark Bistricky '96
CD
/LLL Lll LlL - ~l t Ll Lil ~_ News from the Whittier College Alumni Association
Nominations are now being taken
for alumni trustees. Kristine Dil-
lon '73 and Stuart Gothold '56
are the current alumni trustees,
and their terms will expire next
year. Submit your nominations to
the Office of Alumni Relations at
the address listed on this page
or, if you have any questions, call
(310) 907-4222.
Call For Nominations Nelson and Bistricky Lead Office of Alumni Relations
Christine (Reel) Nelson '72
is "Vhittier's new director
of alumni relations.
A music education major at
Whittier, Nelson had been
working as assistant director of
alumni relations since 1994.
One of her first duties as director
was to name Mark Bistricky '96
as assistant director.
Nelson taught school for sev-
eral years before joining the
Whittier College staff in 1983.
She worked as secretary for two
different academic departments
and was also administrative as-
sistant to the dean of students.
"I have a strong affection for
Whittier College and the many
friends I have made in my years
here as both student and em-
ployee," Nelson said. "The posi-
tion of alumni director is excit-
ing to me because I have the
opportunity to share fond mem-
ories and work with the Whitti-
er College of the '90s.
"I encourage all alumni to
support Whittier College with
time, talent and treasure," she
continued, "and I look forward
to meeting many alumni
throughout the coming year."
Bistricky's duties will include
assisting Nelson with planning
and management of alumni ac-
tivities.
"I am extremely enthusiastic
about this position," Bistricky
said. "I'll be able to combine two
of my favorite activities—work-
ing with people and working
with history, because I see Whit-
tier's alumni as living history.
"I'm particularly looking for-
ward to working with Chris Nel-
son," he added, "since she is the
best role model I could hope for
in this job."
Between graduation in May
and his appointment as assistant
director of alumni relations,
Bistricky worked as an archival
intern at the Richard M. Nixon
Library and Birthplace in Yorba
Linda, Calif.
Christine Nelson and
Mark Bistricky are available
for questions and com-
ments at (310) 9074222, or
at alumni@whittier.edu on
the Internet. The fax num-
ber is (310) 9074817, and
the mailing address is
Whittier College, P.O. Box
634, Whittier, CA 90608.
THE ROCK FALL 1996
hittiei College Alumni Association
Board of Directors, 199697
OFFICERS
President
Jennifer (Nestegard) Blazey '86
Vice President Margaret (Donnellan) Todd '76
Past President William Frances '64
Alumni Association Welcomes New Directors
The Alumni Association
Board of Directors is proud
to introduce its newest members:
Deborah (Cramer) Arroyo '90,
Maggie Chan '96, Patricia
(Maham) Hakimian '64, Gerald
Nerio '72, Stephen Ritter '74,
and Thomas Wood '50.
New regional representatives
from the Bay Area are Madelyn
(McKenzie) Stelmach '68 and
Steven Weston '83, and the new
faculty representative is Ann
(Dahlstrom) Farmer '56.
The Alumni Board continues
to promote the general welfare of
Whittier College and to main-
tain good communications be-
tween alumni and their alma
mater, as well as to encourage
meaningful alumni involvement
with the college.
DIRECTORS
(Until 1997)
Brian Macias '83
Cynthia Salac '92
George Tenopir '48
Keith Walton '46
(Until 1998)
Penny (Carnes) Fraumeni '68
Gian Gandolfo '84
J. Eugene Gaudio '68
Robin Lynn Hickin '94
Vaughn King '87
Hale LaBore '93
Leslie Louie '95
Daunn Lovejoy '60
Edna (Brindley) Moore '73
Roman Padilla '84
Stephen Snyder '85
(Until 1999)
Deborah (Cramer) Arroyo '90
Maggie Chan '96
Patricia (Maham) Hakimian '64
Gerald Nerio '72
Stephen Ritter '74
Thomas Wood '50
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Jessica Linsman '92 (San Diego)
Madelyn (McKenzie) Stelmach '68 (Bay Area)
Steven Weston '83 (Bay Area)
EX OFFICIO
Vincent Daigneauk '85 (Purple & Gold)
Ann (Dahlstom) Farmer '56 (Faculty Representative)
Bryan McNally '97 (ASWC Representative)
Aracely Valenzuela-Gonzales '92 (Alianza de los Amigos Representative)
STAFF
Director of Alumni Relations Christine (Reel) Nelson '72
Asst. Director of Alumni Relations Mark Bistricky '96
Secretary Peggy Flores
Choir Alumni Unite!
Everyone who has ever sung in the Whittier College Choir
knows what it means to be dedicated. Every retreat,
tour, home concert and Bach Festival added richness to
choir members' lives. Throughout the history of Whittier Col-
lege, the choir has become more than just another organiza-
tion on campus—it has become a goodwill ambassador for
the college throughout the world.
Spearheaded by Annalee Paulo '96, the Choir Alumni As-
sociation (CAA) was formed to increase alumni participation
and interest in the current choral music program. Paulo
hopes alumni will support the choir by attending perfor-
mances at Madrigal Feaste, Home Concert, and the annual
choir tour, which will be in California this January.
Paulo will keep alumni informed of these and other oppor-
tunities through a special CM insert in the music depart-
ment's newsletter. If you sang in the choir, watch your mail
for more information.
THE ROCK FALL 1996
PU[IIIIII'l
Student Alumni Association Greets Potential Members
"Students Helping
Students.. Past, Present,
and Future" was the theme of
the evening last spring when the
Whittier College Student
Alumni Association (SAA)
held a dinner on campus to in-
troduce outstanding freshmen
and sophomores to the organiza-
tion. Jennifer (Nestegard) Blazey
'86, president of the alumni as-
sociation board of directors, who
helped organize the group (pre-
viously known as the Alumni
Student Council) when she was
a student, was keynote speaker.
More than 35 students ex-
pressed an interest in joining
SAA, which focuses on develop-
ing leadership potential, expand-
ing organizational abilities, and
providing service opportunities.
Watch for these students as they
serve as college representatives at
alumni events and programs.
Beach Bunch
The Beach Bunch
has definitely
been the most active
alumni constituency this past
year. Composed of alumni
mainly from the graduating
classes of the late 1930s and
early 1940s, this group has been
gathering together since 1983.
What do they have in com-
mon besides Whittier College?
They all live in beach cities.
From Long Beach to San Diego,
from Balboa to Laguna, these
folks meet for Sunday brunch
three to four times a year to
renew old friendships and hear
campus news.
With no planning committee
or officers, you might wonder
how their events get sched-
uled—the rule is that no one is
excused from a gathering until a
volunteer steps forward to find
the location and date for the
next event. Helping to plan
events this year have been Newt
'37 and Margaret (Lautrup)
Robinson '37, Ed '37 and Con-
nie Perry, Bob '40 and Olive
(Chandler) Clift '41, Jack '42
and Velma (Ramsey) Scott '42,
and Gene '39 and Rose (Frank)
Bishop '39. 0
THE ROCK FALL 1996
Egypt Tour There is still time to send
in your deposit and be
part of the 16-day alumni
adventure tour of Egypt
with Hilmi Ibrahim, pro-
fessor of physical education
and recreation. Highlights
of the tour will include
visits to Cairo, Alexan-
dria and Al-Alamain, and
a seven-night cruise
down the Nile. If you're
interested, call the Of-
fice of Alumni Relations
now at (310) 907-4222.
New Alumni Directory Available
Thank you for making the 1996 edition of the Whittier College Alumni
Directory a big success. Much of our alumni information has changed over
the six years since the last directory and, with your assistance, we were
able to update our database as well as identify alumni willing to help in
the areas of admissions, career services, and alumni event-planning.
More than 2,000 alumni purchased the directory—an indication of
how much we like to keep in touch with our college acquaintances. If
you haven't gotten yours yet, you can still order a directory by calling
(800) 488-7075.
Who's Been Slung WhiflI er's Chairs?
U
In
Six professors on what a difference endowment makes.
By Judy Kidder Browning
Endowed chairs are the highest form of recognition and support for faculty
achievement, providing a reliable source of funds for the chair-holder's salary
and benefits. An endowed chair also provides support for scholarly activities,
enriching the Whittier experience for both the chairholder and his or her students.
Here's a brief overview of Whittier's endowed chairs and the six outstanding fac-
ulty members who hold them.
The Albert Upton Chair in English Language and Literature
Established as part of a challenge grant from the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities, this chair
honoring former Professor of English Albert Upton
was filled by William A. Geiger '62 in 1987.
"I think I was selected to this chair because I was viewed as
the person most likely to carry on Doc's [Upton's] tradition,
values and ideas, and I feel deeply honored to have it.
"Three courses that I teach are directly influenced by Al-
bert. The first is semantics, the second is a course I created
called The System of Basic English and the third is a course
based on Albert's and Paul Smith's Critical Procedures in
Language and Literature. The emphasis there has changed to
critical theory, but it is still a course that he created that I've
continued teaching every year.
Continued
William A. Geiger '62
THE ROCK FALL 1996
Wh!Uiep's Chairs The Albert Upton Chair (continued)
"I think most of the students who take my classes view me as concerned, demanding and prin-
cipled and that the courses I offer tend to be quite organized so students know where they are at
every point in the course. That gift for organization and that sense of reasonable difficulty are two
characteristics I associate with Albert—you always knew where you were with him—and that's
the influence that's continued."
-William A. Geiger '62, Ph.D.,
the Albert Upton Professor of English Language
The Roy E. and Marie G. Campbell Distinguished Chair in Biology
This chair was established in 1979 by the estate of Dr. Roy Campbell to support continu-
ing research and teaching of entomology and other related subjects. Campbell had
been director of the U.S. Entomological Laboratory, located on college property. He
formed strong ties with the college and even hired students to work for him part-time. When
the lab's lease expired, the building was converted into Campbell Residence Hall. Stephen R.
Goldberg has held the chair since 1980.
"This chair has helped me maintain a very produc-
tive research program by allowing me to purchase
books. My research library is quite extensive and very
good, an investment of thousands of dollars. I also
have specimens here, reptiles that I use in my classes
because students respond to a living animal. You can
tell them about it, show them a picture, but if they've
got the living creature they can look at and talk about,
see what it does and how it lives, that's very effective.
"I try to combine teaching and research, and the re-
search spills over into my courses as a way of keeping
me constantly challenged. At the moment we're doing
studies on parasites. I obtain materials from various
sources and the students will dissect the materials and
recover the parasite. I collaborate with a colleague who
does most of the identification of parasites, and then
we work to publish our findings—and the students are
authoring these with me. It's a unique kind of program
that has resulted in around 75 publications [on para-
sites]. In other words, it's a student-driven research pro-
gram, which gives them a chance to see what happens
with their research."
—Stephen R. Goldberg, Ph.D.,
the Roy E. and Marie G. Campbell Professor of Biology
Stephen R. Goldberg
THE ROCK FALL 1996
Stephen F. Overturf
The James Irvine Foundation Chair in the Biological Sciences
Established in 1973 to pay the salary of a "current Whittier professor who has distin-
guished him/herself as an instructor, researcher and author," this chair was first held by
Lois James '40, professor emerita of biology. Upon her retirement, she recommended the
appointment of Clifton I. Morris, who was named to the chair in 1980.
"This chair originally sponsored a botanist, but when Lois James left, the foundation said they
welcome anyone who is doing good professorship—and I'm here primarily as an educator, not so
much as a researcher, except on my sabbaticals.
"My Whittier experience has been wonderful. I get a chance to do all the things I want to
do—work with medical doctors on research during sabbatical and improve my teaching here to
be the very best I can. I wrote a laboratory manual for general biology class, and my assistants
and I ran every one of the experiments through and perfected them.
"I love to teach, and I love all my classes, because each one offers something a little different.
The upper division courses allow me to probe a lot of the issues in depth with our majors, but I
also like the general classes for non-majors and beginning biology students. They keep my focus
very broad, which keeps that excitement about why I went into biology. You've got to convey
that excitement to those students who are asking themselves what this biology stuff is all about.
"I consider [the chair] an honor that lets me know I'm probably
doing the right thing."
Clifton I. Morris, Ph.D.,
the James Irvine Foundation Professor of Biology
The Douglas W. Ferguson Chair in International Economics
This chair was established by Quaker City Federal Savings and
Loan Assn. in 1986 to honor its retiring chairman and CEO,
longtime college trustee Douglas Ferguson, and to strengthen
ties between the college and the community. Stephen F. Overturf has
been the Ferguson professor since the inception of the chair.
"The chair wasn't designed originally to replace my salary as many
chairs are, but almost entirely to support my scholarly activities. For
example, it allows me to attend conferences. Since my area is Europe,
that means in order to stay connected with my colleagues and present
papers, I really need to go to Europe once a year. The chair supports
that. I'm also able to go to European Community Study Associations
biannually in the United States. I go to Atlantic Economic Society
meetings. Without the chair, it would be hard to imagine that I would
have been able to thrive in a scholarly way to this degree.
"The chair also helps attract other grants for scholarly research. I was able to go to France last
spring to finish my second book on the European community. I literally worked six days a week in
this 14th century chateau in Brittany—this tremendous quiet space in beautiful surroundings with
nothing taking my mind away from the book. The Borchard Foundation provided the chateau and
a stipend, but I don't know how easy it would have been to even accept the [Borchard] grant with-
out the extra support of the Ferguson Chair."
—Stephen F. Overturf, Ph.D., the Douglas W. Ferguson Professor of Inter-national Economics
THEROCK FALL 1996
Gregory R. Woirol
Wh!Hlep's Chairs The Richard and Billie Deihl Distinguished Chair
The Deihl Chair was established in 1993 through the generosi-
ty of Richard H. '49 and Billie (Beane) Deihl '50. Richard
Deihl is the retired chairman and CEO of H. F. Ahmanson
& Company and a college trustee. Gregory R. Woirol, professor of
economics, was named to the chair in June 1995.
"In the first year, the Deihl Chair paid my salary and provided
funds for research and travel. I was able to complete a book that was
published this summer. The Technological Unemployment and Structural
Unemployment Debates is the study of two historical economic de-
bates—it's an intellectual history book. I did a great deal of work on
the book last year, and with Deihl funds, I was able to hire people to
help with proofreading and editing. Not having to do that on my own
made a big difference to me, and the book will, of course, be used in
some of my classes as well.
"In addition to the book work, I was also able to travel to archives
in New Jersey and Washington, D.0 ., this last year to begin work on
my next project. The first year of the chair was very successful for me.
"It's a tremendous honor to have been named to this chair, but the
real honor belongs with the Deihls. This is exactly the kind of gift that
directly supports the mission of the college."
—Gregory R. Woirol, Ph.D.,
the Richard and Billie Deihl Professor of Economics
The C. Milo Connick Chair in Religion
This chair was established in 1982 in honor of C. Milo Connick,
professor emeritus of religion. Glenn E. Yocum has held the
chair since its inception.
"The Connick Chair certainly has allowed me to travel, both for re-
search and to take students. I've been to Turkey five times since my last
sabbatical. I'm going to Turkey in the summer of '97, after going to
India in January and February on a Faculty Development grant. What
that doesn't cover, the Connick Chair will. It gives me a discretionary
research fund so that I don't have to be scrambling for funds to do every-
thing that I might want to do."
"It has been quite important in allowing me to develop a second area
of research and teaching interests—namely Islam and particular kinds of
research projects in Turkey. I think for a middle-aged faculty member
like me to do something that is quite different from what I've been doing
all my life is probably a good thing."
—Glenn E. Yocum, Ph.D.,
the C. Milo Connick Professor of Religion Glenn E. Yocum
THE ROCK FALL 1996
A Per r
E Susanne A1eil,
1996 Nerhood
Award Winner,
Gives Freshmen
a Real YVorkout.
By Thea Makow
his is my fa-
vorite picture."
Susanne Weil's
office bulletin board is scat-
tered with snapshots, all fea-
turing mountains, pines and
blue skies. The recipient of
Susanne Weil on a trek in the San Jacinto wilderness this summer.
the 1996 Harry W. Nerhood
Award for Teaching Excellence smiles broadly and extends an index finger toward a particular
photo. There she stands with a vigorous flush in her cheeks, decked out in full backpacking gear,
and framed by a sublime Sierra panorama. Not only does the assistant professor of English back-
pack regularly (grading papers by campfire-light when necessary), but she's also a runner, compet-
ing in annual five- and 10-K races.
Continued
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"Does the need for more training in
writing and reading comprehension
make Such students 'unworthy' of a
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Susanne Well
Writing is like Running Consequently, Weil likes to
make athletics analogies. "Be-
coming a good writer is like be-
coming a good runner," she ad-
vises her students. "It's never
easy. It's always work." And the
more laps you run around that
track, or the more drafts of a
paper you crank out, the more
confidence you'll have.
The ever-intense Weil is ob-
viously circling that symbolic
track at a healthy clip. One of
the aspects of her position at
Whittier she finds so appealing
is the diversity—really the quan-
tity—of her duties. She has the
opportunity to flex her muscles
in all of her various scholarly
specialties, which include
Chaucer and Mark Twain, in-
stead of focusing on just one.
In spite of her demanding
academic commitments, though,
she was surprised to win the
award. With characteristic can-
dor, she leans forward and in an
near whisper confesses, "I've
learned so much about teaching
from my colleagues, but, in a
way it's almost embarrassing to
win the Nerhood Award be-
cause I'm still a relatively inex-
perienced teacher."
But within the mere five years
since she joined the college fac-
ulty, Weil established and now
directs an entirely new program
focusing on improving the writ-
ing skills of Whittier's freshmen.
She describes the importance
of writing ability in practical
terms. "When you get out in the
working world, whether you're
working in a business or you're
working in government, you al-
ways have to explain to others
what you're doing and why it's
important so that it can get
funded, so that you can get pro-
moted. That means you have to
be able to communicate clearly
to audiences who are not famil-
iar with what you're doing."
The Introductory Writing Seminar
In light of a nationwide trend
of declining freshman reading
and writing skills, Weil and a
team of Whittier faculty devel-
oped standardized evaluating cri-
teria in 1994 and 1995 and sur-
veyed the college's incoming
students. They found that stu-
dents with very weak writing
skills run a significant risk of
flunking out during the fresh-
man year. Once you identify a
situation like that, Weil be-
lieves, you have to act upon it.
With a deep respect for the
individual enhanced by her
Quaker faith, she developed an
additional semester-long course,
the Introductory Writing Semi-
nar (IWS), to accommodate the
newly discovered educational
need. In the face of some resis-
tance from students who feared
the IWS indicated Whittier was
accepting lower caliber appli-
cants, Weil staunchly defended
the program. "Does the need for
more training in writing and
reading comprehension make
such students 'unworthy' of a
Whittier education? I think not.
In my classroom, students are
'worthy' by virtue of their will-
ingness to work."
Elementary and High Schools' Shortfall
Weil stresses that it's not a
lack of intelligence that places
entering students in the new
course. "A lot of students come
from overcrowded grade-school
and secondary-school classrooms
where they're not getting indi-
vidual attention in those forma-
tive years when they're develop-
ing as writers." She shakes her
head, recounting a scenario she
encounters all too often. "I'm
very sympathetic with teachers
who are in K-12 education.
They're struggling with demands
that are impossible to meet."
As a result, Weil comes across
high school graduates who admit
they've studied few books in
their entirety. Some are only ex-
posed to condensed versions of
classics like Huckleberry Finn,
and even "dumbed down" ver-
sions of famous novels with sim-
ple vocabulary substituted for
the authors' original words.
"Many have no idea what sub-
jects and verbs are, let alone
how to make them agree," she
notes. If developing writing and
THE ROCK FALL 1996
"Many have no idea what
subjects and verbs are, let alone
how tjake them agree."
reading skills is a matter of exer-
cising a muscle, as Weil believes,
then what these new freshmen
lack is a good English workout.
And that's just what they get
in her courses. Not exactly
known as kick-back classes,
Weil's are famous for pushing
students to do their personal
best. Requiring four rewrites on
a single assignment is not un-
common, and it's that vigor and
passion that helped her win the
prestigious award.
Imagine you're in class and
your teacher suddenly turns ac-
tress, delivering a glowing per-
formance, complete with heated
gestures, of the first speech in
Shakespeare's "Henry V." Imag-
ine your writing assignment re-
turned to you with more
thought-provoking comments in
red ink than you'd originally
written in black computer print-
out. You might think you've got-
ten yourself into one heck of a
grueling fitness program, but
you couldn't ask for a more dedi-
cated personal trainer. •
T. 1ái F;!kN the Awar by Benjamin Hubble '95
Harry Nerhood taught at Whittier Col-
lege from 1936 to 1975, and then emerged from retirement to teach a
few additional classes during the 1980s. Over
those years, Nerhood saw many changes, from
the style of the campus to the style of the stu-
dents, but discovered that a deeper tradition al-
ways remained—excellence in education.
Nerhood contributed to Whittier's education-
al legacy in his own way. As a history professor,
he spoke in a loud, confident voice and chal-
lenged students to look beyond textbook histo-
ry. He taught in an engaging style, offering new
ways to explain old ideas and always let the stu-
dents discover for themselves
why a subject was important.
Part of this discovery often re-
quired students to use disci-
plines outside of Nerhood's
classroom.
To Nerhood, "It was very
important for the students to
receive a well-rounded educa-
tion." He encouraged students
to think outside the framework
of history and see the connec-
tions between subjects (an idea the college en-
dorsed by creating "paired classes"). By discov-
ering connections, students learned that curricu-
la do not exist in a vacuum.
In 1985, Whittier created the Harry W. Ner-
hood Award for Teaching Excellence to honor
his tenure at the college. Selected by a faculty
committee from students' suggestions, the award
winners receive a stipend, a medal and formal
recognition from the college. For Nerhood,
himself a recipient in 1986, the award is a great
honor and requires only one prerequisite: a love
of teaching. "There are certain things that you
learn in common, how to do this, how to do
that, but each person is spe-
cial. A good teacher inserts
that specialty into his or her
teaching. That's what makes a
good teacher," said Nerhood.
As a teacher at Whittier for
more than four decades, Ner-
hood inspired students to do
their best. Now, through his
namesake award, teachers are
reminded when they are doing
their best.
THE ROCK FALL 1996
Rochelle DuPlessis, student speaker.
"You leave here with much. What others seek, you are fortunate to possess within."
Graduate Malaika Williams, Whittier's
fourth Rhodes
Scholar.
I RRE VOCABLE TRANSITION
1 317 Whittier students were awarded degrees May 24 in Harris Amphitheater at Whittier's 93rd commencement.
PHOTOS: STEVE BURNS
President Ash.
"After the rituals of today, after the nostalgia, the applause, the tears, and the bittersweet good-byes, Whittier's newly credentialed graduates will enter a new phase of their lives."
President Ash embraces Christine and Marty Malloy,
whose daughter Tara's degree was awarded posthumously.
40 THE ROCK FALL 1996
Dolores (Lautrup) Ball '33, business person, community
leader, trustee with time-honored service to the college.
"For 34 years participated in the governance of a college that is vastly stronger because of her stewardship,"
Harriet Doerr, National Book Award-winning
author.
"Extraordinary literary talents, disproving some of our most stubborn misconceptions about aging and achieving."
Judith Malina, actress, artistic director for The Living
Theatre, Obie award winner.
"Guiding principles of peace and freedom, challenging, inspiring audiences around the world with a potent blend of drama and social activism."
HONORIS CAUSA
President Ash presented four Doctor of Humane Letters degrees to "people whose efforts, in the judgment of the faculty, have contributed sub-stantially toward making a better world."
Al Martinez, newspaper
and television writer,
reporter, author.
"Created ennobling portraits of everyday heroes and inspired us to exemplify the heroic in our own lives."
A Somber Note
A cloud hangs over the memory of the event for the friends and fam-
ilies of Tara R. Malloy, John Merriam, and Jennifer Sanchez-Salazar.
Malloy was to have graduated with the class but died in her sleep
earlier in the month. Merriam, who received a master's degree in
education, died in June of heatstroke while vacationing. Sanchez-
Salazar was seriously injured in a car accident on her way home from
graduation and is recovering.
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President Ash, Carrie
Whittier '99 (John
Greenleaf Whittier's
great-great-great-grand
niece) and campaign
Vice Chair Donald J.
Herrema '74 unveil the
current campaign total.
With more than $31 million already raised,
The Campaign for Whittier College goes public.
By Kristin Trallqllada
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:doiving The
Tr,uIitio,,
With martial music, flying bal-
loons, a nostalgic video pre-
sentation and exhortations
to "make no small plans," a
crowd of 400 Whittier alumni faculty,
students, staff and friends
kicked off the most
ambitious fund-rais-
ing effort in the
college's history
on October 11.
Richard H. Deihl
'49, chair of The Cam-
paign for Whittier College,
formally launched the cam-
paign with the announce-
ment that $31,377,031—
nearly 45 percent of the campaign's
$70-million goal—has already been
raised.
"To have such strong support in the
early stages of this campaign is very en-
couraging," Deihl said. "Now that we
have entered the public phase, I am con-
fident that we will have enthusiastic and
generous support from our alumni and
friends, as well as from others who will
learn about Whittier College
and its unique approach
to education."
The campaign's
theme is "Endow-
ing the Tradition,"
but Deihl noted that
the effort's primary ob-
jective is to end a tradi-
tion—a tradition of financial
instability that at times has
threatened to close the col-
lege's doors. "Whittier has always main-
tained educational quality, but it has
never been a financial success," Deihl
said. "This campaign will guarantee the
health of Whittier College." Continued
EARLY SUCCESS
INCLUDES SIX
ENDOWED CHAIRS
One of the goals of The
Campaign for Whittier
College is the addition of
10 endowed chairs, which
recognize and support the
accomplishments of facul-
ty members. Six of those
chairs have already been
pledged or funded. They
are:
The Genevieve Shaul
Connick Chair in Religion
The Richard and Billie Deihl
Distinguished Chair
The Fletcher Jones Chair
in Molecular Biology or
Genetics
The John A. Murdy Ill Chair
in Business or Economics
The W Roy and Alice
Newsom Chair
The Nadine Austin Wood
Chair in American History
"Now is the time for
you to give back"
—Richard H. Deihl '49, campaign chair
PHOTO AT LEFT BY THEA MAKOW, PHOTOS ABOVE AND ON FOLLOWING PAGE BY PETER ROGERS
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Terms of Endowment Definitions of some campaign concepts
Endowment Funds that are invested so that their earnings
can be used as a permanent and stable source of income for
the college.
Endowed Chair/Endowed Scholarship: A faculty appoint-
ment or student scholarship supported by the interest from
a designated endowment fund.
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The key to that guarantee, said President James L.
Ash, Jr., is increasing Whittier's endowment, which
has historically been lower than those of peer insti-
tutions. "An endowment appropriate to the size and
scope of Whittier College will allow us to preserve
our most cherished traditions—personalized atten-
tion to students, close student-faculty relationships,
and educational opportunity for promising students
from disadvantaged backgrounds."
The campaign also seeks funding for the construc-
tion of a new academic building, expansion of the
Bonnie Bell Wardman Library, and renovation of
Naylor Hall.
Most of the funds raised
during the campaign's
early stage came
from trustees
and others
closest to
the college,
Deihl
noted, but
all alumni
will play a
significant role
in the campaign's
success during the
public phase. "If you be-
lieve the college has had a major
influence on your professional life, now is the
time for you to give back," he told the audi-
ence. "If you met your spouse at Whittier, if
your circle of friends includes college acquain-
tances, if you remember with pleasure your days
as an undergraduate—you have an absolute re-
sponsibility and opportunity to make a major
contribution to this effort."
To request a copy of the campaign video, pro-
duced by James Nash '72, or the campaign case
statement, please contact Robert E. McQuinn, asso-
ciate vice president for advancement, at the Office
of Advancement at (310) 907-4209.
Af MI THE ROCK FALL 1996
"[Increased
endowment]
will allow us
to preserve
our most
cherished
traditions"
—President James L. Ash, Jr.
Capital Project: A project involving construction or reno-
vation of campus facilities. Capital projects
included in The Campaign for
Whittier College include ex-
pansion of the Bonnie
Bell Wardman Library
and construction of
a new academic
building.
Nucleus Fund
Phase: The initial
stage of the capital
campaign, before the
campaign is announced to the
public. During this phase, gifts are
solicited from those closest to the college,
such as trustees and other donors who have previously
given major gifts.
Planned Gift: An option that alows an individual to
transfer an asset in a way that provides substantial finan-
cial benefits to the donor and long-term benefits to the
college. For example, a donor may make a substantial
gift to the college while keeping the income from her
transferred assets to support her in retirement.
Annual Fund: The fund those students call you about each
year. Gifts to the Annual Fund provide vital current-use
support for the college each year. The Annual Fund will
continue throughout The Campaign for Whittier College.
ndowing the Tradition
20s 1928 Edith (Johnson) Morris
celebrated her 90th
birthday in Belmont, Calif.
30s 1933 J. Robert Gibbs and
his wife, Ethel, cele-
brated their 61st wedding an-
niversary on August 4.
Marian (Manley) and C.W. Jobe
taught, traveled throughout Eu-
rope, and now spend their days
reading, playing bridge, and at-
tending Elderhostel activities.
1934 Flossie (Hoffman) Ormsby gives
solo piano and organ perfor-
mances for her church and en-
joys designing clothes.
Richard Philippi has many hob-
bies, travels and tries to "keep a
low profile."
MARRIAGES
Pamela Reinman '81
Angela Miller '92 and
and Michael Winter, Aurelio Galaviz, Jr.,
June 25, 1995. Jan. 6, 1996.
aJL1't to lmt Ralph Rich and his wife enjoy dri-
ving their 1964 Mercedes and
seeing family.
Richard Thomson drives a tram
for a resort and loves it.
Camilla (Vincent) Simmons is
leader of a women's fellowship
and instructor of a writing class
at Quaker Gardens, where she
and her husband, Bill, have lived
for nine years.
Lee M. Whistler and his wife,
Hazel, celebrated their 61st wed-
ding anniversary this year. They
enjoy swimming, bowling, bridge,
and bicycle riding.
V. Richard Youngquist spent part
of the summer in Europe. This
year he will cruise from Montreal
to New York and view the glorious
New England fall colors.
1936 Madeline (Aborn) Paddock re-
cently took a family trip to Alaska.
Helen (Banks) Smith is a grand-
mother and a member of several
clubs.
Lois (Bushby) Morse lives in
Northern California. She enjoys
living next door to her children,
relaxing, reading and crocheting
every day.
Velma (Neely) Tompkins taught
in the Montebello school system
and now lives in San Bernardino.
John Seitz and his wife, Marge,
celebrated their 60th wedding an-
niversary in August.
1937 Betty (Calk) Springer enjoys trav-
eling, boating and lawn bowling.
She also volunteers at her
church.
William Meeker came out of re-
tirement in 1990 to head the
Irish subsidiary of Grover Manu-
facturing Corp. Occasionally he
returns to the U.S. with his wife,
Arlene (Hallin).
Art North celebrated his 56th
wedding anniversary with his
wife, Alice. They are enjoying
good health and the freedom of
an unstructured life.
J. Edward Perry is having a good
time in Laguna Beach, where he
swims daily and lawn bowls. He
remarried in June of 1995.
1938 Margaret (Brewster) Ekholm is
permanently settled in Illinois,
where she and her son pur-
chased a home.
Joyce (Brown) Clark paints for
several galleries on Maui and in
Oregon.
Helen (Crosbie) Stevenson lives
in Canada and has been involved
in education, including the found-
ing of a cooperative school. She
is currently on the board of an
arts school.
Irving Cox, Jr. is completing the
first of what he hopes will be a
trilogy of novels. He also pro-
duces the monthly news letter for
the Chico Meeting of Friends.
A Note to Alumni We welcome your Poet to Poet submissions
and will include them as space permits. Mail the
information to your class agent or to The Rock,
P.O. Box 634, Whittier, CA 90608. You can also
fax it to us at (310) 907-4927, or send it via the
Internet to therock@whittier.edu.
Susan Dye '91 and Bob
Glinsek, in April of
1995.
Paul C. Maestas, Jr.
'91 and Jennifer Kacz-
marek, Oct. 7, 1995.
Mary Mooney '92 and
David Lugo '92, Aug. 5,
1995.
Kristin Belknap '93
and Michael Shore '92,
Dec. 2, 1995.
Hugh Springer spends his time
volunteering at his church and
lawn bowling with the Santa Ana
(Calif.) Lawn Bowls Club.
For news of Gerrie (Wood)
Logue, see 1939 (Art Logue).
John Fobes belongs to Kiwanis
and is a qualified examiner for
Ham Radio.
Virginia (Garreston) Corneliussen
spent her 80th birthday in Europe.
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P u L1, t t u P L1 L1, t Mary Ellen (Millier) and Cadett Barnes are living in Leavenworth, Wash., in a new home that resem-
bles a Swiss mountain chalet.
1939 Bette (Elliot) Jochimsen enjoys visiting her grandson and his big
sister in Denver.
Else (Engel) Moran is still teach-ing piano and performing in the
Whittier area.
Paul Fukushima is semi-retired and enjoys playing golf and watch-
ing his grandchildren play basket-
ball and soccer.
Art Logue and his wife, Gerrie (Wood) '36, divide their time be-tween their homes in Whittier, and
Sunriver, Ore.
Philip Maurer is retired and cele-brated his 50th wedding anniver-
sary. He travels every October.
Lorna (Mclean) Martin has been benefiting from retirement since
1972 by spending her time writing
poetry and short stories for chil-
dren.
Don Morrison and his wife, Ruth, travel three or four months a year
and claim that "life is good when
all one's worries are taken care of
by other professionals."
Lucie (Oldham) Mazzone attended a WWII submarine reunion in Mil-
waukee with her husband.
William Patterson and his wife, Alma, celebrated their 50th wed-
ding anniversary last summer with
a cruise to Alaska.
Bill Ritchey teaches Biblical stud-ies and is active in efforts to de-
feat state Christian Coalition candi-
dates.
Charles Robinson enjoys working and managing his avocado grove.
He still finds the time for several
RV trips during the year.
Ruth (Vail) Axworthy moved to Mt. San Antonio Gardens in
Pomona, where she found a large
contingent of Whittierites.
Mary Jo (Walling) Reid retired from West L.A. College in 1994,
where she was vice president of
academic affairs.
40s 1940 Myrtle (Weber) Holban took a cruise to Mexico
in late 1995 and stays busy with
volunteer work.
1941 M. Geraldine (Bray) Barnsley en-joys painting Christmas cards and
seasonal pictures.
Mildred (Marshall) Burck is active in the League of Women Voters in
Oregon and has done research on
her family history.
Beth (Garfoot) Lumpkin enjoys liv-ing "deep amid the redwoods" in
Felton, Calif. She and her husband,
Don, are active in their church.
Verdna (Herr) Henderson has at-tended Elderhostel programs and
enjoys gardening.
Vi (Lucy) Alexander is a travel agent in Newport Beach, Calif.
Carol (Mead) and Arthur Marshbum are involved in their church and
with volunteer work in Topanga
Canyon, Calif.
Inez (McPherson) Winslow recent-ly traveled to the South Seas with
her husband.
Paula (Nelson) Mathey moved to
Mission Viejo, Calif., but continues
to spend two to three months a
year in Hawaii.
Clarence "Clay" Pearson is hoping to travel to Europe this year. He
keeps active in the Whittier Com-
mandry.
Betty (Timberlake) Paldanius trav-els and collects classic glassware.
For news of Arnold Post, see 1943 (Miriam Nordahi Post).
Jane E. (Tregay) and William F.
Lion spent two weeks in Italy and have met President and
Mrs. Clinton.
Ellen (Welsh) Tufts is taking classes offered by the University
of Oregon.
1942 Jean (Crossan) Clapperton vaca-tioned for two weeks in Hawaii with
Beth (Holman) and George Curtis.
Regina V. Phelan wrote The Con-quered Province. Published this year, it is a character-filled story of
the battles between the U.S. and
Mexico for California.
1943 Ruth (Armentrout) Hain is retired and spends her time volunteering,
which earned her the title of Gar-
den Grove's (Calif.) "Woman of the
Year." She has also been traveling,
with Argentina as a popular desti-
nation.
Dean (Dice) Thompson recently moved to Issaquah, Wash.
Frances (Jones) Timberlake is en-joying life in Orgeon and has been
busy with church activities.
Mary (King) Flint has been mar-ried for more than 50 years and
has traveled around the U.S.
Miriam (Nordahl) Post retired from teaching and is active in her church.
She is married to Arnold Post '41.
Ed Patterson met his daughter, Linda '68 and her husband, Willis lennertz '57, to fly to Vancouver for a cruise.
1946 John Arcadi retired from active medical practice but continues to
develop a new drug for the treat-
ment of prostate cancer.
Ema (Hughes) Dohallow retired from teaching and traveled to Russia.
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Alberta (Smitheram) Bourne lives in Oklahoma.
John R. Spitler is semi-retired, keeping busy painting and serving
as chaplain at Kingsley Manor in
Hollywood.
1951 Barbara (Bolton) and James Jones celebrated James' 70th birthday
with a surprise party, where 50 of
his friends showed up to "roast"
him and wish him a happy birthday.
Kepner-Tregoe, Inc., a manage-
ment consulting firm co-founded by
Benjamin Tregoe, has been sold to an internal group of leaders and
investors. Tregoe, a Whittier Col-
lege trustee, will remain as chair-
man emeritus and a partner.
Joanne (Craun) and Clem Cochran
'50 enjoyed a paddle boat cruise from St. Paul to St. Louis in June.
Louise (Easton) Jones is retired
from teaching and does some
work with Habitat for Humanity in
Guatemala.
And When I was 73, I Learned to Fly a Plane...
A group of alumni from the 1940s
gathered in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., in
May for a mini-reunion. Assembled from
around the country, the participants en-
joyed a week's worth of activities, includ-
ing a presentation by Bill Eichelberger '43
on how he got his pilot's license when he
was 73.
After a lifetime of fascination with
aviation, Eichelberger married in 1989
and was surprised to discover that his
new wife had a pilot's license and owned
her own airplane. Encouraged by the
proximity of an available plane, Eichel-
berger began practicing with his comput-
er flight simulator using realistic controls.
After mastering the flight simulator,
Eichelberger flew with friends who let him
handle the controls once in flight. With
some additional encouragement from
those friends and family, he decided that
he was through with the simulator and
would get his own pilot's license.
Eichelberger took two flying lessons
a week and studied the written material
Bill Eichelberger '43 speaks of the
freedom of flight.
for his test. Although he initially had trou-
ble landing, he eventually mastered the
difficult process and started logging in
enough solo flying hours to qualify for a li-
cense. On October 13, 1995, he took his
FAA check test and passed.
Since then, Eichelberger has taken
his family and friends on flights around
the country, enjoying the freedom of flight
and hoping eventually to join the Octoge-
narians Flying Club.
1948 Dorothy (Batsford) Josten lives at Royal Oaks Manor in Duarte, Calif.
Charles Dinneen spends half his
time in Montebello, and the other
half in a suburb of Victorville, Calif.
Henry "Hank" Font spends his time golfing, sailing and doing vol-
unteer community service.
Marjorie (Frank) Gallard visited Dorothy (Simkin) Zahner while at-tending Elderhostels in Arizona.
Joyanne (Hull) Elkinton enjoyed an Elderhostel trip to the San Juan Is-
lands, Puget Sound.
Ruth (Newman) Wheeler retired
from teaching and is active in her
church and the Montebello
Woman's Club.
Ralph C. Nichols celebrated 50
years of marriage to Mary Belle (Coleman) '50 in 1994. He had a heart attack in 1995, but is doing
well.
Norma (Pruner) DeMart is active in three gardening clubs and is
very busy with volunteer activities.
Robert Shell is retired and travels.
Myrtle (Weber) Holban took a cruise to Mexico and has been
busy with volunteer work.
50s 1950 For news of Clem Cochran, see 1951
(Joanne Craun Cochran).
For news of Mary Belle (Coleman)
Nichols, see 1948 (Ralph C. Nichols).
1953 Flo (Albarian) Morrison has "dis-covered the pleasures of being
waited on hand and foot while
cruising."
Gladys Bennet is practicing gener-al medicine and psychiatry from
her home in Alameda, Calif.
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P u L1, t to P o L2 t Georgiana (Bissell) McLeod was recently in Vietnam, Laos, and
Kunming, China, to develop sister
city relationships with Newport
Beach, Calif.
Georgia (Brown) and Ben Granger have been at Colorado State Uni-
versity for the past four years. He
is director of the school of social
work; she is director of the Human-
Animal Bond in Colorado.
Art Cheverton is semi-retired from the real estate business and now
enjoys cross country antique car
racing. His wife, Venda (Stephenson) '64, is active in the Sweet Ade-lines as a director, singer and
arranger.
Betty (Cooper) Sharp and her hus-band retired to Falibrook, Calif.,
and their hobbies include tole
painting, woodworking, and church
activities.
Richard England is vice president of investments at A.G. Edwards &
Sons.
Helen (Fiondella) Swindt is gener-al manager of a forensic engineer-
ing firm, active on the board of Ac-
tors Theatre, and involved with
charity fund-raisers.
Mary (Hundley) Souch is retired in Vancouver, Canada.
Elizabeth (Johnson) and Donald Smith are both retired from teach-ing and spend their time traveling
to visit their children.
For news of Jack Killian, see 1954 (Ray McMullen).
Jared Tucker was ordained a dea-con in the Episcopal Church in
1995 and serves as a chaplain at
Martin Luther King Hospital.
Marilyn (Votaw) Dickey retired after 24 years as a kindergarten,
first and second grade teacher.
1954 Clara (Carpenter) Morgan is a re-tired teacher and enjoys her adult
education classes in oil painting,
computers, Bible studies and
Spanish.
Alice (Carpenter) Spivey is enjoy-ing life in Rescue, Calif., where
she has developed a knack for
hacking weeds, both around her
five-acre parcel and on the golf
course.
Donna (Fratt) Morton is in her 42nd year of teaching kindergarten
in the El Rancho School District in
Pico Rivera, Calif. and has found a
new hobby in genealogy.
Pat (Goodhue) and Cliff Neilson '55 are enjoying life in Colorado after
spending 15 years in Wyoming.
Cliff has retired from the practice
of law, enabling Pat to retire from
the legal secretarial field.
Beverly (Kohn) and Anthony Pierno find themselves commuting regu-
larly to California because of
Tony's company, his work as presi-
dent of the Whittier College Board
of Trustees, and family.
Phillis (Lee) Swinnerton is current-ly serving on the Morongo (Calif.)
Unified School Board, volunteering
for the American Cancer Society,
and is active in Soroptimist Inter-
national and the Republican
Women's Federation.
Ray McMullen retired from educa-tion and joined a management
consulting company organized by
Jack Killian '53.
Sally (Scott) Feistel is an after-noon tea consultant and gives pre-
sentations on how to serve a prop-
er tea.
Louis Vogt continues to keep a yacht in San Diego but spends
most of his time in Palm Desert,
enjoying biking and golfing.
1955 For news of Cliff Neilson, see 1954 (Pat Goodhue Neilson).
1956 Priscilla (Craig) Osborn has re-tired after teaching in East Whittier
for almost 25 years.
Patricia (Given) Merchant retired from the Montebello Unified
School District after 30 years. She
is an active member of the Delta
Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa
Gamma Society.
Lorraine (Huck) Stair is an admin-istrative assistant at the New
Canaan Historical Society and she
assists her husband, Pete, with
his Internet consulting business.
John McNichols has retired form the Montebello Unified School Dis-
trict after serving in numerous po-
sitions over the past 37 years. He
is currently representing the Herif
Jones Company.
For news of James Michaelson, see 1957 (Meta Mitchell Michael-
son).
Ray Mooshagian is enjoying retire-ment and follows the Fresno City
College football team, where his
son Steve is head coach.
Carl Palmer is in the process of de-veloping a low cost purification de-
vice for Global Water Technology that
will be sold in the foreign market.
Hildy (Pehrson) Soule is retired form elementary teaching and is
now teaching adult education and
volunteering in a computer lab.
She is continuing her study of the
Spanish language and Mexican
history.
Robert Peters who is semi-retired and in his "new life," was recently
married.
Lucinda (Powell) Morgan and her husband bought a new home in
Broomfield, Cob.
1957 Meta (Mitchell) and James Michaelson '56 recently toured Scandinavia with Virginia (Jacobson) and Curt Herd.
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1959 Guy Weddington McCreary is a general managing partner at Wed-
dington Investment Partnership
and is very involved in the Holly-
wood community as a historian,
activist and fund-raiser.
For news of Thomas H. Winegar, see 1960 (Marilyn Collins Winegar).
60s 1960 James F. Allen, Jr. re-tired from the depart-
ment of defense and is director of
officials for major league soccer.
Sue (Boone) Miller is teaching and served as chair of the negoti-
ating team for high school district
teachers. Her husband, Jon, is the president of the South Bay Board
of Realtors.
Sharon (Bromley) Stephens volun-teers and enjoys retirement.
Marilyn (Collins) Winegar retired as administrative assistant in the
Hacienda—La Puente Unified
School district. Her husband,
Thomas H. Winegar 159, retired from teaching after 36 years at the
same school.
Dagne (Edmondson) Sharts re-cently went on a cruise.
Lesley (Green) Huffaker received a doctorate in special education in
1995.
Bill Kelley manages two trade as-sociations out of Washington, D.C.
Marilyn (Jimerson) Anderson sells homes for a construction company
and gave an operatic concert with
Daniel Hendrick.
Penny (Horvath) Paulus was se-lected as "Citizen of the Year" in
Glendora, Calif.
Joan Lansdowne-Hooks is a pupil services and attendance counselor
in the Los Angeles Unified School
District.
Jim McAllister teaches auto shop and is assistant football coach at
Trebuco Hills (Calif.) High School.
Jan (McClure) Guthrie studied children's literature on a tour of
England, Scotland and Wales in
the summer of 1995.
Nancy (Schwartz) Reid is active as accompanist to various regional
choirs.
Douglas Shamberger retired in July from Yuba Community College after
28 years as librarian and director
of library and media services.
Carolyn (Shigetomi) Uyeda has traveled to Germany with other
Whittier College alumnae.
Geraldine (Simone) Carleton is re-tired in California, busy with volun-
teer work and golf.
Loystene (Stewart) Stonebrook retired in 1981 and has traveled to
every state since.
Kazuko (Suzuki) Sugisaki pub-lished an English translation of
writings by Japanese author
Kanoko Okamoto.
Martha (Yocum) White lives in the mountains of Colorado and does
some interim ministry in Friends
Churches.
1962 Delon Chetkovich is a deputy pro-bation officer for Los Angeles
County and is interested in Italian
racing bikes.
Sandra (Steele) Butzel recently celebrated her son's wedding, fea-
turing singing by Christine (Reel) Nelson '72 and a visit from Whitti-er College professor of sociology
Les Howard 162.
1963 Janet Henke is mayor of the City of Whittier.
1964 For news of Venda (Stephenson) Cheverton, see 1953 (Art Cheverton).
1966 Joan (Arlen) Merrill is coordinator of volunteers and American Heart
Association affiliate facility director.
Bettye L. (Compton) Hayes is re-tired from teaching and travels the
world with her husband.
Renee (Cormany) White teaches first grade and Readsign Recovery.
Cecelia (Cronkright) Osborn is lit-eracy curriculum leader for the
Long Beach Unified School District.
Bob Curran owns a commerical/ real estate development and bro-
kerage
rokerage company. His son, Jeremy,
is a senior at Whittier.
Karen (Grais) Meyer is a licensed clinical social worker in private
practice.
Cheryl (Mattoon) Snowdon is a consultant to school districts and
her husband, Rod, works for DPI Labs.
Sandra L. (Perry) Hales is busy raising her large family and work-
ing a few days a week in her hus-
band's law office.
Sheri (Scott) Workman teaches physical fitness at two community
colleges.
Jon Straatemeier retired from building contracting to open Stellar
Gymnastics Academy, which is cur-
rently training 325 children.
Richard Wulfsberg has been prac-ticing internal medicine since 1974
and travels to France twice yearly.
1967 Susan (Elliott) Harvey, executive director of the West Covina, Calif.
Chamber of Commerce, was hon-
ored as a "1996 Woman of
Achievement" by the San Gabriel Valley YWCA.
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P L1, t t o P u L1, t Ann (Hansen) Cover is an activity
coordinator for senior citizens.
1968 Richard Gilchrist is a Whither Col-
lege trustee and founding member
of CommonWealth Partners, a real
estate company.
Christopher Hunt is principal in
the Garvey School District and as-
sistant professor at California
State University Los Angeles.
70s 1970 Nancy (Alexander)
Piedlow is director of
Alhambra (Calif.) Methodist Coop-
erative Preschool.
Carla Clark-Hutchins started a
non-profit agency that teaches self-
esteem, responsibility and civic
pride.
1971 For news of Don Uyeshima, see
1972 (Colleen Kilgore Uyeshima).
Don Q. Washington is deputy min-
ister-counselor for public affairs for
the U.S. embassy in Seoul, Korea.
1972 Stephanie "Stevie" (Ainoa) and
Willie Allen celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary in June. Their
daughter, Jamila, is currently at-
tending Whither College.
Leigh Akins is principal of San
Leandro High School.
Richard Bleuze is a real estate
broker in the San Gabriel Valley.
Fred Cannon is vice president for
government relations at BMI.
Joe Chang has family in Canada
but spends most of his time in the
Far East as deputy regional direc-
tor of Horvath International.
Suzy (Cochran) Moore is a mentor
teacher and is involved in distance
learning, a project that helps non-
traditional students have access
to educational services.
Jennifer (Coupland) Goodwin does
weekly volunteer work at a local
animal shelter, works part-time as
a senior clinical laboratory technol-
ogist, and travels when she can.
Lee R. Gardner has been involved
with various public legal aid profes-
sions and is currently administra-
tor for a private law firm.
Gary K. Gray is a mental health
associate and collects sports
memorabilia.
Donald E. Glass moved his law of-
fices to Irvine, Calif., where he
practices real estate law.
Nancy (Golden) Toms works for
Franklin/Templeton Mutual Funds,
has three children, and has fun
watching youth sports.
Susan Hardenbrook is an artist.
Christina Hart is a budget analyst
for the U.S. government.
Laurielynn (Jackson) Barnett-
Keano continues to volunteer at
her children's school and is a
buyer's agent in real estate.
Frances (Jennings) Aleshire is di-
rector of a leadership training pro-
gram that has trained more than
270 people for leadership posi-
tions in North San Diego County.
Colleen (Kilgore) Uyeshima teach-
es kindergarten in Chino Hills,
Calif. She is married to Don
Uyeshima '71, who is head track
coach at Ayala High School.
Patrick Lee manages the regional
body charged with acquiring parks
in the Portland metropolitan area.
Chris Ling is a self-employed finan-
cial services broker.
Bill Mason is director of podiactric
services for the California Depart-
ment of Developmental Services in
Sonoma County.
Art Pansing is an attorney empha-
sizing real estate, business law,
and commercial litigation.
1973 Sharon (Landers) Ramirez teaches
first grade and traveled to Europe
to participate in the 50th anniver-
sary of the end of World War II.
Debby Samarin has taught in the
public schools for 23 years.
Jacqueline (Schafer) Osborne is
managing editor of a publishing
company.
Stan Smith is listed in Who's Who
Among America's Teachers for Hu-
manities.
Janelle Stueck is manager of fed-
eral and state funded education
and training programs.
Martha (Turner) Piroutek teaches
and does volunteer work for the
Brea (Calif.) School District.
Diana Watkins is a sociology and
computer professor at a college in
Arkansas.
Jay Westfall has been with Sony
Corporation for 12 years. Much of
his time is spent in Japan.
Suzanne (Wood) Thorson is food
service director for the school dis-
trict in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
1974 Richard Smith has moved to Den-
ver and is regional center manager
for Kemper Select Accounts.
1977 Arlene Baraberia was featured in
an article on her kindergarten
teaching in the Whittier Daily
News.
For news of Joseph Fletcher, see
1978 (Rebecca Valero Fletcher).
Frank Pombar is a squadron com-
mander with the U.S. Air Force.
THE ROCK FALL 1996
1978 Drew Amdahl works in the telecommunications business. He
lives in the Seattle area and en-
joys the rain.
Steve Clark is a teacher and head football coach at Calvary Chapel
High School in Downey, Calif.
Gloria (Fukuda) Onishi is an ad-ministrative officer at the Universi-
ty of Hawaii.
Judy (Kidd) Patel has been a men-tor teacher for three years and was
nominated for "Teacher of the Year."
Susy (Lenhardt) Norris lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Catherine (Pirtle) Stewart is an in-dustrial hygienist and has three
children. She lives in New York.
Scot Sauder is vice president for legal affairs, secretary and general
counsel for Horizon/CMS Health-
care Corporation.
Mary Jane (Seymour) De la Peña assists her children with their act-
ing careers.
Rebecca (Valero) Fletcher is very involved with her local Girl Scouts
Council. Her husband, Joseph
Fletcher '77, is city attorney for Burbank, Calif.
1979 Maryann (Courtois) Horsley com-pleted her master's degree and
her teaching certification in 1994.
She lives in Seattle, teaching third
grade.
80s 1980 For news of Ron Arias, see 1981 (Arrie Torres
Arias).
Donald Fraser works in a special education classroom in the Los An-
geles Unified School District.
1981 Steve Ares works as a financial planner. He is married and has
two children.
Fernanda Armenta-Schmitt has her doctorate in clinical psychology
and teaches multi-cultural counsel-
ing at various universities.
John P. Carlson is a registered nurse and enjoys skiing, hiking
and scuba diving.
Sharon (Carth) Camarillo is chief, technical branch, employee plans
and exempt organizations division,
for the Western region of the Inter-
nal Revenue Service.
Javier Chaves works for Xerox. He is married and has two sons.
Michele (Finn) Aguilera received her master's degree in 1983 and
teaches learning-challenged chil-
dren in Los Angeles.
Susan Hathaway does word pro-cessing for a law firm in Los Ange-
les and is on the board of direc-
tors of the Ronald Lee Baxter
Transplant Fund. Baxter also grad-
uated from Whittier in 1981.
Vicki (Kempton) Resendez is cor-porate accounting manager for Sec-
omerica, Inc. She has two children.
Lori (Lunceford) Wolter lives in Kelseyville, Calif. She stays busy
with church activities, volunteering
at her children's school, and trav-
eling.
Brenda (Padilla) Williams has
taught at Norwalk (Calif.) High
School for 11 years.
Susan Ann (Reinwald) Cooper is a kindergarten teacher in a private
school. Her husband, Scott '82, is an MIS director for a furniture con-
sulting business. They have two
daughters.
Lori (Sieracki) Wartenberg recent-ly visited her husband's family in
Denmark.
Arrie (Torres) Arias is a second-grade teacher. Her husband, Ron '79, is contracts manager for
Hughes Aircraft. They have three
children.
THE R
1982 Raul Armendariz has his own tax consulting business and has of-
fices in Montebello, Calif.
For news of Scott Cooper, see 1981 (Susan Ann Reinwald Cooper).
John P. Fischbach has moved to Calgary, Alberta Canada, and
works for the National History and
Science Museum. He does ex-
hibits for children and produces
plays for the museum's theater.
Elisabeth Graham is in her third year as stage manager and work-
shop instructor for Disneyland
Guest Talent Development. She
also directed "Holiday" for the Van-
guard Theatre Ensemble.
Molly (Hartman) Knox left the medical field and is now account
executive for an FM radio station
in Newport Beach, Calif.
Janine Kort-Carraway works for a clothing manufacturer and is office
manager for her husband's fire-
proofing material company.
Carole Macaulay is a pediatrician in Whittier.
Stephen "Arpie" Marcos lives in New Jersey, where he owns two
coffee roasteries and cafés.
Keith Meastas lives in Capisrano Beach, Calif., and has one son.
Raymond Miranda attended the UCSD School of Medicine and is
currently a pediatric energency
room M.D. in Fresno, Calif.
Don Nelson has two daughters and lives in Nevada.
Kiyoko (Ohkubo) Newsham lives in Tokyo and is an investor rela-
tions consultant.
Larry Rohifing is practicing law in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. He has
three children.
Analyn Rollan is nurse manager at USC's AIDS clinical trials unit.
C FALL 1996 40
u L1, t t o [U L1, 1 Jeff Shultz has joined a private practice cardiology group but will continue to handle complex cases at the University of Minnesota.
Phyllis M. Smith is area adminis-trator of Nepenthean Homes Fos-ter Family in Sacramento, Calif.
Roch Spalka is living in northern Nevada. He works for General Motors.
Lilly Vasquez has been with Price Wa-terhouse for 10 years. She is a man-ager in the accounting department.
1983 Alison (Hawley) Pigott is principal of Murphy Ranch School in Whittier.
1984 Laurie (Juvinall) Reinhart is senior human resources analyst for the Orange County Fire Authority. She is married and has two children.
1985 Jennifer Campbell has joined the law firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP.
Julie Ann (Hogan) Traxier is owner and operator of Tender Years Preschool in Chino Hills, Calif.
Jerry Thomas opened his own search firm in 1994, Premier Re-sources.
Michael Whitaker is accounting manager for Computer Sciences Corporation. He is married and has four children.
Jim Waddell works for Union Bank and the Orange County Fire Authori-ty. He is married and has one son.
Karen Zisko lives in Los Angeles and is conference manager for a trade show owner and magazine publishing company.
1986 Dan Downs finished medical school and is currently chief resi-dent of the internal medicine pro-gram at Metropolitan State Hospi-tal in Norwalk, Calif.
Nancy (Garrett) Dietz is adminis-trator of the loss prevention de-partment for Waldenbooks.
Tera Lee (Gemmil) Mugrage runs an Internet web design business with her husband.
Ron Hicks is finishing his residen-cy in family medicine.
1987 Pamela Lee is a teacher in Whittier.
Brian A. Macaulay is director of the emergency department at Norwe-gian American Hospital in Chicago.
1988 Jennifer Berkley has earned her Ph.D. in English from the Clare-mont Graduate School.
Charles Brady is a sergeant in the U.S. Marines.
Lisa (Burnett) Hays is a seventh-grade world history teacher in Grand Terrace, Calif.
Renee Kiund was nominated to be in Who's Who Among American Teachers by a former student.
Anthony MacAllister is a graphic designer for Trader Joe's.
1989 Adrian Sales graduated from Iowa State College of Veterinary Medi-cine in 1995.
90s 1990 Marlene (Garcia) Zamo-ra obtained her real es-
tate license in April of 1996.
Todd Krajewski works for Allied Signal as a chemist.
Karl Krenz is a manager at Circuit City.
Kristine (Swanson) Wolfer gradu-ated from Loma Linda University with a master's of science in speech and language pathology in 1994.
Jennifer (Turner) Kaczor received her M.A. in 1993. She lives in Indi-ana with her husband and three children.
Rick Younger is branch manager of Crawford & Co.
1991 Susan (Dye) Glinsek is manager for a home improvement company and bought a house.
Arda Eksigian is working full-time
and pursuing an M.B.A. at Reller School of Management.
Christopher Heriza is a co-owner of a wholesale lacrosse equipment company and retail store.
Darrell Nabers teaches sixth—grade social studies at Fonville Middle School in Houston, Texas. He is also the school's head basketball coach.
David Nixon is in his second year of graduate school at the Universi-ty of Wisconsin, Madison, pursuing a master's in finance and invest-ments.
Paul C. Maestas, Jr. teaches sci-ence at Horizon High School and coaches soccer.
Edmond Owings, Ill is an intern-volunteer in the acquired brain in-jury department of Moore Center Services.
Philip Reiff is working and traveling for BZW Global Investors, the in-vestment banking arm of Barclays Bank of the U.K.
Scott Rothenberg just completed his first year of the M.B.A. program at Berkeley's Haas School of Busi-ness. He spent part of the sum-mer at Microsoft in Seattle as a product planner in the international marketing department.
1992 David Aguilar, Jr. is manager of a GTE Phone Mart in Oxnard, Calif.
THE ROCK FA LL 1996
BIRTHS
To Christine and Douglas Perez '70, a
son, Michael Richard, on June 20, 1994.
To Eileen and Jim Walton '73, a daugh-
ter, Colleen Regina, on July 23, 1994.
To Gloria (Fukuda) Ouishi '78, a daugh-
ter, Sarah, on Jan. 18, 1996.
To Susy (Lenhardt) Norris '78, a daugh-
ter, Emily Grace, on Aug. 11, 1995.
To Linda and Philip Woodworth '78, a
daughter, Amanda, on March 19, 1995.
To Ami and Daryl Yokoch '78, a son,
Archer, on Dec. 14, 1995.
To Pamela (Reinman) '81 and Michael
Winter, a daughter, Katherine Jewelle, on
April 26, 1996.
To Brenda and Luis Camarena '84, a
son, Joshua, on Nov. 13, 1995.
To Tammy and Duane Lindberg '84, a
daughter, Brianna, on Nov. 27, 1995.
To Ellen (Feldman) Singer '84, a son,
Scott Stanley, on Feb. 25, 1996.
To Theresa (Cooley) Viergutz '85, a son,
Michael Allen, on Dec. 21, 1995.
To Julie Ernst '85, a daughter, Corinne
Elizabeth Oswood, on Feb. 1, 1996.
To Cynthia (Hedges) '85 and Troy
Greenup '84, a son, Cohn Patrick, on
Jan. 29, 1996.
To Betsy and Michael Wood '85, a
daughter, Emily Erin, on March 17, 1996.
To Laurie (Barrett) '86 and Gary Benson
'84, a daughter, Laurel Rose, on May 29,
1996.
To Jean-Marc '86 and Susan (So) Fix
'86, a daughter, Valerie Isabelle, on Feb.
1, 1996.
To Karen (Morales) McGauley '87, a
daughter, Katherine Nicole, on Oct. 28,
1995.
To Kristine Jacobs '87 and Chris Schoe-
mann '87, a daughter, Madeline, on May
27, 1996.
To Pamela (Hill) '89 and Tarjei Park, a
son, Benjamin Christian Bertrand, on
March 7, 1996.
To Stacyann (Peppier) '91 and Brian
Gray '88, a son, Austin, on August 6,
1996.
To Jeffrey '92 and Michele (Karchesy)
Laiblin '93, a daughter, Alexandra Kaye,
on May 17, 1996.
To Arleen and Larry Redman '92, a son,
Lawrence Gregory Jr., on April 11, 1996.
To Angela and Shawn P. Reilly '92, a
son, Chandler Scot, on Dec. 22, 1996.
To Renee and Matthew Zender '92, a
son, Zachary Danforth, on Dec. 6, 1995.
Lydia Banuelos graduated from Tufts School of Medicine in May
1996 and will begin her residency
in ophthalmology at Martin Luther
King/Charles R. Drew Medical
Center in July 1997.
Elana Bear received her master's degree in physical therapy and is
now working at Children's Hospital
in Los Angeles.
Kimberly Blum teaches second
grade in Compton, Calif., with a
program called Teach for America,
which focuses on underprivileged
children in under-resourced and
teacher-shortage areas.
Juliette (BIye) Bleecker and her husband, Perry, live in Garrison,
N.Y. She is the staff gerontologist
at Peekskill Area Health Center in
New York.
Leslie (Boyce) Embrey is a chemist for an environmental firm.
She and her husband, Larry '93,
just bought a house. Larry is work-
ing in a telecommunications firm
as a rate analyst.
Berto Cerasi is pursuing his mas-ter's degree in physical education
at Hofstra University.
Lani Chang received her teaching credential from Whittier College in
1995 and teaches A.P. Spanish at
Palmdale High School.
Floyd and Sheri (Hansmeier) Cheung
moved to Massachusetts, where
Sheri began her residency in inter-
nal medicine and pediatrics at
Baystate Medical Center. Floyd is
completing his doctorate at Tulane
Medical School.
Richard Christman is completing his M.B.A. at the University of San
Francisco with a tentative gradua-
tion date of May 1997.
Erica (Christopherson) Mounts and her husband, J.R., have
bought a house in Mableton, Ga.
Theresa Covello is a screenwriter for Fox Television.
Scott Dalton passed the Virginia bar exam in October 1995 and is
an attorney for the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
Jerry "Jed" A. Davis Jr. opened his own photography business in 1995.
Gina DiCrocco is in her second year of graduate school at Auburn
University, majoring in biomechan-
ics. She is also a graduate assis-
tant athletic trainer at Auburn.
Tammy (Dietrich) and James
"Skeeter" Westerberg recently
celebrated their second wedding
anniversary. Tammy has finished
her first year of law school and
James is working on his master's
degree in public administration.
Steven Edwards is taking classes toward a psychology master's de-
gree at the University of California
at Irvine.
THE ROCK FALL 1996
P u L1, t tu P u n t Kathryn (Engel) Kelleher is an ed-ucational consultant with Discov-ery toys.
Christine Erickson is teaching art and creating the yearbook at Pio-neer High School in Whither for the
fourth year.
Alison (Erler) deGeus returned to work this summer at the horseback camp in Healdsburg, Calif., where she first met her husband in 1991.
Tim Farrell spent a year in Seoul, South Korea, teaching English to Korean grammar school students. He is now in Venezuela, learning
Spanish and living with a Venezue-lan family.
Géza Fekete is a licensed phar-macist.
Mallory Fisher is working full time in Eugene, while attending sum-
mer classes at the University of Oregon.
Kierie Hassmann is teaching kindergarten and first grade in La-guna Hills, Calif. She finished her CLAD credential last December and her clear credential this May.
Jeff Henderson returned to Whittier in June 1996 as project manager for the Environmental Justice Re-search Grant recently awarded to
Whittier College.
Laura (Holmes) Miller plans to move to the Washington state area.
Kathleen Householder graduated from USC with a master's degree in social work.
Christina Hulcy is attending San Diego State University's master's program in physical education, with an emphasis in athletic training.
Stefanie Hult is a retail manager and buyer. She has been singing with Chorale Bel Canto since grad-uation and plans to move to Holly-wood soon.
Melanie Jarvis has taught bilingual Spanish kindergarten at Wilkerson Elementary School in El Monte, Calif., for the past three years.
Deborah (Jones) Stinson is work-
ing at home and caring for her son.
Haatsari H. Kagurabadza works for Information Management Asso-ciates in Irvine, Calif.
Richard Kim teaches driver's edu-cation and and physical education. He recently coached the football team to their first CIF championship.
Darra (London) Wray is adminis-
trative assistant to the CFO at Oc-cidental College.
David Mashaal is attending Loyola University, working toward his MBA.
David McGrath is pursuing an M.B.A. at Vanderbilt University.
Dave McKeon relocated from Nashville to Los Angeles.
Linda Mellano teaches third grade at West Whittier Elementary School.
Angela (Miller) Galaviz is a speech-language pathologist with preschool children in the Whittier area.
Mary (Mooney) Lugo and her hus-band, David, live in Pasadena. Mary is a teacher at Pacific Oaks Children's School.
Desma Murphy is in her third year of graduate studies in design at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Heather Nabours is a physical therapist in Baltimore.
Dan Napier works for Mazda Motor of America as a parts testing spe-cialist.
Diane (Nuño) Gomez is a social worker for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Aldo Parral teaches at Theodore Roosevelt High School and coach-es the varsity football team.
Elizabeth Pelton teaches at Pacific Oaks Children's School in Pasade-na, Calif., and is working toward her master's in early childhood ed-ucation at Pacific Oaks College.
Kimberly (Pool) Hamilton is a free-lance illustrator and aquatics direc-tor.
Stephen Poreda is celebrating the birth of his daughter and success of his business, Infinity Inc.
Jeff Pulcipher is working on his MBA at the University of Colorado at Denver.
Christina Purcell is soprano sec-tion leader and soloist at First Friends Church.
Nichole Quesnel teaches sixth-grade in Moreno Valley, Calif.
Larry Redman coaches football and is a produce buyer for the Kroger Co.
Molly (Roberts) Kitsmiller is studying to be a physical therapist and enjoying Colorado.
Karron (Ruosch) LeGarie has grad-uated from UCSF medical school.
Jonelle (Ruyle) Warnock is an English teacher, yearbook advisor, and student council advisor at West Junior High in Idaho.
Shannon Sean Tannehill is staff geologist with Camp Dresser & McKee, an environmental engi-neering firm.
Ron Tucker spends his time writ-ing poetry, practicing archery, read-ing and working with his computer.
Deborah Wells is a professor at Palomar College.
Jacqui Wong is an accountant in Beverly Hills and is taking classes to be a CPA.
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Isabel Ziegler is an account exec-
utive at the Seattle Weekly.
1993 Julie Corsentino received her M.A.
in social work at USC in 1995.
Aaron and Ellen (Delacey)
Hathaway '94 moved to North
Carolina, where Aaron has begun
his graduate work at the UNC,
Chapel Hill, and Ellen works for
Duke University Law School.
Josh du Lac is pop music writer
for the Sacramento Bee. He has
interviewed Yoko Ono, Rick James
and Raffi.
For news of Larry Embrey, see
Leslie (Boyle) Embrey '92.
Cheryl Fiedler teaches special
education to orthopedically handi-
capped students in the Los
Angeles Unified School District.
Jennifer Johnson lives in Japan,
where she teaches English as a for-
eign language to junior high school
students. She is planning on return-
ing to the U.S. next August.
Killeen (Johnson) Higbee and her
husband, Glenn, have settled into
Navy housing in Washington.
Frederick Luchycky is attending
Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho,
studying interior design.
Chris Martin is in a J.D./M.B.A.
program at Boston University and
will graduate in May 1997.
Tricia Mayer is a computer sup-
port specialist for McKinsey and
Co., Inc.
Natalie Nevin is a speech-language
pathologist, providing services to
the developmentally disabled.
Pam (Owens) Cozzi is a marketing
assistant for a division of Interna-
tional Paper.
Larry Owens returned in December
1995 from Nepal where he worked
in a fishery extension as a Peace
Corps volunteer.
Sarah Plantenberg works in the
corporate real estate department
of Consolidated Freightways, Inc.
Raymond Perez says that life will
never be the same since he
bought his Harley-Davidson motor-
cycle.
Michael Poutre is a financial con-
sultant for Smith Barney Inc.
Tammi (Rogers) and Doug Van
Horn have moved to St. Lo so
Doug can attend Washington Uni-
versity in pursuit of his master's
degree. Tammi is executive assis-
tant to the president of a sports
card company.
Phil Roybal is a G.I.S. specialist in
Covina, Calif. He was an Olympic
torch bearer in April.
Martin Stuart is pursuing a ca-
reer seeking justice for the op-
pressed."
ppressed."
Kendall Todd works in the interna-
tional marketing department at
Life Scan, a Johnson & Johnson
company.
Shanta Yocum works for the Dex-
ter Corporation, where she was an
intern while at Whittier.
Where the Streets Have No Names...
Being able to drive on land
and water has its advantages. Just
ask Dennis Welch '68, owner of an
Amphicar, a German-made am-
phibious automobile. Built in 1964
and restored by Welch, the vehicle
is an unusual sight on land or sea
but, in this photo, the really unusu-
al aspect is the pilot: President
Ash. While visiting in Seattle, Ash
took the Amphicar out for a spin,
along with Welch (center) and
Rafael Chabrãn, associate profes-
sor of foreign languages.
THE ROCK FALL 1996
PuLl'ttu PuLl-t
Jennifer Young is a graduate stu-dent at Tulane University in New Orleans.
1994 Tim Biby is selling insurance and financial planning.
Dustin Brunson is the owner and manager of Dusty's Nursery and Company.
For new of Ellen (Delacey) Hathaway, see 1993 (Aaron
Hathaway).
Dana Damiani is a screenwriter with three completed scripts and one scheduled for production.
Tammie (Evans) Kutsor is working toward expanding her company, TMK Enterprises, and enjoying her daughter, Alexandra.
Jessica Foley moved to San Fran-cisco, where she is in medical school studying anesthesiology. She is also a part-time private in-vestigator.
Alberto Herrera teaches two Span-ish courses at Whittier College, is
married, and sings with Corale Bel Canto.
Greg Honig is studying at Gonzaga University School of Law. He will receive his master's in psychology in 1998, and a J.D. in 1997.
Kate Innes recently became the promotion director at KTCL Radio
(FM 93.3) in Denver.
Melissa Leuenberger is in her first
year of a Ph.D. program in bio-chemistry at the University of Cali-fornia at Riverside.
David Lowrey was promoted to sales training manager with the payroll service company ADP.
Robert Matura received his M.B.A.
in marketing and management from the Roy E. Crummer Graduate
School of Business at Rollins Col-lege in April.
Sandi Meneely is in her second year of law school at Santa Clara
University.
Dave Mettam works for the U.S.
Forest Service as a fire fighter in the summer and for the Mammoth
Mountain Ski Resort in the winter. He received his badge and Fire Fighter One classification in April.
Margaret Morcock is working as a drilling coordinator at BKK Landfill.
Rich Nelson creates effects for video games and movies in New York but plans on returning to the west coast.
Danielle K. Pieper lives in Manhat-tan Beach, Calif.
Jennifer Prottas has a master's de-
gree in marriage, family and child therapy, and clinical art therapy.
Irma Ratiner has received her master's degree in health adminis-tration.
Donald Rottiers, Jr. is working for
Electronic Arts as a product devel-oper in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Christine Stole completed her pro-fessional teaching credential and will finish her master's degree in education next year.
Julie (Terral) Seewald plans to teach at the American School in
Italy.
Michael Vondrak received his mas-ter's degree in European history.
Justin Wallin is a public affairs as-
sociate for the Claremont Institute.
Robert J. Warmuth Jr. is an ac-
count executive for a large finance company.
Adam Webster has adapted Aristophanes' Lysistrata for the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles
and joined a gym, where he should see results "in the 01' bicep de-partment."
Jeff Willix works in sales at
KCNC-TV.
1995 Angelica Hernandez is pursuing her master's degree at Whittier. She completed a year of graduate work in sociology at DePaul Univer-sity before returning to Whittier.
Christopher Nelsen is pursuing his
pyrotechnic license and works for Pyrodigital Consultants.
Rebecca Reklis graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in art and now works for a commercial photogra-
pher. You can see her art displayed at several BART stations.
Tim Steiner is working on his mas-ters degree at Whittier College.
Sanford Sternshein is an indepen-
dent film director.
Nicole Winger lives in San Francisco.
1996 Morgan Smith works for an FM radio station in Los Angeles. •
THE ROCK FALL 1996
IN MEMORIAM
1916
Wilda (Rees) Pappenhagen.
Notified in March of 1996.
1921
Elsie Hemme.
Notified in April of 1996.
1925
Sarah (Slocum) Spaulding
died Feb. 4, 1996.
1927
Mable (Axworthy) Chandler
died July 10, 1995.
Edna (Laham) Davis.
Notified in March of 1996.
Wilma (Goe-Olsen) Fink.
Notified in February of 1996.
1928
Marian (Elliott) Irvine.
Notified in April of 1996.
Genevieve (Moller) Henkle.
Notified in April of 1996.
Dorothy (Stansberry) Pyle
died July 4, 1996.
1929
Helen (Metcalf) Kehoe.
Notified in March of 1996.
Esther (Moon) Pridham.
Notified in March of 1996.
Lois (Warner) Adams.
Notified in May of 1996.
1930
Vera (Addison) Fremlin
died April 5, 1996.
Alice (Myers) Castell
died Dec. 24, 1995.
1931
Eleanor (McCully) Pryor
died Feb. 6, 1996.
1932
Marianna (Mangrum) Willis.
Notified in March of 1996.
1933
George Bryson.
Notified in March of 1996.
Adelaide (Rasin) Sweeney
died Jan. 19, 1996.
1935
Cleona (Coppock) Hannon
died on Jan. 26, 1996.
Lois (Fremlin) Moore
died Dec. 1, 1995.
Ferne (Hem) Weaver.
Notified in May of 1996.
1936
Roxie (Willis) Gibbs.
Notified in April of 1996.
Mertle (Remley) Reno.
Notified in March of 1996.
Norman Sowers.
Notified in March of 1996.
Vera (Wickert) Pos
died Jan. 7, 1996.
1938
Charles Raymond Galbraith
died May 3, 1996.
1940
Edith (Drake) O'Keefe
died April 3, 1996.
Herbert Nanny
died May 20, 1996.
1941
Elizabeth (Murray) Martin
died April 13, 1996.
Catherine (Quill) Sanders.
Notified in March of 1996.
Betty (Rebekah) Shuey.
Notified in March of 1996.
1942
Keitha (Downs) Wagner
died April 30, 1996.
James Hoyal.
Notified in March of 1996.
Mary (McCune) Morrill
died April 18, 1996.
1944
Margaret Clark.
Notified in May of 1996.
1948
Ralph Morris.
Notified in June of 1996.
Jerrold Randall died
Feb. 4, 1996.
Gail Walker died Dec. 25,
1995.
1950
John Jackson died
Jan. 2, 1996.
Helen (Rogers) Harrison.
Notified in April of 1996.
1951
Ruth (Bjorkman) Samson
died April 6, 1996.
Orville David died Jan. 21,
1996.
William Swain.
Notified in March of 1996.
1952
Charles Rothaermel
died May 1, 1996.
1953
Anthony Barnard.
Notified in June of 1996.
1953
Robert Joanes died
Jan. 19, 1996.
1955
Donald Sheldon died
Dec. 18, 1995.
1956
Dorthy (Sproul) Frenzel.
Notified in March of 1996.
1957
Marion (Chinen) Renger
died June 29, 1996.
Lawrence Metzler.
Notified in March of 1996.
Wesley Thompson
died May 15, 1996.
1962
Donald Goslin.
Notified in March of 1996.
1964
David Maldonado died Jan.
31, 1996. He was a founding
member of Alianza de Los
Amigos.
Edward Garrett.
Notified in March of 1996.
1991
Carolyn Cotroneo.
Notified in April of 1996.
1993
Don Burt died July 13, 1996.
1994
John Merriam died June 8,
1996. He was a teacher at
Broadoaks.
1996
Tara Molloy died May 9,
1996.
Faculty, Staff and Friends
W. Theron Ashby died March
2, 1996. He taught at Whitti-
er from 1935 to 1941.
Richard Ettinger, Jr. died
April 26, 1996. He was the
husband of Whittier College
trustee Sharon Ettinger.
Betty Riddle died August 15,
1996. She was the wife of
music professor Eugene
Riddle.
THE ROCK FALL 1996
All-Conference Poets
BASEBALL
Aaron Shade '98
GOLF
Mitch Carty '96
LACROSSE
Steve Connor '96
Brad Downe '97
Lindsay Osborne '98
Damien Ramondo '97
Damon Scordo '97
Ben Simmons '97
Jim Zimmerman '98
SOFTBALL
Beth Stikkers '96
Monica Decker '99
Danielle Lopez '98
Deborah Holland '97
TRACK AND FIELD
Michelle Barisdale '96
Claudia Murillo '98
Malaika Williams '96
Tyler Fleming '99
Geoff Stults '98
WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Jessie Andersen '98
Amy Birch '96
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Purple & Gold Names Exceptional Athletes
Malaika Williams '96
and Dylan Schie-
mann '96 were
among eight honorees at the
Annual Purple &. Gold awards
banquet last May.
Williams, a biochemistry and
psychology graduate who main-
tained a 4.0 GPA and was cho-
sen as Whittier's fourth Rhodes
Scholar, won the Outstanding
Female Scholar Athlete Award.
She is a four-year letter winner
in track and field and has let-
tered once in basketball and
once in volleyball. She was rec-
ognized as the Most Valuable
Field Events Member on the
women's track team for three
years and holds the Poets' record
in the hammer-throw.
Schiemann, recipient of the
Outstanding Male Scholar Ath-
lete Award, is a 3.85 GPA grad-
uate with a double major in
mathematics and chemistry. He
is a four-year letter winner in
soccer and track and field, was
named Most Improved on the
soccer team in 1994, and is
ranked fifth on the all-time list
in the men's hammer-throw.
Other athletes honored by
Purple & Gold include basket-
ball standout Katy Downs '97
with the Female Team Sport
Award, lacrosse player Brad
Downey '97 with the Male
Team Sport Award, cross-coun-
try and track letter winner Clau-
dia Murillo '98 with the Female
Individual Sport Award, water
polo and golf competitor Mitch
Carty '96 with the Male Individ-
ual Sport Award, volleyball and
softball player Monica Decker
'99 with the Female Freshman
Athlete Award, and football and
baseball sportsman Eden Pond
'99 with the Male Freshman
Athlete Award.
Outstanding Scholar Athletes for 1995-96 are (back row from
left) Eden Pond '99, Brad Downey '97, Mitch Carty '96, Malaika
Williams '96, and (front row from left) Claudia Murillo '98, Dylan
Schiemann '96, Katy Downs '97, and Monica Decker '99 (not
pictured). At far right is Vince Daigneault '85, president of Purple
& Gold.
THE ROCK FALL 1996
Check-in time at the 24th annual Purple & Gold
golf tournament.
Racing Toward Academic Excellence
Above Par
The 24th annual Purple &
Gold golf tournament at
Friendly Hills Country Club last
April raised more than $9,000
in support of athletics programs
at Whittier.
Purple & Gold supports items
for the college's athletic depart-
ment that are not included in
the day-to-day operations bud-
get, such as team uniforms, ath-
letic equipment, facility im-
provements, and any other
"extras" that will help improve
the men's and women's athletic
programs at Whittier. Proceeds
from the annual golf tourna-
ment and yearly membership
dues are the main source of sup-
port for these "extras."
Members and other golfers
should save the date of May 31,
1997, for the 25th annual tour-
nament, which will also be held
at Friendly Hills. Anyone inter-
ested in becoming a member or
learning more about the next
tournament should contact
Cheryl Seagren, director of vol-
unteer support, at (310) 907-
4917.
First Varsity Women's Lacrosse Coach Named
Amy Dawson has been named Whittier's first varsity women's
lacrosse coach. Dawson, who comes to Whittier from
Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., where she served as assistant
soccer and softball coach last year, will also succeed Jeff Laiblin '92
as the women's soccer coach.
For the sixth consecutive year,
the women's cross country team
has been recognized by the NCAA
Division III for scholastic success.
The fall '95 Poet runners posted a
3.53 team GPA, ranking them tied
for 16th place in the nation. •
Lacrosse Licks 'Em All
The men's lacrosse team
finished its season in May
with a triumphant defeat of
Chapman College in the
championship game of the
Western Collegiate Lacrosse
League. The victory secured
an undefeated (17-0) year for
the third time in Whittier's
history.
Whittier lacrosse
players revel in
their glory as
co-captain Steve
Connor '96 holds
up the WCLL
trophy.
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Mandolin
Master David
Grisman and
guitar virtuoso
Martin Taylor
perform
"Vintage Voices
of the Jazz
Age."
January 6-31 Monday—Friday
January Interim
February 1-5 Saturday—Wednesday
Winter Break
6 Thursday
Spring Semester begins
Eric Tingstad and
Nancy Rumbel
uplift audiences
with a unique
blend of jazz,
ethnic folk,
progressive, rock
and classical
elements.
November 8-10 Friday—Sunday
Homecoming
9 Saturday
7p.m., Whittier vs. Cal
Lutheran, Memorial Stadium
10 Sunday
7p.m., David Grisman &
Martin Taylor, Ruth B.
Shannon Center for the
Performing Arts
20-24 Wednesday—Saturday
8p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. ,"Playboy
of the Western World," Ruth B.
Shannon Center for the
Performing Arts
28—Dec. 1 Thursday—Sunday
Thanksgiving Break
30 Saturday
Brindis Navideno, a Hispanic
Christmas celebration. Time
and location to be announced.
December 3 Tuesday
12:30p.m. Whittier College
Wind Ensemble, Ruth B.
Shannon Center for the
Performing Arts
6 Friday
Fall Semester classes end
7-9 Saturday—Monday
Reading Days
7 Saturday
3 & 8p.m., Tingstad & Rumbel
Christmas Show, Ruth B.
Shannon Center for the
Performing Arts
10-13 Tuesday—Friday
Final Exams
14—Jan. 5 Saturday—Sunday
Semester Break
7 Friday
8 p.m., Whittier College Choir
home concert, Ruth B. Shannon
Center for the Performing Arts
22 Saturday
Alianza de Los Amigos 24th
annual scholarship banquet,
Tamayo Restaurant, East Los
Angeles
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For information on events
in the Ruth B. Shannon Cen-
ter for the Performing Arts,
contact the Shannon Center
Box Office at (310) 907-
4203.
For information on Home-
coming and other alumni
events, contact the Office of
Alumni Affairs at (310) 907-
4222.
For information on other
events, contact the Office of
Communications at (310)
907-4277.
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THEATRE DEPARTMENT
"The Miser" by Moliere • "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare "Angels Fall" by Lanford Wilson "Playboy of the Western World" by John Millington Synge
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
Armen Babakhanian, piano • L.A. Guitar Quartet Westwind Brass Quintet
CHORALE BEL CANTO
Choral Music in the Romantic Era • St. Matthew's Passion Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto • The Mikado
JAZZ AT WHITTIER
Poncho Sanchez • David Grisman and Martin Taylor Bennie Maupin with Patrice Rushin • Kartik Seshadri
FAMILY SERIES
Tom Chapin • California Theatre Center - Ugly Duckling Tingstad and Rumbel - Christmas Music • Sally Rogers
• VF plus ILLUSTRIOUS THEATRE ORCHESTRA
C1PL • NATIONAL THEATRE OF THE DEAF
SIP • LITTLE THEATRE OF THE DEAF
The Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts at Whittier College is dedicated to presenting a wide variety of the highest quality events to the students
of Whittier College and to the Whittier area community, at a reasonable cost, in one of the most beautful and
intimate environments in Southern California. We hope you will enjoy your visit with us.
We look forward to serving you.
'A Jewel Box" - Henri Mancini
"The Hall was a pleasure to perform in, with excellent acoustics and ambiance." - Justo Aim ario
"...We were impressed, had a marvelous time, and enjoyed ourselves both personally and musically..."
-Les Stallings, New Cue Brass Quintet
"Wonderful Sound, Great Staff A Real Treasure." -Louis Perez, Los Lobos
Live in Whittier? Planning a campus visit? Call the Shannon Center Box Office (310) 907-4203
for Tickets and Information
Box Office Hours: 10a.m. - 4p.m. M-F and 10a.m. - 1 p.m. Sat
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
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Whittier, California 90608
- STEVE BURNS
/ Endowing the Tradition Members of the Cabinet of The Campaign for Whittier College are dedicated volunteers whose efforts will ensure
the success of this historic effort.
Campaign Cabinet members (pictured from left) and their committee responsibilities are Elden L. Smith '62
(Scholarship Supporters), Gary Steven Findley, J.D. '79 (Law School), Richard H. Deihl '49 (Campaign chair),
Tornio Taki (International Community), Caroline P. Ireland '43 (Library Supporters), W. D. "Bert" Newman '59
(Planned Gifts), Roberta G. Veloz '57 (Leadership Gifts), Ruth B. Shannon (Whittier Community), Douglas W.
Ferguson (Whittier Community), President James L. Ash, Jr., Willard V. Harris, Jr. '55 (Athletics and Support
Groups) and Donald J. Herrema '74 (Campaign vice chair).
Not pictured are Stephen A. Gothold '63, professor of music, Gregory P. Woirol, the Richard and Billie Deihl
Professor of Economics, and Charlotte D. Graham, Development Committee chair.
For more information about supporting The Campaign for Whittier College, contact Robert E. McQuinn, associate vice president for advancement, at (310) 907-4219.
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