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The Magazine of

Whittier College

FaIl 1996

If you are interested in starting an alumni group in

your area, call the alumni office at (310) 907-4222,

and we'll help you get started.

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Don't miss out on wonderful opportunities to

meet other Whittier College alumni in your

area and see what you've been missing!

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I D 771 77J7 177 77j7 Last year, alumni relations staff met

with alumni in Bakersfield, Carls-

bad, Albuquerque, Denver, San

Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and

several Colorado cities. This year

we are heading for Washington,

D.C., California's Inland Empire and

desert area, Arizona and Northern

California (with the college choir).

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.

Irvine, California

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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[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

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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

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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

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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.

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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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11

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L

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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L

_\/

-

: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.

11l iqlg PI fta ~1_1

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 CA

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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