Fall 2013
PROMENADE THE GEORGE PEPPERDINE COLLEGE NEWSLETTER
Grand Pepperdine Celebration… …returns to Palm Springs
In This Issue
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Grand Pepperdine Celebration VI
The much-awaited GPC alumni reunion extravaganza returns to Palm Springs.
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From the Archives
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The Oly Tegner Award
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GPC Photo Album
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Our First Lady Helen Young – 54 Years Later!
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The Golden Circle
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Remembering a Legacy Family Patriarch
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Class Notes
The Special Collections and University Archives introduce the M. Norvel and Helen Young Papers. Meet our 2013 honoree and learn how to recognize other GPC alumni servant leaders. This issue features personal photographs and memories from Bernice (Carr) Pitts (’49).
Mrs. Young and the Associated Women for Pepperdine continue to serve alma mater through their newest scholarship recipients.
Announcing the latest inductees into this admirable ring.
Looking back on Pepperdine’s earliest years through the life of Chester Elford (’43).
On the Cover The beautiful Doral Desert Princess Resort, site of the Sixth Grand Pepperdine Celebration (more on page one).
We want to hear from you! The Promenade newsletter needs your stories! If you are an alumnus of George Pepperdine College, please consider submitting an article about your personal memories of days at the original campus at 79th and Vermont. We are also interested in hearing the interesting stories of your activities since graduation. Share these precious memories with your fellow alumni by sending your story of anywhere between 300 and 600 words to the GPC Alumni Affairs office at the following address:
By e-mail:
By mail: GPC Alumni Affairs gpc@pepperdine.edu c/o: Promenade Newsletter, TAC 311 24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90263-4348 Please also send along any photos you have to complement your story. We will gladly scan the photos and mail the originals back to you upon completion of the publication. Please include brief explanations or descriptions of each photo, including the first and last names of anyone appearing in them (if known).
Go Waves!
Promenade Staff Editor • Matt Ebeling (’99)
Catching up with a few friends.
Graphic Designer • Matt Mosher
In Memoriam
Cover Designer • Lizabeth Waldvogel (’05)
Remembering fellow alumni recently passed.
Production Manager • Jill McWilliams Copy Editor • Vincent Way
Advisory Committee • Paul Perry (’50), Ken Rice (’57), John Katch (’60), Harry Nelson (’50) Contributing Writers • Chad Quiñones, Jamie Henricks, Matt Ebeling (’99), Bernice (Carr) Pitts (’49), Susan (Huff ) Giboney (’62), Llona (Elford) Fennel (’61)
Back Cover
Article Legend
A look ahead at opportunities for alumni to stay connected to Pepperdine.
SC = Seaver College SOL = School of Law GSBM = Graziadio School of Business and GSEP = Graduate School of Education and Management Psychology SPP = School of Public Policy
Upcoming Events
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George Pepperdine College Alumni Affairs invites you to attend
P e P P e r di n e Ce l e b Gr a n d m Sp r i ng s , Ca lifo r nr at i o n ia Pa l
March 13–15, 2015
Mark your calendars: The Grand Pepperdine Celebration VI is scheduled for March 13-15, 2015, in Palm Springs, California! Join fellow George Pepperdine College alumni for a weekend in the desert! GPC VI will be held at the beautiful Doral Desert Princess Resort. This full-service conference center hotel is located minutes from downtown Palm Springs and offers fantastic amenities to be featured during this fun weekend. While enjoying scheduled reunion events such as Hymn Sing, a GPC Variety Show, fun interactive reunion sessions, alumni dinners, and much more, you will also have the opportunity to take part in local attractions arranged for just GPC attendees. Ride the Palm Springs Aerial Tram, take a desert sightseeing tour, or enjoy a round of golf! We hope you take this opportunity to come together and relive memories from your time at George Pepperdine College while reconnecting with friends and making new memories! We are looking for entertaining acts for the GPC Variety Show held after dinner on Saturday evening. If you have a special talent you can share, please let us know. For continued updates, visit us online at seaver.pepperdine.edu/alumni or the “George Pepperdine College Alumni” Facebook group where you can keep connected with fellow Waves and stay up-to-date on GPC-related events! If you have any questions or have any ideas on what you would like to see happen at GPC VI, please contact Chad Quiñones at (310) 506-6580 or chad.quinones@pepperdine.edu. †
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From the
Archives
The M. Norvel and Helen Young Papers By Jamie Henricks, Project Archivist for Special Collections and University Archives
Last August 31, 2012, Special Collections and University Archives had the distinct pleasure of welcoming Helen Young (’39), her family, and her friends at a party to celebrate Helen’s 94th birthday and the completion of processing the M. Norvel and Helen Young papers. The Young papers are the largest single collection held in the archives, and were processed as part of a National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grant intended to organize and describe University Archives collections and to make them more accessible for research. The archives team—consisting of the project archivist (myself ), graduate-student assistant Jessica Geiser, head of Special Collections and University Archives Melissa Nykanen, archivist for Special Collections and University Archives Katie Richardson— spent over 200 hours organizing and describing the Young papers! The collection contains the personal and professional papers of M. Norvel and Helen Young. Most of the materials range from the 1900s to early 2000s and document the Youngs’ involvement with Pepperdine University; their families’ lives; and their activities while based in Tennessee, Texas, and California. Pepperdine students may remember Helen and Norvel from the very beginning—Helen attended classes as a student starting in 1937, and
Norvel with a pony, age 7
Norvel taught history beginning in 1938, and they returned when Norvel was appointed president of Pepperdine in 1957. The Youngs moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to further their education at the George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, then moved to Lubbock, Texas, so Norvel could preach at the Broadway Church of Christ from 1944 to 1957. The family (including their four children, Emily, Matt III, Marilyn, and Sara) moved to Los Angeles in 1957, when Norvel accepted the job of president of Pepperdine (later transitioning to chancellor and Chancellor Emeritus). Helen and Norvel were very involved in the various Churches of Christ they attended, and also edited multiple nationwide church publications, including 20th-Century Christian and Power for Today. Norvel and Helen continued their support of Pepperdine for decades, until Norvel’s death in 1998 and Helen’s retirement in the mid-2000s. The collection has a fascinating depth of information about the Youngs as a family (including their extended families— pictures, family trees, and family history!), their educational careers, Pepperdine as a university, their travel around the world, and Churches of Christ—all with information spanning an entire century.
Cairo, Egypt, 1949 – M. Norvel Young, Helen M. Young, Ruby Morrow Young (Norvel’s mother), Lilly A. Burton, Batsell Barrett Baxter, and Wanda Baxter
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The Young papers comprise the first major collection I worked with after starting the NHPRC grant project at Pepperdine, and looking back, I’m glad it was the first. I realize now just how much Helen and Norvel were involved with and dedicated to Pepperdine; even merely looking at Norvel’s office files gave me an incredible crash course in Pepperdine history and a clear understanding for how and why Pepperdine looks and feels today. I learned about the move to Malibu, the massive construction efforts at the new campus, the strong emphasis on study abroad programs starting with Heidelberg, Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP), Pepperdine Associates, governing boards, student groups, fundraising campaigns like Wave of Excellence, and the development of all the professional schools, to name just a tiny portion. (I also started learning some of the many Pepperdine acronyms that would come in handy later!) However, looking at Norvel and Helen’s personal papers gave me an even richer understanding and appreciation for their family. It is sometimes rare to receive as much personal documentation from an administrator who transfers their office files to the archives. I pored over boxes of old family photographs, and got to see homes the families lived in. I read scripts from the Bible Quiz Show that Norvel announced for. Boxes and boxes of handwritten speech notes, quotes, sermon topics, article drafts, and newspaper clippings paint a picture of days and nights of preaching, teaching, and inspiring at so many churches in Tennessee, Texas, and California. I sifted through postcards, letters, telegrams, and photographs sent back to the children while the Youngs traveled Europe and around the world.
Helen and Norvel on the swings in Seoul, Korea
After so much reading and organizing, I felt I practically was there with the family as they moved around the United States and traveled the world, brainstormed how to improve Pepperdine, and involved themselves in Churches of Christ. A favorite memory of mine came while working on the collection, when Carolyn Hunter (a longtime researcher at the archives and former Pepperdine professor) took me to visit Helen at her home on campus. Helen greeted us, and we chatted briefly about her involvement with AWP and early memories of being a student at Pepperdine. As we prepared to leave, Helen stopped to ask if I would write down my name and address for her files. It hit me: I was personally living out something I had seen evidence of in the papers I was organizing! I realized Helen had probably asked nearly everyone she ever met for their address, to keep in touch—why, hadn’t I seen the folders and folders of carefully saved letters and cards, kept neatly together with the sender’s address stapled to one side? At that moment, the process of working with the Young papers came full circle. I realized that Pepperdine history is always being made and that our work will never be truly finished—and I am glad! If you are interested in browsing the Young collection, doing research, or learning more about the archives, please contact Special Collections and University Archives at specialcollections@pepperdine.edu or (310) 506-4434. Finding aids (documents that give a historical description and inventory of an archival collection) for collections in Special Collections and University Archives (including the Young papers) may be found at library.pepperdine.edu/ special-collections/archival-collections. †
Helen and Norvel’s 50th wedding anniversary, 1989
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Oly Tegner Award
Named for esteemed GPC alumnus, Dr. Olaf “Oly” H. Tegner (’43), Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, the Oly Tegner Award seeks to honor those GPC alumni who lead lives of purposeful servant leadership, like Oly did.
By Matt Ebeling (’99)
mother of three fine Pepperdine graduates. I hope you will join us in congratulating and celebrating this remarkable woman and Wave.
To learn more about this honor and to nominate a fellow GPC alumnus for the 2014 Oly Tegner Award, please visit Congratulations to Mrs. Susan K. (Huff ) Giboney (’62), www.pepperdine.edu/olytegneraward or call the GPC Alumni Affairs office at (800) 767-2586 ext. 5. † the 2013 recipient of the Oly Tegner Award! Nominators had much to say about Susan and her humble yet powerful combination of teaching and service. She has been very active in church over the years and served as a missionary in Japan. Susan has also associated with a variety of organizations in service to others, including being an active member of Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP) with two terms as president; board member on Pepperdine’s Boone Center for the Family; and member of both the Alumni Leadership Council and GPC Alumni Advisory Committee, to name a few. She also has a strong reputation as a wonderful teacher and mentor. In addition to instructing at Pepperdine, she has been a volunteer teacher at the Malibu Conservation Camp each week; has taught a special class to prepare inmates for their upcoming releases; and she mentors new teachers and engaged couples, including a marriage-preparation class at the University Church of Christ each spring, helping prepare hundreds of couples for marriage. Susan is also the proud
Pepperdine University is excitedly gearing up for Waves Weekend 2013! There is still time to join the entire Pepperdine family for the biggest Wave event of the year! Set for October 18-20, Waves Weekend will combine Homecoming, Family Weekend, Blue & Orange Madness, a concert festival in Alumni Park, and more into one action-packed weekend of fun. This big, engaging, energetic, and meaningful celebration of the Pepperdine family is one you won’t want to miss! Register now at www.pepperdine.edu/ wavesweekend.
PHOTO ALBUM
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This ongoing Promenade section showcases your GPC memories told through your camera lenses! This issue features the personal photos of Bernice (Carr) Pitts (’49).
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Carroll Pitts (’54) at a GPC Student Board meeting. Standing (left to right): Bob House (’53), Leanna Godwin (’55), Marie Papin, Leroy Lance (’53), Carroll Pitts, Nancy Hillar. Seated (left to right): Betty Ruby (’56), Lydia Duff, Shirley Randle, Nancy Martin (’53), Herb Andrew (’56), Anne Erickson (’56), June Anderson (’55)
Bernice (Carr) Pitts (’49) receiving her diploma and handshake from Dr. Hugh M. Tine r, 2nd president of Pepperdine College. June 5, 1949
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Now it’s your turn! Send us your favorite snapshots from student days at George Pepperdine College to help tell your story. Candid shots are preferred. Black and white We will then scan the photos and mail the originals back photos are sufficient. All you have to do is mail your photos to you. You may also opt to scan the photos yourself and email them to matt.ebeling@pepperdine.edu. Please ensure to us at the following address: that you scan at a high resolution (at least 300 dpi). Be sure Pepperdine University, GPC Alumni Affairs to include with each photo a one- to two-sentence explanaAttn: Matt Ebeling – TAC 311 tion of whom or what appears in the photo and its signifi24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263 cance to you and your personal experience as a Wave! †
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Our First Lady
Helen Young
55 years later!
By Susan Giboney (’62) Last year on August 22, 2012, 18 new Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP) Scholarship recipients gathered during Seaver College’s annual New Student Orientation and met AWP’s founder, Helen Young. To those of us who attended George Pepperdine College, Helen was our first lady and treated us as though we were her beloved children. She was part of our campus DNA and modeled commitment and service consistently and faithfully. In 1958, with inspiration from her mother, Helen Young envisioned a women’s group that would support GPC as she started AWP. I was a freshman that year and remember looking out my dormitory window and seeing these women come to campus wearing their best dresses, hats, and gloves. They felt it was an honor to serve this college and began a fundraising effort that continues 55 years later! Now I have the privilege of serving AWP and enjoying these amazing scholarship recipients. Helen just celebrated her 95th birthday this last August and continues to inspire students and serve Pepperdine University. How wonderful it would be if we all could have some of Helen’s DNA for service when we are 95 years old! †
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2012 AWP Scholarship recipients celebrating with founder, Helen Young (’39).
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The Golden Circle
Each year, we recognize a class of George Pepperdine College alumni as they celebrate an impressive milestone—being alumni for 50 years! Join me in recognizing this year’s Golden Circle inductees from the Class of 1963.
Mr. Lawrence L. Adrian
Dr. Robert Ford (’63, MA ’67)
Mr. Richard C. Palmer (’63, MA ’70)
Mr. Lawrence Anderson
Mrs. Nelia E. (Butler) Fox
Mrs. Susan (Peek) Pamplin
Major Benito M. Arellano
Dr. John C. Free (’63, MA ’68)
Dr. William B. Pendleton
Mrs. Kathleen (Hesp) Baird
Mr. Leonard Fritsche
Mr. Jerry L. Purcell
Mrs. Sharon (Scarborough) Bankhead
Ms. Doris M. Fry
Mr. Richard J. Raport
Dr. Finn Bille
Mr. John A. Gash
Ms. Shirley Rhine
Mrs. Leslie J. (Bankey) Bille
Dr. R. Lowell Hardcastle
Ms. Ruth E. (Rhodes) Rhoads
Ms. Patricia R. Binns
Dr. Romayne Hertweck
A. Douglas Rickard
Mr. Robert L. Brooks
Miss Mary V. Hollins
Mr. Charles W. Roberts
Mr. George L. Brown
Mr. Richard Hoonanian
Mrs. Priscilla D. Schillinger
Mr. Max G. Bunyan
Mr. William H. Hughey
Mrs. Lauradell S. (Hester) Shields
Dr. Cecil W. Burns (’63, MA ’65)
Dr. Douglas S. Ingram (’63, MS ’65)
Mr. Norman E. Simpson
Mr. Andy W. Caldwell
Mr. David W. Jenkins
Mrs. Joyce A. (Kitzmiller) Stark
Mr. Craig B. Campbell
Mrs. Kathryn (Mounday) Kaiser
Mr. Hal A. Syfritt
Mrs. Nannette M. (Pinto) Campbell
Mrs. Nancy L. (Owens) Lacey
Dr. Robert T. Waldron
Mr. Wayne Carter (MA ’63)
Mr. Richard J. LeRoy
Dr. Albert F. Warren
Mr. Joseph Cattivera
Mr. Donald G. Lofftus
Mr. Jon J. Washington
Ms. Marilyn (Sake) Clark
Mr. Richard A. Lovelady
Mr. Lee H. Way
Mrs. Jolene B. Conger
Mr. Merlyn F. Lund
Mr. Glenn Wedel
Mr. Kenneth G. Currier
Mrs. Bertha P. (Pohley) Marsh
Mr. Bradford Weyand
Ms. Helen M. (Rose) Curtis
Mrs. Judith W. (Smith) Mattox
Mrs. Carolanne A. (Bell) Whitfield
Mr. Jack A. Dell
Ms. Anna R. McLinn
Mr. Daniel Witte
Ms. Betty J. (Marshall) Durham
Ms. Donna J. (Hughes) Miller
Mrs. Mae M. Woodruff
Ms. Sharon L. Fitzpatrick
Mr. Gary W. Mitten
Mr. Dale Woodward
Mr. Kenneth D. Flood
Mrs. Jeanne S. (Smith) Osborne
Mr. Mike Wystrach
Congratulations to you all! A complete listing of all Golden Circle members can be found at seaver.pepperdine.edu/alumni/goldencircle.
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Remembering a Legacy Family Patriarch
By Llona J. (Elford) Fennel (’61) with intro by Matt Ebeling (’99)
It is always a special thing to enjoy a window into Pepperdine’s earliest days through tales of our first Waves. With permission from his family, we are pleased share with you the modified obituary of Mr. Chester “Chet” T. Elford (’43), prepared by his daughter, Llona J. (Elford) Fennel (’61). Chester “Chet” Elford was born in Lauder, Manitoba, Canada, on April 7, 1912, to Russell and Annie Elford. He was the eldest of 10 brothers and sisters raised on the farm, which the family homesteaded in Horse Creek, Saskatchewan. The desire for education brought Chet to Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas, when he was only 18 years old. He remained there for 18 months while completing the U.S. requirements for high school equivalency. During the Great Depression, Chet moved to Fresno, California, where he worked in the fields and put himself through barber college to provide for his financial support. He preached for Churches of Christ throughout the San Joaquin Valley on weekends. On November 8, 1934, Chet married Hazel Emma Hodges, whom he had met at Harding. They lived in Fresno where their son, C. Thomas Elford (’57), was born. George Pepperdine supported Chet and his young family in developing the church in Tacoma, Washington. Realizing his need for further education, Chet (with the encouragement of George Pepperdine) decided that he should move to Los Angeles where he would join one of the first four-year curriculum classes at Pepperdine (Los Angeles Campus). A daughter, Llona Jean, was born in April of 1940, during his Pepperdine years. By barbering and later working in the aircraft industry, Chet was able to earn his BS degree from Pep-
perdine in 1943. Helen Maddox Young (’39), wife of future Pepperdine College president Dr. M. Norvel Young, asked Chet to work with her on the committee to establish the initial GPC Alumni Association. In the years that followed, he participated with the alumni association and served in many capacities. Chet earned his certification as an industrial engineer from the University of Southern California. His career of 36 years was spent in the aerospace industry working for North American Rockwell and Aerojet. Chet was on the industrial design and implementation teams designing and manufacturing the parts and launch platforms for the Apollo space program through the space shuttle Enterprise. What a huge leap from a sod house and horse and buggy to being involved with our space program and meeting those first astronauts personally during the heyday of the U.S. space program. The Elfords moved to Rivera, California, in 1946 where Chet built their family home. He served as an elder of the Whittier Church of Christ for many years. Hazel Elford served on the board of Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP) at its inception and continued to participate for many years at Whittier. Pepperdine played an important role in the lives of Chet and Hazel Elford, and they saw to it that their children would also have the opportunity to receive such special Christian education. A strong Pepperdine legacy family grew as their children and grandchildren donned the orange and blue themselves: their son, C. Thomas “Tom” Elford (’57), who was married to Maribeth (Duer) Elford, daughter of GPC basketball hall of fame coach Al Duer; their daughter, Llona J. (Elford) Fennel (’61) and husband Walter L. Fennel (’60); and grandsons Scott W. Fennel ( JD ’88), School of Law alumnus, and Troy J. Fennel (’90), a Seaver College alumnus. Upon retirement, Chet and Hazel moved to Oakhurst, California, where he served as the caretaker for the Yosemite Bible Camp. The campers loved him and he enjoyed being “Grandpa Chet” to all. When he retired from the camp responsibilities, he built their home in the woods across from the Oakhurst Church of Christ where they worshiped and served. Chet was outgoing and friendly to everyone and loved to share his home and his hospitality with all. Chet and Hazel were a team who was always available to humbly serve. In 1998 Chet and Hazel moved to Rancho Cordova, California, to be near their family for the sunset of their lives. Both an active part of the Cordova Church of Christ, Chet made himself available to work at the church vacuuming the carpets and working on the grounds until he was 93 years old. Hazel and Chet, humble servants to the end, went home to be with their Lord in 2005 and 2009. †
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Class Notes
GPC alumni… where are they now? Check out these updates on the whereabouts of a few fellow Waves!
1947
1949
Charles F. Cromwell, Jr., has enjoyed a lifetime of Pepperdine friendships. Chuck served as a “heavy equipment operator” on campus at 79th and Vermont while attending as a student in 1942-1943, followed by over two years of service in the U.S. Navy, where he met Oly Tegner (’43). When he married his wife Ruth, in 1947, in attendance were George and Helen Pepperdine, as well as English professor Dr. Wade Ruby. His sister Freda (Cromwell) Field (’42) worked on the Graphic. While Chuck was a GPC student in its earliest years, his daughter Judith Cromwell (’71) graduated in its final years. He served on the faculty of the University of Missouri at Columbia 1956-1981, and now lives in Lubbock, Texas.
1958
Lester M. Herring and Evelyn (Coburn) Herring (’45), Pepperdine sweethearts, met as students during the 19421943 school year. They married July 1, 1944, in Pensacola, Florida, when Lester was in the U.S. Navy. They now have four grown children and have been happily married for 69 years. Living in McMinnville, Oregon, both are retired, and Lester serves as a volunteer docent at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, home of the Spruce Goose historical aircraft.
What are you up to? Any news to share? Please send your class notes to us anytime:
By mail: GPC Alumni Affairs c/o: Promenade Newsletter, TAC 311 24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90263-4348
In Memoriam Mr. Bill Anderson (’51)
Donald A. Mazen began attending George Pepperdine College in 1948 after his service in the U.S. Army. While at Pepperdine, he helped form an independent group of students called the “Rinky Dinks” to compete in the intramural touch football and softball competitions that were predominantly enjoyed by the fraternities on campus. Don and his peers enjoyed spurring a series of surprising victories over the well-established fraternity teams. He also served as sports editor for the Graphic student newspaper. Don is now retired after a 50-year career as a newspaper journalist, mostly in La Cañada Flintridge, California.
Mrs. Patsy J. Duncan (’46)
Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Bushnell) Arsenian (’67) Mrs. Dianne K. (Hard) Emery (’61)
By e-mail: gpc@pepperdine.edu
We take this time to remember those Waves who have recently passed, and we celebrate the impact they made on fellow alumni and the world around them.
Mr. Donald R. Mellert (’52)
Mr. Norman E. Simpson (’63)
Dr. Ronald L. Miller (’60, MA ’61)
Dr. Sherry L. Skidmore (MA ’68)
Mrs. Lois A. (Arnett) Ayles (’45)
Mrs. Audrey J. (Neptune) Erpenbach (’45) Mr. Kenneth Minor
Mr. Charles W. Skoien, Jr. (’53)
Mr. William Richard S. Bartell (’60)
Mrs. Jo Ann (McLean) Galceran (’55)
Mr. William R. Nash (’63)
Mrs. Virginia F. (Dawson) Sproul (’50)
Mr. Bayard Bartley (’49)
Major Robert Gerughty (’55)
Dr. Jack C. Nichols (’44)
Mr. Tracy Thomas (MA ’62)
Mrs. Visitacion P. (Pido) Bayan (’68)
Mr. Ivan D. Hatfield (’52)
Mr. Joe I. Orlando (’52)
Mr. Ray R. Tressler (’58)
Dr. John R. Bean (’51)
Mr. Alan Herren (’50)
Mr. Gary B. Osborne (’60)
Mr. Gene W. Vollnogle (’52)
Mr. Raymond T. Bedore (’49)
Dr. Robert D. Hoffman (’59)
Mr. Burt V. Pauley (’47)
Mr. Alonzo D. Welch (’39)
Mr. Laurie R. Belger (’62)
Mr. Robert H. Jones (’41)
Mrs. Mary C. (Haxton) Phillips (’57)
Mrs. Jane (Moss) Westerfield (’41)
Mrs. Joan (McMillen) Bennett (’52)
Ms. Alicia (Nanez) Llamas (’73)
Ms. Carolyn D. (Christopher) Radcliffe (’63) Mr. Wilbur E. Yonan (’50)
Mrs. Ruth (Maness) Bennsky (’48)
Mrs. Bertha (Pohley) Marsh (’63)
Mr. Russell R. Reynolds (’53)
Mr. Newton W. Young, Jr. (’56)
Mr. Bob M. Burkhardt (’50)
Mr. Robert B. Mazza (’71)
Mr. Don J. Roberts, Jr. (’59)
Mrs. Sylvia P. (Muradian) Young (’49)
Mr. James L. Craig (’51)
Mr. Bob McCluskey (’50)
Mr. Robert H. Rowland (’47)
Mr. John K. Yoxsimer (’64)
Mr. H. Dean Dennis (’60)
Ms. Patricia J. Medley (’50)
Mr. Timothy C. Shamroy (’64)
As you learn of the passing of George Pepperdine College alumni, please contact GPC Alumni Affairs at (310) 506-4348 or gpc@pepperdine.edu.
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OCTOBER
Upcoming Events
10/18 - 10/20 Waves Weekend (Malibu campus) – The largest annual gathering of Pepperdine alumni will return this October to feature reunions, lectures, and a big Waves Weekend Concert in Alumni Park. More information at www.pepperdine.edu/wavesweekend.
NOVEMBER
11/4 Pepperdine Wave Classic Golf Tournament (Thousand Oaks, California) – For more than a decade, the Wave Classic at Sherwood Country Club has provided support for student scholarships, academic enrichment, career-preparation programs, and the men’s and women’s golf teams. Be a part of it! seaver.pepperdine.edu/waveclassic
11/23 Alumni Night at the Theatre: Les Misérables (Smothers Theatre) – As part of our “Friends of the Theatre” series, GPC Alumni Affairs will host a special alumni reception before the 7:30 p.m. student performance of Les Misérables.
December
12/3 Pepperdine Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony (Mullin Town Square) – Now in its fifth year, this special tradition unites the entire Pepperdine community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends in a celebration of Christ. Help us ring in this blessed season with fellowship, treats, scripture reading, singing, and of course, the lighting of a beautiful Christmas tree in our town square.
JANUARY
1/21 M.I.T.A.Y. (Long Beach, California) – GPC alumni gather each January for adjacent men’s and ladies’ luncheons in celebration of another year of enduring friendship.
1/31 Oly Tegner Award Nominations Due – Do you know a fellow George Pepperdine College alumnus who exemplifies Pepperdine’s mission? Please consider nominating them for the Oly Tegner Award so their fine example does not go unnoticed! For more information, visit www.pepperdine.edu/olytegneraward.
March
3/15 Songfest (Smothers Theatre) – The continuation of the beloved “Spring Sing” GPC tradition, hundreds of Seaver College students flood the stage each March for this song-and-dance competition. Join us for an alumni reception before the show.
April
4/26 Seaver College Commencement Ceremony and Waves of Success Graduation Luncheon (Alumni Park) – Help us welcome hundreds of Pepperdine graduates into the alumni family by cheering them on at their graduation ceremony. Afterward, attend the Waves of Success luncheon and “pin” the new graduates with their alumni pins.
For additional information on these and other alumni events and opportunities, contact us at (800) 767-2586 Ext. 5 or gpc@pepperdine.edu. Stay connected with George Pepperdine College Alumni Affairs and your classmates online! You can connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for the most up-to-date information about what’s going on at your alma mater. You’ll be able to share videos, photos, and stories, as well as participate in online discussions related to your business industry.