PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Strong, from Keel to Top Recently I presented my 25th State of the University address to our Chapman community. It was my last. Perhaps because of that, I was more reflective, talking as much about the past as I did about future plans. That may not be all bad. Sometimes it’s helpful to consider how the past informs the future. It was 25 years ago, for example, that we came together as a community and defined a new vision for our University, one that would transform Chapman into a university that increasingly served better-prepared students. To attract such students, we set out to build a vibrant and involving learning community, electric with ideas and intellectual energy. I know that may sound vacuous, but creating a shared understanding of what we strived to become gave us a destination to which we could point our compass. I’m reminded here of a letter that the man for whom our University is named, Charles C. Chapman, wrote to his young grandson. It reads, in part: “I can liken a young boy with life before him like the ship with its prow pointed toward the great ocean as it leaves the harbor for the distant shore. Storms may come, and they will, for no ship ever sailed the seas but had to face the storm. If it is strong, from keel to top, from stem to stern, well-manned and intelligently directed, it rides the storm and goes on its way. So my dear boy, you will meet obstacles, storms. If strong in faith, clear head, honest and with a character built on the solid rock, you will meet all troubles in life victoriously.” I have seen so many institutions, not just universities, that are
Board of Trustees OFFICERS David A. Janes, Sr. Chair Wylie A. Aitken Vice Chair Joann Leatherby Vice Chair Scott Chapman Secretary Zelma M. Allred Assistant Secretary TRUSTEES Donna Ford Attallah ’61 Raj S. Bhathal James P. Burra Michael J. Carver Phillip H. Case Akin Ceylan ’90 Irving M. Chase Hazem H. Chehabi Stephen J. Cloobeck Jerome W. Cwiertnia Zeinab H. Dabbah (JD ’12) Kristina Dodge Dale E. Fowler ’58 Barry Goldfarb Stan Harrelson Gavin S. Herbert, Jr. Roger C. Hobbs William K. Hood
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rudderless, changing just for the sake of change. Despite those changes, they seem caught adrift, not making forward progress. That happens because those institutions don’t know what “forward” is. At Chapman, we do. Our shared vision informs the tactics and strategies we employ. That vision is the distant port toward which we tack. Changes based on a shared vision are obvious. Those that aren’t are baffling. A State of the University address shouldn’t be about where you are. Rather, it should be about where you’ve been, where you’re going and, most important, whether that journey is moving you in the right direction. That’s why I spent some time in this year’s address talking about Chapman’s navigational chart. As Charles C. Chapman told his grandson and now reminds us, knowing where we’re headed will help us ride the storms and keep us on our way. Regards,
Jim Doti
Mark Chapin Johnson ’05 Jennifer L. Keller Parker S. Kennedy Laura Khouri Thomas E. Malloy Charles D. Martin James V. Mazzo Ann D. Moskowitz Sebastian Paul Musco David E. I. Pyott Harry S. Rinker James B. Roszak The Honorable Loretta Sanchez ’82 Mohindar S. Sandhu Ronald M. Simon Ronald E. Soderling Emily Crean Vogler Karen R. Wilkinson ’69 David W. Wilson
David C. Henley Randall R. McCardle ’58 (M.A. ’66) Cecilia Presley Barry Rodgers Richard R. Schmid R. David Threshie
EMERITUS CHAIRS The Honorable George L. Argyros ’59 Doy B. Henley Donald E. Sodaro
Board of Governors
EMERITUS TRUSTEES Richard Bertea Lynn Hirsch Booth Arlene R. Craig J. Ben Crowell Robert A. Elliott
EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES James E. Blalock (JD ’09) Reverend LaTaunya Bynum ’76 Reverend Don Dewey James L. Doti Barbara Eidson Kelsey C. Flewellen ’05 Reverend Dayna Kinkade Melinda M. Masson Linda D. Ruth Reverend Felix Villanueva Reverend Denny Williams
OFFICERS Melinda M. Masson Chair Michael Penn (JD ’04) Executive Vice Chair Paul A. Cook Vice Chair Rebecca A. Hall ’96 Secretary
GOVERNORS George Adams, Jr. Marilyn Alexander Lula F. Halfacre Andre Lisa Argyros ’07 Margaret Baldwin Deborah Bridges Brenda Carver Eva Chen Ronn C. Cornelius Robin Follman-Otta (EMBA ’15) Kathleen M. Gardarian Judith A. Garfi-Partridge W. Gregory Geiger Steve Greinke Galen Grillo (EMBA ’13) Sinan Kanatsiz ’97 (M.A. ’00) Elim Kay ’09 Scott A. Kisting Dennis Kuhl Suki McCardle Lori Smith James F. Wilson EMERITUS GOVERNORS Marta S. Bhathal Kathleen A. Bronstein Gary E. Liebl Jean H. Macino Richard D. Marconi Jerrel T. Richards Douglas E. Willits ’72
EX OFFICIO GOVERNORS Sheryl A. Bourgeois James L. Doti
President’s Cabinet Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos George L. Argyros, Jr. ’89, (JD ’01) Julianne Argyros Joyce Brandman Heidi Cortese Sherman Lawrence K. Dodge Onnolee B. Elliott (M.A. ’64) Paul Folino Douglas K. Freeman Marie Gray Frank P. Greinke Gavin S. Herbert Shelley Hoss Steeve Kay Joe E. Kiani General William Lyon Frank O’Bryan The Honorable Milan Panic Lord Swarj Paul James H. Randall The Honorable Ed Royce Susan Samueli Ralph Stern David Stone Alan L. True