Current Students and their Legacy Families (one or more family members currently attend or are alumni) Coline Devin ’15, Julien Devin ’12 Risa Egerter ’15, Beryl Egerter ’13 Jenner Felton ’16, Gregory Felton ’85/86, P16 Brian Fielder ’14, Daniel Fielder ’11 Greta Gadbois ’15, Lynn Kistler ’81, P15 Shaan Nabeel Gareeb ’17, Nabeel Gareeb ’86/87, P17 Nathan Hall ’15, Lindsay Hall ’12 Johan Hoeger ’17, Katarina Hoeger ’13 Philip Jahl ’16, Lydia Jahl ’14 Meghan Jimenez ’14, Ian Jimenez ’11 Justin Bo-Wei Lee ’16, Alex Bo-Ping Lee ’14 Isabell Lee ’16, Maxwell Lee ’11 Jonpaul Littleton ’16, Erik Littleton ’13 Parents Sally and Robert
Martin Loncaric ’15, Calvin Loncaric ’12
Gaebler (top) pose in 2011
Ross Mawhorter ’16, Peter Mawhorter ’08
with their Mudders and
Colin Okasaki ’17, Maria Ebling ’88, P17 and Christopher Okasaki ’89, P17
Mudders to be: Philipp, GAEBLER
David, Rob, Ehren (now at Coe College), Leif, Marcie and Evan.
Jacqueline Ong ’15, Madeleine Ong ’11 Neil Pearson Jr. ’14, Carl Pearson ’13 Brennan Plassmeyer ’14, Neal Riedel ’85, P14 Emilia Reed ’17, Lena Reed ’14 Kelly Robertson ’16, Cynthia Robertson ’80, P16
exciting. The point of competition was to try hard questions that tested your ability to solve problems. The judges created hard questions to make you think.” In February 2013, Sally Gaebler passed away after battling cancer, but she knew that her daughter was considering Harvey Mudd. “She always said that there was no pressure to apply if that wasn’t where I wanted to go. But she always encouraged us to challenge ourselves,” says Marcie. Marcie’s father and brothers are thrilled that she has chosen Mudd and are rooting for her. “I told her to buckle her seatbelt,” says Dave ’04, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient and a member of the 2004 Harvey Mudd Putnam Competition team that placed fifth nationally. “Marcie was facing a decision between a college experience where she would have more free time versus one where she might be pushed to the limits. She chose the difficult path, and we’re all cheering her on.”
Evan ’15, who returns to campus next year after a leave of absence, says he gave Marcie pointers about campus life and showed her around. Philipp ’09 says he told her two things: “It’s important to be connected to people, and that if you ever need help with school, don’t worry about some sense of do-it-yourself pride. Go get that help.” Marcie is finding her own way—she admits to procrastinating a bit—and is making connections that are meaningful for her, including joining the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. She’s considering some combination of math, computer science and biology, which means, potentially, a Gaebler graduate in nearly every Harvey Mudd major. Above all, Marcie intends to continue the Gaebler family tradition of working together and pursuing knowledge as a source of delight in itself.
Aaron Rosenthal ’15, Wylie Rosenthal ’12 Paul Sonner ’17, David Sonner ’80, P17 (also, Paul’s uncles Richard ’82 and James ’81) Kate Spiesman ’14, William Spiesman ’81, P14 Ruth Le-Xuan Sung ’17, Jean Ying-Xuan Sung ’16 Alex Swafford ’15, David Swafford ’75, P15 Matthew Tambara ’14, Kevin Tambara ’77, P14
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