Spring 2006
Lowell Alumni Association
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An Evening to Remember Saturday, February 28, 2006, proved to be uniquely memorable in San Francisco history. For some, it may be remembered as what seemed like the last rain-free day for months. But for the Lowell community, it marked the elegant and official kickoff to the Lowell Sesquicentennial celebration as alumni, students, faculty, parents and special friends gathered that evening in the City Hall rotunda. Greeted by columns of red and white balloons and members of the Shield and Scroll Society, the festive crowd of nearly 500 was serenaded by the Lowell String Quartet as they entered City Hall. Beneath the majestic dome (lit in Lowell red for the evening), guests enjoyed a lavish assortment of food and drink while mingling with friends old and new. Meanwhile, a special slideshow of historical Lowell images played throughout the evening on a large screen atop the grand staircase. Gwen Chan, San Francisco’s Interim Superintendent of Schools and a Lowell alumna (class of ’63), offered welcoming remarks, accompanied by Principal Paul Cheng, Student Body Council President CJ
Mourning and the LAA’s Lisa Clay and Paul Lucey. By design, the evening was short on speeches but long on socializing and good times. Musical highlights of the evening were provided by the 23-piece Lowell Jazz Band, which transformed the South Light Court into one of the city’s most swinging jazz clubs and prompted more than a few partygoers to dance, and the 54 members of the Lowell Advanced Choir, performing on the grand staircase to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience. Lowell alumni from the 1930s all the way to the class of 2005 were there, with representatives from every decade in between, and as the evening wound down, a lively group gathered around the grand piano for some impromptu singing before the crowd headed home with their memories and a special sesquicentennial keychain memento. Special thanks to all those who helped make this special evening such a great success: the Sesquicentennial Planning Committee; Othello Jefferson (Lowell ‘90) and his Advanced Choir; Michele Winter and the Jazz Band; the String Quartet; Shield &
Lowell Student Body Council President CJ Mourning ‘06 (far left), with Principal Paul Cheng, Interim Superintendent of Schools Gwen Chan ‘63 and LAA President Lisa Coughlin Clay ‘74 Scroll members and their faculty sponsors, Janet Tse (Lowell ’68) and James Spellicy; visual arts students Alex Wong, Anesta Iwan, Jonah Martin and Christina Limcaco, along with their teachers Maria Rode and Kirsten Janssen; and everyone who attended and
helped launch this beautiful start to Lowell’s Sesquicentennial celebration! More than 100 additional photos can be found at www.lowellalumni.org/cityhall. To order prints, please contact the Lowell Alumni Association.
Current and Former Lowell Faculty/Staff Planning to Attend the Gala Sesquicentennial Banquet (as of May 11; visit www.lowellalumni.org/tribute for complete current guest list, including alumni)
The Lowell String Quartet serenaded guests as they arrived
The Lowell Alumni Association Thanks the Generous Sponsors Who Helped Make the Lowell Sesquicentennial Cocktail Party Possible: GRAND SPONSORS Joseph Breall, Sophie Breall and Breall & Breall, LLP Vicki DeGoff Joan DeHovitz & Aaron Braun Donald Fisher Bill Hair Warren Hellman Robin Leland Dr. David Lieu Carlton W. Linnenbach Christine A. Linnenbach Peggy & Rick Nederlof Dr. Thomas Park Jim Plessas Dr. Sol & Betty Silverman
BENEFACTORS Michael Becker Kenneth & Gail Berry Linden & Carl Berry Louis Buchbinder Hon. Gerald Buchwald James & Inge Byrnes James Carmack Lee Cheng Don & Lisa Coughlin Clay Jay & Nancy Cutler Donald W. Davis Sandra Eggers Diane & Joseph Ehrman Dr. Allan Gold Dave Hagerman Jonathan Hoff Stephen & Adrienne Horn Rod & Anne Hughes Thomas & Marily Johnson Bonnie Jones Diana Kazubowski Robert L. Knox
Gary & Patricia Pivnick Levin Michael Maddan Harvey & Eve Masonek Marie Matthews Kurtis Mayer Peter Meeks & Linda Kazares Susan Murray Patrick Quan Adolph Rosekrans Catherine Rossi-Roos Namdar Saleh John Schwabacher Richard Shrieve & Yvonne Don Dr. Samuel & Ruby So Audrey Sterling Milton Vucinich Helen Louie Wax Merla Zellerbach
SPONSORS Terence Abad Allan Alcorn Jerry Ambinder Gwen Chan James Gazaway Robert Glasson Bonnie Goldman Joseph Handlon Stanley G. Hilton Bert Horn Sandra Dyer Joseph Dr. & Mrs. Jetson Lee Paul Lucey Alan C. Mendelson Dr. Emily Murase Christine Reynolds Jim Rosenthal Alexandra Vuksich Alan Wendroff
Jack Abad Paul & Pam Abad Michael Ambrose Jack Anderson Jacqueline Andersen Svein Arber Milton Axt, Jr. Kirsten Bahrs-Janssen Jutta Baruth Barclay Bates Wendy Beck Larry Bettencourt Sandra Bird John Bissett Cheryl Bragstad Judy Branzburg Cathryn Brash Doug Bullard Gus Buono James Carmack Scott Carson Joan Catelli Thomas Chambers Xiaolin Chang Paul Cheng Susan Ching May Choi Liz Chun Maureen Collins Tony Costa Elizabeth Crockett Rosemary Dacanay Gloria Daffner Peter Dahl Thais daRosa Jacqueline Delfino Michael Descilo Aldo Disgrazzi Terence Doherty J. Thomas Donohue John Donohue Thomas Drain Norman Durieux Joseph Ehrman Cecilia Elfenbein Claudia Eshoo Mary Farquhar Ernst Feibusch Gwendolyn Fuller Jeanne Gallo James Gazaway Holly Giles Rick Girling Phil Glander Charlotte Glashagel Marian Gonzalez
Steve Granucci Jeremy Gribler Linda Grondahl Linda Guitron Milo Gwosden Walter Halbasch David Hathwell Nancy Hayes Tsuneko Hellerstein Charles Hibbard Ray Hill Steve Hirabayashi Karl Hoffman George Hsu Cathy Innis Jerilyn Jank Sandra Jhung Karen Joyce Robert Kaiser Jean Kalil Jerilyn Keyak David Leong Florence Lewis Gayle Leyton Yu Li Fred Linder David Lipman David Low Paul Lucey John Lum Patricia MacDonald David Madfes John Mahoney Anthony Mana Victoria Maquinana Bryan Marten Robert McMains Katherine Melvin Steve Merlo Molly Michaelis Raymond Milton Cynthia Mitchell Jennifer Moffitt George Moore Douglas Morales Patricia Morehen Bruno Morelli Camille Morishige Joseph Mucelli Christopher Newhouse Anna Nicora Deanna Nielsen Naomi Okada Dorothy Ong Gale Ow Nahleen Pang
Rebecca Pearlman Maud Pearson-Green Wandaline Perelli James Pinfold Lynn Pinocci Janice Pivnick Julian Pollak Barbara Prato Michael Prutz Annie Puretz Harper Puziss Denis Rauchman Robert Ray Ellen Reller Lawrence Robinson David Roditti Elizabeth Rogers Julie Rogers Barbara Rothenberg Irving Rothstein Meinhard Schulz Alex Schwartz John Shankel Richard Shapiro Joan-Marie Shelley Sandra Shure Lee Silverstein Uri Skowronski Richard Soward James Spellicy Amanda Stupi Katharine Swan Dacotah Swett Kiyoko Takemoto Vladimir Talian Joe Tanzi Kay Tegland Patricia Tommaney Ken Tray Dennis Treadway Sara Trelaun Janet Tse Peter VanCourt Darcy Villere Darlene Vuicich Laurence Warshaw Mark Wenning Eugenia Winslow Michele Winter Ronald Wong Aline Younge David Yuan Elizabeth Zamboldi Marc Zavala