ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014
Far left: Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde ’77 talks about “The Meaning of Place” in the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs during Alumni Reunion Weekend on June 20. Left: Professor emeritus Jane Jaquette talks about “Latin America in the 21st Century: Old Problems, New Directions” in Choi Auditorium on June 21. Students, colleagues, friends, and family recognized her contributions to the College by naming Johnson Hall classroom 301 the Jaquette Room. During his quadrennial excursion to the FIFA World Cup in June, Jorge Gonzalez—Oxy’s vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College—met up with students and alumni in Rio de Janeiro. The group included (front row, l-r) Anna Clara Soares ’04, Midori Niikura Hartford ’06, and Luciana Yoshiyasu ’06; (back row) Mark Hartford ’06, Kyle Beasley ’15, Samuel Ravetz ’16, Chico Conceição ’87, Miles Cole ’12, Chris Suzdak ’12, Gonzalez, Alex Wu ’12, Samuel Buckley ’12, and Stefan Johnson ’15.
“Oxy brought us knowledge, friends, and most importantly, our loving relationship and marriage.” —SHARLYN (ARNOLD) ’62 & RICHARD PULICE ’61 OXY ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS
Lisa (Quillen) Tegethoff ’99 and son Ford, above, planted trees in Portland, Ore.’s Baltimore Woods as part of Oxy’s MLK Day of Service 2014. Alumni in six chapters volunteered their efforts nationwide, including alumni from our nation’s capital, who lent their efforts to Food for All DC, a nonprofit charity that strives to provide food to low-income homebound residents in real need.
How can the College provide you with a meaningful alumni experience? That was the driving question behind Oxy on the Road, which took alumni engagement administrators to chapters in San Francisco, Honolulu, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, New York City, Washington, D.C., and here in Los Angeles earlier this year. Among those attending the San Francisco event at Fort Mason last January were (from left) Shira Blatt ’07, Ruben Sanchez, and Amerika Sanchez ’04 M’05.
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