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Snapshots from Volume 41, Number 4 oxy.edu/magazine
Family & Homecoming Weekend October 18-19 Photos by Marc Campos, Don Milici, and Nick Jacob
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1. Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde ’77 extols the virtues of a liberal arts education to an enthusiastic audience in Thorne Hall. 2. Here’s something you don’t see every day: the stiltwalking, hoop-spinning, and foot-stomping collective known as MarchFourth (founded by band leader John Averill ’89) leading the party procession from Thorne Hall. 3. Oswald and Lucia Choi-Dalton ’89 groove to the music of MarchFourth in the Academic Quad. 4. Steve Robinson ’77 and Ian McKinnon ’89 meet at the net following a round-robin tournament prior to the dedication of the McKinnon Family Tennis Center and Robinson Family Terrace. 5. The family of the late Sammy Lee ’43 gather at the diving area named for the two-time Olympic gold medalist. 6. Members of the Oxy Hawai‘i Club share the aloha spirit during Oswald’s tailgate. 7. Oxy’s “Water Queen,â€? Jo Ann (Brobst) Hirsch ’58, and husband Vin Hirsch returned to campus for a ďŹ rst look at the long-awaited De Mandel Aquatics Center, which is expected to open early next year. 8. Shae Sakamoto ’20 and Obama Fellow Kayla Williams ’20 enjoy the view at a Homecoming after-party hosted by Lucia Choi-Dalton ’89, Greg Dalton ’89, and Queence and Henry Choi ’90. 9. Jason Frasca ’91 lays down the beat with his jazz quartet at the “Crepes and Jazzâ€? after-party.
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Blyth Fund alumni and past and current faculty advisers gathered September 26 to celebrate the success of one of the oldest continuously operating student-run investment funds in the nation. Created in 1977 by Richard Link in honor of banker Charles R. Blyth, the current 14-member Blyth Fund student committee includes a range of majors, from economics and physics to music and diplomacy and world aairs.
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Save the dates for Alumni Reunion Weekend: June 12-14, 2020
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