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Snapshots from Volume 39, Number 3 oxy.edu/magazine OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
Jonathan Veitch President Wendy F. Sternberg Vice President for Academic Aairs and Dean of the College Rhonda L. Brown Vice President for Equity and Inclusion & Chief Diversity OďŹƒcer Charlie Cardillo Vice President for Institutional Advancement Vince Cuseo Vice President of Enrollment and Dean of Admission Rob Flot Vice President for Student Aairs and Dean of Students Amos Himmelstein Vice President & Chief Operating OďŹƒcer Marty Sharkey Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications Jim Tranquada Director of Communications editorial staff
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Aleksandra Sherman Assistant Professor Cognitive Science
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Dick Anderson Editor Samantha B. Bonar ’90, Jasmine Teran Contributing Writers Marc Campos Contributing Photographer Gail (Schulman) Ginell ’79 Class Notes Editor SanSoucie Design Design DLS Group Printing
Alumni Reunion Weekend June 23-25 1. Clockwise from upper left, Alumni Seal honorees Kylie Schuyler ’82 (service to the community), Sally Ann Parsons ’62 (alumna of the year), Judy Lam ’87 (service to the College), Esau Berumen ’97 (professional achievement), Sara El-Amine ’07 (Erica J. Murray ’01 Young Alumni Award), and Mark Garcia ’87 (service to the College). 2. Leslie Scott ’87 and Carole (McPherson) Lewis ’87 catch up at Saturday’s reception. 3. Steve Hinchlie ’55, co-recipient of the Fifty Year Club’s Auld Lang Syne Award, with Fred Hameetman ’61. 4. President Jonathan Veitch and Eric Moore ’83. 5. No parking on the dance oor— not when Oswald gets into the groove with Jordan Narducci ’07. 6. Lois Aroian ’67 enjoys a coee with Frank Van Der Baan ’67 prior to Sunday’s Fifty Year Club meeting. 7. A Taylor-made selďŹ e at Saturday’s Oxy GOLD pool party with 2007 grads Rob Lucero, Devin Wasley, Paul Cardona, and Sarah Bowles. 8. Theater professor John Bouchard, son Jack, and wife Nan. Bouchard was this year’s recipient of the Fifty Year Club’s Io Triumphe Award. 9. Foosball combatants included 2012 classmates (from left) Jason Park, Alma Garcia, Yelka Kamara, Irene Li, and Aaron Stark (far right). 10. Twins redux: Gregory Impert ’02 and Doreen (Peden) Siodmak ’56. 11. 2007 grads Hernan Orozco, Sam PeĂąa, Sean Ganley, Daisy PeĂąa, Jayson Williams, Miko Quisumbing, and Adam Reilly on Saturday night.
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Andy Collins ’07—who led the Tigers to a 27–0 SCIAC record during his three-year tenure as quarterback (2004–2006)—will be inducted posthumously into the Occidental Athletics Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility on Friday, October 13, during Family & Homecoming Weekend. (Collins died in 2011 at the age of 27.) Other 2017 inductees include Stephen Haas ’63 (track and field), the 1982 NCAA national champion women’s tennis team, and Blair Slattery ’94 (basketball and tennis). For more information, visit oxyathletics.com. We look forward to seeing you back on campus for a weekend celebration of the Occidental family! Photo by Kirby Lee
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