UPDATE Magazine | Fall 2014

VOL. 31 / NO. 1 / FALL 2014

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ARTS EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY SUMMER OF DISCOVERY SJND’S ANNUAL REPORT

THE ANNUAL FUND MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE ONE STUDENT AT A TIME. Your gift supports student scholarships, college counseling, Pilots sports, spiritual retreats and much more. Your gift helps us develop confident, open-minded and generous leaders.

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B OA R D OF T RU ST E E S Kevin Milroy, Chair Richard Crevani, Vice Chair Anne Washmera, Secretary Father George Alengadan, ex officio Ed Cagawan ’85 Simon Chiu, ex officio Jennifer Diaz Teasha Gable, ex officio with voting privilege Angela Ganci Abe Hitti Kerry O’Hara ’70 Plain Michael Pola ’82 Dan Prislin Kris Venturini

FE ATURES Great Graduates, Going Places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Class of 2014 New Offerings, Amazing New Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Coding, Mandarin, Speech and Debate A Tremendous Summer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Summer Discovery, Stephen Curry, 4th of July Parade STEAM Learning, Renaissance Minds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Arts at SJND Generosity with Purpose: Pilots Pay It Forward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Scholars and Scholarships

Saint Joseph Notre Dame is a dynamic, Catholic parish high school that offers a rigorous college preparatory education.

We are a faith-filled, diverse and welcoming community that embraces the teachings of Jesus Christ. We develop confident, open-minded, generous leaders who are ready to live joyful lives of faith, scholarship and service.

OPA! A Remarkable Woman, Georgia Vlahos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 A Remembrance

DE PARTMEN TS Annual Report of Donors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 In Memoriam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Alumni Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Calendar of Events.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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principal’s Message

Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends, As a high school student, I had the pleasure of participating in two high school drama productions. I recall that I played the Inspector in an Agatha Christie mystery and then a college student in another drama production. I always liked talking as a kid. Sometimes talking got me in trouble with the nuns and teachers at my Catholic grammar school, so participating in something in which talking was required was right up my alley. In retrospect, I recognize the many lessons I learned from participating in those plays: teamwork, perseverance, humility, confidence. Being in a play helped me meet new people, give and receive feedback and collaborate with others. Each of these lessons remains relevant to me today as an educational leader.

This issue includes our Annual Report, which details the many ways you have supported SJND and thanks you for your generosity. From our alumni to our parents and everyone in between, I continue to be grateful for the generosity each of you shares with SJND. Whether it’s in the form of an Annual Fund gift or a contribution to a capital project or endowed scholarship that supports tuition assistance, our students are able to continue to succeed and thrive because of the support you continue to give to them. One of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit is generosity and the Gospels are replete with stories of Jesus’ generosity with all sorts of people. Know that your continued generosity has a profound effect on the educational experience of all of our students.

At SJND, we are proud of the work we have done to support our Visual and Performing Arts department (VAPA). From a wide array of curricular offerings to the investments we have made in equipment and capital improvements, opportunities for participating in the arts—visual, performing and literary­—have never been better at SJND. In this issue, you’ll learn more about how the arts benefit our students academically as well as prepare them for life.

I look forward to watching our students continue to grow throughout the year and to celebrating the many successes of our alumni in and beyond the SJND community.

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Sincerely,

Simon Chiu, Principal

“ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK” CRAB FEED

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F E B R UARY 21, 2 0 1 5 KE LLY G YMNA S IUM

THANK YOU TO OUR 2014 CRAB FEED DONORS. Armanino LLP BayRisk Insurance Brokers, Inc. Beacon Pointe Advisors Blaisdell’s Business Products Harbor Bay Realty Perforce Software Oliver & Company Omega Termite & Pest Control R.B. Construction, Inc. Santos-Robinson Mortuary

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D O N O R S Albany Bowl Tahoe Donner Association Vena Nail Salon Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Sylvan Learning Center Ledson Winery and Vineyards Waterfront Hotel Chuck Corica Golf Complex Buttercup Grill and Bar

Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center The Cotton Patch The Lawrence Hall of Science Shotgun Players Bay Area Discovery Museum California Symphony Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District Exploratorium Hotel Shattuck Plaza

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Johnson and Jolley Orthodontics Picante Mexican Restaurant Golden Gate Fields Black Stallion Winery John’s Wood de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco Oakland East Bay Symphony Bay Area Driving School The Original Red Onion Oakland Ice Center

Wine & Waffles Atlantis Casino Resort Spa Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Yerba Buena Center for the Arts California Shakespeare Theater Lauren’s Closet Oakland Zoo Ruby’s Garden Great Western Power Co. San Francisco Symphony

For tickets, to sponsor or to donate items for the Crab Feed, please contact Lauren Basta at lbasta@sjnd.org or 510-995-9452.

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C lass of 2014 GREAT GRADUATES, GOING PLACES “ … L I F E ’ S T O O S H O R T to dwell on defeats; focus

instead on the successes that wait for you in the future. In that spirit, let us continue to be compassionate, generous, and caring people, remembering just how limitless our contributions to this world can be. Let us be defined by our deeds and not by our defeats. Let us take to heart the words of St. Francis of Assisi when he said: ’Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.’”

Amelia Khoo, Class of 2014 Valedictorian Amelia is attending Brown University and studying biomedical engineering and literary arts.

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“ W I L L Y O U B E A L E A D E R who creates

an environment where others thrive and want to learn?

Will you be a selfless leader who puts the success of the team ahead of their own success? Will you look to learn from your followers?”

Keynote speaker Christopher Wagner ’74 Former senior executive with 35 years with the Internal Revenue Service and current consultant for Deloitte Consulting, LLP

“ Y O U R C A L L I N G is to bring your gifts and

talents to the world. Let that flame burn bright wherever you go and let that spirit shine in whatever you do.”

Principal Simon Chiu

The Class of 2014 earned admission to a variety of distinguished public and private colleges and universities with nearly $6 million in scholarships.

Below are just some of the schools to which students earned admission.

Alabama A&M University Boston College Boston University Brigham Young University Brown University University of California at Berkeley University of California at Davis University of California at Los Angeles California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo California State University, East Bay Chapman University Clark Atlanta University Colgate University University of Colorado at Boulder Columbia University Cornell University Creighton University Dominican University Fordham University Georgetown University Gonzaga University Holy Names University Howard University Illinois Institute of Technology Loyola Marymount University Mercy College Mills College New York University Northwestern University Notre Dame de Namur University University of Oregon Prairie View A&M University University of Puget Sound Purdue University Rochester Institute of Technology Saint Mary’s College of California University of San Francisco San Jose State University Santa Clara University University of Southern California Syracuse University Tuskegee University Washington University in St. Louis

Great New Offerings

Amazing New Teachers SJND is excited to introduce four exciting offerings to our academic and co-curricular programs. Students now have the opportunity to learn Mandarin and Coding as well as compete on our Speech and Debate team. Additionally, all seniors will take Faith in Action, a class and culminating experience in which they will put their values to practice through individual service projects in the community.

INTRODUCTORY CODING AND ADVANCED CODING: APPLICATION DESIGN DR. MATTHEW JONES

shared that his students will also learn Python, a widely used programming language.

Dr. Jones hopes his students will feel empowered and he is inspired by young people who have contributed to innovations in coding and technological growth. “It doesn’t take long for students to learn it and make an impact.”

Dr. Jones gets satisfaction from seeing students actively involved in their own learning and applying what they learn in his class to new areas. He hopes that students will leave his class understanding that math and science are creative, dynamic and relevant, with applications that, when combined with critical thinking, prepare students for rewarding careers.

MANDARIN I W E NDY L E E SJND now offers two computer coding classes: Introductory Coding and Advanced Coding: Application Design. In the introductory course, students learn how to write, test, and run object-oriented computer code through software applications and games. The advanced course will build on the concepts taught in Introductory Coding and teach students how to create programs for mobile and other devices, as well as design their own original applications.

“It doesn’t take long for students to learn it and make an impact.”

Dr. Matthew Jones, who holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Physics from Auburn University, teaches these courses as well as Physics. Dr. Jones emphasizes that coding is a skill that is becoming increasingly important for students to learn. He shared, “Coding is critical for literacy in today’s world.” In addition to using Raspberry Pi’s, small computers designed to teach students how to do basic programming and very popular in education today, Jones

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SJND now offers Mandarin, the most widely spoken language worldwide. Mandarin I begins this year and additional levels will be added over the next three years, giving students the opportunity for substantive study. In addition to learning the spoken and written language, teacher Wendy Lee will expose students to Chinese culture, traditions, cuisine and current events to support their cultural education.

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Congratulations Faculty and Staff Anniversaries As we welcome the ideas and energy of new faculty and staff this year, we also want to express gratitude for the dedicated service of existing community members. A place is only as remarkable as the people who bring it to life. In 2015, we will celebrate many anniversaries of our committed faculty and staff, each of whom make SJND a wonderful place to work, lead and serve.

40+ YEARS

15+ YEARS

3+ YEARS

Gail Rodriguez

Verdell Alexander Paula Cekola Daniel Curry Jolie Johnson Don Lippi Andrew Reed

Johnelle Baculpo Angelica Bailon Vicki Bargagliotti Mark Castillo Simon Chiu Jen Dlugosh Suzanne Edinger Doug Evans Marel Grunt Julie Guevara Michele Johnson Michael Kamplain Gabriela Lippi Dessiree Lozano Matthew Mueller Tina O’Connor Jessica Park Chris Pondok Stephanie Semolic-Portillo Sean Rhatigan Ryan Rosso Jason Shelton Kris White

30+ YEARS Elizabeth Norris

20+ YEARS James Fong Didi Kubicek Mark Ritter Bob Williams

10+ YEARS Rebecca Bischoff John Gunty Michael Loring Jimmy Macalinao Andy McKee Kristina Taylor

“ The world is changing. China has opened her door to the world” and there is a “big [job] market” for those who know the language.”

Wendy Lee is a native Mandarin speaker from Taiwan, with Masters degrees in Education and Chinese Literature from San Jose and San Francisco State Universities. She has taught Mandarin for over 16 years. She believes that American students who learn Mandarin will have access to a wider variety of job opportunities. She shared, “The world is changing. China has opened her door to the world” and there is a “big [job] market” for those who know the language. Lee also enjoys teaching students. “I love the interaction with my students. It makes me happy to see them overcome difficulties and learn this language.”

At the end of the course, Lee hopes that her students will be “confident that they can converse with Mandarin speakers.”

FAITH IN ACTION S ARA DOUGHT ON

Faith in Action is a new class for seniors that pairs learning how to effectively serve others with hands-on projects that directly benefit the community. Sara Doughton is the teacher of Faith in Action and SJND’s new Service Learning Coordinator.

Doughton has a B.A. in English from Birmingham-Southern College, an M.Phil. in Ecumenical Studies from the Irish School of Ecumenics at Trinity College in Dublin and an M.Div. from the Yale Divinity School. Doughton was the Assistant Director of Service Learning at BirminghamSouthern College for five years.

Service learning has been a transformative part of Doughton’s own educational life, introducing her to “different perspectives,

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social justice, and the power to help impact racial disparity and economic injustice.” To Doughton, “service learning makes things very immediate.”

In her class, students are reflecting on where they feel called to serve and learning about Catholic perspectives on service and justice. Students are exploring areas of need in the community and reflecting on how to share their work with SJND students and the community. Each student will undertake a long-term service project at an organization of their choice. Doughton’s hope is that the people students serve will “become our teachers.”

Doughton hopes that by the end of her class, students will be “transformed, have a sense of what their talents are, know the needs of the world and how they can help...”

Doughton loves seeing “when a student gets really excited, discovers something about themselves and then lives that out.”

She enjoys “supporting students as they learn how to live an integrated and purposeful life.” Doughton hopes that by the end of her class, students will be “transformed, have a sense of what their talents are, know the needs of the world and how they can help, have joy in working for the good of their neighbor, and that [serving others] will become the shape of their life.”

SPEECH AND DEBATE CLUB T RE VOR ANDE RS ON SJND is excited to offer a Speech and Debate Club led by Trevor Anderson. Students in the club will practice team policy debate, public forum debate, duo interpretation and extemporaneous speaking. They will compete as members of the Golden Gate Speech Association, a division of the National Speech and Debate Association.

Anderson, who has a B.A. in Philosophy and Religion from Hillsdale College and is in a Master’s Program in Philosophy and Theology at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, was on debate teams at the high school and college levels. Debate has always been a passion for Anderson, who shared that “learning to speak well was a lot of fun for me, saying something funny and serious and having people feel moved by it, learning to think critically and logically, doing research and caring about what is going on in the world.” In his life, debate served as an “introduction to philosophy, character-building, and ethical issues” and built lasting friendships. Anderson appreciates that debating teaches individuals to see all sides of an issue and to discuss a topic with respect and intellect.

“...debating teaches individuals to see all sides of an issue and to discuss a topic with respect and intellect.”

Anderson reflected that speech and debate gives students valuable skills for college and job interviews, like how to “think on their feet, dress and present themselves appropriately.”

Anderson hopes that the students in his club will become more “mature and honest human beings through debate, better able to relate to their peers and superiors, learn research skills, have the ability to speak well, increase their confidence and ability to engage in meaningful conversation.”

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A Tremendous Summer Summer 2014 at SJND was one for the books. SJND offered exciting Summer Discovery camps and NBA All-Star and Warriors’ guard Stephen Curry’s SC30 Select Camp for the nation’s top high school basketball guards was held in the Kelly Gymnasium. Additionally, SJND students found other opportunities in and beyond the community to build their leadership skills.

Beyond Campus C HIOMA AMUZIE ’15 Chioma was selected for a Creativity Award by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). CIRM’S award supports youth participation in summer internship programs. Chioma participated in the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Insititute-UC Berkeley Summer Stem Cell Research Internship Program.

She gained valuable experience and training in STEM cell and developmental biology research through the program, working in the field of epigenetics. Epigenetics focuses on the study of changes in gene expression caused by certain base pairs in DNA or RNA being “turned off ” or “turned on” again, through chemical reactions. Chioma plans to major in either general biology or cellular/molecular biology in college and attend medical school to become an ophthalmologist.

J OS HUA AT KINS ‘ 1 6 This summer, Joshua was part of the Think China 2014 Delegation, a group of young men learning and teaching through travel. The program was sponsored by the East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC) as part of the President’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative, part of the White House’s focus on education. At its heart, the trip was a great opportunity for a cross-cultural conversation about education and the values of community, accountability, leadership and loyalty.

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A TREMEMDOUS SUMMER Jackson Witherspoon ’15 has Design Featured on R.A.C.E.’s Official T-Shirt Since 2011, students in teacher Andrew McKee’s Art 2: Digital Illustration class have submitted t-shirt designs for benefit races organized by SJND parents Mark and Cynthia Hovermale. This year, Jackson Witherspoon ’15 had his design selected for the official t-shirt of the Alameda Mayor’s July 4th Parade R.A.C.E. (Ralph Appezzato Charity Event). The race benefits the Midway Shelter of Alameda for women and children. McKee appreciates the chance to help the community and to give students an opportunity to design for a real-life assignment. McKee shared that the project “provides a service, a design that’s meaningful and has students practice technical skills,” and is a “fantastic opportunity for students to see that others will invest in their talent.”

Summer Discovery Success “My favorite part was that the teachers were very accessible. I could go to them to ask more detailed questions.”

Summer Discovery Director Seth Feldman shared that he was most happy with the robust enrollment and low studentteacher ratios that “enabled teachers to spend more time with students and provide individualized experiences.” SJND upper classmen as well as young alumni served as teaching assistants for the students. Emily Lara ’16, a teaching assistant this summer, said she “hopes that the students looked up to [her] as a role model” and that she enjoyed seeing many of them around Alameda.

“Cooking with Mitch” was a favorite for kids in Summer Discovery.

Summer Discovery, SJND’s summer program, was a resounding success again this year. Highlight courses included Speech and Debate, led by SJND teacher Don Lippi, and Bay Area Adventures, a traveling science camp led by SJND science teacher James Fong. More than 500 elementary and middle school students representing more than 40 schools came from all over the East Bay to participate in sports, cooking, art and other classes.

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The Middle School Success Academy is a new course that was offered for the first time. This two-week program prepares students to succeed in middle school by teaching academic strategies including note- and test-taking, self-assessment of learning styles, and instruction on Latin roots and Greek prefixes. In addition, the course teaches students ways to handle social and emotional challenges. Maverick Lara, son of Myla Lara ’88, who participated in the Academy, said “My favorite part was that the teachers were very accessible. I could go to them to ask more detailed questions. I learned new notetaking and test-taking strategies.” Feldman observed that one of the week’s highlights was having Dr. Kristopher White, SJND Assistant Principal of Academics, lead a special session on how to approach a teacher when a problem arises in the classroom.

CAMP CURRY

Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Under Armour Host Basketball Camp at SJND Under Armour and Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry hosted the SC30 Select Camp for the nation’s top high school basketball guards in SJND’s Kelly Gymnasium. Stephen Curry and the high school players did drills and watched film together. One of SJND’s own varsity basketball players, Jade’ Smith ’17, participated in the camp. He was joined by 19 other outstanding high school basketball guards from around the country. Smith ’17 was inspired by the other players as well as by Curry’s father, who told the players to take advantage of the camp, which provided a kind of opportunity his son did not have as a high school player.

SJND PERFORMS IN ALAMEDA’S 4TH OF JULY PARADE SJND music students performed as part of the SJND float in Alameda’s 4th of July Parade. This year, 30 students, including members of women’s volleyball, men’s soccer and beginning band, joined the parade. Students and parents decorated the spirited 70-foot long float with Pilots shirts and patriotic decorations. The band played songs by The Black Keys, Coldplay, Jimi Hendrix and John Philip Sousa. Music teacher Paula Cekola shared “It’s great to have the support from the community. Alameda can see what the youth are doing with music.” The band raises money for the music program by performing in the parade, and funds support the purchase of equipment and field trips for the program. Quentin Fernandez ’15, a saxophone player, said that performing in the parade was “a rush of excitement” and enjoyed seeing his friends in the crowd. Katherine Carino ’17 said, “Seeing our friends and people in the crowd pumped us up!” Carmina

Martinez ’16 reflected, “It was fun to see everyone over the summer. Playing with the band feels like home.”

The band came in third place in the Transported Bands category. Go Pilots!

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STEAM Learning Renaissance Minds The U.S. has rightly put great emphasis on STEM learning for young people because its subject areas—science, technology, engineering and math—hone important 21st century skills. Among these are problem-solving and technical skills that develop critical thinking, logic and reasoning. These skills have great value for today’s jobs in the math and science fields as well as the biotech and technology sectors.

Today’s socially complex world...requires individuals who are able to think and work both critically and creatively...

Last year at SJND, as part of our STEM development, we introduced our Biomedical Sciences program, a four-year curriculum developed by Project Lead the Way. Through this program, along with Coding, Advanced Coding and other project-based enhancements and offerings in Math and Science, we are ensuring our students have a STEMwise education that prepares them for the future.

Now that STEM has taken root in education, both educators and employers are seeking to strengthen skills and habits of mind often associated with the arts and humanities— creativity, innovation, flexibility and social and cultural awareness, to name a few. Added to STEM curricula, these competencies help to develop collaborative, creative problem solvers with the flexibility and social awareness to thrive in today’s diverse society and rapidly changing job landscape.

The new acronym, STEAM, includes art, but refers to a very old idea—that of the renaissance person. The renaissance person has both the rational, critical capacity (strengthened by sciencebased study) to clearly define and tackle a challenge as well as the creative, constructive capacity (strengthened by arts-based study); together, these habits of minds and related skills allow a student to appreciate the full material and social complexity of a project challenge in order to address it wisely. Today’s socially complex, rapidly changing world, and its challenges—social, political, environmental, economic—require individuals who are able to think and work both critically and creatively, collaborating with empathy, trust and social awareness. These are renaissance thinkers and doers and STEAM education is preparing them for the complex systems they will face in college, work and life.

“Fire and Ice” by Kate LaSalle-Klein ‘12 was awarded first place in the Dick Blick Linoleum Block Art Contest.

Image courtesy of University of Florida. More at http://education.arts.ufl.edu.

This is why, in addition to strengthening our STEM programs and courses, SJND is simultaneously focused on providing students with a unique arts program that combines different forms of creative expression—visual, digital, musical and literary—to develop traditional and innovative arts courses infused with new ways of learning. Courses directly and indirectly engage new media and technology, and include digital illustration, desktop publishing and design, film studies and production. Through SJND’s Visual and Performing Arts program, students enjoy creative self-expression, learn a variety of artistic skills in their area of interest, and enhance their social awareness.

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ARTSATSJND Two recent projects SJND teachers and students have executed demonstrate how arts at SJND are cultivating a strong generation of digital savvy, socially aware, renaissance individuals.

PR O JE C T: A RT S A C R O SS G E NE R AT IO NS T E AC HE R: M ARK RIT T E R Students from SJND’s National Arts Honor Society, Tri M (Music Honors Society) and Musical Theater formed interview groups who met pairs of senior residents at the Water’s Edge Lodge elder care facility on Bay Farm. The residents shared artworks and artists as well as stories about their lives and what importance the arts played in their lives with SJND students, who videotaped the conversations. Students researched the artists and musicians of the post-WWI and WWII shared by the elders and performed music and made art in styles similar to them. They then compared the artists with selected contemporary artists of their choosing to share back with the elders as well. As a culminating project, students used video clips from the interviews, their research on contemporary artists, and interview notes to create an excellent multimedia presentation for Water’s Edge Lodge residents. Our students were invited back and plan to continue the project this year, with additional student participants.

KE Y S KIL L S L E ARNE D • Civic commitment • Communication • Collaboration • Social awareness and sensitivity • Technology-based storytelling • Translation of artistic expressions and media across generations “Bugs,” a ballpoint pen drawing by Emily (Lewis) Bonnes ‘07, won first place in the Congressional Art Competition.

THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS FACULTY MEMBERS WERE ASKED...

“WHAT’S YOUR SJND ART FANTASY?”

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A Maker Space on campus including 3D design, a wet-darkroom for traditional, alternative process and photo-silkscreen photography, allowing students to transfer their on-screen design to real products Adding three-dimensional arts courses including ceramics, sculpture and 3D design to further prepare students for careers in industrial design A theater and gallery space on campus to showcase the work of all Visual and Performing Arts students

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Alumni receive awards for designing green architecture, developing products to aid the handicapped and use their art to promote, issues of social justice, arts education and charity Alumni design stained glass windows and paintings for churches or cathedrals Alumni gain national recognition for their work with shows at the Museums of Modern Art in San Francisco and New York and at the Met

Alumni in Arts

and Arts-Related Fields Below is just a small sampling of SJND alumni who work in the arts.

Patricia Jimenez ‘09 is a junior designer with GNU Group, a Bay Area design and project management firm that provides branding, graphics, architectural signage and marketing services.

Anna Kittitanaphan ’08 earned her BFA in Graphic Design at California State University, Long Beach and is a freelance graphic designer.

Kelly Zerga ’08 earned her B.S. in Web Design and Interactive Media at the Art Institute and is a web designer for Wired magazine.

Teacher Andrew McKee shows the winning shirt. Student Jackson Witherspoon ‘15 had his design selected for the 2014 Alameda Mayor’s July 4th Parade. R.A.C.E. (Ralph Appezzato Charity Event)

PROJ E CT: T- S H I RT D ES I G N CO N T E ST TEACHER: ANDREW MCKEE Students compete to create the design for an annual running race in Alameda that supports the Alameda Women’s Shelter.

This project is often taken on by students in the Advanced Art: Digital Illustration course. Students are trained in the artist’s method of brainstorm, research, sketches and design revisions, approaching their individual design proposals with the understanding that many ideas may be excellent. Students write and critique one another’s ideas both face-to-face and online as well as create and update an online “stylebook” to reference research, images and ideas that train their eye and clarify their vision.

The t-shirt project has many excellent elements including creative design, communication of several ideas through one image, color palette control, specific technical requirements for printing and real life application for the chosen design. The chosen design is printed onto shirts that are given to all participants in the Alameda 4th of July R.A.C.E. and the early winter Midway Shelter Run and Walk. Students may see people around town wearing one of our SJND designed shirts in support of an excellent cause.

KEY SKILLS LEARNED • Civic literacy and leadership • Collaboration • Communication • Flexibility and adaptability • Social awareness and responsibility • Technology and design

Enrique Tabares ‘07 is a painter who graduated from California State University, East Bay and is currently serving as a teaching assistant for Painting at his college alma mater.

Danielle Campbell ’06 graduated from University of Oregon with a degree in Architecture and a minor in Historic Preservation and Italian.

Today, she is an associate at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., a Bay Area architecture firm.

Julian DeGuzman ’05 is an actor, singer and dancer (and brother of Robyn ’02) who has appeared in the Tony-award winning Broadway show The Newsies, which will make its way to the Orpheum Theater in February 2015.

Robyn DeGuzman ’02 is an actress who appeared in the Kansas City Firelight Theatre production of Miss Saigon and the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. Before taking to the stage professionally, the UC Irvine dance major traveled the world, working on a medical mission to the Philippines and teaching in Africa.

Tyler Jacobsen ’01 earned his MFA in 2009 and is now an illustrator represented by NYC’s Richard Solomon. His past clients include Dungeons & Dragons, Magic the Gathering, Simon & Schuster, NBC, Rolling Stone Magazine, Toyota, Scientific American, The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated.

Nathan Hodges ’99 graduated from U.C. Irvine and is a dance teacher, professional choreographer, and dancer who has worked with Elevation Studios, MMSDance, RhetOracle Dance Company and the Rogue Artists Ensemble in Los Angeles.

Marielle Heller ‘97 is a writer, actress and director. She is the director of Diary of a Teenage Girl, which is due in theaters in 2015.

Dale Taylor ’94 is Associate Visual Effects Producer at Atomic Fiction and recently worked on Zemeckis’ film Flight. He began his visual effects career at Industrial Light and Magic in 1999, working in production for over 10 years on Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones and other films.

Marci Stewart ’91 earned her BFA in Graphic Design and is owner of Marci Stewart Designs, a graphic design firm. She is also a frequent SJND designer, with work including Update magazine, admissions materials and our logo.

Mark Curry ’79 is a professional actor-comedian who is best known as the star of the ABC show Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper which aired for five seasons. He also had his own Comedy Central stand-up comedy special and hosted Showtime at the Apollo.

Patricia Martin Osborne ‘59 is an award-winning watercolor artist who also teaches and holds workshops for art groups and organizations. She has taught at the Mendocino Art Center for over 18 years. She studied at California College of Arts and Crafts (now CCA) and San Jose State University as well as with many prominent artists.

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Generosity with Purpose

Pilots Pay it Forward D

oubtless, the unusually cohesive, spirited and diverse school community we enjoy at

SJND is related to our rich commitment to both maintaining and enhancing what makes our school special—our diversely talented students.

Because of generous alumni, parishioners, alumni parents and other benefactors, SJND is able to provide opportunities for amazing students and to provide our community with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment for 21st century learning. More than 40% of our students receive grants ranging from $1,000 to $11,000, ensuring our community represents a broad range of families committed to our mission.

Of course, this unique expression of Pilot pride and values is made possible by gifts to the school. As you will see from the array of endowed scholarships and other dedicated funds below, love and commitment are expressed in many ways. Whether the funds were created in honor of former teachers, classmates, coaches or loved ones, each is dedicated to fostering the success of future Pilots—individuals who work diligently to succeed in and beyond college and to serve their communities in meaningful ways.

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updateFeature We invite you to learn about our endowed fund opportunities and, if you are moved, to contribute to or create a fund by contacting Director of Advancement Rebecca Bischoff at 510-995-9454. However you support our students— whether with an annual gift, by attending or donating to the Crab Feed or by contributing to endowed scholarships— thank you. Your generosity keeps our Pilot community strong, caring, and successful for future generations.

KARL J. WEBER FAMILY

JAMES AND ROSALEEN COLLINS ’51 KELLY

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Weber, including their son Bob Weber ‘44 and their grandson Mark Zimmerman ‘68, endowed this fund. By supporting tuition assistance, faculty development and school improvements, this fund helps generations of students enjoy the benefits of an excellent, affordable college preparatory education.

Established by the children of James and Rosaleen, James ’76, Kevin ’79 and Maura ’80, this fund provides a scholarship for a student matriculating from St. Philip Neri to Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School. The fund was established to honor the years of service and support that James and Rosaleen have given to these two schools and to the mission of Catholic education.

ARLEIGH SANDERSON ‘57

BIL L CO NN AC HE R ’09

(SHO WN LEFT )

KAR L J. WEB ER REC IPIE NT OF FUN DS FRO M THE ELW OOD HAZ FAM ILY EDU CAT ION FUN D & THE SCH OLA RSH IP

e National Lab, “I work in the Tribology Lab at Argonn rgy. Tribology is which is part of the Department of Ene surfaces that rub the study of the interactions between applications… together, so it has a very broad range of d a wind turbine At SJND, I had the opportunity to buil are working on from scratch. Here at Argonne, scientists this fall I’ll be making turbines more efficient and late art. It will be the attending a symposium on the state of it essentially started great to get back into wind energy after ol. I’ll be building my engineering career back in high scho started at SJND.” (several levels) above the foundation I

in 2014 in Engineering After graduating from U.C. Berkeley ciate researcher at asso and n inter an Physics, Bill is now Argonne National Laboratory

DENISE CERVEL LI MADDIX ’80 Upon graduating from SJND, Denise went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley and then to a career in the computer science field while working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. After Denise died, her husband Daniel Maddix and her brother Joe Cervelli Jr. ‘82 established an endowed scholarship to memorialize Denise’s extraordinary talent in mathematics, as well as her commitment to SJND’s advanced mathematics offerings.

Established by Gary Sanderson ‘55 and the Sanderson Family, this fund honors the memory of Arleigh Sanderson ‘57. Arleigh was a counselor and teacher for 22 years, including several years at St. Joe’s, and served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force.

The family cherished their time at St. Joe’s and created this fund for the good of the school and students.

JAMES ’53 AND MYRNA MCKENNA Jim McKenna and his wife Myrna have endowed this fund to encourage African-American students in their pursuit of academic excellence. Jim, from the class of 1953, graduated from the University of San Francisco in 1957 began his career as a Certified Public Accountant in 1959 and went on to found a successful accounting firm.

BREE ANNA DECK ER ’10 RECIPIE NT OF THE MCKENN A SCHOLA RSHIP*

“I came from a single parent household and the tuition support helped out a lot. The reduction in tuition took some of the burden from the household.”

After graduating from Santa Clara University in 2014, Breeanna has just started pursuing her Masters in Public Policy Analysis at University of San Francisco and is also an intern for Councilmember McElhaney, District 3 at City of Oakland.

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PILOTS PAY IT FORWARD ARTHUR JAWAD SR. This generous endowment was established by Arthur Jawad, in appreciation of the quality of education that his children received. His intent was to benefit thousands of dedicated, sincere and industrious students who could be helped to reach their potential through a quality education supported by excellent facilities and educational tools.

ROBERT L. ’45 AND DONALD J. ’41 HAZELWOOD Robert L. ’45 and Donald J. ‘41 Hazelwood created this generous scholarship to encourage science education and the pursuit of science careers by high achieving, but well-rounded, students. The scholarship is given to a rising junior at SJND.

AAR ON STA NEK ‘15 RECIP IENT OF THE HAZE LWOO D SCHO LARS HIP*

Dear Dr. Hazelwood,

had I was excited and very surprised to learn that I ce been selected to receive the Hazelwood Scien k you’ Scholarship this academic year. The words ‘than are there that know I barely describe my appreciation. t many of my peers who are equally passionate abou a very the adventure of science, but I must say that it is dible incre special feeling to be singled out for this with recognition; I am so very grateful to be presented this honor. ... to This fall I will finalize my college search and apply ties the schools that will provide the best opportuni uate. to participate in research as an undergrad My aspiration is to obtain a Ph.D. in elementary tum particle physics and to study macroscopic quan of iples entanglement, to develop further the princ a quantum computation, or to find a way to build functioning Alcubierre drive.

al I chose SJND over other schools due to its phenomen science department. My time at SJND has been a rewarding and challenging adventure, with a truly do wonderful and accepting environment which can s excite which nothing but inspire all to do the thing them most. Your generosity has inspired me to give s in back to the community in hope of facilitating other their quests.

Sincerely, Aaron Stanek, Class of 2015

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KELL EY VILLA ’10 RECIPIE NT OF FUNDS FROM THE ANTHON Y V. AIELLO SCHOLA RSHIP FUND

“I’m so grateful to be a Pilot. My experiences at SJND (Link Crew, Kairos lead team, Prisms editorial staff, community service projects, and AP classes) helped prepare me for the formidable balancing act known as college.

My success at SJND and beyond would not have been possible without very generous donors who made tuition bills feasible for families like mine.”

Kelley graduated from Willamette University in 2014 and has just joined Americorps VISTA as the Food Access Coordinator for Yavapai County Community Health Services in Prescott, Arizona. In this position, she will investigate the role of farmers’ markets and food benefits in the fight against hunger and poverty.

ANTHONY V. AIELLO Anthony Aiello served the school as principal from 1969 to 2007. Principal Aiello’s commitment to Catholic education was exemplified not only in his daily interactions with students, but also through the deep sense of ministry in the fulfillment of his leadership responsibilities. The Anthony V. Aiello Scholarship Fund was created by SJND alumni to support tuition assistance and serve as a lasting tribute to Principal Aiello’s distinguished service.

“Your generosity has inspired me to give back to the community in hope of facilitating others in their quests.”

— AARO N STAN E K , C L ASS O F 2 0 1 5

FRANK LAPORTE For well over a decade beginning in 1981, Coach LaPorte taught U.S. History, coached golf and guided his basketball teams to Division I titles, Northern California championships, and North Coast Section titles. With a record of 393-99, LaPorte was as much a mentor as coach, guiding young men to lives of faith, dedication, honesty and caring. This scholarship honors his memory by assisting deserving scholar-athletes with tuition assistance.

BR UNO G. SANT ONE

DENISE FONG

Bruno G. Santone was a parishioner who believed that education transformed his life and opened many opportunities. Mr. Santone wished to secure an excellent education for students and families in need to give them the grounding in academics, traditions and values that will equip them for a lifetime of success. The Santone Scholarship supports tuition assistance for current students. The Santone College Scholarship Fund supports SJND graduates as they pursue higher education.

Coach Tony Fong, in his 17th year coaching cross country and track at SJND, lost his wife to breast cancer two weeks before the 2012 state cross country championships. The Pilots went on to win the school’s first cross country championship, with the runners dedicating their victory to Denise Fong. Coach Fong dedicated a scholarship in his late wife’s memory to benefit students at SJND who need tuition assistance.

ADDI T I ONAL F UNDS AND SCHOL ARSHI PS

AUST INE DE LOS SANT OS ‘14 CALIFOR NIA POLYTEC HNIC UNIVERS ITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO RECIPIE NT OF THE SANTON E SCHOLA RSHIP

Is there any message you’d like to share with the donors

who supported your educational goals and others who support scholarships and tuition assistance at SJND?

Thank you for the hope you have shown through your support. What you do is very important. Your generosity supports students like me, who have ambitious plans. My mom raised three of us as a single parent and I have worked very hard to ensure that she and others who support me feel proud. I am a Proud Pilot and I plan to give back to this school.

MYRTLE HEALEY Miss Myrtle Healey taught at Notre Dame Academy for many years. She is fondly remembered by the alumnae for teaching English, typing and Latin. This fund in her name, established by Margaret Schwarz ’42, supports tuition assistance.

GEORGIA VLAHOS

(see story on page 32)

Georgia Vlahos, who recently passed after a lengthy battle with cancer, retired from teaching at SJND after 38 years of molding students’ minds and helping them to develop an artistic and thoughtful approach to their learning and development. The Georgia Vlahos Endowment Fund, established in her honor upon

• Francis A. Doherty, SS. CC. • Frederica von Stade • M.M. Holm • James Moreland ’55 • Salvador Martinez ‘93 • Mike Triplett ‘63 • Adam M. Stonehouse (James Stonehouse ’55) • Herbert Von Rusten ‘53

• Class of 1949 • John ‘48 and Mary Lynch • Schwarz Family (David ‘52, Kenneth ‘45, and Richard ‘47) • George Albers ‘40 • George McDonald ‘38 • Science Challenge Fund

AMEL IA KHOO ’14, VALE DICT ORIA N BROWN UNIVERS ITY RECIPIE NT OF SANTON E AND HAZELW OOD SCHOLA RSHIPS

What message would you like to share with alumni and donors who supported your goals?

I am so grateful and hope that’s implied in everything I’ve done here. When donors invest their funds in the future, it makes such a difference. When I was going into senior year, my parents considered sending me to Encinal or Alameda. Fortunately, I received the Hazelwood Scholarship and it made the decision to stay easy and clear. I can’t imagine having gone to another school or being unable to spend time with these classmates I call family.

her retirement, supports the performing arts program.

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A Community Spirit I

n my role at SJND, I regularly speak with alumni, parents, students, parishioners and other members of the SJND community. The conversations I enjoy provide wonderful insight into our shared values. When our alumni return to campus they share stories of teachers who gave them confidence, motivation and inspiration. They remember the Marianist Brothers and Sisters of Notre Dame who led our schools for many years. They talk about the good habits they learned and the strong connections they had with their peers. In listening to the stories of their richly diverse lives since SJND, I am most impressed by the common thread: a commitment to service, community engagement and faith.

While SJND will always adapt our programs to ensure our students are prepared for a complex and rapidly changing world, our values remain constant. Students’ days are filled with discourse and projects that open their minds and strengthen their hearts with supportive personal relationships, spiritual guidance and reflection. Our close community of students fosters tremendous support of and care for others. The values of service and of holding each other to high standards are deeply embedded by the time our faculty say goodbye to students on graduation day.

You, our alumni, parents, friends and benefactors, ensure that this celebration of heart, mind, spirit and community continues. You know that the ripple effect of each successful SJND graduate is broad and deep. Each graduate – whether they are teaching in a classroom of their own, working in the biotech labs of the Bay Area, caring for the sick or designing new buildings – carries an ethic of care, justice and service into their work and lives. Your faith and support of the next generation’s talent, discovery, excellence and compassion is incredibly powerful.

We deeply appreciate your generosity, trust and faith in our work and mission, which allows our positive spirit and values to enrich the world.

Warmly,

Rebecca Bischoff Assistant Principal of Institutional Advancement

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Michael ’82 and Liz Pola with their kids Gavin, Nathaniel and Brock

Michael Pola ’82 Alumnus

“I am so proud of the way SJND has become a top “go to” high school over the past decade. The Science Center and expanded curricula provide students with even more enriching opportunities than were available to me 30 years ago. Even more important, however, is the pride of being a member of the SJND community and feeling the same enthusiasm watching the basketball team triumph as when I was a student. It’s a great time to be a Pilot!”

Elizabeth Blankenship Grandparent

“I donate because I believe in SJND values and the feeling of community among the staff, students and the families. The growth I have witnessed in my granddaughter over the past three years has shown me that she will be ready to tackle all that lies ahead of her.”

ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 OF DONORS

SJND is blessed with a strong and supportive community of donors. Their connections to the school come with many different stories. Regardless

of whether a donor is from the class of 1945, or is a parent of a child who will graduate in 2018, SJND survives with the support of our generous donors from all corners of our community. Thank you for helping Pilots soar!

Flicka and Mike Gorman Parishioners

“Mike and I give to the SJND Annual Fund because we believe in the wonderful education that is given at SJND and want to extend this experience to kids who have been special to us over the years.”

Chris Pondok

SJND Athletics Director PARISH AND FRIENDS $6,276

1%

4%

Board $16,562

24%

“What I give to the annual fund pales in comparison to the life lessons students receive while at SJND. Learning happens in more FACULTY/STAFF places than just the class room, $11,986 and I know by giving to the fund I’m contributing to a student’s whole high school experience.”

3%

Alumni $116,092

9%

Alumni Parents, Grandparents $43,195

Current Parents $162,290

34%

Foundations, Corporations $109,242

Lee Ann Alldridge Parent

23%

A N N UA L F U N D CONTRIBUTIONS

Natalie ’17, mom Lee Ann, and Zachary ’14 Alldridge

2%

Matching Gifts $9,233

“The saying ‘It takes a village’ is especially true with the Annual Fund. As a parent, I feel I have a tremendous opportunity to show my gratitude for the stellar education and bright future SJND is providing my kids by supporting the Annual Fund.”

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ANNUAL REPORT OF DONORS ANNUAL FUND

BY GIVING LEVEL

Robert F. Miller ’47 Ray and Tammy Shojinaga * St. Joseph’s Garden Club *

Thank you to the following donors to Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School’s Annual Fund during fiscal year July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. Tuition income covers just 85% of the cost of educating an SJND student. Contributions to the Annual Fund from our supportive community provide critical resources to our students. The Annual Fund supports the legacy of excellence in Catholic education here at SJND and allows us to advance our mission of creating confident, open minded and generous leaders.

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Basilica Society

Founding Members n

$10,000 and above

Anonymous Bellingham Festival of Music Emerald Packaging, Inc. * Flicka and Mike Gorman Mary Hester * James M. Kelly, Jr. ’76 * Kevin Kelly ’79 and Erin Jaeb * James and Rosaleen Collins ’51 Kelly, Sr. * Derril and Maura Kelly ’80 Koberlein * Robert S. and Helen P. Odell Fund Beatrice Rowney ’32 (dec.)

Chris and Trudi Seiwald * Trust Funds Incorporated

Sustaining Members n

$5,000 - $9,999

David Bixby ’72 * Robert and Stephanie Doud * Bruns and Penny Grayson * Barbara and Richard ‘51 (dec.)

Gregory * Patricia and J. Gregory ’56 Johnson * Cornell Maier * The Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program *

Pilots Club n

$2,500 - $4,999

Yuko and Rick ’69 Benedetti * Janet and Harold O. ’59 Boscovich * Edward Daniel Carroll ’64 Rick Fischer ’61 * The Hitti Family * Thomas E. Lumsden ’70 *

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$1,000 - $2,499

Anonymous ’41 * AT&T Employee Giving/United Way Campaign * Carol and John Baskett * Paul Bayard and Yaneth Oliva Paul Berning and Tyler Sack Jacqueline and Thomas ’47 Bertram * Elizabeth Blankenship and Kimberely Hare*

Robert and Sherilyn McMurray John and Andrea Medulan * Kevin and Sheila Milroy * James Mooney * William and Melissa Murphy * Paula Nilsson Lars Nilsson Christopher and Elaine Nye Bernadette and Roderick ’89 Obligacion * Patricia O’Hara ’67 * Maureen O’Hara ’68 * Bruce and Pat Peterson Kerry O’Hara ’70 Plain * Rochelle and Robert ’57 Pola *

Lawrence and Kristine Venturini * Ivy and Christopher ’74 Wagner Todd and Suzanne Ratto ’74 Walling * Ray and Anne Washmera * Robert Weber ’44 * Richard and Kathleen Westwood *

Principal’s Circle n

$500 - $999

Beth and John S. ’82 Anderson Jeffrey and Sylvia Anderson William and Jessica Bacon Shiho and Paul A. ’86 Barbir * Rebecca Bischoff *

YOUR ANNUAL F UND GIF T S UP P ORT S ...

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS Dave and Jeannie Bonardi Lici and Edgar Cagawan’85 Vickey and John M. ’88 Campbell * Richard and Patricia Campbell * Enrique Cervantes and Rosie Ramirez Peter and Noveminda Chai Richard and Noemi Crevani * Chloe Cruz’82 * Matthew and Elizabeth Dean David Dell’Osso * Ernesto and Dinah deMesa * Anne Devlin * John Miller and K.C. Egan Dan and Jackie Elshire Beth Freschi Carmen and John F. ’52 Fry * Nancy and George ’48 Garcia, M.D. * James Gilchrist and Maureen Nohra Darryl G. Glover ’84 * John and Christine Green * Brock and Marel Grunt * Sonchan Ha and Yuetong Chen Althea Anderson ’34 Hagemann * Kimberley Hare Barbara and Robert L. ’45 Hazelwood, Ph.D. * Scott and Kathleen Hennigh Roger and Sherry Hitchcock * Shirley Jaber ’83 Elfar Christopher and Fay Joyce * Kaiser Permanente Community Giving Campaign * Kenneth and Deana Karch Steven and Gayle Kint * Kenneth and Michele Langford Stanley and Raquel Layson * James M. Lee ’64 * Avon and Cecelia Leong Barbara and Charles Levy * Mary Lu and David N. ’55 Lillevand, Jr. * Paul and Joni Mahler John and Kathy Marshall Mayor’s 4th of July Parade

*Given to SJND for the past three consecutive years.

Elizabeth and Michael ’82 Pola * Lonnie and Betty Pollard Daniel and Joelle Prislin Benjamin and Susan Reyes * Andre J. Reynier ’73 The Rhatigan Family * Rick and Nolli Riordan Lupe Rocha Stephen and Elizabeth Rochlin * Gene Rondenet and Emily Lee * Jessica Lilie and Michael J. Rossi ’73 Russell Blumkin and Trini Sanchez-Blumkin John Schultheis and Jocelyn Manansala Leslie Siegel Marian and George L. ’48 Silva * David and Stephanie Skaff Roderick and Nanette Smith Gregory Snow and Tomoyo Kitazawa Michael and Maryanne Stehr Marilyn and James A. ’55 Stonehouse * Jack and Mary E. Howard ’84 Sullivan Eileen and James W. ’60 Thompson * Susan and Leonard ’58 Travers *

Gary and Kathleen Gouig ’67 Blount John and Jean Brennan * Raymond F. Burnham ’51 * Simon and Christine Chiu * William G. Colgan ’45 Brenda Cruz Joanne and William ’72 Cunningham * Willlard and Theresa Davis * Kevin and Melissa Davis Clifford Der and Jennifer Gharrett Jim and Susanne Vierra ’73 Dern Denise M. Dixon John P. ’64 and Willie Dunigan * Escrip * Ligaya Fieler Bill and Angela Ganci * Leslie Garcia ’82 * Glenda Gordon David and Eileen Graybeal Samuel Greyson and Laurie Doyle John Gunty * Octavio and Carolina Guzman Bart and Lorrie Hahlweg Gerald and Deborah Halliday * Mark and Cynthia Hovermale * George Hubbard ’59

Steven and Elizabeth Karlsrud Eric and Zinnia Koch Julio and Kimberly Lara Robert and Marilyn Lassalle-Klein Fred and Jo Raymond ’51 Leitz Rosella and William J. ’47 Lindblad * Caligari Lindsay and Rachel Jones-Lindsay Steve Lovato Chris Lundell and Librada Aguayo-Lundell Chris and Rebecca Macewan * Daniel Maddix * Martha Elena Martinez Joseph and Christina Bertelsen ’82 McAdams * Gary and Cheryl McGreehan ’79 Hungerford Judi and J. Earl ’58 Medeiros * John and Stephanie Mein Michael and Anne Melendez * Delio Monteiro and Ines Eiras-Monteiro Christopher and Monica Nocon PG&E Gift Matching Program * Grace Kine and Gemma Pardo John Pascoa ’61 * Orlando Pascoa ’61 * Tomas and Normie Pineda * Roberta and Jim Ratto Victor and Linda Republicano Marilyn and William ’50 Saake * Philip A Sandri ’83 and Lori Nelson * Eric and Judith Schmidt * Ankie Schuitema * Robert and Claudia Serbin Dennis and Barbara Ornellas ’59 Smith * Steven Spaulding and Mary Ellen Proctor Sam Spear ’66 * Alan Stanek and Suzanne Ritchie * Mercedes Heckenliable ’63 Stead Dennis and Margret Stokes John and Jeanmarie Bacchi ’82 Stott * Steve and Clare Waterloo William and Cheryl Weigel Rosemary Williams-Snell Jeffery and Gretchen Wilson * Kathleen and Richard A. ’55 Wilson * Timothy Wise and Beth McMahon-Wise

Orange and Blue Club n

$250 - $499

Emily Aguinaldo LeeAnn Alldridge * Don and Susan Azevedo ’63 Allen Alfonso and Silvia Gonzalez Alonso John H. and Heidi Krause ’76 Anderson Sergio Aranda and Jennifer Ramos-Aranda Angelo and Alexandra Baroni * Donald Bertucio ’77 * Karl and Carol Bowers

Greg and Brittney Bridges Troy Bristol * Kym Canty-Allston Mark Castillo and Jennifer Diaz * Teresa Courville Lynne and William H. ’63 Crittondon * Carol and Robert J. ’48 Crossett John Cuellar Pauline and Joseph E. ’69 Delsol * Jennifer E. Dlugosh ’97 * Jon and Melinda Duarte Matthew J. Duncan ’74 Phillip G. Edwards ’61 * Suzanne Evans Teasha Gable Jack and Barbara Garcia Susan and Kenneth A. ’75 Giannotti * Julianne Guevara * Janice Hammond * Peter and Kathryn Hill Michele Johnson Dolores and Roy ’55 Johnson * Carolyn Paolina ’59 Jones Mary M. Joyce ’54 Robert and Hilma Kargoll * Margaret Kristof Cynthia LaCroix ’67 Lawrence Livermore National Lab Jesus Lemos and Jean Mallillin Helen and Richard ’54 Leverone

YOUR ANNUAL FUND GIFT SUPPORTS. . .

PILOTS SPORTS

Cheryl and Michael Loring * Carlos Manese Adrienne and Bill ’49 Marker * Veronica Martinez * Marie Strebel ’44 Mason Manuel and Melanie Perez Paul A Mena ’64 * Paul ’74 and Karen Fedor ’74 Mendes Tony and Teresa Monica Rosalyn and Carl Montgomery Edward J. Morgan ’64 Gilbert and Joyce Munoz Andrew ’66 and Norma Cembellin ’66 Murphy * Thomas ’59 and Gail Murray Nestle Julie Norris-Salaam Donald and Lisa Oberempt * Laura Tham ’85 O’Donnell Michael O’Donnell Mike and Stephanie O’Loughlin * Teresa Pappas Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Jessica Park * Miguel and Teresa Pena Susan and Stephen W. ’62 Phelps *

ENDOWMENT FUND CONTRIBUTIONS Below is a list of named endowment funds that received donations in the 2013-14 fiscal year. While individual donors created each endowment, donations are welcomed and encouraged from anyone interested in supporting the students of SJND. The Denise Fong Memorial Scholarship Fund William and Melissa Murphy

General Endowment

Anonymous (2) James X. ’71 and Elaine Mason

The Hazelwood Science Scholarship

Rosemary Furlong * Barbara and Robert L. ’45 Hazelwood, Ph.D * Rosary and Donald J. ’41 Hazelwood *

Kelly Family Scholarship Fund

James M. ’76 Kelly, Jr. * Kevin Kelly ’79 and Erin Jaeb * Derril and Maura Kelly ’80 Koberlein *

The Frank LaPorte Scholarship Fund Barbara and Jose F. ’42 Ovalle *

The Denise Cervelli Maddix ’80 Math Scholarship Joseph and Catherine Cervelli * Daniel Maddix * Rose Marie Maddix *

McDonald Education Fund

Pauline and Kenneth ’44 Scullin *

The James and Myrna McKenna Scholarship Fund

Myrna and Jim ’53 McKenna * Martha and Richard C. ’53 Reimer *

Karl J. Weber Family Educational Fund

Judy and Mark ’68 Zimmerman *

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ANNUAL REPORT OF DONORS Denise and Larry P. ’65 Picetti * Chris A. Pondok * Mark Renner and Linda Bytof Peggy Ricker ’69 Anne Rossi

John and Judy Archer * Juan P. and Pamela Lenschmidt ’83 Argueta Stephen Arlett Leo and Johnelle Baculpo *

Irella Christina Blackwood ’02 Gloria Schaefer ’64 Blay and Charles Blay Janice Loring ’55 Bolger Lawrence Borello ’58 *

YOUR ANNUAL FUND GIFT SUPPORT S ...

S P I R I T UA L R E T R E AT S

Alvin R. Sangco ’87 and Dina Love-Sangco Richard and Antonia Sartini Doris Sayon ’75 * Jason Shelton * Basil and Jane Shiber Ronald M. Smith ’58 * Kathleen and Richard C. ’65 Soublet * Mary Spear ’68 Jay and Kristina Taylor * David Teece ’75 Leslie and Yvonne Temple Sarah Tran Margaret and Edmond ’42 Vadnais * Caren Vance * William D. Ward ’44 * Glenn and Sue Yajko

Century n

$100 - $249

Anonymous (2) Anonymous ’66 * Liza and Jason Akima * Oberto Alvarez ’85 Robert P. Alves ’59 Zach Amare and Meseret Zegeye Elma Apilado

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Catherine O’Brien Baker ’37 * Joen and Edward ’59 Barbera Carlos ’61 and Pat Bartholomeu * Ron Baumgartner ’65 Maggie Doyle Berkshire ’88 Ernesto and Nelia Bermudez Craig and Anne Bevan James A. Bistirlich ’56 *

Frances Kohlmeyer ’58 Bronic Elizabeth Brual Richard and Jennifer Burgess Karen Butler Melvin J. Calegari ’46 * Robert and Amy Calhan Janice Cantu ’66 Mary Anne Carino

Rafael and Estela Castillo * Ann Preuitt Cavalli ’59 Eddie Chen and Family * Clinton J. ’59 and Josie Clausen Thomas and Sue Coberg Sister Martin dePorres Coleman, SND ’51 * Thomas Collins, M.D. ’61 * Marjorie Colt Earl and Christina Cory * Patricia O’Leary Davis ’60 Karen DeFord * Martin and Rebecca DelToro Milagros DeLa Resma * Hien Dinh and Phuong Nguyen Sergio and Susan Dionisio * Barbara and Louie Dolin, Jr. ’51 Darne and Kimberly Duckett Gregory Dyer and Sofia Gonzalez-Dyer * Robert D. Edwards ’48 Joyce Edwards Isidro and Michelle Enriquez, Jr. Nelda and Philip J. ’43 Erlwein Doug Evans * Kyria and Jim P. ’52 Falls Jeanine and Fred ’65 Faria * John and Herodina Fernando * Paul Fiorello and Lisa Hopper Dwight and Shawne Fisher William B. Fitzgerald ’59 Bennison Flores and Luz Estrella Joan Bottino ’62 Foster Angelo ’85 and Lia Corsi ’86 Freccero, II * Jean and Robert C. ’60 Freuler Patricia Gannon Ana Garcia ’79 Carlos and Lila Garcia Violet Anne Kieny ’39 Golden * Milton and Janice Espanto ’78 Gomez * Jose and Silvia Gonzalez Rene Gonzalez and Jasmine Rios James Griffin

YOUR ANNUAL F UND GIF T S UP P ORT S ...

THE COLLEGE COUNSELING PROGRAM Helen McCarthy ’40 Carroll D. Dean and Helen Buffone ’59 Casey Jamila Casimere-Smtih Peter ’64 and Ellen Bruno ’64 Castelluccio

*Given to SJND for the past three consecutive years.

Michael and Janet Griffith Ian Griffith and Elizabeth Taylor Richard Groux’ 45 Dr. J. Anthony Guichard ’60 Kathleen Hall Elisandro and Rosa Hernandez

Shalanda Herring Brother Charles Hilken, FSC ’73 * Rita Hsu * Maureen and David Earl ’44 Jacobs Susan and Andrew Jennings ’80 * Michael Kamplain * Patrice Kavanaugh ’75 Kevin Keane and Mary McInerney * Lowell and Chivon Kemp ’75 Stephenson Gary and Darlene Salgardo ’64 Kiefer David Kresge Patricia Kresge Paul and Didi Kubicek * James and Caroline Lane Michael and Catherine Lee Diana Fong and Stephen Lee Ana amd Gilbert ’81 Leon * Margit Liesche and Peter M. ’57 Lillevand * Diane Lippi Donald and Joanne Ratto ’80 Lippi * Gabriela Lippi ’08 Debbi Long * Dessiree Lozano Lorraine and John ’53 Lum Nancy and Peter ’66 Lumsden Jimmy Macalinao * Dung Mai and Linh Luong Angel and Julie Malicdem Barbara Manhoff Marianist Province of the United States * Samuel and Lorena Marquez * Marla Marquez Charles and Donna Dierker ’61 Martin Cesar and Marcelina Martinez * Adolfo and Michelle Kindem Martinez * James X. ’71 and Elaine Mason Robin Sarvey and Richard ’63 Mathewson Brian and Divina Mayfield Karen and John R. ’62 McCahan George E. McDonald ’38 * Mollie McFarland Kevin P. McGee ’81 * Patricia McGuire ’47 Myrna and Jim ’53 McKenna * Ying Mi Kathy Shultis ’62 Miranda Tom ’44 Mollard Catherine Morales Manzo Ray Natac ’84 Edina Nelson Can and Nguyet Nhan Elizabeth and Robert Norris * Mark Oberle and Louise Tipton * Anthony O’Brien and Latisha Baker-O’Brien Kitteridge Oldham and Colleen O’Connor ’78 *

Father Timothy John O’Donovan ’40 * Roberta O’Grady Barbara and Bernard ’49 O’Neill Loraine and Terrence J. ’65 O’Neill Shawn and Anne Oransky Laverne Oyarzo ’50 Andrea and Marvin F. ’63 Peixoto Carol and Jack ’49 Peters Mary and Richard J. ’45 Petersen Charlotte and Carl N. ’52 Pimentel * Judith Stricker’62 Pollner Ruth Ann Martin ’44 Pruss * Teresita Porcuna ’78 Quinones * Susan and Steve Ramos Arnold and Pearlie Ramos David and Nina Basica ’64 Ratto Virginia and Paul ’72 Ratto Donald and Marie Ratto Carmen Davis Reid ’91 and Matt Reid * Sharon and Gary R. ’53 Rinehart Mark Ritter * Ed and Amada Romero ’81 Robles * Jacquiline and John Rockwell Robin Lynn Rodriguez Melva Ruano * Arcenio Ruano Marcia and John ’64 Russell Caroline and Evan L. ’48 Sanchez Norman and Sara Sanchez Ronald ’62 and Claudia Scalise Jeff and Gabriela Schoefer Esmeralda Rodrigues ’59 Schommer John and Johanna Schuitema * Susan Seeley Stephanie Semolic-Portillo * Paul and Joyce Sibal Spencer and Marisol Sikes Dorothea Cunha Silva ’47 * Romeo Simbol and Connie Chan Michael G. Slater ’69 Georgiana and Edmund J. ’55 Slevin Bernice Smith ’63 James N. ’73 and Sharon La Croix ’75 Snider Charlene Kempel Soots ’74 Anne L. Stainback ’88 Davis * James and Sharon Stehr Sheila and Richard D. ’56 Stokes Frank ’38 Strebel * Miriam and Nils Sundheim-Ohlson Jim and Georgina Sutton * Vince Swanson Gasper and Louise Silva ’44 Tassielli * David and Charlene Teare Kristyn Temple ’92 Hien Tran and Le Hong Hoang Helene and Alfred T. ’52 Twyford * Laura and Gregory ’78 Veasy Crisper and Miriam Villanueva Colonel Eugenia Vineys ’56 * Steve Wehe Maria and Ronald Willkom

A Pilot Forever

What Is Your Legacy?

We invite you to join fellow alumni and build a lasting legacy by including St. Joseph Notre Dame in your estate plans. We are so grateful for alumni and friends who are members of SJND’s Heritage Circle, a special group of supporters who choose to include SJND in their wills or to designate SJND as beneficiaries of pensions, IRAs, retirement plans, or insurance policies. To have a conversation or get more information about remembering SJND through your estate plans, please contact Rebecca Bischoff, Assistant Principal of Institutional Advancement, at 510.995.9454 or rbischoff@sjnd.org or Kay Reed, Donor Relations Officer, at 510.812.6238 or kreed@sjnd.org.

Thomas K. Woelffer ’50 James ’53 and Barbara Jarrett ’53 Wolpman * Dale D. Wong ’64 * John Woo ’86 Rich Yokota Stephanie Chapman Zellner ’80 *

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$1 - $99

Anonymous (4) John and Cora Academia Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd ’63 Adams Ike and Vivian Amuzie * Ernest A. Avellar ’45 Ann Frances Peters ’64 Baechler Angelica Bailon Kathleen Long Barbera-Keen ’63 Vicki Bargagliotti * Bob Barone ’51

John Barron ’81 Diogenes and Edna Batoy Marie Christine Garcia ’01 Bebee * Patricia Perry ’56 Bewley Jeanne and Miles B. ’44 Braten (dec.)

Mario Briones ’11 Curtis W. and Barbara A. Languemi ’61 Broussard Jayne Alexieff ’59 Bush Giovanni and Rosaleen Butler ’86 Sturlini Charles and Margaret Brophy ’50 Byrne Andrea Calloway Ronald Camacho ’60 Janice and Robert ’59 Caporgno John Castagnini ’80 * Paula Cekola and Guillermo Galindo * Martha Chaffee ’59 Dorothy and John J. ’60 Collins

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ANNUAL REPORT OF DONORS Alexander Colt and Candace Groskreutz * Veronica Conroy Susan Saffold ’64 Cook Daniel J. Curry * Marquita Davis Richard and Maureen Davis * Carol Gates ’66 Olney Dean Larry E. and Marshawn R. Jones ’97 De Mars, Jr. * Salvador A. Dicolen ’78 *

James Mason ’98 Monica May Henderson McDaniel ’74 * Sister Dennis Mary McFadden, CSJ ’44 * Charles and Lynn McGavin J. Ramsey Johnson and Monica McGowan ’78 Betsy and Matthew K. ’70 McGue Andrew McKee* Lark McMullin ’68

Susan Porter * Ruben and Araceli Quezada Beverly Soares Ramirez ’74 Nadine and Robert J. ’68 Ratto Thomas J. ’61 and Denise Ravazza Andrew and Kay Reed * Benjamin and Edita Reyes Paul and Michelle Rezucha * Gregory and Melina Milliman ’81 Rinehart Virginia Rivera

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V I S UA L A N D PERFORMING ARTS Maureen Drohan ’62 Donovan Penny and Garth J. ’64 Donoviel Kathleen Moore and Martha Downing Phillip and Willie Duncan Patrick Dundon, Sr. * Marianne Dunn ’ 66 Long Suzanne Edinger J. Michael Edwards ’64 Juan and Martha Quintero ’80 Espinoza Eleanor and Gerald Wm. ’61 Flaherty Liz and James Fong * Larry A. Fruzzetti ’65 Mark N. Galetto ’76 Eric Fromer and Irma Garcia, DDS ’77 Gerard and Christina Gray James Patrick Henry ’61 and Marda Rowe Carolyn Hewitt ’70 Thomas and Hedy Hightower Jolie Johnson * Charles and Barbara Johnson Michael Jones ’83 John P. Keaney ’59 John P. and Patricia A. Rose ’63 Kennedy Kathleen Bush Kenslow ’60 Kerry and Natalie Koffler John and Lois Ladenburger ’53 Korte * John and Anne Krainer David and Rachele Ghigliazza ’99 Latham Marcia Laviolette Sandra Kent ’63 Lendl Steve and Kathleen Cooney ’71 Lobrovich * Anne Elizabeth Locke, SND ’59 Lisa M. Logan ’88 Lisa A. Lomba ’88 Eileen Fitzmaurice Lopez ’59 Dr. Zak Loring ’03 Hilda Corral Martinez ’70

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Monique Mederiros Ashley Medulan ’03 and Dennis Noller Ashley Merian William R. Mitchell ’62 Daniel and Maryanne Montandon Matthew Mueller * Lou and Thomas E. ’49 Munhollen Marsha G. Lopes ’66 Murrington Binh Nguyen and Hang Duong Margaret and John ’58 Nohr * Audrey O’Hare O’Brien ’39 * Jack and Bridget Henneberry ’65 O’Connell Henry C. Ohlmeyer ’61 Rafael Ortiz Benjamin T. Oyarzo ’49 Dr. Barry and Laura Parker Cecile Pecoraro * Penny Pendola Anthony and Christina Giacomelli ’79 Poggio

*Given to SJND for the past three consecutive years.

Luz Rosales Teri Rose Lauren Rosi Cynthia and Richard F. ’67 Rush, Jr. Marvin and Vicky Flores ’67 Safford * Shirley Scanlon Carrie Schroeder William and Eileen McGrath ’66 Spain Sister Jean Stoner, SND ’59 Mary C. Tigh Sang Tran and Quynh Nguyen Angela and Gregory E. ’73 Trevigne Truist Tony and Laura Vacca * Marc and Nilda Voisenat * Linda Walls ’64 Leona Miller Watson ’45 * Patricia Epperson ’63 Welter Mary Martha Zeyen ’67 Kristina Zhebel

ALUMNI GIVING Our alumni remain committed to the excellent education and opportunities SJND provides to its students. We are most grateful for our alumni community’s generosity. n 1930s Catherine O’Brien Baker ’37 * Violet Anne Kieny Golden ’39 * Althea Anderson Hagemann ’34 * George E. McDonald ’38 * Audrey O’Hare O’Brien ’39 * Beatrice Rowney ’32 (dec.)

Frank Strebel ’38 * n 1940s Anonymous ’40 Anonymous ’41 Ernest A. Avellar ’45 * Thomas Bertram ’47 * Melvin J. Calegari ’46 * Helen McCarthy Carroll ’40 William G. Colgan ’45 Robert J. Crossett ’48 Robert D. Edwards ’48 Philip J. Erlwein ’43 * George Garcia, M.D. ’48 * Richard Groux ’45 Donald J. Hazelwood ’41 * Robert L. Hazelwood, Ph.D. ’45 * David Earl Jacobs ’44 * William J. Lindblad ’47 * Bill Marker ’49 * Marie Strebel Mason ’44 * Sister Dennis Mary McFadden, CSJ ’44 Patricia McGuire ’47 Robert F. Miller ’47 Tom Mollard ’44 Thomas E. Munhollen ’49 Father Timothy John O’Donovan ’40 * Bernard O’Neill ’49 * Jose F. Ovalle ’42 * Benjamin T. Oyarzo ’49 Jack Peters ’49 Richard J. Petersen ’45 * Ruth Ann Martin Pruss ’44 * Evan L. Sanchez ’48 Kenneth Scullin ’44 Dorothea Cunha Silva ’47 * George L. Silva ’48 * Louise Silva Tassielli ’44 * Edmond Vadnais ’42 * William D. Ward ’44 * Leona Miller Watson ’45 Robert Weber ’44 *

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SCIENCE LAB EQUIPMENT n 1950s Robert P. Alves ’59 Edward Barbera ’59 Bob Barone ’51 Bob T. Batt ’52 * Patricia Perry Bewley ’56 James A. Bistirlich ’56 * Janice Loring Bolger ’55 Lawrence Borello ’58 * Harold O. Boscovich ’59 * Frances Kohlmeyer Bronic ’58 Raymond F. Burnham ’51 * Jayne Alexieff Bush ’59 Margaret Brophy Byrne ’50 Robert Caporgno ’59 Helen Buffone Casey ’59 Ann Preuitt Cavalli ’59 Martha Chaffee ’59 Clinton J. Clausen ’59 Sister Martin dePorres Coleman, SND ’51 * Louie Dolin, Jr. ’51 Jim P. Falls ’52 William B. Fitzgerald ’59 John F. Fry ’52 * Dolores Hickey ’52 George Hubbard ’59 J. Gregory Johnson ’56 * Roy Johnson ’55 * Carolyn Paolina Jones ’59 Mary M. Joyce ’54 * John P. Keaney ’59 Rosaleen Collins Kelly ’51 * Lois Ladenburger Korte ’53 * Jo Raymond Leitz ’51 Richard Leverone ’54 * David N. Lillevand, Jr. ’55 * Peter M. Lillevand ’57 * Anne Elizabeth Locke, SND ’59 Eileen Fitzmaurice Lopez ’59 John Lum ’53 * Jim McKenna ’53 * J. Earl Medeiros ’58 * Thomas Murray ’59 John Nohr ’58 * Laverne Oyarzo ’50 Carl N. Pimentel ’52 * Robert Pola ’57 * Richard C. Reimer ’53 * Gary R. Rinehart ’53 William Saake ’50 * Esmeralda Rodrigues Schommer ’59 Edmund J. Slevin ’55 * Barbara Ornellas Smith ’59 * Ronald M. Smith ’58 * Dennis Stokes ’59 Sheila and Richard D. Stokes ’56 James A. Stonehouse ’55 * Sister Jean Stoner, SND ’59 Leonard Travers ’58 *

Alfred T. Twyford ’52 * Colonel Eugenia Vineys ’56 * Richard A. Wilson ’55 * Thomas K. Woelffer ’50 * Barbara Jarrett Wolpman ’53 * James Wolpman ’53 * n 1960s Lloyd Adams ’63 Susan Azevedo Allen ’63 Anonymous ’66 * Anonymous ’67 Ann Frances Leters Baechler ’64 Kathleen Long Barbera-Keen ’63 Carlos Bartholomeu ’61 * Ron Baumgartner ’65 Rick Benedetti ’69 * Gloria Schaefer Blay ’64 Kathleen Gouig Blount ’67 Barbara A. Languemi Broussard ’61 Ronald Camacho ’60 Janice Cantu ’66 Edward Daniel Carroll ’64 * Ellen Bruno Castelluccio ’64 Peter Castelluccio ’64 John J. Collins ’60 Thomas Collins, M.D. ’61 * Susan Saffold Cook ’64 William H. Crittondon ’63 * Patricia O’Leary Davis ’60 Carol Gates Olney Dean ’66 Joseph E. Delsol ’69 * John Dinga ’63 * Maureen Drohan Donovan ’62 Garth J. Donoviel ’64 John P. Dunigan ’64 * J. Michael Edwards ’64 Phillip G. Edwards ’61 * Fred Faria ’65 * Rick Fischer ’61* Gerald Wm. Flaherty ’61 Joan Bottino Foster ’62 Robert C. Freuler ’60

Larry A. Fruzzetti ’65 Bruns Grayson ’65 * Dr. J. Anthony Guichard ’60 * James Patrick Henry ’61 Patricia A. Rose Kennedy ’63 Kathleen Bush Kenslow ’60 Darlene Salgardo Kiefer ’64 Cynthia LaCroix ’67 James M. Lee ’64 * Sandra Kent Lendl ’63 Marianne Long ’66 Peter Lumsden ’66 Donna Dierker Martin ’61 Richard Mathewson ’63 * John R. McCahan ’62 Lark McMullin ’68 Paul A Mena ’64 *

Kathy Shultis Miranda ’62 William R. Mitchell ’62 Edward J. Morgan ’64 * Andrew Murphy ’66 * Norma Cembellin Murphy ’66 * Marsha G. Lopes Murrington ’66 Bridget Henneberry O’Connell ’65 Maureen O’Hara ’68 * Patricia O’Hara ’67 * Henry C. Ohlmeyer ’61 Terrence J. O’Neill ’65 * John Pascoa ’61 * Orlando Pascoa ’61 * Marvin F. Peixoto ’63 Stephen W. Phelps ’62 * Larry P. Picetti ’65 * Judith Stricker Pollner ’62 Nina Basica Ratto ’64 Robert J. Ratto ’68 Thomas J. Ravazza ’61 Peggy Ricker ’69 * Richard F. Rush, Jr. ’67 John Russell ’64 * Vicky Flores Safford ’67* Ronald Scalise ’62 Michael G. Slater ’69 * Bernice Smith ’63 * Richard C. Soublet ’65 * Eileen McGrath Spain ’66 Mary Spear ’68 * Sam Spear ’66 * Mercedes Heckenliable Stead ’63 * James W. Thompson ’60 * Linda Walls ’64 Patricia Epperson Welter ’63 Dale D. Wong ’64 * Mary Martha Zeyen ’67 Mark Zimmerman ’68 *

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CLASSROOM SUPPLIES

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ANNUAL REPORT OF DONORS n 1970s Heidi Krause Anderson ’76 Anonymous ’79 Donald Bertucio ’77 * David Bixby ’72 * William Cunningham ’72 * Marquita Davis ’75 Susanne Vierra Dern ’73 Salvador A. Dicolen ’78 * Matthew J. Duncan ’74 Mark N. Galetto ’76 Ana Garcia ’79 Irma Garcia, DDS ’77 Kenneth A. Giannotti ’75 * Janice Espanto Gomez ’78 * Carolyn Hewitt ’70 Brother Charles Hilken, FSC ’73 * Andre R. Hill ’72 Cheryl McGreehan Hungerford ’79 Patrice Kavanaugh ’75 * James M. Kelly, Jr. ’76 * Kevin Kelly ’79 * Kathleen Cooney Lobrovich ’71 * Thomas E. Lumsden ’70 * Hilda Corral Martinez ’70 James X. Mason ’71 Kerry McNeill McCauley ’72 * Henderson McDaniel ’74 * Monica McGowan ’78 Matthew K. McGue ’70 * Karen Fedor Mendes ’74 Paul Mendes ’74 Colleen O’Connor ’78 Kerry O’Hara Plain ’70 * Christina Giacomelli Poggio ’79 Teresita Porcuna Quinones ’78 * Beverly Soares Ramirez ’74 Paul Ratto ’72 Andre J. Reynier ’73 Michael J. Rossi ’73 * Doris Sayon ’75 James N. Snider ’73 Sharon La Croix Snider ’75 Charlene Kempel Soots ’74 Chivon Kemp Stephenson ’75 David Teece ’75 Gregory E. Trevigne ’73 Gregory Veasy ’78 Christopher Wagner ’74 Suzanne Ratto Walling ’74 *

Martha Quintero Espinoza ’80 Angelo Freccero, II ’85 * Lia Corsi Freccero, II ’86 * Leslie Garcia ’82 * Darryl G. Glover ’84 * Andrew Jennings ’80 * Michael Jones ’83 Maura Kelly Koberlein ’80 * Gilbert Leon ’81 * Joanne Ratto Lippi ’80 * Lisa A. Lomba ’88 Christina Bertelsen McAdams ’82 * Kevin McGee ’81 * Ray Natac ’84 Roderick Obligacion ’89 * Laura Tham O’Donnell ’85 Michael Pola ’82 * Melina Milliman Rinehart ’81 Amada Romero Robles ’81 * Philip A Sandri ’83 * Alvin R. Sangco ’87 Jeanmarie Bacchi Stott ’82 * Rosaleen Butler Sturlini ’86 Mary E. Howard Sullivan ’84 John Woo ’86 Stephanie Chapman Zellner ’80 * n 1990s Marshawn R. Jones De Mars, Jr. ’97 * Jennifer E. Dlugosh ’97 * Phillip Duncan ’90 Rachele Ghigliazza Latham ’99 James Mason ’98 Carmen Davis Reid ’91 * Kristyn Temple ’92 n 2000s Anonymous ’03 Marie Christine Garcia Bebee ’01 * Irella Christina Blackwood ’02 Gabriela Lippi ’08 Dr. Zak Loring ’03 Ashley Medulan ’03 n 2010s Mario Briones ’11

The Smart Classrooms and Capstone Capital Campaigns were made possible by the hard work and generosity of many parents, past parents and alumni, as well as strong support from foundations and corporations. The bright new classrooms provide the tools and space needed to support the rich and vigorous learning that prepares SJND students for success in college. n $100,000 and Above Emerald Packaging, Inc. * The Arthur M. Jawad Education Fund * James and Rosaleen Collins ’51 Kelly, Sr. * James M. Kelly, Jr. ’76 * Kevin Kelly ’79 and Erin Jaeb * Derril and Maura Kelly ’80 Koberlein * Perforce Foundation * Chris and Trudi Seiwald * Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation n $50,000 to $99,999 Dick and Sandy Anderson Rick Fischer ’61 * Hedco Foundation Mary and Joe (dec.) Hester Raymond A. Ratto Sr. (dec) The Paul A. Bonato Trust DTD William G. Irwin Charity Foundation

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TECHNOLOGY

n 1980s Oberto Alvarez ’85 John S. Anderson ’82 Pamela Lenschmidt Argueta ’83 Paul A. Barbir ’86 * John Barron ’81 * Maggie Doyle Berkshire ’88 Ruben Briones ’88 Edgar Cagawan ’85 John M. Campbell ’88 * John Castagnini ’80 * Chloe Cruz ’82 * Anne L. Stainback Davis ’88 * Shirley Jaber Elfar ’83

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SMART CLASSROOMS AND CAPSTONE CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS

*Given to SJND for the past three consecutive years.

n $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous Richard and Patricia Campbell * Robert and Stephanie Doud * Dr. Joan Mary Gibbons ’45 (dec) Patricia and J. Gregory ’56 Johnson * James M. Lee ’64 * Thomas E. Lumsden ’70 * Myrna and Jim ’53 McKenna * The Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation n $10,000 to $24,999 Carol and John Baskett * Deborah Dang and David Campbell * Kevin and Sheila Milroy * n $5,000 to $9,999 David Bixby ’72 * Janet and Harold O. ’59 Boscovich * Vickey and John M. ’88 Campbell * Pauline and Joseph E. ’69 Delsol * Bill and Angela Ganci * Judi and J. Earl ’58 Medeiros * Rochelle and Robert ’57 Pola * William and Cynthia Schaff * Susan and Leonard ’58 Travers * Robert Weber ’44 * Young Mens Institute, Oakland Council #6 n Up to $4,999 Anonymous ’66 * Anonymous ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd ’63 Adams Angel Burns ’79 AhSam Vance L. AhSam ’79 Ernest J. ’59 and Josephine Alvarez Kenneth Barrow ’79 Carlos ’61 and Pat Bartholomeu * Nick Romanyk and Danielle Belmore, M.D. ’79 Yuko and Rick ’69 Benedetti * Marge and Robert J. ’58 Benjegerdes Rebecca Bischoff * John and Jean Brennan * Donald E. Bruzzone (dec) Raymond F. Burnham ’51 Peter and Judy French ’79 Byrne Chevron Employees’ Campaign Simon and Christine Chiu * Christopher P. Clark ’61 Reunion Gift from the Class of 1979 Richard and Noemi Crevani * Frieda Crist ’79 Lynne and William H. ’63 Crittondon * Tom and Christine Galetto ’79 Csubak Doug and Ann Damaschino Richard and Maureen Davis * Phillip G. Edwards ’61 * Gwen and Mark ’73 Ferro Eleanor and Gerald Wm. ’61 Flaherty Ana Garcia ’79 Andre R. Hill ’72

The Hitti Family * Christopher and Fay Joyce * John Kavanaugh ’66 William Lorenzo ’61 Patrick J. Lynch ’79 Stanley Marquis ’61 Jacqueline Barrantes Myovich ’79 William D. ’59 and Judy O’Brien Patricia O’Hara ’67 *

HERITAGE CIRCLE

YOUR ANNUAL FUND GIFT SUPPORTS...

Anonymous Raymond F. Burnham ’51 Richard and Patricia Campbell William G. Colgan ’45 Richard L. Courtney ’44 Lynne and William H. ’63 Crittondon Nancy and George ’48 Garcia, M.D. Dr. Louis Grimard ’44 James M. Lee ’64 Fred and Jo Raymond ’51 Leitz Betty and Philip A. ’48 Lum, Ph.D. Karen and John R. ’62 McCahan George E. McDonald ’38 Myrna and Jim ’53 McKenna Judi and J. Earl ’58 Medeiros Tom ’44 Mollard Denise and Larry P. ’65 Picetti Maurice Skip ’55 and Mardi Quain Marilyn and William ’50 Saake Dave ’52 Schwarz Pauline and Kenneth ’44 Scullin Dorothea Cunha Silva ’47 Marian and George L. ’48 Silva James E. Spence III ’65 Marilyn and James A. ’55 Stonehouse Albert J. Vizinho ’55 Judy and Mark ’68 Zimmerman

KAIROS

Henry C. Ohlmeyer ’61 John Pascoa ’61 * Orlando Pascoa ’61 * Denise and Larry P. ’65 Picetti * Kerry O’Hara ’70 Plain * Theresa and Raymond A. ’70 Ratto Thomas J. ’61 and Denise Ravazza Andrew and Kay Reed * Mona and Donald ’68 Rodrigues Victoria and Stephen ’61 Routt Anneke and Gary A. ’55 Sanderson Gilmore Foundation Margaret and Edmond ’42 Vadnais Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program James ’84 and Eileen O’Neill ’85 Wilson James ’53 and Barbara Jarrett ’53 Wolpman * Judy and Mark ’68 Zimmerman *

The Heritage Circle is part of a special group of alumni, parents, parents of alumni and friends who have included SJND in their estate plans.

Bequests Received Billie and Lionel ’47 Arthur The Paul A. Bonato ’51 Dr. Joan Mary Gibbons ’45 Katherine M. Hallock M. M. Holms Arthur Jawad The Lynch Family Bernice Picetti Beatrice Rowney ’32 Bruno Gregory Santone Lillian and Horatio ’38 Scardigno A.A. Schwarz

GIFTS IN MEMORIAM AND IN HONOR Gifts were received from these donors in memory of their loved ones, also listed. We thank them for their gifts and their remembrances.

In Honor of Anthony Aiello Pauline and Joseph E. ’69 Delsol * In Memory of Arthur Hammond Janice Hammond * In Memory of Colin Clark ’56 and Chuck Pargett ’56 Sheila and Richard D. ’56 Stokes In Memory of Denise Cervelli ’80 Maddix Daniel Maddix * In Memory of Donald Kane ’53 Joyce Edwards Myrna and Jim ’53 McKenna * In Memory of Donna Crivello ’63 Thomason; Joy Hand ’63 Orabella, Sharon Zimmeth ’63 Parker Don and Susan Azevedo ’63 Allen John P. and Patricia A. Rose ’63 Kennedy Sandra Kent ’63 Lendl Mercedes Heckenliable ’63 Stead Patricia Epperson ’63 Welter In Memory of Eddie Lee Scurry ’70 Marcia Laviolette In Honor of Gail Sousa ’70 Rodrigues Victor and Linda Republicano In Honor of Sister Carol Kenning, SND, who taught at SJND Monica May In Memory of John Salgado ’71 James X. ’71 and Elaine Mason In Memory of Marge Taylor Barbara and Richard ’51 (dec.) Gregory * In Memory of Mary Jo Kempel ’67 Charlene Kempel Soots ’74 In Memory of Mike Triplett ’63 James Griffin * In Memory of Robert T. and Eva Nahas Eileen and James W. ’60 Thompson * In Memory of Sally Eyen, Mother of Jim Eyen ’74 Susan and Kenneth A. ’75 Giannotti * In Memory of Tony Giannotti Susan and Kenneth A. ’75 Giannotti * Fall 2014 Update 31

inMemoriam

OPA! Georgia Vlahos A Remarkable Woman

1943 – 2014

Remembering those who spent their lives transforming the lives of others is always bittersweet. So it is with heavy hearts and countless sweet memories that we honor and remember Georgia Vlahos—a teacher, friend and mentor to generations of SJND colleagues and students. Georgia passed away on Friday, August 15 at home. Through teaching, speech coaching, directing and counseling, Georgia was a woman of unmatched character, kindness, and zest for life.

EXCERPT FROM TONY AIELLO’S R E M E M B RANC E PRESENTED AT GEORGIA’S SERVIC E AUGUS T 2 1 , 2 0 1 4 Georgia’s faith, optimism, wisdom, humanity, warmth, and goodness are clearly presented in her obituary, in the remarks of her nieces and nephews, and in the scores of testimonies written by former students and colleagues... n

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…Fr. Rich Danyluk, pastor at the time of Georgia’s last years at the high school, wrote that “Georgia created a space in her heart for me and for you. In that space I found a heart of love, non-judgment, and joy. Her star shone brightly over SJND and the dawn of better days brightened our lives. With my love and gratitude, my life is richer because of our paths crossing and hearts touching.”...

Donations in Georgia’s memory will be designated to Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School’s endowment fund in support of tuition assistance. If you are interested in giving to the Georgia Vlahos Endowment Fund, in support of the performing arts, please contact Rebecca Bischoff rbischoff@sjnd.org or 510-995-9454.

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There has never has been, nor will there ever be, another teacher like her.

Ms. V inspired us with her wisdom, compassion, and joy for life.

You were my refuge in a sea of tumult.

You made me feel so special with your wonderful smile.

It always felt like you saw each of us and celebrated us.

You asked me to try out for “Grease.”

I chuckled; you said it would be fun. It was.

And I have loved theatre and musicals ever since.

There is no one I have met like her, and I don’t expect I will ever come across anyone in this lifetime who is even close.

Georgia was a miraculous woman and I treasure her friendship.

Georgia Vlahos was the go-to-person at SJND not only for students but for teachers, principals, and pastors who needed advice or a friendly ear. She had remarkable gifts to accept, to listen, to affirm, and to encourage. She was our trusted confidante whose gift of availability we will always treasure.

Georgia’s favorite poet Flavia wrote that “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never the same.” Georgia, our dear friend, we will never be the same. You will remain forever alive in our memories, hearts, and prayers. God bless you and your family.

REMEMBRANCES

In Memoriam

Ms. Vlahos was a whimsical drama teacher who encouraged and inspired us to “Be or Not to Be.” She will forever be in our hearts.

Maureen Bergin ’64

— TIMOTHY ’8 3 AND GI A QUI NTER O ’ 83 DEGRAN O

Kathleen Burkart ’67 Virginia Cary ’73

Ms. Vlahos was my coach for speech and then drama back in 1976-78. She inspired us with her wisdom, compassion and joyful spirit. She sparked our imaginations and gave us confidence to pursue our dreams.

Daughter of Violet Legge ’39 Cary. Sister of Maureen Cary ’66, Brian Cary ’74 and Patti Cary ’80. Niece of Maureen Legge ’49 Richardson. Cousin of James Richardson ’71, Cindy Richardson ’73, Thomas Richardson ’82 and Jenny Richardson ’82 Koverman

­— COL LEEN O’CO NNOR ’ 78

Joy Hand ’63 Deaderick

When facing the dreaded public speaking challenges in her Speech class, we could always count on Miss Vlahos.

In a single look or nod from the back of class, she could convey her own sense of humor, assurance and calmness.

She always projected such warmth, energy and boundless enthusiasm. She will be missed, but her legacy will live on.

Joseph Eggers ’47

— JIM CONWAY ’ 75

Brother of Mary Eggers ’51 Locke

William George ’47 Joseph Henneman ’70 Hope Gonzalez ’54 Holloway Danielle Martinez ’01

I spent one semester with Ms. Vlahos Freshman year back in 1971. I can honestly say that lessons I learned led to my ability to speak in front of others, teach effectively, and to my advancement throughout my career. We may never use some of the information we learn in school, but public speaking was instrumental to my life.

Granddaughter of Jose Ovalle ’42. Sister of Rebecca Martinez ’98 and Elizabeth Martinez ’04. Niece of Robert Ovalle ’79

— KEVIN NIELAND ’ 75

Larry Oliveri ’54

What an experience! I will never forget Ms. Vlahos’ invaluable instruction that first year when she had us in Speech pounding the Lectern with rolled up newspaper as we spoke each word of our assignment. L-O-U-D and enunciated with PASSION! That’s Miss Vlahos in a nutshell.... passionate about her craft and teaching. She was a breath of fresh air, a mix of safely rebellious and flower child who created fun, inspiring classes.

— SHARON ROURKE FLOR ES ’ 69

Because our backyards are so “neighboring” I’d check in and make sure the kids weren’t too loud in the backyard. She’d just smile her dazzling, joyful smile and assure me, “Thank you for sharing your children with me.” The boys loved when Georgia would invite us over impromptu to her cozy kitchen. She’d share Greek sayings with them, and serve them biscotti, tea and milk, while Georgia and I shared an afternoon nip and neighborhood news. Everyone was happy—OPA!

Peter McDonald ’58 Isabel Gonzalez ’54 Mulcrone

Brian Pedersen ’68 Brother of Paul Pedersen ’67

Dennis Paynter ’64 Martha Gier ’67 Petersen Jeanette McDonald ’59 Rose John Salgado ’74 Brother of Carmelo Salgado ’74 and Adrian Salgado ’79

Edward Smith ’47 Sister Rachel Smith, OSF ’46 Joseph Thomas ’59 Brother of James Thomas ’60. Uncle of Chantelle Thomas ’88, Michelle Thomas ’90, Marc Thomas ’95 and Andrew Thomas ’00.

Carolyn Minot ’68 Walsh Daughter of Roland Minot ’43. Sister of Claudia Minot ’79 Knap. Niece of Gerald Minot ’45

— PAULINE, GAL EN, HOLDEN, M A R CO AND LUCA GU ILB ERT, NEI G HB OR S

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WHERE OUR PILOTS ARE FLYING NOW 1950s

Jim Stonehouse ’55, of Alameda, travels often with his wife Marilyn.

They have been married for 48 years. He is also busy with Boy Scout and Rotary boards—both

90s. She raised two children who are in their forties.

ried his wife Josie in 1974 and they adopted a son in 1978. They enjoy spending time with their son and granddaughter.

James Collins ’59, of Alameda, taught college for seven years, was a private lawyer for 19 years, was a government lawyer (EPA) 14 years, went to college, graduate, and law school for 14 years, and goofed off for five years.

Richard Finkes ’59, of Gilroy, married in 1963, worked for Southern Pacific Railroad 1959 to 1993. Richard has four children, 12 grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.

Erika Perez ’93, Christina Mar

gate ’93, Stephanie DeLeon

nine grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren. He retired from the Fremont Fire Department and now travels extensively in Italy and is a season ticket-holder to Oakland A’s.

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Sister Anne Locke ’59, of Sacramento, has been a Sister of Notre Dame for 55 years. She taught high school for 20+ years, worked in mental health for 20+ years, helped establish Cristo Rey High School in Sacramento, and now volunteers at Maryhouse, a program of Loaves and Fishes that provides support services to the homeless.

Helen Marie (Buffone) Casey ’59, of Sudbury, MA, has four children and eleven grandchildren. Helen John F. Kucharski ’59, of Oakland, earned got drafted in the U.S. Army after her B.A. in George Hubbard ’59, of Tucson, high school. He was stationed English and AZ, retired in June 2012, after a in San Francisco. After a job as a French from 51-year engineering career. He and Probation Officer at Juvenile Hall, University John went into business for himself his wife Carol like to travel and have of Portland, trekked in Europe, North & South as a tile and stone contractor. He her M.A. in America, Asia, and Africa. They was successful for 40 years before English from Portland State University, and did doctoral work in Charles (Mike) Schirmer ’59, of he retired. He is happily married and also “run” 10K races from time to ’92, an literary ilin ng Pa Sonora, has four grown children time and generally win in their age very proud of his son, who works as e mi Em , Tye DiFrancisco ’92 tthews ’91 studies at a diplomat in Nigeria. bracket because of limited competi- and eight grandchildren with his Lara (Shelley) Ma Washingwife Anna. After high school he tion. George has two children and Jerry McCormick ’59, of Tracy, has ton State worked in the tool and die making two grandchildren. been married to his wife Sharon for University. She has taught high locally and district wide. trade, went back to school for 54 years. They have four children, school and adult education classes Jim chairs the Old Alamedans anand spent seven years at a defense nual luncheon. Both of his children company, in education, training, live in Alameda and he has two and corporate communications. grandchildren.

Her primary focus of late has been Ernest J. Alvarez ’59, of Hayward, writing and community affairs in worked for EBMUD for 36 years Sudbury. before he retired in 1996. He volunteers for St. Vincent de Paul Church. Catherine Clark ’59, of Alameda, regularly attends the Old Latin mass Robert Alves ’59, Clovis, CA is reat St. Margaret Mary’s in Oakland. tired after 55 years from the grocery She studies and tutors in Latin, business. He also married and was philosophy and the Bible. in the Army for a few years.

Clinton Joseph Clausen ’59, of Martha Callaghan-Chaffee ’59, Honolulu, joined the Marianist order of Scottsdale, AZ, earned her Ph.D. after graduating from high school. in education and psychology in In 1964, he was assigned to teach 1978 and did her internship in physics at St. Louis High School in Washington DC at the naval hospital Honolulu. He earned his Masters where she was on active duty for six degree at Stanford University in years. She then worked at Scripps 1968. He left the Brothers in 1973 Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, focusand continued teaching middle ing on children, and led a private school science for 34 years. He marClass of 2008 - Chris Aria ’08, Paul Perez ’08, Brian Nguyen ’08, Tyler Brown ’08, Luis Alvarez ’08 practice before she retired in the

We continue to soar because of support from alumni like you.

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alumniNews engineering and then entered the Naval Air Reserves. He retired last May from a prosthetic company. He enjoys traveling with his wife and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

Dennis Stokes ’59, of Alamo, recently got into the wine making business. He took “How to Make Wine,” a course at U.C. Davis, and worked with a local vineyard to learn the trade. His wine has increased in value from $4/bottle to $40/bottle.

Laverne (Sutton) Watkins ’59, of San Leandro, started a career in education as a teacher and eventually principal after graduating from SFSU. She retired in 2000 and continues to sub as principal and parent liaison at local middle and high schools.

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Barbara Rose Korth ’65, of Discovery Bay, retired from teaching and is the proud grandparent of five girls and one boy. She and her husband recently left their family home in Oakland for Discovery Bay to be close to their grandchildren and great grandson.

1970s

Katherine (Hagan) Hoffman ’75, of Reno, NV, transferred to a sixth grade teaching position at a Title 1 school starting in August and is excited to be a new grandparent.

Deborah Pedersen ’70, of Alameda, travels often to France and Italy. She enjoys taking her grandson Daniel Alvanado on trips, especially the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania.

Henrique AJ de Sousa ’79, of Palmhurst, TX, works Custom & Border Protection at the Rio Grande Valley Sector HQ. He is a retired US Navy disabled veteran with over 20 years of service. He is happily married to Belen Vasquez-de Sousa of Mission, Texas.

1980s Martha Quintero Espinoza ’80, of Oakland, recently received an award for “Mujer de Oro” (Women of Gold) from the Alameda County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Charles Marin ’82, of Hayward, is the Vice President of Finance at Ridge Vineyard in Cupertino.

Tim DeGrano ’83, of San Leandro, was honored by the Red Cross as a 2014 Community Service Hero.

Diane (Lomba) Bargas ‘85, of San Ramon, married Scott Bargas ’85 in

2012. She is the Chief Marketing Officer for Rich Relevance, a leading global high-tech company headquartered in San Francisco.

Paz Fischer ’83 Glaze ’83, Dolores Maribel Castillo

DAN CARROLL ’64

The Maestro of Cyclotrons St. Joseph’s High School alumni Dan Carroll ’64 just celebrated his 50 year reunion. Dan has an intense passion for physics and chemistry and works just two months each year in Saudi Arabia as a specialist designing and repairing cyclotrons.

Cyclotrons were invented and patented by Ernest Lawrence of UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Livermore labs in the 1930s. As particle accelerators used in particle therapy to treat cancer, cyclotrons’ ion beams penetrate the body and kill tumors with radiation while minimizing damage to healthy tissue in their path.

Dan knew early on that he wanted to work in the sciences. As a fourth grader at St. Lawrence O’Toole in Oakland, he stumbled across a high school chemistry book from the 1920s and studied it cover to cover. By the time he got to St. Joe’s he was ready to be Brother Nunes’ chemistry lab assistant and lobbied for that right. Dan’s passion for the sciences grew at St. Joe’s. He is pleased to see the high school’s strong STEM program, wishing only that today’s Aiello Science Center and annual science fair were around in 1964. Asked about his own science stories at St. Joe’s, Dan recalled this vivid memory: “There was an outdated ethyl ether the new teacher found in the chemistry stock room. That was good for a call to the bomb squad.”

Following high school, Dan went on to major in electronics and physics at University of San Francisco. His first job out of college was designing hearing aids for people with profound hearing impairments. He also got active in the Home Brew Computer Club at Stanford in the 1970s. Dan shared his experience of meeting the two Steve’s, Wozniak and Jobs, who sold their computers on card tables at the club meetings.

When asked about his career path in the sciences, he stressed the value of following one’s early curiosities and interests.

“I didn’t plan my career. I really liked the sciences, so I fell into things. If I had been living in Silicon Valley, my career may have been different. I may have gotten more into early computer design. Instead, living near Lawrence Livermore Lab, I took the job at Cyclotron Corp designing their control systems. But electronics and physics were always my hobby from an early age.”

As one of the few experts who know the older cyclotron machines, today Dan works for King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Saudi Arabia, as well as for other organizations seeking his expertise. There, he helps scientists learn how to operate the machines so that graduate programs can use them for medical research. We at SJND are honored to be a part of Carroll’s passion and path in a life of science and service.

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Danielle Micheletti-Nelson ’84, of Winthrop, WA, works as a physician assistant at Altius Physical Therapy. She’s married to Andrew Nelson and has two daughters.

They are an active family that does cross country and downhill skiing in the winter and running and backpacking in the summer in the Northern Cascade mountains. Michelle remembers fondly her time running on the SJND cross country team with Coach Jack Coakley and all of the friends she made on that team.

1990s

Norlita Tadeo ’85, of Oakland, worked in preschool for four years and elementary school for 10 years before retiring two years ago to be a stay at home mom. She has been married for 20 years. Her life is full of joy and family success.

Emilissa Pangilinan ’92, of Alameda, works for Alameda County Child Protective Services in the adoption department. She’s also a visual artist and musician and organizes public shows, including the booth Island Flavor at Alameda street festivals.

LaTanya St. Charles ‘87, of Oakland, is now the Inflight Supervisor for the Oakland based flight attendants for Southwest Airlines.

Jeff Gorell ’88, of Camarillo, CA, was recently promoted to Commander in the US Navy.

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Dr. Joshua Silver ‘93, of Alameda, is a chiropractor at Rise Chiropractic. He is married to Rachel Ann Palacios ’92 and they have two beautiful children.

Kenneth Rosales Lodge ’99, of San Jose, is a project manager at On-site.com in Silicon Valley.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY REUNION

Class of 1964

This past spring, forty-seven graduates from the St. Joseph’s and Notre Dame Classes of 1964 gathered on campus to celebrate their 50 year reunion. Golden Anniversary Reunions are among SJND’s most cherished alumni events, giving us the opportunity to celebrate and host our Golden Grads on campus for lunch, Mass and student-led campus tours. Although each class has unique experiences and stories to tell of what SJND was like 50 years ago, the refrains of lifelong friendships formed and the valuable education received are reminders of our Pilot pride. The class of 1964 set a challenge for themselves of raising a $6400 class gift to support future generations of Pilots and completed their challenge by the end of summer. Congratulations and thank you, Class of 1964!

2000s

Shereda Nosakhare ’01, of Oakland, is currently running for Oakland City Council, District 6.

Shereda earned her B.A. in Political Science from University of Portland and M.A. in Public Policy from University of Michigan. She has worked as a public policy analyst in the city of Oakland as well as for Congresswoman Barbara Lee. She and her husband Richard have twin girls.

Patrick Larsen ’02 married his wife Kelly Fernbache at Our Lady Queen of the Sorrows in Tahoe this past August.

Christina Pearson ’02, of Reno, NV, is the Regional Sales Manager at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. Michael Williams ’02, of New York, NY, is currently pursuing a law degree at NYU where he is a Lederman Fellow for Law and Economics, a Florence Allen Scholar, a Tax Law Review Scholar, and the Managing Editor of the NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy. In the coming year, Michael will graduate from law school, get married, and start his legal career at Sullivan & Cromwell.

Class of 1964. (back row) Paul Alsing, J. Pat Faeth, Edward Morgan, James Lee, Tim Keltner, Bob Lubeck, Paul Mena, Peter Castelluccio; (middle row) Jack Russell, J. Michael Edwards, Larry Angelo, Edward Garcia, Tony Aiello, George Parenzan, Edward Dan Carroll. Notre Dame Class of 1964. (back row) Susan Howes, Nina Basica Ratto, Kathy Cardelli Rabbach, Joan Gatenby, Ellen Bruno Castelluccio, Linda Walls, Susanne Todd. (middle row) Margaret Mahoney Pasquale, Karen Patrick, Dale Wong. (front row) Darlene Salgardo Kiefer, Ann Frances Peters Baechler, Susan Saffold Cook, Catherine McDonald Patterson, Gloria Schaefer Blay, Gloria Courant Cavalli, Teresita Bautista.

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Jeremiah Escondo ’04, of San Jose, attended Laney College for three years and was a member of their Economics Club. He graduated from SJSU in 2010 in Business Management. He currently works for Costco and looks forward to building his career there. He enjoys cooking, running and sports collecting.

alumniNews Alex Harris ’04 lives in Germany nine months out of the year running basketball camps. He spends the balance of the year in California running basketball camps at schools up and down the coast, including a camp at SJND. Brian Lee ’04, of Ennis, MT, attended Humboldt State University with an emphasis in Forestry. He currently works for the Parks Department in Montana.

Louise Nerona ’04 and Christian Camarillo ’01, of Union City, had their first child, Isla Noelle Camarillo on September 12, 2014.

Christian works as a chef at Google and Louise works as an executive assistant at McKenna Long and Aldridge.

Princess Tacorda ’04, of Costa Mesa, attended Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and has worked as a buyer for companies like Arden B. and Bebe. Over the summer she started working for PacSun. Dena Helling ’05, of Alameda, just registered her photography business Dena Marie Photography LLC. In 2015, she plans to make the leap from corporate America to self-employment.

Melanie Raquel ’07, of Richmond, works at Pacific Diversified Services (PDS), which serves people who have learning and developmental differences.

REUNION

Class of 1959 On June 19, 2014, the Notre Dame and Saint Joseph’s classes of 1959 led by alum Harold (Bosco) Boscovich celebrated their 55th reunion here on campus. Harold and wife Janet hosted a lovely reception in Marianist Hall and auctioned off a beautiful painting generously donated by artist Patricia Osborne ’59 in support of SJND. Following the reception, Alumni Relations Director Mollie McFarland led a campus tour.

Wilma Gullott, Catherine Clark, Ann Preuitt Cavalli, Some members of the class had not been back Laverne Watkins to campus for many years and were quite impressed with the renovations. Since neither the Notre Dame nor Saint Joseph’s classes had a gymnasium in 1959, some members enjoyed shooting a few hoops after Coach Lippi suited them up with basketballs in Kelly Gymnasium.

Classmates shared stories of on-campus hijinks and adventures before heading off to dinner on the town. Thank you to the Class of 1959 for your class gift of $2600 in support of SJND and our students today! We continue to soar because of Bill O’Brien, John Kucharski, Richard Finkes, Tom Murray support from alumni like you.

Bill Connacher ’10, of Chicago, IL, graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 2014 with a degree in Engineering Physics, and is now an associate researcher at Argonne National Laboratory.

“ Our alumni represent SJND’s spirit.”

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Katelyn Lucas ’08, of Alameda, performed her poetry reading this past September on the Los Angeles cable television channel TVone in a program called Verses and Flow.

Patricia Jimenez ’09, of Lafayette, graduated summa cum laude at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2013.

She earned her B.F.A. with a concentration in graphic design and a minor in graphic communications.

She is now working as a designer at GNU Group, a firm specializing in environmental graphic design.

REUNION

Class of 1969 Organized by Steven Bolentini, the Class of 1969 celebrated their 45th reunion July 19 at Pier 29 Restaurant in Alameda. Thirty-five members of the Saint Joseph’s and Notre Dame Classes attended. Many of the men and women had been classmates as far back as first grade at St. Joseph Elementary. Everyone reminisced about the old times over cocktails and dinner. Steve and his wife Jennifer planned the entire event and even had a festive Pilots cake baked for the occasion.

Breeanna Decker ’10, of Oakland, is currently enrolled in the Masters of Public Affairs Program at USF and is interning for Councilmember McElhaney who serves the 3rd District for the City of Oakland.

Gabriel Flores ’10, of Boston, MA, accepted an offer from Axia Ltd., a management consulting firm headquartered in Boston where he will advise clients on profitability, growth, and internal efficiency.

From left to right, Sharon (Rourke) Flores, Patty Tighe, Patty McPeak, Larry Kemple, Mary Anne Holgerson, Bob (Rob) Everett

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alumniNews Katherine Riley ’10, graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 2014. She has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Spain. She will teach English

to Spanish high school students during the 2014-15 academic year.

Katherine plans to pursue a career in international politics.

Matthew Whitton ’10, of Berkeley, enlisted in active duty Air Force in October 2013. He also volunteers for the Red Cross.

Christopher Livingston ’11, is currently a Congressional intern with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation working in the office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee. He is a senior at Howard University majoring in economics and will pursue a law degree after graduation.

Jeronimo Mora ’11, of Oakland, worked as a summer intern at Lawrence Livermore National

Laboratory in the center for nano and micro-technology. In the fall he will continue on to college to study mechanical engineering.

Catherine (Kate) Lassalle-Klein ’12 taught at the Centro Arte para la Paz in Suchitoto, El Salvador over the summer.

Nigel Duniven ‘13 was accepted into the competitive USF-UCSF partnership nursing program, and will attend all of his clinicals for the next three years at UCSF Medical Center.

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Women’s Alumni Volleyball Game In August, Pilot alumni and students gathered for an exciting evening of fast-paced games that pitted today’s women’s team against the alumni players. The scores were tight, with amazing cheering sections for both students and alumni. Thank you to our alumni players Sabrina Sudarsana ’04, Cassie Rodriguez ’12, Alexis Perez ’12, Alexa Martinez ’14, Kerri Sudarsana ’06, Khalia Burton-Hom ’13 and Jennifer Rodriques ’96. The alumni were edged out this year and we look forward to watching next year’s game with new alumni players coming back to reclaim the title.

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Phoebe Grunt ’13 is a sophomore at University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition to studying chemical engineering, Phoebe plays middle blocker on UCSB’s winning Division I women’s volleyball team.

The team placed first in league last season and the ‘14-15 season has started off strongly as well.

Rose Lassalle-Klein ’13, of Seattle, WA, traveled to Ghana last year as part of a Global Health Brigade with Seattle University. She and her classmates administered a clinic and conducted workshops.

Andrew Hovermale ‘14, of Alameda, was honored with the Boy Scouts of America Vigil Honor, reserved for those “Arrowmen who, by reason of exceptional service, personal effort, and unselfish interest, have made distinguished contributions beyond the immediate responsibilities of their position of office to one or more of the following: lodge, Order of the Arrow, Scouting community, Scout Camp.” n

Become a CLASS AMBASSADOR Are you interested in helping SJND in a volunteer role but your time is limited?

Then serving as your Class Ambassador is the role for you. The job is simple—stay in touch with your classmates, rally the class and strengthen communication between SJND and the rest of your class as needed. There aren’t meetings or a big time commitment, just a willingness to help keep the Pilot spirit alive among your class.

Does this sound like you? Or do you know someone who would like to represent your class? Please let us know!

To become a Class Ambassador, please contact Mollie McFarland at (510) 995-9456, or mmcfarland@sjnd.org.

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OF EVENTS *Alumni opportunities to present or volunteer

NOV 26 Homecoming Event

Alumni Soccer Games

College of Alameda

6:30pm Women’s Game 7:30pm Men’s Game

NOV 28 Homecoming Event

Alumni Basketball Games SJND Kelly Gymnasium

4:00pm Men’s JV vs. Alumni Legends 5:00pm Women’s Varsity vs. Alumni 6:00pm Men’s Varsity vs. Young Alumni 7:00pm Free hot dogs and beer in the Quad

Players contact Chris Pondok, 510-995-9434, cpondok@sjnd.org

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Winter Festival of the Arts

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Back from College Day*

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Diocese of Oakland Science Fair*

F EB 21 Annual Crab Feed and Auction MAR 20, 21, 27, 28

Spring Musical MAR 26 Career Day* APR 11 Eighth Annual Ray Freitas

Memorial Alumni Baseball Game APR 28 Festival of the Arts APR 30 Spring Festival of Music Editor: Lisa Lomba ’88, Ed.D., Director of Communications Contributors: Vicki Bargagliotti, Development Associate Lauren Basta, Advancement Coordinator Rebecca Bischoff, Assistant Principal of Institutional Advancement Simon Chiu, Principal Mollie McFarland, Director of Alumni Relations Design: Marci Stewart Designs Photography: Chris Duffy, Pendarvis Harshaw Production: St. Croix Press

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Thank You! Thanks to everyone who participated in making SJND’s Performing Arts Studio a reality.

Through the generosity of the HEDCO Foundation’s matching grant, the contributions to the paddle raise at last year’s Crab Feed, the Make Great Drama online campaign, and gifts from other friends who believe in the arts, we now have a beautiful new space for students to rehearse and perform.

Because of you, this fall students will perform A.J. Gurney’s The Dining Room in a beautiful new studio. The space will also be used for rehearsal of our spring musical The Wedding Singer.