NewsNotes T H E W E B B SC HO O L S 1942 • FX has announced a new 10-episode series about the Getty family. Directed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle, Trust is based on the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, nephew of George F. Getty II ’42. Now deceased, George attended Webb for three years and served on the board at one time. 1949 • Pete Akin and Bill Ruddick enjoyed spending time together and visiting the Disney Museum on February 1, 2016 in San Francisco. - 1 1951 • Peter Hertz-Ohmes now lives in Germany full time and will not be coming to the reunion in October. This summer Edinburgh University Press published his English translation of Gilles Deleuze’s Transcendental Empiricism: From Tradition to Difference.
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1959 • John and June Rogers are the proud grandparents of Webb graduate Tylor Bell-Rogers, WSC class of 2016. - 2 1960 • Taylor and Anne Stockdale enjoyed seeing Brien Benson and Fritz Mulhauser at the alumni event in D.C. - 3 1961 • In May Dodd and Nancy Fischer hosted an enthusiastic group of almost 30 alumni and friends at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Ore. Head of Schools Taylor Stockdale gave a presentation discussing the school’s mission, innovative curriculum, campus master plans, and college placement. Alumni Council members Chip Greening ’62 and Jason Blackwell ’91 were on hand to welcome alumni from 1955-1994.
Larry Price will participate in a physics colloquium held jointly by Pomona College and Harvey Mudd College on October 25. The event takes place in the days following the 55th reunion of Webb’s Class of 1961.
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Robert Warford is now a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Membership is by invitation only and limited to 500 active trial lawyers from the U.S. and an additional 100 from 30-plus countries. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In recent years, Bob has served as both state vice-chair and state chair. He was recently selected as a regent of the college, a position he will hold until 2019. A partner in the law firm of Reback, McAndrews, et al LLP, located in San Bernardino, Cal.; he specializes in the defense of medical malpractice and other professional negligence lawsuits. - 4 1964 • Golden browns and bacon for Steve Boyer, Kend Linderholm ’66 and John Boyer ’63 during the alumni peccary trip to Barstow. - 5
Summer Fun for Alumni at Webb!
1965 • Greg Grant visited the Webb campus in April to see the wood carvings in Jackson Library. His father, Joe Grant ’29, has his named carved on the library doors. Greg recently learned that four of his uncles attended Webb: Frank ’33, Robert ’39, Michael ’42 and Peter ’46. This was only Greg’s second time returning to campus since he graduated (the first return visit was last October for his 50th reunion). - 6 1967 • Frank Alley is happy to be retiring this year. He will be a senior bankruptcy judge for a year, and then fully retired just in time for the 50th reunion!
Chuck Ensey says he loves his work at Wells Fargo Advisors and plans to keep working until he is at least 70! He still enjoys golfing and skiing. Jim Wooldridge retired in December 2015 from Oracle America after working there for almost 22 years. Prior to that he had worked at Digital Equipment Corporation for 20 years. He says he is loving retirement! 1971 • George Erving is a professor at University of Puget Sound where he teaches English literature and European intellectual history from the 17th through early 19th centuries. He also directs the humanities and honors programs, and supervises a digital humanities initiative funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. He is the author of essays on the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, British Romantic period theatre, and the literary theories of Rene Girard. Current projects include one on Coleridge’s dissenting journal, The Watchman, and the other on the psychology of desire in Blake’s major works, The Four Zoas, Milton, and Jerusalem.
The Summer Junior Scholars Program welcomed several alumni legacies this year, with students coming from Hong Kong, New York, Costa Rica, San Francisco and greater Los Angeles to explore immersive learning experiences in paleontology, leadership and digital arts. Mickey Novak ’70 - Caleb, Paleo Kurt Zishke ’74 (NY) - Alex, Paleo Andrew Ross ’83 (Riverside) - Jessica, Leadership Dawn Fortis ’86 (LA) - Taliesa, Digital Arts Hubert Chen ’87 (San Diego) - Kevin, Digital Arts & Ivan, Paleo Janel Henriksen Hastings ’87 - David, Paleo Joseph Poon ’88 (Hong Kong) - Conrad, Paleo Matt Olsan ’86 & Ken Huang ’89 (San Francisco) - Ben, Digital Arts Bart Miller ’97 - Julia, Digital Arts Sugam Arora ’02 - Saira Arora, niece, Digital Arts Four young alumni were the 2016 Summer Fellows: (L to R) Kane Willis ’11, Chason Bridges ’13, Seraphina Oney ’12, and Anni-Ming Larson ’14.
Webb Magazine • Fall 2016
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