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UC SANTA BARBARA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Travis Wilson ’02, Santa Barbara President Justin Morgan ’07, Irvine Vice-President Teresa Carranza ’09, Los Angeles Secretary-Treasurer Cuca Acosta ’02, Santa Barbara Shanna Bright ’93, San Diego Julie Capritto ‘81, Santa Barbara Ron Chiarello ’83, Lafayette Carl Clapp ’81, Honolulu, HI Eugene Covington, ’96, Kirkland,WA Mark French ’73, Santa Barbara Ralph Garcia ’83, San Mateo Francesco Mancia ’80, Cool Mary Moslander ’88, San Francisco Kristen Nesbit ’02, Los Angeles Gary Rhodes ’83, Hermosa Beach Joel Raznick ’81, Los Angeles Niki Sandoval Ph.D. ’07, Lompoc Michele Schneider ’91, Los Altos Rich St. Clair ’66, Santa Barbara Wenonah Valentine ’77, Los Angeles Sue Wilcox ’70, Ph.D. ’74, Santa Barbara Marie Williams ’89, Ashburn, VA Marisa Yeager ’95, Riverside Ex Officio James Villarreal ‘16 President, Associated Students Beverly Colgate Executive Director, The UCSB Foundation Aaron Jones ‘02, M.A. ‘14 President, Graduate Student Association Hua Lee, M.A. ’78, Ph.D. ’80 Faculty Representative Ed Birch, H’95 UCSB Foundation Board of Trustees COASTLINES STAFF George Thurlow ’73, Publisher Natalie Wong ’79, Art Director Marge Pamintuan Perko, Editor Renee Lowe, ’15, Production Assistant ALUMNI STAFF Lesli Brodbeck ’85, Business Manager, Family Vacation Center Sheri Fruhwirth, Director, Family Vacation Center Shane Greene, Webmaster Hattie Husbands, Programs Coordinator Hazra Abdool Kamal, Chief Financial Officer John Lofthus ’00, Associate Director Mary MacRae ’94, Office Manager Marge Pamintuan Perko, Editor Samantha Putnam, Programs Director David Silva ’10, Director of Business Development George Thurlow ’73, Executive Director Natalie Wong ’79, Senior Artist Susan K. Yamashiro, Community FPO for FSC logo Events
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THE FEATURES 6 COVER 32 REASONS TO LOVE UCSB From Freebirds to Extravanganza, to UCSB’s biking paths and beautiful beachside location, here are some of the places, faces and events that remain close to every Gaucho’s heart. Cover photo illustration: N.Wong
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14 ALUMNI CHAMPIONS Established professionals in their chosen fields, these Gauchos from all walks of life pay it forward as community leaders, mentors and advocates.
18 ALUMNI CHAMPIONS FEATURE A LEGACY OF CHANGE Alumni members of the 1968 Black Student Union takeover of North Hall return to campus to share their experiences with the next generation of activists.
39 THE 10TH ALL GAUCHO REUNION SPECIAL SECTION From a distinguished panel of Gaucho diplomats to rediscovering our alma mater at events like Taste of UCSB and the Gaucho Gallop, the 10th All Gaucho Reunion celebrates the Gaucho spirit across generations at our beautiful UC Santa Barbara campus.
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23 IV ROUNDUP 24 ARTS RITE OF PASSAGE A photo story on the performing arts entrance audition at UC Santa Barbara.
26 ALUMNI AUTHORS 28 BUSINESS IN THE BUSINESS OF CARING University Sitters and Helpr founders Becka Klauber `07, and Kasey Edwards `07 on high-tech childcare support and connecting with other women entrepreneurs.
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UCSB Vice Chancellor for Research Named Director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The UC Board of Regents appointed vice chancellor for research Michael Witherell as director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. After serving as UCSB’s vice chancellor for over a decade, Witherell assumed his Photo: Sonia Fernandez new post at Berkeley in March. A leading physicist with a long career as an educator, researcher and community leader, Witherell also served as a UC Presidential Chair at the UCSB Department of Physics. He was a member of the faculty in the department from 1981 to 1999, before moving on to serve as director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. Witherell received a number of prestigious honors and awards in recognition of his achievements, including the Guggenheim Fellowship and the American Physical Society’s W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society. Source: THE CURRENT.
UC Santa Barbara Tops PayScale’s 2015-2016 College Salary Report for Computer Science Majors In PayScale’s most recent ranking of schools by salary potential for selected majors, UC Santa Barbara topped the list for early-career and mid-career salaries earned by graduates who earned a degree in computer science. Early-career salaries averaged $71, 700 per year, with mid-career annual pay at $147,000. Also on the list for the highest earning computer science majors are Columbia University, UC Berkeley and the University of Delaware. Source: PAYSCALE
Dean of Social Sciences Melvin L. Oliver Takes on New Role as President of Pitzer College SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences and Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science Melvin L. Oliver has accepted the offer to be the next president of Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Oliver will assume his new role at Pitzer on July 1. Oliver oversaw the introduction of three new interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs – Chicano/Chicana Studies, Feminist Studies and Global Studies —during his tenure at UC Santa Barbara. He also served as Co-PI of the McNair Program and raised funds to establish the Leonard and Gretchen Broom Center for Social Demography. Oliver also introduced the M.A. program in Global Civil Society in Global Studies, as well as the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies. A highly-respected professor of sociology, Oliver is an elected member of the Sociological Research Association and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Photo: William Vasta/ Source: The Office of the Chancellor
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22,858 freshman applicants received from African American, Native American and Chicano/ Latino students combined— representing
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From friendly campus fish to Freebirds, Soccer Heaven to Extravaganza, beach cruisers to catching waves at Campus Point, these are some of the places, faces and experiences Gauchos keep close to their hearts. Photography: Olivia Hayden ‘16
THAT Human Sexuality Class. Going beyond the birds and the bees with the Baldwins. Taught by husband and wife team John and Janice Baldwin, “Sociology of Human Sexuality” covers biology, sexual behavior, orgasms, birth control and infertility through a series of tag-team lectures at Campbell Hall. One of the longest running and most popular classes at UC Santa Barbara, SOC 152 A is a challenging upper division course with no prerequisites, open to all years and majors.
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it all? Meet us at the Labyrinth on Lagoon Island. Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, the Labyrinth grew from the vision of Carol Geer, who served as UCSB’s Counseling and Career Services director and executive director of Student Development Services. Created as a “metaphor for life’s journey,” the Labyrinth Trail is a popular stop for anyone seeking inner peace and a chance to lose your worries with a good long walk. 6
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Futball at Harder Stadium. With perfect weather, recordbreaking game attendance from fans and a stellar soccer program, the 17,000-seat Meredith Field at Harder Stadium is THE ideal spot for college Futball. And let’s not forget the tortillas: the UCSB Futball tradition of flinging flatbreads like Frisbees from the stands with every Gaucho point scored has resulted in special staff assignments to help clear the field at home games.
Photos: Soccer: UCSB Athletics; Library: Matt Perko; Surfing: Shane Greene: Extravaganza: The Bottom Line
SOCCER HEAVEN. Fantasy
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All the Bikes Campus cycling rules. Almost half of students attending UCSB commute to (and through) campus on bikes. This university takes care of its cyclers with secured bike racks, parking spaces, lockers, free showers (and towel service) and accessible paths throughout campus. Boasting 10 miles of Class I bicycle paths and an on-campus bike maintenance shop run by Associated Students, UC Santa Barbara is the model for Earth-friendly mobility. (Just remember to look both ways when crossing the bike lanes – these beach cruisers go FAST!)
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Gauchos heart Mother Earth. From groundbreaking LEED-certified student housing complexes and buildings, to campus recycling, composting and preservation efforts -- it’s no wonder Princeton Review gave UCSB the No. 3 spot on its 2015 Top 50 Green Colleges List.
Bands! Stars! Free! The yearly campus music festival organized and promoted by the Associated Students Program Board draws thousands to Harder Stadium for an Extravaganza of musical talents like Drake, Cee Lo Green, Snoop Dogg and Diplo, paid 100 percent by student fees.
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Catch the Waves at Campus Point Surf breaks. Surfing before class is a favorite Gaucho activity at Campus Point, located on the east side of the UCSB campus. Those who prefer to stay out of the water can watch for passing porpoises, dolphins and whales from the sandy bluffs.
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The Guardian Scholars Program A unique support system for former and current foster youth enrolled at UC Santa Barbara.
The Guardian Scholars Program provides a network of academic, financial, social and personal support services for children who grew up in the foster care system.
Beautiful spaces for beautiful minds. After years of planning and construction, the UCSB Library unveiled a brand-new 60,000-square-foot addition and 92,000 square feet of renovated space this year. New study spaces, state-of-the-art meeting rooms and the gorgeous Paseo entryway are just some of the new features students, faculty and visitors enjoy at the “Heart of the Campus.”
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The UCSB Dining Commons
Catering to diverse student tastes. The awardwinning Dining team serves thousands of meals throughout the day to students, faculty and staff at different campus residences and complexes - a true taste of campus life.
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UCSB Rowing The crew on Lake Cachuma. Hailing from one of the fastest growing intercollegiate club rowing programs in the United States, UCSB Rowing alums have moved on to win national championships and have even gone as far as the Olympics. Last year, the Rowers celebrated their 50th anniversary at the All Gaucho Reunion—not bad for a humble program founded by a group of self-taught student athletes who had to haul boats borrowed from other universities all the way to Lake Cachuma for training.
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The New Venture Fair
Best in new business. Alumni of this special entrepreneurial student trade show include the founders of Inogen, Salty Girl and University Sitters/Helpr.
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The Freebirds Burrito An Isla Vista staple. Co-founded by UCSB alums Mark Orfalea ’86 and Pierre Dube ’87 in 1987, Freebirds was built on the idea of serving students fresh-made Mexican food from an assembly line. Orfalea named the fast casual restaurant from his father’s favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd song “Free Bird.” Nearly three decades later, Freebirds flies high in the food world, transformed into a franchise with over 40 locations in California, Texas and Oklahoma. And people are just as obsessed with the burrito as students were thirty years ago. If you visit UC Santa Barbara, you need to eat a Freebirds burrito.
Del Playa
The sunny heart of UC Santa Barbara social life. Hugging the shoreline, Del Playa stretches through four blocks of Isla Vista, beginning at the campus bike path and ending at Sands. Alumni often speak about their days on Del Playa soaking up the sun, hanging with friends and heading out to hit the surf.
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Photo: Rowing: UCSB Rowing; Business icon: Aldric Rodríguez Iborra, ES
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The Recreation Center Pool
The Flying Pencils Sculpture.
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Dive in! When the mercury rises on those hot California days, the place to hang out, float and – yes – swim is at the Recreation Center’s Aquatics Facility.
Those floating pencils outside Ellison. Created by artist Peter Logan in 1986, Flying Pencils is a moving sculpture made of aluminum and stainless steel erected on the west lawn of Ellison Hall.
A place to Zen. Cheadle Pond, located between Cheadle Hall and Student Affairs, is the perfect spot to take a quick break during a busy school day. Egrets and herons can be found wading through the shallow waters, while dragonflies flit through the water plants. Don’t forget to check out the two extremely friendly koi fish who swim right up to any human peering into their watery abode.
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Winter surf and dune walking at Devereux
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The Cheadle Portrait Portrait of a Chancellor. For more than 30 years, the portrait of Chancellor Vernon Cheadle has watched over the lobby of Cheadle Hall, housing the University’s top administrators. Artist Peter Stevens painted the iconic portrait in 1984, with a few guidelines from his subject. Cheadle asked that at his side there be painted a slide microtome, a botanist’s most important research tool. Cheadle was a nationally recognized botanist before serving as UCSB’s second Chancellor from 1962 to 1977.
Pardall Tunnel. The light-filled bridge between UC Santa Barbara and Isla Vista. Lit up by LED strips, Pardall Tunnel serves as a permanent art installation created by UCSB Media Arts and Technology professor Marcos Novak.
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UCSB’s very own “Holodeck” in Elings Hall. Created by composerturned-scientist JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, the $15 million globeshaped AlloSphere is three stories high, offering 2,000 square feet of acoustically neutral surface area allowing for full “immersive 3D experiences” for UCSB researchers.
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Student Voting Numbers UC Santa Barbara students are among the most civic minded in the nation. Just look at the number of Gauchos in the Peace Corps, Teach for America and government agencies. UCSB holds the record for most students registered on a college campus in the U.S. — a number exceeding 11,000.
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The Masked Mascot. Some campuses have bulldogs on a leash. Others have bulls on a rope. We have Ole, the mascot who embodies the Gaucho spirit of freedom and passion. He leads crowds in singing “Ole, ole, Gauchos, Gauchos.” He is always ready for a selfie. And who lives behind the mask? We’re not telling.
Chancellor Henry T. Yang Our University’s resident leader. There has probably been no more loved and admired Chancellor of any University of California campus than our very own Chancellor Henry Yang. With his wife Dilling, Yang helps settle students into the dorms on Move-In Day, walks the streets of Isla Vista on Halloween and shakes every single graduate’s hand at commencement. Since 1994, Yang has gathered numerous awards, chaired the prestigious Association of American Universities and marshalled the 30-Meter Telescope Project in Hawaii. Best of all, he lives right on campus and repeatedly tells students he appreciates their “complimentary music” on weekends.
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Geek Week
An experiment in friendly competition. UCSB’s young scientists let loose every summer quarter at Geek Week, when engineering majors compete for top honors in dodgeball, egg relay races, trivia contests and a treasure hunt. Organized by the Engineering Student Council, Geek Week ends with barbeque, a trophy and bragging rights for the winning department.
Photos: Allosphere: Kevin Steele Photography; Chancellor Yang: Patricia Marroquin; Nobel Award: Matt Perko
The Hub From salsa socials and drag queens, to Zoo animals and a capella groups, the Hub features an eclectic calendar of student performances, community presentations and social gatherings, right in the center of campus student life.
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Walter Kohn, 1998, Chemistry Herbert Kroemer, 2000, Physics Alan Heeger, 2000, Chemistry David Gross, 2004, Physics Finn Kydland, 2004, Economics Shuji Nakamura, 2014, Physics
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Mosher Alumni House
Learning from those who served our
The meeting place. The Mosher Alumni House, located at the formal entrance to campus on Mesa Road, features spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains. As the headquarters of the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association, the building is one of the premiere event venues on campus – perfect for staff meetings, alumni reunions, conferences and student study halls.
country. Since the Vietnam War, veterans have led discussions at UC Santa Barbara’s Religious Studies 155 class on how war and violence tested their religious values. In-person conversations with those who have witnessed the horrors of human conflict make this class a true exercise in mindful scholarship.
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“Mom, I’m going to Paris—send money.” At no other campus in the U.S. is there such a fervor and a passion for studying outside of the United States. This year more than 1,000 Gauchos will
travel to 35 countries and attend classes at more than 250 institutions. It all started at UCSB in 1962 with the first pioneers heading to Bordeaux, France for a semester of Francais. Today EAP is headquartered at UCSB.
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The UCSB Admissions Notice Congratulations! Older alumni
remember getting a thick envelope in the mail after months of applying to colleges. These days, most freshmen and transfer students wait by their mobile phones, laptops and personal computers for their admission notices. But whether you received your admission letter in the mail or online, getting into UC Santa Barbara is great news. It’s your entry into one of
the most amazing experiences of your life.
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Inaugural Give Day at UCSB launches new era of fundraising for campus By Shelly Leachman Hoping to reach alumni in their regular hangouts and foster closer connections that inspire lifelong philanthropic support of the campus, UC Santa Barbara is holding its first-ever one-day digital donation drive. UCSB Give Day, set for 4/8/16, marks the university’s official full-scale entrée into social media fundraising. It’s also a tip of the hat to its massive base of young alumni — 45 percent of Gaucho alums graduated after 2000. The campus hopes to bolster private
because on social media people are discussing issues and opinions — it’s a really engaged community online
giving among this key group by meeting them where they are: on
and results in a community conversation, which is very
social media.
powerful. We want to do it right.”
“Give Day is a 24-hour event where we’ll use social media
The desire to do it right, and do it well, informed the core
channels and other digital tools to connect to our UCSB
goals for Give Day, which also include building excitement
communities, but especially this younger community of alumni,”
within UCSB’s diverse digital communities about their
said Beverly Colgate, UCSB’s associate vice chancellor for
experiences with the campus, and increasing participation
development and the executive director of the UCSB Foundation.
among all campus constituencies —parents, friends and the
“Reaching out to younger alumni in the social media space is vital
community, in addition to alumni.
because it’s where they routinely socialize — it’s a space where
Give Day will promote the notion of Gauchos as a global
they go for business and for pleasure. Social media outreach is
community by taking the message beyond the physical
being used at many institutions, so we’re right in the middle of this
community to the vast and connected network of UCSB
wave. This is a way to reach a constituency that is involved in non-
alumni online. Gauchos are spread across the world, but
traditional fundraising.”
in social media they’re always together, bound by shared
A central aim of Give Day is to grow UCSB’s ranks of new donors — the goal is to increase that number by 30 percent — and
memories of their time at UCSB. Celebrating experience and memories as a means of
alumni are a key part of the equation. Alumni giving is indicative
honoring the Gaucho spirit, Give Day is also intended to
of how graduates view their alma mater and an important factor
rekindle and reinforce connections to UCSB and, ideally,
in overall institutional excellence, according to Colgate.
to revitalize a sense of pride in the university that inspires
That’s why, in a sense, Give Day is emphasizing new donors over new dollars, hoping to grow a bigger donor base that can be
philanthropy to the campus for years to come. “Social media outreach is becoming an essential tool for
sustained well into the future. The inaugural effort is perhaps less
connecting alumni, sharing inspirational stories and, most
about that single day as it is about what 4/8/16 will usher in: a
importantly, for sparking donations,” Colgate said. “By
whole new era of fundraising at UCSB.
seeking increased participation and building community, we
“On top of increasing the number of donations we’re launching a new outreach for annual fundraising,” Colgate said. “Next we must sustain these donations from younger alumni annually. This is a beginning of social media fundraising for UCSB.
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are building the next generation of UCSB philanthropists. Give Day is only the beginning.”
We came for the degree. We left with so much more. The day to make a difference has arrived. 4/8/16: a chance to support Gauchos like never before.
UCSBGIVEDAY giveday.ucsb.edu
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ALUMNI CHAMPIONS DISCOVERIES THROUGH DIVERSITY
They fight the good fight – as community leaders, mentors and advocates. These UC Santa Barbara graduates are at the top of their game in their chosen fields not just because of their successes as professionals, but also for their commitment to giving back and creating new opportunities for others.
Dr. Kimberly Kay Hoang `05 Author of Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work Assistant Professor of Sociology and the College, University of Chicago 2010 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellow
After graduating with honors from UC Santa Barbara, Kimberly Kay Hoang `05 immersed herself in Vietnam’s “organized chaos.” She rented a house in Ho Chi Minh City with two Westerners and a young Vietnamese woman named Hong, who worked in the sex industry. “Had my parents chosen not to flee Vietnam, how different would Hong and I really be?” she asked. For five years, Hoang studied the complex social and economic relationships between the bar workers and their patrons as part of her graduate research at Stanford and UC Berkeley. Fellow academics tried to talk her out of pursuing this topic – but Hoang prevailed. In 2012, her research won the American Sociological Association Award and became the foundation for her book Dealing in Desire: Asian Ascendancy, Western Decline and the Hidden Currencies of Global Sex Work published last year. Now a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago’s Department of Sociology, Hoang lectures on diversity issues. “I hope more scholars of color will feel inspired and compelled to study the very poor and marginalized communities that we were once told to stay away from,” she said.
ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY Paul Relis `73 Author of Out of the Wasteland Founding Executive Director and Board Member Emeritus of the Community Environmental Council Senior Vice President of CR&R Incorporated Before he became one of the leaders of Santa Barbara’s environmental movement, Paul Relis `73 was a total “coastal kid.” His book Out of the Wasteland: Stories from the Environmental Frontier begins with his memories as a child playing in the sand dunes and estuaries close to his family home in Long Beach, California. Relis left Long Beach to major in English at UC Santa Barbara. Then, life changed. In 1969, 100,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from an off-shore platform into the Santa Barbara Channel. “Something awakened in me,” he said. A year after, he founded the Community Environmental Council (CEC). As CEC’s first executive director, Relis helped pioneer policies for sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and recycling. By the 1990s, he worked as the Governor’s appointee to the California Integrated Waste 14
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Management Board. Relis now serves as senior vice president of CR&R Incorporated and lectures in the UCSB department of environmental studies. “You can’t build solutions without being informed by the world that has gone before you, by people who thought and cared so deeply about it,” he said.
A BRAND FOR OTHERS Jay Ferro `94 Founder and President of Kyle’s Kitchen Founder of Silvergreens, LLC and CEO of SmartReceipt, Inc.
NURTURING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LGBTQ LEADERS Rick Berry `87 Executive Vice President and Director of Dispute Resolution, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Co-Sponsor, Rick Berry Emerging Leadership Institute for the UCSB Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
Goleta restaurant Kyle’s Kitchen serves burgers, soups, salads and milkshakes – and a whole lot of community support for special needs families in the area. “I wanted to start a business with a professional, personal and philanthropic synergy,” said founder Jay Ferro `94, who was inspired by his son Kyle, a special needs student, to create a unique restaurant brand combining healthy, kid-approved foods and fundraising. Every month, the Kyle’s Kitchen team donates a portion of their proceeds to a local charity. Last year, they raised over $60,000 for special needs organizations. In less than a year after opening its doors, Kyle’s Kitchen received the 2015 Innovative Business of the Year award from the Goleta Chamber of Commerce. But the biggest payback for Ferro is the smiling face of his son, who enjoys meeting and greeting the many patrons who have come to love Kyle’s Kitchen’s menu and mission. “I am a big fan of allowing our kids to find a place where they can succeed in life,” he said.
Last year, New York executive Rick Berry `87 hopped on a plane to Santa Barbara to coach a group of 33 LGBTQ students from UC Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara City College about communication, community organization and identity at a weekend retreat in Camp Whittier. “As a gay person doing relatively well in my chosen career, it’s a great opportunity for me to give a little something back to young people at a critical point in their lives,” said Berry. He lends his name to the annual retreat as leading mentor and co-sponsor of the Rick Berry Emerging Leadership Institute. Berry challenges students to take on the tough discussions. “What you need to learn as a leader, besides the communication and mediation skills, is how to take on difficult situations,” he said. As senior vice president and director of dispute resolution at the Financial Regulatory Authority, Berry works hard to keep his fellow employees inspired on the job. “I make sure staff at every level feel comfortable enough to give suggestions and to be part of the solution,” he said.
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LAND SHARKS, AHOY! Kelly Brodbeck MS `86 Co-Founder of the UCSB Land Sharks Vice President of Product Marketing at Larada Sciences, Inc.
FROM SEA PATROL TO DROUGHT CONTROL Ben Hatcher `14 Co-owner of AllScape Design and Installation Coast Guard Veteran Before he juggled class schedules and faced exams as a college student, Ben Hatcher `14 rescued ships from pirates and helped law enforcement confiscate illegal drugs. A US Coast Guard veteran with numerous awards earned in service to his country, Hatcher left his life at sea to tackle a different adventure on land: earning a degree in communications at UC Santa Barbara. During those early days at UCSB, Hatcher loved learning, but felt like an outsider on campus. “Going into school, I had the veteran mentality that I could do it all on my own,” he said. Then, he signed up for the UC Student Veterans Writing Workshop taught by professor Susan Derwin at UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. “I found fellow veterans who were going through the same challenges in the classroom and in life,” he said. After graduation, Hatcher started AllScape Design and Installation with fellow entrepreneur Nate Zacarias to develop drought-controlled landscaping in Santa Barbara. “It feels great to create something that clients love – and that they can be proud that they are now a part of the solution to the water crisis,” he said.
Kelly Brodbeck MS `86 named the chemical engineering alumni group after a line from the Jimmy Buffet tune Fins. “As in the song, we too are `sharks that can swim on land,’” he said. “Chemical engineering is the problem solver’s major. Chem Es can jump into any technical role in any industry.” The Land Sharks formed to help raise an endowment in 2008 for the Dr. Robert Rinker Undergraduate Unit Operations Laboratory at UCSB. “Over the years, we’ve done a variety of technical and business topics to set student expectations for what’s to come when they join us in the industry,” said Brodbeck. Land Sharks have also hired UCSB students for internships, summer jobs and full-time positions. Brodbeck serves as the vice president of product marketing at medical technology company Larada Sciences, Inc. and also teaches at UCSB’s Technology Management Program and at UC Berkeley’s product management program. He hopes the Land Sharks can help bridge the gap between classrooms and real life lessons. “Professors are our visionaries,” he said. “But they can also be a little detached from life beyond the friendly confines of the University. That’s where alums need to step in.”
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LEVERAGING PASSION INTO ACTION Scott Reed `96 President and CEO of the Music Academy of the West
THE $1 MILLION PITCH Jeff Overall `11 Founder and CEO of Polar Pro Filters Entrepreneur Jeff Overall `11 made his pitch on the popular ABC reality show Shark Tank last year with a heavy dose of SoCal bro charm. “Who’s ready to wax up their board and ride this tasty wave with me?” he asked, after presenting his company Polar Pro Filters. After a frenzy of offers, Overall held out until the Sharks bid $1 million for a 20 percent stake in the company -- then sealed the deal with a shaka handshake. Overall went through multiple auditions to guarantee his spot on the show. “I knew we could grow a lot faster by raising some capital, so I thought there would be no better place than in front of eight million people.” This sort of determination fueled the development of Polar Pro Filters while Overall was an economics and accounting student at UC Santa Barbara. Unhappy with the footage he captured for the UCSB ski team, he duct-taped DLSR polarizers to his GoPro. Loving the results, he used his student loan money to build products. Now based in Newport Beach, CA, Polar Pro Filters offers a complete line of accessories for GoPro. “Put your ideas into action,” he said. “Start small, prove the concept and pour your blood, sweat and tears into it.”
A first generation college student, Scott Reed `96 joined the UCSB swim team and chose to major in marine biology in his freshman year. “I was taking biology, chemistry and calculus,” he said. “Then I fell in love with the music environment at UCSB.” After auditioning for the program, Reed honed his vocal skills in opera, gospel and jazz. As a college senior, he worked as an unpaid intern at the Music Academy of the West. Years later, as vice president of institutional advancement, Reed raised $25 million for the Academy and established a summer mentoring partnership with the New York Philharmonic. In 2010, Reed became president and CEO of the Academy. Last year, Musical America named Reed an “Influencer” in the classical world. “You can have an unconventional path to your dream career,” he said. “Find what fulfills you and makes you feel worthy. Imagine what a wonderful world this could be if we all felt worthy and empowered to do great things.”
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Jessica Chen `06 Founder and Artistic Director of the J CHEN PROJECT Dancer and choreographer Jessica Chen`06 treasures every moment she is able to share the beauty and artistry of her chosen profession. In 2012, she nearly died in a car accident that put her into a 13-day coma after hours of brain surgery. “When I woke up, I had broken bones all over my body,” she said. “I had to learn how to breathe, to eat, to sit, stand and walk all over again.” While in recovery at the Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, Chen’s recreational therapist brought her to the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. “There was a Monarch butterfly,” she said. “In my head was the story of the caterpillar…`The caterpillar thought the world was ending…and then he turned into a butterfly.’ To me, the butterfly was proof that we can have a second chance at life.” A butterfly is tattooed on her left arm as a reminder. Chen now runs her own dance company, the J CHEN PROJECT, in New York City. Every year, she teaches as a guest artist at the UCSB dance department. In 2014, she launched a student mentorship program. “To be successful, we need to build trust – with our teachers, with our network and in our own ability to create as artists,” she said. www.ucsbalum.com
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A LEGACY OF CHANGE On October 14, 1968, members of UC Santa Barbara’s Black Student Union took over North Hall with a list of eight demands for the University’s administration to recognize and respect the needs of minority students on campus. By Marge Pamintuan Perko
Photos by Terry Wimmer/UCSB Office of Public Affairs
Without violence, the BSU activists ejected computer science staff and students from the building that housed the University’s IBM mainframe. Police soon arrived at the scene -- along with hundreds of community supporters who surrounded the building and brought food for the protestors inside. “I felt that we were on the precipice the entire day,” said Thomas Crenshaw `70 one of the original BSU members who took over North Hall that day. “One member, Michael Harris, sat at the controls of the computer. He threatened to destroy the computer if the police invaded the building. The entire day, Michael sat at that computer.” After twelve hours, the administration made its decision. Choosing a peaceful resolution over force, Chancellor Vernon Cheadle agreed to all but one of the BSU demands. (Cheadle refused to fire athletic director and football head coach Jack Curtice and physical activities director Arthur Gallon.) Vice Chancellor Stephen Goodspeed ordered police to withdraw. The students left North Hall to face a “suspended suspension” for their actions -- and a legacy of change sparked by their activism. 18
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From Friendship to Activism here, to college. So we were kind of like pioneers and we were setting In 1968, there were 36 black students enrolled at UC Santa
the standard. We were the hopes and dreams of our parents and our
Barbara. Murad Rahman’s house became the meeting point
grandparents, as far as going ahead and getting further.”
for their student community, a place where they met to plan
Lee, meanwhile, did not receive a hero’s welcome when his mother
concerts, films and parties – all experiences they built together
learned about his role at North Hall. “When I got the `suspended
as young college students finding their way at a predominantly
suspension’ from Chancellor Cheadle, my mother went through the roof,”
white campus.
he said. “`What are you doing boy, you’re supposed to be going to school,
“We just started our own family bonds,” said Paul Bigby `72. “At that time, I really enjoyed that we had the opportunity to
and you’re taking over buildings and stuff – are you crazy? Messing up your education!’”
connect with brothers and sisters – it gave me this feeling of
But the organization and the results of their activism were far from
family, so we didn’t have this sense that we were estranged.”
crazy, Crenshaw was quick to note. “It looked chaotic at the scene that
Friendships became a strong platform for activism, as students
day – but it really wasn’t,” he said. “We had spent weeks organizing.
shared a growing social consciousness during the tumultuous
We had meetings all over IV preparing for the takeover. And following
civil rights movement in the late sixties. As a student athlete, Lee
the takeover, we engaged in some very sophisticated negotiations with
witnessed many inequalities on the football team between black
Chancellor Cheadle and David Gardener – the then Vice Chancellor who
and white players.
later became the President of the University system. Those negotiations
“The black folks weren’t offered scholarships,” said Stan Lee `71. “They got EOP (the Educational Opportunity Program), while the white folks got scholarships. We had to fight for what
laid the foundation for the Black Studies Center and the Black Studies Department.” “I have to give credit to the Chancellor, in hindsight, for making the
we wanted back then. That was the hungry era. We had the
right decision,” said Rahman. “If he had allowed the police to come in and
burgeoning EOP program, we had the grassroots organization –
move on us – it would have been total chaos. The computer would’ve
and we had to pull ourselves up.”
gone first – and whatever other equipment. Whatever else was going to
Part of the struggle was not having the support of their own
happen, would’ve happened. And we were prepared for that. We would
families. “My grandparents never really understood what was
have lost but we would have fought – and that was the most important
happening, because all my grandmother and great-grandmother
thing.”
saw was that I got the opportunity to get an education, and they did not understand what was not being taught,” said Linda Bryant Wineberry `71. “I needed something that focused on me and on
Celebrating the North Hall Pioneers
us as a people.” Bigby, who did not join the others at North Hall, said part
Forty-eight years later, Rahman, Crenshaw and other fellow BSU alumni
of his reluctance was due to his own parents’ concerns for
returned to North Hall. Students, UCSB graduates and community
his future. “Personally, my fear was more of what my father
leaders gathered to honor the “Super 68’ers” at Walk with Us, a special
thought,” he said. “A lot of us were the first in our families to get
ceremony and walk through the UC Santa Barbara campus. The event,
Black Studies Department Chair Jeffrey Stewart leads BSU alumni, community leaders and students to the North Hall passageway murals installed in remembrance of the 1968 takeover. Opposite page: Black Student Union alumnus Murad Rahman `67 speaks at North Hall during the Walk With Uswww.ucsbalum.com event on February 15.19
Above, left: Pictured from left to right: Capus Hope `70, Stan Lee `71, Linda Bryant Wineberry `71, Murad Rahman `67, Pam Easter Higgins `71, Thomas Crenshaw `70 and Melanie Easter-Crenshaw. Middle: Paul Bigby `72 and Stan Lee `71 share their experiences with the next generation. Top, right: BSU alumni talk about their legacy of activism during an interview at the Sara Miller McCune Library at Mosher Alumni House.
hosted by the Center for Black Studies and the UCSB Alumni Association, celebrated the beginning of the At the same building where they barricaded the
her father and his contemporaries for advice
doors with chains and furniture nearly half a century
on how to guide the next generation of black
ago, BSU alumni stood in front of a mural created in
students. “I am an educator myself, and I
their honor by the current members of their student
hope to shape the lives of the next round of
organization. “Thank you for your vision, thank you
applicants here -- so what would you like for us
for your activism and thank you for your sacrifice
to instill into the new Gauchos?”
to transform this University to what it is today,”
Rahman and the other older alumni had
said Jeffrey Stewart, chair of the Black Studies
a bit of tough love to share. “A special event
Department and Center established in response to
happened here at UCSB, that didn’t happen at
the 1968 BSU student action.
the other 9 or 10 campuses in throughout the
“The struggle is still continuing,” said Rahman as
On October 14, 1968, members of the Black Student Union occupied North Hall. Students involved in the historic takeover were Jim Johnson, Murad Rahman, Arnold Ellis, Tom Crenshaw, Dalton Nezey, Ernest Sherman, Booker Banks, Mike Harris, Ryan Vallejo Kennedy, Stan Lee, Don Pearson and Randy Stewart. They renamed the building housing the University’s computer program “Malcolm X Hall” and issued a list of eight demands in response to an educational system that did not reflect the needs of ethnic minorities.
Lee’s daughter Deanna, a teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District, asked
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend.
Muran Rahman `67 looks on as John Higgins `72 performs a powerful spoken word tribute at North Hall.
for support. That was it. We were on our own.”
UC system,” he said. “There is a department
he addressed the crowd at the event. “It continues
of Black Studies here that came as a result
on the shoulders and the spirit of Dr. King and the
of a struggle and a risk that took place. That
heart of Malcolm X – the driving forces that pushed
your Daddy risked his life basically to make
us to do what we had to do in a civil manner, by any
it happen. That didn’t happen on any other
means necessary. But as the saying goes, `the more
campus - they didn’t stand up like we did. So
things change, the more things stay the same.’ So we
they need to honor that and respect that – and
are still fighting the same battle. There are all sorts
to know that we have expectations of them to
of problems – and change needs to take place. And
go beyond what we did.”
change requires activism. You would not be here
A younger alumnus sitting in the audience with his two young children, appealed to both
without the spirit of activists.” After the commemorative walk and luncheon at
sides of the generational divide. “We need
Mosher Alumni House, the “Super 68’ers” gathered
community, that we need togetherness, we
at the Miller McCune Library to chat about their
need our grassroots,” he said. “The messages
experiences with community members, younger
are out there that you can make it in an instant
alumni and family at an informal panel discussion.
– but that’s one in a billion who does that. But
“We’ve all grown up since that time,” said Rahman, looking around the room. For many, it was the first
for the rest of us to rise…collectively, we need each other.” The older alumni agreed. “On that note…”
time they gathered in over forty years. “Well, I still don’t see a whole lot of black folks on campus,” said Lee. “Back then, when we came in, we
smiled Lee. “We need each other,” said Rahman.
just didn’t have enough black folks… We had ourselves
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I.V. Roundup New Jazz Club Brings Live Music to the Loop A new jazz club has opened at the top of the Loop in Isla Vista as part of the efforts by UC Santa Barbara to bring more alternatives to open street parties in the community. Spearheaded by Black Studies Department Chair Jeffrey Stewart, who teaches a history of jazz class at UCSB, the new club premiered on Jan. 21. The club is part of Keggers, a new coffee shop inside the Loop residential apartment building. Start-up funding was provided by UCSB Foundation Trustee Marilyn Lee, who served on the Trustees special Isla Vista committee. The committee recommended that UCSB develop more programs in Isla Vista that promoted intellectual as well as cultural development in the community. Photo: Susan Yamashiro
Sweet Alley Owner Nick Mason ’11 Opens Boutique Laundromat on 436 Bath Street Business owner and UCSB alum Nick Mason `11 changes gears from serving froyos in Isla Vista to offering boutique washing and drying services at the newly-opened laundromat Linen – formerly Linen Fluff & Fold—on 436 Bath Street. The owner of the popular frozen yoghurt shop Sweet Alley on 955 Embarcadero del Mar in Isla Vista took over the operation and lease of the laundromat at the corner of Bath and East Haley in Santa Barbara last year. Linen offers customers the use of new washing machines and stainless steel dryers, with free Wi-Fi, televisions and and children’s activities in the waiting area. Mason also provides pickup and delivery for wash and fold services. Photo: Daily Nexus/Will Tran
Community Leaders Discuss Isla Vista Culture at Project for Public Spaces Workshop
Photo: Kim Yasuda
The national Project for Public Spaces organized a two-day planning workshop for Isla Vista in late February. Community leaders, students, regional officials and campus representatives were invited to participate. Funding for the effort came from the Santa Barbara Foundation and was organized by UC Santa Barbara art professor and Isla Vista activist Kim Yasuda. The workshops helped identify community resources and leaders that would bring about positive changes in the intellectual and artistic culture of Isla Vista. Project for Public Spaces is a non-profit planning, design and educational organization that describes itself as the hub of the global Placemaking movement. Founded in 1975 by William Whyte, author of “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces,” it has done work in more than 3000 communities in 43 countries. Its goal is to help Isla Vistans create and sustain public spaces that will help build a stronger community.
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Arts
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UCSB’s performing arts entrance auditions test technique and reveal character A photo story by Matt Perko
As a gateway into college, auditioning in this way is a really good exercise for a student. It really is a professional experience. This is how it would be if you were going into the world of music, the world of dance, the world of theater – you have to audition. I sometimes feel that the Rubrics they use to judge college entrance in other areas are not really realistic. They are based on the idea of you being a student who takes tests and gets certain kinds of grades. But the audition is asking you who you are and what can you bring to the job of being part of UCSB’s performing arts.
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Christina McCarthy ’94 Vice Chair of UCSB’s Theater and Dance Department Acting Vice Chair and Director of Dance
Above: Christina McCarthy `94 presents at the audition orientation showcasing current students of the BA and BFA programs at UCSB’s Dance Department. Below: Eighty-two applicants participated in the two-part audition class for ballet and modern dance in January. Faculty members observed and corrected technique—and watched how students applied their feedback in the class. 24
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mentor Dr. DiFiore, a professor adjunct and area head of the UCSB voice program. “The audition is very important,” said DiFiore. “You can’t just talk about singing – you have to sing. It can be all over the map in terms of technique. It may not line up. But if I hear one good note, we can build on that. One good note.” 5. Death of Kings cast member Fletcher Hoffman, who played Pistol, recently went through the theater BFA audition process at the end of his freshman year at UCSB. “Why theater?” he asked. “Why not? It’s what I love to do.” 6. Auditions for theater’s BFA program happen in May and September, and are restricted to sophomore applicants. Transfer student Diane Fidalgo first auditioned for the program during the
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Arts Alumni Authors
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Amelia Martens `02 The Spoons in the Grass are There to Dig a Moat
George Gmelch PhD `71 Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties
Amelia Martens’ debut poetry collection is the 2014 Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature selection from Sarabande Books. Revealing expansive ideas in compressed language, Martens’ prose poems are brief vignettes in the form of prayers, parables, confessions and revelations, full of dark humor and beguiling observations.
In 1965, George Gmelch signed to play in the Minor Leagues with the Detroit Tigers. In this coming-of-age memoir, Gmelch applies his skills as an anthropologist as he recounts his “baseball education” playing in small town across the United States against the backdrop of social turmoil of civil rights protests, the Vietnam War and the emergence of counterculture. Playing with Tigers immerses the reader in the life of the Minor Leagues from the point of view of an accomplished social scientist.
Judi and Shari Zucker `83 The Memory Diet: More Than 150 Healthy Recipes for the Proper Care and Feeding of Your Brain Sparked by their own mother’s struggle with dementia, health and fitness gurus Judi and Shari Zucker researched brain-boosting recipes to help reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The Memory Diet introduces plant-based, brain-boosting meal plans -- made without white sugar, processed ingredients and gluten — that can help slow down and eliminate the chances of cognitive decline by as much as 53 percent.
Marilyn Hackett `74 Wartime Romanc: A Time to Remember
Elizabeth O’Black Gans `94 Roadside Geology of Southern California
Phil Maas `67 MA `70 In the Shadow of God: The Philip Miller Story
Marilyn Hacket shares a sweet, heartfelt story about love and life in the heartland during World War II in Wartime Romance, a novel based on her parents’ correspondence. For years, her mother Margaret Wolff wrote to Tom Johnson, a farm boy turned bomber pilot who yearned to return home. The pen pals married after the war, keeping their love story tucked away in a cache of letters in attic until their daughter found them…and wrote a musical AND a novel about their lives.
Geologist-illustrator Elizabeth O’Black Gans joins awardwinning UC Santa Barbara geologist Arthur Sylvester in creating a dazzling compilation of maps, diagrams and accessible stories about the rocks and landscapes of Southern California. This book is your handheld tour guide to the gemstones and roadside sights of one of the most geologically dramatic regions in the world.
Published under the pen name Samuel Nala, Phil Maas’ novel tells the story of Philip Miller, an American caught in the turmoil of Hugo Chávez’s 2009 Revolución in Venezuala. Unprepared for the chaos that ensues in the wake of political upheaval, Miller finds himself trapped in an unforgiving universe where he has lost control of his fate.
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Business In the Business of Caring University Sitters and Helpr founders Becka Klauber `07 and Kasey Edwards `07 on high-tech childcare support and connecting with other women entrepreneurs By Marge Pamintuan Perko Start-up executives Becka Klauber and Kasey Edwards built their nanny and babysitter placement agency University Sitters from a core group of six students living in a house together in Santa Barbara. “We always babysat in college to earn a living and pay for school,” said Edwards, who met Klauber at the Santa Rosa dorms during their freshman year at UC Santa Barbara. “We found the resources and the gumption to interview families as we were babysitting, and set up backup support if one of us couldn’t make it.” University Sitters now helps thousands of families from San Francisco to San Diego. The Los Angeles-based agency will be transitioned into the high-tech sector with Helpr, an Uber-like booking service for sitters focused on serving clients in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Orange County. “We seek to elevate childcare employees and want to allow them to take on-call jobs,” said Edwards. One of the main goals of their business model is to create better standards for their network of nannies, doulas and sitters. “Childcare providers are passionate about their work,” said Klauber. “These men and women don’t want to give up their careers. We want to make sure they receive a living wage, so the marketplace doesn’t lose the specialization they’ve earned over the years. We have a lot of protections in terms of pricing and bookings.” Klauber and Edwards hope their placement services will become part of corporate employee packages for working parents. “We’re putting out a call to action to parents, to express to their companies the need for childcare as part of their benefits package, a subsidy that can
reduce absenteeism due to school closures and sick days,” said Klauber. The start-up executives also want to build support for fellow female entrepreneurs in the high-tech sector. This idea took form in their latest venture created with nine other female entrepreneurs in Female Founders LA (#FFLA), a monthly networking session for business leaders based in the Los Angeles area. “We want women to make an impact in our ecosystem of tech start-ups,” said Edwards. “We believe equality for all gender identities is good for the economy.” Klauber and Edwards also work together on a much more personal endeavor: co-fostering a ten-year old girl placed in their care by the Olive Crest agency. “It’s been the most important thing in my life,” said Klauber. As women working in a male-dominated field, these UCSB graduates work hard to bring a different point of view on how to do business – and how to create progressive collaborations.“We both have strong mothers who taught us well to believe in the abundance that exists in the world - and to share it,” said Edwards.
Josh Elliott ’93 to Anchor CBSN Josh Elliott ’93 has just been hired by CBS to work for its online news streaming service. The announcement immediately set off speculation in the New York media that Elliott is being groomed to take over as anchor on “CBS This Morning.” Elliott previously had been a regular host on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and most recently had worked for NBC Sports, where it was thought he was being groomed to take over the anchor job on the “Today” show. “This Morning” is hosted by 74-year-old Charlie Rose and the New York Times reported that there is no obvious candidate at CBS to replace him. Elliott’s new job will be to anchor CBSN, the networks new streaming service. He will also receive assignments throughout CBS television, company officials said. CBS launched the new service in 2014 and it streams CBS content 24 hours a day. Company officials say the hiring of Elliott is a major investment in the future of the service. Elliott has maintained his connection to UCSB. Two years ago he was featured in a lengthy feature story about UCSB that aired on “Good Morning America,” and he has regularly appeared at alumni events in New York 28
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Gaucho signs with the Phoenix Suns Orlando Johnson ’12 signed a 10-day contract with the NBA’s Phoenix Suns in early February. Johnson was a standout on the Gauchos men’s basketball team and was named a Big West Player of the Year in 2009-10. He earned All-Big West honors three different times. This season Johnson was named a 2016 NBA D-league (Development League) All Star for his play with the Austin Spurs. This is the third NBA team Johnson has played for, including stints with Indiana from 2012 to 2013 and Sacramento from 2013 to 2014. Johnson was the 36th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft. His professional best was a 15 point game for Indiana in 2013. This season at Austin, he shot 48 percent of his three pointers and performed better than 80 percent from the free throw line. This is his second season with Austin.
Junior soccer player Nick DePuy turned down a $100,000 advance from the Generation Adidas professional development league in order to return to UC Santa Barbara for his senior year, according to Santa Barbara News Press sports editor Mark Patton. “Honestly, it’s the first time in our program’s history that we had a player actually turn down a Generation Adidas contract,” UCSB Soccer Coach Tim Vom Steeg told Patton. At least four Gauchos have accepted Adidas contracts -- Eric Nick DePuy. Photo: Matt Perko Avila, Sam Garza, Michael Tetteh and Ciaron O’Briend. Only Avila was able to parlay the contract into a professional soccer career. Patton highlighted three Gauchos who made it into the pros and flourished -- Luis Silva, Danny Kennedy and Tim Pontius – who all completed four years as Gauchos. DePuy was named a first team All American last year while scoring 15 goals in only his second season as a forward.
Gaucho wins pentathalon at U.S. Combined Events Championship Barbara Nwaba ’12 who starred on the track at UCSB, has won the pentathalon competition at the U.S. Combined Events Championships in Nebraska. She scored a personal record 4,415 points and will next compete in the World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon in March. Last year she won the heptathlon title in the USA Photo: Presidio Sports Outdoor Track and Field Championship. She is working to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, training with the Santa Barbara Track Club.
Williams Hits 300 Wins Men’s basketball coach Bob Williams joined a small, elite group of West Coast coaches when UCSB beat UC Riverside 65-55 on Feb. 18. It was Williams’ 300th win in the Big West Conference. Only UNLV’s Jerry Tarkanian and Pacific’s Bob Thomason have as many victories in the league. “It’s a testament to old age,” Williams later quipped. Bob Willliams. Photo: Noozhawk
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San Mateo’s Mission Hospice & Home Care program honored Kathryn Breaux `68 with the 2016 Lotus Award for her outstanding support of the organization. Breaux has served as a founding member and Chair of the Mission Hospice & Home Care Board of Directors.
Obie Award-winning actor, writer and director Diane Rodriguez `73 was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate as a member of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory body of the National Endowment for the Arts. Rodriguez, who serves as the associate artistic director at the Los Angeles Center Theatre Group, co-founded El Teatro de La Esperanza and the comedy troupe Latins Anonymous.
Susan Barbour Dunn `69 celebrated the birth of her first grandchild Stevie Grace Barnhart on February 2, 2016.
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Wenonah Valentine `77 delivered the keynote address at the 24th Annual Unity Luncheon at Cal Poly Pomona. The Black Faculty and Staff Association hosted the event honoring six diversity champions representing all campus affinity groups. Over 500 students, faculty and staff attended the event. Valentine serves as a
Phillip Spector Recognized As Communications Pioneer Phillip Spector ’72 will be inducted this month into the Society of Satellite Professionals International Hall of Fame, after a long career as an attorney who helped to shape the U.S. communications satellite industry. This year’s Hall of Fame includes some of America’s most influential communication players, from inventors to CEOs. Spector is only the second attorney to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, which has recognized 80 pioneers in research, government affairs and aerospace. Spector currently is an attorney in the Space and Satellite Group of Millbank, Tweed, Hadley and & McCloy, a 150-year-old New York law firm with offices around the world. Spector serves at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. “UC Santa Barbara opened my mind to a world of possibilities,” said Spector of his time at the University. He majored in political science and spent a year studying in England in the Education Abroad Program. He went on to graduate from Harvard Law School and eventually won a prestigious clerking job with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. He admitted that “youth is wasted on the young” when recalling his days working for Marshall on some of the most important cases
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of that time -- including Bakke vs. University of California, the landmark reverse discrimination case involving college admissions. He said he was too young to appreciate the times that Marshall would pull up a chair and regale the clerks with stories of his activities as a crusading black lawyer in the South. Spector was one of only 36 law clerks assigned to the Justices and his workload was immense. After the Supreme Court, Spector moved across town to the White House. For two years, he worked on policy issues for President Carter. The assignment that left the deepest mark was his job acting as the liaison between the White House and the families of the Iran hostages. “It was fascinating and difficult,” he recalled. Spector went on to work in private practice where he was a key attorney in the battle to overturn the international communication monopoly of Intelsat, on behalf of his client, PanAmSat. Years later, he joined Intelsat as General Counsel and Executive Vice President for Business Development, where he was instrumental in Intelsat’s acquisition of his former client, PanAmSat. Spector serves as a trustee of the UC Santa Barbara Foundation. “I look at UCSB as being very formative in my life,” he said. “Now it’s time to give back. I want to help Chancellor Yang with resources to make this a great university.”
Pamela Coats VandeKamp `79 completed her doctorate in educational leadership at UC Berkeley. She earned her Ed.D. with the dissertation titled “Complex Learning around a Simple Tool- Improving Instructional Supervision by Improving Lesson Analysis.” She is the Coordinator of State and Federal Programs in the San Lorenzo Unified School District. For seven years, she served as the principal of Hillside Elementary School and has worked as a teacher in the district for nearly 15 years.
1980s Ken Katsura `89 launched his new company Nexus Nova Scientific, a national security research contractor.
1990s Barb Beainy `92 is Director of Development, Engineering and Sciences at UC Santa Barbara. Before accepting her new position, Beainy served as Wellness and Fitness Director in the Exercise and Sport Studies and Recreation Department. Joshua Isenberg `93 is a partner at Morrison & Foerster’s Tokyo branch. He will enhance the firm’s inbound practice representing global investors acquiring assets in Japan, and will also grow an outbound practice supporting Japanese corporate clients investing in the United States.
2000s David Meeler PhD `00 is the Harry & Becca Dalton Endowed Chair of Environmental Sciences & Studies at Winthrop University in South Carolina. Dr. Lila Abassi `02 is the Director of Medicine at the American Council on Science and Health. After she received her degree in anthropology at UC Santa Barbara, Abassi earned her medical degree at St. George’s University and completed her residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. TrackR founders Chris Herbert `02 and Christian Smith `08 just premiered the latest
version of their locator product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. TrackR is a battery-operated location disc used to tag personal belongings. The quartersized disc emits a personal signal allowing the owner to find the item using a mobile app. The product is now on sale at Staples and Brookstone. Business publication L.A. Biz named Kristen Nesbit `02 as one of the fifty “Women of Influence” recognized in 2016 for their strong community commitment and outreach. Nesbit is a partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP based in Los Angeles, California. She also serves a member of the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association Board of Directors. Andrew Kaven `02 is a partner at Ernst & Young LLP’s Assurance practice in San Francisco, California. Kaven serves technology companies in the enterprise software and cloud computing space, and has taken clients from start-ups through their IPOs and beyond.
’80 The UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association Board of Directors has elected Fran Mancia ’80 to serve as one of four University of California Alumni Regents. Francia’s term will begin July 1, 2016 as a Regent-designate. He will serve as a voting Regent from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Mancia is vice president of government relations for MuniServices LLC, a Sacramento based revenue enhancement and protection advocacy firm that specializes in representing government agencies, including cities, counties and special districts. He served as chair of the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association’s Advocacy Committee for the past two years and is an active member of the Alumni Council of the UCSB Department of Communication. UCSB’s Alumni Association elects a Regent every six years as part of a rotation with the other 10 campuses that is based on alumni populations. Mancia will also serve as the President of the Alumni Associations of the University of California in 2017. That is the organization of all UC alumni association presidents and executive directors.
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Russell D. Terry `03 is an associate attorney at Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy LLP, a Santa Barbara business law firm. After graduating from UCSB, Terry received his law degree from the University of Washington’s School of Law.
Josh Cornett `06 is the director of sales at Earthpack, the original premium recycled packaging company based in Irvine, California. Before he took on his new position, Cornett was the sales manager at Tec Color Craft in Los Angeles.
Filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt `98 was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for his 17-minute animation “World of Tomorrow,” a science fiction film about a little girl named Emily, played by Hertzfeldt’s niece, who views a troubling future for the human race. This is Hertzfeldt’s second Academy Award nomination. Hertzfeldt’s animations often feature handdrawn stick figures, with emphasis on the film’s writing, editing and sound. As a film major at UC Santa Barbara, he created four 16mm animated student films that gained steady popularity at community viewings and at film festivals, and aired on MTV. His subsequent works have since been recognized and awarded at over 250 film festivals around the world. Photo credit: Screen capture from World of Tomorrow trailer.
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’00s Two UCSB graduates made this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 list of America’s most important young entrepreneurs, creative leaders and stars. Shane Stanger `09 co-founder of The Baked Bear, a popular SoCal ice cream sandwich chain, made the list’s Food & Drink category. Rayton Solar founder Andrew Yakub `10 was recognized in the Energy category. His company uses laser deposition technology to make silicon wafers 1/100th the thickness of standard wafers used in solar panels.
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Nicolasa Sandoval PhD `07 has been reappointed to the California State Board of Education, where she has served since 2013. She is the education director of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. She also is a featured lecturer at UC Santa Barbara and serves as a member of the UCSB Alumni Association Board of Directors. Holly Butterfield Russell `07 received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in August 2015. She is an autonomous driving researcher at Renault Innovation Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, California. Sabrina Ricci Kruger `09 and Garret Kruger `10 are the hosts of the dinosaur-themed podcast I know Dino, now available for streaming on iTunes. The show has featured many top dinosaur enthusiasts like Jack Horner, who inspired Dr. Alan Grant in the book and film Jurassic Park, Peter Larson of Dinosaur 13 fame, dinosaur museum curator
and paleontologist Phil Currie, Utahraptor discoverer Jim Kirkland and the developer team for Saurian. Mandi Gascoigne de Witte MA `10 is the 2015 Educator of the Year in Ventura County. She leads the STEM magnet school implementation at the Will Rogers Two-Way Immersion School of Environmental Science. She is also the lead teacher in the UCSB-led South Coast Science Project. Taylor King `10 celebrated the fifth anniversary of the opening of her boutique Espionage on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Carson Weiss `12 and Alex Ilnicki `12 will be getting married in Santa Barbara in July 2016. Apeel Sciences, founded by James Rogers `12 received the Central Coast Innovation Award in the Agribusiness category from Pacific Coast Business Times. Soraa, the company founded
UCSB graduate students and alumni received the prestigious California Sea Grant State Fellowship in January. The fellowship recipients will work with host agencies involved in marine policy, environmental quality and resource management in California. This year, the Office of Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project and NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center will be hosting Science Fellows for the first time.
At the Ocean Protection Council, Paige Berube `15 will focus on climate change projects related to changing ocean conditions, including sea level rise and El Niño, as well as ocean acidification and hypoxia. Heather Dennis `15 will help coordinate wetland restoration projects throughout Southern California by collaborating with scientists, professionals, and stakeholders to implement on-the-ground coastal conservation, restoration, and protection. Hilary Walecka `15 will help strengthen the Conservancy’s coastal climate adaptation and resiliency work by refining programmatic priorities, facilitating regional coordination, engaging stakeholders, and developing pilot climate studies and adaptation projects.
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As the first State Fellow with the NOAA NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Lindsey Peavey `16 will develop ways in which dynamic ocean management (a process to identify where and when resource users can maximize profitability and reduce ecological damage) can be implemented in fisheries management at the state and federal levels. Daniel Ellis `16 will help develop and implement state policies under the California Ocean Plan, which protects water quality in coastal waters.
by Shuji Nakamura, Nobel Prize laureate and UCSB professor, took home the Energy & Environmental Science award. Michelle Belko `13 is the Stewardship Reporting and Analysis Manager on UCSB’s Engineering and the Sciences Development team. Belko interned at Santa Barbara Fitness Magazine and worked as a development and program specialist for Jodi House. Samantha Alvarez `13 delivered the keynote address at the Partners in Education Annual Leadership Breakfast in Santa Barbara, California. Alvarez is the volunteer manager of Partners in Education, a coalition of Santa Barbara business and education leaders. Al Williams ’14 has returned from a season of playing professional basketball in China, where he received the second richest contract ever given a rookie. Williams is working out in his home town of Oxnard hoping to land on an NBA team this year. In China he played for the Qingdao Doublestar Eagles and was nicknamed “Zhang Fei,” an ancient bearded warrior. The description came from his long hair and beard which did not appear to slow him down on the boards. He led the Chinese Basketball Association in rebounding.
IN MEMORIAM 1940s Marion Bates Whitwill `41 died on December 23 in Novato, California. Whitwill worked as an educator for over 30 years. Patricia Lea Lunch died on January 18 in Bakersfield, California. After attending UC Santa Barbara, Lynch worked at the Bank of America and the Arvin Unified School District. Donald Vanderford `49 died on December 7 in Fullerton, California. After serving in the Army during World War II, Vanderford graduated from UC Santa Barbara and went on to work as an accountant at Southern California Edison for over 30 years.
1950s Geraldine LaVerne Wheldon Jones `50 died on January 9 in Santa Barbara, California. She taught at Hope School and Monte Vista Elementary, and was honored for her achievements as an educator by President Truman at the White House Rose Garden. Patricia O’Reilly Levesque `52 died on January 15 in Merced, California. For over 40 years, Levesque taught at schools in Santa Barbara, Visalia and Merced. Robert G. Douglas `59 died on February 20 in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Douglas went on to earn his doctorate at UCLA. He served as the dean of natural sciences and mathematics at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and was chair of the Department of Earth Sciences. He also served as the director of USC’s marine studies program and the Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies. He retired as professor emeritus in 2009. Selena Pedersen died on January 2 in Cedaredge, Colorado. Pedersen served as an elected official on the Cedaredge City Council and worked as treasurer of the nonprofit Pioneer Town Museum. She also served as the director of the Montecito Association and as a member of the Cold Springs School District Board. Marilynn Kelley died on January 25 in Sacramento, California. She founded Kelley Contact Lenses, a business she owned and operated for nearly twenty years. She served as president of the Sacramento Children’s Home, the Sacramento Children’s Home Guild and was a founding member of Los Amigos.
1960s Robert William Frierson Jr. `64 died on November 18 in Camino, California. After graduating from UCSB, he served as a deputy at the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department. In 1974, he worked as a bail bondsman before deciding to become a flight attendant. He worked at United Airlines until he retired in 2012. He also served as a volunteer policeman at the Placerville Police Department.
’67 Jim Barber ’67 died on January 10 in Walnut Creek, California. A dedicated student athlete, Barber was a member of the Gaucho football squad that played the Camellia Bowl in 1965. After graduation, Barber served as a second lieutenant in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He went on to attend law school at the UC Hastings College of Law where he became the editor of the Hastings Law Journal. For thirty years, Barber practiced law in San Francisco where he went on to become a partner at Hancock, Rothert and Bunshoft. Barber served on the Board of Directors of the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association. During his tenure on the Board, Barber was the driving force behind the creation of the All Gaucho Reunion. In 2008, he received the Graver Alumni Service Award for his exemplary service and dedication to the University. He also founded the Gaucho Athletics Association and served as the organization’s first president. After retiring in 2005, Barber was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Throughout his nine-year battle against the disease, Barber became a prominent advocate for ALS research. He co-founded the California ALS Advocacy Committee and helped create the California ALS Research Network. In honor of his contributions to the ALS community, Barber received the 2010 Iron Horse Award and the 2011 Heroes Living with ALS Award.
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Stephen Duncan Hooper `66 died on November 18 in Camino, California. He was last employed at Santa Barbara City College. John Ronald Pack died on January 28 in Redwood Valley, California. After he enrolled at UC Santa Barbara for two years, Pack graduated with an economics degree from UC Berkeley and earned his teaching credential at Sonoma State University. For 28 years, he taught at Pomolita, Potter Valley and at Ukiah High School. Shelley Kathleen Macdonald `67 died on January 1 in California. For 34 years, Macdonald worked as the business manager of the Bodega Marine Laboratory. After she retired in 1996, she managed her own home hobby business Sticks and Stones. Anne Mitchell Llewellyn `69 died on February 13 in Miami, Florida. Before she retired in 2013, Llewellyn was senior vice president of the Investment Company of America. Daniel R. Frumkes died on January 19 in Manual Antonio, Costa Rica. A lifelong activist for marine conservation, Frumkes championed California Prop 132 banning the use of gill nets within three miles of the coast and worked toward the establishment of Point Dume Marine Reserve in 2010. He also worked on the Rigs to Reefs initiative with American Sport Fishing and participated in the Vantana Project at the Occidental College. Before his death, Frumkes was working on a proposal to ban pelagic long line and gill net fishing in Costa Rica.
1970s William David Walker ’71 died on December 30. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Walker worked as a medical malpractice defense attorney in the Bay Area and became a partner at Craddick, Candland, and Conti.
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George Solinas ’73 died on December 19 in Santa Cruz, California. A US Army veteran and an active civil rights advocate, Solinas was recruited by activist Cesar Chavez as general contractor of the Agbayani Village retirement community building project to house elderly Filipino farm workers. Solinas also served on the board of La Casa De La Raza and volunteered at community organizations like PUEBLO and the Fund for Santa Barbara. Michael McKay Lindsey ’77 died on December 7 in Ventura, California. A veteran who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, Lindsey went on to work as a local high school substitute teacher and insurance agent. Ronald DeShon died on December 4 in Klamath Falls, Oregon. While attending UC Santa Barbara, DeShon played professional rugby in the United States and Australia. He went on to run his own heavy equipment brokerage business and founded Klamath Basin Crisis, an online industry news site for farmers, ranchers and local community leaders. Susan Jane Holmes died on January 11 in Santa Barbara, California. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, she worked as a paralegal in Los Angeles before moving back to Santa Barbara to work for the Myers Law Group.
1980s Dana Marie O’Neill died on December 13 in Colorado. She worked as a youth tour guide in Steamboat Springs. John S. Diaz died on December 21 in Ventura, California. Diaz was a standout golfer at Santa Barbara High School and went on to compete at the collegiate level at Santa Barbara City College and at UC Santa Barbara. For twenty years, Diaz worked as a golf professional at the Birnam Wood Golf Club.
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Madison MA `79 died on December 29 in Goleta, California. Madison served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War before he returned to the United States to earn his B.A. in political science at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. In 1975, he moved to California to pursue his doctorate in political science at UC Santa Barbara. He served as a teaching assistant in the political science and Black Studies department and was a Research Fellow at the Center for Black Studies. He also taught courses in the STEP program. Madison has served as a lecturer at the Black Studies department since 1984. In 1992, UCSB’s Mortar Board named Madison “Professor of the Year.” In a campus memo circulated after Madison’s death, Chancellor Henry Yang called Madison a “powerful intellectual and phenomenal teacher whose career had a profound impact on countless students and colleagues.”
Michael James Lawler `76 MA `80 died on January 7 in Goleta, California. A talented woodworker and boat restoration expert, Lawler co-authored the book Rowable Classics with Darryl Strickler. He also worked with several nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara and San Rafael. Jean Thomson`81 died in Santa Barbara, California. She worked at the Air Pollution Control District. Lisa Ann Levenstein died on December 29 in Los Angeles, California. Levenstein graduated from UCLA after attending UC Santa Barbara. She worked at the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (CASA) in Los Angeles.
Carol Czyzewski `84 died on January 8 in Shingle Springs, California. An accomplished musician and vocalist, Czyzewski worked at KTYD-FM and did events planning for Info World Magazine and Logitech. Amy Ford Scott died on January 20 in Santa Barbara, California. Throughout her life, Ford was a dedicated activist for animal rights.
2000s Kelsey Dresser `14 died on December 4 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Dresser was accepted into USC’s graduate program in marriage and family therapy.
IN REMEMBRANCE Staff and Students
1990s Anthony Lawrence Van Rees ’91 died on December 2 in Sacramento, California. After graduating from UCSB, Van Rees studied at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. He founded Little Rae’s Bakery in Seattle in 1995, and went on to launch FatCat Bakery in Sacramento in 2002. He also served as an instructor at Sacramento’s Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts.
UCSB sophomore Lilian Feng died on January 10 in Goleta, California. She was a pre-psychology student at the College of Letters and Science. Joan M. Petersen died on December 9 in Santa Barbara, California. She worked as an administrative assistant at UC Santa Barbara. Architect Steve Nolan Carter died on December 7 in Santa Barbara, California. As a partner and project architect at DesignArc, Carter worked on the UCSB Manzanita Village construction project.
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UCSB Chicano/ Chicana Studies Courtesy photo professor, author and LGBTQ activist Horacio Roque Ramirez died in December 2015 in Santa Barbara, California. When he was 12 years old, Ramirez and his family left El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War and immigrated to Los Angeles, California. He earned his undergraduate degree at UCLA, where he co-founded the Latin American Students Association and was honored with the Outstanding Senior Award from the UCLA Alumni Association. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in ethnic studies at UC Berkeley where he received the Cervantes Permio in 2000 for his work entitled “Gender, Sexuality, and Transnational Community Migrations: The `Local Third World’ and San Francisco’s Gay Latino Alliance.” After working with Proyecto ContraSIDA Por Vida, Ramirez joined UC Santa Barbara as part of the core faculty of the University’s first Ph.D. program in Chicano/Chicana Studies. His research included a chronicle of the oral history on la matanza and recovering stories from marginalized communities.
Martial arts and ballroom dance sensei Kenji Ota died in November 2015. Ota and his wife Miye opened a dojo for martial arts on Magnolia Avenue in Old Town Goleta in the 1960s. They also opened the Cultural School for ballroom dance, cotillion and etiquette. Ota taught martial arts at UC Santa Barbara since the 1970s, where he also served as the advisor for the UCSB women’s judo team. He also taught at Cal Poly, the YMCA and the Montecito Country Club. He taught ballroom dancing at UCSB as a physical education class, inspiring students to start their own swing, ballroom and competititve ballroom dancing social clubs.
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10th ANNUAL ALL GAUCHO REUNION
CELEBRATING CHAMPIONS April 28 to May 1, 2016
THIS REUNION IS DEDICATED TO A CHAMPION FOR OTHERS JIM BARBER `67 Attorney, Veteran and Athlete Member of the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association Board of Directors A DEDICATED ATHLETE, A CHAMPION FOR OTHERS. Jim Barber ’67 passed away on January 10 at his home in Walnut Creek, California, surrounded by family and friends after a courageous 9-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). The student athlete’s study hall in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building honor’s Barber’s legacy as the Jim and Cheryl Barber Academic Support Wing. In 2008, Jim received the Graver Service Award from the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association, where he served on the Board of Directors from 2003 to 2011. While on the Board of Directors, Barber helped establish the All Gaucho Reunion in 2007. Jim was a member of the UC Santa Barbara football team and lettered as an offensive linebacker. He went on to serve in the military in the Vietnam War. He graduated from Hastings Law School in 1973 and was a successful attorney for many years. He started the UCSB Letterman’s Society and organized reunions of football players from the sixties and seventies.
THIS REUNION IS FOR JIM BARBER, THE FOUNDER OF THE ALL GAUCHO REUNION.
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A Message from Travis Wilson ’02 UCSB Alumni Association Board President To our dear fellow Gauchos and community friends, We look forward to your return to campus as we celebrate the 10th Annual All Gaucho Reunion this April 28 to May 1, at the beautiful UC Santa Barbara campus. We are proud to have built a decade of great memories for our Gaucho family. This year, we celebrate Gaucho champions from all walks of life. Our University’s strong academic reputation and diversity fosters champion thinkers, artists, leaders, athletes and entrepreneurs. Ranked among the top ten public universities in the country, UC Santa Barbara is home to Nobel laureates, world-class faculty and a dynamic student population. Join us as we honor Gauchos who harness their education, energy, expertise and experience to create a better world for others. It is my great pleasure to invite you to this year’s Reunion Weekend, as we gather where it all started, to connect with old friends and discover all the wonderful reasons to celebrate the Gaucho spirit. Sincerely, Travis Wilson `02 UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association Board President
THE ALL GAUCHO REUNION VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE Our alumni volunteers plan and coordinate collaboration between community members and the University. Their leadership helps create an agenda for diversity and meaningful outreach during the All Gaucho Reunion Weekend. AGR Committee Co-Chairs Cuca Acosta ’02 and Gina Fischer ’07
Diversity Chair Kristen Nesbit ’02
Marketing/PR Co-Chairs Mike McElhaney ’02, Jacob Tell ’02 and Mike Wald ’05
Riviera Co-Chairs Sally (Hebert) Katich ’48 and Elsie (Tatum) Whitaker ’47
GreekFest Chair Leslie (Solomon) Klonoff ’80
Class of 1966 50th Reunion Reunion Co-Chairs Ken Khachigian ’66, Teri (Ito) Abbott ’66, Reece Duca ’66 and Ron Rubenstein ’66
SB Locals Julie Capritto ’81 Chris Morales ’87 Summer (Wahlberg) Knight ’99 Cortney Hebert ’09 Paulina Tran ’12 Jenna Raimist ’15
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UCSB CHAMPIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE The Gaucho Path to International Service Friday, April 29, 7p.m. | Corwin Pavilion Presented by the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association, in cooperation with The Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life. Delve into the past, present and future of US foreign policy with the Gaucho diplomats who made their mark on the international arena. UCSB Champions of Public Service presents a panel discussion featuring distinguished alumni Marc Grossman `73, Barbara Bodine`70, Giandomenico Picco MA `71 and Joseph C. Wilson `71. Find out how these UC Santa Barbara graduates built their careers in the diplomatic corps to become major policymakers during pivotal moments in our global history.
OUR ALUMNI CHAMPIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE FEATURED PANELISTS: Marc Grossman ’73 • Trustee, UC Santa Barbara Foundation • Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group • Member of the German Marshall Fund Board of Trustees • Recipient of the US Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award • Former US Ambassador to Turkey, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Barbara Bodine ’70 • Director of the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) • Featured Lecturer at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs • Recipient of the US Secretary of State Award for Valor • Former US Ambassador to Yemen and Deputy Chief of Mission in Kuwait
Giandomenico Picco MA ’71 • Senior Executive Advisor to US Equity Partners Holdings, LLC • Recipient of the US President’s Special Award for Exceptional Service • Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations
Joseph C. Wilson ’71 • CEO and Founder of JC Wilson International Ventures • Vice Chairman of Jarch Capital, LLC • Former US Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, Political Advisor to the Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces and National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs
The 10th All Gaucho Reunion Calendar of Events
The Kick Off Bash. Presented by Montecito Bank & Trust | Thursday, April 28, 5:30 p.m. Head out to an evening celebrating lifelong friendships in the heart of historic downtown Santa Barbara, at the KICK OFF BASH, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the El Paseo Restaurant on 813 Anacapa Street. Enjoy delicious drinks and food as friends and family gather to toast to the beginning of the best weekend in Santa Barbara.
Greek Happy Hour. A Greekfest 2016 Event | Friday, April 29, 4 p.m Mingle with fellow Gaucho Greeks with drinks and music at the GREEK HAPPY HOUR, 4 p.m., at the Santa Barbara Brewing Company Lounge in downtown Santa Barbara. Fraternity brothers and sorority sisters, this is the time to get your House in order and rally your Chapter to get together at the 10th Annual All Gaucho Reunion Weekend’s Greekfest 2016 calendar of events. All proceeds from this year’s Greek Happy Hour will be donated to the Alumni Scholarship Fund and will count toward the weekend-long Greek Giving Competition.
The Gaucho Gallop. Presented by Elite Performance & Rehabilitation Center | Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m Get set, ready and go at the 9th Annual Gaucho Gallop at the Harder Stadium at UC Santa Barbara. This wonderful family fitness event features a 5K Run/Walk, Kid’s Mile and the Gaucho Challenge obstacle course. Fun awaits at the end of the race, with food and music at the Finish Line Festival, held inside of Harder Stadium
Taste of UCSB. Presented by Montecito Bank & Trust | Saturday, April 30, 3 p.m. Savor a showcase of gourmet dishes, craft brews and Central Coast vintages at the TASTE OF UCSB, 3 p.m., at the UCSB Science Green. Enjoy live music and great conversations with UCSB department representatives at this delicious benefit for the UCSB Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. This event is limited to ages 21 and over.
Coffee, Tea & She. Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m. Honor the ladies who led the charge in the name of diversity at the Coffee, Tea & She continental breakfast at the UC Santa Barbara campus. This event is free and open to the public. Please do RSVP as space is limited at the venue.
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UCSB ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE Will be held at the Mosher Alumni House June 4, 2016 starting at 12:30 p.m. Agenda: Approval of minutes from June 5, 2015 Annual Meeting President’s Report Executive Director’s Report Election of Directors Old business/New business/Adjournment The Board of Directors has nominated the following directors to serve an additional term: Ralph Garcia ’83 Mary Moslander ’88 Marisa Yaeger ’95 The Board of Directors has nominated the following slate of candidates to serve as directors of the Association. Diane Doodha ’66 Alejandro Esparza ’99 Cindy O. Chineduh ’01 James Rogers MA ’12, PhD ’14 Zachary Rentz MA ’15, PhD ’16 All members of the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association are welcome to attend. This is the only notice of the 2016 annual meeting that will be published in print. Teresa Carranza ’09 Secretary-Treasurer UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association
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