The Oracle of UC Santa Barbara An Interview with Oracle Board Chairman Jeff Henley ’66
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Contents FEATURES 10 A Profile of Oracle’s Jeff Henley ‘66 Why He Gives to UC Santa Barbara By Elizabeth Werhane ‘00
14 Meet the Diverse Class of 2011
UCSB Welcomes More Minorities, Women By Pamala Blane ’06
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16 Mapping Alumni State By State
Where Our Gauchos Have Settled
18 Dynes Steps Down, Consultant Steps Up
The President’s Legacy By George Thurlow ‘73
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DEPARTMENTS 5 19 22 25 26
Letters: Tribute to Professor Larry Adams Around Storke Tower: U.S. News Ranks UC Santa Barbara; A Leal Century Sports: Hot Rankings, Cool Play Alumni Authors: Imagery, Mystery, History Milestones: ‘60’s – The Present
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George Thurlow ’73, Interim Editor and Publisher Natalie Wong ’79, Art Director Kate Yarbrough, Art Director Thomas Johnson, Editorial Consultant
UC SANTA BARBARA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jack Krouskup ’71, San Mateo President Robert Jupille ’89, Los Angeles Vice-President Ron Rubenstein ’66, Moraga Secretary-Treasurer
Jodi L. Anderson ’94, Goleta James Barber ’67, Walnut Creek Keith C. Bishop III ’69, Sacramento Richard L. Breaux ’67, San Mateo Philip J. Bugay ’81, Santa Barbara Jeffrey Flory ’91, Huntington Beach David C. Forman ’66, Chula Vista Thomas J. Jevens ’87, San Jose Alfred F. Kenrick ’80, Palo Alto Alexandra Meshkov ’79, M.A.’83, Palm Desert Steve Mendell ’63, San Diego William Pascoe ’67, San Rafael Carolyn Zelle Perino ’60, M.A.’78, Coronado Jennifer Pharaoh ’82, Washington, DC Lisa Przekop ’85, M.A.’89, Goleta Wendy Purcell ’84, Manhattan Beach Kim Shizas, ’77, Santa Barbara Markell Steele ’93, Long Beach Catherine Tonne ’81, Livermore Linda Ulrich ’83, Vienna, Virginia Michael Williams ’86, Santa Barbara
The Benefits Our Foreign Students Bring By Chancellor Henry T. Yang Twice in the past year, I have had the honor of traveling abroad with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and her team from the Department of Education and Department of State as part of a small delegation of university presidents and chancellors to promote U.S. higher education. In November 2006 we traveled for a week to Japan, Korea, and China; in August 2007, we spent a week in Brazil and Chile. During our visits, we had the opportunity to hear many different perspectives about higher education in general, and international education in particular. One of the key themes that emerged was how we all benefit from student exchange, which serves as a path to mutual understanding and respect among people and nations. Our delegation emphasized that the United States welcomes international students, more of whom choose to study in this country than anywhere else. And the flow goes both ways—over the past decade, the number of Americans studying overseas has increased an average of 10 percent annually. Currently more than 200,000 Americans study abroad each year, while about 565,000 international students come to the United States, contributing $13.5 billion to our economy. International students bring their bright minds to our colleges and universities, as well as economic benefits and cultural diversity. If they choose to stay in the United States, as
Ex Officio Stephanie Brower President, Associated Students Gary Greinke Executive Director, The UCSB Foundation Ben Shakey Graduate Student Association Loy Lytle ’66, Ph.D. Faculty Representative Stephen Cooper ’68 UCSB Foundation Board of Trustees John Wiemann, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor, Institutional Advancement
some do, they continue to make important contributions to our society and economy. When
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they return home, they are well equipped to help their own communities, to succeed in their chosen fields and careers, and to make their countries and our world a better place to live. At the same time, they build on and share their positive experiences of the United States. As one international student put it, as we learn about other cultures, we broaden our perspective while gaining insights into our own culture as well. UC Santa Barbara embraces international education. We have formed alliances with partner universities around the world in order to strengthen undergraduate and graduate education as well as interdisciplinary research programs. International students and scholtions to our vibrant and diverse community. We also promote the study-abroad experience for our own students. Last year, UC’s Education Abroad Program, whose systemwide office is located in Santa Barbara, provided opportunities for over 4,000 UC students to study at 150 institutions in 35 countries, while welcoming 1,000 exchange students from abroad. We can be proud that UCSB’s reputation for excellence knows no boundaries. We are highly ranked among world universities. Students in every country dream of coming here. Professors and scholars seek to collaborate with our faculty members. International journals cite the pioneering research conducted on our campus. The discoveries made and the knowledge developed and taught here reverberate across the globe, changing the way people think and opening up exciting new fields of endeavor. Around the world, UC Santa Barbara alumni are making valuable contributions to society, to the economy, and to our quality of life. Wherever you go, you and all UCSB alumni are ambassadors for our university. You are also global citizens, helping to create a better future for us all.
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Letters Professor Larry Adams: 1936-2007 Remembrances of A Thoughtful Teacher I entered into the Adams orbit in 1962, Poli Sci 20. Hard to believe he
I met Larr y Ad-
was just 26 years old—a “lecturer” in Political Science. His exuberance
ams when I was
for the back and forth, engaged dialogue often interrupted what was
a sophomore and
clearly hours of his own homework written by hand on pages and pages
had no major. I
of notes. You can count on one hand the number of professors who
was a class officer
were as prodigious in their preparation. He enjoyed the earnest cut
and on one occa-
and thrust of debate — very dignified, I think, in those days. It was
sion I joined other
the hardest “B” I ever worked for, but he had demanding academic
student govern-
standards. As years went by he took personal responsibility for his
ment leaders on
failure to deter my wayward political ways; mock horror (or perhaps
a march in Sacra-
real) at the political path I took. My guess is that Larry took pride in
mento to protest
any student who embraced politics as a result of his teaching. He was
then Gov. Ronald
a fine man, a gentleman, easy to laugh, fierce in intellect, energized
Reagan’s proposal
by the electricity in dialogue. RIP.
to increase stuKenneth L. Khachigian
dent fees. Larr y
San Clemente, CA
was our unof ficial advisor and I
I am so sorry to hear this news. I was maybe 19 when I came into
was so impressed
his orbit. He had such a fine mind and warm soul. He was the first to
with his advice
make me see that a professor (and I guess, at the time, adults!) was
that I enrolled in
pretty much just like me and not in some pantheon apart. In that way,
his political sci-
he helped me grow up. Larry and I shared a lot of political values as
ence course. He
well, and we became friends during the planning and march to Sacra-
brought to life the
mento in 1968. My heart goes out to you, Marilyn and Hallie: I know
pages of our text-
how close you were to him. On this Yom Kippur, I will say kaddish for
books in history,
Professor Larry Adams.
political science
Dr. Larry Adams delivering a speech in 1968 with United Farm Workers founder Cesar Chavez and his wife, Helen looking on.
Alan Schwartz
and social studies. He had a way of making the issues of freedom
Los Angeles, CA
and public policy very vibrant. His influence led me to major in political science, work on the Robert F. Kennedy campaign and go
I remember only a small handful of teachers/professors in my life
to law school. Because of Larry’s teachings, my husband and I es-
who later came to mind in moments of discussion or thought or even
tablished the Larry Adams Scholars internship at UC Santa Barbara
confusion. Larry came to mind many times and at those moments I
for political science majors to work in local public policy offices each
became an appreciative student again. He was still teaching. And he
quarter. I hope today’s students find the same joy and purpose from
was very, very special.
an inspirational professor like Dr. Adams. George Kieffer
Marilyn Lee
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
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Alumni Heart and Soul In the Summer 2007 issue of CoastLines, there
the Alumni House might not have become a
was beautifully written “Appreciation” for Jon
reality. It is fitting that Barry Berkus designed
Bartel, who was its editor until he retired on
it, because he too has contributed mightily as
the day that the Alumni Association began
the Alumni House’s site shifted from next to
operating from the new Alumni House. The
the Faculty Club to its present location. The
appreciation was written by Peter Steiner, who
attendant costs increased dramatically with
was executive director of the Alumni Associa-
the passage of time, which might have doomed
tion for 15 years, and retired recently too.
the project entirely.
Peter’s words were moving and totally fit-
Three people have retired recently who
ting, for Jon is truly an “unsung hero.” Having
were the heart and soul of the Alumni As-
served first on the Board of Directors of the
sociation, yet few alums know their names
Alumni Association (1980-86) and then as a
or what they contributed and accomplished:
trustee of the UC Santa Barbara Foundation
Peter Steiner, Jon Bartel, and Mary-Jane Sal-
(1987-1990), I had an opportunity to watch Jon
cido. I have known Mary-Jane since we were
contribute again and again, in ways that most
students, and she is the loveliest of them all.
people will never know. His positive spirit and
Each of these fine and very special human
constant smile always sent a message that all
beings has worked tirelessly on behalf of UC
was well at UC Santa Barbara, whether that
Santa Barbara’s alums and all of us should
was true or not.
honor and pay tribute to them. Thanks alone
The opening of the new Alumni House
will never be enough to say how much they
on campus after so many years of political
have meant to our Alumni Association and the
and financial twists and turns is a tribute to
campus, and how much each of them is loved
the tenacity of Peter especially, who hung in
and will be missed.
there through thick and thin, without which
Letters Welcome We welcome letters concerning the contents of the magazine or issues relating to the University. Letters may be edited for clarity and/or length. Those under 300 words have a better chance of being printed. Due to space limitations, not every letter received can be printed. Write to Editor, Coastlines UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-1120 FAX 805-893-4918 e-mail george.thurlow@ia.ucsb.edu
Timothy D. Naegele, ’62
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SCHOLARSHIPS
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Ukraine is rapidly forging a new identity within today’s Europe. Explore the stunning architecture and romantic squares of Bucharest, Romania, before sailing the fabled Dnieper River. Embark in Tulcea, and cruise to Odessa, Ukraine. Admire the natural beauty of the Crimea, and visit Yalta and Livadia Palace, site of the famous post-WWII conference. Experience Bakhchisarai, a city that inspired author Aleksandr Pushkin. Travel to Kherson. After visiting Zaporizhia, cultural home of the Cossacks, see the historic Caves Monastery. Disembark in Kiev. From $1,895 land only per person, based on double occupancy. Assistance with booking air can be provided.
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May 13-17, 2008 Explore archaeological and historical sites accompanied by a number of private visits and briefings. Visit Amman. Spend a night at the Feynen Lodge in the Dana Nature Reserve in Petra. Drive to Wadi Rum where rock pillars rise abruptly and majestically from the desert floor. Enjoy a night at the Dead Sea. Meet those committed to the preservation of Jordan’s cultural heritage. Enjoy a cooking session—a briefing in the home of Widad Kawar and lunch at the American Center of Oriental Research. This exclusive UCSB departure is limited to 28 passengers. $4,920 land only per person based on double ocupancy. Assistance provided with booking international air.
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Appreciate China’s past and present through immersion in its unique life and culture. Explore the diversity of China’s regional cultures. Visit Beijing, the Great Wall and the Forbidden City; in Xian, the terracotta warriors; and on a three-day cruise on the Yangzi River, the Three Gorges and the Yangzi Dam. Our last stop will be Shanghai, China’s most European-influenced city, with its wide boulevards, world-class museums, meticulous gardens, and bustling life.
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A Captain of Industry Leads Campus UC Santa Barbara left its mark on Jeff Henley ...when he graduated more than 40 years ago. Now it’s Henley’s turn to leave his mark on UC Santa Barbara. The millionaire chairman of Redwood Shores-based Oracle Corp. and part-time Santa Barbara resident has donated more than $3 million to the university since stepping down as Oracle’s chief financial officer in 2004. When he’s not working in the office of his blufftop Hope Ranch home or playing golf at La Cumbre Country Club, Henley and his wife Judy partner with Chancellor Henry Yang and the university’s development team to raise UC Santa Barbara’s profile. “It’s enjoyable to see your money go to work to help people,” Henley said. “It’s not as enjoyable from the grave, I’m guessing, as when you’re alive.” Henley, 62, said he seeks projects that “make sense” for UC Santa Barbara. He wants to help the school build on its strongest departments and assets—its “centers of excellence” in university-speak. The 1966 economics graduate said his alma mater continues to teach him, but today’s lessons are about philanthropy.
If His Professors Only Knew Although he graduated with honors, it’s unlikely Henley’s professors guessed he would become the chairman of a $107 billion company. For its fiscal first quarter ending August 31, 2007, Oracle, touted as the world’s largest enterprise software company, reported $4.53 billion in revenue. It was a 26 percent increase over the same period the previous year. Acquisition activity spurred the growth, including Oracle’s recent purchases of Hyperion Corp. and Agile Software Corp. They’re just two companies in what the Associated Press called a three-year “$25 billion shopping spree.” Led by Ellison and Henley, Oracle’s stock price increased 36 percent during its last fiscal year, creating $27 billion in new wealth for its shareholders. Henley has been part of Oracle’s success since 1991. His journey to the post of CFO at Oracle followed a path from Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. to Memorex Corp., proceeded to executive vice president and chief financial officer roles at Saga Corp. and then to Pacific Holding Company. He met Judy while working at Saga, a food service company. They were married in 1987. Combined, they have seven children from previous marriages; Todd, Julie, Amy, Carey, Mike, Kathy and Suzanne range in age from late 20s to 40s. Henley’s mother raised him and his two siblings after his father, who was in the Air Force, was killed in a plane crash in Saudi Arabia in 1948 when Henley was a toddler. “My mother is a saint, still alive and well today at 85 years young,” Henley said.
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Philanthropy
By Elizabeth Werhane ’00
He grew up in Downey, Calif. The family later moved to La Habra, where Henley attended high school. All three siblings attended UC Santa Barbara. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in economics from UC Santa Barbara in 1966, Henley earned a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from UC Los Angeles. He named a few reasons why he donates more to the Santa Barbara campus than the Los Angeles campus: He said UC Santa Barbara was more formative in his life, it’s geographically more convenient, and UC Santa Barbara is in the exciting stage of learning how to better work with private donors whereas UC Los Angeles has a long-established tradition of giving.
A Chair, a Room, a Gate Henley’s first major gift to the campus was a $1 million endowment of the Jeff Henley Chair in Economics. With it, the department lured Finn Kydland from Carnegie Mellon University to UC Santa Barbara. The gift kept giving. “I happened to see Jeff in the parking lot just a week before the announcement of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics,” UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry T. Yang said. “He predicted the Henley Chair professor would win the prize.” Henley was right. “Jeff Henley brings an appreciation of how significant investment, at the right time, can launch a successful new activity. His support of the endowed chair that attracted Nobel Laureate Finn Kydland to our campus is a perfect example of that. He has terrific insight into how to motivate the investment of others, both from his example and from his insightful prodding to sharpen our
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message,” says Matthew Tirrell, professor and dean of the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara. Kydland credits Henley with the vision for an institute for macroeconomics on campus, and so with the chancellor’s support, the Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance was born. “It provides an environment in which to conduct topical research in quantitative aggregate theory by resident and visiting scholars,” Kydland wrote in his newsletter “From the Lab.” The Henleys also contributed more than $300,000 to the recently completed Mosher Alumni House, earning naming rights to the Henley Board Room. The designers consulted with the Henleys about the room’s furniture and decor, allowing them to be actively involved in their investment. The room, which will be equipped with state-of-the-art presentation technology, has a long wall of windows offering
Judy and Jeff Henley in front of the newlyopened Mosher Alumni House. The Henley Board Room on the third floor is named for the couple. Photos Jeff Clark
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sweeping views of Goleta Beach and the Santa Barbara airport. Architect Barry Berkus, who designed the alumni house, also designed the Henley’s Santa Barbara home. While questions of the board room design are settled and alumni house landscaping takes root, construction has yet to begin on a project that represents the Henleys’ largest gift so far, a stunning new campus entrance. At the Highway 217 entrance on the east side of campus the shack-like kiosk is gone, a roundabout has replaced the former intersection, and construction begun on the Henley Gate. The Henleys donated $1.25 million toward the steel-framed, sandstone-clad landmark that will rise 27 feet and stretch 150 feet, spanning all four lanes of traffic. Large sandstone walls on each side of the road will be connected by a bronze-colored aluminum arch stretching across the top. Marc Fisher, associate vice chancellor of Campus Design and Facilities, said that construction may be completed by April 2008. The gate will display the words “University of California Santa Barbara,” the UC seal and a sign designating it the Henley Gate. “The exciting part, other than the sheer scale of it, is the gate
is designed in a gentle ‘s’ configuration,” Fisher said. “The intent of this was to provide a concave or embracing gesture on both campus entry and exit. This form was developed very much in collaboration with the Henleys. The original idea came from Judy Henley. The gateway will be lit with LED reflective of the important work being done in the Solid State Lighting Center on campus.” Regent Judy Hopkinson proposed the gate and donated money to fund the initial sketches, Yang said. Judy Henley applied her design hand to the current plans. The chancellor said the California Coastal Commission not only approved, but also complimented the gate’s proposal. “It should be very stately and dramatic,” Henley said. Other donors to the project include Marvel Kirby, Kelly LeBrock and Fredric Steck.
Setting an Example Henley has given UC Santa Barbara a share of his brain as well as his wallet. He’s promoting the $500 million Campaign for UC
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Henley graduated in Economics in 1966.
Santa Barbara, the campus’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign. “Support from the state of California, which once provided nearly our entire budget, now covers about a third of UC Santa Barbara’s total expenditures,” Yang said. “Private philanthropy provides the extra margin of excellence that we need to make UC Santa Barbara one of the world’s leading teaching and research universities.” Recognizing this, Henley agreed to help the campaign. “California’s not going to magically start giving us money,” he said. While some donors choose to be anonymous, Henley’s philosophy is that gifts with names attached go further to encourage others to give. “All of us need to promote this notion of giving back and why Santa Barbara is a good place to give,” Henley said. “I do consider that part of my job.” It appears to be working. “His contacts in Silicon Valley and throughout the international business community, combined with his passion for UC Santa Barbara and his talent for communicating this passion to business leaders and potential donors, have helped us to raise substantial pledges for the campaign,” Yang said. “The Henleys are wonderful ambassadors for UC Santa Barbara.” Henley uses a touch of peer pressure to encourage fellow alumni to find a cause on campus. “Your money is going to be a lot more appreciated here than Stanford,” he tells them. “You can make a bigger impact as an individual. It’s fun to be more involved at the ground level.” Henley sees opportunities for continual elevation of the university’s status and for improved efficiencies, but he’s had to adapt his business style to the educational realm. “There’s no question that the academic world moves at a more glacial pace,” he said. “The rate of change sometimes is not quick enough.” The forces of tradition and cost pressures oppose each other in an academic setting. He’d like to see the university streamline, cut costs and become even more competitive, but realizes it won’t happen overnight. Before big decisions are made at the university, there’s a time-consuming process of accumulating buy-in. In contrast, Fall 2007
when boss Larry Ellison makes a decision at Oracle, it’s executed posthaste, Henley said. Ellison would “go nuts” as a university chancellor, he added.
A Donor and an Adviser Giving money is not the only way Henley stays active on campus and in the community. The College of Engineering’s International Advisory Board includes Henley among its members. The board also includes intellectual and business heavyweights such as Dan Burnham, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon; Ashok Misra, the director of the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay and Harvey Lodish, a professor of biology and bioengineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Henley is also on the advisory board for two Santa Barbarabased technology companies. He joined the board of then-startup InTouch Health in June 2004. The company designs, manufactures and sells robotic devices that enable remote health care. Later that same year, Henley joined the board of directors for CallWave, an internet telecom company. CallWave appealed to him because there are “mostly Gauchos in there.”
Staying in the Game Henley’s role at UC Santa Barbara and in local companies however, is still secondary to his job as chairman of Oracle. Henley said he is a “non-traditional chairman.” He’s working about half-time for Oracle, primarily on maintaining relationships with customers. He attends management meetings via phone on Mondays, attends the annual meetings and advises the company about acquisitions and new products. “I want to feel like I’m keeping up with it,” he said. But relative to his years as chief financial officer, when he and his wife couldn’t even squeeze in vacation time, the pace has slowed significantly. “I’m not really that involved in running the company anymore. It’s a more relaxed life now because I don’t have the day-to-day hassle,” he said. He maintains a relationship with Ellison, but these days it’s primarily through email exchanges. “We must be getting along with each other or else I’d be gone now,” Henley said. In 2000, CFO Magazine’s Tim Reason labeled Henley a “straight shooter” who complements Ellison’s shoot-from-the-hip approach. Henley agreed: “We have a very colorful CEO, and I play a more conservative role.” He said he plans to stay in that role for awhile. “I’m in no hurry to try to retire,” Henley said. “The guys that stop working, they die pretty quickly. If you’re used to working and playing that game you have to find something to take its place.”
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The Class of
2011 UC Santa Barbara’s
Most Diverse By Pamala Blane ‘06
Scenes from this year’s residence hall move-in Photos by Brad Kazmerzak
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Nearly one decade ago, the number of underrepresented
students accepted into the University of California system was on a decline. In just one year, the system saw a decrease of nearly two percent in admitted underrepresented freshmen: from 18.6 percent in 1997 to 16.9 percent in 1998. University officials at the time blamed the 1996 passage of Proposition 209. The initiative banned UC from taking into account race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in admission to the university. The reaction to declining minority admissions at UC Santa Barbara was immediate. While swearing adherence to Prop 209, Chancellor Henry Yang said UC Santa Barbara would continue to uphold “the twin goals of excellence and diversity.” His goal was to have academic eligibility and ethnic diversity go hand in hand without imposing quotas. Now nine years later statistics are showing that Proposition 209 is no longer affecting the diversity of the incoming freshman class. Across the UC system underrepresented students comprise nearly one quarter of the incoming freshman class of 2011. The rise in numbers of diverse students is due, in large part, to efforts made by the California education system. At UC Santa Barbara, the determination to uphold Yang’s twin goals allows for many programs to reach out to students across the state. According to Lisa Przekop, associate director of admissions at UC Santa Barbara, about 38,000 students are introduced to the university through their annual regional recruitment cycles. The hope is that the more underrepresented students are exposed to the option of a higher education, the more will reach for it. For UC Santa Barbara’s incoming class of 2011, the outreach seems to have worked. This class is the most diverse, in terms of ethnicity, gender, social class, and geographic origin that UC Santa Barbara has ever seen. This class of nearly 4,100 is comprised of 26 percent underrepresented minority students (versus 22 percent average for all UCs). In addition, 33 percent of all admitted freshmen for Fall of 2007 are first generation college students. In another reflection of the changing demographics of California, 37 percent of all UC students report that at least one of their parents was born outside of the United States. That is the case for UC Santa Barbara freshman Mark Agor, whose parents were both born in the Philippines. Agor hopes that a college education is going to allow him to “become whatever I would like.” Currently undeclared, he entered UC Santa Barbara hoping to be exposed to many academic disciplines the university offers. As his mother listens to our conversation, she finds solace that her son is “not alone in his uncertainty toward the
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future.” She chimes in that UC Santa Barbara seems like a “good fit for him.” The moderate size and the wide range of classes offered allows for both parents and students to feel relief that the academic pressure won’t be too much to handle. The most consistent trend over the course of the last few decades has been the number of women in the United States attending universities. UC Santa Barbara continues to be a campus that is demographically dominated by women. Nearly 55 percent of the class of 2011 are women, a trend reflected in an alumni base that includes far more women than men. The steady growth of women attending universities is partly due UC Santa Barbara to economic trends in the United continues to be States. A 2006 Los Angeles Times a campus that is article revealed that “in the early years of a career, college increases demographically women’s earnings far more than dominated by men’s.” women. For UC Santa Barbara the diversity of campus means nothing unless these students are receiving a high quality of life and achieving what they stepped onto campus to do: earn a degree. UC Santa Barbara continues to improve its graduation and retention rates, something noted in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings of college campuses. The last two years have seen the most dramatic rate increase. One of the toughest years to hold students is between their freshman and sophomore years and UC Santa Barbara retains 90 percent of those students. Of all incoming freshmen, 78 percent graduate, a relatively high rate and comparable with other UCs. Michael Young, vice-chancellor of student affairs, cites each new incoming class as the most “broadly capable as one can expect and want in an institution.” He believes that providing all students at UC Santa Barbara the opportunity to engage with a diverse range of students allows for the campus atmosphere to be stimulating and academically fulfilling. It is no wonder then that 94 percent of UC Santa Barbara graduates would recommend their alma mater to others. Initially Proposition 209 caused a decrease in the number of underrepresented students on UC campuses, including UC Santa Barbara. The class of 2011 demonstrates that the twin goals of diversity and excellence can be maintained. r
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UC President Dynes Steps Down Consultant Issues Harsh Critique
Dynes, who had previously served as Chancelwho endured a tumultuous lor at UC San Diego and four-year tenure leading one is a renowned physicist, leaves a legacy that of the most prestigious and includes an important largest universities in the compact with Gov. Arnold world, has announced he will Schwarzenegger that assures constant funding resign effective June 2008. of the UC system for the His announcement came just next three years. He was weeks before the Monitor also instrumental in opening UC Merced, the first Group, a consulting firm hired new research university by the UC Regents, issued a in the U.S. in more than blistering report on managea decade. During the last year he received enthusiment failures in the astic responses from UC Office of the President. alumni during a barnstorming trip across the U.S. in which he pushed for a new paradigm for UC that speaks of the system as one institution of 10 campuses, “The Power of 10,” rather than the traditional approach of thinking of each campus as a unique entity. Dynes tenure was marred in 2006 in a series of revelations in the San Francisco Chronicle that indicated senior UC officials had received compensation or bonuses that had not been approved by the Regents. Just weeks after Dynes’ resignation announcement, the Monitor Group, which is being paid $7 million by the Regents to do an overall appraisal of management of the UC system, issued a harsh criticism of the culture and structure of the Office of the President. Among the many findings:
UC President Robert Dynes,
• The Office of the President (UCOP) is not transparent in its decision-making and rather than helping individual campuses, tends to impose solutions and edicts. • The method of budgeting by UCOP is inadequate and poor management of Capital Projects costs the public tens of millions of dollars each year. • The external efforts of the university to influence the public and its elected officials are poor. • The system has poor and inadequate information management systems. Even before the Monitor Report was publicly released, UC Regents Chair Richard Blum, a successful San Francisco investor and husband of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, issued his own report 18
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calling for UC to become “strategically dynamic.” He blamed an “overgrown UC administrative infrastructure that substitutes motion for progress” for the problems that Dynes faced. Even Dynes’ detractors have consistently maintained that many of the problems that the 18th UC President faced were inherited over decades as the system grew into a 210,000 student, multi billion dollar educational institution, larger than all the Ivy League campuses combined. In the area of alumni affairs, Blum said alumni need to be mobilized to help UC press its case in Sacramento where state legislators are increasingly less sympathetic to UC’s mission and over the years have slowly cut state support for the institution. Blum called for an “invigorated, ongoing grass roots campaign which reaches out to our alumni in the form of communication, solicitation, and special events.” He also called on alumni administrators to do more to help UC raise unreUC President Dynes stricted funds that can be used to replace the diminishing state support. “We should be benchmarking our fundraising efforts and results not by looking across UC campuses or at our own history, but by reference to the institutions, both public and private, who we consider peers.” While the Regents search for Dynes’ replacement, UC Provost and Executive Vice President Rory Hume has been named the system’s chief operating officer in charge of day-to-day operations. In response to Blum’s critique, Hume fired off a seven-page manifesto of new initiatives and committees to address many of the problems identified by Blum and the Monitor report. He called for actions that would restore the credibility of the Office of the President and make it more efficient and effective at running UC. Among his many initiatives Hume appointed UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry Yang to co-chair a task force that will examine just how the system will deal with the huge deferred maintenance cost of bringing the aging parts of the system up to current life safety and seismic standards. As part of the search for a successor to Dynes, the Regents have asked that a special advisory committee of alumni be appointed to assist in the creation of criteria for the next UC President. Former UC Alumni Regent and UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association Board President Kent Vining will represent UC Santa Barbara on that panel. Continued on page 29 Coastlines
Around Storke Tower UCSB Moves Up in College Ranking But Does Anybody Really Care? In the academic world the rankings put out every year by U.S. News & World Report are greeted with derision and criticism, unless of course you are ranked high among your peers. Then you give a knowing wink as you criticize and deride. Officials at UC Santa Barbara have never made a big deal about the rankings and this year was no exception even though the campus this year moved up three spots in the latest U.S. News & World Report college rankings, from 47th to 44th among “Best National Universities.” The good news: giving by alumni and higher graduation rates pushed the campus higher in the rankings. The bad news: the campus was tied at 44 with UC Irvine and behind UC San Diego (38) and UC Davis (42). The release of the latest rankings, which appear in a $9.95 special edition of U.S. News aimed at the growing numbers of stressed college-bound high school juniors and seniors, was met with almost no official response from UC Santa Barbara officials. One administrator noted that while it is fine to be going up in the rankings, it’s better not to make a big deal about it because at some point the campus might drop in the rankings. This year’s release of the U.S. News rankings came amid a growing perception that some college campuses are playing with the statistics they provide to the magazine to measure campus performance. (The magazine admits that it does not independently validate the numbers provided by colleges and universities.) The rankings are determined through seven statistics that include a perception survey of college administrators, graduation rates, faculty resources and student selectivity. Alumni giving counts for 5 percent of the overall ranking, but it prompted some college campuses to fudge their alumni giving numbers. The Wall Street Journal reported in August that two colleges, Albion and Hollins University, corrected their alumni giving reports this year and as a result their rankings fell in the overall survey. Albion was counting senior class gifts as reoccurring gifts even if they were made only once. Hollins said it “unintentionally” gave a figure that was inflated by 5 percent. At the same time the New York Times noted that many colleges Fall 2007
are trying to juice the U.S. News system through a variety of tactics, from public relations campaigns to changing admission practices. The Times noted that some campuses, trying to improve their Student Selectivity Rank, which counts for 15 percent of the overall score, are waiving application fees or allowing “snap” admission applications. By doing so the number of applicants swells and if the number of admissions stays the same, the result looks like a college that is getting tougher to get into. At UC Santa Barbara, the statistics delivered to U.S. News come from Steven Velasco, the Director of Institutional Research, Budget and Planning. In an internal campus document he noted that UC Santa Barbara’s ranking puts it ahead of four major universities: Penn State, University of Florida, Tulane and Syracuse. In his internal report he noted that UC Santa Barbara’s rankings were most influenced by moving up in the Graduation and Retention Rate, from 55th to 49th, and by alumni giving, which moved from 98th to 89th. (By comparison, UC Santa Barbara’s alumni giving rate of 17 percent is paltry compared to the top ranked U.S. News university, Princeton, which is 60 percent. UC Berkeley’s reported rate is 14 percent.) Velasco called UC Santa Barbara’s alumni giving increase a “pretty significant jump.” He noted that the number comes from a two-year average of undergraduate alumni who give to the campus. The statistic is based on total number of donors, not the amount that is given. Velasco said the campus does not “make a big deal out of” the rankings, whether going up or going down. “Internally we pay attention to it, but we think we should be higher in this ranking.” He noted that factors like a campus medical school distort the rankings because medical schools bring in huge amounts of faculty resources, which are counted as 20 percent of the overall score. The rankings drive campus presidents and chancellors crazy across the U.S., even as they push their own campuses to do better. This past spring 60 college and university presidents across the U.S. signed a letter indicating they would no longer participate in the most important part of the rankings: the survey of college reputations by campus leaders. They called such a survey a conflict of interest. But the New York Times pointedly noted that none of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the nation signed onto the pledge. The Times further noted that at least one college president, Arizona State University President Michael Crow, receives a $10,000 bonus if he can raise the Wildcats standing. The growing pressure to increase scores and the resulting changes in admission practices led one college president in California to tell the Times, “I think what the rankings do is to poison the sense of what a genuine education is. False gods get worshipped.” r
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One of UC Santa Barbara’s most prolific and enduring scholars, Dr. Luis Leal, was honored on the occasion of his 100th birthday in early October at a series of seminars, films and discussions. Leal, who received the National Humanities Medal from President Bill Clinton in 1997 and the Mexican gover nment’s Luis Leal pic highest award Luis Leal to foreign citizens, the Aztec Eagle in 1992, has continued to pursue his scholarly work at UC Santa Barbara. Chancellor Henry Yang called Leal, who has written more than 45 books and 400 scholarly articles, a “national treasure.” A highlight of the two-day celebration was the airing of the film “Luis Leal: A Journey of 100 Years,” which was produced by Janette Garcia.
New Cop Shop In Isla Vista County and UC Santa Barbara officials broke ground in September on a new sheriff’s substation in Isla Vista. The $3.7 million building will be built on UC Santa Barbara property in Isla Vista which is being leased to the county for $1 a year. The new facility will replace the existing Isla Vista Foot Patrol offices.
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Important Kelp Find In Galapagos A team of scientists from UC Santa Barbara and San Jose State University has found a rare forest of kelp off the Galapagos Islands that has important implications for our planet’s biodiversity. Brian Kinlan, a researcher with UC Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institute, noted that the eisenia galapagensis kelp was thought to be close to extinction but by using new computer models was discovered 40-200 feet below the surface off the Galapagos. The find may allow similar modeling to find other “hidden” ocean species and may mean that eisenia galapagensis can be taken off the endangered list of ocean species. Above: Marine iguana feeding in area of kelp forest.
Deckers Shoes Are The Bren Style The Bren School has honored the Deckers Corp. and its UC Santa Barbara managers by unveiling the 1,545-square-foot Deckers Outdoor Corporation Terrace. Deckers and an anonymous donor have made a gift of $1 million to support graduate students at the Bren School. The Deckers Corp. was founded in 1973 by two former UC Santa Barbara students and has grown over the years into an international footwear company with three powerful brands: Teva, Simple and UGG. Its connection to Bren School of Environmental Science and Management is part of its “Green Toe” program to make products that are “100 percent sustainable.”
Walter Capps Memorialized in Center Events In the midst of another war that is tearing the country apart, the Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life is launching a year-long commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of former professor and Congressman Walter Capps. During his tenure at UC Santa Barbara Capps taught one of the icon courses on the campus, a survey of the Vietnam War. Capps died suddenly on his way to Washington, D.C. while serving in the House of Representatives. The celebration includes a free lecture December 2 by former Congressman Lee Hamilton, the co-chair of the Iraq Study Group. The Capps Center also plans to help host a traveling art exhibit titled “Americans Who Tell The Truth,” and a series of symposiums through the year. There is also a planned reunion of students from Capps’ Vietnam classes scheduled for this year’s All Gaucho Reunion, April 25-27, 2008. r
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Sports Men’s Soccer The National Champion UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer team scored high in early national polls but has struggled in the opening matches of the season. After being ranked as high as third in the nation in some pre-season polls, the Gauchos dropped tough early season matches to Gonzaga (1-0) and New Mexico (2-1). They played two overtimes to tie Stanford (1-1) and beat SMU in overtime (2-1). The team seemed to turn a corner in late September when Ciaran O’Brien they beat unranked Columbia 5-1 and then tied the No. 6 team in the nation, Harvard, 1-1 on Sept. 23. Their score came on a corner kick from Ciaran O’Brien (above) that Chris Pontius headed into the goal. The teams played two overtimes in which was able to score. As they began conference play the Gauchos still enjoyed a ranking of 14 in the nation and there were highlights galore early in the season. Highly recruited sophomore Ciaran O’Brien, who transferred from the University of San Diego, was named Big West Conference Co-Player of the Week on Sept. 16. The Gauchos only won the award twice in 2006 as they headed for a national championship.
Gauchos Score High In PreSeason Polls But Early Games are Another
Women’s Soccer The women’s soccer team struggled in the first six games of the season, only scoring four goals. But they seemed to turn that around in a convincing 3-0 win over Cal State Bakersfield Sept. 20. While their offense has been slow to develop, their defense has kept them close with senior goalkeeper Katie Wright (above, right) posting three shutouts in the first six matches. That tough defense was notable in the fact that No. 14 USC only scored two goals, and in three of the UC Santa Barbara ties and defeats opponents have not scored more than one goal.
Men’s Basketball A pre-season foreign tour for the Gaucho men’s basketball team showcased a potent offense as the team notched four victories against one defeat in a tour of British Columbia teams. The team’s best effort was a 87-52 rout of Douglas College in which five Gauchos 22
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scored in double digits. Alex Harris scored 18 and Chris Devine added 15 in the victory over Douglas. For Harris the Canadian baskets were like velvet. He was consistently the team’s leading scorer with 28 points against Simon Fraser in a 87-82 victory. Harris began the five-game tour by scoring 28 against the University of Victoria. The team showcased a newly installed trapping defense that befuddled their opponents and led to 26 turnovers against Victoria in the tour opener. “We’re putting in a new pressure defense and while we have a long way to go, I think it disrupted them in the second half,” Coach Bob Williams said. Williams is in his 10th season as head coach. In preseason moves 7’3” center David Massey announced he was leaving the team but staying at UC Santa Barbara. At the same time, the team announced that 6’11” Gilroy center Spencer Ford was academically eligible to play this season as a freshman. The biggest preseason report was that the NCAA had decided to allow Chris Devine, a two-time All Big West forward, two more years of eligibility due to injuries in two of his previous seasons.
Women’s Basketball The Gaucho women’s basketball team won’t play its first regular season game until Nov. 9 when two time defending Mountain West Conference champion BYU comes to the Thunderdome. But there are already roster moves aplenty on the Gauchos team. Popular point guard LaShay Fears announced she was leaving UC Santa Barbara to play for Fresno State. Fears led the team last year in playing time as a sophomore, averaging 34 minutes a game. She was in all but two games last year and was second on the team with 42 three point baskets. In another roster move, sophomore Coastlines
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Sports forward Ashley Hall who had limited playing time last year was named the team manager. As usual, the women’s team has one of the toughest schedules on the West Coast. Besides BYU, the Gauchos will play at home against USC (Nov. 11) and then face Atlantic Coast champion and national power Maryland on Nov. 23. It will be a character building year for the Gauchos, who will go on the road to play Arizona State, Loyola Marymount, Portland State and the University of Oregon. “We will face some really good teams representing great conferences early on, allowing us to pinpoint our weaknesses and also play to our strengths,” said Coach Mark French. French is in his 27th season as head coach.
The women’s volleyball team struggled early in the season quickly falling to 0-2 in Big West conference play after defeats at the hands of Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge. Freshman Dana Vargas played against her sister Nicole Vargas in the Long Beach match and provided 40 assists. The team was led by senior Brett Quirarte’s 15 kills on 27 attempts and senior Lauren McLaughlin’s 17.5 points. The game provided particular fam- Dana Vargas ily drama because the Vargas’ mom, Debbie Green, a silver medalist in the 1984 Olympics, is an assistant coach at Long Beach State where Nicole is a junior setter. The team this year is starting four freshmen. An early season highlight however was a convincing victory over No. 22 ranked Santa Clara University Sept. 15. The Gauchos were led by McLaughlin and outside hitter Rebecca Saraceno.
Over the past few years the women Gauchos have used cross-country to warm up one of the best distance track teams in the country. In the process last year they won the conference championship. This year the team is planning more of the same warm ups. In one of the tightest ballots in recent memory, the Big West Coaches Poll
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predicted a first place finished for the women, just ahead of UC Irvine and UC Riverside. Last year the women had their best season in school history finishing No. 7 in the country. Returning runners Danielle Domenichelli and Megan Lewis will lead the team. At the San Diego State Invitational Lewis led the team by finishing sixth overall, after an amazing kick in the last mile that moved her past 15 runners. Placing 16 and 17 were Liza Hitchner and Domenichelli.
Men’s Cross Country While perennial running powerhouse Cal Poly is favored by Big West coaches to win the conference championship this year, the Gaucho harriers are picked to come in second. Last year, in one of their best seasons in school history, the Gauchos were edged out of the championship spot by just four points. That showing allowed them to gain an at-large berth for the NCAA championships. The Gauchos started the season with a strong showing at the San Diego State Invitational, finishing second to the Air Force Academy. Head Coach Pete Dolan worked on strategy in this early race with runners focusing on their placement in the race and how that would affect overall scoring. (Cross country is scored by the place a runner finishes. The lower the overall scores, the better the team places. But by having specific runners beat specific opponents, a team can strategically move its point totals to edge out competing teams.) Team captain Tim Aukshunas finished fifth in the invitational while Scott Smith finished 13. r
Men’s Water Polo Like the men’s soccer team, early season predictions have been tough to live up to for the Gaucho men’s water polo team. Ranked 8th in the nation in pre-season polls, the Gauchos dropped five in a row to NCAA competitors in the opening weeks of the season. Four of those losses were by one goal. The toughest loss was to Long Beach State, 9-8. The star of the match was goalkeeper Rick Wright (pictured) who had 12 saves. Early in the season the team was being led in the goal category by Ross Sinclair and Stefan Partelow. The pair put a scare into No. 2 rated UC Berkeley before the Bears came back to win 10-5.
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Imagery: Art for Wine Bob Nugent ’69, M.F.A.’71 Wine Appreciation Guild In 1985 winemaker Joe Benziger and Sonoma artist Bob Nugent struck on the idea of putting original art on special releases of Imagery Estate wines. The goal was straight-forward—commission the world’s modern art luminaries to create works for reproduction onto wine labels. Since then they have assembled a staggering collection of contemporary art, from the likes of Sol Lewitt, Terry Winters, Nancy Graves, John Beldessari, Judy Pfaff, and Bob Arneson. This book highlights 133 works of art, the best of the Imagery collection. The images are big and lush and are accompanied by biographical sketches of the artists’ career as well as a short description of their individual ideas and methods. Bob Nugent retired in 2005 as professor of art at California State University, Sonoma to concentrate on his painting and writing.
The Voyage of the Vizcaina; The Mystery of Christopher Columbus’s Last Ship Klaus Brinkbaumer and Clemens Hoges Harcourt Lying in only 25 feet of water in a small gulf off the coast of Panama, a shipwrecked vessel managed to escape detection for centuries before it was discovered in the mid-1990s. In 2002, the authors, journalists with the German news magazine Der Spiegel, were the first to assemble a team of experts to examine the remains. They determined that it was not only the oldest wreck ever found in the Western Hemisphere, a relic from the Age of Discovery, but also possibly the remains of The Vizcaina, one of the ships Christopher Columbus took on his last trip to the New World. Klaus Brinkbaumer attended UCSB in 1988-1989.
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Voices from the Past—A Quintet of Novels: Sappho’s Journal, Christ’s Journal, Leonardo da Vinci’s Journal, Shakespeare’s Journal, Lincoln’s Journal Paul Alexander Bartlett (author) and Steven James Bartlett, M.A. ‘68 (editor) Autograph Editions Paul Alexander Bartlett was UCSB’s editor of publications during the 1960s. He retired to Mexico with his wife, poet Elizabeth Bartlett, where he continued his work as author and artist. His publications include When the Owl Cries (Macmillan) and The Haciendas of Mexico: An Artist’s Record (University Press of Colorado). He died in 1990 as a result of a car accident. Among his papers were discovered the more than 1,000 pages of typewritten manuscript for Voices from the Past, which he had completed and is just now being published. His son, Steven, helped to bring this about. Voices from the Past consists of five finely crafted, lyrical novels that portray the inner lives of five extraordinary people. Each novel can be read independently of the others, and each is delightfully illustrated with pen-and-ink illustrations by the author, who is also a widely recognized artist. Bartlett devoted several decades to research into the lives of these fascinating individuals, their historical periods, and their writings or other testimony left to us. He skillfully brings the reader into intimate and convincing contact with the thoughts, passions, fears, and faith of these exceptional and memorable “voices from the past.”
Carpinteria Jim Campos, Dave Moore, Tom Moore, Lou Panizzon ’65, M.A.’74 Images of America First settled in the 1850s, the Santa Barbara suburb Carpinteria was historically a center of asphalt mining and is now well known for its avocado festival. Four longtime residents have coupled 214 vintage photographs of the coastal town with its history based on interviews with other residents.
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Milestones 1960s From June to September the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted an exhibition of the work of Richard Serra, ’61 titled “Sculpture: Forty Years.” The New York Times described the show as “a landmark, by a titan of sculpture.”…UBS Financial Services Inc. has announced that John Clay, ’63, has been named an account vice president in the Oxnard office…Jane Clay Anderson, ’66 has been appointed to fill a two-year term on the Alhambra (California) Unified School District Board of Education. She was a teacher in the district for 35 years, retiring in 2002… Linda Giller, ’66, retired from the Alhambra Unified School District after teaching at Marguerita School for 40 years…Ken Khachigian ’66, who served as one of Ronald Reagan’s chief speech writers, has joined the Santa Barbara law firm of Hatch & Parent as a senior partner. The law firm specializes in water law…Paul E. Kremser Jr. ’67 is president of the Rotary Club of Montecito. He is the owner of Kremser and Howard, a Santa Barbara law firm specializing in civil litigation…J. Terr y Schwartz, ’68 is serving as president of the Santa Barbara Zoo Board of Directors. He is a senior partner at the Santa Barbara law firm Price, Postel & Parma….Louis J. Perske, ‘69 has retired to Monterey, California, after serving the last ten years as president of The American College of Sofia, Bulgaria, the oldest American educational institution outside of the U.S., Louis J. Perske founded in 1860. He served for 27 years in seven American/international schools in London, Brussels, Athens, Bangkok, Genoa, Kinshasa, and Sofia.
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sador to Yemen, as diplomat-in-residence at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs for this school year…Mar y Frink, ’71 has retired after 30 years with the U.S. Postal Service. She was promoted to become the first woman postmaster of Santa Barbara, a position she held for 14 years. She now begins a part time career as a mediator…Paintings by Hank Pitcher, ’71 were displayed at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum during its Summer Celebration. Pitcher teaches at UC Santa Barbara’s College of Creative Studies…A lecture on the role of the Stanton family in the history of the Channel Islands was presented by Marla Daily, ’73, at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. Daily is the president of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation.…The Santa Barbara Sunrise Rotary Club has elected Dennis Johns, ’73, to the president’s post. Johns works in software marketing at Yardi Systems, Inc…Freeborders, a San Francisco-based provider of global outsourcing solutions, has named Joe Gutierez ,’74 Joe Gutierez as director of marketing…Edward L. Schneider, Ph.D. ’74, received the 2007 Excellence in Peer Review Service Award from the American Association of Museums. He currently serves as president and CEO of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. He is a past president of the Botanical Society of America…Dennis Diaz, ’75 has been named by Nightingale’s Healthcare News as one of the nation’s twelve Outstanding Hospital Lawyers for 2007. Dennis is a partner of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Los Angeles, where he practices health care law...John Brooks, MA ’76, has been appointed to the Curriculum Commission for the California Department of Education. The 18member Commission is responsible for reviewing, selecting and advising the state board on books and materials for all subject areas taught in California…Paintings by
Richard Schloss, ’76, M.F.A.’79 were shown at the Easton Gallery, Santa Barbara, during the summer…Diane Lovko Premeau Schindler, ’77 is director of health information management services at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. She is also president-elect of the California Health Information Association.
1980s Donna Hemmila ’82 has joined the UC Office of the President as director of content development in the Office of Strategic Communications. She was previously associate director of public affairs and director of publications at California State University East Bay…Peter Bolland, ’83, and his band The Coyote Problem, have won the 2007 San Diego Music Awards Best Americana Album for their newly released album “California.” Bolland is a full time professor of philosophy at Southwestern College in Chula Vista...musician Luis Munoz, ’83, has released a new CD “Of Soul and Shadow.” Munoz studied composition at UCSB under well-known British composer Peter Racine Fricker …Sandra (Membrila) Robbie, ’84, this past summer embarked on a three week cross country road trip in a 1967 VW bus to show and promote her Emmy-winning documentary film “Mendez vs. Westminster: For All The Children.” The film chronicles the 1947 court case that ended school segregation in California… Hisham Ahmed, MA ’86, Ph.D. ’89, recently spoke at a conference on Palestinian life under Israeli military rule. Ahmed is a professor of politics and international relations at St. Mary’s College in California…Duke Conover ’86 is now managing editor of the Paducah (Kentucky) Sun, flagship paper of the Paxton Media Group. He is a U.S. Navy veteran and, while managing editor of the The News Herald in Morgantown, North Carolina, won the Henry Lee Weather Freedom of Information Journalism Award…An exhibition of photographs by Jeff Jones, ’86, “Future of Sequoias: Sustaining Parklands in the 21st Century,” Coastlines
will be held a Corridan Gallery in Santa Barbara during November and December. The photographs of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National parks were displayed at Arts Visalia during the spring and at The River Center in Fresno during the summer…Lori A. Lewis, ’86, is the new president of the Community Counseling and Education Center’s board of directors in Santa Barbara. She is an attorney with Mullen & Henzell specializing in estate and probate work…Donald Zimring, Ph.D. ’86, has been appointed the superintendent of the Las Virgenes Unified School District in Ventura County…Elena Butler Thompson, ’89 is in real estate sales with RE/MAX in Encinitas, California…Michael V. McGinnis, M.A. ’89, Ph.D. ’93, a lecturer and researcher at UC Santa Barbara, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the University of Montenegro’s Institute of Marine Studies during the 2007-2008 academic year. He will teach graduate courses in ocean and coastal management, and assist in the development of future coastal and marine programs and institutions for Montenegro and the greater region of the Adriatic Sea.
1990s Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, has selected Timothy E. Johns, ’80 as president, director, and chief executive office. The Timothy E. Johns museum maintains the world’s largest collection of Hawaiian and Pacific cultural and natural history objects. Johns has served as chairman of the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural resources and, since 2000, was chief operating officer of the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon… Bernadette Niederer, ’91 has received an M.S. in historic preservation from the University of Oregon. She now works for Historic Preservation Northwest in AlbaFall 2007
ny, Oregon…The archaeological work on the Alaska Peninsula of Herb Maschner, Ph.D. ’92, was recently featured on the cover of the Idaho State University magazine. Maschner’s research into the Aleut tribe of Alaska was recently published in Archaelogy Magazine…Baby Bistro Brands, a Santa Barbara-based provider of nutritional information for children, has announced the release of its second edition of the Baby Bistro Box. The company is headed by Christina Schmidt, ’92…The Patricia Henley Foundation’s Theater of Life for Children will present “A Tribute to the Musical” with Peter McCorkle, ’93, serving as the stage director…Patricia Mann Flores, ’94 received in May 2007 an M.A. in art history from Bard College in New York. Previously with The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, she is now the program manager of undergraduate fine arts at California College of the Arts in Oakland…Gil Piciotto, ’94 is the new vice president for development at Washington State University. He was previously director of development for intercollegiate athletics at UC Santa Barbara…Ernst & Young LLP has promoted Tim R. Holl, ’95 to partner in the firm’s San Diego office…Liz Rocha, ’97, M.A. ’04, has been named principal at the Ellwood Elementary School in Santa Barbara. She most recently was principal at Main Elementary School in Carpinteria…“The Still Life,” an independent film about music and art by filmmaker Joel Miller II, ’98, has been released on DVD and is now available at Amazon and Blockbuster. The film features a number of well known rock musicians and was made for $175,000 and shot in three weeks.
2000s Tim Kawasaki, ’00 is now a management analyst at Monterey County Health Department…Marc Campopiano, M.E.S.M. ’00 has graduated from Boalt Hall law school and is an associate at the Walnut Creek law firm of Morrison & Foerster… Brian J. Graziani, ’01 has received a Juris
Doctor degree from Golden Gate University School of Law…Marisela Marquez, Ph.D. ’02 is the new executive director of UC Santa Barbara Associated Students. She is also president of La Casa de la Raza in Santa Barbara…The Santa Barbara County Fire Department has promoted Andrea Cohen Murphy, M.E.S.M. ’02 to senior hazardous materials specialist…Casey L. Chapanian, ’03 is an associate attorney at Palmer Kazanjian Wohl Perkins LLP. She was a clerk for Palmer Kazanjian while attending the University of Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. Palmer Kazanjian is a Sacramento bouCasey L. Chapanian tique firm specializing in labor, employment and business law counseling and litigation…Jessica Davison, ’04 is a co-principal in a cakery called Crumbs in Goleta…In Western Australia Matt Stadler, M.E.S.M. ’04 is regional fisheries management officer for the Gascoyne region…Mars & Co., a management consulting firm, has promoted Wolfgang Klinker, ’04 to senior associate consultant at the firm’s Greenwich, Connecticut office… Kitchitrina (Trina) Kay Barton, ’05, joined Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums’ Administration in February as a Special Assistant covering issue areas that include arts and culture, beautification, environmental justice, seniors & aging, public-private partnerships and special projects. She was also the Manager for Mayor Dellums’ Inauguration Office. She is the youngest member of the Administration…Ed France, ’05 oversees the new Santa Barbara BiCi Centro, a monthly gathering of bicycle enthusiasts that provides free bike repairs…Dale Francisco, ’05, has announced that he will be a candidate for the Santa Barbara City Council in the November 2007 elections…Aaron Stilwell, ’05 is an emergency preparedness specialist with the American Red Cross of Santa Bar27
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bara…Sylvanna Falcon, Ph.D.’06 has been appointed the Lenore Howard Class of 1942 Assistant Professor of Sociology at Connecticut College…Logan Green, ’06, has made his startup business Zimride available on Facebook.com. Zimride’s Carpool application makes it easy to hook up with other car riders to carpool to destinations throughout the U.S.… Jared Hersh, M.A. ’06, has been named to the tenure track faculty in Santa Barbara City College’s Mathematics Department. He has been a part-time instructor at UCSB the past three years … Sergio Perez, ’06, has been appointed to a tenure track position in the Counseling Department at Santa Barbara City College. He had previously taught elementary school and been an adjunct counselor at SBCC. Also joining 28
the faculty at SBCC is Elizabeth Cunningham, M.A. ’06, who has been appointed to a tenure track position in the Mathematics Dept …William Townsend ’06 works at the Apple Store in Palo Alto where he has achieved “Mac Genius” status…Yi Zheng Ph.D.’06 is a water resource engineer/scientist at Systec Engineering in San Ramon, California…Carmen Jany Ph.D. ’07 is now assistant professor of second language acquisition and Spanish in the Department of World Languages at California State University, San Bernardino…Aaron Altman, ’07, Tarke Mohder, ’07, and Miriam Shoval, ’07, all have received scholarships of $1,500-$2,500 from the Cannel Counties Chapter of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. The scholarships were for outstanding achievements in accounting studies.
Obituaries Thomas S. Weir ’42 died July 15, 2007 in Victoria, British Columbia, at the age of 90. He was a World War II veteran and held a doctorate in education from Oregon State University. He had worked as a printer and as a junior high school teacher before joining the United States Foreign Service. He retired in 1975. Cecil George Hewitt ’47 Benjamin Robert Satterfield ‘52, August 26, 2007. Born on December 24, 1920 in Meadow, Nebraska. He received his Economics degree from the old UCSB campus on the Riviera and concentrate on developing and maintaining a successful family real estate business for the last 50+ years. Helen E. Fong ’53 died May 4, 2007. She had been a teacher and administrator in the Oakland, California, Unified School District. Wesley Henderson Gray ’53 died June 1, 2007 in Goleta at the age of 87. He had been a teacher and probation officer. Dr. Larr y Adams ’58, MA 60, PhD 70, well known UC Santa Barbara political science professor, died Sept. 7 in Santa Barbara at Sarah House Hospice. He was 71. After earning all his degrees at UC Santa Barbara, he taught at Bernard Baruch
College, CUNY and at UCSB. In the 50s and 60s he sponsored an annual Larry Adams Blood Drive. He retired in 1996. An endowment in his name funds upper division political science majors at UCSB who work as interns in local government agencies. Duane Johnson ’59, died August 11, 2007 He served four years in the Navy during the Korean War. After the service he attended UCSB and graduated with a B.A. in Economics. He then moved to the Los Angeles area where he worked for 30 years as a real estate appraiser for the California Department of Transportation. Keith Craig Blean, Jr. ’61 died May 30, 2007. He had been a librarian with UCSB, Stanford University, the California Department of Mines and Geology, and the California State Water Resources Control Board. Aaron L. Raznick Honorar y ’88 died July 2, 2007 in Calabasas, California, at the age of 80. He had been a real estate developer as chairman and CEO of the Raznick Realty group since 1963. He served on the Ventura County Marine Resources Commission. At UCSB he was a longtime member of the board of trustees of The UCSB Foundation and served two terms as chairman. He also served as national chairman the Campaign for UC Santa Barbara. With his wife, Cherie, he established a UCSB crew team scholarship and a chair in economics and was a major donor to the Mosher Alumni House. Robyn Suzanne Libitsky ’98 died February 15, 2007 at the age of 29. At UCSB she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. She had been a caseworker for Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and a student at San Fernando Valley College of Law.
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Henley: Campus Oracle from page 13 Although he’s a seasoned business executive, Henley is relatively new to philanthropy. He said he wasn’t really involved in giving until his 40s, when he became a National Trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. His involvement likely inspired Oracle to give a $1.4 million gift to the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula in 2003. The Henleys donate money to the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, which provided scholarships for nine high school graduates last year. They also fund master MBA fellowships at his other alma mater, UC Los Angeles Anderson School of Management. From Henley’s perspective, this means
Dynes: Steps Down from page 18 Dynes noted in his resignation letter that during his tenure the UC system maintained control of the three national weapons laboratories and that a new initiative providing UC assistance to
he’s helping students at all levels in their education. He also supports local infrastructure, having contributed $225,000 to the campaign to build a new Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. The project is estimated to cost more than $550 million. The book “Philanthropy, Heirs & Values” sits on Henley’s coffee table in his elaborate home office. He’s encouraging his children to begin volunteering with charities of their choice. If they commit time, he and his wife will contribute some money to the causes chosen by their kids. “We’re trying to get them used to giving even if they don’t have much money,” Henley said. After receiving the Outstanding Alumnus Award from UC Los Angeles’ Anderson School of Management in 2004,
Henley described one of his business philosophies to “Anderson Assets” editor Paul Feinberg. “Complacency is the kiss of death, Reinvention is inevitable.” It seems he applies it to his life as well. With a father who was a veteran and a mother who was a bookkeeper, he was appreciative of the opportunity to attend college. Now he admits he has more money than he can spend. He said it’s nice to have material rewards, but when he thinks about what he and his wife need for their life and what he wants to provide for his kids, he still has some to comfortably spare. “At some point you need to figure out how to give money away,” Henley said. “It’s more fun to start giving as soon as you have the means.” r
improvements in K-12 education had been launched. In a portion of his letter overlooked in most press accounts, Dynes also noted that he continued to be dissatisfied with the ethnic and gender diversity of the senior administrators of the UC. Dynes will return to the physics faculty of UC San Diego sometime next year.
Even that move, however, provoked press sniping. Dynes will earn $200,000 a year in that position, far below the $405,000 he earned as UC President. But critics are noting that is well above the $121,000 he made when he was on the physics faculty at UC San Diego in 1995. r
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