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veterinary school. While attending college, she was an active member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and headed up Share A Meal, a nonprofit that works to feed the homeless of L.A. This summer Becca taught Marine Biology to campers at Heal the Bay Summer Camp in the aquarium at Santa Monica Pier.
CELEBRATING OUR ALUMNI
Congratulations to the Class of 2013!
Adam Katzner Columbia College Chicago Cinema Arts and Science
Dilip Arumugum
Charlie Fries
Brown University Computer Science
Pomona College Economics and Computer Science
Dilip is currently enrolled in a fifth year Master’s program at Brown. He was inducted into the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society in 2017, and was a recipient of the department Faculty Award. He plans to continue his research in the field of artificial intelligence re-enforcement learning.
While at Pomona, Charlie played four years of football, two of which were spent as a defensive tackle starter. He was research assistant to both Professors David Kauchak and John Clithero, helping to advance their studies of Computer Science Natural Language Processing in the Sub-field of Text Simplification and Behavioral Economics. Charlie began working as an associate economist for the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago starting in July, focusing on macroeconomic research and the U.S. economy. Charlie is also considering attending law school in the future.
Lucas Athanassiadis Haverford College East Asian Studies and Economics
Lucas is working for Zeal Inc. in Ningbo, China as an educational consultant for college-bound high school students.
Jacqueline Barish ’13
engineering testing and design. He plans to remain in the Bay Area and pursue a career making smart products.
Evan Bernstein University of Chicago Computer Science and a Minor in English and Creative Writing
Steven Goodrich ’13
Steven Goodrich University of Southern California Psychology and a Minor in Business
During his four years at USC, Stevie actively participated in Troy Camp, Kick for Kids, and the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He graduated this year summa cum laude and is excited to join UCLA Law School’s class of 2020 in the fall, where he hopes to ultimately pursue a career working with children in the legal field. While at USC Stevie made sure to show his Trojan Spirit by attending as many USC sporting events as possible. Although he will be attending the “Other School,” he promises to continue “Fighting On!”
Adam graduated with a BA in Cinema Arts and Science from Columbia, after having worked on 25 films as the Director of Photography as well as crewed for over 100 other projects in his four years at school. Many of his films were selected for various film festivals, one of which was awarded Best Comedy and was subsequently screened at the prestigious Chicago International Film Festival. While working on set in the camera department, Adam honed his skillset as a Camera Operator and 1st AC, mastering a multitude of camera systems. He is now back in Los Angeles beginning his career in the film industry, a passion that began as a student in the Film Program at Viewpoint.
Chris Kimes ’13
Erica Kitchin University of Texas Austin Public Relations
Erica will be returning to Austin in the fall to work for Oracle in Business Development after a five-week training program in San Francisco.
Evan graduated as a Student Marshall, the highest honor awarded to University of Chicago students. During his time at UChicago, Evan performed in the improv group, Occam’s Razor. He both interned on campus in the University of Chicago’s App Challenge program, and also with Uber last summer. Starting in October, Evan will be working for Google at their headquarters in Mountain View. Adam Katzner ’13
Chris Kimes Stanford University Mechanical Engineering Aaron Girard ’13
Aaron Girard Emory University Computer Science
Lucas Athanassiadis ’13
Jacqueline Barish Syracuse University Jaqueline will be continuing her education this fall at Boston University where she will obtain a MA in Clinical and Sports Psychology.
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Evan Bernstein ’13
Aaron graduated from Emory in May where he excelled in both academic activities and extracurricular clubs. While at college, he was known around campus as “the dude with the jeans overalls”! This summer Aaron began a job as a software engineer at Google in Venice Beach.
Becca Hess ’13
Becca Hess University of Southern California Biology
After obtaining a BA in Biology, Becca graduated from USC with an eye toward
Chris will return to Stanford in the fall to pursue a Master of Science and Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Mechatronics. Chris was awarded the Henry O. Fuchs Memorial award for mechanical engineering design, and he was also inducted into the Tau Beta Pi Engineering honor society. In his spare time he is an active participant in the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band. He is currently interning at Fellow, a San Francisco-based startup that makes premium coffee products, where he participates in
Erica Kitchin ‘13
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