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Pepperdine Voice WI N TER 2004

CAMPUS BUZZInternational Programs and the Chapel Celebrate Birthdays

FACULTY IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Seaver Poet, Sport Medics,and a Pepperdine Scientist

VISIONARY

Tim Phillips Eyesa Seat in Congress

COVER FEATURE

Pepperdine Professional Grows Her Family to Thirteen

ALUMNI CHAPTERS AND REUNIONSPepperdine Alumni UniteAround the Map

DRESCHER GRADUATE CAMPUSNew Campus Alters Pepperdine Historyand Improves Community Life

INNOVATOR

Entrepreneur of the Year Upgradesthe American Dental Practice

ALUMNI ON THE MOVEAlumna Makes U.S. History, School ofLaw Grads Make Wine, and More

CLASS NOTES

Catching Up with Fellow Alumni

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TEACHING AWARDS HONOR PEPPERDINE’SEXEMPLARY FACULTY

The Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence, named in honor of the fifthpresident of Pepperdine, will recognize faculty members who have distinguished themselvesas exceptional teachers. The University Committee for Teaching Excellence administers theaward process. Each year, the University will select ten full time faculty members for theaward, with the first awards to be given at the commencement exercises of Pepperdine’s fiveschools in 2004.

The award is named for Dr. White because he embodies the qualities affirmed by theteaching award, having served the University for almost three decades as a history professor,dean of education, executive vice president, and president (from 1978 to 85).

In announcing the creation of the award, Provost Darryl Tippens stated, “Superiorteaching is unquestionably the single greatest strength of the Pepperdine faculty. We havegreat professors known for their brilliant and creative work with students, both inside andoutside the classroom. We look forward to this annual practice of honoring some of ourmost accomplished scholar teachers.” v


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PEPPERDINE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMSCELEBRATE FORTY YEARS

Before 1963, Pepperdine (then George Pepperdine College) could notoffer students the opportunity to travel abroad. For forty years now, SeaverCollege has developed several international programs that offer year-round residential, summer, and special interest studies in locationsworldwide as an integral part of a student’s education. Beginning with theprogram in Heidelberg, Germany, which celebrated its fortieth anniversaryin 2003, Pepperdine’s international programs have expanded to includeLondon, England; Florence, Italy; Lyon, France; and Buenos Aires,Argentina. There are also associated study abroad programs in Brisbane,Australia and Tokyo, Japan, as well as the new Hong Kong program,which began in the spring of 2004. Summer and special interest programsare offered at several locations, including Africa, Honduras, Russia, Spain,and Scotland.

The Heidelberg program, now in its forty-first year, celebrated four decades of traveling and studies, exploring and discovering, learning and achieving.Mary Drehsel, a twenty-year veteran with the Heidelberg program and currently a Heidelberg professor and interim director, says Germany has experiencedmuch change in forty years. She says, “When the program began in academic year 1963-64, Germany was a divided country, Eastern Europe was closed bythe Iron Curtain, Spain was a dictatorship, and the European Union was still a dream. Today the face of Europe has changed.” Now, students can travel freelyto the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and other previously closed countries. They can cross many borders without showing a passport or having to changemoney, and can communicate in English almost everywhere. Close to 4,000 students have discovered the beauties of Europe, exposed themselves to thechallenges of living in another culture, let their thinking be challenged, and formed lifelong friendships. Through the help of Freunde von Heidelberg,improvements are being made that will enhance the beauty of Heidelberg’sMoore Haus, which will be 100 years old in 2006.

Studying abroad provides students with a unique opportunity to gain anacademic, personal, and spiritual understanding of other cultures,institutions, and languages. The international programs also develop globalawareness in Seaver College students and faculty. The experiences ofstudying and traveling overseas provide an essential dimension to a liberalarts education that can be obtained in no other way. Upon graduation, manystudents conclude that participating in Pepperdine’s international programswas the most significant experience of their undergraduate years.

Pepperdine friends and alumni are welcome on tours through theoverseas facilities, but in order to maintain high security levels, the directorsask that visitors make a reservation at least twenty-four hours in advance. v

Heidelberg, Germany

Westminster Abbey, London

Hong Kong, China

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FORMER DIPLOMAT JOINS THE GRAZIADIO SCHOOL OFBUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Peter Withers was named director of Executive Programs, a new position within the Graziadio School ofBusiness and Management. Prior to joining the Graziadio School, Withers served as the president and founder ofLachlan Withers Associates, providing strategic implementation and business planning services to businesses andnonprofit organizations. He is the former program director at Claremont’s Peter F. Drucker Graduate School ofManagement, where he taught graduate courses in global management and operations, and was responsible forthe school’s student management consulting projects. He also taught in the Management Field Study Program atUCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management.

Withers served as regional director of Americas for the New Zealand Trade Development Board, and playedan integral role in the rapid expansion of that nation's trade to Eastern Europe and South America. His diplomaticpostings included assignments in Washington D.C., Athens, Greece, and Turkey, where he established Turkey’s first resident NewZealand embassy. Withers holds a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and is agraduate of the Advanced Executive Program at theJ.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management atNorthwestern University.

The Graziadio School’s Executive MBA programhas been recognized by a number of leading businessschool rankings. For the first time in its history, theGraziadio School was included among the topseventy-five executive MBA programs worldwide bythe Financial Times. The school placed sixty-fourth inthe Times rankings, and was one of only forty-twonational schools to be ranked. BusinessWeek rankedthe Graziadio School nineteenth among its toptwenty-five executive MBA programs. This yearmarked the third consecutive time the GraziadioSchool has been included in BusinessWeek’s biennialranking of executive MBA programs. The program isalso ranked twenty-third in the nation by U.S. News &World Report. v

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SYLVIA GORDONROUSSEAU:A TRULYDISTINGUISHEDALUMNA

Sylvia Gordon Rousseau,current superintendent of LocalDistrict I in the Los AngelesUnified School District, receivedthe Distinguished AlumnaAward on July 12, 2003. She hasserved as an educational administrator for nearly two decades, and graduated from the Graduate School of Education and

Psychology in 1999 with her Doctor of Education degree in Institutional Management. She was also awarded the school’s Outstanding EducationalLeadership Award at the “Call to Leadership” conference in the fall of 2001. Prior to her current position, Superintendent Rousseau served for sevenyears as principal of Santa Monica High School. As principal, she worked tirelessly to reduce historical disparity in academic performance among variousgroups of students. As a result of her student leadership, the school raised the student academic achievement level and modeled nonviolence andcommunity building among all ethnic and socioeconomic groups. v

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENTENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO LEAD LIVES OF PURPOSE,SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP

Students enrolled in the Graziadio School’s full time MBA program have a uniqueopportunity to enhance their business knowledge while giving back to their communitythrough the Nonprofit Consulting Assistance (NCA) program. For fifteen years, the NCAprogram has teamed Graziadio student volunteers with more than eighty charitableorganizations throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Over the life span of the program,Graziadio students have contributed to the growth and success of a number of SouthernCalifornia community organizations, while providing consulting services valued atapproximately 3.5 million dollars.

“The Pepperdine student teams have come in here and given us a breath of fresh air,”said Molly Rockey, director of volunteer services for the ALS Association Greater Los AngelesChapter. “They let us know that we’re not alone in doing this work. They are our miraclesas we wait for a cure for ALS.” In 2003, the Pepperdine team assigned to the Los Angeleschapter of the ALS Association launched an online database of resources to assist ALSchapters nationwide.

This year the program is offered as an elective of a new course in managementconsulting. Students collaborate in teams to improve one aspect of a client's organization,operation, or outreach efforts. At the conclusion of the project, the team compiles aprofessional consultant's report summarizing all aspects of their service and a recommendedcourse of action.

“In the aftermath of numerous corporate scandals, it is encouraging to see our MBAstudents continue this tradition of service,” said Dr. Kathryn Fitzgerald, assistant professor ofmarketing and NCA program coordinator. “Not only do they assist organizations to betterserve the community, they gain invaluable experience applying what they’ve learned in theclassroom to real world situations.”

Past NCA clients include the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross,Goodwill Industries, Heal the Bay, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. v

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LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM ATTRACTS LAWGRADUATES TO PUBLIC SERVICE

Pepperdine announced the creation of a loan forgiveness program tobetter enable School of Law graduates to seek opportunities that serve thepublic interest. “Through the generosity of Henry J. and Gloria Caruso, andRick J. and Tina Caruso, a one million dollar commitment has been madeto establish an endowment specifically to help law graduates do what theirhearts want them to do, and that’s to use their education to serve thepublic good,” said Ronald Phillips, vice chancellor and dean emeritus ofthe School of Law.

Charles Nelson, interim dean of Pepperdine's School of Law, noted thatthe Caruso Family Loan Forgiveness Fund will make it easier for lawgraduates to accept lower paying positions in the public sector. “With

average student loan balances running about $78,000, erasing a portion oftheir debt will give more graduates an incentive to work in areas thattraditionally pay less, but which are so vital to the community at large."

Pepperdine law school graduates have had a long-standing tradition ofpursuing careers in the public arena, noted Pepperdine President Andrew K.Benton, in spite of the financial burdens such decisions carry. "When weopened a legal aid clinic within the downtown Union Rescue Missionseveral years ago, it was one of our law school's valedictorians whobecame the clinic's first director,” said Benton. “Through the generosity ofthe Caruso family, who have been great supporters of Pepperdine for manyyears, we believe more students will feel they are able to answer the call toserve.” The loan forgiveness program is structured so that upon taking jobs inthe public sector, the fund will make a portion of the graduates' loanpayments during their tenure in public service. v

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PEPPERDINE FACULTY MEMBERS AREACTIVE PLAYERS ON THE PUBLICATION STAGE

David Davenport CoauthorsInspiring Book for Leaders

Former Pepperdine presidentand current professor of PublicPolicy and Law, David Davenport,recently coauthored a visionarynew book with Blaine McCormick,Shepherd Leadership. The bookprovides readers with ancientwisdom for today’s businessleadership challenges. Based onPsalm 23, Shepherd Leadershipshows a model for transformingmanagement practices in business,nonprofit, and religious settings.McCormick and Davenport usethe Shepherd’s Psalm to helprevolutionize leadership skills byapplying biblical wisdom.“Wisdom for Leaders” teacheshow to be vigilant without beingadversarial, serve without beingpassive, and guide without beingoppressively commanding.

Three Professors ExploreVirtue in a New Book

Pepperdine professors DavidDavenport, Douglas W. Kmiec,and School of Public Policyadjunct professor and alumna,Hanna Skandera, contributed toa new book edited by PeterBerkowitz, Never a Matter ofIndifference: Sustaining Virtue in a Free Republic. Public policyboth directly and indirectly affectsthe virtues that citizens exerciseand the values they hold dear.By examining the liberty andvirtue taught to us by America’sfounding liberalism, thecontributors reveal how publicpolicy in the United States hasaffected institutions of civilsociety, and promote ways toestablish a healthier relationshipbetween public policy andpersonal character.

Bruce Herschensohn PensSweeping Historical Novel

Bruce Herschensohn, anadjunct faculty member andHenry Salvatori fellow with theSchool of Public Policy, uses hisown unique career to inspire amoving book. After service in theUnited States Air Force, he beganhis own motion picture companyand has been a television andradio political commentator formore than two decades. He hasreceived the second highestcivilian award, the DistinguishedService medal, and became deputyspecial assistant to PresidentNixon. His new novel, Passport,journeys through the lives oftwelve people thrown together bychance in British-ruled HongKong, and of their fateful reunionduring the Chinese takeoverdecades later.

Richard T. Hughes PublishesMyths America Lives By

The University of Illinois Presshas published Myths AmericaLives By, by Richard T. Hughes,distinguished professor of religionand director of the Center forFaith and Learning. In theforeword, Robert N. Bellah writes,"Hughes has wisely argued thatthe myths that we have spunabout ourselves, thoughcontaining much truth, can also bedisabling unless criticallyreappropriated.” Bellah continues,“Richard Hughes writes as aChristian and so do I. His book is athoughtful contribution to adecision that all of us who areChristians must make: to whatextent can we help Americabecome a responsible empire, andto what extent must we standagainst empire altogether?” v

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SCHOOL OF LAW DEDICATESTHE CARUSO AUDITORIUM Justice Antonin Scalia Participates in the Henry J. and GloriaCaruso Auditorium Dedication

November 17, 2003, marked a special day at the School ofLaw, with a ceremony to dedicate the new School of Lawauditorium, named the “Henry J. and Gloria Caruso Auditorium.”The naming of the auditorium recognized the Caruso family'ssustained support of Pepperdine, and especially the family'sgenerosity to the School of Law over the years. Led by 1983 lawschool alumnus Rick Caruso and his wife, Tina, the Caruso family

has established the Caruso Family Chair in Law, currently held byProfessor Douglas Kmiec, a constitutional law scholar. The Rick J.Caruso Research Fellows program for law school faculty, and thenew School of Law loan forgiveness fund for graduates whopursue careers in public interest law, are two other gifts from theCaruso family.

Antonin Scalia, acclaimed associate justice of the United StatesSupreme Court, delivered the inaugural lecture of the newlycreated Institute of Law, Religion, and Ethics. During his time withthe class, he led a lively exchange on the establishment clause andjudicial interpretation of the First Amendment as it relates to thetopic of religion in the public arena. v

THE LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE HILL TURNS THIRTYThirty years ago, longtime University friend, Beverly Stauffer, gave to Pepperdine an exemplary gift by

which the University would become known: Stauffer Chapel. The little chapel on the hill, as it is sometimescalled, was dedicated in 1973 soon after the Malibu campus opened. The architect of the chapel was UlyssesFloyd Rible, FAIA, and the glass artistry for the giant windows is the work of Robert and Bette Donovan called,“The Tree of Life.” Over the years, it has become a favorite place for weddings because of the building’sbeauty and the stunning vista that it commands. Hundreds of couples have sealed their vows before thebrilliant stained glass backdrop under the vaulted ceiling.

The chapel sits on a hill overlooking the celebrity homes of the Malibu Colony, the much-photographed Malibu Pier and beach, and the small seaside community. It is enclosed on eitherend by enormous, colorful walls that use 105 hues and shades of imported glass. Includingthe six side windows, the chapel has 3,000 square feet of stained glass. There is seatingfor up to 180 guests in the lovely white ash pews. A small balcony contains anorgan for use in weddings and space for a small group of vocalists. Just outsidethe front entry of the chapel is a large fountain with sculptured herons andfrogs. A small grassy area on the south side of the chapel is ideal for photographswith the ocean and shoreline as backdrops. On a clear day, the shorelinesof Santa Monica and Palos Verdes are visible across Santa Monica Bay.

A Military Honor Garden, dedicated at the Stauffer Chapel courtyardon May 22, 2003, recognizes thousands of Pepperdine alumni whohave served America in one of the five branches of the Armed Forces.This garden was made possible with the vision and support ofPepperdine friend, the late Pierre Claeyssens. The garden houses fivebenches which represent the five branches of the military, bordered byindigenous plants. The plaque on the garden wall expresses thegarden’s intention, to remember “the graduates who gave theirlives in war so that future generations might live in peace.“ v

A vintage Stauffer Chapel, circa 1974.



Poet Michael Collings FindsInspiration in Unlikely Places By Jaime Buck

It was January 1979, and a young professor from UCLAwas worried. Michael Collings and his wife, Judi, had threesmall children and a fourth on the way, when he learned that the university would not renew his contract.

That month, after Collings presented a paper at his alma mater, Whittier College, a professor in the audiencerecommended he look into teaching opportunities atPepperdine. Collings followed the advice, and by June he was settled into his position as a professor of composition at Seaver College.

The years have seen many changes; now, fifty-six year-oldDr. Collings is a fixture on the Malibu campus, often seen atone of his favorite places to compose poetry, the Waves Café.In addition to his many roles at Pepperdine, includingprofessor of literature, director of the creative writing program,and faculty advisor to the student-run Expressionist magazine,Collings has served as Seaver’s poet-in-residence since 1997.Three of his four children are Seaver graduates: sons Ethan (B ’98) and MichaelBrent (B ’99), and most recently daughterKendra (B ’03). All of his children live in Southern California,

including daughter Erika, whose children inspire the twinkle in

Collings’ eye. It may be surprising to some

that the John Milton-devoteewhom colleague, Dr. DavidGibson, describes as “gentle,

quiet, and crazy about hisgrandchildren,” is also a renownedexpert on horror and science

fiction writers, such asStephen King and Orson

Scott Card. But it’strue, and Collings’

own bibliographyof one thousand-plus publishedworks reflectshis seeminglyparadoxicalinterests.Perhaps hismasterpiece isthe twelve-book epic

poem, The Nephiad (White Crow Press), but his most recentwork, Horror Plum'D: An International Stephen King Bibliographyand Guide, 1960-2000 (Overlook Connection Press), is acomprehensive guide to all things King—a 547-page volume,fifteen years in the making. (The latter book’s title is a sly nod toMilton’s Paradise Lost). According to Collings, there are moreepic characteristics in great science fiction writing than thecasual reader may realize.

The work of Seaver’s most published poet (1,600 poemsand counting) has been so well received within the sciencefiction community, that he has the ability to work with manyof his subjects. He has met and corresponded with King, butit is Collings’ camaraderie with Card that he especially treasures.When in doubt about a specific passage, the famous novelist isonly a phone call away. While for Collings, no writer may eversurpass Milton, he admits with a laugh, “It’s really nice workingwith living, contemporary writers.”

Collings also enjoys working with the contemporary writershe teaches at Seaver. He works diligently to help his studentsunderstand the structure, rhythm, rhyme, and meter of poetry,and then lets them fly because, “once they understand it, theycan explore, use, and manipulate the language.”

Poetry appealed to Collings at an early age, but over timesimply writing poetry was not enough. “For the past twentyyears,” he says, “I have actively sought ways to transform myurge to poetry into other media.” Those media have includedbinding books, playing the organ for his church, publishing acookbook with his wife, crocheting a wedding dress for hisdaughter, and making a wedding cake for his son.

Most notably, his poems have taken the form of wire-wrapped jewelry, a hobby he picked up after watching Judidesign jewelry. The January 2004 issue of The Wire ArtistJeweller magazine featured Collings’ work on the cover, and in the past has showcased his pieces, like “IceStorm,” alongsidetheir written counterparts. Wire-wrapping jewelry helps himfocus and manage the frustrations that accompany tinnitus, aserious hearing condition that has progressively worsened overthe last ten years.

“Poetry provides me with a means of holding on to identity,individuality, occasionally even sanity when things becomedifficult,” he says, “and allows me to continue as a husband,father, grandfather, servant to my congregation, teacher to mystudents, and a voice that occasionally speaks somethingimportant to a waiting reader.”

A career at UCLA would certainly have taken him down adifferent path, and Collings is pleased that almost twenty-fiveyears ago, a colleague recommended Pepperdine. “Sometimes I just stop wherever I am and look around, grateful for theopportunity to spend so much of my life here.” v

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Married Professors Inspire,Encourage, and SupportBy Gina Ledbetter

From South Africa to Malibu, Professors Holden andPriscilla MacRae have shared a common passion for sportsmedicine and Pepperdine.

When you shake Holden MacRae’s hand, his strength andconfidence is apparent. Priscilla’s soft grip, meanwhile,masks a hardy zeal for sports such as mountain biking, anda fervor for sports medicine to equal that of her husband’s.

After earning a graduate honor’s degree from theUniversity of Cape Town, Holden traveled to the UnitedStates. He settled at the University of Texas in January 1982.During the rare snowfall of an Austin winter night, Holdenand Priscilla met. In his South African accent Holdenexplained, “That’s how it all started.”

After marrying Holden in 1984, Priscilla began workingat Pepperdine. Holden soon followed, and after teaching atPepperdine until 1988, he returned to South Africa to earnhis Ph.D. Within a year, Pepperdine asked him to return, atwhich time he and Priscilla started a family. With their twodaughters, Micala and Manali, they enjoy exploring theoutdoors around the world.

For her research, Priscilla works with senior citizens andstudies the potential for overcoming age by acquiring newskills. Holden works in clinical and applied research onexercise as a preventative strategy for diseases such as AIDS.

Students of this pair consider them to be all-time favoriteprofessors. Baudelio Arias, Jr., Seaver College alumnus of1997 and second lieutenant in the United States Army,explains that the MacRaes gave him a champion education insports medicine. Baudelio said, “Their teaching, enthusiasm,and support inspired me to become what I am today.” v

The MacRae Family (from left to right): Holden, Micala, Manali, and Priscilla.Photo by Ron Mesaros.

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Swartzendruber’sGoal: ExcellenceBy Wileen Wong

Pepperdine’s NaturalScience Division chair,Douglas Swartzendruber,wanted to do more than peerthrough a microscope all ofhis life.

Earning a degree in path-ology, he worked in cancercell biology research before becoming a professor at theUniversity of Colorado. Higher education suited him well,and he came to Pepperdine in 2001. Swartzendrubercurrently wears three hats—chair of the division, director of laboratories, and on top of his other duties, he still enjoys teaching.

While in Colorado, Swartzendruber was part of a researchgroup that helped change the medical community’s thinkingabout breast cancer treatment. He remembers, “We thoughtif we came up with a computer simulation of how breastcancer grows, then we could actually make clinicalpredictions to change the therapies being used.” Soon, thegroup came up with a new mathematical model of cancercell development that went against the paradigm of howpeople originally thought cancer cells grow. “It was verydifficult to get the first papers published,” commentsSwartzendruber. But their computer model eventuallybecame widely accepted.

The research group later disbanded and, after twenty years of teaching, Swartzendruber retired. He and his wife,Rhonda, decided they wanted to try living by the ocean.With their children out of the house, the Swartzendrubersheaded west.

Today, Swartzendruber sees his role as one of service. “I’ma facilitator,” he explains. “My goal is to help the faculty inthis division be successful. We want to be one of the topundergraduate science divisions in the country.”

The division chair is always looking for ways to enhancethe program. A year ago, Swartzendruber acquired a flowcytometer for the division. Though cytometers are widelyused in clinical labs, they are rare commodities inundergraduate institutions.

Swartzendruber and Rhonda have three grown childrenand a new grandson. The couple enjoys the challenges ofscaling 14,000-foot mountain peaks, where the vantage pointaffords them a rich and much larger perspective on life. v

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Remember the days when a young person could go tocollege, get a good education, meet his or her future spouse,and start a fabulously successful career? Well, that scenariois as real today as ever. Take the case of Pepperdinealumnus, Timothy (Tim) C. Phillips.

Following his 1988 graduation from Seaver College, aPepperdine friend, Mike Zupan, introduced Tim to hisfuture wife, Kristen. After moving to Oregon in 1992, Timand Kristen had their first date: sailing a small boat on theWillamette River under Portland’s famous Rose Festivalfireworks. They married just over a year later, and havejoined their passions to create a powerful team for Oregonstate politics.

When the former Sacramento residentmoved to Oregon, he launched Phillips &

Company Securities in Portland. Betweenlong hours with thebusiness and devotingprecious free time tonumerous nonprofit

organizations, he andKristen had two children,Bradford and McCall.

Phillips’ close friendand former roommate atPepperdine, James Smith,joined the securitiescompany as chief financialofficer. Their friendshipformed strong roots duringthe summer conference forincoming freshmen—evenbefore the start of their first year in college.

In May 2003, Phillips filed papers to run for Congress inthe 2004 election. His campaign colors are, you might haveguessed, Pepperdine blue and orange. And his friend,

Smith, serves as his campaign treasurer. Ifhis bid is successful, Phillips will be thefirst Seaver College grad to be elected tothe United States House ofRepresentatives.

The two friends have extensiveconnections to Pepperdine. Smith’s twobrothers, Jonathan and Jason, are bothSeaver graduates. Smith’s wife, Lynnelle(Fox) Smith, and Lynnelle’s sister,Melissa, are Seaver alumni, along withMelissa’s brother, Stuartt, who graduatedin May 2003. And still more Pepperdinealumni living in Oregon are on the“Phillips for Congress” campaign train,

including Mike Zupan and Scott Fouser, who serve on hisfinance and strategy campaign committee.

Phillips, a Republican, believes he was successful inlaunching his business in Oregon because the state “was

a great place to live and work when I arrived twelveyears ago.” But, now, with Oregon’s unemployment

By JerryDerloshon

Seaver Alumnus Eyes Congressional Seat

CloseTim Phillips hopes to become the first

Seaver grad to be elected to the UnitedStates House of RepresentativesTies

Tim Phillips works with two students.

A real Oregon team, Kristen and Tim Phillips are both involved in community service for a state and community that has been wonderful to their family.

The idea to enter politicswas seeded when Timand a number of his

friends put together aPolitical Action Committee

(PAC) in 2002 to backcandidates who were

supportive of schools andeconomic job growth

in the state.


running the highest in the nation, he and his wife seeserving in Congress as a way to try and return the state tobetter times.

The idea to enter politics was seeded when he and anumber of his friends put together a Political ActionCommittee (PAC) in 2002 to back candidates who weresupportive of schools and economic job growth in the state. Phillips also served on the Finance Committee for the2002 campaign of Jack Roberts for governor, and was amember of the re-election team for United States SenatorGordon Smith. In speaking with Senator Smith and UnitedStates Representative Greg Walden about how he could bestserve Oregon, they encouraged Phillips to run for Congress."Help us help Oregon," they told him.

Those experiences awakened him to the possibilities ofachieving a seat in the House of Representatives, and he iscommitted to realizing that goal. The media is beginning totake note, and the political community around the state isseriously considering his stance on the issues. On hiscampaign’s Web site (www.phillipsforcongress.com), Phillipstackles several of his political proposals.

Regarding the nation’s War on Terrorism, Phillipsacknowledges the danger present in the United States. “We

have an enemy—a well-funded and elusive enemy—who islooking to undermine our freedom, economy, and way oflife.” In order to act on the rising stakes, Phillips suggestsnecessary steps to win the war against terror, includingcutting off the terrorists’ funding, applying pressure tonations who seek to harbor terrorists, and stoppingterrorists and their supporters before they strike again.

On tax cuts, Phillips says he is determined to work hardin Congress to make President Bush's tax cuts on working

families permanent. “By making the tax cuts permanent,” he explains, “families can count on long-term savings andbetter plan for their future.”

Phillips also stands strong in his belief that education is,and should remain, a top priority for the government—especially in Oregon. Being a parent, Phillips understandsthe drive to acquire an excellent education for children.

“The best way to ensure that our children are getting thequality education they need and deserve,” he says, “is toincrease education control at the local level.” By increasinglocal control and accountability in the education system,Phillips hopes to attain “a better education and a bettertomorrow for our students.”

In the midst of the activity surrounding his personal and professional life, Phillips has maintained close ties toPepperdine. He and his wife made a gift to the Center forCommunication and Business, and each year Phillips hosts a reception for local alumni, parents, and friends, coincidingwith the basketball team's away game versus University of Portland. v

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Tim Phillips visits Tuefel Nursery to learn about nursery stock, a major Oregonagricultural industry.

1. Move to some place really 3beautiful, like Oregon

2. Marry someone that a college 3friend introduces you to

3. Start up your own business 34. Have two children 35. Hire a college friend 36. Make your business successful 37. Help deserving nonprofit 3

organizations

8. Make a gift to your alma mater’s 3Communication/Business Building

9. Entertain the basketball team 3each year and other area alumni

10. Earn a seat in Congress...

Tim Phillips ’Tim Phillips ’

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While the average size of families in America has beensteadily declining, Margot Condon and her husband, Allen,have bucked the trend. Margot and Allen have not only raisedthree of their own children to adulthood—they’ve grown theirtight knit family to a baker’s dozen through adoption.

In 1977, the Condon family consisted only of Margot,Allen, Anthony, Nicole, and Tristan. Since 1978, after learningMargot could not give birth to a fourth child, she and herhusband began adopting.

The ten adopted family members: Adam, Tyler, Dillon,Bree, twins Brady and Logan, Arianna, Alix, Max, and Zoe,comprise different ethnicities including Puerto Rican,Hispanic, and African-American. But they all share incommon the fact that they are “Condons.”

Margot Condon regards parenting such a diverse group as not much different from any other family. “Everyone iseverybody else’s brother and sister, and everyone knows therules,” she explains. And she is adamant about onephilosophy towards adoption: No one is “adopted” in theCondon family. “They’re all our children,” says Condon.

Neither does the family dwell on race. When a friend in highschool asked Tyler if his twinbrothers Brady and Logan wereAfrican-American, Tyler replied,“I don’t know. I’ll ask mymother.” He did not considerthe twins any different—to him,they were simply his brothers.

Condon and her husband have encouraged all of theirchildren to explore different career options and, indeed, thechildren have chosen different paths. Several Condons havetried acting, appearing in movies such as Minority Report andZoolander. Bree is currently modeling, Adam is the head chefof Spago in Maui, and Nicole has followed in her mother’sfootsteps as a teacher.

Part IThe Condon Family: Thirteen and Counting

Early in their marriage, the Condons dreamt of havingfour children. After the family grew to three, they overcamethe initial hesitation to adopt and welcomed Adam into theirlives in 1978. Condon reflects, “Had we known that this is

what we were meant to do, weprobably would have startedadopting earlier.”

Then in 1981, Condonheard about a newborn withno family. She responded soquickly she didn’t have time totell her husband. When shedid tell Allen there was asurprise for him at home heasked, “It’s a baby isn’t it?” Hewas right—little Tyler hadjoined their family.

Next came Dillon, who now works with Pepperdine at the same Orange County campus as his mother. And in 1986,the Condons adopted a little girl from Texas. Following theirfamily tradition, the kids got to select the name of the newestfamily member. The other six children decided the babywould be called, “Tree.” The Condon parents coaxed theirchildren into accepting “Bree” as their new sister’s name.

By 1988, Condon was aPepperdine graduate studentworking on her Ph.D. at theOrange County campus of theGraduate School of Education andPsychology. At that time, theCondons had been chosen toadopt a child from a woman

before the expectant mother gave birth. They were shocked tolearn that not one, but two boys (Brady and Logan) hadarrived. The twins made additions eight and nine to theCondon family. Condon then set aside her doctorate programfor six months, but was able to complete her degree that sameyear. She has been teaching at Pepperdine ever since.

In 1991, the Condons adopted two baby girls—Ariannaand Alix—whom the family refer to as the “untwins” becausewhile born from different mothers, they are very close in age.

After eleven children, the Condons decided not to adoptany more babies. Instead, they flew to Sacramento to welcometheir first foster children, “Princess Zoe” and “Max the Muscle-man,” into the family. Little Zoe and Max are the most recentadditions to the Condon family, but they are not likely thelast. “We haven’t finished growing our family,” says Condon.

Alumna, faculty, and staff member of Pepperdine’s Graduate School of Education andPsychology, Margot Condon, discovered the rewards of adoption. She and her husbandsee adoption as a way to fulfill their two life goals: to give to others, and to live life tothe fullest. Even before her students presented her with Pepperdine’s DistinguishedTeaching Award, she and her family earned the “Family of the Year Award.”

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She draws from her past for inspiration in bothparenting and teaching. She describes growing up in herfamily as very caring and very strict. As they say, “The appledoesn’t fall far from the tree.” Condon’s father was the headof the renowned company, Karl’s Shoes, and she describeshim as very well liked. “He was honest, sensitive, andsharp,” she says. Her mother was a homemaker, whom she remembers as a fabulous cook.

Growing up, Condon also had a strong relationshipwith her younger brother, Mark Taxe, who passed awayfrom multiple sclerosis. “We got along beautifully,” she says.“I don’t think we ever had a fight.”

While getting along without a hitch may not exactlydescribe the Condon household today, the kids are veryclose. Being a parent of thirteen children, Condonacknowledges the amount of effort it takes to manage the family. She perseveres with the support of her husband and children. “The kids have been wonderful,” she says, “and our parenting is fifty-fifty.”

Part IIThe Career of Mother Condon

Margot Condon describes her career in higher educationas a “fulfilled dream.” She says, “From the first day I walkedinto the classroom as a teacher, I just knew that’s where Iwas supposed to be.”

After graduating from California State University,Northridge in 1961, Condon took her first job as a sixthgrade teacher. In 1991 she became a director for Pepperdine’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology,

where she is now a faculty member and assistant director of student teaching. She also substitutes with theHuntington Beach City schools once a month, teachingclasses from kindergarten to high school.

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“Never Give In”In a 1941 speech at his alma

mater, Winston Churchill said,“Never, never, never, never, innothing great or small, large orpetty, never give in except toconvictions of honour and goodsense.'' Elizabeth Dana (M ‘01),affectionately known as Betty, hassurvived by these words. She hasfought against giving in, and hasnever given up.

Growing up in New York,impoverished and dispirited,young Betty found refuge in theclassroom. She reflects on her firstteachers as inspirational, and herearliest experiences in the classroomas her only warm moments. Shealso reflects on her recentexperiences with Pepperdine’sGraduate School of Education andPsychology, and with Dr. MargotCondon, as life changing.

One positive memory of heryoung home life was a piece ofadvice given by her father. “Being ateacher is the most nobleprofession,” he often told her. On her first day of school, nervousyet hopeful, young Betty’s pockets were empty. When she sat at herfirst desk, she saw a dime taped to it. Each day of school, the classwould use their teacher’s gift to get a ten-cent ice cream. On the firstday of Dr. Condon’s class at Pepperdine, a book was waiting forDana on her desk. She was struck with nostalgic warmth.

Fighting to conquer adversity throughout her life, Danaattributes her life as it is today to Pepperdine. “Pepperdine gave mea career, an occupation, and a means of support for the first time inmy life.”

Between receiving her associate’s degree in 1976, andbeginning to study for her bachelor’s in 1997, Dana worked as aparalegal, a volunteer firefighter, and also for three nonprofitorganizations. Having attended Cazenovia College twenty yearsafter earning her associate’s degree, her life began to change.

In 1998, just before earning her bachelor’s degree, tragedystruck. Her best friend, Susan, died suddenly of anaphylactic

GANG’S ALL HERE. The Condon family at a wedding in Hawaii. From left toright: Nicole, Tristan, Anthony, Adam, Bree, Tyler, Dillon, Allen, Max, Alix,Arianna, Margot, Logan, Brady, and Zoe.

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An alumna of Pepperdine, Condon received her master’sand doctor’s degrees from the same Pepperdine graduateschool she has worked with for thirteen years. Above allelse, she considers herself to be, simply put, a teacher. Being

a good teacher takes more than the ability to teach. ToCondon, teaching means caring. “Caring for everything—caring for the students as individuals, for the class that isspending 180 days with you; caring that they needexcitement, they need motivation, they need to be involved.It’s just about caring.”

Graduate School of Education faculty member, ChrisEllsasser, speaks highly of his colleague. “Margot teaches byexample in the way she lives her life, and the care she showsfor her students.”

On the first night of Condon’s seminar class, studentsfind a book waiting for them on their desks. She buys thesewith her personal finances she says, because “I like to give.Teaching is not my job, it’s my hobby.” That first night shealso takes a picture of each student. In her office today atPepperdine’s Irvine campus, her desk faces the manypictures she has taken of her students that first day theyarrived in her class. Beneath the pictures she has writtentheir names and where they are now. Before passing herstudents from her class, Condon tests them against herhighest criteria for a teacher. She asks herself, “Would I want to put one of my kids in their class?”

From the beginning of her classes until the end, Condontells her students, “I hope to take the light that I see in youreyes and turn it into a flame.” She is not just a caringteacher, nor is she merely challenging—she is a mentor.“You have a piece of me in all of you,” she tells students.“Good or bad, you’ve got me.” She adds, “Hopefully, there’sa little good.”

She has a very simple teaching strategy: “to give mystudents all the things that work for me—things that youcan’t find in books.” She respects all of her students enoughto hold the highest of expectations for them. “I call all of mystudents ‘ladies and gentlemen.’” When someone expressesto her that they believe her young students are not yetmature adults, she replies, “But I expect them to act thatway.” Her respect is, at times, the first her students haveever received. She says it is a gift for them to test out—tosee how respect feels.

Many of her graduate students go on to follow Condon’sexample with their own classes, respecting students asadults, and using personal finances or parent donations tobuy books and school supplies that would not otherwise be available to them.

Condon’s sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Pollock, gave Margotwords of advice that have never left her. “Whatever you’regoing to be, be the best.” As a mother and as a teacher,Condon has learned her lesson—a lesson that she livesevery day, for her students, and for her thirteen children. v

shock—she was the same age as Dana.Susan’s death became Dana’s life alteringcatalyst. “I realized I’ve got to do somethingmore for the community and people,”she said. Dana then decided to moveto California.

Soon after moving to Orange County, shefound herself driving aimlessly. Lost anddistraught, she pulled her car into a randomparking lot and broke down in tears askingGod to show her a sign. That’s when shelooked up from inside of her car and saw asign on the building in front of her. The signread, “Pepperdine.”

She went inside, where the person at thefront desk engaged her in conversation. Hehanded her a packet, which she took homeand read. “It was just like magic,” sheremembers. “I was qualified to apply, so Iregistered the next day.” She began studyingwith Pepperdine in August 2000.

In May 2001, tragedy struck again.Dana's husband died suddenly of a heartattack. In the midst of her grief, the widowfaced the fact that her master’s programwould not be complete until the end of July,after which time she would have to beginstudent teaching. She says she got through

the program with her Pepperdine support system, which includedMargot Condon. “Do what you have to do to finish your career,”Condon told her. “Get past death, this is your future.” And BettyDana never gave up.

In 2003, Dana received the Wal-Mart Teacher of the YearAward. Sixth grade student, Dulce Larrea, nominated Dana for theaward. “When we needed help, she helped us,” wrote Larrea. Asteachers like Margot Condon taught her, Dana uses her personalfinances to buy necessities for her students like Dulce.

While reflecting on her difficult hardships in life, she thinkspositively. “If I didn’t fall down, I’d never know what hurt and painand suffering are,” she says. “And once you get back up, you knowwhat it feels like when other people fall down.”

Her words of advice are as priceless as a dime taped to yourdesk. “Remember to look up,” she says. “You never know whatmight be there when you ask God to show you a sign…It mightsay ‘Pepperdine.’” v

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When George Pepperdine delivered his 1937dedicatory address, he was clear about the purpose ofthe University that bore his name. “I am endowing thisinstitution,” he said, “to help young men and womenprepare themselves for a life of usefulness in thiscompetitive world, and to help them build a foundationof Christian character and faith which will survive thestorms of life.” Mr. Pepperdine could hardly havepredicted that within sixty-five years, more than 70,000alumni from fifty states and nearly 100 countries wouldhave earned a Pepperdine degree. Since graduation,many have likely realized that Mr. Pepperdine was right:the world is indeed competitive, and the storms of lifedo come. However, more and more Waves are findingcamaraderie and support in one of their greatestresources—each other.

According to Andrew Cruz, manager of alumnichapters and regional programs at Pepperdine, theUniversity has seven alumni chapters, and more are indevelopment. Led by volunteer alumni, each chapterhosts a variety of activities in its given area. Cruzexplains that the six types of chapter activities includevolunteer opportunities, family-oriented events, socialgatherings, business and networking functions, athleticoutings, and VIP/special events.

Though they organize a broad spectrum of events,alumni chapter presidents often find that the mostsuccessful activities are similar to those theyparticipated in as students. Mike Frueh, president ofthe D.C. Waves in the nation’s capital, notes, “Our bestactivities have centered around the school’s theme of‘Freely Ye Received, Freely Give.’” Frueh says thechapter has seen great participation in Step ForwardDay, Pepperdine’s community service tradition, for thelast two years.

Alumni chapters may not be in every city—yet—but there are opportunities across the nation and theworld for alumni, family, and friends to stay involvedwith the Pepperdine community. Staying connectedmay just be the thing to help alumni through the nextchapter of life after Pepperdine.

One of the best ways for alumni to stay connected is to keep intouch with the Office of Alumni Services and visit their Website, www.pepperdine.edu/alumni. There, visitors can updatetheir profiles and contact information in the alumni directory,find other local alumni, and stay abreast of Pepperdine-relatedevents in their area.

The Next Chapter:Alumni Groups Unite

While the stories of whatdrew students to GeorgePepperdine College are asunique as the alumnithemselves, there seems to be one constant: they wereinvolved in somethingimportant—something new.“It was exhilarating,” saysHarry Robert Fox, a memberof the graduating class of1944. Their excitement wascontagious, and the years of

1937 to 1972 represent aunique time in Pepperdine’s history, when bondsbetween students were tight, spiritual life was rich, andmorale on campus was at an all time high.

Listening to eighty-two year-old Fox, a worldtraveler and self-described “missionary preacher,” retell his Pepperdine College story is a delight. Hisstrong voice rings with the enthusiasm of youth andis seasoned with the wisdom of age. It’s not hard toimagine the young Fox’s first meeting with Mr. GeorgePepperdine, founder of the great Western Auto PartsCompany, seventy-four years ago. Pepperdine wasvisiting Fox’s parents, who were missionaries in ruralJapan. “I was eight years old,” he says, “and I stood inabsolute awe of that man.” Fox was inspired early onby Pepperdine’s humility and generosity, so when hehad the privilege of attending the dedicationceremonies for George Pepperdine College in 1937 withhis family, the sixteen year old knew that the “cutting-edge” college was in his future.

“I had always wanted to go to Pepperdine,” explainsFox, who eventually met his wife, Jeri, as a studentthere. “We absolutely loved it. I was part of thatyounger generation and just had that whole ‘spirit ofCalifornia.’ Pepperdine represented a breath of fresh air,and I wanted to be in on it.” Fox went on to graduatefrom and teach at his dream school, alongside many ofhis most respected instructors.

In the last five years, the University has endeavoredto help George Pepperdine College alumni like Fox

California Adventure

Harry Robert Fox

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former students. Fox enjoyed listening to Dr. Neil ClarkWarren, a member of the class of 1956, and well-known founder of eHarmony.com, speak at a specialworship service. James Smythe (B ’45), a formerprofessor and now archivist for the University, waspleased to see former student Charlotte Chase’s (B ‘61)watercolor paintings of the George Pepperdine Collegecampus exhibited. Chase generously donated one of herwatercolors to help raise money for the University’sarchival efforts.

Organized with the help of alumni Norma WadeYoung (B ’61) and Jon Washington (B ’63), the eventwas “the kind of fun you wish you could have everyweekend,” says Chris Sangster (B ’75), assistant dean of Advancement and Alumni Relations for Seaver andGeorge Pepperdine College. Sangster was especiallygrateful that President Andrew K. Benton, ChancellorCharles Runnels, and Dean David Baird were inattendance, noting, “It was great that they got to knowthis wonderful group of alumni.”

Every time Pepperdine College alumni gather, theywonder why they don’t reunite more often. Indeed,events like this serve as a keen reminder to both alumniand the University community that this diverse group isnot only part of Pepperdine’s inspired history, but itsvibrant future.

For information on events and services for George Pepperdine College alumni,please call the Alumni Office at (310) 506-4348.

recapture the “California spirit” that marked their timeat the school. By helping plan events such as a recentreunion in Palm Springs, the Seaver and GeorgePepperdine College Alumni Office is formallymobilizing this group to reunite and stay involved inthe Pepperdine community.

The “Grand Pepperdine Celebration II” took placethe weekend of September 26 through 28, 2003, at theDoral Palm Springs Resort in Southern California’sCoachella Valley. It was a beautiful desert setting farfrom the original campus in south Los Angeles, butsurrounded by mountains reminiscent of Pepperdine’smain campus in Malibu.

The weekend afforded opportunities for tennis andgolf, but the most popular events gave alumni thechance to sit down and catch up on life sincePepperdine. There were designated times when thevarious extracurricular groups, from Alpha Gammas toZeta Kappas, could congregate for a photo. EvenDolores—the beloved fountain statue (pictured right) inthe heart of the Promenade, the campus’ mainthoroughfare—made an appearance. The reuniondinner featured Dolores replicas as the centerpiece ateach table.

A special highlight for some of the 210 attendees,which included current University administrators andformer professors, was the opportunity to socialize with

a Adventure George Pepperdine College AlumniRecapture Spirit of University’s Early Years

By Jaime Buck

Architecturally stunning from every perspective, the newfifty-acre Drescher Graduate Campus, standing 765 feet abovesea level, represents the most ambitious construction projectundertaken by the university since the Malibu campus firstopened in 1972.

In the fall of 1971, before the opening of the Malibucampus, the Voice pictured Pepperdine’s third president, Dr.Norvel Young, on the cover. Above his article a quote read:“…if you have faith no bigger even than a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘move from here to there,’ andit will move.” During his tenure, the campus moved from itsLos Angeles location at 79th and Vermont to Malibu—sometimes referred to as the “Miracle at Malibu”—raisingPepperdine in prominence and stature.

Once again, President Young’s vision and words servedto inspire Pepperdine to literally move a mountain. Afterdecades of planning and years of hard work, the DrescherGraduate Campus—dreamed of since the 1980s—wasbrought to fruition in August 2003.

Named after generous Pepperdine benefactor, John F.Drescher, the campus required a Herculean effort involvingmore than 1,000 workers, several determined contractors,and moving 4.5 million cubic yards of dirt. With everyoneputting in extra effort over nearly ten years, the project

finished a whole term ahead of schedule and was opened to students, faculty, staff, and visitors in August 2003.

The campus houses three Pepperdine graduate schoolsincluding the Graziadio School of Business and Management,the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, andthe School of Public Policy. Also on the new campus areresidential housing units for students, faculty, and staff, a 300-space parking structure, the George L. Graziadio ExecutiveCenter, and Pepperdine's Heroes Garden (pictured right)—created to honor and remember the heroes of the September11, 2001, attacks on our nation.

For each large section of work there was one generalcontractor. Sukut Construction, a premiere large-scale earth-mover, worked on the vast infrastructure—the mainframeunder which the 50.4 acres of masterful architecture andlandscaping stand. They cleared nine billion pounds of dirt—230,000 cubic yards more than expected. Among the othercontractors were Millie and Severson, who built the academiccenters that boast the latest high-tech equipment anduncompromising facilities. Also, Wimsatt Contracting andKajima Construction developed the parking structure, and theOlson Company, who specializes in California housing, builtthe residential homes with their remarkable views andmodern interiors.

President Andrew K. Benton announced Pepperdine'sdecision to honor Norvel and Helen Young by “committingtheir names and theirdevoted legacy” to a newbuilding, which will beknown as the “M. Norveland Helen M. YoungCenter for the GraduateSchool of Education andPsychology.” The year-long campaign to namethe building for theYoungs has begun inearnest, with one millionof the planned three

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Moving Mountains By Gina Ledbetter

Wade Horn speaks at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology dedication.

Drescher GraduateCampus Looks To

the FutureGraziadio School of Business andManagement Dedication

More than 400 friends and supporters ofPepperdine and the Graziadio School celebrated theopening of its new building. Graziadio School DeanLinda A. Livingstone shared news of the continuinggrowth and momentum of the business school.Poised near the statue of school namesake GeorgeL. Graziadio, Dean Livingstone said, “Standingbefore this statue last night, I felt the spirit of thosewho had persevered in their vision for this campus.We have a great responsibility to honor and expandon that vision.”

School of PublicPolicy Dedication

In the palm tree-lined courtyard of theHenry and VirginiaBraun Center for theSchool of Public Policy,Dean James R. Wilburnremarked that theschool’s unique missionis grounded in theUniversity’s approach topublic policy, “founded on principles of freedomand limited government.” Theodore J. Forstmann,senior partner of Forstmann Little & Co., saidthat Pepperdine’s school understands “the truesource of freedom is spiritual. Today,” he said, “wenot only dedicate a building, but we empowera school.”

Graduate School ofEducation andPsychologyDedication

At the GraduateSchool of Education andPsychology celebration,Dean Margaret J. Weberremarked in her welcome,“Winston Churchill oncesaid, ‘We shape ourbuildings. Thereafter, our buildings shape us.’ If thatis true, what a blessing for our students who callthis place their own. It will undoubtedly serve asan inspiration to all those who pass throughthese doors.”

million dollars total needed already committed. Many of the otheracademic facilities have also been named after Pepperdine supporters,including the Beckman Management Center in the Graziadio School of Business and Management, the Braun Center for the School of PublicPolicy, and the George L. Graziadio Executive Center.

Pepperdine alumni seeking a corporate retreat, or a unique locationto host an executive workshop, can now look to their own alma mater.Unveiled in September 2003, and formally dedicated on November 1,2003, the Villa Graziadio Executive Center is a world-class meetingfacility. Offering fifty superbly appointed rooms and state-of-the-artmeeting spaces, it is open year-round for academic and businessretreats, conferences, and events.

“Our executive center is the only one in Southern California locateddirectly on campus,” remarked Kevin Quinn, director of sales for theVilla Graziadio. “As a result, visitors enjoy an environment conduciveto learning and collaboration.”

Within steps of the Villa Graziadio Executive Center, the 14,880-square-foot Heroes Garden sits on one of the highest buildable ridges of the Malibu campus. It was dedicated on September 11, 2003, andattended by Deena Burnett and her three children—twins Haley andMadison, and Anna Clare. Deena's husband, Graziadio School alumnusThomas E. Burnett, Jr., was a passenger on United flight 93. He iswidely credited as being among the courageous passengers who struckthe first blow against terrorism and prevented the plane from hitting its intended target in the nation’s capital.

The Heroes Garden is open to the public during daylight hours,365 days a year. The garden’s construction was made possible by agenerous gift from Al and Angie Strauss, in memory of their son, GaryStrauss. Pepperdine alumnus and Chairman of Pepperdine’s CrestAdvisory Board, Clark Cowan, provided additional support. The garden serves as a public space to pause, reflect, and honor those who sacrificed their lives on that fateful day.

The Pepperdine mission to strengthen lives for purpose, service,and leadership, lives on in the Drescher Graduate Campus. The campusserves as yet another reminder of what great faith and perseverance willafford those who believe deeply in moving mountains. v

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Mark Twain’s words capture a long-harbored fear for many Americans: going to the dentist. While “dentalanxiety” has been the subject of numerous medicalstudies, and the reason for many postponed checkups,Pepperdine alumnus Steven Bilt is busy addressing adifferent kind of dental anxiety—the concerns of thehealth care providers themselves.

Bilt is CEO and co-founder of Bright Now! Dental,Inc., the Santa Ana based dental practice managementcompany that is the largest provider of its kind worldwide.During February 2003, Bright Now! acquired a much

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“ Some people who can skirt precipices without a tremor have a strong dread of the dentist's

chair...Few of us are obliged to circumnavigate precipices, but we all have to take a chance at the dental chair.”

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larger competitor, literally quadrupling the company’s size overnight.

According to Bilt, the United States dental market—a sixty-eight billion dollar sector—is growing rapidly.However, half of the country is still not receiving dentalcare, a public health concern so grave that both theSurgeon General and Center for Disease Control andPrevention have initiated extensive programs to educateAmericans about the serious consequences of neglectedoral health.

These factors contribute to a complex business climateand put independent dentists, a group Bilt calls “the heart of our business model,” smack-dab in the middle of aserious dental dilemma: how can they be available to agrowing number of patients, continue to provideindividualized, quality care, and navigate the vast amountof administrative work necessary to run a medical office?

Bilt’s answer is to partner with these dentists andassume responsibility for the day-to-day businessfunctions of running dental practices, allowing dentists tomake the best use of their time with patients. “The averageprivate practice dentist can only spend sixteen to twentyhours a week taking care of patients,” Bilt explains.“Dentists who work with us literally spend forty hours aweek practicing dentistry . . . they get to do the thingsthey are best trained to do.” It also gives the 1.5 million

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patients who visit Bright Now! dentists every year moreone-on-one time with their dentists, and a more pleasantexperience in the dentist’s office.

“I use a business model called the Virtuous Circle,” saysBilt. “I take each of our constituents—patients, doctors,employees, investors—and put them on a circular graph. I then honestly ask myself and my management team,‘How are each of these groups winning with this model?’ If the model works for everyone—if everyone’s needs arebeing met—we replicate it. If it doesn’t work for someone,we go back, start over, and adjust it.”

Bilt’s straightforward, “win-win philosophy,” has notonly steadily grown the business since its founding in1998, it has won the loyalty of Bright Now! employees and caught the attention of leading professional servicesfirm Ernst & Young, which awarded Bilt the prestigious“Entrepreneur of the Year” award in June 2003. Alsosponsored by CNN, USA Today, and the Nasdaq StockMarket, the award is granted to men and women who,according to Ernst & Young, are “the backbone of ourcountry, and whose ingenuity and perseverance havecreated and sustained successful, growing businessventures.” As a result, Bilt joins the Entrepreneur of theYear Hall of Fame and Academy in good company. Othermembers include Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Computer;Richard Schulze, CEO of Best Buy; and Jack and AndyTaylor of Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

While he says that winning the Ernst & Young awardwas surprising, Bilt credits his entire team for workinghard to make it possible—he is quick to clarify that “wewon the award.” The win was especially rewarding becauseit wasn’t so long ago that the University of California,Santa Barbara, graduate worked for Ernst & Younghimself. Fresh out of college in 1988, Bilt was assigned theless-than-glamorous task of handing out name badges at

the Entrepreneur of the Year award ceremony. Last year hewon, and this year he’ll serve as a judge.

The honor comes as no surprise to those who knewhim during his time in the Presidential/Key Executive MBA(P/KE) program at Pepperdine’s Graziadio School ofBusiness and Management. Dr. Wayne Strom remembersBilt as “consistently positive with high energy anddisciplined focus,” and Dr. Otis Baskin calls him a “creditto the entrepreneurial tradition of Pepperdine.” Bilt says hewas initially drawn to the school because of a new career

path he was taking—transitioning from a financial role asCFO to an operational role as CEO of Bright Now! “I neverthought I was done in school,” comments Bilt, “and it wastime to expand my thinking.” Since receiving his degree in2001, Bilt has enjoyed guest lecturing for some of hisformer professors.

Though his business accomplishments are impressive,Bilt understands that “it’s important to refresh yourself,”and nothing is more refreshing than spending time withhis two children: eleven year-old daughter, Kendyl, andfour year-old son, Carson. Last year, he was bestowed thehonorary title of tribal chief for Kendyl’s Indian Princesstribe. This year, he steps up to the plate as Carson’s t-ballcoach, a position that Bilt relishes because he and his soncan share one of his longtime passions—baseball. Whenhe can, Bilt goes mountain climbing and occasionallymakes time for scuba diving.

It’s been six years since he co-founded the littlecompany that showed big promise. Flourishing under hiscareful leadership, Bright Now! is poised to get bigger andbetter. For millions of apprehensive Americans, it may beenough to make dental anxiety a thing of the past. vBilt with his eleven year-old daughter, Kendyl, and four year-old son, Carson

Steven Bilt at the corporate offices of Bright Now! Dental.

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Pepperdine AlumnaEnhances Securityfor the HomelandBy Wileen Wong

An executive order by PresidentBush on October 8, 2001, created the Department of Homeland Security(DHS). Not since President Trumanmerged the branches of the UnitedStates Armed Forces into theDepartment of Defense in the 1940shas there been a more significanttransformation of the UnitedStates government.

Assisting with the legislation andserving in other official capacities, isPepperdine alumna, Charity Azadian (B ’99, SC; M ’01, SPP). “It is like beingat a start-up company,” she explains,“We’re learning as we go.” And sheadds excitedly, “The people I work with are amazing, brilliant, and fun.”

Establishing the DHS involvedmerging twenty-two domestic agenciesinto one. Azadian works for Dr.

Penrose Albright, assistant secretary ofthe DHS, in one of the four major DHSdirectorates. Albright assisted with thecreation of DHS and the Science andTechnology directorate, which hasbecome the primary research anddevelopment arm of DHS. A significantpart of the directorate’s missioninvolves serving as an advocate andleader for developing and procuringcountermeasures in the areas ofnuclear, biological, chemical, andradiological threats.

Azadian explains that her role in the directorate has expanded over time.“Knowing I had degrees in publicpolicy and international relations, Dr.

Albright created a nichethat would requireinternational collaborationwith other countries.” Shewas assigned to theinternational affairsportfolio, and now createspolicies and strategies forthe countries with whichthe collaborates States

works.A presidential appointee of the Bush

Administration, Azadian shares thesame privileges as a White Houseemployee. She is often invited to spendmajor holidays with the President andFirst Lady. “I’ve met the President on acouple occasions,” she says, andexplains that while the President hasvery little time to spend with eachattendee at presidential events, she hasalso met him while walking throughthe West Wing.

Azadian loves her job because eachday is different, and she’s learned toprioritize based on what meeting or at



Accounting CareerSuits Seaver AlumnaJust FineBy Gina Ledbetter

The idea of becoming anaccountant weighed on Vanessa Hill’smind during her years at SeaverCollege. Competing career choices

included FBI agent,political scientist, and

psychologist. Yearsafter making herdecision, Hill will tellyou, “Becoming a

CPA is one of the bestchoices I ever made.”

Hill, a 1992graduate, initiallybalked at theaccounting

career. Her

parents, both FBI Agents, saidaccounting would give her a great start in any profession. She responded,saying it was, “too geeky.” And now?While she admits it took her a while to rid herself of the frightening imageof Rick Moranis as the nerdy CPA from Ghostbusters, she has sincedistinguished herself in the career and hasn’t looked back.

Hill’s venture into accountingstarted off in1992 when she joined thefirm of Neilson Elggren Durkin, whichspecializes in forensic accounting. Oneof her first tasks as a forensicaccountant was to investigate asuspicious bankruptcy. A mortgagelending company became insolvent inthe early 1990s due to the decline inreal estate values. The firm had beentaking money from new clients to payoff others and, by the end, some of thecompany’s owners fled the country.

While still working in litigation,Hill earned the prestigiousappointment of president for theCalifornia Society of Certified PublicAccountants (CalCPA) San Franciscochapter. State-wide, CalCPA has morethan 28,000 members. As a previousvice president, Hill’s CalCPApresidential term continues throughMay 2004. In her position aspresident, she works to promote andstrengthen the accounting profession.

“I have been very fortunate,” shesays, “to be involved with a fun groupof people who care deeply about theprofession.” She also studies part timewith the University of San Francisco,working toward her master’s inbusiness administration. Following hertenure as president, she says she plansto continue her active role in CalCPA,and play more softball with herhusband, Gary. v

Albright created a nichethat would requireinternational collaborationwith other countries.” Shewas assigned to theinternational affairsportfolio, and now createspolicies and strategies forthe countries with which

the United States works.A presidential appointee of the Bush

Administration, Azadian shares thesame privileges as a White Houseemployee. She is often invited to spendmajor holidays with the President andFirst Lady. “I’ve met the President on acouple occasions,” she says, andexplains that while the President hasvery little time to spend with eachattendee at presidential events, she hasalso met him while walking throughthe West Wing.

Azadian loves her job because eachday is different, and she’s learned toprioritize based on what meeting orproject is coming up. “I have meetings

School of LawAlumni BecomePremier Winemakersby Jerry Derloshon

Proving for the umpteenth time that a legal education provides a foundation for achieving excellencein a number of fields, several alumni of Pepperdine’sSchool of Law are producing a bountiful wine harvest inthe fertile soil of California’s central coast. Here areglimpses into their lives, their work, their dreams . . .

Gary Verboon (SOL ’81) sees his work as CEO ofRancho Arroyo Grande Wines, and his many otherbusiness pursuits, as an answer to the question he asksevery morning. “My prayer,” he says, “is, ‘God, what do Iget to create today?’” As CEO of the conglomerate AvacusCorporation, he has created or acquired a series ofcompanies reflecting his interests and passions. One ofthose passions is making wine.

The work goes on in earnest at the 4,000-acrehistoric Rancho Arroyo Grande, located in the Californiacentral coast, where his two wineries—Rancho ArroyoGrande and River Wild Winery—represent thefulfillment of a lifelong dream. Joining Verboon in theoperation of the dream are his wife, Tereze, and youngson, Ian. They acquired the winery in 1997.

Rancho Arroyo Grande holds production to 6,000cases per year from 230 acres of estate vineyards, andevery cluster is hand sorted for uniformity prior to crushing. Many of the limited release wines are soldthrough the company’s Web site (ranchoarroyograndewines.com), or through outlets in several states.

Verboon recalled his Pepperdine years saying theSchool of Law faculty had a profound effect on him. “I’ve applied the guidance and wisdom imported in classor from conversations many times when confronted withissues in my law practice or business operations.”

He adds that he makes a point of reconnectingpersonally with Ronald Phillips, former law school deanand now dean emeritus and vice chancellor of theUniversity. “He was an early role model, and todaycontinues to embody the finest example of a Christianprofessional. He acts as a great sounding board for newideas and concepts, and brings a true sense of wisdom tothe inevitable conundrums presented in a complex life,”says Verboon.

Adam Firestone followed the pioneering footsteps ofhis father, Brooks, into the first vineyards of the nowcelebrated Santa Barbara wine making region. His great-grandfather founded the well-known Firestone Tire andRubber Company, and Firestone Fieldhouse is named forhis grandfather, Leonard K. Firestone, a Pepperdinesupporter and former member of the Board of Regents.The Firestone legacy continues with Adam, who studiedbiology and law (SOL '93), then served in the MarineCorps and worked as a lawyer before taking over thereins of Firestone Vineyard in 1994.

Citing California’sregulatory climate as“oppressive,” the CEO ofFirestone Winery says it isfortunate he has aPepperdine law degree.“Pepperdine always had aheads up and practicalelement to its curriculum.This has armed us tonavigate some of the rocksand shoals rather thanbleating against them fromthe shores.”

The wine industry is fascinating to him. “Wineconsumption is undergoing a revolution,” he says.“Today, people are finding that wine, consumed inmoderation, will allow a dinner with family and friendsto last longer.” He adds, “People are also discovering thatwine in moderation drastically reduces the incidence ofcoronary and other disease. That gives you family,friends, and health. What could be better?”

Firestone Winery is a family operation. “That is theaspect of generational growth that is ultimately the most

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ALUMNI ON THE MOVE

Gary Verboon is the CEO of Rancho Arroyo Grande and River Wild Wineries.


Adam Firestone,Firestone Vineyard

ALUMNI ON THE MOVE

rewarding,” he says. Firestone and his wife, Kate, have fourchildren between the ages of two and fifteen, and he saysthey hold dear “the aspiration that at least one among themwill someday attend Pepperdine, and then take their turn atwinemaking, allowing us a littlemore time for travel.”

Geoffrey Rusack (SOL ’89)and his wife, Alison Wrigley, havealways enjoyed visiting theirlongtime friends, Adam and KateFirestone at the Firestone winery.The Rusack’s jumped on anopportunity Adam told themabout, and bought a forty-eight-acre winery in the Santa Ynez areafrom a dentist. That was in 1992.Today, Rusack Vineyards producesabout 5,000 cases per year, and the winery’s Web site(www.rusackvineyards.com) isn’t glamorizing the winebusiness when it boasts, “Nestled in a picturesque canyonamidst the oak-studded rolling hills between Solvang andLos Olivos lies Rusack Vineyards, a boutique winerydedicated to producing top-quality grapes and outstandinghandcrafted wines.”

Establishing Rusack Vineyards in 1995, Geoff and AlisonRusack are creating world-class wines with the highest

standards of production. Like their alumni counterparts,Rusack’s wines are truly “made by hand.”

Recalling his Pepperdine years, Rusack says, “The schoolgave me the ability to critically think about and analyticallypursue this increasingly competitive business. Ultimately,though, the Pepperdine law school helped me to pursue‘excellence’ in all aspects of my life and, most especially, in the wines that we make.”

Rusack Vineyards’ twenty-four acres produce winesprimarily from estate-grown grapes. The general manager isCatherine Kernott, a 1985 Seaver College alumna who grewup in the Santa Ynez area. An accounting major with “Big 8”experience, she traded the large accountancy environmentfor the sun-kissed hills and vibrant blue skies of the valleyshe once again calls home.

North of the Santa Ynez Valley in the famed Napa wineregion, still another Pepperdine School of Law alumna isplying her talents in California’s 33 million dollar wineindustry. Thrace Bromberger (SOL ’83) convincedacclaimed wine maker, Gustavo Brambilia, who coached herson’s baseball team, to go into business together. That was1986. Today, the Gustavo Thrace label produces 4,000 casesa year of what Bromberger calls, “super premium” wines.She says her Pepperdine law school degree comes in handyin everyday transactions involving contracts, tenant agreements, and counseling. v


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GEORGE PEPPERDINE COLLEGE1941Jane (Moss) Westerfield is a retired teacher and livesin Laguna Niguel, California.

1942Mary (Hilton) Appleberry is recovering from kneereplacement surgery. She has two grandsons, Taylorand Andrew. She and her husband, Bert, live inNacogdoches, Texas.

1946Logan J. Fox lost his wife, Madeline, in 1999. Hemarried Mary Luy in March 2003. They live in LosAngeles, California.

Paul L. Watson has been married for fifty-nine yearsto his wife, Sarah. They spent four and a half years asmissionaries in Nazareth, Israel. He is a minister withthe Churches of Christ, and his three sons are alsoinvolved in ministry.

1948Glover H. Shipp is the author of two titles on Islam.He lectures and conducts seminars around the worldon Islam, ethics, and other topics.

1949Gordon V. Herrmann and his wife, Wanda, celebratedfifty-five years of marriage in June. He was an elementaryschool administrator for thirty years, a Church of Christminister for twenty, and is now semi-retired.

1952Joseph Orlando wasinducted into the William L.Dickinson High School Hallof Fame in Jersey City, NewJersey. He and his wife,June, began an internationalphotography business, andhe previously worked with

Walt Disney. He produced a documentary of GeorgePepperdine College called, “Twenty-one Years.”

1956Betty (Ruby) Tolley taught for thirty-seven years, andretired in 1996. She and her husband, Robert, raiseHereford cattle in Camden, Arizona.

1957Virginia (Rodman) Salazar wrote a novel, Gone,published in 2003. She lives with her husband, Joe, in Whittier, California.

James Lockner works with the California AssociationDirectors of Activities, which he helped to found. Heand his wife, Mary, live in Torrance, California.

Edwin Follick is the rector at Cleveland ChiropracticCollege in Los Angeles, and serves as chaplain twice a year on European river ships.

1958Phil A. Pennington and Susan Osborne were marriedin November. Dr. James Smythe (B ’45, GPC)officiated. Phil is chairman of the Los Angeles CountyBeach Commission. He and his wife live in HermosaBeach, California.

Diana Gutheil and her husband, Eldon Gottschalk(B ’59, GPC), live in the desert where Eldon works andDiana volunteers. They have two children.

1959Ray Mossholder is retired and lives in Las Vegas,Nevada. He and his wife, Arlyne, have four children.

1960Kathryn (Miller) De Anda is a psychologist atLawrence Middle School in Los Angeles and plans toretire in 2004. She lives in Woodland Hills, California,with her husband, Cesar.

Barrie Fischer retired from his position with theRainbow Municipal Water District. He and his wife,Nancy, have been married for forty-seven years andlive in Oceanside, California.

Lloyd Hosman is a genealogist and teaches bibleclasses at OASIS, the largest senior citizen organizationin the country.

Paul M. Martin received a Doctor of Humane Lettersfrom Denver Seminary in June at the Denver Instituteof Urban Studies and Adult College.

1961Alan H. Cushman and his wife, Margie, have ninegrandchildren. He is involved with the MedescoAttachment and Implant Company, and lives in MissionViejo, California.

1964Ernest Martinez was a teacher for twenty years,became a lawyer at age forty-five, and has beenpracticing law for fifteen years.

1965Beverley (Smith) Royster works as an administratorwith the Los Angeles Unified School District. She has agranddaughter, Victoria Marie.

1966Charlynn (Greer) Murchison owns a company calledPhoto by Char. She and her husband, Sandy, live inGreen Valley, Arizona.

Ken Pence retired in 2001. He and his wife, Jean,were teachers and live in Placentia, California.

1967Beth (Benson) Ledbetter and her husband,Kenneth, are grandparents of two boys. Kennethworks at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.They live in Fairfax, Virginia.

1968Richard Mayfield is a Lutheran pastor and submitsweekly polls to the Summit Daily News. He resides inDillon, Colorado.

Ann (Persing) Martin became the first female mayorin the Village of Waverly, Iowa, in April 2003. She andher husband, James, have two children.

1969Kathleen A. Whiting retired in June after teachingelementary school for thirty-three years in PalosVerdes, California.

1971Marjorie Goodrich earned her Ph.D. in humandevelopment. She and her two sons live in PalosVerdes, California.

1972 Pam (Abono) Schartz teaches first grade with LynnHale Academy in Arlington, Texas. She and herhusband, Danny, have four children.

1973David G. Ottalini, (B ’73, M ’75, Special Programs)spent twenty years with CNN in Washington, D.C. Heis now the senior media relations associate at theUniversity of Maryland. He also co-writes a weeklycomputer column in a suburban paper and lives inSilver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, Margaret.

SEAVER COLLEGE 1974Carol (Clark) Martinez (B ’74, Special Programs) isthe associate vice president of communications for theLos Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau. She livesin La Crescenta, California, and has one daughter.

Allen Jang (B ’74, M ’78, SC) was selected by theGabrielino High School graduating class of 2003 toreceive their “Most Inspirational Teacher” award. Helives with his wife, Loan, in San Gabriel, California.

1975Stephen Holgate (B ’75, SC) retired from a twenty-year career serving overseas with the United StatesForeign Service as a state department diplomat. He isthe writer, producer, and star of a one-man play.

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Andrew Manos (B ’75, SC) is chief of staff at theCommunity Hospital of Long Beach. He graduatedfrom the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgeryin Des Moines, Iowa.

Birgie (Collins) Niemann (B ’75, SC) is vice president of External Relations at Rochester College inRochester Hills, Michigan. She and her husband,Scott, have four children.

1976Dallas Cooper (B ’76, SC) is senior manager for FacilitiesManagement at Southwest Power Administration inTulsa, Oklahoma. He has lived in Oklahoma for 15 years,and has completed nearly 25 years of federal servicewith the United States Department of Energy.

1977Roy Ball (M ’77, Special Programs) retired in February2002, after thirty-five years of federal service, andstarted a fundraising business. Roy and his wife,Carolina, live in San Antonio, Texas.

Clark Cowan (B ’77, SC) was the landscaping generalcontractor and donated plants for the Heroes Gardenon the Pepperdine Drescher Graduate Campus. He isalso the chair of the Pepperdine Crest Advisory Board.

Donald Clawson (B ’77, Military Programs) washonored as Citizen of the Year by the Meadville ElksLodge. He is an active member of the Meadville RotaryClub, and is president of the Wesbury UnitedMethodist Retirement Community.

Joseph Medina (B ’77, SC)is senior vice president andregional private bankingmanager for Wells Fargo &Company in San Diego. Heis a founding member ofPepperdine’s HispanicAlumni Association.

1978Preston M. Taylor (M ’78, Military Programs) retiredas brigadier general from the United States Air Force in1993 and served as assistant secretary in the UnitedStates Labor Department. He was city manager inCamden City, New Jersey, and is now the mayor ofLumberton, New Jersey. He and his wife, Audrey, livein Mount Holly.

1979Randal Jennison (B ’79, M ’81, Special Programs) is adiplomat in the Foreign Service, working in Islamabad,Pakistan, against Al Qaeda operatives. He iscompleting his second master’s degree at NationalDefense University’s National War College.

1980Barre Shepp (B ’80, Military Programs) retired as ameteorologist with the United States Navy’s HurricaneHunters in 1980, and is now director of veterans’affairs where he helps military veterans, including histwo stepsons who served overseas.

1981Dan C. Jessup (B ’81, SC) is the author of twobooks published by Zondervan and is a contributingauthor for numerous other books on youth ministry.He is also an editor for the Youthworker Journal,the regional director for Young Life in ColoradoSprings, Colorado, and president of the ServantLeadership Foundation.

1982William Nardoni (B ’82, SC) is an assistant baseballcoach at Crespi High School, and his team is the2003 division III CIF Champion.

Selina I. Glater (B ’82, SC) was appointed by thegovernor as a new member of the SonomaDevelopmental Center Advisory Board in August2003. She works on behalf of mentally ill anddisabled individuals in California.

1983Valerie R. (Miller) Von Fange (B ’83, SC) is self-employed as a musician and instructor. She and herhusband, Tim, live in Huntly, Virginia.

1984Vincent C. Butta (B ’84, SC) is the president ofDashing Diva Inc., and vice chairman of the 921Group. He is in an independent film, The BreakupArtist, with Ed Burns and Regis Philbin.

Donna Souza (B ’84, SC) graduated in July 2002from Azusa Pacific University with a master’s ofeducation. She is a single parent, teaches full time,and lives in West Covina, California.

1985Karen (Weissinger) Mier (BA ’85, SC) teaches secondgrade in Santa Maria where she lives with her husband,Michael, and their two children, Marlee and MaKayla.

Lori Michi (Zumwalt)Knight (B ’85, SC) marriedGlade in November 2001, in Cambria, California. Theyhad their first child, GriffinRondeau, on June 3. Michiteaches kindergarten forTorrance Unified. They live

in Laurel Canyon, California.

Marie Van Patten (B ’85, SC) and her husband,John Alexy, had their first child, William FremontAlexy, on August 28, 2003. Marie works for theOregon State Parks as an interpretive ranger. Shelives in Wilsonville, Oregon.

1986Kathryn (Scott) Brock (B ’86, SC) and her husband,Stephen, live in Las Vegas, Nevada, and have three kids.

1987Kimberly Dawahare-Vaught (B ’87, SC) is the ownerof Dawahare Law Firm. She and her husband, Dale,are expecting a new baby.

1988Kate (Skiff) Hood (BS ’88, SC) and her husband,Sean, had their second child on July 30, 2002.Nathaniel James joins his three year-old sister, Taylor.The family resides in Epsom, New Hampshire.

Troy Capell (B ’88, SC) is chief executive officer ofStrategic Financial and Real Estate Corporation andlives in Newbury Park, California.

1989Nicolla Hewitt (B ’89, SC) is a producer at NBC News,and has been involved with news of the war andpresidential elections.

Kimberly Larson-Ohlsen (B ’89, SC) completed theUniversity of Colorado residency program and startedher OB/GYN practice, “The Group for Women.” Sheand her husband, Taylor, had their second child, JadesTaylor, born February 19, 2003.

Peggy Lui (B ’89, SC) has been the workers’compensation coordinator at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena since 2002.

Laura Spriggs-Gray (B ’89, SC) and her husband,James, had a baby, James William Allen Keali’i. Theyreside in San Mateo, California.

1990Paisley (Harper) Clowe (B ’90, SC) and herhusband, Charlie, live in Ardmore, Oklahoma, withtheir two children.

1991Robert Arends (B ’91, SC) is a national publicrelations manager at the San Diego Convention andVisitors Bureau. He does freelance work for the NewYork Post and is an associate member of the Society ofAmerican Travel Writers.

Catherine (Carpol) Giblin (B ’91, SC) and herhusband, Jim, had their first son, Connor James. Theyreside in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Ann McCulloh (B ’91, SC) and George Neilson (JD’91, SOL) were married on July 6, in Columbia RiverGorge. Ann is a corporate account manager at Amgen.

Steven Rosenthal (B ’91, SC) moved to Wisconsinafter playing basketball in Israel for two seasons. Heplans to marry in 2004. Steven recently bought a fullservice repair shop, which is his second business inthe midwest.

1992Jami (Lederhandler)Eisenberg (B ’92, SC)married Peter on May 25,2003, at Calamigos Ranchin Malibu, California. Sheis currently a manager of finance at UnitedOnline, Incorporated.


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Jason Hawes (B ’92, SC) was named “Rising Star of Washington Law” by Washington Law & Politicsmagazine. He and his wife, Kristen, live in Bothell,Washington, with their two children.

Randy Tunila (B ’92, SC) and Lee Oliver were marriedApril 1, 2003. Randy works with Twentieth CenturyFox as vice president of information technology, andthey live in Manhattan Beach, California.

Eric Hagen (B ’92, SC) is partner at the law firmKirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles, where he practicesin the firm’s Intellectual Property and Litigationdepartments. He and his wife, Amber, live in SantaMonica, California.

Doug “Houston” Clark (B ’92, MA ’94, SC) workswith the San Diego based music software company,MusicMatch. His original band, Big Kid, released theirdebut CD, “You Must Be Kidding,” and they aregigging in Southern California.

1993April Anstett (B ’93, SC) and her husband, Jeff Brown,had a child, Joseph “Joey,” born in November, 2002.They live in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pamela (Behan) Elliott (B ’93, SC) works for NewYork Life. She teaches music lessons and is an organistand pianist for her church. She and her husband,Johnnie, live in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Vivianne Nacif (B ’93, SC) is teaching theatre to kidson probation and doing commercial voice-overs.

Richard Papera (B ’93, SC) and his wife, Stacey, had a new baby girl, Taylor. Richard is an account managerwith Evans Newton, Inc., and lives with his family inScottsdale, Arizona.

Sonia (Lau) Sebastiano (B ’93, SC) and her husband,Matteo, had a boy, Joseph Bensen. She and her familyreside in Anaheim, California.

Tiffany (Laster) Baggs (B ’93, SC; M ’96, GSEP) andher husband, John, had a girl, Reilly Emerson, born inJune 2003. They live in Laguna Niguel, California.

1994A. Adam Housley (B ’94, SC) has returned to West LosAngeles after spending three and a half months in thePersian Gulf, covering the war in Iraq with Fox News.

Martin Klein (B ’94, SC) finished his residency andjoined Hunterdon Family Physicians. Martin and hiswife, Laura, live in Flemington, New Jersey.

1995Chris (Brunner) Blake (B ’95, SC) and her husband,Chad, had a girl, Gracie Faye, born May 30, 2003.They reside in Turlock, California.

Stacey E. Candella (B ’95, SC) is the director of aprogram for homeless animals, Pets911.com. Theprogram was named the future of e-government byGovernment Technology magazine.

Ellen (Blackmun) Probst (B ’95, SC) marriedStephen on December 7, 2002, in Munster, Indiana,where they reside.

Julie (Severin) Frey (B ’95, SC) became a schoolcounselor for Pleasanton Unified School District after earning her master’s degree in marriage and family counseling. She and her husband, Andrew, celebratedtheir seven-year anniversary in 2003.

Jennifer (Firestone) Johnson (B ’95, SC) finished herresidency in internal medicine and pediatrics. She andher husband, Steve, have a daughter, Anna Helen.Steve is the general manager of a local golf course.

Paul F. Albright Jr. (B '95,SC) married Christy MarieStevens at St. FrancisWinery in Sonoma onOctober 11, 2003. Bothwere born and raised inMartinez, California, andnow live in Pleasant Hill.

The couple plans to honeymoon in Italy this fall.

Amy GeNelle Palmer (B ’95, SC; M ’97, GSEP)moved to Camarillo, California, and teacheskindergarten in Oxnard.

1996April (Becker) Burcham(B ’96, SC) married Gary in La Jolla, California, inJune 2003. Participants inthe wedding were Johanna(Adams) Penagos (B ’96,SC), Julie Weathers (B’97, SC), and Michelle

(Abi-Nader) Ogden (B ’96, SC). April is the assistantto the chair for the Computer Science andEngineering Department at the University ofCalifornia, San Diego. They live in Pacific Beach.

Erin (Stoen) Day (B ’96, SC) spent a year living in thesouth of France. She married Brad in March of 2002 inBeaulieu Sur Mer. They live in Denver, Colorado.

Jennifer (Wahlgren)Havel (B ’96, SC) and herhusband, Christopher,announce the arrival oftheir first child, EthanChristopher. Jennifer worksas a proprietor/designer forSignature Cakes.

David Hotchkin (B ’96, SC) graduated from theUniversity of Washington, School of Medicine in June2002, where he is completing his internal medicineresidency. David married Staci Eskeson in May 2003.Arik Housley (B ’96, SC) was in the wedding party.

Deborah (Lax) Torbert (B ’96, SC) is the officemanager at Albert Asher South Sea Pearl Company.She lives in New York, New York.

Jocelyn (McCord) Lee (B’96, SC) married David onAugust 9 at Pepperdine’sStauffer Chapel. The bridalparty included MandyWaldrop-Denson (B ’95,SC) and Amy (Sinnott)Burgard (B ’96, SC).

Jocelyn is studying at University of Nevada, Las Vegas,to become an elementary school art teacher.

1997Catherine (Manley) Womble (B ’97, SC) and herhusband, Brian, have a one year-old son, Brenden.They live in Saunderstown, Rhode Island.

Ann (Mononi) McKinley (B ’97, SC; JD ’00, SOL)married Michael (JD ’00, SOL) in August. She is anattorney at Dougherty & Landon.

Eryn Witcher (B ’97, SC; MPP ’99, SPP) is a producerfor MSNBC’s “Hardball With Chris Matthews.” She isalso the former press secretary for United StatesSenators of New Hampshire and Georgia.

Dyan Eberle (B ’97, SC) returned to teaching afterworking with Royal Caribbean. She is completing hermaster’s degree in culturally and linguistically diversestudents at California State University at Chico, andlives in Redding, California.

1998Ximena Del Carpio (B ’98, SC; MBA ’00, GSBM; MPP’00, SPP) is a third year doctoral student in politicaleconomy at the University of Southern California.

Tara Beth High (B ’98, SC) graduated from theUniformed Services University School of the HealthSciences in May 2003. As a lieutenant in the UnitedStates Navy, she will be stationed at Portsmouth NavalHospital. Tara resides in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Elisa (Bearly) Kimber (B’98, SC) married her highschool sweetheart, Adam,in April 1999. They had ason, Nathanael Gregory, inNovember 2002. Elisa is afreelance writer and graphicdesigner, and Adam is aminister at the NewlandStreet Church of Christ.

Jennifer (Saulsbury) Lange (B ’98, SC) marriedAnthony in August 2002. The wedding party includedMisty Tisher (B ’98, SC) and Traci (Stooks) Dermer(B ’98, SC). Jennifer is a marriage and family therapist.

Gina Lisitsa (B ’98, SC) graduated from GeorgetownLaw School in 2001 and opened her law office in2002. She lives in North Hollywood, California.

1999Chandra (Duistermars) Melton (B ’99, SC; JD ’02,SOL) married Adam (B ’99, SC). She is an attorneywith the Law Offices of Steven Hugman.


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Vanessa (Lemen) Jahn (B’99, SC) married Colin inMarch 2003. Alumni inattendance included JamieNoling (B ’99, SC), KathyHua-Di (B ’99, SC),Lindsay Roche (B ’98, SC),and Julie Rechsteiner (B

’99, SC). Vanessa is the public and media relationscoordinator for the Pepperdine Graduate School ofEducation and Psychology, and Colin is an art directorat Colby and Partners in Santa Monica.

Jessica (Hemenway) Knapp (B ’99, SC) is pursuing adoctorate at Arizona State University where she isresearching math education. Jessica and her husband,David, live in Tucson, Arizona.

Kristi (Detlefsen) Peterson (B ’99, SC) works withNike Golf. She celebrated her first anniversary withher husband, Bryce, in September. They live inPortland, Oregon.

Andrea (Nelson) Pohlot (B ’99, SC) and her husband,Joe, married in June 2001 in Montana. She is a highschool history teacher and lives with her husband inStudio City, California.

2000Stasie (Page) Benghiat (B ’00, SC) is a middle schoolEnglish teacher in Simi Valley, California. She marriedJason on April 19, and the couple moved into theirfirst home in Simi Valley.

Carrie Cain (B ’00, SC) is an associate producer forthe television show, “Nine Country Living.” She lives inSan Jose, California.

Brooke (Blum) Howell (BA ’00, SC) married Matthewon April 12. Brooke is a first-grade teacher atWashington Mill School in Alexandria, Virginia. Sheand her husband live in Concord, New Hampshire.

Amber (Causey) Jackson (B ’00, SC) and herhusband, Jason, had their second boy, ChandlerDrew, in November 2003. Amber lives with herfamily, in Fontana, California.

Julie (Broad) Osterman (B ’00, SC) and herhusband, Joel (B ’00, SC), have purchased a newhouse in Houston, Texas. Julie is working withSouthwest Art magazine as associate editor, and Joel is account manager of national accounts withAeroMexico Airlines.

Ryan S. Reeve (B ’00, SC; M ’03, GSEP) received hermaster’s degree from Pepperdine’s Graduate School ofEducation and Psychology in Culver City.

Nicki (Salonga) Stewart (B ’00, SC) married Treveron August 31 in Portland, Oregon. The weddingparty included Jennifer (Beam) Olson (B ’00, SC),Jane (Smithwick) Hutchens (B ’01, SC), JulieJaqua (B ’00, SC), Kristen Bradford (B ’00, SC),Leigh Cullum (B ’00, SC), Mike Hutchens (B ’00,SC), and Jerry Gray (B ’00, SC).

Lilly T. Vue (B ’00, SC) is finishing her final semesterat Western State University College of Law.

Valerie (Masse) Womack (B ’00, SC) is Mrs. TexasGlobe, 2003. She is also the official state spokespersonfor the Women In Need Foundation. In 2002 shelaunched a line of baby products through hercompany, Shabby Palace.

Katy B. (Baucum) Yates (B ‘00, SC) and her husband,John, had their first child, McKenna Elise, on June 26.

2001Stephanie L. Arsenault (B ’01, SC) is a chemist/GCanalyst with APPL International Inc. She is finishing amaster’s program in Chemistry at California StateUniversity Fresno.

Jaime L. Buck (B ’01, SC) worked in the Christianmusic and fitness industries for over two years. Sherelocated from San Diego to Malibu, and now workswith Pepperdine’s Public Relations and News Office.

Kristina L. (Lanza) Gower (B ’01, SC) and herhusband, Jeffrey, celebrated their first year weddinganniversary. They live in Springfield, Missouri.

Allan Minahan (B ’01, SC) and his fiancée, JenniferFlint (B ’01, SC), are engaged to be married in May2004. Jennifer completed her master’s degree inhuman nutrition at Washington State University, andis a registered dietitian at Providence Everett MedicalCenter. Allan works in dentistry and lives in Seattle.

John R. Moreland (B ’01, SC) is currently workingtoward his master’s in urban planning from theUniversity of Washington.

Ashley L. (May) Negard (B ’01, SC) marriedChristian on April 12, 2003, and will attend San JoseState to pursue a master’s degree in public health.

Aurora (Jernigan) Wiley (B ’01, SC) was married inApril 2003, and is studying at Denver UniversityCollege of Law.

Kaci Y. Young (B ’01, SC) married Jamone Pattersonon September 18, 2003 at Pepperdine. She has beenworking with the nonprofit industry for two years.

Breanne Botch (B ’01, SC) is engaged to Aaron Bailey.He is a 1999 graduate of the United States MilitaryAcademy at West Point, NY. The wedding will be inOctober 2004.

2002Kelli Stember (B ’02, SC) works with the motionpicture division of Sony Industries.

Sarah Montgomery (B ’02, SC) married JosephHalbardier in July. Joseph is attending Pepperdine’sSchool of Law.

Susan M. (Jahner) Melton (B ’02, SC) is planning toattend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for hermaster’s degree in kinesiology and athletic training. Shewill be moving with her husband, Jeffery, to Las Vegas.

Nicole Trouw (B ’02, SC) and Brian Wagner (B ’03,SC) were married on June 22. Alumni in the weddingparty included Asheley Epperson (B ’02, SC),Lindsay Blanchard (B ’02, SC), Chris Van Velzer (B’01, SC), Jarod Adair (B ’02, SC), and Michael Askay(B ’02, SC). Nicole and Brian live in Arizona.

2003Sophie S. Soong (B ’03, SC) lives in Eugene, Oregon.She works as a reporter and anchor with televisionstation, KPIC, the Eugene CBS affiliate.

SCHOOL OF LAW 1974

Mary Pat Toups received theAmerican Bar Association 2003Pro Bono Publico Award. Herthirty-year practice of law hasbeen on a pro bono basis. Shespent a decade volunteering torepresent seniors.

John “Skip” Adams married Ingrid in 2002 andmoved to Palm Desert, California. He handles thepersonal injury cases for two law firms.

1976Veronica (Moskowitz) Gray is a trial lawyer withJackson, DeMarco & Peckenpaugh. She practicesphotography in her world travels. Photographs fromher work were put on display at Chapman UniversitySchool of Law in an exhibit that she called “In Focus.”

1984Kevin Boyle relocated his Northern Virginia office toReston Town Center, where he lives with his wife, Judy.He also opened offices in Brussels and Milan.

1987Kate (Taub) Corrigan is a founding partner ofMolfetta & Corrigan law firm and works on criminaldefense cases. She lives in Corona Del Mar,California, with her husband, Brian, and theirtwo children.

1989Barbara (Bayliss) Jonesjoined the law firm of Haleand Dorr after practicing inLondon for 13 years. She isnow senior partner in theBoston office. While atPepperdine, she was editor-in-chief of the Law Review.

1990Diane Irvin plays in the Ladies Professional GolfAssociation, competing among the world’s mostcelebrated female golfers. She currently lives inPacific Palisades, California.

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1991Jacquelyn (Wolfe) Virgillo married Sergio in May2002, and lives in Cave Creek, Arizona. She is a chieffinancial officer and senior property manager withCutler Commercial Real Estate.

1995Armand Arabian won the St. Gregory Medal of Honorfor professional and other achievements. He retired asjustice of the Supreme Court and lives in Tarzana,California, with his wife, Nancy.

Edward “Sean” L. Doheny and his wife, Jennifer, arenew parents of Liam Francis. Edward started a practicein La Jolla, California, after seven years with the LosAngeles City Attorney’s office.

1996Heather (Asplund) Riel married Jeff in April 2003.She works with the Orange County Superior Court inSanta Ana and lives in Anaheim, California.

Jill Scala is a professor of communication at SantaBarbara City College.

1997Madeline Heller works in mediation and arbitrationservices and lives in Santa Monica, California.

1998Daniel Giddings married Catherine Donohue in San Marino, California. He is a corporate attorney at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in LosAngeles, California.

1999Victoria E. Conover moved to the Detroit area and isworking in finance. She lives in Royal Oak, Michigan.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY 1999Douglas Morrison created the winning team for theBio Terrorism Surveillance System in Washington D.C.He was a presenter and panel member at the ESRINational Health Conference and the CaliforniaEmergency Services Conference.

2000Evelyn Aleman is the mother of two year-old JuliaMacias. She works as a freelance writer and publicpolicy analyst with the Pat Brown Institute, and iscommissioner of Adult Day Health Care.

Melisa Carroll relocated to San Diego and is a grantwriter for Interfaith Community Services, a nonprofitorganization that assists those who need helpbecoming self-sufficient.

Danita Leese had her second child, Jenay Tenaya, inJune. She chose her daughter’s middle name, Tenaya,from the creek that runs through Yosemite and fromthe Indian word, “to dream.”

2001Leah Pease is a vice consul at the U.S. Embassy inCaracas, Venezuela, where she will be through spring2004. Her next posting, in the summer of 2004, is toBelfast, Northern Ireland.

Kimberlee (LaGree) Ross is currently a researchassociate and project manager/regional coordinator atthe Urban Institute.

David Vela is a field deputy on the Los AngelesCounty Board of Supervisors. He oversees East LosAngeles, Montebello, Monterey Park, and Commerce.

2002Alicia (Sherman) Weintraub is a management analystfor the Community Development Department of CulverCity, California. She celebrated her one-year anniversarywith her husband, Adam, in September 2003.

Peter Westerholm is a strategic planning analyst inthe Budget Office of Tennessee’s Department ofFinance and Administration.

2003Brenda Willging is a project planner with ResourceDesign Technology, Inc. in Laguna Hills, California.

GRAZIADIO SCHOOL OFBUSINESS & MANAGEMENT 1971George “Bob” Bales, a former Disney artist andPepperdine officer, is the author of two books, “ErniePyle a Hoosier Childhood,” and “Ernie Pyle’sSouthwest.” He has completed a new manuscript anda painting of the crucifixion.

Suk Kim is a professor of international finance at the University of Detroit Mercy in Michigan.McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers,released his research monograph called “North Koreaat a Crossroads.”

1973Richard Willich was inductedinto Ripon College’s AthleticHall of Fame. He is presidentand chief executive officer ofMedical DevelopmentInternational, a medicalservices organization based inLeesburg, Virginia.

1975Thomas Hewett is a professor with Kaplan College.He developed an MBA program and does projectmanagement for the HIV/AIDS initiative. He lives withhis wife, Brenda, in Marietta, Georgia.

Albert Martinez celebrated his sixty-fifth birthday andtwenty-two years of surviving leukemia. Albert ismanaging a Century 21 office in Irvine, California,where he lives with his wife, Maria.

1977Joe Chimento and his wife, Leone, have six grand-children. He is a supervisor with Flavor Producers, Inc.,and lives with his wife in Granada Hills, California.

1980Herbert Trumpoldt retired from Dana Corporation,and is active as a past international officer with RotaryInternational. He lives in Yorba Linda, California.

1981Louis “Nick” Nicholson helped to develop a realestate brokerage company, Nicholson Pierce RealEstate. He lives in Mission Viejo, California.

1982 Joseph Chiacchieri retired after fifteen years withHughes Aircraft/Raytheon, and is now a contractnegotiator with Lockheed Martin. He coaches inlinehockey for the Ponderosa High School varsity program,and lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with hiswife, Debra.

Randy Matusoff is a vice president with NAI CapitalCommerical. He and his wife, Michelle, live inHuntington Beach, California.

Ernest Turocy is executive vice president and chairoperating officer with American Dawn, Inc. He lives inAgoura Hills, California, with his wife, Angela.

Marcia (Blackwell) Ullal moved from Santa Cruz toSanta Clarita. She traveled abroad to visit her son,Lance, who is stationed with the United States MarineCorps in Rota, Spain.

Darwin Simpson retired as major general after thirty-seven years with the South Carolina Army NationalGuard. He received the Legion of Merit Award.

1984Herman Suryoutomo teaches at several universitiesand is involved in business activities while semi-retired.He and his wife, Monica, live in Fremont, California.

1985Tom L. Anderson is the chairman and chief executiveofficer of Tom L. Anderson LLC, mayor of Deephaven,Minnesota, and president of the Historical Society.

John McCutcheon retired in July 2003 from TRW, Inc.,and is now a part time private consultant. He lives inTucson, Arizona, with his wife, Mary.

David Mudd spent five years in Paris as director ofEuropean operations with Air Uquide America. He andhis wife, Linda, now live in Houston, Texas, with theirthree children.

1986William C. Boni is vice president and chief informationsecurity officer at Motorola. He is on the board ofdirectors for the Computing Industry Association. Heand his wife live in Bartlett, Illinois.


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1987Robert J. Turner is senior vice president of HumanResources at First Federal Bank of California. He waspreviously vice president of administration at IndustrialVortex, Inc., and operated his own human resourcesconsulting firm.

1988Edward J. Phillips is a full colonel and heads theStrategic Planning and Assessment Division of theNational Security Space Architect Office inWashington, D.C. He and his wife, Dewanne, livewith their four children in Great Falls, Virginia.

Mary A. Klarich is the second principal at La SalleHigh School. She was previously the assistantprincipal of Wapato High School for four years. Shenow lives in Westminster, California.

1989Don Kimball is vicepresident and chieffinancial officer of theNewhall Land and FarmingCompany. He is a certifiedpublic accountant andserves on the Santa ClaritaValley Chapter of the

American Diabetes Association board of directors.

Lorna Paugh is the Insurance and Banking first vicepresident of Human Resources for CountrywideFinancial Corporation. Lorna and her husband, JP,have two children, Jeremy and Michaela. They live inIrvine, California.

John Szymanski is the regional anti-terrorismplanning manager for West Sound in Kitsap County’sDepartment of Emergency Management. He is also aboard member of the Washington State Association ofBoundary Review Boards.

1990Mike Greene is vice president of sales and marketingat Flo-Kem, Inc., a chemical manufacturing company.He and his wife Linda, have a three year-old son,Aaron, and live in Mission Viejo, California.

1993Sara Crosby is director of diversity for Astra ZenecaPharmaceuticals. She and her husband, Davis Hartman,live in Scottsdale, Arizona, with their two children.

1994Ken Loewen is a manager with Deloitte Consultingand passed the Project Management Professionalexamination. He is a certified public accountant anda management accountant. He lives in ThousandOaks, California.

1995Barbara Singleton works in the DevelopmentDepartment with the California Symphony. She livesin San Francisco, California.

1996Andrew Escalante is the owner of Bu-Ba Beauty SuperCenter. He and his wife, Heidi (Polenz) (B ’92, SC), livewith their three children in Westlake, California.

Eric Geiger is a marketing manager for MGM Studios.He lives in Van Nuys, California.

1997Patrick Maguire is president and chief executiveofficer of Targent Incorporated. He and his wife, Dena,live in Princeton, New Jersey.

Scott Martin is a director of distribution for Motorola.He is moving to Honolulu, Hawaii.

1998Bianca (Sterling) Jackson married Wayne inDecember 2001. They live in Anaheim, California.

1999Joanie Isetta is a manager-partner of technicaldevelopment for Cisco Systems. She bought her firsthouse in San Jose, California.

Jason Redmond married Shannon in the summer of2002. He works as a senior loan consultant at WorldSavings Bank and lives in Huntington Beach, California.

Richard Zavadil was commissioned in the MedicalService Corporation of the United States Air Force. Heis stationed in San Antonio, Texas.

2000Jacqueline (Plumleigh) Scheidt married Bruce Carletonon May 25, 2003, in Maui, Hawaii, where they reside.

Diana Cruz is a retirement plan consultant withNationwide Financial for the greater Los Angeles area.

Mario Inga is senior manager at Standard Parking inLos Angeles and lives in Hawthorne, California.

Michael Nicks and his wife, Suzanne (Hornby) (MBA ’00, GSBM), had a girl, Charlotte Lillian, on May 13, 2003. They live in Oak Park, California.

2001Ronald Bader and his wife, Christine, had their thirdchild, Cameron, born in April 2003. Ronald and hisfamily live in Folsom, California.

Brett Bonecutter is a part time firm financial/operations management consultant and serves as anassistant pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church. He andhis wife, Gina, and their three children live in NorthHills, California.

Terrence J. Branley owns a real estate investmentcompany and lives with his wife, Beth, in HuntingtonBeach, California.

Thomas de Jong is director of sales for the westernregion of Tessco Technologies. He lives in Reno,Nevada, with his wife, Karen, and their two children.

Anne Grey is chief operating officer of field andprograms for the American Heart Association. Shelives in Dana Point, California.

Nathan Olsen is president and founder of BelmontStore Youth Football/Cheer Association in LongBeach. He lives with his wife, Lisa, in NewportBeach, California.

Jose Rosales is accounting manager forconstruction at The Kor Group. He and his wife,Herminia, live in Los Angeles.

2002Matthew Krueger is engaged to Elizabeth Jaeger.The couple plans to marry in spring 2004.

Erin (Timmins) Nay married Robert in Charlestown,Massachusetts. She is a western region businesssupport manager at Johnson & Johnson. They live inYorba Linda, California.

Ryan Stiff is a project manager with IBM, and lives inAnaheim Hills, California.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OFEDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY 1973Christen Anderson is an interim pastor with PeaceLutheran Church. He retired as a colonel in the ArmyChaplains after thirty years of active duty and fortytotal years in military service.

1974Robert H. Maylum is guest teaching in Nevada, andhas a new great-grandson, Jeramiah. His son, David,retired in June.

1975Alice Bowman retired as the center supervisor for theLos Angeles Unified School District. She lives in VanNuys, California.

1977Ruby A. Wallace is department chair of Basic Skills atLos Angeles Southwest College and director of theLearning Resources Center.

1978Mike Espino taught for twenty-seven years with theSanta Maria-Bonita Elementary School District. Helives in Lompoc, California, and has eight childrenand five grandchildren.

1984Linda M. Tull-Paige moved from Azusa, California,to Silver Spring, Maryland, and works with Jones Dayin Washington, D.C.

1988Ann Duncan moved to Culver City from Berkeley,California, and is director of the Board of Directorswith California Savings Bank.


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1991Diane M. Kline teaches for the Desert Sands UnifiedSchool District in Palm Desert, California, and is directorof the K-12 curriculum serving twenty-seven schools.

1992Karen L. Clad is a psychotherapist with a private practicethat helps families and children with special needs. Shelives in Corona Del Mar, California, with her husband,Joseph, and daughter, Emma.

1993Karin S. (Salisbury) Hart is a licensed clinicalpsychologist in Westlake Village, California, and is the co-chairperson for the Los Angeles CountyPsychological Association Disaster Response.

1994Gloria R. (Carrillo) Valenzuela works with the LosAngeles Unified School District in the infant/preschoolprograms. She and her husband, Bernard, live in LosAngeles, California.

1995Monica Martocci is clinical director of the AdolescentDual Diagnosis Residential Treatment program. She is afounding board member of the adolescent nonprofitorganization, Building Community Without Walls.

Lyn (Carollo) Morris is licensed as a marriage and familytherapist, and is a program director of adult services withthe Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center.

Malinda (Wozniak) Marcus and her husband, Jason,had their second child in January 2003. They live inEncino, California, with their children, Sara and Noah.

1996Faye Mostafavi received her Psychology degree in 2003,and is a psychologist with Advanced Sleep Medicine.

Laurie (Feldman) Okum moved to Beverly Hills with her husband, Todd, and their two children.

Steven Parsons has a realty business on the island ofKauai, Hawaii. He and his wife, Catherine, have adaughter, Callie Ann, born in April 2000.

Michelle Levesque has her marriage and family therapylicense and is a social worker for the Los Angeles CountyDepartment of Children and Family Services.

Debra A. Ruby is writing a book proposal for a newEnglish as a Second Language textbook, and is teachingand tutoring part time.

1997Wendy Anderson-Shouse has completed all of the pre-licensure requirements in the field of marriage and familytherapy and will soon be licensed.

Gary M. Sussman returned from Iraq where he was partof a mental health team providing services to U.S. troopsand Iraqi civilians. He and his wife, Kristie, are expectingtheir second child in March 2004.

Ju-Yin A. Yen married David Kensinger in July 2003. Sheis a third grade teacher with Taft Elementary School inSanta Ana, California.

1998Danielle Filiatrault-Cordry graduated with a Ph.D. inindustrial and organizational psychology and is presidentof Cordry Management Consulting.

Julie S. Liu is a doctoral candidate and a mental healthspecialist for the District of Columbia Department ofMental Health.

Karen S. Smith married Joe Engle in August 2000. Sheis a residential loan consultant with her husband at LoanSmart, Inc., the company they started in June 2002. Theylive in Simi Valley, California.

1999Amy Barrett earned a school counselor certification andlives in Seattle, Washington.

Thomas Littlefair is the principal at Santa Maria HighSchool. He and his wife, Georgene, live in ArroyoGrande, California, with their two children.

2000Annie (Mai) Bevacqua is working on establishing a nonprofit organization that focuses on peaceeducation. She lives with her husband, Jason, in NewportCoast, California.

Lesley C. Stahl is attending the clinical doctorate of psychology program at Pepperdine.

Deborah R. Greene is an administrator in the Deaf andHard of Hearing Department of the Los Angeles UnifiedSchool District. She lives in Simi Valley, California, andowns horse property and three horses.

2001Desiree Haynes was awarded a grant from thePennsylvania Campus Compact Organization to organizethe 2003 “Chester’s Women’s Health Forum.” She lives inYeadon, Pennsylvania.

Bridget Feely is a master teacher in her third year ofteaching. She is a grade level chair and was the “Rookieof the Year” in 2001 with the Hawthorne School District.

Jennifer L. Trott is engaged to be married in April 2004,and lives in Annapolis, Maryland.

2002Julieann Laraway is an outpatient therapist. She andher husband, Adam, have just purchased their first homein Palmdale, California.

Victoria Coleman completed her first year in a clinicalPh.D. program at American University, and worked withthe National Institute of Health in Washington, D.C.

Anna Hutton completed her postdoctoral fellowship inNew Orleans, Louisiana, at the Children’s Hospital. Sheplans to move to New Hampshire and open a privatepractice in clinical neuropsychology.

Sean Iversen is a deputy probation officer with the LosAngeles County Probation Department. He started hisdoctorate of psychology program and is learning to speakDanish and Tagalog.

Alexandra Mitchell is studying at Texas A & MUniversity for her Ph.D. in clinical psychology.

2003Juliet Ballard is assistant director with the College ofEngineering at the University of Michigan. She and herdaughter live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

IN MEMORIAMPreston G. Lane (B ’57, GPC) passed away at age 78 onApril 14, 2002, at his home in Corvallis, Oregon. Heserved in the 222 Infantry Regiment of the RainbowDivision in World War II, where he received a bronze starand retired in 1989. He is survived by his wife, Marianne,and two sons.

Ralph Webster (MBA ’74, GSBM) passed away onAugust 11, 2003, in Tucson, Arizona at age 62. Heworked in the aerospace industry for 37 years and wascorporate vice-president at General Dynamics. He issurvived by his wife, Judy, and their four children.

La Doska Griffin (MBA ‘97, GSBM) passed away onDecember 20, 2002, in Cypress, California.

Nicholas A. Buzolich (B ‘47, GPC) passed away atage 84 on February 25,2003, of congestive heartfailure. A great collegebasketball player, he wasinducted into the San PedroSports Walk of Fame in

1993. He is survived by his wife, Avis, to whom he wasmarried for over 50 years, and their son, Nick Jr.

Deward "Dewey" R. Parke passed away on December1, 2003. He was a halfback on Pepperdine’s 1947National Championship Football Team, and served aspresident of the Alumni Board for two terms. He issurvived by two sons and two daughters.

Glen Hemingway (B ’47, GPC) passed away on January25, 2003, at 81 years old. He was a retired senior vicepresident of marketing for AT&T and a United StatesNaval veteran of WWII. He was a member of theTelephone Pioneers of America, Naval Officers Club, andthe Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and he received theBoard of Governors award from Pepperdine for personaland professional achievement. He is survived by his wife,Betty, and two daughters.

Carolina Williams-Kaback (B ’82, SC) passed away onDecember 8, 2003, at 42 years old. She served as co-president of the Parent Teacher Association at EdisonLanguage Academy, and maintained a strong chiropracticpractice in Venice. She is survived by her husband, Doug;children Eric, 10, and Arianna, 7; father, Vicente Williams,the vice president of Honduras; mother, Liliana Zelaya;and four brothers and sisters.

Edward J. Dowling (MBA ’76, GSBM) passed away inAugust 2002, at age 60. He worked with Coors BrewingCompany and is survived by two daughters.

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Pepperdine athletics director, Dr. John Watson, shared hisvision for creating a new athletics image with the UniversityBranding Team in February 2003. The effort has resulted in an exciting new look that was introduced in the fall—sparkingrenewed pride in the University’s highly successful athleticsprogram. Watson notes that the coordinated look representsPepperdine in a first-class, professional manner, delivering aconsistent image and experience throughout Pepperdine’sathletic program.

While several firms around the country specialize indeveloping athletic branding programs, Dr. Watson turned to Pepperdine’s University Design department to assist him in bringing the vision to life. The highly talented design teamincluded Rick Gibson, director of Creative Services, HeidiLundgren, creative director, and Keith Lungwitz, art director.They went to work on the challenging project, exploring over150 designs, word marks, and logos. The team worked withDr. Watson and Eric Foote, assistant athletics director, inmaking the final design decision.

After getting input from players, coaches, and alumni, thefield of contenders was narrowed to a final word mark andlogo that all members of the team agreed captured the forwardand action-oriented aspects of athletic competition, while

maintaining the image of quality and excellence thatexemplifies Pepperdine.

The new branding initiative consists of a custom-designedPepperdine word mark, a new font that is unique to athletics,and a new wave logo. The new “spirit” colors for Pepperdineare dark blue and a muted shade of orange. A style guide willbe published detailing how and when these new images are tobe used. And most importantly, the new marks and logos canbe seen on uniforms, the Robert L. “Duck” Dowell Basketballcourt at Firestone Fieldhouse, and the new Waves Ware line of athletic merchandise available at Firestone Fieldhouse,through the Athletics Department, and online.*

The new athletics logo program represents a veryimportant first step in the University’s new branding initiative.Dr. Watson says, “Our athletic teams are among Pepperdine’smost visible and influential ambassadors, so it was critical thatthey represent the University in a consistent and impressivemanner. This new program assures that the high level of skilland competitive fervor that our athletes consistently display ismatched in excellence and style by the gear they wear and thevenues in which they host their opponents.” v

* Please refer to the back inside cover for more information.

Bold New Look forAthletics ExcitesPlayers and Fans

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ROBERT L. “DUCK” DOWELL: TWENTY YEARSOF SERVICE TO PEPPERDINE

Robert L. “Duck” Dowell coached basketball atPepperdine for over twenty years, and served as the athleticdirector from 1955 until 1968. Thanksgiving Day 2003, just weeks after hearing that Pepperdine would be namingthe basketball court at Firestone Fieldhouse in his honor,Dowell passed away. When told that the tribute ceremonywas going to take place on February 14, 2003, during thehalftime of a Waves basketball game, he was excited,appreciative, and yet humble as always. He laughed andsaid, “Not everybody gets a court named after him.”

Coach Dowell was born and raised on a farm inGilman City, Missouri. He became an All-Americanbasketball player at Northwest Missouri State, where heplayed for the legendary Henry Iba. He went on to playAmateur Athletic Union (AAU) and professional basketball,excelling at both levels. Following service to his countryduring World War II, he began coaching high schoolbasketball in New Mexico before taking a job at ModestoJunior College.

In 1947, “Duck” moved onto Pepperdine. Coach Dowelltaught that basketball was ateam game, won by toughdefensive play and adisciplined passing gameoffense. More importantly, hewanted his players to get aneducation and grow intoresponsible young men. JohnRettberg, a George PepperdineCollege alumnus from 1959,was former student body

president, and captain of Dowell’sbasektball team. Rettberg reflects on playing for the legend,saying that “many of us were so very fortunate to haveplayed for a man that was not only a great coach but, in somany ways, was like a father to us. He conducted himself ina way that taught us much more than just basketball. Hischaracter, integrity, dedication to his students and his job,and his overall class touched so many of our lives.” v

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL COACH:QUEEN OF THE COURTPepperdine head coach, Nina Matthies, has propelledwomen's volleyball to the country’s No. 4 ranked team

When Nina Matthies walked onto the Pepperdinecampus in the fall of 1983, she split her time betweencoaching Waves women’s volleyball and playing beachvolleyball professionally. Matthies transformed thevolleyball program from good to great after twenty-oneyears with Pepperdine and 411 career wins.

Nina was captain of the two national championshipUCLA volleyball teams. She went on to be an assistantcoach for six seasons under UCLA head coach, AndyBanachowski, and in 1987 the Bruins retired her jersey.

When Matthies became the third head coach atPepperdine, she began laying the foundation forfourteen NCAA postseason appearances. In her secondseason (1984), she paced her troops to a 24-15 recordand produced her first 20-win squad. Since then, she’shad ten more 20-win seasons, and in nine of those ten,the Waves were undefeated in West Coast Conferenceplay. In 2003, Pepperdine reached its highest nationalranking ever at number four and received a number oneseed in the NCAA Regional. Nina coached the Waves toa 27-3 record and a 25-game winning streak.

Donor support for women’s volleyball has come withthe success on the court. Friends and fans have madefinancial gifts that are enabling the Waves to be amongthe nation’s elite teams by having the means to operateand compete against the perennial powerhouses ofwomen’s volleyball.

The list of Matthies’ honors and successes could goon and on. She is a legend as both a competitor andteacher in women’s volleyball. If history repeats itself, aslong as Matthies is around, success will soon follow. v

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Women’s Volleyball player, Katy Daly, receives one-on-one coaching.

In 1947, “Duck” moved on to Pepperdine. CoachDowell taught that basketballwas a team game, won bytough defensive play and adisciplined passing gameoffense. More importantly, he wanted his players to getan education and grow intoresponsible young men.

John Rettberg, a GeorgePepperdine College alumnusfrom 1959, was former

student body president and captain of Dowell’s basektballteam. Rettberg reflects on playing for the legend, saying that“many of us were so very fortunate to have played for a manthat was not only a great coach but, in so many ways, waslike a father to us. He conducted himself in a way that taughtus much more than just basketball. His character, integrity,dedication to his students, his job, and his overall classtouched so many of our lives.” v

Robert “Duck” Dowell

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Pepperdine Alumna EnhancesSecurityfor the HomelandBy Wileen Wong

An executive order by President Bush on October 8,2001, created the Department of Homeland Security(DHS). Not since President Truman merged the branches ofthe United States Armed Forces into the Department ofDefense in the 1940s has there been a more significanttransformation of the UnitedStates government.

Assisting with the legislation and serving in otherofficial capacities, is Pepperdine alumna, Charity Azadian (B ’99, SC; M ’01, SPP). “It is like being at a start-upcompany,” she explains, “We’re learning as we go.” And sheadds excitedly, “The people I work with are amazing,brilliant, and fun.”

Establishing the DHS involved merging twenty-twodomestic agencies into one. Azadian works for Dr. PenroseAlbright, assistant secretary ofthe DHS, in one of the four major DHS directorates.Albright assisted with the creation of DHS and the Scienceand Technology directorate, which has become the primaryresearch and development arm of DHS. A significant partof the directorate’s mission involves serving as an advocateand leader for developing and procuring countermeasuresin the areas of nuclear, biological, chemical, andradiological threats.

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