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14 Sustainable Tire Technolog y
17 Intelligent Transportation Systems
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22 SPECIAL INSERT 2009–2010 Annual Report and Honor Roll
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s we prepare to end one calendar year and begin another, it is a fitting time to present to you our review of the 2009–2010 academic year. We are doing so this year in a new way—inside this issue of the HMC Bulletin. In addition to our latest news and compelling features about how sustainability is affecting the transportation industry, you’ll find our annual report and a special section honoring our donors. We had one of our best years ever at Harvey Mudd College despite the difficult economic conditions facing the country. I invite you to read about our accomplishments during fiscal year 2009–2010, made possible, as always, through the steady and generous support of trustees, alumni, parents and friends. A record number of donors contributed to the College this past fiscal year. We show our appreciation with an Honor Roll of Donors. In addition to 2009–2010 donors included in this issue, you’ll find these and many more acknowledged on a special website—www.hmc.edu/invest/honor-roll/. In our annual report, you’ll read about the exciting ways we continue to provide unsurpassed educational quality while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Our endowment substantially recovered from the losses of the previous year. We also saw an increase in support from foundation and government grants for faculty research. Read more about these positive developments in the Advancement Review (page 37). While many engineering and science colleges struggle to strike a gender balance, our successful recruitment program at HMC has gained momentum in recent years. The class of 2014 is the most diverse ever, with 52 percent women—a first for HMC. The number of applicants rose to record levels, marking an increase of 15 percent.
We’ve made exceptional progress on our strategic vision goals. Architectural plans are complete for our contemporary teaching and learning building that will enhance our ability to provide high-quality and cross-disciplinary learning experiences. We’re working diligently to obtain the funding necessary to begin construction on this energy-efficient and highly sustainable building. Another facilities-related project—the Learning Studio in the Sprague Center—has opened and is enhancing multiple forms of faculty and student interaction. As part of our strategic vision goals, we launched our new Core curriculum during the fall semester with a grant from the Mellon Foundation. Faculty searches are now occurring to further support greater choice of electives which will help us to provide a more well-rounded experience. Our students and faculty continue to make important contributions locally and globally (India, Kenya and Singapore). Your contributions guarantee that our important work will continue at Harvey Mudd College. You have set the pace for future endeavors that will maintain the College as a global leader in engineering, science and mathematics education. With each year, I am continually grateful to all who share our mission to provide an enriching educational experience for our students—one that transforms them into the innovators and leaders of tomorrow.
Maria Klawe President, Harvey Mudd College
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TABLE OF CONTENTS S u s t a i n a b i l i t y a n d Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n
14 Nakamura’s Legacy Thanks to Aki Nakamura ’66, drivers can enjoy tires that save fuel without sacrificing road performance.
2 Campus Current Homework Hotline, Trustees honored, Games for Students by Students, Nelson Series recap, New faculty, New staff, Student awards and research Campus News Faculty News Staff News
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17 The Hi-Tech Highway Designing a world where cars talk, highways listen and people benefit is a dream come true for Ging Ging Liu Fernandez ’98.
24 Mudderings News and events; Impact Survey results
28 Class Notes Alumni Profile: The effect of a diverse Mudd education on David Uminsky ’03
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29 Annual Report 2009–2010 42 Honor Roll of Donors 2009–2010
Cover illustration by JOSE A. CAMARENA FALL/WINTER 2010 Volume 10, No. 1 The HMC Bulletin is produced by the Office of Advancement Communications Senior Director of Advancement–Communications Judy Augsburger Director of Communications, Senior Editor Stephanie L. Graham Associate Director of Publications, Graphic Designer Janice Gilson Editorial Contributors Ellen Braunstein, Doug McInnis, Rich Smith, Koren Wetmore, Sandra Younger
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25 Energy That’s Good To Go Keith Blackburn ’87 uses ultracapacitors to turn brakes into batteries.
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HMC’s Homework Hotline kicked off a new semester of overthe-phone tutoring and celebrated a highly successful first five months of service to local schools at an open house event held Oct. 13 on campus. Guests from the local community and College learned that so far over 600 students have been aided by HMC tutors who seek to help junior high and high school-age callers reinforce math concepts, develop problem-solving skills and become independent learners. During September, HMC tutors assisted 172 students. “This month so far we have received over 150 calls,” said Homework Hotline administrator Gabriela Gamiz-Gomez. She added that 60 percent of the callers have phoned before. “We’re very pleased that our students are calling and that we are receiving their feedback. We want to continue to grow and make this program a success for our student users.”
The goal for the Homework Hotline during academic year 2010–2011 is to expand services by increasing access to over 40,000 students. The HMC Homework Hotline opened its telephone lines February 1, 2010 to tutor 6th–12th graders from both Claremont and Pomona Unified school districts. Students call the Hotline toll-free at 1.877.8ASK.HMC, Sunday through Thursday, 6–10 p.m. The program is a partnership with RoseHulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) in Terre Haute, Indiana to replicate RHIT’s Homework Hotline in local communities. RHIT agreed to share its system with HMC and provided technical advice for its implementation. Nine mentor tutors and 31 tutors joined the Homework Hotline for the first semester of operation. Nearly all of the tutors have returned to the program this year. First-year tutor and volunteer Elly Schofield ’13 said, “It’s amazing how much we’ve developed as a program, how many calls we’re getting, how many repeat callers. It’s so cool when people decide it was a good enough experience the first time and call back.”
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High Demand for Homework Hotline
Gabriela Gamiz-Gomez, Homework Hotline Administrator, (center), poses with tutors: Johnathan Chai ’13, Elly Schofield, ’13, Matthew Kweon ’13 and Jeehyun Kim ’13.
Calondra Jolly, a teacher at Fremont Academy in Pomona who attended the open house, encourages her students to use the Hotline. She says she appreciates how accessible it is and how it has supplemented her classroom instruction. She also appreciates that students are guided to solutions and never told the answer to a problem. Gamiz-Gomez says she looks forward to providing continued access to math and science tutoring through the Homework Hotline. The goal for academic year 2010–2011 is to exCALL 1.877.8ASKHMC pand services by increas(827.5462) ing access to over 40,000 Sunday – Thursday students. 6 p.m.–10 p.m.
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Thank you, Trustees
Advancement Senior Director Heath Elliott and Patrick Barrett ’66
Board Chair William A. Mingst
Katy Wong ’97
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“I thought we’d be pretty good, but I think that’s an understatement now,” said Founding President Joseph Platt about Harvey Mudd College. His video message to gathered staff, faculty and trustees—past and present—was a tribute to those who have played an integral part in HMC’s founding and continued success. The Sept. 30 event recognized 13 past trustees in attendance for their service to the College. President Maria Klawe opened the event with a state of the college update, followed by the video message from Platt. Robert Cave, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, presented the new Core curriculum, and Lisette de Pillis reported on the Global Clinic, which she directs. The group also heard about student issues from Maggie Browning, vice president of student affairs and dean of students, and learned the latest on the new teaching and learning building from Boora architect John Meadows. An outdoor reception in Riggs Plaza, followed by dinner in the Platt Living Room completed the evening, which board chair Bill Mingst concluded by recognizing the emeriti trustees. The group, representing 130 years of combined service, included: Patrick Barrett ’66, 1984–1987; E.H. Clark Jr., 1970–2008; Martha Dennis, 1997–2009; Albert Dorman, 1988–2005; Jennifer Holladay ’79, 1990–1993 and 1995– 2010; David Howell ’61, 1983–1986; Jerome Jackson ’76, 2003–2005; Jeffery Mitchell ’79, 1992–2009; Gregory Rae ’00, 2006–2009; President Emeritus Henry Riggs 1988–1997; Randall Saaf ’98, 2004–2007; Sally Siemak ’72, 2001–2003; and Katy Wong ’97, 2007–2010.
R. Michael Shanahan, Henry Riggs and Michael Blasgen ’63
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Games for Students, by Students The National Science Foundation has awarded Harvey Mudd College $580,033 to advance a software development model that engages both college and middle-school students. The three-year grant will expand a pilot program begun last year and fund the creation of a guidebook to help other schools start similar projects. “The Games Network: Games for Students, Games by Students” challenges HMC computer science students to develop educational games based upon learning objectives set by real-world customers: middle-school social studies teachers. Sixth- and seventh-grade students then test the games and provide feedback. Project Directors Elizabeth Sweedyk, associate professor of computer science, and Computer Science Chair Michael Erlinger, hope to shatter Elizabeth Sweedyk stereotypes about the computer science field by introducing younger students to the fun, creative side of software development. Their project aims also to offer college-level students the opportunity to create games for an audience other than themselves. The grant will allow the program, which successfully launched in fall 2009 at Hillside Middle School in Kalamazoo, Mich., to add more participants and explore new game development options. Michael Erlinger A third teacher will be added to Hillside’s team and a history teacher from El Roble Intermediate School in Claremont will serve as the first California participant. Erlinger will join Sweedyk as a project director, and a host of middleschool students will be added to the mix. Funds will also help introduce game development in other courses at HMC, extend development to include mobile games, and create a guidebook to help other schools follow the project’s example.
HMC Computer Science students will develop educational games based upon learning objectives set by real-world customers: middle-school social studies teachers. Sweedyk, who specializes in gender, gaming and computer sciences, received an NSF grant last year for support of the project “CS Education: Computer Game Course, Curriculum and Gender?” which is funded through 2012.
Correction We regret the following errors made in the last issue of the HMC Bulletin (summer 2010). These errors do not appear in the online issue; it has been updated. In the story on page 7 and in the caption on page 8, John Molinder, James Howard Kindelberger Professor of Engineering, was mistakenly identified as “James” Molinder. Also, Crystal Bong and Ashley Kretsch are not freshmen as indicated in the Class of 2014 item on page 10. They are sophomores who attended the Summer Institute event for first-year students.
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Harmonizing Solar with Power Grid, Wildlife
NOTES & QUOTES from the Nelson Series
NELSON SERIES, POWERING THE PLANET–SUSTAINABLY
Wildlife placed at risk Nancy E. Ryan According to Ryan, a worry underlying the construction of solar electric-generating plants in California and elsewhere is the potential of these facilities to harm wildlife. “There are critters, some of which are endangered or threatened, that live in the same places that solar energy resources are the best,” she said. Ryan—appointed to her CPUC post in January after serving as the commission’s deputy executive director for policy and external relations—explained that a typical 500-megawatt combined-cycle gas-turbine plant has a footprint of about 30 to 80 acres, while, in contrast, a 500-megawatt solar-thermal plant takes up five to eight square miles. “You could put a lot of critters in [an area that size],” she lamented, mentioning specifically the at-risk desert tortoise, San Joaquin kit fox, Mojave ground squirrel, Peninsular bighorn sheep, and kangaroo rat. “Somehow, we have to figure out how to get solar energy out of the desert while living in harmony with the various critters that were there first. This has been a big challenge, so far.” Daunting process Ryan shed light on the business climate for solar energy, in particular, California’s top-down policies designed to spark demand for photovoltaic power. As a result of those efforts, California currently leads the U.S. in clean-energy innovation, with solar technological advancement making big strides, Ryan said. “In the last two years, the solar component [of the state’s renewable energy sector] has just exploded. It really is the future.” But Ryan also sounded a few cautionary notes. For one, even though solar power is about as green as green gets, generating-plant operators still face plenty of red tape in seeking permission to build. There is relief in view, though. Ryan said key government agencies have taken steps of late to accelerate permit approvals for prospective projects. “Mostly over the course of the last few months, the [California] Energy Commission alone has permitted seven solar-thermal plants for a total of 3,543 megawatts,” she said, adding that federal stimulus funds are being applied to these ventures to help lower their start-up costs. While there are no easy answers, Ryan expressed confidence that solutions will be found—and that it will be HMC-trained innovators who show the way. “[They will provide] the intellectual firepower to perpetuate this revolution and keep California at the forefront in terms of both policy and technology.”
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“Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From?” Nathan Lewis, George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology and chair of the Editorial Board for Energy and Environmental Science
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On transitioning to solar energy solutions: “We really have to do it sooner because there will be big fights over resources if we don’t do it in two or three years. Basically, all of a sudden there’s going to be a rapid acceleration in the use of natural resources once the recession ends...and there will be big resource wars. You’re already seeing resource wars between China and Japan to go into cell phones, and cell phone demand is big, but it’s not as big as our energy demand.”
“How Renewable Energy Can Beat Fossil Fuels” Bill Gross P08, founder and CEO of Idealab, chairman and former CEO of eSolar
Find talk synopses and videos at www.hmc.edu/about/administrativeoffices/deanoffaculty1/nelson-series.html
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Solar energy is good for the environment —except when it jeopardizes the habitats of endangered animals, as some fear is happening in desert regions where massive facilities are being built. Economist Nancy E. Ryan, a member of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and that body’s Smart Grid policy development leader, was the bearer of this vexing news at the Oct. 29 Bruce J. Nelson ’74 Distinguished Speaker Series.
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“The only three big cards we really have are to sequester that CO2 in clean coal, or use nuclear power in a proliferation-safe way on a massive scale, or to use the biggest energy source we have [the sun]. But it’s got to be really cheap and we better store it or we don’t have much. From a technical point of view, there’s nothing stopping us.”
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Taking on the Energy Challenge NEW FACULTY
Adrian Hightower has joined the HMC faculty as assistant professor of engineering, coming from a faculty position in the Physics Department at Occidental College. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the California Institute of Technology and completed a post-doc at the University of Southern California. He worked as a senior scientist for the microfluidics company, Nanostream Inc., and currently consults with the battery manufacturer, Contour Energy Systems. HMC Bulletin: How did you become interested in materials science?
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Adrian Hightower: As an undergraduate at Caltech, I focused on engineering and applied science, mostly electrical engineering. As a senior, I did research in the Materials Sciences Department on battery materials. As a graduate student, I worked with Brent Fultz of the Materials Science Department to study how the electronic structure of metal hydrides and lithium alloys impacted the performance of rechargeable batteries. HMC-B: Why did you focus on renewable energy? A.H.: My dad was in the power industry for over 30 years and was general manager of Pasadena Water and Power. I visited power plants at a very young age. I think developing and adopting renewable energy technologies is one of the biggest challenges of this century. The near-term problem is not about running out of fossil fuels, rather it’s about our inability to acquire fossil fuel resources at the rate to sustain the lifestyles we’ve become accustomed to. The harder we try to hold on to last century’s fossil fuel technologies, the more terrible the environmental cost. HMC-B: I understand you’re doing renewable energy projects in Africa. A.H.: I started while I was a post-doc at USC. We initially did solar installations for lighting and eventually water pumping and water filtration in Mali, Africa. In 2007 we did a geothermal cooling program in Accra, Ghana. Over the years, I’ve traveled with or sponsored 13 U.S. college students to conduct research in Mali, Ghana, Uganda and Senegal that cross technical and cultural disciplines. Now I’m trying to put together partnerships
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between educational institutions that transcend relationships between individuals. Ideally, I would establish relationships between Harvey Mudd and the University of Mali in Bamako or the University of Ghana in Accra. HMC-B: Any renewable energy education projects closer to home? A.H.: I’m teaching a new Mudd first-year engineering elective, E13: Introduction to Energy Systems Engineering. Students learn about the redevelopment of traditional nuclear and fossil fuel technologies as well as the growth of alternative energy technologies (wind, photovoltaic, solar thermal, etc). They’re visiting power plants and participating in the 2011 Student Design Competition: H2Go to design a scaled, proof-of-concept prototype for rain energy conversion.
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The Marriage of Molecular Biology and Evolution
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Daniel Stoebel
Daniel Stoebel has joined the HMC faculty as assistant professor of biology. Stoebel came to Harvey Mudd from post-doctoral research positions at the University of Houston and Trinity College, Dublin. He earned his doctoral degree at Stony Brook University and his undergraduate degree at Pomona College. HMC Bulletin: How did the opportunity arise to teach at Harvey Mudd College? Dan Stoebel: I was looking for a place that took teaching seriously and took research seriously, because those are both things that I like to do and want to do in my career. And too many places don’t have the desire or the resources to support both of them. HMC-B: How did you decide that molecular biology and evolution would be your focus? D.S.: As an undergrad, I’d spent summers doing fieldwork on bird ecology and realized that even though I liked being outdoors, it wasn’t really intellectually engaging to me. At the same time, I was finding that the lab stuff I was learning, about how organisms function on a molecular level, really was intellectu-
ally engaging. So I was interested in how I could bring those things together, and work about evolution at the molecular level seemed like a good fit for me. I did a Ph.D. thesis on the evolution of gene regulation, and I really liked working on it, but I thought I needed to learn more from people who studied the nitty-gritty details of gene regulation. In many ways, I feel like I did a second graduate degree in terms of all the new material I had to learn as a post-doc. HMC-B: What will students have an opportunity to learn from you? D.S.: I’m currently teaching Bio 113, which is the molecular biology class that all the bio and chem-bio majors take. That’s a class that really focuses on how cells work at the molecular level and, in particular, how information in DNA finds its way into RNA and proteins and how those processes are controlled. Students who do research with me can study the molecular biology of gene regulation as well as how gene regulation evolves. We’re trying to bring together these different viewpoints to understand the global regulatory network as a whole, both how does it function, how did it evolve and how it affects the future ability of these organisms to evolve. I think not a lot of people try to do all of these things. It gives us the opportunity at Harvey Mudd to make a distinct contribution.
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Faculty Activities It’s not fair! Or is it?
regulating telomerase action. Telomerase is an enzyme essential in maintaining specialized DNA sequences at the tips (or telomeres) of chromosomes. The loss of these sequences is associated with aging and, quite possibly, cancer. Read the group’s paper, “Characterization of an UltraConserved Putative cis-Regulatory Module at the Mammalian Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Gene,” in DNA & Cell Biology online www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/dna.2009.0994.
How do you divide a bag of Halloween candy among a group of children in a way that feels fair to each child? That’s a fair division problem. How does society make a group choice, like an election, in a way that best combines the preferences of all individual voters? That’s social choice theory. Such questions tend to fascinate political scientists, economists, game theorists—and Professor of Mathematics Francis Su, who recently received a three-year $205,668 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to investigate mathematical theorems with direct bearing on voting and fairness issues. Su’s prior work, also funded by NSF, introduced methods from the fields of combinatorial topology and discrete geometry to study fair division and social choice. The current project will enable Su to continue that inquiry and recruit the participation of undergraduates, who may already know him as creator of the popular Math Fun Facts website, www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/app/.
Erika Dyson’s new course, Ghosts and the Machines, made the Daily Beast’s Hot College Courses list this fall. Dyson, assistant professor of religious studies, said she was excited that she was encouraged to teach interdisciplinary courses that combined her interests in occult religions, sciences and technologies. The class Erika Dyson explores the interrelations between occult mediumship, modern media and technology in Europe and the United States from the 19th century through the present. “I was also eager to see how HMC students would grapple with religions and technologies that confuse those categories to such an extent that it is difficult, if beside the point, to try to disentangle them. Not surprisingly, the students blew me away,” she said. “Their willingness to challenge themselves, me and the authors we read, as well as their creativity, smarts and enthusiasm, all made my experience teaching the course deeply gratifying. The Daily Beast mention simply added to that gratification.”
Black Holes, the Big Bang and Synthetic Chemistry
A Tipping Point An undergraduate research project by three young HMC alumni is highlighted in the Sept. 3, 2010 issue of DNA & Cell Biology Journal. Working under the supervision of Robert A. Drewell, associate professor of biology, the three recent grads—Diana Tran ’09, Terence Wong ’09 and Alicia Schep ’10—identified a gene region in mammals that may play an important role in
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In Memoriam: Maggie Osler, humanities professor HMC YEARBOOK
Two recent grants from the National Science Foundation will support student and faculty research in theoretical physics and synthetic chemistry. Associate professor of physics Vatche Sahakian will work with students to study “Aspects of Non-Local Dynamics in String Theory.” Sahakian said students will use toy models to unravel many poorly understood yet fundamental aspects of non-local dynamics in physics, as well as black hole physics in quantum gravity. Other study topics: black hole formation and modeling the Big Bang’s primordial plasma. Associate professor of chemistry Adam Johnson’s project, “Asymmetric Catalytic Hydroamination of Aminoallenes by Chiral Tantalum Cyclopentadienyl-amide-alkoxide Complexes,” addresses gaps in current methods of studying synthetic chemistry. Johnson’s students will have a chance to explore modern problems in the field, synthesize and purify new compounds and conduct catalytic reactions.
Former HMC faculty member (1970–74) Margaret (Maggie) Osler died Sept. 15, 2010 in Calgary, Canada, of pancreatic cancer. She was 69. Osler taught at HMC during the early 1970s. She went on to become a professor of history at the University of Calgary. Her book, “Reconfiguring the World: Nature, God and Human Understanding from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Europe,” was recently released by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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New Staff Serve Alumni, Students, Parents
Paul B. Stovall is machine shop manager, succeeding Mike Wheeler who retired last year. He comes to HMC from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Bourns College of Engineering at UC Riverside, where he managed their machine shop for 13 years. He is studying computer science and engineering at the University of La Paul B. Stovall Verne and is certified as an Engineer in Training by the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
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Career Services The new assistant director for the Office of Career Services is Vanessa Janovick. She directs external relations with employers and graduate schools, manages internship operations, coordinates MUDDlink, organizes career fairs and counsels students and alumni. She has worked in career centers at Azusa Pacific, Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly Vanessa Janovick Pomona. Janovick joins Director Judy Fisher and Sally Ellis, administrative assistant, in the Career Services office.
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James (Jim) Jacobs joined the Advancement staff as director of alumni and parent relations in September. He brings over two decades of experience in alumni relations, volunteer management and engagement. Jacobs most recently worked at Occidental College, where he was director of the alumni association. Prior Jim Jacobs to that, he worked in alumni relations at the University of Chicago, Princeton University and Claremont McKenna College. “I’m delighted to have the opportunity to return to Claremont as a member of the HMC Office of College Advancement,” said Jacobs, a Northwestern University graduate, who earned an advanced degree from the University of Wisconsin. “This is an exciting time for the College, and I’m very enthusiastic about having the chance to work with so many dedicated volunteers and loyal alumni and parents, whom I look forward to meeting.” Jacobs joins the alumni and parent relations team, which works on programming and engagement opportunities for parents and alumni: Jennifer Green, associate director of alumni relations, Angie Pfeiffer, assistant director of parent relations, and Joanna Callahan, coordinator. Jacobs said, “I encourage alumni and parents to contact me with any thoughts and ideas about how the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations can be of service.”
Two-Wheelin’ Winners Faculty and staff are doing their part to assist the College in meeting the parking requirements needed to move forward with the teaching and learning building. First-year students are now restricted from bringing a car, and faculty and staff have joined the effort to limit the number of cars on campus. Participants not only decreased their vehicle usage, helped the environment and contributed to a healthy lifestyle, they were eligible for drawings. Raffle winners received a $400 gift certificate from Coates Cyclery to use toward a bike and accessories. Parking registration winners: Phil Cha, Engineering; Melonee Cruse and Isabel Jordan, Facilities and Maintenance; Marisa Fierro, Advancement; Guy Gerbick, Dean of Students Office September rideshare winners: Kim Young, Chemistry; Rachel Levy, Mathematics; Peter Saeta, Physics October rideshare winner: Eliot Bush, Biology November rideshare winner: David Vosburg, Chemistry
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Winners of the parking registration raffle picked out new bikes at Coates Cyclery in Pomona: Isabel Jordan and Melonee Cruse, Facilities and Maintenance; Phil Cha, Engineering; Marisa Fierro, Advancement. Not shown, Guy Gerbick, Dean of Students Office.
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Honors and Awards The Final Frontier
Seibel Wins Scottish Philosophy Prize Senior chemistry major Zara Seibel capped off a “fantastic” spring semester abroad by winning the Daniel Garrad Prize from the University of Edinburgh Department of Philosophy. The award recognizes distinction in the philosophy of science. “One of the cool things about studying philosophy in Edinburgh,” Seibel reported, “was that many of the famous philosophers we learned about, such as David Hume, also studied there.” Seibel said the British educational system requires a lot of independent study, with grades In addition to classes, Zara Seibel ’11 found resting largely, sometimes time to travel to Scotland, including a trip to a sheep dog farm in the highlands. entirely, on the final exam. Fortunately, she found her Harvey Mudd experience enabled her to handle the work easily, leaving plenty of time for traveling and sight-seeing.
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Senior Andrey Sergeivich Shur is among 20 recipients nationwide of the 2010–2011 Astronaut Scholarship, the country’s largest monetary award based solely on merit for science, math and engineering undergraduates and postgraduate students. Shur, a Los Angeles native, is pursuing a joint chemistry and biology major with plans Andrey Sergeivich Shur ’11 for a career in biochemistry research. He enjoys robotics, mechanical engineering and drawing. The awards are granted by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1984 by the six surviving original Mercury astronauts. The foundation provides scholarships for college students who exhibit motivation, imagination, and exceptional performance in these fields.
Junior class president Hayden Hatch is the winner of the $500 Dean Chris Sundberg Prize, established by Dana Mohammed ’06, to recognize a junior who demonstrates exceptional leadership and exerts a positive impact on the HMC community, upholding the mission statement and honor code, and creating an enhanced college experience Hayden Hatch ’12 for others. Nominated by his fellow students, Hatch was a mentor for the HMC Summer Institute and has for two years served on the Honor Board and as co-editor-in-chief of The Muddraker student newspaper.
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Puzzle-palooza
Junior Palmer Mebane celebrated victory with his U.S. teammates at the 19th World Puzzle Championship Oct. 24-29 in Paprotnia, Poland. The annual U.S. and world Puzzle Championships pit puzzlers against one another in an attempt to solve language-neutral logic puzzles. Competitors win points for success and accuracy. The U.S. team, which placed second last year behind Germany, is 11-6-1—gold, silver, bronze— in the 18 editions of the World Puzzle Championship. Mebane, a mathematics major, placed third at the U.S. Puzzle Championship, which earned him a spot on the U.S. team. Mebane believes creating his own puzzles contributed to his success. “Puzzle construction improves solving ability, too,” he said. Give your brain a workout with this logic challenge from Mebane’s puzzle blog. He describes it as “one of my better ones in terms of quality, both due to aesthetics and the solve.”
Castle Wall Instructions Some cells contain a number and arrow; these cells are either white or black. The object is to draw a single closed loop passing through adjacent squares. Squares with a number and arrow in them may not be included in the loop. All of the black cells must be outside of the loop, and all of the white cells must be inside of the loop. Furthermore, if a cell has a left or right arrow, the number in that cell tells the total length of horizontal segments in the arrow’s direction. Likewise, if there is an up or down arrow, the number tells the total length of vertical segments. Equivalently, the number tells how many boundaries in the arrow’s direction are crossed by the path. The solution is unique. Find an example problem and solution here: http://mellowmelon.wordpress.com/castle-wall/
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30 Years Muddraker now online Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the now quarterly student newspaper, The Muddraker, is complemented by a website www.muddraker.com that acts as a blog, with timely short articles and reviews. The website will also contain PDFs of past issues (including those from the ’80s). Check for weekly updates, or add The Muddraker on Facebook.
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Smile, SpongeBob! A new kind of underwater webcam—the descendent of a prototype designed in 2001 by a HMC Clinic team—will soon be scanning the oceans in search of bioluminescent deep-sea creatures. The Ocean Research and Conservation Association (ORCA) will launch the innovative camera, which uses infrared light to spy on seldom-seen deep-sea animals capable of generating and emitting light. HMC alumni Nicholas Depail ’02., David Levitt ’02, Jane Mi ’01, Christine Paulson ’02 and John Staroba ’01, advised by Associate Professor of Engineering Lori Bassman, collaborated with ORCA president and senior scientist Edith Widder to develop and build the camera as their Clinic project, “Eye in the Sea: Unobtrusive Biological Observatory.”
Into Africa: Mudders Help Provide Water, Light for Kenyan Village A team of three Harvey Mudd College students and their faculty advisor engineered around unforeseen challenges last summer to complete a water purification system in rural Ngomano, Kenya. Rob Best ’10, Isabel Bush ’12 and Evann Gonzales ’12, traveled to Kenya with HMC physics Professor Peter Saeta as members of Engineers for a Sustainable World/Mudders Organizing for Sustainability Solutions.
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Minnie Lai ’14 and Emma Bodell ’14 assemble robots.
As they were installing a new solar-powered electric pump for the village well, the main pipe broke loose and fell to the bottom of the 50-meter shaft. The team then had to devise a way to recover the pipe using whatever materials they could find in the village. Displaying MacGyver-like resourcefulness, they improvised three tools that enabled them to hook and retrieve the pipe. The team also wired a system that diverted excess energy from the new pump’s solar panels to provide electric lighting in the village school—a first that prompted the Kenyan teachers and students to dance for joy. “Trips like this really enhance learning and understanding of what HMC stands for,” Best said. “We think a lot about how we can impact our own world and often forget that there are other ‘worlds’ here on Earth where simple efforts can mean a lot.” PETER SAETA
A new first-year elective, Autonomous Vehicles, allows students to design and build their own robots. Engineering professors David Harris and Nancy Lape along with computer science Professor Zach Dodds and two student assistants, have developed a very hands-on course that involves soldering parts onto a printed circuit board, programming robots, learning a 3-D computer-aided design software program to build the robot chassis and 3-D printing the robot chassis. In addition to adding their own creativity to the robots (including programmed songs), students also learn about and employ communications methods used in phones and GPS units, using optical methods to guide their robots. They also build their own fuel cells which are used to power the beacons for the course’s main event— the Capture the Flag competition, which requires the robots to seize beacons (fuel-cell powered LED’s, whose colors change depending on who has claimed it).
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Vehicles with a Mind of their Own
Isabel Bush ’12 and Ethan Saeta test the pump.
Mathematics is Focus of Two Grants
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Electric Ride CHET CORCOS ’13 BUILDS A PLUG-IN TRUCK HOMETOOLED: My dad works on classic cars, and we have a shop in our yard. My first car was a classic ’65 Malibu that I built with my dad my freshman year of high school. So I had a good base in mechanical tools. Then I got an internship at UC Davis, working with Dr. Andy Frank [a professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering known as the father of modern plug-in hybrid electric vehicles], and I learned a lot about electronics.
“I’m studying engineering because I like building things that are cool.”
DASH OR CHARGE: It’s a completely electric truck. How long it runs on a charge is dependent on where you’re driving. I had no problems driving around town. Dad made it 20 miles on the freeway. TICKET TO COLLEGE: Cars got me into college. What set me apart was I had something I did, something I could write my essays on. Now I’m studying engineering because I like building things that are cool.
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JUMPSTART FROM DAD: The summer before my senior year, Dad suggested that I build an electric truck. He helped me and funded it. I bought a ’99 Chevy S10 that had a blown motor and a cracked block. I got it cheap.
BIG JOB: We ripped everything out; all we needed was the chassis. We got a 100-horsepower electric motor and mounted it to the transmission. We had to get a controller, power brakes and power steering, a charger, a DC converter, and 20 6-volt, deep-cycle batteries, and much more—a lot went into designing it. We had a lot of components that had to fit in a small space. The biggest challenge was getting it all to work. We had to call the manufacturers to make sure we were wiring things right.
HMC sophomore and placekicker Chet Corcos spent one high school summer transforming an old Chevy pickup into an all-electric vehicle.
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Nakamura’s Legacy CREATING A R E N E WA B L E R E S O U R C E T I R E Written by KOREN WETMORE Photography by ANDY BOONE
When John Dunlop introduced the first pneumatic tire in 1888, it was made of sustainable, natural rubber. As the auto industry grew, the demand for better performance and lower price moved tire design toward synthetic materials made from crude oil. Then the loss of access to natural rubber sources during World War II cinched it: synthetic was the only source for American tires. It would take more than 100 years and researchers such as Aki Nakamura ’66 to return the tire to its sustainable beginnings without losing desired performance. Yet tire technology was the last thing on Nakamura’s mind when he received a scholarship to attend Harvey Mudd College. Although a mechanical engineering major, his computer science courses at HMC sparked a fascination with the role computers play in daily life. He later merged his passions by pursuing a master’s degree in software engineering from the University of Tokyo. This contributed to his success, as computers played a key role in his career. “Our generation lived through the computer age,” says former classmate Craig Van Degrift ’66. “And Aki was intelligent and serious about learning.” Following graduate school, Nakamura began working for Sumitomo Electric where he designed electronic controllers and later developed software for the auto industry. In 1994, he transferred to Sumitomo Rubber Industries to lead the company’s research and development department. It was an exciting time as Sumitomo had just purchased the Dunlop tire brand and Nakamura’s team was poised to pioneer a new tire design method. While other industry engineers relied on physical tests, Nakamura and his team used computer simulations to estimate a tire’s performance before it was manufactured. The method proved useful for analyzing potential defects and their causes, but many engineers were so resistant to the new technology that it took a natural disaster to convince them of its value. “The main reason that forced them to accept the computer model instead of the real tire model was that the 1995 Kobe earthquake damaged many of the test machines they relied on,” Nakamura says. “They had to use any substitute for the designing of tires.”
His dream was to create a tire made entirely of non-petroleum material to remove reliance on fossil fuels such as oil and coal.
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With the success of computer modeling, Nakamura began using the technology to address the challenges of producing a sustainable product. His dream was to create a tire made entirely of non-petroleum material to remove reliance on fossil fuels such as oil and coal. This would require a return to using natural rubber derived from trees. The challenge was how to solve natural rubber’s Catch-22: its smooth, long fibers reduce a tire’s rolling resistance, resulting in better gas mileage but also a weaker grip on the road. Nakamura’s team resolved this issue by chemically modifying the natural rubber with Epoxy resin (producing epoxydized natural rubber, or ENR). They further reduced the petroleum content by using non-petroleum carbon black filler and vegetable oils (in place of its petroleum equivalent), reinforcing the compounds with plant fibers. The result was a 97-percent renewable resource tire with good grip performance. Released as the Enasave tire in March 2008, it boasts a 30-percent reduction in rolling resistance and up to a 3-percent improvement in fuel economy. This significantly reduces a tire’s carbon footprint, as rolling resistance—which causes higher fuel consumption—represents a tire’s biggest environmental impact, according to a life-cycle assessment by European tire and rubber manufacturers. “The biggest challenge of this century for transportation professionals is to develop ways to make our transportation systems sustainable,” says researcher Elizabeth Deakin of UC Berkeley who specializes in the environmental impacts of transportation. “Aki Nakamura’s tire design shows how creative thinking and strong engineering skills can combine to advance the state of the art and improve the lives of millions of transport users.” Nakamura credits his HMC advisor for helping him make the connection between science and daily life by encouraging him to explore piano and literature. “Liberal arts give you a notion of people’s life, society and history,” he says. “In later years, my decision making was always not what comes of this project, but how it is related to people’s life and in what way. Life first, engineering later.” Now retired, Nakamura’s legacy will be Sumitomo’s introduction of a 100-percent petroleum-free tire by 2013. Koren Wetmore is an award-winning journalist specializing in health, environment, science and technology.
Aki Nakamura ’66 has worked on returning the tire to its sustainable beginnings.
Synthetic Tire’s Carbon Footprint With one glance at the carbon footprint of a standard, synthetic tire, you can appreciate the value of Nakamura’s work toward a renewable resource tire: • More than a half-million barrels of crude oil are used daily to make feedstock for making plastics, asphalt and tires. • A projected 282 million tires will be manufactured this year. • It takes about seven gallons of oil to produce a standard tire (five to produce the chemical feedstock to make synthetic rubber and two to provide energy for the manufacturing process). • The average tire contains 60 percent synthetic rubber. • The transportation industry accounts for about one-third of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Imagine a world where you step inside your car and it—not you—does the driving. Such was the vision of young Ging Ging Liu Fernandez ’98 as a girl being shuttled round by her mom to school and other activities. Although it sounds like science fiction, much of the necessary technology now exists. Some of you may have held it in your hand. From traffic cameras and wireless networks to global positioning systems and cell phones, many familiar tools support the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), which is poised to transform both our driving experience and our world. It’s a technological wave surging the nation and Fernandez is delighted to be riding it. “With a background in communications engineering, ITS was the perfect match for me,” Fernandez said. “I wasn’t great at designing new devices or coming up with new theory, but I love technology and there is so much potential for improving our lives through making transportation more efficient through applications of technology.” The breadth of ITS is astonishing. It includes systems for traffic signal timing, computer-aided dispatch, on-board Thanks! vehicle navigation, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-toinfrastructure integration, electronic tolling, and even collision-avoidance technologies. In short, it is an “infostructure” for the infrastructure. Got it. IntelliDrive, a federal program to create a nationwide intelligent transportation network, represents one of the largest Snowstorm Downloading data research and rollon 118. from roadside sensors. outs of the technology in America. The system will allow vehicles Sig alert on to send Highway 60. a n d
Available in test stretches of roadway in Michigan and California, Intellidrive technology could begin deployment as early as 2013…
transceiver, vehicles cull information such as speed, position and braking from an array of internal sensors and transmit the data to other vehicles and roadside sensors. Fernandez helped with IntelliDrive’s vehicle-to-vehicle communication testing from 2007 to 2008, creating sample applications to showcase what’s possible when vehicles report to each other key information about accidents, travel delays and road conditions. Such data can help drivers make better decisions, such as changing routes or schedules to avoid hazardous conditions or traffic jams, Fernandez said. It also helps traffic managers to reroute traffic and adjust signal light timing to reduce congestion, she said. All Electronic Tolling (AET), another ITS application, also smooths traffic flow by replacing toll plazas with gantry-mounted sensors that communicate with passing vehicles’ transponders or motorists’ mobile phones to record and collect toll fees. For vehicles without mobile accounts, the system uses cameras to snap photos of vehicle license plates and mails invoices to the registered owners. Fernandez worked on a San Francisco Bay area AET project this year, studying traffic flow simulations to determine which payment methods (mobile phones, pre-paid credit cards, etc.) work best to ensure both accurate billing and efficient traffic flow. Such research supports sustainability, because idling vehicles not only waste time but also produce more emissions. In fact, an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report states an intelligent transportation network can drop carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent. Already available in test stretches of roadway in Michigan and California, IntelliDrive Highway 18 technology could begin deployment as closed. Detour early as 2013, but government acto 110 east. tion may be required to speed the process.
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receive anonymous information—such as hazard warnings and traffic conditions—between each other and the surrounding infrastructure. Equipped with an on-board unit that houses a processor, GPS receiver and Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
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Although it sounds like science fiction, much of the necessary technology now exists.
Yet, it may prove easier to connect vehicles with infrastructure than scientific vision with political protocol. “Engineers and policy makers typically don’t see eye-to-eye,” said Fernandez, who has often served as an interpreter between the two. “What I have to do is try to understand both the motivations of the policy maker and the technical details to bridge the gap and draw them closer. You can almost see that light bulb turn on if you’ve made the right connections.” With physical space and budget limits, our nation can no longer solve its transportation challenges by building more highways, but must rely on ITS to get the most out of an existing system, said Emily Fishkin, spokeswoman for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. “We don’t have a lot of people in transportation that can understand both the industry and the high tech aspects of it,” Fishkin said. “So, Ging Ging is quite valuable. We need people like her.” The ability to possess such a wide perspective while grasping the technological detail was a skillset acquired during her years at HMC, Fernandez said. “Harvey Mudd challenged me to understand more than I thought I could: a large scope in excruciating detail. Working in this fashion, you are able to talk to both the policy minded and the technical minded, and stay up to date in a fast-paced, high-tech world,” she said.
By 2055, that world may include a self-driving vehicle, predicts Stanford scientist Sebastian Thrun, who emphasizes the need to build an intelligent infrastructure to support it. Interestingly, Fernandez’s work will help lay the foundation for such a vehicle, promoting the possibility of her childhood vision becoming reality.
Congestion Costs Traffic jams and delays spend more than just your patience. The following data show they also consume time, money and fuel. Each year in the U.S., traffic congestion: • Causes 4.2 billion hours extra drive time • Costs about $87.2 billion in wasted time and fuel • Costs the average urban driver $757 • Wastes 2.8 billion gallons of fuel Source: Texas Transportation Institute
Ging Ging Liu Fernandez ’98 works in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), which is poised to transform both our driving experience and our world.
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MUDDERINGS Alumni and Family News and Events
Aagaard Inducted into Hall of Fame Brad Aagaard ’94, engineering major and cross country/ track and field distance runner, was inducted into the Claremont/Mudd/Scripps (CMS) Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. Brad Aagaard (center) and A participant in cross parents, Paul and Marjorie. country and track and field under coach John Goldhammer, Brad is remembered as a serious competitor as well as a hard worker. He made a significant impact on the team as a leader, individually as one of the two top middle distance runners on the West Coast, and as a participant in memorable relay performances that established school records in the 4x800m relay, the distance medley, and the 4xmile relay. Brad was named SCIAC Athlete of the Year in 1993, and he still holds the 1500m CMS sophomore and junior class records. Brad accepted his award at the 20th Annual Hall of Fame Recognition Banquet on Oct. 23. Each year, the Hall of Fame Committee honors alumni or coaching staff members who made outstanding contributions to one or more sports of the CMS Athletics Department. Past HMC inductees include Donald Brosseau ’70, A.J. Shaka ’80 and Hank Krieger (honorary alumnus and coach) for tennis; Jim Dewar ’66 and Mike Scott ’89 for track and field and cross country; Steve Endemano ’71 for football and track and field; Craig Van Degrift ’66 for track and field; Stephen Goodson ’90 for soccer; John Halas ’73, Tom Jedrzejewicz ’87 and Tim McNaughton ’87 for water polo, and Sam Delich ’92 for football.
Out and About In recent months, alumni around the country have gathered with faculty, staff, parents, students and fellow alumni in diverse locations—from Mt. Baldy to the Hollywood Bowl. Lolly Simoni ’09, longtime member of the Hollywood Bowl’s fireworks team, Alumni get a closer look at Hollywood Bowl pyrotechnics.
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hosted a group of 50 alumni and guests for a behind-the-scenes look at the Bowl’s pyrotechnics operations. Austin Brown ’02 joined volunteers from Scripps, CMC, Pomona and Pitzer to greet Claremont alumni at a “Back to College Night” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Professor David Money Harris and Bill Hartman ’62 led alumni, parents and students on a trek to the summit of Mt. Baldy. And, in Seattle, alumni and parents met at the home of Dean Smith ’84 to hear an update on student life from Dean of Students Maggie Browning. Are you interested in meeting Mudders in your area? Find information on upcoming events at www.hmc.edu/alumni/events or e-mail alumni@hmc.edu.
Are you LinkedIn? The Harvey Mudd College Alumni group on LinkedIn, which becomes more useful as it grows, provides an ideal starting point to connect with fellow alumni. Join the 1,100+ alumni who are already members and participate in discussions, post and view jobs, and receive news and event updates from campus. Request to join the group by going to www.linkedin.com/ groupRegistration?gid=51742; all requestors are verified as members of the Harvey Mudd College alumni community prior to being approved.
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Make plans now to join us on campus for Alumni Weekend 2011. You won’t 1, 2011 April 29–May want to miss the exciting weekend, April 29–May 1. Come reconnect ns u n eei o with the campus and your classmates. re kend 2011 at Alumni W NG CLASS 1961 FOUNDI • Enjoy great food and even better HONORING THE 71 AT I N G 196619 6 & C E L E B R199 200 119962001 company 197619811986 • Attend special faculty lectures designed for alumni • Get an update from President Klawe on the “state” of HMC • Test your skills against current students in the 5-Class Competition • And participate in plenty of family-friendly activities, including a presentation by the Science Bus, a student group that provides hands-on science lessons for kids. Want to get involved with your reunion? Contact the Office of Reunion Programming at 909.621.8436, or visit us online at www.hmc.edu/reunion. mation reunion For more infor www.hmc.edu/ Weekend visit about Alumni
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Family Weekend Save the Date: February 11–12, 2011 Mudd Family Weekend is a perfect opportunity for parents to visit Harvey Mudd and see the campus alive with students and faculty. Parents are invited to attend any portion of the weekend, which will offer behind-the-scenes tours, faculty interaction and much more. All family members are welcome to attend the weekend festivities—brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles. However, please note that the schedule is geared toward parents/guardians and current students. Save the date to return to campus and see all that Harvey Mudd has to offer. Further information can be found online at www.hmc.edu/parents/familyweekend.shtml.
Upcoming Events The latest information is available at http://alumni.hmc.edu or www.hmc.edu/parents/index.html. Joint Math Meeting Reception January 7, New Orleans, Louisiana Winter Receptions January 8, Honolulu, Hawaii Los Angeles/Westside January 9, San Diego, California January 11, Boston, Massachusetts January 12, Mountain View, California (Google headquarters) January 15, Portland, Oregon
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Faculty Searches Alumni are encouraged to send their recommendations for the following tenure-track faculty positions: Biology- Assistant Professor, cell biology Chemistry- Assistant Professor, analytical/instrumental chemistry Engineering (two positions)- systems engineering; manufacturing, industrial, or design engineering Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts- Assistant Professor, history of science and/or technology Job descriptions and application details are available at www.hmc. edu/about/administrativeoffices/deanoffaculty1/facultypostions. html or by contacting Eric Ditwiler, director of academic operations, eric_ditwiler@hmc.edu.
Family Weekend February 11–12, Claremont, California Receptions with President Maria Klawe March 3, San Francisco Bay Area March 30, New York Receptions with Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Robert Cave March 22, Los Angeles/Westside April 7, San Diego Alumni Weekend April 29–May 1, Claremont, California
Road Trip! Harvey Mudd College Career Services has launched a new program, Mudd on the Road, to bring students and companies together. “Employers are always calling us asking how they can market to our students. This offers employers an alternative to career fairs,” says Judy Fisher, director of Career Services. Thus far HMC students have visited JPL, Google, SpaceX and Riot Games. Fisher is seeking alumni and parents who work at companies that may be interested in hosting a MUDD on the Road visit during spring break, Monday, March 14, and Tuesday, March 15. Contact Judy Fisher at judy_fisher@hmc.edu.
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The Impact of You Mudders are rocket scientists, Academy Award winners, entrepreneurs, ambassadors, mathematicians, engineers, philanthropists, doctors, lawyers, non-profit leaders and just generally extraordinary people—Mudders do it all. Harvey Mudd College has made a difference in the lives of our alumni and in return, our alumni are making an impact on the world. Thanks to the HMC Impact Project, we know more about the successes, contributions and aspirations of our alumni than ever before. Since the Impact Project launched in fall 2009, over 26 percent of alumni have responded to the first alumni survey in four years. (The 2005 survey had a response rate of just 6 percent.) Alumni have told us about their lives since HMC, providing valuable information that will help us understand the important role Mudders play in their communities and tell a more compelling story about this small College’s large impact on the world. The Impact Project tells us that HMC is making a positive impact on the lives of its students. HMC alumni are leaders in their fields, entrepreneurial, creative and inventive, life-long learners. They live their lives by the Honor Code and understand the importance of giving back to their communities. Moreover, alumni praise the College for its: • Exceptional undergraduate research opportunities • Emphasis on collaboration and teamwork • Broad-based, technical education that is also FUN • Promotion of skills development (i.e., “working smart” Of Note vs. “working hard”) Of the 1,354 survey respondents (out of 5,220 reachable alumni): • Close-knit community • 63% hold advanced degrees and 17% soon will, while 20% • Great faculty and focus on the art of teaching decided a degree from HMC is all they need to achieve their goals • Honor Code • 21% have received academic awards since HMC • 48% are published Participation Rates • 22% are or have been corporate executives Overall Response rate: 26% • 18% have started their own company (1,354 unique responses out of 5,220 reachable alumni) • 18% hold patents • 42% are or have been teachers, many at the middle and We Still Want to Hear From You! high school levels The survey officially closed on August 31, but we’d still • 29% have led a community or philanthropic organization love to hear from you! Please visit www.hmc.edu/impact to participate. The survey takes only 10 minutes to complete. And you don’t have to be a CEO or a tenured professor to contribute. The HMC community is as diverse as it is creative, and we want to learn about and celebrate the achievements and impact of all alumni. To view more survey results, or to participate, visit www.hmc.edu/impact.
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(Above percentages based on survey participants, not overall alumni body.)
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Rob Sweney ’06 Senior Mechanical Engineer Volkswagen of America
ing me to embrace my passions in technology. This attitude is leading me toward world-impacting work that I find truly thrilling and challenging. Without the HMC experience, I may never have realized this kind of opportunity even existed.”
Our name is Mudd, and we’re proud of it The “Most Amazing College” T-Shirt Photo Contest was launched Nov. 30, and alumni are invited to show their school spirit and spread the word about HMC! 1. The first 301 alumni who submitted a request at www.hmc. edu/amazing-t received a free “Most Amazing College” t-shirt. Custom gear is available at www.printfection.com/ harveymuddcollege. 2. Take a photo of yourself in your shirt representing one of the following categories: • Best school spirit • Most unusual location • Best group/family/community portrait • Best science-related • Best fashion statement • Best photo with someone famous (even better—a photo of that someone wearing a t-shirt!) 3. Send the photo to contentmanager@hmc.edu along with your name and category by Jan. 24. We’ll then post it on the HMC Facebook page. Alumni winners, announced online and at Family Weekend on Feb. 12, will receive the new iPod nano watch. For full details, go to www.hmc.edu/amazing-t.
Current Mudders indicate the point of the contest. Clockwise from left: Russell Transue ’12, Rachid Grimes ’11, Stephanie Porter ’13, Brianna Posadas ’13 and Emily Ross ’14.
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CLASS NOTES
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Randy Hanvelt recently ran for election as Supervisor District 2 in Tuolumne County, Calif. He beat a sitting incumbent by 64 percent to 36 percent in the primary to avoid a runoff. He is preparing to take office in January. REUNION YEAR
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About eight years ago, Peter Hoyt decided to get more serious about racing triathlons (swim, bike and run races). He soon realized he was best Randy Hanvelt ’85 at the shorter distance sprint triathlons, and focused training for that distance. He said, “My results have way exceeded anything I might have imagined a few years ago.” Since 2007, he has won his age group in 36 of 40 sprint triathlon races. Results include first place, 2009 USAT National Sprint Triathlon Championship (at Pacific Coast Triathlon, July 2009), men 60-64; 5th Place, 2009 ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship, Gold Coast Australia, men 60-64; No. 2 male, age 6064, 2009 USA Triathlon National Ranking (among all active U.S. triathletes, all race distances); 2nd Place, 2010 ITU Sprint TriPeter Hoyt ’71 athlon World Championship, Budapest, Hungary, men 60-64. Peter says, “It was a great honor and quite a thrill to represent the USA on the winner’s podium at a World Championship event.”
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Robert Bell co-winner of the Netflix Prize (www.hmc.edu/ newsandevents/BellNetflix09.html) will be the keynote speaker on Feb. 4, 2011 for the HMC Mathematics Conference on “Broadening Participation in the Mathematical Sciences.” The Department of Mathematics is bringing together students and faculty, leaders in academics and industry, and the public at large to discuss mathematics, what is being done to broaden participation in the mathRobert Bell ’72 ematical sciences, and what needs to be done in the future.
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Suzanne Hawley and Jim Hughes are still married after 26 years. They have successfully raised two children, Rosa, 25, and Tom, 22, who are out of the house and on their own. They just recently had a visit from fellow Mudder, Lynn Kistler ’81, and her family. All are looking forward to their 30-year reunion in May 2011. Suzanne has been chair of the University of Washington Astronomy Department since 2006. She also is director of the ARC 3.5m Telescope, Apache Point Observatory. She is a member of the American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the International Astronomical Union. Suzanne also has published more than 200 papers in astronomy research journals, “too many to list,” she says. While attending HMC, she says she was most influenced by Professor William (Sandy) Sandmann. REUNION YEAR
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C. David Brown and his wife, Kristin Burr, became the proud parents of twin daughters, Leila and Meredith Burr Brown, born on Jan. 31, 2010.
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Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C., a regional law firm in Pittsburgh, Penn., recently expanded its Patent Prosecution and Intellectual Property Litigation Group with the addition of Attorney Robert L. Wagner. Robert holds a Ph.D. in applied physics (University of Michigan), and his practice will focus on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. Robert L. Wagner ’92 He previously practiced law at Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP in Chicago, Ill., where he represented Fortune 500 and mid-size companies in patent infringement and complex commercial cases. Robert received his J.D. in 2001, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif from Case Western Reserve University, and served on the Law Review. He has authored or co-authored over two dozen papers on optics, plasmas and high-energy particle acceleration in various scientific journals, and has been featured in numerous publications such as the New York Times and The Economist.
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As part of the Department of Engineering’s seminar program, Nathan Cook (physics) returned to campus Oct. 13 to speak on “Flight Test Engineering at Edwards Air Force Base (and how I got there).” Nathan, a U.S. Air Force civilian flight test engineer, is currently serving as the lead for the F-16 weapons integration team at the 416th Flight Test Squadron, part of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, Calif. Nathan received a master of education degree from Converse College and a master of science in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School as an experimental flight test engineer and received a master of science in flight test engineering in 2007. Before flight test, Nathan was a high school continued on page 26
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f Keith Blackburn ’87 has his way, hybrid cars and subway cars will soon have something in common—both will use their stopping power to make them go. Hybrid automobiles already do this. They use regenerative braking systems to slow down, converting motion energy into electrical energy. This energy helps recharge the battery that powers the car. Subway cars use similar regenerative braking systems, but the electrical energy they produce is bled off as heat because there’s no practical way to store it. That may change. Keith and several other New York entrepreneurs have developed a device they call the wayside energy storage system that would capture transit car braking energy and use it to power urban transit systems. The device could slash transit-system energy costs by up to 20 percent, he says. “If we can do this, it would also take a load off power systems, and help cut global warming.” In the past, technical problems kept transit systems from re-using this energy. Batteries charged too slowly to capture the massive surge of energy produced by a slowing train. “A train may slow down in 20 seconds,” he says. “You can’t charge a battery in 20 seconds.” Another storage device—called a capacitor—charged quickly, but lacked much storage capacity. Then came the invention of ultracapacitors, which hold thousands of times more energy than their predecessors. “High-capacity ultracapacitors have only been around a few years,” says Keith, who believes they offer the solution to transit-system energy losses.
If the group’s device is successful, the potential market includes subways, light rail and trolleys. “The real value is in the inner city where trains stop frequently,” Keith says. “Every time they come into a station, they’re putting on the brakes.” But there are other possible markets. “We’ve also heard from a couple of wind turbine companies.” After earning an engineering degree at Harvey Mudd, Keith worked for a Los Angeles company that handled defense contracts, among other things. Seventeen years ago, he decided he needed a change. “I was seeking a change in environment—country living where there’s no traffic and plenty of water. I also felt morally motivated to steer clear of product development intended for use by our military and intelligence agencies for offensive purposes.” He landed in rural western New York working for a transit company. His road since has been bumpy; transit manufacturers run on a boom-bust cycle. His first transit employer went bankrupt and he has worked for four others. Keith and his colleagues were all transit-company engineers when they decided to form their startup, Electrical Power worX. Although they still had jobs, they faced an uncertain future; Keith’s employer had already slashed its New York payrolls by more than 90 percent. Now they may have an option if their day jobs disappear. In today’s economy, one of the fastest ways to get a job is to create it. Says Keith, “We had some ideas we wanted to pursue. And we wanted to have more control over our destiny.”
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physics teacher in Spartanburg, S.C., a live fire survivability test engineer at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and a community outreach engineer at Edwards AFB. Nathan lives in California City, Calif., with his wife, Jennifer, and children Jackson, Delaney and Drew. Nick Radov and his wife, Mirela, are delighted to announce the birth of their second child, Una Loren Radov. She arrived on Oct. 5 and weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. REUNION YEAR
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Keith Pitts is happy to be living in California again after 14 years. “The fish tacos never tasted so good!” he says.
Late October 2009, Chris Alef and his wife, Corinne, brought their foster baby, Natalie Gail (born Oct. 21, 2009), home from the hospital. Four days later they discovered that Corinne was pregnant with their son, Graeme Michael, (born June 29, 2010). Chris says, “Raising siblings just eight months apart has been really challenging thus far, and we expect it to get even more challenging once they’re both mobile. I consider my years of sleep deprivation at Mudd to be excellent training for this stage of our lives. Natalie and Graeme became fast friends and are already playing toNatalie Gail and Graeme Michael Alef gether. Although Natalie is the big sister, we expect Graeme to be larger than her by his first birthday. In our school district, they are close enough in age to enter kindergarten in the same year.”
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Wendy Panero, assistant professor, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, returned to campus Oct. 26 to speak at the Physics Colloquium on “The New Mineralogy and Chemistry of the Earth’s Inner Core.” Recent seismic results suggest that the inner core is undergoing a dynamic process of unknown origin. Wendy’s talk presented new methods for measuring transport properties under the high-pressure, hightemperature conditions of the Earth’s Wendy Panero ’97 core, combining synchrotron-based Xray experiments at high pressure and temperature with post-run focused-ion beam milling and transmission electron microscopy. Wendy received her Ph.D. in geophysics at UC Berkeley in 2001
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with an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She was a Turner Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan before joining the faculty at The Ohio State University in 2005, and currently holds an NSF CAREER award.
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Kevin Moore addressed “Physicists in Medicine—From Battling Griffiths’ Problems to Battling Cancer” Nov. 2 during an HMC Physics Department Colloquium. Kevin is an instructor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine. His talk surveyed the myriad roles physicists play in the medical field, with a special focus on a medical physicist’s responsibilities in the treatment of cancer with ionizing radiation. Kevin talked about the training/certification requirements for clinical physicists and why the field would benefit greatly from more Mudd grads pursuing careers in medical physics. “Medical physicists who specialize in radiation oncology are vital to assuring the safe and accurate delivery of therapeutic radiation to cancer patients,” he said.
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Astronaut Scholar Belinda Shreckengost is one of those spotlighted on the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation website. She works as a thermal engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is pursuing a master’s degree in astronautics at the University of Southern California. Belinda hopes to help society gain a better understanding of Earth in order to take care of our environment. The story reads, in part: “Belinda recently concluded thermal vacuum testing to qualify hardware for flight on a project called Juno, which will launch in 2011 to study Jupiter. The unprecedented mission will perform an in-depth study of the planet to understand its formation, evolution and structure and provide a way of tracing the history of the solar system and the conditions which led to the creation of Earth and mankind. “In the coming year, Belinda will also support the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) which will measure carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere to gain a better perspective of its effects on the climate and surroundings. The research will help people make better decisions to ensure climate stability and retain a healthy quality of life.” REUNION YEAR
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Tyson Macdonald has published four papers. They include “Agricultural Ammonia Sensor Using Diode Lasers and Photoacoustic Spectroscopy;” “High Sensitivity, High Selectivity Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents;” “High Power and Efficiency Quantum Cascade Laser Systems for Defense and Security Applications;” and “High Power, High Efficiency Quantum Cascade Laser Systems for Directional Infrared Countermeasures and Other Defense and Security Applications.” Jacob Stern married Kristen during a ceremony this past summer in Grass Valley near Lake Tahoe. continued on page 28
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wave. My advisor asked, “Do you feel comfortable working with engineers? I didn’t think twice...Spending four years here made me very comfortable with the people, the literature and the thought process [of engineering]. So, I said, “Sure. Why not?” It was a good choice, it turns out, because the solution to that problem, both theoretical and practical, turned into a large part of my dissertation. That experience also launched my research program into an interdisciplinary direction that I had no idea it was going to go. Several other disciplines from the Core crossed my research path as well. Interdisciplinary results. It was really this diverse and broad curriculum that allowed me to comfortably convert my mathematical research and abilities into still other fields. In fact, my interdisciplinary work doesn’t stop with just chemistry or engineering; I worked on several projects in quantum electrodynamics and quantum chromodynamics; thank you, physics department. I also got involved in mentoring undergraduate research; very similar to the opportunities you will have here in the area of mathematical microbiology. Thank you, biology department. I don’t want to leave out computer science... that one java course I took made all the difference because then you can learn anything else...So thank you, Computer Science Department. A diverse future. For the first time ever, as Dean Cave pointed out, this class has more women than men. This is both remarkable and long overdue. Mudd has also made some strides in raising the [numbers of] traditionally underrepresented groups here...Diversifying the student population at Mudd is crucial to making this place a home for everyone. Different points of view are so critical to both breaking new ground in interdisciplinary science and for building strong leaders, one of Mudd’s core philosophies. If Mudd doesn’t reflect the gender background and culture of our society, then how can we expect to train students to be great leaders of that same society?
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Mathematician and award-winning musician and HMC young alumna trustee Jennifer Lindsay was featured on CBS 2 News Oct. 5. The segment highlights Jennifer’s path from oxygen deprivation at birth to becoming a cryptologic engineer with two advanced degrees and an exciting music career on the side. View the video online http://tinyurl.com/2e33tqo.
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Markus Ong has recently moved to Spokane, Wash., to take a faculty position at Whitworth University. The engineering design course he is scheduled to teach next fall has already been using Mudd’s E4 text written by Professors Clive Dym and Patrick Little. Markus is active in the Materials Research Society, Electrochemical Society and the Bay Area Academic League. Included among the many papers he has authored is “Solution Chemistry Effects on Cracking and Damage Evolution during Chemical Mechanical Planarization” and “Fracture Properties of Porous MSSQ Films: Impact of Porogen Loading and Burnout.” REUNION YEAR
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Laura Angell and Eric Angell ’04 welcomed their first child, a son, in October. Catherine Meyers is a student in the science communications graduate program at UCSC, a one-year graduate program designed to turn scientists and engineers into writers. As an assignment for one of her classes, she has started a blog about the process of becoming a science journalist: http://scicomucsc.wordpress.com/. She said, “We blog on a pretty diverse range of subjects, from otterviewing field trips at the Monterey Bay Aquarium to questions of ethics, online comments and interview techniques. The purpose of the blog is to explore the world of science journalism, and we hope to foster conversations amongst journalists and scientists about how best to inspire and educate the public about the world of science and technology.”
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Aaron Tamura-Sato was selected randomly from all participants of the HMC Impact Project Alumni Survey to receive the iPad grand prize. More than 25 percent of alumni participated in the survey, launched in fall 2009, which has resulted in valuable information about the achievements and contributions of alumni (see page 22). Aaron, who is pursuing a math Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii while working as a teaching assistant, said, “I’m delighted to have won. Despite the ample opportunities for distraction it offers, it has been helpful in preparing for my Ph.D. comprehensive exams. Intriguing that Harvey Mudd has now therefore not only provided the education to get me where I am, but the technology as well.” To view survey results, go to www.hmc.edu/impact/.
I N M E M O R I A M | Sara Elizabeth Goetz ’08 Sara, 24-year-old daughter of Paul and Kathy Goetz of Bremerton, Wash., died Oct. . 23 in Berkeley Calif., from a blood infection. Over the past year, she fought a disabling nerve disorder that caused her severe pain and though her death was related to this illness, it was completely unexpected. Sara was born in Bremerton and was co-valedictorian at Olympic High School in 2004. She enjoyed sports, playing trombone in jazz band, nature, animals, riding horses and caring for her many pets. Sara spent the last six years of her life with her boyfriend, Nick Sherrow-Groves ’08, whom she met at Harvey Mudd College. She majored in biology and studied for a semester in Costa Rica. After she returned, Sara worked at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, fulfilling a goal she made after her sister, Jenica, died from leukemia in 1993. In the past year, Nick earned his master’s degree at UC Berkeley, while also caring for Sara. Nick and Sara planned to marry as soon as she could walk down the aisle unassisted. Survivors include her parents Paul and Kathy; her boyfriend Nick; her two sisters, Karen and Hanna; and her grandparents, Robert Goetz and Edgar and Betty Starr. Sara was preceded in death by her sister, Jenica (1993), and her grandmother, Doris Goetz (2008).
Harvey Mudd College Legacy Society Remember Harvey Mudd College in your will, estate plan or beneficiary arrangement and join with others in the HMC Legacy Society (formerly called OAKS). HMC encourages you to seek the advice of your tax advisor, attorney and/or financial planner before considering any estate gift. Your personal circumstances will determine the best way for you to support Harvey Mudd College.
PLANNED GIVING Creating extraordinary opportunities Preserving HMC’s future Establishing your legacy Visit us online at www.hmc.edu/giving/waystogive/plannedgiving
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ANNUAL REP RT When Maria Klawe was installed as the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College in 2006, she shared with the HMC community the results of a year of planning and discussion on campus and across the country. “HMC 2020: Envisioning the Future” is an ambitious outline of the College’s aspirations for the next decade, and beyond.
The HMC Strategic Vision revolves around six themes: 1. Innovation, Leadership, and Impact, especially in engineering, science and mathematics
2. Focus on Experiential and Interdisciplinary Learning 3. Unsurpassed Excellence and Diversity at all levels 4. Nurturing and Developing the Whole Person 5. Global Engagement and Informed Contributions to Society 6. I mprovement of Infrastructure and Resources to support HMC’s commitment to excellence and building community The Annual Report that follows is a review of the 2009-2010 fiscal year just ended June 30. Read about the exciting ways HMC is fulfilling the strategic vision themes set forth in 2007.
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HMC team wins Southern California regionals & honorable mention at world finals, Association for Computing Machinery, International Collegiate Programming Contest
Mathematics alumnus Robert Bell ’72 is a member of a multinational team that wins $1 million Netflix prize
David Vosburg directs only synthesis of (+)-davanone known to have been performed solely by undergraduates
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2010 international Mathematical Contest in Modeling, HMC team is a finalist (one of 12 teams out of 2,254)
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant supports reform of Core curriculum
In The Princeton Review’s “Guide to 286 Green Colleges,” HMC noted as one of the most environmentally responsible
Student team places 12th out of 546 colleges and universities, 2009 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
Homework Hotline opens Feb. 1, 2010
Vickery Family makes $1 million contribution to Global Clinic program
Advancing the Strategic Vision 2009–2010 highlights Innovation, leadership and impact NEW CORE CURRICULUM: The faculty developed a new Core curriculum that provides the rigorous, broad-based knowledge and experience HMC is famous for, while creating flexibility for students to pursue intellectual passions and take exciting new interdisciplinary electives or a foreign language class. The new Core was launched during fall 2010. INNOVATIVE WRITING COURSE PILOTED: A mathematician teaching writing? Yes, and that’s just the start. HMC is integrating writing instruction into the new Core in a way that creatively teaches writing skills to students majoring in STEM fields. Full-time faculty from every department completed writing instructor training and then designed and taught the successful pilot. As more faculty receive training, they will teach a first-semester writing course and incorporate writing instruction throughout the curriculum. FACULTY APPOINTMENTS SUPPORT THE NEW CORE: HMC welcomed new faculty to the departments of humanities, engineering and chemistry: Erika Dyson (religious studies, Ph.D., Columbia University), and Katherine Maloney, (chemistry, Ph.D., Cornell University, postdoctoral Research Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography). Jennifer Tucker of Wesleyan University was the 2009–10 Hixon-Riggs Visiting Professor of Science, Technology and Society. START-UP SAVVY: A search engine project, SwoopThat, earned Mudd seniors Jonny Simkin, Matt Kurtis and Alex Kurtis and Claremont McKenna College senior Kyle Casella a top award and a $4,500 investment prize in the annual Henry R. Kravis Concept Plan Competition. The search engine is dedicated to connecting local consumers with local retailers.
MOODY LEGACY: HMC honored the late Michael Moody, former chair of the math department who created one of the best undergraduate programs in the country, with a lecture series that seeks to illuminate the joy, wonder and applicability of mathematics. Moody died in January, 2010. OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AND TRUSTEES: The Alumni Association honored three alumni for making significant community service contributions at Alumni Weekend, 2010. The Outstanding Alumni Award recipients were Jack Cuzick ’70 (mathematics), a world-reknowned cancer researcher; Scott Pace ’80 (physics), a space policy advocate; and Phil Szuromi ’80 (chemistry), a science editor. Lifetime Recognition Awards went to Norman Sprague III, HMC Board of Trustee member since 1979, and William Zimmerman, emeritus member of the board. NEW BOARD MEMBERS BRING EXPERTISE: Joining the HMC Board of Trustees during 2009–2010 were Debbie Byron P07, former senior vice president at Business Objects and parent of Chris Byron ’07; Neil Chriss, mathematician, hedge fund manager, philanthropist and a founding board member of Math for America; Jennifer Lindsay ’02, a cryptologic engineer at Science Applications International Corporation, classically trained singer, violinist and composer; Nabeel Gareeb ’86/87, expert business strategist; Jonathan Mersel ’75, outgoing past president of the Alumni Association Board of Governors and principal engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation; Peter Muller, senior advisor of Morgan Stanley and head of Process Driven Trading; and Christopher Seib ’00, chief technology officer and founder of InstaMed.
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Professors Get High Marks
Princeton Review, 2009
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Most Accessible Professors
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Students Study the Most
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100 Best Values in Private Colleges
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, 2009
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America’s 100 Happiest Colleges
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Female enrollment surpassed male enrollment for the first time in the College’s history during fall 2009.
TRUSTEE SERVICE REMEMBERED: Trustee Ken Jonsson, who served the College for 37 years, died March 15 at the age of 79. Jonsson chaired the Budget and Financial Planning and Audit Committees and helped raise $75.5 million as a member of the Campaign for Harvey Mudd College Cabinet in 1993. With his wife, Diana, he established the Kenneth A. and Diana G. Jonsson Annual Scholarship, The Kenneth A. and Diana G. Jonsson Professorship in Mathematics and the Jonsson Endowed Fund for Mathematics Department Travel. Trustee Trude C. Taylor, whose service to the College spanned five decades, died Feb. 22 at the age of 86. He was co-chair with trustee Walter Foley ’69 of the 1989–94 Campaign for Harvey Mudd College. He was made an honorary alumnus in 1994 and received the Alumni Lifetime Recognition Award in 2006.
Experiential and Interdisciplinary Learning Grants strengthen UNDERGRAD research: Faculty member Kerry Karukstis became the co-principal investigator on the largest grant in the 31-year history of the Council on Undergraduate Research. She is working with colleagues across the nation to administer the $999,500 National Science Foundation grant aimed at improving the quality of undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics education at public and private colleges and universities. The departments of Computer Science, Biology and Engineering received grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health to help advance vital research, teaching and learning resources. CLINIC PROGRAM MARKS 40 YEARS: During 2009– 2010, 36 Clinic projects included those related to energy, sustainability and secure communication. Since the Clinic program began, almost 1,300 projects have been completed for corporate, national laboratory and agency sponsors.
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Unsurpassed Excellence and Diversity ASTRONAUT SCHOLAR: Bryan Teague ’10, who spent a semester at the University of West Australia converting a Lotus Elise to a fully electric vehicle, received a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. TWO GOLDWATER SCHOLARS: HMC juniors Matthew Keeter ’11 and Alicia Schep ’11 were awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Two awards in one year is an impressive achievement for a small college. WATSON FELLOW: A $25,000 fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation sent Robert Best ’10 around the globe to study present and future cities designed with minimal environmental impact. TOP RESULTS AT ANNUAL COMPETITIONS: An HMC team earned the designation of Finalist, awarded to only 12 teams out of 2,254 entries worldwide, at the 2010 International Mathematical Contest in Modeling. At the December 2009 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, Jennifer Iglesias ’12, Palmer Mebane ’12 and Jackson Newhouse ’12 placed 12th out of 546 colleges and universities. Computer science majors Anak Yodpinyanee ’12, Stuart Pernsteiner ’12 and Daniel Fielder ’11 won the regional competition and represented HMC at the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest in Harbin, China. Only 103 out of more than 7,100 teams made it to the finals. CLASS OF 2014 MOST DIVERSE YET: Female enrollment for the Class of 2014 (52 percent) surpassed male enrollment for the first time in the College’s history. Record application numbers—a 16 percent increase—created a larger pool of extremely talented students and increased selectivity.
ATTRACTING WOMEN AND UNDERRESPRESENTED GROUPS TO STEM FIELDS: HMC received a $50,000 grant from the American Association of University Women for a project that aims to increase women’s representation in science and math. Jennifer Iglesias ’12, herself a former winner, coached a U.S. team to victory at the Girls Mathematical Olympiad in China. The Harvey Mudd College Chapter of Society of Women Engineers hosted its annual conference, which gathers local high school girls for a fun day of math, science and engineering activities. The College celebrated the second graduating class of seven President’s Scholars. The program identifies and encourages outstanding young women and men from groups historically underrepresented on campus and in the STEM fields who have the potential to become future leaders. STAFF LAUDED FOR SUPERIOR SERVICE: Andrew Dorantes, vice president for administration and finance/treasurer for seven years, received the Henry T. Mudd Prize for outstanding service to the College. Patricia Rojas, a dining services cashier and 15-year HMC employee, received the Mary G. Binder Prize for her exceptional service.
HIGH SCHOOLERS TEST ROBOTS: HMC students held the 2010 FIRST Robotics Scrimmage to test robots for a regional competition. The scrimmage brought in teams from 13 different high schools.
Improvement of Infrastructure and Resources NEW TEACHING AND LEARNING BUILDING: The HMC Board of Trustees approved the architectural design for the new teaching and learning building, a highly efficient and sustainably designed building that will provide students with an inspirational, cross-disciplinary learning environment. HMC is seeking support through major gifts to move the project to the construction phase. COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY LAUDED: The Princeton Review’s “Guide to 286 Green Colleges” ranked HMC one of the country’s most environmentally responsible colleges and gave the College high marks on sustainability in campus infrastructure, activities and initiatives.
Nurturing and Developing the Whole Person NEW STUDENT MENTOR PROGRAM: A new advising system for first-year students provides optimal support. Returning HMC students serve as student mentors and consult with new students regarding academic and personal issues and act as liaisons with various student services on campus and at The Claremont Colleges. INNOVATIVE (AND FUN) INVENTION: Harvey Mudd College students showed their fun side with the production of an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine, a complicated mechanism which uses many complex reactions to perform a simple task. With a small budget and endless innovation, the machine’s mechanisms hit the mark.
Global Engagement and Informed Contributions GLOBAL CLINIC SOLUTIONS: Students worked on reclaiming waste heat (University of Iceland), monitoring volcanoes (Earth Observatory of Singapore/Nanyang Technological University) and treating wastewater in rural China (Lien Institute for the Environment/Nanyang Technological University). A $1 million gift from the Robert and Joan Vickery family helped support recruitment of more students into the program. SCIENCE BUS INSPIRES FUTURE SCIENTISTS: The student-led organization Science Bus taught participatory science lessons in local schools and hosted 150 elementary school students for World Science Cup Day. HOMEWORK HOTLINE HELPS LOCAL STUDENTS: Homework Hotline tutors helped junior high and high school students understand math and science concepts weekdays over the phone.
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Distinguished Guests, Distinctive Leaders Harvey Mudd College played host to another group of outstanding leaders during the 2009–2010 fiscal year. A selection of these scientists, business leaders and other high-caliber guests are listed here.
2009 Dr. Bruce J. Nelson Distinguished Speaker Series, “The Power and Beauty of Mathematics” Brian Greene, professor of mathematics and physics, Columbia University Danica McKellar, mathematician, actor and author Gary Lorden, professor of mathematics and executive officer for mathematics, Caltech Keith Devlin, senior researcher and executive director of the Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University Steven Strogatz, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, Cornell University
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2010 Annenberg Leadership and Management Series Dina Dublon, past CFO, JPMorgan Chase Nabeel Gareeb ’86/87, past CEO, MEMC Electronic Materials Ernest Cockrell, chair, Cockrell Interests, Inc. Alok Aggarwal, co-founder, chair, Evaluserve Jennifer Tour Chayes, managing director, Microsoft Research New England Lab James Simons, founder, chair, Math for America
Conference on the Mathematics of Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology Harry Atwater, Caltech Ken Golden, University of Utah Julie Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder Ron Lloyd, Fat Spaniel Tech
Hixon-Riggs Forum on Science, Technology and Society, “Science a Moving Image” Jennifer Tucker, Hixon-Riggs Visiting Professor of Science, Technology and Society Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives Scott Frank, Autry National Center Jeremy Bernstein, professional game designer and writer Alexis Gambis, NYU and Imagine Science Films
52nd Commencement Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, president, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, 2010 Commencement speaker and recipient of an HMC Honorary Doctorate degree
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Members of DOS Muchachos lead student activities that help promote fun and a healthy, balanced life.
Advancement Review
Total Gifts and Pledges
2009–2010
By Fiscal Year
Office of College Advancement Fundraising Report
2009/10
$18,439,597
2008/09
$45,201,094*
During fiscal year 2009–2010, in the midst of one of the most serious economic downturns in this nation’s history, Harvey Mudd College saw firsthand the loyalty of our trustees, alumni, parents and friends. This community’s talent, energy and commitment to the College’s mission belies our relatively small numbers. Overall, 2009–2010 was a successful year, with just over $18 million in gifts and pledges received from all sources. While this is quite a bit lower than last year’s record fundraising total—when HMC received a $25 million pledge from Mike and Mary Shanahan—we saw encouraging signs of growth in many areas:
2007/08
$16,304,872
2006/07
$13,144,552
2009/10
36%
• 1,851 alumni contributed nearly $684,000 through the Annual Mudd Fundd. Over the past two years, gifts to the Annual Mudd Fundd have increased 37 percent. • 36 percent of contactable alumni contributed, up from 33 percent in 2008. The class of 1965 had the highest participation rate: 63 percent. • The number of parent donors increased by 20 percent. • Despite the economy and corporate belt-tightening, the Office of Corporate Relations secured an outstanding roster of Clinic Program sponsors, and foundations contributed nearly $1 million. • Giving in support of campus diversity increased, with $450,000 going to the President’s Scholars Program. • HMC welcomed 23 new friends into the Legacy Society, which recognizes donors who have made a commitment to support the College through bequests and deferred gifts. Estate distributions from Legacy Society benefactors provided roughly $435,000 for scholarships and programs.
2008/09
33%
*Includes $25 million individual pledge
Alumni Giving Participation By Fiscal Year*
*Out of all HMC alumni
Parent Giving Participation By Fiscal Year* 2009/10
25%
2008/09
18%
*Out of parents of HMC alumni and current students
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Advancement Review (continued) 2009–2010 This forward momentum is the result of Advancement’s renewed focus on the following areas: Advancing Engagement The implementation of best practices in philanthropy to better serve trustees, alumni, parents and donors was an important focus for Advancement in 2009. For the first time, the Advancement team includes two professional staff whose sole charge is enhancing donor stewardship activities and events. Another first for Advancement is the new, three-person Office of Reunion Programming. In partnership with the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, the reunion team seeks to reengage alumni in the life of the College by capitalizing on the energy and enthusiasm surrounding milestone reunion years. These teams’ collaborative efforts culminated in the largest campus event of the year, which was also the largest alumni event in the history of HMC—Alumni Weekend 2009. Alumni Weekend welcomed 569 graduates and their families back to campus for a three-day weekend program of special activities, ranging from networking events, to campus tours, to faculty-led seminars. Across the country, more than 6,600 alumni, parents and friends gathered for one or more of 71 events, a 26.5 percent
event attendance increase over last year. Attendance by parents and family members at key annual events, such as Family Weekend, also increased. Perhaps not surprisingly, giving by parents and families also increased—by 7 percent. Celebrating Alumni Impact Mudders are rocket scientists, Academy Award winners, entrepreneurs, ambassadors, mathematicians, engineers, philanthropists, doctors, lawyers, non-profit leaders and just generally extraordinary people—Mudders do it all. Harvey Mudd College has made a difference in the lives of our alumni and in return, our alumni are making an impact on the world. Thanks to the HMC Impact Project, we know more about the successes, contributions and aspirations of our alumni than ever before. Since the Impact Project launched in fall 2009, more than 26 percent of alumni have responded to the first alumni survey in five years (the last survey’s response rate was just 6 percent). Alumni have told us about their lives since HMC, providing valuable information that will enable us to better understand the important role Mudders play in their communities, and to tell a more compelling story about this small College’s large impact on the world. These respondents show us that HMC alumni are:
Fund Raising Report By Fiscal Year 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 Budget Relieving Gifts Total $4,585,234 $4,748,477 $4,889,996 Budget Relieving Gifts $4,377,234 $4,377,722 $4,079,141 Clinic Indirect Costs $198,000 $370,755 $345,855 Budgeted Project Gifts $10,000 $$333,000 Future Budget Relieving Gifts $$$132,000 Budget Relieving Gifts Booked This Year Minus Pledge Payments $1,155,716 $1,204,872 $552,500 Total with Pledges $5,740,951 $5,953,349 $5,442,496 Non-Budget Relieving Gifts Total $6,316,323 $17,299,927 $4,073,618 Non-Budget Relieving Gifts $5,228,941 $16,145,286 $3,079,072 Clinic Dept. Operations $1,087,382 $1,154,641 $994,546 Non-Budget Relieving Pledges Booked This Year Minus Pledge Payments $1,450,000 $17,606,171 $3,104,374 Total with Pledges $7,766,323 $34,906,099 $7,177,992 Total Gifts (less pledges above) $10,901,557 $22,048,405 $8,963,614 Bequests To Be Transferred $435,813 $1,000,000 $153,811 Government Minus Clinic $4,496,509 $3,341,645 $3,530,573 Total Gifts + Bequests + Government $15,833,880 $26,390,050 $12,647,998 Total Pledges Booked This Year Minus Pledge Payments $2,605,716 $18,811,043 $3,656,874 GRAND TOTAL
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$45,201,094
$16,304,872
2006/2007 $4,086,391 $3,188,841 $312,533 $353,017 $232,000 $$4,086,391 $4,989,799 $3,840,556 $1,149,243 $485,200 $5,474,999 $9,076,190 $114,503 $3,468,659 $12,659,352 $485,200 $13,144,552
A preliminary architectural rendering of the teaching and learning building shows the proposed environmentally friendly design.
• Leaders in their fields – 22% are or have been corporate executives; • Entrepreneurial – 18% have started their own company; • Creative and inventive – 19% are inventors and 18% hold patents; • Life-long learners – 3% hold advanced degrees, 17% soon will, and another 20% decided a degree from HMC is all they need to achieve their goals; 21% received academic awards since HMC; 21% have been involved in research since HMC; and, 48% are published; • Active community leaders who understand the importance of giving back – 29% have led or founded a community or other non-profit organization, and 42% are or have been teachers • Living by the HMC Honor Code Advancing Communications The trustees, president, faculty and staff are collaborating to increase HMC’s national and global visibility. Leading this effort is the communications team, led by Advancement’s newest Senior Director Judy Augsburger. In just six months, Judy and her staff, which now includes a director of digital marketing and communications, have overseen the successful launch of a new, dynamic social media program and the implementation of strategic upgrades to the College’s web presence. Improving the look and functionality of the website will continue to be a priority in the coming year. Danyel Barnard Reed, director of advancement initiatives, together with Judy, launched the Presidential White Papers, which explain HMC’s impact and vision for the future of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. The first White Paper has received accolades at the national level. Celebrating Trustee Generosity HMC benefits immeasurably from the wise counsel born of the trustees’ vast experience in all areas of business and industry. HMC is extremely fortunate for their generous financial support, which continues at a record level. The past fiscal year alone, the College benefited from the visionary leadership support of Trustee Michael Shanahan and Mary Shanahan, who gave nearly $600,000 in support of HMC’s most pressing needs. Joining Mike and Mary with an annual gift of their own was Trustee
John Benediktsson ’01 and his wife, Rajashree Karwa, who contributed just over $100,000. We are also grateful to Trustee Bruce Worster ’64 and his wife, Susan Worster, who contributed nearly $180,000, a portion of which funds the Iris and Howard Critchell Aeronautical Annual Scholarship. We could go on and on. We are grateful for the generosity of all HMC trustees. Planning for the Future HMC reached significant milestones in the planning for the new teaching and learning building this year. Perhaps the most tangible embodiment of the HMC Strategic Vision, this new building is designed to meet HMC’s academic needs for the next 75 years. To be constructed on the site of the cramped and outmoded Thomas-Garrett Building, the new building will provide nearly 70,000 square feet of flexible teaching and learning spaces, including optimal settings for public conferences, large-scale workshops, art exhibitions and musical/theatrical performances. With classrooms ranging from a 300-person auditorium to more intimate 12-person seminar rooms, HMC will see a 50 percent increase in on-campus teaching spaces (from 22 to 33) when the new building opens. While the campus community is eager to break ground and get started with construction, much of fiscal year 2009–2010 necessarily was spent engaged in design and construction planning. As the design development phase nears completion, the College will begin to seek leadership support for the new building. These early fundraising efforts will be guided by the recently completed campaign planning assessment, facilitated by Marts & Lundy and benefiting greatly from the input of trustees and so many alumni, parents and other friends of the College. HMC continues to be grateful to trustee Wayne Drinkward ’73, whose visionary support has facilitated design and construction planning efforts. We are grateful to and inspired by every one of the College’s supporters. You exemplify the understanding that a gift to Harvey Mudd College is an investment in the future—of science, of scientists, of ideas, of innovation, of world-changing discoveries. Those things happen here, and they are made possible by you. Thank you.
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Financial Review 2009–2010 Harvey Mudd College (the “College”) has experienced a positive fiscal year primarily due to a gain in its pooled investment funds and higher than budgeted enrollment. Following are highlights of the year just ended. Financial Position Harvey Mudd College ended the fiscal year with assets in excess of $326 million. This total is composed primarily of investments of $235 million and land, buildings and equipment of $60 million. Liabilities of $19 million consist primarily of long-term bonds payable and payables to annuitants and trust beneficiaries. During the 2009–10 fiscal year, total net assets increased by $13 million. This increase in net assets was caused by an increase in the value of the investment pool resulting from both realized and unrealized gains in the value of investments and improved returns on pooled investments. As of June 30, 2010, net assets totaled $307 million, composed of three net asset categories: unrestricted (those over which the College has full discretion) of $101 million; temporarily restricted (those given to the College for a specific purpose) of $106 million; and permanently restricted (those given to the College to be held in perpetuity) of $100 million. Financial Operations Total revenues were $51 million for fiscal year 2009–10 compared to $82 million for fiscal year 2008–09. This decrease is due in large part to a significant contribution received in the prior year, a $25 million gift/pledge from a major donor. Total expenses for fiscal year 2009–10 were approximately $48 million. For the year ending June 30, 2010, the College experienced an operating surplus of approximately $187,000, after a number of transfers to high priority areas as approved by the Trustee Budget and Financial Planning Committee: $800,000 of additional support for the renewal and replacement fund, $65,000 to support the activities of the Advancement Department to prepare for a capital campaign, $250,000 of additional support for the faculty housing program, $365,000 of additional support for design development costs not covered by contributions, and $215,000 of additional support for academic department needs and start-up funds for new faculty. The key factors influencing the positive balance were higher than budgeted enrollment, salary savings from unfilled positions, and departments diligently conserving operating budgets wherever possible.
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Students and family members work together during Family Weekend.
Endowment Investments In an atmosphere in which equity markets registered severe declines and most endowments suffered significant negative returns, the College’s endowment produced a total return of 11.8 percent for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. This total return compares with the Standard & Poor 500 index return of 14.2 percent and the Barclays Aggregate Bond index return of 9.2 percent. Market value of the endowment was $208 million at year end, representing an equivalent of $277,000 per student. Endowment payout provided 24 percent of the College’s operating revenues during the fiscal year. The College employs a formula that governs the annual payout of endowment earnings to support operations. Endowment payout will decline in the next several years and will impact the endowment’s ability to provide funding for operations. The formula is designed to balance the need for endowment resources to support current activities with the equally important goal of preserving the value of endowment funds for future generations of students and faculty. As we enter the next fiscal year, the endowment has partially rebounded as general market conditions have improved. There may still be significant financial and economic challenges to come, and the College continues to monitor any developments. The endowment is positioned well both to manage further economic uncertainty and to participate in market improvements. Summary Harvey Mudd College has been able to weather the economic storm through conservative and fiscally responsible budgets. The College’s administration and trustees have and will continue to prepare for various potential scenarios that may occur as a result of economic uncertainty. With the leadership of President Maria Klawe and the continued focus of the Board of Trustees on the HMC 2020 Strategic Vision, Harvey Mudd College is well positioned and will be able to continue its mission of recruiting and educating the best and brightest college students in the fields of engineering, science and mathematics.
Total Revenues Consolidated Statement Of Activities Year Ended June 30
Net student revenues 49%
(in thousands
2010
2009
Revenue Tuition, fees, room and board
$37,508
$34,655
Less financial aid
(12,431)
(11,223)
Net student revenues
25,077
23,432
Gifts, grants and contracts
13,451
45,495
Endowment payout
12,005
11,444
907
1,728
51,440
82,099
Other revenue Total revenue
Other revenue 2%
Gifts, grants and contracts 26% Endowment payout 23%
Expenses Instruction
19,579
18,916
Research
2,761
2,658
Public service
838
737
Academic support
5,323
5,249
Student services
4,949
4,923
Institutional support
8,004
7,945
Auxiliary enterprises
6,499
6,447
47,953
46,875
Excess revenues over expenses
3,487
35,224
Pooled investment (losses)
9,894
(54,645)
Other changes in net assets
(239)
(1,016)
Total expenses
Change in net assets
$13,142
Total Expenses Instruction 41%
Research 6% Public service 2% Academic support 11%
Auxiliary enterprises 13% Institutional support 17%
$(20,437)
Student services 10%
Total Endowment Market Value (in thousands) $275,000
$260,809 $249,256
$250,000 $229,721 $225,000
$208,454 $194,705
$200,000
$175,000
$150,000 6.30.06
6.30.07
6.30.08
6.30.09
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H N R R LL F D N RS HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE IS VERY GRATEFUL TO THE MORE THAN 2,000 ALUMNI, PARENTS AND FRIENDS WHO JOINED TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE COLLEGE’S HIGHEST PRIORITIES. SUCH GENEROSITY NOT ONLY STRENGTHENS THE
COLLEGE’S FINANCIAL
RESOURCES, BUT INSPIRES OTHERS TO BECOME PART OF THIS
DISTINGUISHED GROUP.
GIVEN THE COLLEGE’S
MODEST SIZE, IT IS REMARKABLE THAT THESE DONORS INVESTED
OVER $4 MILLION IN
ANNUAL SUPPORT. WITHOUT THIS CONTINUOUS SUPPORT, THE
COLLEGE COULD NOT PROVIDE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO ENABLE
THE AMAZING
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE VALUED BY ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
The honor roll of donors contains the names of those who made gifts to Harvey Mudd College between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. Care has been taken to ensure accuracy, but occasionally errors can occur. Please report corrections to Tanya Jordan, director of stewardship, at tanya_jordan@hmc.edu or 909.607.3162. For a complete list of all donors, please visit www.hmc.edu/invest/honor-roll.
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HMC would like to provide special acknowledgement to long-term donors and to bring distinction to those individuals who support the College through sustained giving.
Consistent Donors - 20+ Years Charles F. Abbott ’66 Mary Carpenter Abe ’81 and David K. Abe ’81 Philip G. Abrahamson ’75 and Dana Shelley Abrahamson Stephen Abrahamson P75 P76 and Evelyn G. Abrahamson P75 P76 Melanio L. Aczon P93 and Hortencia Aczon P93 E. Eric Adams ’70 and Pat Adams The Ahmanson Foundation Osamu Aishima P94 and Yoshiko Aishima P94 Mark S. Allen ’73/74 and Linda Allen ARCS Foundation, Inc. Robert C. Ashenfelter ’61 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Eric J. Austin ’80 and Yanina Kisler R. Scott Bailey ’85 and Denise N. Bailey R C Baker Foundation Penelope J. Barrett ’67 and Patrick J. Barrett ’66 James C. Bean ’77 and Margaret Bean Bradley L. Bobbs ’75 P03 Scott C. Boegeman ’86 Daniel A. Borton ’90 and Joan Borton Alan G. Bostrom ’62 and Kerry Bostrom Henry E. Brady ’69 and Patricia Kates Kenneth S. Brown ’67 and Marian Brown Michael L. Bugg ’73/74 and Lou Ann Bugg Robert D. Busch ’71 and Suzanne Busch David R. Buss ’62 and Mary Carleen Buss Victoria A. Cagle ’80 and Gary Cagle Gregory L. Campbell ’70 William T. Carpenter ’87 and Aoko Carpenter Craig M. Chapman ’86 and Frank Ozaki Robert P. Charrow ’66 and Veda Rachel Charrow Louisa Lai-Sze Mak ’82 and Shun Cheung ’81 Nor Ter Chiang ’79 and Jessica Chiang E. H. Clark Jr. and Patricia Clark Robert C. Clark Jr. ’63 and Shirley Ann Clark George R. Clary ’72/73 Larry E. Clifner P83/84 and Alice Clifner P83/84 Daren B. H. Cline ’78 and Marlene Cline Lena O. Coffman P80 Bruce I. Cohen ’70 and Sharon Ann Krause John R. Cologgi ’81 and Deborah A. Cologgi Iris C. Critchell and Howard Critchell Emmett E. Curran II ’67 and Marcia Curran Calvin J. Curtis ’73 P04 and Lee Curtis P04 Eric D. Danielson ’87 N. Christian Datwyler P86/87 and Sally Datwyler P86/87 G. William Daub and Sandy Hollenberg Harry R. Davis P74. and Mary Jo Davis P74. Nathaniel Davis and Elizabeth Davis Robert S. De Pietro ’69 (T) Julie Kaya DeFord ’69 P08 and David L. DeFord ’70 P08 James A. Dewar ’66 and Ruth Foster Dewar George Diehr ’63 P90 and Judy Diehr P90 Stanley A. Dodds ’68
Dennis P. Donohoe ’77 and Mary Margaret Donohoe Denis Drapeau ’74 and Donna Drapeau Mark W. Eliot ’85 and Kelly D. Moran James E. Enstrom ’65 and Marta E. Enstrom James K. Erickson ’75 James M. Fake ’71/72 and Barbara Fake Jon G. Foletta ’79 and Karen Foletta Walter A. Foley ’69 P99 (T) and Percsilla L. Foley P99 Stephen D. Freeland ’82 P11 and Janice Freeland P11 Robert A. Freitas Jr. ’74 and Nancy Freitas Robert P. Frueholz ’73 and Patricia Frueholz Janet Brotemarkle Gallo ’62 and John F. Gallo Robert J. Galvan ’70 and Leslie Galvan Nancy S. Gamer Margaret A. Ghiron ’89 and Ken Ghiron Julia Freer Goldstein ’88 and Martin Goldstein Curt Graham ’90 and Melanie Z. Graham David E. Greenfield ’84 and Karri Greenfield Suzanne M. Gruber ’87 Sandra Phillips Guldman ’62 and Thomas A.R. Guldman John V. Halas ’73 and Christina Halas Jeffrey M. Hall ’72 Larry S. Handa ’78 and Lynn Handa Donald L. Hanson ’72 and Susan G. Hanson Harold H. Harris ’62 and Mary E. Harris William R. Hartman ’62 and Sandie Hartman Robert R. Hastings P90 P93 and Mary C. Hastings P90 P93 Douglas W. Hathaway ’80 and Joan Hathaway Irving H. Hawley Jr. ’64 and Joan Hawley Richard K. Helling ’80 and Denise A. Helling Timothy B. Hemming ’63 and Gail N. Hemming Robert J. Herling ’67 and Ricki Ann Herling Patricia J. Hildebrand ’63 Craig L. Hillemann ’75 Wilson H. Hoffman ’67 and Patricia Hoffman Dennis L. Holeman ’68 and Jeanette Sill-Holeman Frederick J. Hollinger ’65. and Gay Hollinger Wilson Hom ’73 Charles W. Horton ’73 and Elizabeth Horton Peter D. Hoyt ’71 George E. Innis ’74 Lori Ives ’61 and Robert T. Ives Charles F. Johnson ’67 Dean L. Johnson ’73 and Susan Johnson Frances A. Ferris ’80 and Stephen W. Jones Kenneth A. Jonsson (T) (d) Leonard M. Kahn ’71 and Terry Ann Kahn Walter R. Keller ’64 and Elizabeth Keller Duane J. Knize Jr. ’72/73 and Lynn Knize Tom and Valley Knudsen Foundation Denise L. Ko ’90 and Kelly R. Ko Michael E. Kopp ’78 and Cheryl Kopp J. David Kruger ’66 Eric L. Kvamme ’89/90 and Donna L. Kvamme Edward A. Landry (T) and Madeleine R. Landry Jude P. Laspa ’65 (T) and Eileen Laspa Paul T. Layman Jr. ’68 Terry S. Lee ’68 and NanYong S. Lee William D. Leppo ’61 and Brenda Leppo Malcolm Lewis ’67 (T) and Cindy Lewis Ronald K. and Maxine Linde
Mike B. Lopez ’80 The Los Angeles Philanthropic Foundation Wyatt F. Luce ’78 and Terri L. Luce Mark P. Lutz ’71. Gregory A. Lyzenga ’75 and Mary Lyzenga Robert E. MacFarlane ’62 and Janet B. MacFarlane A. John Mallinckrodt III ’73 and Carol Mallinckrodt Kermit D. Matthews P77/78 and Mary Matthews P77/78 Amy Hirata ’88 and Gregory P. McDonald ’87/88 Robert C. McOwen ’73 and Barbara McOwen Russell L. Merris ’64 and Karen D. Merris Jonathan Mersel ’75 and Marion C. Peters Clifford A. Miller (T) and Judith Miller Jack R. Miller and Audrey E. Miller Linda L. L. Miller ’83 Jeffery L. Mitchell ’79 and Janet Mitchell Carolyn Wetzel Moeglein ’84 and Mark L. Moeglein ’87 Gary Mohler ’78 and Sarah Ramcharan Craig R. Moles ’85 and Nancy L. Moles Thomas W. Moran ’65 and Gillian Moran Joan H. Moreau ’89 and Robert Moreau Mark A. Muntean ’79 and Jolyn Montgomery David M. Nii ’81 and Pamela Brunner Beverly J. Orth ’74 and Tony D. Noe ’74 Michael J. O’Neill ’68 and Ann O’Neill John A. Ogren ’74/75 and Janice E. Lippard Scott M. Olmsted ’74 and Barbara T. Walker Richard G. Olson ’62 and Kathy Collins Olson Ronald G. J. Ong ’89 Scott N. Pace ’80 and Dana Johnson Michael L. Pappas ’77 Peter T. Paterno ’72 Tarik Peterson ’71. Frederick H. Pickel ’74 (T) and Carol B. Chilk Joseph B. Platt and Jean F. Platt Kenneth R. Pope ’61 and Amal Pope San-San K. Price ’89 and Hoppy Price Steven L. Pucci ’79 and Cathy Del Masso Robert S. Rath ’74 and Mary J. Rath Jennifer Holladay ’79 (T) and Steven Reich Mark L. Rentz ’78 and Jane Rentz Brian C. Roach ’72 and Carol Roach Norman C. Robbins and Carolyn Robbins Brian G. Rohrback ’74 and Lisa Rohrback Martin A. Rudat ’74 and Caroline Rudat John M. Sawka ’72 and Barbara Jane Sawka Stuart E. Schaffer ’81 and Karen A. Schaffer Freya Figland Schmus ’62. Richard G. Sears ’65 and Hollis Sears John V. Sell ’72 Joseph G. Shanks ’79 and Yvonne Shanks Joanne Fisk Shapard ’67. P99 and Thomas D. Shapard ’65 P99 Henry C. Shefelbine ’63 and Nancy Shefelbine Sally A. Siemak ’72 and John B. Siemak Richard C. Silver ’62. and Kay Silver Donald N. Simkins ’74/75 and Elissa Simkins Shelley M. Skinner ’80 Dana L. Smith ’77 David A. Smith ’69 and Rosy M. Smith Pamela J. Smith ’82 and Gray Thomas Smith Frederick B. Sontag ’64 (T) and Susan L. Sontag
Anonymous identified at the top of each category - (#-identifies number of anonymous). Deceased are identified as (d). FY0910 trustees identified as (T).
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H o n o r R o ll 2009-2010
Consecutive Giving
H o n o r R o ll 2009-2010
Norman F. Sprague III (T) and Marianne M. Sprague Gordon D. Sproul ’66 and Nancy Sproul David J. Stuit ’89 James A. Styerwalt ’69 and Suzi Holler Dewey P. Szemenyei Jr. ’74 and Clarita Szemenyei Phillip D. Szuromi ’80 Karen L. Taggart ’77 Donn T. Takebayashi ’83 and Doreen S.L.L. Takebayashi Loon-Seng Tan ’76 and Katharine L.J. Wu B. Samuel Tanenbaum P88 and Carol Tanenbaum P88 David M. Tanenbaum ’88 and Judy Tanenbaum Ellen R. Laderman ’86 and Steve Tavan Thomas E. Taylor III ’77 Alan T. Teruya ’83/84 and Robbie Teruya Jefferson W. Tilley ’68 and Katherine L. Tilley Vincent M. Tobin ’83 and Elaine Tobin Loretta H. Tong ’86 and Albert Tong E. Wayne Torigoe ’69 and Karen S.Y. Ho Dr. Thomas H. Valk ’69 and Cindy Valk Gerald R. Van Hecke ’61 J. Kim Vandiver ’68 and Kathleen Vandiver J. Gregory Wease ’69 and Nancy Lee Wease J. Andrew Wehrenberg ’72 Dee R. West ’65 P92/93 and Joan H. West P92/93 Michael W. J. West ’77 Maurice A. White ’61 and Susanne H. White Denise Fisher Widergren ’81 and James F. Widergren ’81/82 Dale A. Wiersma ’76 and Diane Wiersma Roger L. Williams ’63 and Gwen Williams Michael G. Wilson ’63 (T) and C. Jane Wilson John B. Winther ’73 and Linda Winther Mala E. Arthur ’82 and Phillip R. Wolf ’83 Madelynne Wolfe P72 Edward C. Wood Jr. ’66 and Janice Rae Wood Bruce W. Worster ’64 (T) and Susan L. Worster Gabriel T. Y. Zee ’72 and Dixie Ann Zee Maria G. Zevallos ’78
Consistent Donors - 10-19 Years Anonymous (5) Maxwell Asare Adofo ’83/85 Jana Allen ’91 and Clark E. Allen ’91 American Chemical Society Peggy M. Anschutz ’77 Aaron F. Archer ’98 and Melissa Bjelland Juanita Arias P96 Bruce L. Arnheim ’80 and Sumi Arnheim Annie A. Atiyeh and Marc Atiyeh Bruce Auld P04 and Martha Auld P04 John F. Bagby ’68 and Elizabeth Shirley Bagby Jonathan M. Ball ’91 and Jennifer Ball Irene Barela Elizabeth A. Baughman David A. Baylor (T) and Shirley Baylor Kelly Michael Beck ’90 and Kathy Beck J. Terry Beckett ’61 and Joy Edwards-Beckett Peter L. Belding ’94 Bruce J. Benedict ’72 and Lyn Benedict William F. Benkovsky ’63. Paul F. Bente III P04 and Henrietta Bente P04 Steven R. Bentley ’78 and Coleen Bentley
Robert R. Berbec ’66 Patricia P. Berge ’92 and Thomas A. Berge ’85 Erin Conley Bester ’97 and Joseph W. Bester ’97 L. Victor Bilger ’67 and Marna Bilger Michael W. Blasgen ’63 (T) and Sharon W. Blasgen Thomas H. Bleakney ’69 Shirley C. Monroe ’92 and Skyler Bode The Boeing Company Steven M. Boettcher ’84 Ronald A. Borrell ’76 and Kerry Borrell Edward O. Bowen ’91 and Angela C. Haist-Bowen J. Brian Boyle ’67. John G. Bradfute ’77 and Cheryl Knight Eric C. Branlund ’93 C. David Brown ’91 and Kristin L. Burr Brian K. Butler ’89 and Karen Butler Larry B. Butler ’63 and Sherry Butler Linda C. Butler P88 Charles E. Cardwell ’66. and Catherine A. Cardwell Bruce E. Carr P98 and Diana D. Carr P98 Carl H. Carrera ’75/76 and Cheryl Leigh Carrera Mary Ann Cashion ’71 and Bryan S. Cashion ’70 James M. Cassi ’84 and Kristin Cassi Donald D. Chamberlin ’66 and Judith Ann Chamberlin Frank W. Chambers P02 and Diane P. Chambers P02 Sherman M. Chan ’76 and Irma Velazquez Sunney Chan P86 and Irene Yuk-Hing Chan P86 Palmer S. Chase ’65 and Madie J. Chase Michael J. Chejlava ’75 Catherine E. Greene ’98 and Henry Chin ’98 F. Michael Christ ’77 and Chun Li Christ Ken D. Clardy ’64 and Lara Jo Clardy Thomas C. Clarke P03 and Mildred J. Clarke P03 Richard W. Cline ’73 and Daryl Cline Edward I. Cohen P92 and Elizabeth R. Cohen P92 Richard C. Colyear Douglas H. Conner ’76 and Margery Conner William T. Costley II P89 and Beverley M. Costley P89 James L. Crum P00 and Linda J. Crum P00 Noel D. D’Angelo ’97 Dean E. Dauger ’94 and Caroline Dauger Francis A. DeCarvalho ’75/76 and Carol Guidry Bruce L. DePriester ’74 and Sharon B. DePriester Martha Dennis and Edward Dennis Howard C. Deshong III ’89 (T) and Jeannette Deshong Selena Billington ’71 and James W. Dewey Katharine Sims-Drew ’00 and Shane Drew R. Andrew Duncan ’71 and Constance J. Duncan Richard S. Elet ’80 Benjamin C. Elgin ’98 and Conni Covington Brenda L. Fedor ’94 and Damon Fedor Ken S. Feldman ’78 and Gail Feldman Edmond O. Fey ’70 and Catherine Fey Bradley D. Fischer ’81 and Katherine Setar Jason A. Fredrickson ’99 Kathy A. French ’97 Rhett Fulwider ’85 and Cindy Fulwider Cybele Hijar Gabris ’91 and Steven M. Gabris Jennifer M. Galvin ’91 Nan Gary ’79/80 and John Gary Ryan R. Gatti ’98 Jonathan E. Gayek ’79 and Elizabeth Hood
Peter A. Gebauer ’65 and Janet L. Gebauer Frank L. Gebhart P00 and Roberta K. Gebhart P00 Lester S. Gibo ’76 Keith E. Gollwitzer ’86 and Sarah J. Snyder John A. Graves ’83/84 and LuAnne Graves Jeffrey B. Guild ’90 and Victoria Guild Jerome W. Hall ’65 and Loretta E. Hall David C. Hamilton P94 and Margot A. Hamilton P94 Alan K. Harder ’95 and Aruna M. Harder Michael C. Harding ’88 John F. Harrell ’69 and Pamela Harrell David and Jennifer Money Harris James Hartmann P00 and Martha Hartmann P00 Richard C. Haskell and Nancy V. Hamlett John Hastings ’90 and Teri Hastings R. Michael Hayes P98 and Lorretta Hayes P98 Scott J. Hazelwood ’85/86 and Rachael Hazelwood Wendy K. Hein ’97 Katrina F. Heinze ’90 and Harold A. Heinze ’90 Tarah S. Reynolds Helliwell ’98 and Dylan W. Helliwell ’98 Polly E. Heninger ’80 Ronald M. Hidinger ’71/72 and Holly Hidinger Richmond J. Hoch ’63 (T) and Diane C. Hoch Timothy G. Holdener ’86 Hunt Holladay P79 and Janet Holladay P79 Marie Y. Kao-Hsieh ’94 and Matthew M. Hsieh Howard Hughes Medical Institute Michael J. Hughes ’73 and Lisa Hughes Robert A. Hulse ’96/97 and Tina Hulse Susan C. Hulsizer ’82 and Michael A. Hulsizer John F. Hurst III ’64 and Sally Carlson Hurst Andrew D. Hutchings ’98 Gene E. Ice ’72 and Rosalyn McKeown-Ice Charles E. Iverson ’66 and Rebecca C. Ritchie Iverson Michelle M. Ivey ’95 Jerome Jackson ’76 Nathan M. Jakubiak ’99 and Jenny Jakubiak Gina C. Janke ’87 and David Janke David T. Jennings ’93 and Lise Abrams Jeffrey P. Jensen ’92 and Rebekah Jensen Kim E. Jensen ’98 and Steuard B. Jensen ’98 William C. Jensen ’69 and Susan Jensen Alexander C. Johnson ’99 and Stela Johnson Brian W. Johnson ’98 and Marissa Anderson Jon L. Johnson ’70 and Carol Johnson Catherine C. Ressler ’75 and Douglas E. Jones James M. Jowdy ’97 Reginald Jue ’75 and Kathryn Jue Bruce Karney ’74. and Twana Karney Harvey R. Kaslow ’71 and Alicia McDonough Haing Woo Kim P84 and Sook Young Kim P84 Michael M. Kimura P91 and Carol Jean Kimura P91 Kathryn A. Kubasak ’87/88 and Theodore A. Kubasak ’87/88 Mitsuru Kubota and Jane Kubota Kenneth P. Kuskey ’63 and Martha A. Kuskey Keith T. Kuwata ’91 and Alexa Kuwata Jay A. Labinger ’68 and Andrea Labinger Anthony J. Landler ’67 and Sharon Lee Landler William H. Lang ’73/74 and Nancy Lang John A. Larkin P98 and Marie F. Larkin P98 Gary L. Larson ’72 and Maria J. Larson
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Students in Assistant Professor Theresa Lynn’s physics class join forces on a class assignment.
Jeffrey A. Lawson ’99 John R. Leadbetter P80 and Catherine E. Leadbetter P80 Andrew Lees ’76 and Julie Lees Gerald D. Lehmer P81 and Eileen T. Lehmer P81 Charles D. Lemme ’66 and Linda Mahler-Lemme Cat Lynne Light P95 Joan Linderman P03 Lance M. Lissner ’72 and Eiko Lissner Roy Little P02 and Bonnie Little P02 Evelyn Litwin P79 Ronald M. Lloyd ’80 and Christy Lloyd Peter A. Loeb ’59 and Jane R. Loeb John J. Lulejian ’90 Wendy Lopez Magras ’83 and Michael G. Magras ’83 Leo G. Marcus ’66 and M. Rahel Marcus Elyssa B. Margolis ’99 James K. Martin ’81/82 and Kerry Martin David Stefan Martula ’95 Gene E. Mason ’91 and Maricela Mason Barbara A. Patocka P00 (T) and Everett Mattlin P00 Gary L. May ’82 and Lisa A. May T. Mark McCleskey ’87 and Eva R. Birnbaum Ian N. McCutcheon ’83 and Janet McCutcheon Mr. Francis McHugh P77 Richard K. McHugh ’92 Robert McKnight P02 and Lenore McKnight P02 Hugh S. McLaughlin ’76 and Lisa McLaughlin Abigail S. Brown ’96 and Daniel McLellan Carol E. Midford P83 Jeffrey J. Miller ’98 and Miho F. Miller Mark A. Miller ’72 Stefan J. Minott ’96. Thuc Kyle Miyashiro ’93 and Angela Miyashiro J. Matthew Moore P00 and Susan Adele Moore P00 Denis M. Moskowitz ’95 and Mary Alexander Agner Harvey S. Moskowitz P94 and Linda S. Moskowitz P94 Mildred E. and Harvey S. Mudd Foundation Philip Myhre and Mary Myhre David K. Naito P94 and Alice L. Naito P94 David H. Nakayama ’92 Gregory L. Nelson ’75
Roscoe C. Nelson IV ’97 and Holly Sterrett Terrance K. Nimori ’79 April E. H. Nissen ’98 and Walter I. Nissen III ’00 Edward J. O’Brien P03 and Florence E. O’Brien P03 Timothy J. O’Donnell ’74 William H. Oakes ’74 and Marcia H. Oakes Alan Okagaki ’74. and Donna Okagaki Daniel N. Oliver ’76 and Hope Oliver Eric G. Olsen ’76 and Helen Olsen Keith K. Onodera ’74 and Jill Tajima Samuel S. Osofsky ’85 and Joanne Osofsky Tobermory Ovod-Everett ’96 and Corina Ovod-Everett Robert R. Page P92 and Rheta M. Page P92 Jung H. Park ’89 and Elaine Chow Susan A. Parker ’86 A. Barry Patmore and Carole L. Patmore Ann Peppers Foundation Robert A. Petersen ’65 Mark D. Pitchford ’84 Matthew J. Plunkett ’92 and Jennifer Plunkett Robert L. Powell P77 and Neva Powell P77 Robert L. Powell ’77 Stephen P. Powers ’70 Maarten R. Pranger ’65 P92/93 and Karen L. Pranger P92/93 Robert J. Prodan ’71/72 and Gillian Alison Prodan Cheryl LeCompte Prowell ’98 and Ian M. Prowell ’99 Daniel A. Pryma ’98 and Katherine Pryma Hans E. Purkey ’96 and Vickie Tsui Nicholas O. Radov ’95 and Mirela Radov Gregory P. Rae ’00 Raghunathan Rajagopalan P99 and Rajalakshmi Rajagopalan P99 Glenn C. Rawsky ’91 and Rebecca Smith The Mabel Wilson Richards Scholarship Fund Robert E. Robertson P72 and Patricia L. Robertson P72 Kyle G. Roesler ’89 and Angela Roesler Larry D. Roi ’69 and Caroline Roi Gary U. Rolle (T) and Della V. Rolle Ronald L. Roth ’69 and Alma Hayes Steven T. Roth ’88
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Stanley P. Sagan ’91 Karen K. DeLay P98 and Bill Roy Sandel P98 Gary J. Schantz ’67 and Donna Schantz Robert L. Schuler P01 and Judith M. Schuler P01 Itai Seggev ’99 Frederick D. Seitel ’75/76 and Lisa Seitel R. Michael Shanahan (T) and Mary O. Shanahan Michael M. Shane P88/89 Peter H. Shapley ’80 and Feng-hsi Liu William M. Sharp ’68 and Loretta Sharp Gary E. Shoemake ’62 Jan Sieberts P98 and Gail Sieberts P98 Carl H. Silsbee Jr. ’74 and Margaret Silsbee Gilbert F. Smith P95 and Barbara E. Smith P95 Otto Eric Smith ’92 and Kathryn Smith Catherine P. Snyder ’96 and Daniel R. Snyder ’96 Richard A. Sonner ’82 and Karen Sonner Edward Spacapan and Shirley C. Spacapan Floyd W. Spencer ’72 and Debra Dianne Spencer Donald E. Spirlock ’76 and Carol E. Frizzell John D. Strahler P98 and Carolyn Strahler P98 Wendy Duckworth Streitz ’83 P13 P13 and Frederick H. Streitz ’83 P13 P13 Steven W. Suljak ’95 and Wendy Suljak Peter Taborek ’74 and Barbara Preston Linda A. Tam ’87 and Rex Tam Kevin S. Tambara ’77 P14 and Charlene J. Tambara P14 Nelson E. Tamplin Jr. ’80. Douglas H. Teramura ’80 James A. Thomas ’83 Eric I. Thorsos ’65 and Terry Thorsos Burke Townsend ’62 and Karen Sue Townsend James Y. Tsai ’96 and Jen Ching Tsai George H. Tucker III P97 and Annie Laurie Tucker P97 W. Benjamin Tucker ’77 and Nancy L. Tucker Valri F. Ulmer and Dale E. Ulmer Francisco Valdes ’74 and Carolyn Valdes Ralph H. Van Middlesworth III ’65 and Cheryl Van Middlesworth Joel D. Voelzke ’83 Kim E. Wagner ’87 and Neil Wagner W. David Walters P02 and Leanna L. Walters P02 Donald L. Ward ’65 and Joan M. Ward Jun Watanabe P94/95 and Charlotte Watanabe P94/95 Joan E. Webb P89 Stephen J. Weber P91 and Jane L. Weber P91 Benjamin E. Weiss ’94 Scott K. West ’92/93 Charles K. Westbrook ’67 and Annelle Westbrook Alice Colby Wheeler Trust William P. Wiesmann (T) and Sandy Wiesmann David M. Wilbur ’68 and Linda Wilbur Janice Kim Winch ’87 and William J. Winch Richard T. Wold and Lucy F. Wold Joanne Wolf P83 Steven L. Wolfe ’72 and Deborah Wolfe Truus Wolff P83 Brad Y. Wong ’97 Brian A. Wong ’74 P09 and Victoria A. Wong P09 Katy Wong ’97 (T) and Greg Wong Bruce R. Wood ’72 and Rebecca Stacey Wood Robert E. Woodard ’88 and Toni Woodard
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Robert H. Wopschall ’62 and Sandra Lee Wopschall David L. Yamashita P02 and Marianne Yamashita P02 Steven J. Yukawa ’91 and Liane M. Yukawa Ronald John Zasadzinski ’89 Brian D. Zill ’86 Laura E. de Leon ’90 and Arnold D. de Leon ’90
Consistent Donors - 5-9 Years Anonymous (2) Mark D. Aagaard ’88 and Nancy Day Paul M. Aagaard P88 P94 and Marge Aagaard P88 P94 Andre V. Abramenko ’99 Steven H. Adachi ’82 and Janice Adachi Daniel A. Adent ’86/87 and Melanie Adent Don R. Albrecht ’71/72 and Martha S. Albrecht Kevin J. Alley ’05 James M. Alsup ’62 and Ruth Elaine Alsup Mark A. Anderson ’91 Laura Elizabeth Angell ’06 and Eric O. Angell ’04 Karen Angemi and Rich Angemi Paul C. Arpin ’06 Shanie J. U. Asato ’90 and Alan Asato Allison E. Auld ’04 Jeremy C. Baldwin ’85 Steven J. Barker ’67 Hal S. Barron and Katherine Kobayashi Ti-Chen Feng ’94 and Nicholas J. Bean ’93 Robert E. Beck ’63 and Barbara R. Beck Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Robert M. Bell ’72 and Alicia Bell Steven F. Bellenot ’70 and Ellen E. V. Rumsey James C. Bender ’74 and Beth Bender Paul F. Bente IV ’04 Philip W. Berk P78 and Ruth Berk P78 Robert L. Berkowitz ’81 Ernest Berliner P90 and Cecile Berliner P90 Joshua E. Berman ’95 Andrew P. Bernat ’70 P99 and Valerie Bernat P99 Michael W. Beug ’66 and Frances Ann Beug Christopher P. Blair ’94 and Heidi Allison Blair Ronald C. Blanc ’74/75 and Michelle Blanc Emily A. Greene ’83 and Paul Boberg Nicholas A. Bodnaruk ’01 Charles D. Boehm ’02 Bradley J. Bohnert ’88 and Katie Bohnert Robert L. Borton ’64. and Jan Borton John B. Bowen III P91 and Mary Margaret Bowen P91 Radhika Sondhi Bradley ’96 and Daniel C. Bradley ’96 Bruce J. Braly P09 and Pussadee B. Braly P09 Nancy C. Branlund P93 Thomas A. Brengle ’74 and Anita A. Brengle William R. Brew ’62 and Sandra G. Brew Charles F. Brown ’66 and Janet Brown Richard P. Brown ’87 T. Erik Browne ’94 Matthew G. Brubeck ’02 and Sarah Brubeck Robert D. Brummer ’77 Timothy C. Buchheim ’01 Shawn P. Bujalski ’81 P10 and Mary Bujalski P10 Mark A. Bullock ’78 and Nancy Bullock David P. Bunde ’98 and Jennifer Bunde Bruce G. Bundick P05 and Linda E. Bundick P05
Brian E. Burford ’73 and Karen Marie Burford Dale A. Burke P86 and Judy Burke P86 Sean P. Burke ’82 Douglas P. Burum ’74 and Karen Burum Philip A. Calhoun ’76 and Caryn Calhoun Joanna M. Callahan and Raymond Callahan David A. Campbell ’85 and Michelle Campbell Kathleen P. Campbell P05 P10 Ronald H. Campbell ’68 P98 P07 and Linda S. Campbell P98 P07 Merton D. Canady ’67 Martin A. Caniff ’74 and Charisse Caniff Gary S. Carino ’87 and Christine Carino Charles J. Carlino ’81 and Mariana M. Carlino Roger G. Carlson ’89 and Judy Carlson Ralph E. Carpenter Jr. ’61 and Vivian Lei Ping Carpenter Sarah L. Carrera ’75 Timothy R. Carroll ’80 and Rona Carroll Rebecca A. Carson ’06 Rachele S. Cawaring ’96 Mark K. Chang ’75 and Pam Chang Derrick C. Chau ’97 and Erika Torres Kenny C. Chen ’84 Luke L. Chen ’93 and Angela B. Chen John P. Cherniavsky ’97 and Alexis Cherniavsky Jocelyn K. Chew ’02 John C. Chou ’01 Jeffrey C. Chu ’77 and Sandy Chu Harrison K. Clark P98 and Carol A. Clark P98 Andrea Leebron-Clay P99 (T) and James Clay Susan Clifton P07 Todd E. Cochrane ’78 and Chun-Yen Cochrane Robert L. Coffman ’80 and Vicki Coffman Judson S. Cohan ’88 Howard D. Cohen ’69 and Marilyn Cohen David J. Coons and Kristin Fossum Alexis Coquillard Jr. P75 H. Richard Cordes III ’77 and Barbara R. Cook Amy L. Corley ’94 and Neil Corley Keith A. Cornell ’78 James A. Corno Jr. ’01 and Mary Corno Albert E. Cosand P00 and Lisa Brennan Cosand P00 James Courtney Dan Crevier ’92 and Nicole Sunshine Crevier C. Kelley Crossman ’61 and Penny Anne Crossman Craig R. Dandurand ’94 and Alison Dandurand Alan Dauger P94 and Marlene Dauger P94 Robert S. Davidson P06 P10 and Shellie Specter P06 P10 Janet Davis ’99 and Brooks E. Davis ’98 Robert T. Davis ’91 Michael L. Day ’78/79 and Galina Day Joel Dean Foundation, Inc. Leonardo A. Del Campo ’04 E. Barton Denechaud ’62 Srianee M. Dias P91 Dennis J. Diestler ’64 Jennifer Dirksen ’02 and Nathaniel C. Dirksen ’02 Paul D. Dossa ’06 Kenneth J. Dreshfield ’80 and Susan Jackson Kendra Dresner ’03 and Kurt Mauro Dresner ’02 Wayne A. Drinkward ’73 (T) and Julie Drinkward Priscilla M. Drucker P02
Alice Lee ’96 and Adam Robert Dutra Donald Edberg P08 and Catherine Edberg P08 Roger A. Elkins P93 and Fidensia Elkins P93 Chitoh M. Emetarom ’92 Dirk A. Epperson ’71 and Betty Epperson Jonathan C. Erickson ’01 and Sarah Erickson William M. Ervin ’81 and Paula Ervin Carlene S. Estacion P82 Terence G. Esvelt P04 and Ann Esvelt P04 William D. Farwell ’67 and Martha Farwell Jonathan M. Faul ’03 and Amanda Faul Terence L. Faul P03 and Sharon M. Faul P03 Mark R. Faust ’92 and Rachael Nusbaum Benjamin S. Feinstein ’01 Samuel H. Feldman ’06 Tammy G. Liu Fernandez ’98 and William Sanford Fernandez III ’98 Ruth E. Festini ’78 P06 P09 and Frank P. Festini ’77 P06 P09 Nathan D. Field ’00 Marisa N. Fierro and Elsa De Leon Michael W. Flanders ’83 and Maria Cristina Flanders Leslie H. Fletcher ’04 Andrew B. Flint ’95 and Amy Flint Juan Carlos Flores ’97 and Hannah Flanagan Terry L. Flower ’74 and Susan Flower Thomas Fluet P99 and Marcia Fluet P99 Karl C. Focke ’71 and Jan T. Focke Chad E. Foerster ’05 Molly E. Waring ’03 and Benjamin FrantzDale ’03 James C. Frinier ’96 and Amelia Frinier Lee C. Garver ’76 Glenn M. Gebhart ’00 and Lisa Dawn Teneyck Jon F. Geibel ’72 and Betsy Geibel Thomas R. Getts ’71. and Ginny Getts Fredric C. Gey ’62 and Sandra G. Gey Nikhil N. Gheewala ’04 and Tanvi Monga Merleen Smith Gholdston ’74 and Edward Gholdston Tedd C. Gibson ’74 and Wongduen Gibson David F. Gleich ’04 and Laura Bofferding Anthony R. Gnecco ’89 and Keri Gnecco Hector Gonzalez ’86 and Yolanda Gonzalez Raymond Lee Gordon III ’72 P11 and Debbie Gordon P11 Wendell P. Goring ’70 Stephanie Graham and Mark Graham Raymond E. Grainger ’88 (T) and Elisa R. Grainger Jonathan E. Grant ’03 and Stephanie Grant Terrance B. Gratton P02 and Ramona Gratton P02 George Douglas Green ’88 and Patricia Green David A. Griffith ’87 and Elizabeth C. Griffith Lori E. Gross P08 Shamit Grover ’05 Vi T. Nguyen ’05 and Brendan R. Haberle ’05 Patrick K. Hagiwara ’68 and L. Hatsumi Hagiwara Robert L. Hall ’62 and Sandy Hall H. Christopher Hamaker ’75 and Kelly Hamaker Russell S. Hamilton ’94 and Susan A. Hamilton Jennifer S. Hango ’95 Christopher R.H. Hanusa ’01 and Audrey Gillant Henry A. Harding P83 and Allene Harding P83 Eric T. Harley ’04 and Sarah Rice Rachel N. Harris ’06
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Sharon E. Ungersma ’98 and Thaddeus D. Ladd ’98 Ralph R. Lake ’67 P09 and Janis Lake P09 Bruce R. Land ’68 Ephraim R. Lanford ’06 Andrew A. Lange ’90 and Michelle Lange Scott F. Lange ’69 and Terry A. Lange Andrew Lapayowker P09 and Sarah McCafferty P09 John W. Larson ’79 and Maria Elena Larson Neil S. Laughlin ’96 and Stacy Brown Khai D. Le ’76 and Colette Le Robert S. Lee ’85 and Kay M. Lee Anne Kroeker P06 (T) and Richard Leeds P06 Kenneth D. Lehmer ’81 and Joann S. Lehmer Michael Leung ’78 and Rebecca Lynn Leung K. Scott Lewallen ’90/91 and Kristina R. Lewallen Stephanie Boegeman ’99 and Christopher L. Lewis ’99 Hanhan Li ’05 David Liao ’05 Steve Lin ’06 Jennifer M. Lindsay ’02 (T) Colin E. Little ’02 Todd E. Litwin ’79 and Karen Litwin Clare M. Livak ’75 and Kenneth J. Livak ’74 Mark Locascio ’77 and Debbie K. Locascio Thomas C. Loomis P97 and Elaine N. Loomis P97 Janet Lui ’04 Adam Lutchansky ’03 Richard W. Madison ’92 Fedor Malikov P06 and Ekaterina Malikov P06 Ernest G. Manes ’63 Ronalee J. Mann ’01 and David A. Mann ’01 Christopher W. Marble ’78 and Elizabeth Marble Paul M. Margolis ’82 Bryan D. Marten ’90 and Valerie J. Risk David T. Martula P95 and Tanyss Martula P95 James D. Mason P02 and Carol Engel-Mason P02 Julian L. Mason P06 and Margie Mason P06 David K. Matsumoto ’81 and Liz Matsumoto Lynne E. Mayeda P08 Riyad M. Maznavi ’98 James W. McBride ’85 and Joan Marie McBride Robert R. McBride ’80 and Linda Mary McBride Elizabeth E. Medley ’69 and Harold Jay Medley Fernando A. Medrano ’02 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation David M. Mercer ’91 and Robyn Hetrick John C. Mercer ’71 M. Steve Merrill P93 and Patricia Merrill P93 Adrian M. Mettler ’04 Ross A. Meyercord ’90 and Keara Meyercord Mark W. Milke ’81 and Janet Milke Joel C. Miller ’00 and Anja Slim Donald C. Mills P86 and Shirley F. Mills P86 William A. Mingst (T) and Caryll S. Mingst Richard P. Minneman P96 and Andrea Marie Minneman P96 Nicole J. Moore ’03 and Matthew D. Moore Christopher J. Moreno ’01 Anthony J. Moretti P07 and Margaret E. Moretti P07 Edward W. Morgan ’74 and Christine Morgan Marty R. Mosier ’77 Dan Murphy Foundation
Donald W. Murphy ’68 and Carolynne Murphy Tina M. Nakasone ’91 and Cass Nakasone Hodong Nam ’88 and Mary Ragan Macgill Jose G. Nevarez P09 P12 and Sylvia T. Nevarez P09 P12 Thang Nguyen P05 P11 and Huong Nguyen P05 P11 Kirk A. Norenberg ’81 Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Thomas R. Norris ’68 and Karen Drury Heather K. O’Brien ’03 Gregory O’Connor P04 and Edna M. O’Connor P04 Dean S. Oliver ’75 and Mary Alice Oliver Markus D. Ong ’03 Elizabeth J. Orwin ’95 and Paul M. Orwin ’95 Edward A. Owen ’63 and Margaret L. Owen Ord B. Pace P80 and Nobie Pace P80 Daphne G. Park ’05 Justin M. Pava ’02 Jonathan R. Pearson Magoon’03 and Karen E. Pearson Magoon Brian S. Pedersen ’84 and Katherine J. Wilkinson Michelle L. Fay ’98 and Marc C. Perkins ’98 Daniel C. Petersen and Lissa Petersen Keith Peterson P09 and Bonnie K. Peterson P09 Douglas D. Petesch P05 and Mary Anne Petesch P05 John N. Petterson ’65. and Loretta A. Petterson Dena Bodzin Philips ’04 and Noah Philips ’04 J. Richard Phillips and Joan Phillips Jeremy M. Plunkett ’97 Mark M. Poindexter ’73 P11 and Theresa P. Poindexter P11 Roy A. Pollock ’01 Tonya B. Porter ’04 and Evan S. Porter ’04 David H. Potterveld ’81 Wayne S. Praskins ’79 Anna Prestezog ’97/98 and Robert E. Prestezog ’97 Patricia Priest ’87 Brian J. Putnam ’04 David P. Quey ’71 and Cindy Quey Ranjithkumar Rajagopalan ’99 Eugene J. Rauscher P82 and Eloise S. Rauscher P82 Blayne Eric Jon Rawsky ’94 Laurie Marble Ray ’84 P10 and Douglas M. Ray ’84 P10 Daren V. Reid ’85 and Kiddie Reid Theodore Revak P71 Gary W. Reynolds P04 and Olga Reynolds P04 Dennis E. Rich ’66 and Jennifer Marble Rich Ross M. Richardson ’03 Neal K. Riedel ’85 P14 and Heidi C. Patchett P14 Ryan N. Riegel ’05 Jennifer Rihn ’77 Michael D. Roberts ’79 and Marcille Roberts Cynthia A. Robertson MD ’80 Richard H. Robinson ’76. A. Lawrence Roe ’78 and Alisa Roe William E. Rosenthal P09 and Marie K. Rosenthal P09 Patrick W. Rourke ’64 and Elaine Rourke Jeremy A. Rouse ’03 and Kathyrn Rouse Jay H. Rubin ’71 and Lori L. Rubin Marty K. Rupp ’82 and Deborah Sue Rupp Pailod Rusmevichientong P06 and Vannasri Rusmevichientong P06
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Jon J. Hart ’69 and Beverly Hart J. Dale Harvey (T) and Stephanie Harvey Thomas E. Haskett P00 and Patricia Haskett P00 Charles M. Hastings ’02 Glen T. Hastings ’93 and Janel Hastings William S. Helliwell ’66 P98 and Sharon Helliwell P98 Roger V. Hendrickson P89 and Patricia Hendrickson P89 Nicolas A. Hertl ’03 Richard C. Hertzberg ’68 and Vicki Hertzberg Frederick S. Hillier P86 and Ann L. Hillier P86 The Rose Hills Foundation Dylan H. Hixon (T) and Camomile Hixon David Chi-Ching Ho ’86 Lucille W. Ho P86 Martin J. Hoecker-Martinez ’01 and Elizabeth T. Hoecker-Martinez Steven M. Hogan ’74 and Helen T. Hogan Gordon J. Hogenson ’92 and Jeni Hogenson Tina Okawa ’91 and James Hom Mitzi Howard ’74 and Robert S. Howard ’72 M.D. J.D. Ph.D Glenn B. Hudson P07 and Ellen Hudson P07 Paula Hagedorn Diehr ’63 P90 and Frank W. Hughes Douglas S. Hulbert ’70 and Susan Shaw Hulbert Mark D. Hutchings P07 and Elizabeth Ann Hutchings P07 One H. Kim ’04 Daniel John Hyman ’94 Matthew Inchol Hyon ’94 and Maureen Thurman Hyon Roy M. Ishikawa ’71 and Shirley K. Ishikawa Allison E. Jacobs ’04 and Aaron C. Jacobs ’04 Robert A. Jacobson ’64 and Judith M. Jacobson Robert L. Jardine ’71 and Ellen Rose Jardine Peter Jarvis P07 and Anne Jarvis P07 Christopher S. Jazwa ’05 Gary L. Jensen P02 and Mi Chi Jensen P02 Edward E. Johnson (T) and Susan P. Johnson Elizabeth Edwards Johnson ’78 Robert K. Johnson ’68 and Diane Johnson Paul W. Johnston P73 and Lillian Johnston P73 Emily Kajita ’02 Brian W. Kalcic P06 and Lynn A. Kalcic P06 Christine L. Kalcic ’06 Laura M. Kanofsky ’04 Henry C. Kapteyn ’83 and Margaret Murnane David Dean Kays and Nancy E. Kays Paul M. Kenney ’78 and Deborah Kenney MacLane C. Key ’96 Neville H. Khambatta ’01 Jan-Michael Y. Kho ’98 A. Joseph Killian ’68 and Diana Schmidt John B. Kilroy Sr. and Nelly Kilroy Jooyoung John Kim ’90 and Jungsook Monica Kim Genji C. Kitagawa ’89 and Becky Kitagawa L. Charles Knight ’73 and Suzanne Knight William Konya ’83 and Amanda Konya George H. Kuan ’04 Robin L. Cole ’81 and Richard R. Kubota ’82 Steven Kunkle P05 and Holly Kunkle P05 Cathy M. Kurata ’03 Whitman Kwok ’97 and Michelle Tung Kwok Ross V. La Fetra ’84/85 and Sue La Fetra Norman Labelson P93/94 and Carol Labelson P93/94
Melanie Killian-Smith ’80 and Paul Smith Ronald P. Smith ’83 and Cynthia Ann Smith Scott E. Smith ’76 and Ann Jean Smith Sally A. Richmond ’91 and Chris G. Smithtro ’91 Randall R. Spangler ’92 and Celeste Spangler Jessica H. Spaulding ’03 Gary O. Spessard ’66 and Carol A. Spessard Steven R. Spielman ’86 and Linda K. Sawyer Dean Stanphill P08 and Margaret Stanphill P08 Jacob R. Stern ’01 Craig A. Stewart ’80 and Paula Stewart Robert J. Stewart ’67 and Cheryl Britton Joe T. Stone ’63 and Gail A. Johnson Dawn Strahler ’98 Karen E. Studarus ’03 Simon M. Stump ’06 Robert A. Styerwalt ’62 P89 and Linda E. Styerwalt P89 Samuel K. Sun ’95 Erin E. Hartmann ’00 and Tony Sun Rachel I. Konda-Sundheim ’95 and Scott Sundheim Michael A. Szal ’02 David Taborsky P09 P12 and Glenda Taborsky P09 P12 Elliott S. Temkin ’05 Peter G. Tenenbaum ’89 Carly A. Thaler ’95 and Josh Thaler Gautam S. Thatte ’03 and Victoria Thatte Peter A. Thielen ’96 Daniel J. Thomas P05 and Jennie M. Thomas P05
T
he Founders is a newly formed donor recognition society which honors the visionary leadership of the College’s founders. When HMC was established in 1955, many of the founders committed support for the long term. They knew that if the College was to succeed, a sustained annual giving program was required, and key to that program were donors who could make significant annual contributions. It was their hope that others would join them in making HMC an annual philanthropic priority. In order to honor those who made these initial commitments, three distinct levels were created to recognize alumni, parents and friends for their high level of personal commitment to the College. Generous annual gifts impact the quality of the HMC educational experience in many ways and help perpetuate the Founders’ inspiring legacy of annual giving.
THE FOUNDERS
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Steve M. Rust P01 and Janet T. Rust P01 Philip R. San Giorgio P01 and Terri Sue San Giorgio P01 Mele F. Sato ’05 Hugh J. Saurenman ’67 and Linda Saurenman Erika A. Rice-Scherpelz ’04 and Jeffrey M. Scherpelz ’04 Wayne R. Schmus ’62 and Deborah Henderson Matthew J. Schnaider ’01 Stephen P. Schultz ’69 and Donna Dutton Ralph A. Schweinfurth ’87 and Leyan Schweinfurth Floyd R. Sedlund P84 and Ruth A. Sedlund P84 William G. Seeglitz ’70 and Linda Lee Seeglitz Jacob M. Seene ’05 and Sarah N. Seene Mark D. Sellers ’87 and Ann Sellers Laura Shaffer Mills ’86 and James Shaffer Adam M. Shane ’88/89 and Kathy Shane Diane Hancock Sheehy ’68. and Daniel Sheehy Jeff K. Shepherd ’88 and Christine Shepherd Erik A. Shimshock ’06 Khaldoun Shobaki ’96 Terry Shreve P06 and Donna Shreve P06 Daniel K. Shultz ’87 Robert D. Sill ’76/77 and Annie Sill Allen H. Simon ’82 and Julia Simon Rick A. Simon ’76 Joel I. Singer ’93 and Melissa C. Singer Dean E. Smith ’84 and Sharon Wetherby Deborah E. Smith ’95 Eric S. Smith ’85/86 and Valerie Smith
Matching gifts from employers, corporations and foundations are included when determining recognition, raising the level of an individual’s society membership. Exclusive giving levels allow young alumni (those who have graduated within the last 10 years) to enjoy membership in The Founders society as well.
MILDRED E. MUDD SOCIETY Mildred E. Mudd Platinum ($38,567 or more) Anonymous Wallis Annenberg John M. Benediktsson ’01 (T) and Rajashree Karwa Neil Chriss (T) and Natasha Chriss J. Joseph Connolly and Cynthia S. Connolly Kirk Arnot Day and Elizabeth S. Day Robert G. Engman and Mary Jane Engman Raymond E. Grainger ’88 (T) and Elisa R. Grainger
Richmond J. Hoch ’63 (T) and Diane C. Hoch John B. Kilroy Sr. and Nelly Kilroy Edward A. Landry (T) and Madeleine R. Landry Jude P. Laspa ’65 (T) and Eileen Laspa William A. Mingst (T) and Caryll S. Mingst R. Michael Shanahan (T) and Mary O. Shanahan Frederick B. Sontag ’64 (T) and Susan L. Sontag Norman F. Sprague III (T) and Marianne M. Sprague Michael G. Wilson ’63 (T) and C. Jane Wilson Bruce W. Worster ’64 (T) and Susan L. Worster
Michael T. Thompson ’71 Erik J. Torgerson ’97 and Theresa L. Keeler Donald L. Trapp ’61 Richard S. Trinh ’01 and Kendall Williams Sharon R. Lunt ’83 and Lee Tutt Marc M. Umeno ’90 Wayne Ung ’82 and Bridgett A. Ung Richard R. Utter P05 and Barbara Anne Utter P05 Paul G. Vahey ’90 and Sheri Vahey Kristen L. Van Horn ’03 William Vasek ’74 P11 and Connie Vasek P11 Grace M. Credo ’96 and Randy Vivian Nicolas G. von Gersdorff ’05 Michael D. Vrable ’04 Wayne W. Wakeland ’72/73 and Nadine J. Skjersaa Allan Walton P07 and Sally Walton P07 Allen R. Waltz ’64 and Judy Waltz John L. Ward ’00 Edward S. Wardell P08 and Lisa B. DuBois P08 Joseph D. Warren ’94 Craig B. Watkins ’76 Mechelle L. Watne ’92 and Brian K. Watne Carl G. Webb ’89 Steven A. Weinberg ’82/83 and Caryn Weinberg Robert W. Weingartner and Nancy M. Weingartner Timothy P. Wendler ’89 and Joanne Wendler Claire West P65 GP92/93 Walter L. Whipple ’62 and Jean Anne Whipple Roy A. Whiteker and Jean Whiteker Brian W. Williams ’77 and Teresa Williams Harry E. Williams James M. Wintermyre Jr. ’91/92 Kenneth T. Wise ’71 and Jackie Wise David Witkowski P09 and Sandra Witkowski P09 Arthur T. Wood Jr. ’66 and Pamela Jane Wood Stephen P. Woods ’76 and Diane Woods David R. L. Worthington ’67 and Carolyn L. Worthington Nywood Wu and Meriel L. Wu Kenneth K. Yagura P93 and Terry S. Yagura P93 Megan A. Yarnall ’06 Chuanpit C. Yeung ’82 P11 and Timothy W. Yeung ’82 P11 Darryl H. Yong ’96 Edward E. Yoshida ’74 and Sharon Yoshida Stephen Yu ’07 Jan-Mark Zentler ’76 and Deborah Zentler Robert Zielnicki P07 and Eugenia Zielnicki P07 Douglas B. Zody ’72 and Barbara Zody
Mildred E. Mudd Gold ($20,000 to $38,566.99) Deborah A. Byron P07 (T) and Jeffrey D. Bryon P07 Andrea Leebron-Clay P99 (T) and James Clay Howard C. Deshong III ’89 (T) and Jeannette Deshong Wayne A. Drinkward ’73 (T) and Julie Drinkward Nabeel K. Gareeb ’86/87 (T) and Humera Gareeb Timothy B. Hemming ’63 and Gail N. Hemming Brian W. Johnson ’98 and Marissa Anderson Maria M. Klawe (T) and Nicholas Pippenger Ronald K. and Maxine Linde Barbara A. Patocka P00 (T) and Everett Mattlin P00
Anonymous identified at the top of each category - (#-identifies number of anonymous). Deceased are identified as (d). FY0910 trustees identified as (T).
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Mildred E. Mudd Silver ($10,000 to $19,999.99) Michael W. Blasgen ’63 (T) and Sharon W. Blasgen Richard D. Buik P12 and Patricia J. Sweeney P12 Martin A. Caniff ’74 and Charisse Caniff E. H. Clark Jr. and Patricia Clark Joseph F. Danzer ’98 J. Dale Harvey (T) and Stephanie Harvey Dylan H. Hixon (T) and Camomile Hixon Jennifer Holladay ’79 (T) and Steven Reich Edward E. Johnson (T) and Susan P. Johnson Eric B. Kim ’76 and Eunhee Kim Michael E. Kopp ’78 and Cheryl Kopp Anne Kroeker P06 (T) and Richard Leeds P06 Elise H. Lawson ’00 and Sage A. Weil ’00 Peter Muller (T) and Jillian Hoffman The Henry T. Mudd Society ($5,000-$9,999.99) David A. Baylor (T) and Shirley Baylor Walter A. Foley ’69 P99 (T) and Percsilla L. Foley P99 Diana L. Goodrich ’78 and David Hardesty John Hastings ’90 and Teri Hastings Philip R. Jonsson Craig N. Jorgens ’77 and Lisa Jorgens Vincent Jue ’73 and Diana M. Jue Gerald J. Kurata P12 and Deborah J. Kurata P12 Malcolm Lewis ’67 (T) and Cindy Lewis Clare M. Livak ’75 and Kenneth J. Livak ’74 Douglas B. Macrae P11 and Julie Macrae P11 Daniel R. Meacham ’95 and Christine Meacham Jeffrey J. Miller ’98 and Miho F. Miller Craig R. Moles ’85 and Nancy L. Moles Peter T. Paterno ’72 A. Barry Patmore and Carole L. Patmore Anna Prestezog ’97/98 and Robert E. Prestezog ’97 Gregory P. Rae ’00 Mark L. Rentz ’78 and Jane Rentz Elizabeth De Baan Schulte ’84 and Paul J. Schulte ’81 Richard G. Sears ’65 and Hollis Sears Pamela J. Smith ’82 and Gray Thomas Smith Dewey P. Szemenyei Jr. ’74 and Clarita Szemenyei
The Jean and Joe Platt Society ($1,955-$4,999.99) Anonymous Mary Carpenter Abe ’81 and David K. Abe ’81 J. Thomas Allen III ’65 and Kathryn Allen Mark S. Allen ’73/74 and Linda Allen Robert C. Ashenfelter ’61 Eric J. Austin ’80 and Yanina Kisler John F. Bagby ’68 and Elizabeth Shirley Bagby Peter L. Belding ’94 Paul F. Bente III P04 and Henrietta Bente P04 Dallas R. Bethune ’97 and Vida Kashuba Ronald A. Borrell ’76 and Kerry Borrell Henry E. Brady ’69 and Patricia Kates Brian K. Butler ’89 and Karen Butler Mary Ann Cashion ’71 and Bryan S. Cashion ’70 Sunney Chan P86 and Irene Yuk-Hing Chan P86
Mark K. Chang ’75 and Pam Chang Robert P. Charrow ’66 and Veda Rachel Charrow Kenny C. Chen ’84 Nor Ter Chiang ’79 and Jessica Chiang John R. Cologgi ’81 and Deborah A. Cologgi Richard C. Colyear Eric D. Danielson ’87 N. Christian Datwyler P86/87 and Sally Datwyler P86/87 Harry R. Davis P74. and Mary Jo Davis P74. Laura E. de Leon ’90 and Arnold D. de Leon ’90 Julie Kaya DeFord ’69 P08 and David L. DeFord ’70 P08 Martha Dennis and Edward Dennis Bruce L. DePriester ’74 and Sharon B. DePriester Matthieu Devin P12 and Catherine Granger P12 Dennis J. Diestler ’64 Peter Dragge and Darian Dragge Jason A. Fredrickson ’99 Robert J. Galvan ’70 and Leslie Galvan Kathryn Y. Grabill P12 George Douglas Green ’88 and Patricia Green Glen T. Hastings ’93 and Janel Hastings Robert R. Hastings P90 P93 and Mary C. Hastings P90 P93 Irving H. Hawley Jr. ’64 and Joan Hawley Hunt Holladay P79 and Janet Holladay P79 Mitzi Howard ’74. and Robert S. Howard ’72 M.D. J.D. Ph.D Paula Hagedorn Diehr ’63 P90 and Frank W. Hughes Robert A. Hulse ’96/97 and Tina Hulse George E. Innis ’74 Robert L. Jardine ’71 and Ellen Rose Jardine Eric L. Kvamme ’89/90 and Donna L. Kvamme Andrew Lapayowker P09 and Sarah McCafferty P09 David K. Matsumoto ’81 and Liz Matsumoto Charles E. Moore P92 and Frances A. Moore P92 Thomas W. Moran ’65 and Gillian Moran Seeley W. Mudd III Victoria K. Mudd Gregory L. Nelson ’75 Daniel N. Oliver ’76 and Hope Oliver John L. T. Peebles P13 and Susan S. Peebles P13 Frederick H. Pickel ’74 (T) and Carol B. Chilk Mark M. Poindexter ’73 P11 and Theresa P. Poindexter P11 Kenneth R. Pope ’61 and Amal Pope Michael D. Prendergast ’79 and Madeline M. Prendergast Hans E. Purkey ’96 and Vickie Tsui Neal K. Riedel ’85 P14 and Heidi C. Patchett P14 Larry E. Rosenberger P96 and Diane L. Rosenberger P96 Michael P. Schubmehl ’02 Ichiro Sekimitsu ’79 and Grace Sekimitsu John V. Sell ’72 Carl H. Silsbee Jr. ’74 and Margaret Silsbee Gregg L. Snodgrass ’95 and Ester T. Muyot Snodgrass Jefferson W. Tilley ’68 and Katherine L. Tilley W. Benjamin Tucker ’77 and Nancy L. Tucker J. Kim Vandiver ’68 and Kathleen Vandiver J. Andrew Wehrenberg ’72 R. Thomas Weimer ’71/72 Charles K. Westbrook ’67 and Annelle Westbrook
Alan Whitman and Sandra Whitman Denise Fisher Widergren ’81 and James F. Widergren ’81/82 David M. Wilbur ’68 and Linda Wilbur Bruce R. Wood ’72 and Rebecca Stacey Wood Chuanpit C. Yeung ’82 P11 and Timothy W. Yeung ’82 P11 Maria G. Zevallos ’78 William R. and Eileen T. Zimmerman
1955 Patrons ($500-$1954.99) Alumni in Classes 2005-2001 (5-9 years out) Melissa E. Chase ’03 Jonathan M. Faul ’03 and Amanda Faul Shamit Grover ’05 Jennifer M. Lindsay ’02 (T) Nicole J. Moore ’03 and Matthew D. Moore Paul J. Murata ’01 Katherine Wade ’01 and David Ordal Justin M. Pava ’02 Roy A. Pollock ’01 Tonya B. Porter ’04 and Evan S. Porter ’04 Jeremy A. Rouse ’03 and Kathyrn Rouse Erika A. Rice-Scherpelz ’04 and Jeffrey M. Scherpelz ’04 1955 Associates ($250-$1954.99) Alumni Classes 2009-2006 (1-4 years out) Michael R. Buchanan ’08 Christopher R. Byron ’07 Daniel L. Chen ’08 Jason D. Fennell ’08 Aurora A. Pribram-Jones ’09 and David A. Gross ’08 Matthew E. Jeffryes ’08 Josiah W. Larson ’07 Steve Lin ’06 Dana L. Mohamed ’06 Lindsay A. Muth ’07 Gregory M. Nielsen ’07 Audrey J. Sederberg ’06 and Colin V. Parker ’06 Susanna M. Ricco ’06 Erik A. Shimshock ’06 Stephen T. Smith ’07 Badier A. Velji ’07
Matt Johnson ’13, second from the left, and friends enjoy Family Weekend.
Anonymous identified at the top of each category - (#-identifies number of anonymous). Deceased are identified as (d). FY0910 trustees identified as (T).
H o n o r R o ll 2009-2010
Gary U. Rolle (T) and Della V. Rolle Fred F. Tomblin ’63 and Barbara Ann Tomblin Jeffrey A. Wilke and Liesl D. Wilke
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