Lowell Alumni Newsletter Winter 2010 by Lowell Alumni Association

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President’s Message By Lisa Coughlin Clay ’74

s we begin the second semester of the academic year, the specter of budget problems and their potential impact on Lowell remains. However, in this president’s message, I intend to celebrate what makes Lowell great—the noteworthy achievements of the many outstanding people at Lowell. Ernst Feibusch began teaching at Lowell in 1955, and taught a variety of subjects until his retirement from teaching in 1990. He became the boys’ soccer coach in 1966. He is known as the father of youth soccer in San Francisco because of his tireless efforts for more than forty years on behalf of the sport for both boys and girls. When the girls’ soccer program at Lowell officially began in 1994, it was the culmination of years of his hard work. Coach has influenced thousands of soccer players, not only at Lowell but throughout the Bay Area. The devotion and commitment Coach Feibusch has shown to the game of soccer and his players is reflected by their respect and affection for him. My son had the privilege of playing varsity soccer for Coach Feibusch for four years and he and I are grateful for all that Coach taught him, both on and off the field. Coach’s retirement in spring 2010 was on a winning note, following his girls’ team winning its fifteenth championship since 1994 (his boys’ teams won five). He is a treasure at Lowell, and we will miss his passion, integrity and character. During the spring semester, I attended Lowell’s Student for a Day program, during which parents shadow a student and see a typical school day at Lowell. It is an eye-opening view into student life. I observed classes in AP U.S. History, Health Education, English and Honors Geometry. The teachers were dynamic and in command of their subjects. Students participated actively in every class. The level of enthusiasm and commitment to education which I observed on the part of both students and faculty was inspiring. Lowell’s student athletes compete in more than fifteen varsity sports and the

athletic program enjoys great success year after year. One of the best examples is the girls’ basketball team, which in spring 2010 won the AAA City championship with a victory over Lincoln. This is the teams’ fourth championship in the past five years, an unprecedented level of success in girls’ basketball. Congratulations to the players and coaches of the girls’ basketball team on this outstanding achievement. I have had the privilege of being involved with Lowell as a student, alumna and parent. All too soon, my role as a Lowell parent, which began in 2000, has come to an end. The last of my three children to attend Lowell graduated in June 2010. Although they are very different students, each of my children had a challenging and stimulating academic career at Lowell. Each had the honor of being a team captain and a contributing player on a City championship team— in baseball (2003, 2004), girls’ basketball (2006, 2007) and boys’ basketball (2009), respectively. And each found a niche in extra-curricular activities, be it journalism, visual and performing arts, tutoring or student government. I am fortunate that my children were able to have the complete “Lowell experience”. I urge you to contribute all that you can to the Alumni Association’s continuing efforts to maintain Lowell’s excellence for future students.

Admiral Jonathan Yuen ’79 Visits Lowell welcomed U.S. Navy Rear Admiral recently when he visited to speak to Social Studies classes. Having served previously in the Persian Gulf and in Baghdad, Iraq, Admiral Yuen is currently based at Pearl Harbor where is Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance for the Pacific Fleet. He and his wife, Lowell classmate Sandra (Wong) Yuen, are the proud parents of two children, including a son who is a firstyear (plebe) at the U.S. Naval Academy. Many thanks to Rear Admiral Yuen for his service to our country and for visiting Lowell to share his insights and experience with today’s students. Admiral Yuen with Lowell Social Studies department head and alumna Alice KwongBallard ’80.

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School Budget Upgraded From Critical To Serious Despite a preliminary budget for the 2010-11 school year that would have required drastic reductions in course offerings, average class sizes of more than 35 students and the elimination of more than 10 percent of the faculty and staff, recent developments have narrowed the budget gap but still leave us more than $500,000 short of the funding needed to maintain critical programs and services. Early this year, the San Francisco Unified School District sent Lowell a preliminary budget that would have resulted in a $2 million shortfall, due in large part to an unexpected one-third cut to funding for Lowell’s nationally-recognized Advanced Placement program. The most troublesome aspect of the preliminary budget wasn’t the fact that it included additional cutbacks — given the reality of continuing reductions in state funding for public education — but that Lowell was receiving a disproportionate share of the budget cuts when compared to the city’s other large high schools. Lowell was being asked to take a 15 percent budget cut compared to cuts of half that

size at comparably-sized schools (Lincoln, Washington, Galileo). But the Lowell community promptly and effectively organized to fight these proposed cuts. In conjunction with the Lowell PTSA leadership, we drafted a very detailed letter to the Superintendent of Schools making the argument that Lowell was being treated unfairly and requesting a meeting to discuss the budget. Even more importantly, we launched an advocacy effort that resulted in more than 1,500 protest letters from Lowell alumni and other friends that overflowed the inboxes of Superintendent Garcia and Board of Education President Jane Kim. Thanks to those efforts and the strong position the local teachers union took in fighting for the Advanced Placement program, the school district restored more than $1 million to Lowell’s budget over the summer. Thanks to some last-minute scrambling by Principal Andy Ishibashi and his administrative team, the additional funding was used to re-hire several teachers continued on page 8

Donald Fisher Donald Fisher ’46, who co-founded Gap Inc. with a single San Francisco blue jeans outlet in 1969 and turned it into a worldwide 3,100-store casual-wear empire, died of cancer at his San Francisco home on Sept. 27, 2009. He was 81. A lifetime San Francisco resident, he was a retail industry pioneer whose impact was felt far beyond malls and main streets. Along with his wife and business partner, Doris Fisher, he became a philanthropist and a major political donor, who helped keep the giants in San Francisco and amassed one of the world’s great collections of modern art. “His unwavering commitment to our city’s arts and civic culture will be remembered for generations to come,” San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom said. Donald’s company — which markets the Banana Republic and Old Navy brands, among others, and has stores geared for kids and babies — influenced the nation’s life styles as well as its economy. Cynthia Cohen, president of a L.A. consulting firm said “Gap was the first to realize that everybody needs a good pair of khakis, everyone needs jeans and a good quality white T-shirt.” His death came two days after the San Francisco Museum of Art announced that it had formed a partnership with the Fishers to house their collection — 1,100 works by some of the most renowned artists of the 20th and early 21st century — in a new wing of the museum. The Fishers had proposed building a museum at the Presidio for the collection but withdrew their plans after encountering strong opposition from nearby residents and national park and preservation agencies. His other legacies include support for: the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, keeping the S.F. Giants in the City, U.C. Berkeley (Alumnus of the Year in 2007), Edison Charter Schools, KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program – 82 schools), and Teach for America which recruits college graduates as instructors in needy schools. The Lowell Sesquicentennial History reads, “Donald G. Fisher ’46, philanthropist and community leader, captain of the swim team, head yell leader, Lowell Sports Foundation Hall of Fame, founder and chairman emeritus of the Board of the GAP chain of clothing stores.” He wrote for a Lowell publication, “The high point in my junior year was when I broke the A.A.A. 50-year record of 25.2 seconds. Three judges combined their times to clock me at a flat 25.0 seconds. The record stood until it was broken nineteen years later (1963). After graduating from Lowell, I went to Cal and was the first swimmer to earn four Big C letters. In my senior year I was captain of the team. I also played water polo at Cal for four years and another 15 years for the Olympic Club”. This writer remembers Donald at the 50th reunion of his class of 1946. He had resurrected a keepsake — a huge megaphone from his yell leader days which he now used to lead his class cheers much as he had done half a century ago. What a guy! A picture of our illustrious schoolmate is in the main hall of the school. Donald is survived by his wife, Doris; brothers Jim and Bob; sons Bill, John and Bob; and 10 grandchildren. (A major portion of this obituary was published in the San Francisco Chronicle.)

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R EUNION R EPORTS “Grand 60th” Reunion a Great Success Lowell alums from four class years joined in revelry to celebrate a spectacular “Grand 60th Reunion” on October 4, 2009 at picturesque Runnymede Farm in Woodside. In perfect fall weather, some 300 people attended the highly successful grand gathering of the Spring and Fall classes of 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950 for a gala picnic barbecue and the chance to renew Lowell memories and friendships from that golden era. Runnymede Farm provided the ideal setting, with its unique combination of rustic charm and stunning collection of outdoor sculpture displayed throughout the extensive grounds. The property is owned by the Rosekrans family, and Lowell alum Adolph Rosekrans (Spring ’49) was an exceptionally genial and generous host for the event. Alumni and their guests gathered around a large tent surrounded by tables decorated — appropriately — in red and white, to meet colleagues and to enjoy the

food and drink, including some excellent Chardonnay donated by Spring ’49 alum Audrey (Shapiro) Sterling and her husband Barry from their renowned Iron Horse Winery. There were also numerous displays of photos and other memorabilia from school days at Lowell. Sweatshirts with the school logo and copies of the Alumni Association’s Lowell Sesquicentennial book were on hand and sold briskly. In addition to enjoying the setting and the refreshments, participants had the opportunity to stroll the grounds and view the world-class artworks placed along the Farm’s several paths. The festivities included music from the ’40s and ’50s, brief welcoming remarks from representatives of each class, and an enthusiastic if somewhat ragged chorus of the Lowell Hymn as alums struggled to remember the words. The event also raised nearly $7,000 for the Alumni Association,

L. to r. Susan and Marv Hoffman and Jeanne (Debs) Benatar exchange Lowell memories at reunion picnic.

Alums Lloyd Hanford, Noel (Straus) Hanford, and Don Green together at Grand 60th Reunion.

one of the largest contributions ever made by a Lowell reunion. The idea of an expanded multi-year event grew from initial plans by the Class of 1949 for their 60th reunion. It was organized by an active 25-person committee drawn from all eight classes of the four-year period. Encouraged by their success, committee members are already thinking bravely about a “Grand 65th”, so stay tuned….. Special thanks to the members of the “Grand 60th” Reunion Committee: Dan Benatar, Gil Casarez, Don Cheu, Warren Debenham, Ken Flower, Bill Gelardi, Joanne Brye Gelardi, Don Green, Ellie Kahn Green, Harry Hambly, Marv Hoffman, Sheila Berke Hyman, Cookie Holtz Leiber, Jesse Levy, Ron Miguel, Ellie Willard Miller, Wandaline Carter Perelli, Jim Plessas, Jack Rising, Jim Rosenthal, Margot Helmuth Schevill, Grant Settlemier, Bill Stevenson, Earl Stern and Ellie Cooper Van Voorhis.

L. to r. Audrey (Shapiro) Sterling, Harry Hambly, and Barry Sterling pause before the reunion’s “memory boards” display.

Runnymede Farm host Adolph Rosekrans ’49 and Margot (Helmuth) Schevill ’49 greet reunion guests.

L. to r. Joss Scroggy, Joan (Frisbie) Neff, and Bill Neff enjoy picnic lunch together at Grand 60th Reunion”.

L. to r.Class of ’50 alums Jack Anderson, Jack Hansen, and Don Gold share tall tales of their Lowell days.

Reunion Calendar Classes of January & June 1956 — 55-Year Reunion Margot (Helmuth) Schevill and Bill Stevenson address the Grand 60th Reunion crowd.

And so the planning begins for the Reunion of the January and June Classes of 1956. A small committee will be forming soon to organize an event in 2011 to observe our 55-year reunion. Wayne Batmale and Tom Nyhan will head up the committee. If you’d like to help, please contact Tom at (707) 539-5788. See you soon!

One of Runnymede Farm’s imposing sculptures oversees Grand 60th picnic scene.

Class of June 1966 – 45-Year Reunion We are hoping to pull together a small and simple, but fun, 45-year reunion this year. If you can help out in any way, please contact Carol Lincoln Anderson at (559) 970-8350 or find us on Facebook!

Choir and Glee Reunion — O. Dale Blackburn era

L. to r. Reunion Committee members Joanne (Brye) Gelardi, Wandaline (Carter) Perelli and Ellie (Willard) Miller help welcome fellow Lowell alums.

Reunion Committee members Ellie (Cooper) Van Voorhis and Sheila (Burke) Hyman staff the Grand 60th check-in table.

Class of January 1966 — 45-Year Reunion

LOWELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Terence Abad ’76 Executive Director

Lisa Coughlin Clay ’74 President

Jim Rosenthal ’50 Vice President

Leon Blum ’52 Treasurer

Anita Payton ’74 Secretary

Paul A. Lucey Executive Director Emeritus

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jack Anderson ’50 Roberta Bleiweiss ’65 Mike Bower ’67 Cathryn Brash ’43 Joseph Ehrman III ’41 Claudia Wolf Eshoo ’67

Dave Hagerman ’72 Georgene Poulakidas Kromydas ’88 King Lip ’95 Geraldine Rosen-Park ’77 Wendy Drefke Shinbori ’68

Helen Louie Wax ’66, Southern California Representative

Calling all Choral and Glee alumni from the O. Dale Blackburn years at Lowell High School (1960s, 1970s). We are planning a reunion of chorus/choir/glee participants. We will also have the recordings available on the web in MP3 format for download. We are looking for committee members and voices! To volunteer, please contact Rochelle A. Fortier, Spring ’70, at attorney@rafnlaw.com

Mark Steiner ’72 Paul Tam ’82 Mike Ugawa ’76 Rita Yee ’73 Irving Zaretsky ’59 Andy Ishibashi, Principal

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Saturday, January 29, 2011 – Lake Merced Golf Course, Daly City, 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. For reservations, please contact Melody Pagee at pageem@hdcco.com

Classes of January & June 1972 — 40-Year Reunion Save the date — Saturday, November 3, 2012. Location and more details to be announced later this year. For more information, please contact Otis Watson at otiswatson1@hotmail. com or (408) 314-7934.

2011 Southern California Alumni Luncheon More details coming soon, but the biennial Southern California luncheon will be held this June. Questions? Contact Southern California chapter President Helen Louie Wax at helnwax@aol.com FOR THE LATEST UPDATES, PLEASE VISIT THE REUNION PAGE AT WWW.LOWELLALUMNI.ORG

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R EUNION R EPORTS Class of 1979 — 30-Year Reunion On August 1, 2009, Lowell Class of 1979 celebrated its 30-year high school reunion with a catered barbecue picnic at Lafayette Reservoir Park. A GRAND time was had by all getting reacquainted in a fun and relaxing environment. Spouses, significant others and children enjoyed themselves, as well. All in all, the reunion was a fantastic success and the reunion committee has received very positive feedback! To view reunion photos, please go to the Flickr group called Lowell Class of 1979 (http:// www.flickr.com/groups/lowell79/). All you need is a Yahoo ID to access the group to upload, download, etc. See you at the next reunion!

Lowell ’79 alums demonstrate their Lowell spirit.

L to R: Andrew Williams III, Milford Chang, Leo Frappier, Nancy Cedeno Alegria, Maurice Kelly, Edward Ang and Jeffrey Goins (Leo’s husband).

Class of 1999 Celebrates “Back in the Day” The Class of 1999 celebrated their 10-year reunion on December 26, 2009 by going “Back in the Day” to a time before iPods, camera phones,and wi-fi took over our lives. Our reunion, held at Horizon Restaurant and Lounge in North Beach, featured music by DJ Atraxx, lots of tasty appetizers, and a slideshow with pictures shown at our senior luncheon and more recent pictures. We had a great turnout of 164 attendees and raised a total of $300, which we have donated to the Lowell Class of ’99 Reunion logo, designed by Angie Kim AlumniAssociation. Reunion Committee members: Kristen Chau, Liz Hom, Lauren Keane, Angie Kim, Patti Louie, Gigi Shum, Diana Smith, Victor Suen, Lucinda Tay, and Holman Tse. Check out our class website:http://groups.google.com/group/lowell-1999-reunion

Enjoying the Lowell ’79 reunion picnic with former faculty member James Thomas (back row, far right).

Class of 1989 Celebrates 20-Year Reunion The Class of 1989 celebrated its 20-Year Reunion at the UCSF Mission Bay’s William J. Rutter Center on Saturday, November 28, 2009. Approximately 165 ’89ers and their guests gathered to enjoy a evening filled with memories, fine food and 80’s music. Ms. Linda Grondahl, one of the Class Sponsors, also joined in on the festivities. The evening began with a mix-andmingle cocktail hour — a chance for everyone to get reacquainted. Emcees Curtis Chinn and Michael Ryther kicked off the dinner program with a trip down memory lane by asking 1989 trivia questions. This was followed by a live version of “Where Are They Now” with the Class of 1989 Senior Popularity Poll winners. Michael and Curtis interviewed Most Talkative classmates Mark Mikofski and Paulette Tsui; Most Likely to Succeed Roger Kuo; and Most Athletic classmates Akili Jones and Kimiko Leong. And Curtis gave the group a glimpse of his life by interviewing his wife, who married the “Best Looking” Lowellite in 1989. Eric Gee and Lorsen Koo added to the evening’s reminiscences with a Class of 1989 slide show. The dinner program was concluded with laughter from a presentation of two Top Ten lists: “Top 10 Signs You Haven’t Quite Let Go of the Class of 1989” and “Top 10 Signs You’ve Made A Clean Break…Maybe Too Clean… of the Class of 1989.” In the spirit of a typical, over-achieving Lowellite, the Class of 1989 also organized a fundraiser in conjunction with the reunion, to benefit the Lowell Alumni

Association. With a silent auction of 28 donated items and services and a raffle with over 30 donated prizes, the Class of 1989 raised $7,005. This total figure — which also includes the generous monetary contributions from Class of 1989 Lowell alumni — greatly surpassed the committee’s goal of $2,500. Way to go, over-achievers! A big thanks to the Fundraising Committee: Lee Cheng, Wendy Kan and Timothy Schmitz. After an evening of sharing old memories, getting reacquainted, and even making new friends, everyone parted ways, looking forward to the next reunion. For making this reunion a success, a big thanks to the LAA’s Terry Abad and the Reunion Committee: Jennifer Brown, Lee Cheng, Curtis Chinn, Helen Chu, Linda Chu, Josette Ferrer, Diana Ng Fung, Eric Gee, Claudia Hrvatin, Wendy Kan, Lorsen Koo, Tammy Law, Tedman Lee, Tennyson Lee, Michael Ryther, Verna Salting, Tim Schmitz, Nanah Suk Park, Cary Wong, and Jennifer Yang. Additional thanks to the volunteers, some of whom were Class of 1990 alumni: Mark Aguirre, Kate Youngah Suk Bove, Kaori Ikeda Chun, Tami Tiu Matsuno, Allison Ngan (current Lowellite), Eric Fung (photographer) and John Yong (graphic designer). Photos can be downloaded from the Picasa web album. If you would like to view this event or submit additional photos, please email 89lowell@gmail.com. The same photos (and slide show) are available on the Facebook group: Lowell High Class of 1989.

Class of 1999 Reunion Committee. Front row (L to R): Liz Hom and Patti Louie. Back row: Angie Kim, Natalie Tran, Gigi Shum, Kristen Chau, Holman Tse and Diana Smith.

Class of 1990 — 20-Year Reunion The class of 1990 celebrated their 20th reunion in style at the Presidio Golf course on September 4th. We were lucky enough to have 160 classmates and their guests join us for a fun-filled evening of nostalgic conversation and dancing. Although we hadn’t gathered in ten years, classmates picked up where they had left off and had to be ushered out at the end of the evening. There wasn’t enough time in the evening for everyone to share their memories, so it looks like we’ll continue the party in 2015. Special thanks go out to the reunion committee (Tami Tiu Matsuno, Ealine Leung Marshall, Kaori Ikeda Chun, Richard Hung and Eddy Altamirano) for all their hard work to make it a special evening. Join our Facebook group (Lowell class of 1990) to see more photos.

L to R: Thanh Tom, Cinnamon McGee Wirostek and Carey Anne Philliposian.

Class of 2000 Rocks Jillian’s On November 26, 2010, Class of 2000 alumni gathered for their 10-year reunion at Jillian’s Billiards Club in San Francisco. Everyone had a great time reminiscing over appetizers and drinks, while taking silly pictures in the photo booth and sifting through old newspapers and photos. The night was made possible by the tremendous efforts of the reunion planning committee — many thanks to you all!

Reunion Committees Don’t forget to provide photos and an account of your special event so we can share them with your fellow alumni in our next newsletter.

(L to R): Celia (Alcantar) Barnes, Trish Alvarado, Camille (Aponte-Bonhomme) Thomas and Lara Goldstone.

We can help if you’re starting to plan a reunion. Phone (415) 759-7830 or e-mail us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org

Clockwise, from top left: Betty Feng, Vanya Krishpinovich, Josh Kawaii-Bogue, Jason Chow, Nancy Han, Cate Thomason-Redus and Benjamin Marini.

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R EUNION R EPORTS 40-Year Reunion for Classes of 1968 and 1969 The class of Fall 1968 had a great 40-year reunion! Their ranks having thinned, they combined with the classes of Spring 1968 and Spring 1969 to take over the second floor of Fisherman’s Grotto #9 at the wharf. Visit our blog at http://lowell40reunion.blogspot.com for more reunion news and photos. It was a wonderful evening that helped us reflect positively on our lives as we reach the milestone of age 60. It was great to reconnect and meet our classmates. Always Lowell turns out illustrious alumni and Jeff Beaver and Martha we were impressed with how our classes had contributed to Barrios Mead our community and our world.

Tony Carrara, Harry Stein and Randy Gaynor

Linda Powell McMillan (left) with Chris & Pam Stevenson

Lowell Class of ’70 — 40 Year Reunion Lowell’s Class of 1970 held its 40-Year Reunion at the United Irish Cultural Center this past October 23rd, 2010. The 20 person reunion committee’s dedication and hard work really paid off as over 200 alumni from the Classes of Fall 1969, Spring 1970 and Fall 1970, along with significant others, friends and former teachers attended and the general consensus was that this was the best reunion the classes have held so far. The Lowell High School String Quartet helped get the party rolling as classmates arrived, followed by acknowledgements and special thank you presentations by reunion Co-Chairs Roberta Cohen Holden and Robert Jacobs. Next a buffet style dinner with surprisingly delicious and bountiful amounts of food was served, accompanied by a generous donation of excellent Buonocore wines. Following dinner we were fortunate to have classmate and California Assemblywoman Joan Tomaich Buchanan deliver a keynote address, after which, and I’m not so sure whether it’s just a coincidence, she was re-elected! In order to raise funds for Lowell High, the event also included a silent auction of

unique pop art style classmate portraits created by classmate and artist Christine Lando as part of the wonderfully creative event decorations which also included festive red and white balloon bouquets and Halloween candy at each table. Music, dancing, a business card raffle, fun contest prizes, a roaming professional photographer and lots of happy classmates apparently thrilled to be together again all helped to make this event a truly fun and memorable evening, not to mention that the Giants also won the National League Pennant that night. Just a coincidence? We may never know. Official photos of the event can be viewed at www.moanalanijeffrey.com. And please visit our Lowell High School Class of 1970 Reunion Facebook group. Reunion Committee: Robert Jacobs and Roberta Cohen Holden, Co-Chairs; Lynn Carruthers Dupell, Alice Moye Ng, Jeffrey Friedman, Phil Gara, Janet Hill, Susan Hornstein, Christine Lando, Debbie Liberatore, Leslie Lum, Sandy Markuse, Debra Mendelsohn, Marsha Monro, Rochelle Fortier Mwadibia, Cynthia Barnes Slater, Ianthia Hall-Smith and Sandy Yuen.

Classes of January & June 1965 Celebrate 45th in Grand Style There were hugs and handshakes all around for members of the Classes of ’65 who made it for their 45th. The reunion took place on Nob Hill at the Stanford Court Hotel with 80 in attendance. Some instantly recognized former classmates, while others squinted at nametags before a grin of recollection took over. Vera Woo had just returned from Australia where she represented the US in pistol shooting and won a silver medal. DJ, and former member of The Tokens, Dennis Marcellino rocked the house when he performed the group’s smash hit, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” There were rousing cheers when it was announced that the Giants had defeated the Phillies 4 to 3 in that night’s National League championship playoff game Between dinner and dancing, groups clustered together to talk about travel, grandkids and retirement. Arlene (Missy O’Brien) Doyle was chair of the event with Carol Gallagher and Mary (Shepper) Rose serving on her committee. —Mary (Shepper) Rose ’65

Stylish ’65 grads enjoying their reunion.

Lowell ‘70 reunion co-chairs Robert Jacobs and Roberta Cohen Holden

(L to R): Rhonda Hudson Crane, Cynthia Barnes Slater and Michael Brown enjoying their 40-year class reunion

Classes of 1955 — 55-Year Reunion Best wishes for 2011 from the Lowell Classes of 1955! We just celebrated our 55-year reunion October 15th at the St. Francis Yacht Club and it was a wonderful event — great location with easy parking, great room and plenty of good wine. Wonderful seeing old friends and we had

microphones passed around the tables so everyone had a chance to say hello, etc. Lots of fun and looking forward to the next one, which will be a luncheon somewhere (and we joke about it being sponsored by Ensure). Check out the pictures at our website www.lowell1955.com.

1940 & 1941 Grads Still Going Strong ’65 grads catching up at their 45-year reunion.

Dennis Marcellino ’65 performs for classmates at the Stanford Court Hotel

40-Year Reunion for 1970 Lowell Orchestra Earlier this year, members of the 1970 Lowell Orchestra reunited to play a special concert at Lowell and enjoy a postconcert dinner at the Basque Cultural Center. Surrounded by memorabilia from their twoweek concert tour of Japan, including a performance as part of San Francisco Day at Expo ’70 in Osaka, orchestra members shared many stories of that life-changing experience and fond memories of the late Jack Pereira, conductor of the Lowell Orchestra. For those who are interested in learning more about the 1970 Lowell Orchestra’s trip to Japan, you can find a full version of the award-winning documentary “Tell Them We’re From San Francisco” on the internet at https://diva.sfsu.edu.

(L to R) Jim Mull ’70, Bryce Martens ’72 and Greg Gomez ’69 catch up at the post-concert dinner.

1940/1941 Reunion Committee (left to right): Frances Hubbard Curley, Clarence Goldfinger and Marjorie Deckman Moore

Rehearsal at Lowell before the 40-year reunion concert.

In what has become an annual event, a lively group of alums from the classes of January and June 1940 and January 1941 gathered last August at Sinbad’s restaurant on the San Francisco waterfront to celebrate a 70-year reunion luncheon. Classmates reconnected on a beautiful day amid a wonderful collection of Lowell yearbooks and other memorabilia. Many thanks to the indefatigable Frances Hubbard Curley and her reunion committee cohorts, Marjorie Deckman Moore and Clarence Goldfinger for another great get-together!

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Alumna Helps Launch Lowell Science Research Program When Julia Ye (Class of 2006) told her former AP Physics teacher, Mr. Richard Shapiro, that she was coming back to San Francisco to enter the M.D.-Ph.D. program at UCSF, she did not realize that he was going to put her straight to work. For years, Shapiro had been envisioning a science research program at Lowell akin to those at the top high schools in the country like New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stuyvesant High School and Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thomas Jefferson High School, both of which produce many semifinalists and finalists every year in the highly prestigious Intel and Siemens Westinghouse science research competitions. Inspired by the idea of giving Lowell students the opportunity to experience science research in high school, Ye agreed to mobilize her connections with the UCSF Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP, aka M.D.-Ph.D. program). During the summer of 2010, she assembled a group of UCSF research faculty willing to work with as well as mentor Lowell students in their laboratories. In addition, she galvanized a dedicated troop of six of her M.D.-Ph.D. classmates to teach Lowell students cutting-edge science research and basic laboratory skills, as well as serve as mentors to the Lowell students. Now, less than a year after its inception, the UCSF-Lowell Science Research Program has attracted 80 motivated Lowell students. In the spring of 2011, the program will further expose students to developments in current science research and help students get placed into laboratories where they will conduct novel scientific research over the summer. This program will involve collaboration between Lowell science teachers and local research institutions, with future expansion to more distant research institutions. As of now, six UCSF faculty members have agreed to take Lowell students into their

labs for summer 2011. They will mentor these students as the students conduct their chosen research. We expect these numbers to increase in the near term as well as the medium and long term. An exciting development is the commitment we have received from J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Laureate and former chancellor of UCSF, to work with the Lowell Science Research Program. But launching this program will require a significant amount of funding. The science research program at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, in place since 1927, has a $300,000 annual budget. Establishing the Lowell program will also require a large initial investment in upgraded science lab equipment. Although Ye and Shapiro do not expect any funding from the school district, given the continuing budget-cutting, they are confident that funding sources will be identified as the wider Lowell community learns about the program and its amazing potential.

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Alumni Join 2010 Grads for Commencement For the fifth consecutive year, a proud contingent of Lowell alumni joined the Class of 2010 Commencement Exercises. Returning to the renovated Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, more than a dozen alumni from classes celebrating major reunion years marched in cap and gown and received a thunderous ovation from the 2010 graduates as well as their family and friends. The classes of 1990, 1985, 1980, 1970 and 1960 were represented, but the most impressive and most warmly greeted members of the alumni group were Jean Grewe (Class of June 1935) and Nola Keller Theobald (Class of December 1935),

celebrating the 75th anniversary of their respective Lowell graduations. After the formal ceremony concluded, the Lowell Alumni Association hosted a reception for the alumni and their friends at Soluna restaurant, just across Civic Center plaza from the Civic Auditorium. Attention members of the classes of 2001, 1991, 1986, 1981, 1971, 1961, 1951, 1941, 1936 (or earlier) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you are cordially invited to participate in the 2011 Lowell commencement exercises, tentatively scheduled for late May. For more information, contact the LAA at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org or (415) 759-7830.

Nola Keller Theobald (left) and Jean Grewe prepare to march into Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 75 years after their first Lowell graduation.

2010 grads Mindy Huynh (left) and Jenny Huynh

Front row (l to r): Juanita Heredia â&#x20AC;&#x2122;85, Nancy Lim-Yee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70, Pamela Lee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70, Richard Bergamaschi â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60, Frances Jacobs Levy â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60, Lillian Fan Chou â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80 and Joy Bagnol-Estudillo â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80. Back row: Principal Andy Ishibashi, Alan Yan â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90, Allan Wong â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90 and Jason Ma â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80.

Classmates Richard Bergamaschi and Frances Jacobs Levy

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Legendary Soccer Coach Feibusch Honored

Front row: Boris Bulayev ’03 (middle) with partner Eric Glustrom (left) and one of their Ugandan Mentors/Teachers, Patrice Kadimba (right)

Young Alum Leads International Non-Profit Group Boris Bulayev (Lowell class of 2003) describes his high school years with one word: basketball. He played, practiced and thought about basketball every day. And although he is currently President and Co-Founder of Educate!, a U.S. and Uganda-based nonprofit that aims to unlock the potential of African youth to solve their communities’ problems, Bulayev still finds the characteristics he developed from basketball at Lowell just as prevalent. During his time at Amherst College, Bulayev never wavered from the fierce competitiveness, teamwork and dedication he displayed in high school. When fellow student and founder of Educate!, Eric Glustrom, asked him to become more involved with the organization, Bulayev didn’t hesitate to accept the challenge. Teamwork is the essence of the duo’s efforts and success with Educate!. While Glustrom is idealistic and optimistic, Bulayev is realistic and business minded. The outcome of compromise gives Educate! the unique quality that has generated much success. Since the duo graduated from college in 2007, Educate!, which provides a mix of a leadership and social entrepeneurship course, long-term mentoring, practical experience solving a community problem, and an alumni network for high school aged youth, has done very well. It was backed by Echoing Green, the leading venture philanthropy fund, won the Ashoka Changemakers Quality Education in Africa award and was recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the 100 Brilliant Companies of 2009. One of its program participants, Lillian, is teaching 36 AIDS widows how to make jewelry to have a source of income.

Recently, Educate! has made noticeable leaps in incorporating its model into the Ugandan national curriculum. “We’re going to integrate 75% of our leadership and social entrepreneurship curriculum into the national entrepreneurship curriculum,” says Bulayev. Educate! strives to go beyond teaching a man how to fish, and instead strives to teach a man how to teach others to fish. Core to its approach is a concept called exponential empowerment - investing longterm in a few so they can positively impact many others. Bulayev explains how his experience at Lowell has carried on to his work with Educate!: “I learned valuable experiences at Lowell, which taught me how to connect to others,” he says. “When we teach and spread the message to others, we see how connected we all are.” The message is on course to reach many new students in 2011. The curriculum is piloting to 80 schools and will roll out to as many as 100,000 students across in Uganda in 2012. “As far as we know, this would be one of, it not the first, national social entrepreneurship curriculum in the world, and we are working to make sure it includes a strong practical component in which students will actually gain experience starting a business or community initiative as part of their education,” says Bulayev. Bulayev, who still thinks very fondly to his time at Lowell, is excited about Educate!’s future. “We are very eager to move forward and know we have an opportunity to expand social entrepreneurship education on a national scale and set a trend for many other countries in Africa and beyond.” You can find out more info about Educate! at www.experienceeducate.org.

After coaching Lowell soccer for 44 years, mentoring hundreds of players, more than 670 career wins and 20 Academic Athletic Association titles, coach Ernst “Ernie” Feibusch’s dedication to Lowell soccer was celebrated this past April at a retirement luncheon in San Francisco. More than 50 past players and other friends gathered at the United Irish Cultural Center for a luncheon organized by Brian Connolly ’72, with help from the Lowell Alumni Association. Coach Feibusch is more than a Lowell coaching legend, having played a pivotal role for decades in the development and promotion of youth soccer in the Bay Area and having been elected to the United States Soccer Hall of Fame in 1984. Players recall Feibusch’s demanding coaching style (“pronate that foot”) as well as his softer side. Margaret (Forbes) MacDonald ’76, one of the first Lowell girls coached by Feibusch, nearly two decades before the AAA recognized girls soccer, writes, “(Coach Feibusch) agreed to coach the very first girls’ soccer team at Lowell, after a lot of arm-twisting as I recall. My friends and I wouldn’t give up — we just kept showing up to the boys’ practices until he agreed to let us form a team. We lost some games by many goals at first, but by the end of the season we had started to win some. I went on to co-found the first women’s soccer club at UCLA, and about a decade later it achieved Title IX status along with the men’s club. Soccer gave me so much — it gave me friendship, team and leadership skills, athletic fitness, and a place to burn up my competitive energy. These have all served me well throughout my life, and I want to thank Coach Feibusch for letting his arm be twisted all those years ago.”

Coach Feibusch, opening gifts at his retirement gala Wyman Lai ’79 wrote about the debt he owes Coach Feibusch because “ he taught much more than soccer. The best lessons were about rewarding commitment and effort. He treated everyone fairly, but he had a soft spot for those who tried the hardest.” From the multitude of stories told and retold at the retirement luncheon, it’s clear that Coach Feibusch’s impact will be felt for generations to come. To help commemorate Coach Feibusch’s service, the Lowell Alumni Association is soliciting donations to help improve Feibusch Field at Lowell by installing sprinklers. We need to raise approximately $10,000 more in order to get this project underway in 2011. To contribute, please visit www.lowellalumni.org/donate or call us at 415.759.7830. Be sure to earmark your donation for the Feibusch Field project

Soccer alumni Deepinder Sekhon ’75 (left) and Pedro Merino ’75 (right) flank Coach Feibusch.

SF Prep Hall of Fame Taps Arterberry Lowell alumna Belinda Arterberry ’80 will be honored for her outstanding athletic accomplishments by the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame as part of its newest class of inductees. Arterberry, already a member of the Lowell Sports Foundation’s Hall of Fame, was a three-year basketball starter at Lowell, twice earning All-City honors. As a senior, she averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds per game, led Lowell to the AAA championship and was named AAA Player of the Year. At Chapman College, Belinda led her team to NCAA Division II Quarterfinal appearances in 1982, 1983 and 1984 while becoming Chapman’s first female All-American. She still holds the

all-time scoring and rebounding records at Chapman. One of Ms. Arterberry’s fellow inductees also has a Lowell connection – Zac Lee, son of Lowell grad and Super Bowl quarterback Bob Lee ’63, will be honored for his football prowess at St. Ignatius College Prep, City College of San Francisco and the University of Nebraska. The SF Prep Hall of Fame banquet will be held on Saturday, May 21 at Patio Espanol in San Francisco. If you’d like to be part of a Lowell table for the dinner, contact the Lowell Alumni Association at (415) 759-7830 or lowellaa@lowellalumni. org.

Coach Feibusch displays a plaque commemorating his service to Lowell High School with (from left to right) Marcos Estebez ’73, Brian Connolly ’72, former Lowell Athletic Director John Donohue, Lowell Assistant Principal Janet (Lee) Tse ’68 and Lowell Counselor May Choi ’68.

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November Champions This past November was an amazing month for Lowellites who celebrated championships in the arenas of sports and politics (insert your own joke here as to whether there is all that much difference between the two). Four Lowell alumni won election or re-election to various Bay Area offices while Larry Baer ’74 received national attention as President and Chief Operating Officer of the world champion San Francisco Giants and Lowell’s boys soccer team earned city bragging rights as league champions. Congratulations to all of our November champions! Lowell’s boys soccer team, under first-year coach Marcos Estebez ’73, compiled an amazing record this season, winning all 16 regular season league matches and two playoff games, including 13 shutout victories, outscoring league competitors 70-5. League honors include Julian Enis as AAA Defender of the Year, Leo Harrington as AAA Forward of the Year and Marcos Estebez as AAA Coach of the Year.

Malia Cohen ’96, former Lowell stu(L to R): SF Giants Managing Partner/Chief Executive Officer Bill Neukom, President/Chief Operating Officer Larry Baer and Senior VP/General Manager Brian Sabean with the World Series trophy.

Larry Baer ’75, President and Chief Operating Officer of the San Francisco Giants, has been the driving force behind the team’s greatest accomplishments over the past two decades, including the 1992 sale that kept the Giants in San Francisco as well as the design and construction of AT&T Park. Larry is deeply involved in many important San Francisco institutions, including San Francisco General Hospital, the California Academy of Sciences and the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco. He and his wife Pam live in San Francisco with their four children.

dent body President battled her way to victory on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, topping the field of 21 candidates to represent District 10 (Bayview, Potrero Hill). A graduate of both Fisk and Carnegie-Mellon Universities, Malia has worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and in high profile positions in city government. Two of Supervisorelect Cohen’s competitors in the race were also Lowell alumnae: Lynette Sweet ’77 and Nyese Joshua ’85 (formerly Denise Brasfield).

Joan (Tomaich) Buchanan ’70, celebrated re-election to the California Assembly, representing the sprawling 15th District (San Ramon, Livermore, Elk Grove). Joan’s previous public service includes nearly two decades on the San Ramon Valley School Board, including four terms as President. Rumor has it that Ms. Buchanan’s top two wishes this past November were re-election and a World Series victory for the Giants, not necessarily in that order.

Emily Moto Murase ’83 ran a superb

campaign for a seat on the San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education, culminating in a thrilling come from behind victory. Election day vote totals had Emily more than 1,000 votes short of winning a seat on the board, but on the strength of absentee and provisional ballots she leapfrogged a competitor and ended up winning with a margin of over 1,000 votes. In addition to her position as Executive Director of San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women, Emily is the mother of two public school students and has served the Lowell Alumni Association as a dedicated member of our Board of Directors

State Senator Leland Yee joins Emily Moto Murase and her family on election night in November.

James Fang ’79 was re-elected to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors for a sixth four-year term, making him the longest-serving BART director. President of Asian Week, a national media outlet with a focus on the AsianAmerican community, Mr. Fang is also an attorney. He has served as President of the BART board three times and represents BART District 8, comprising the western and northern neighborhoods of San Francisco.

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Student Journalists Report on National High School Journalism Convention As part of the Lowell Alumni Association’s continuing support for The Lowell, Lowell’s award-winning student newspaper, alumni donations were used to help send several student journalists to last year’s National High School Journalism Convention in Phoenix. Below are reports from five of the participating students.

Tiffany Leung

The JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention was the first convention I had ever attended and boy, did it really open my eyes to the world outside of Lowell High. Here were kids from all around, ready to learn more from guest speakers and even from each other. One workshop I attended was the “Creative Sports Designing” run by high school students. The speakers talked about how they first were inspired to start, then began managing a sports literary magazine. I was impressed, the magazine pages looked professionally done and each article had a unique style. Meeting these students who had accomplished so much made me want to work harder as well. Another highlight of the Convention was meeting Mary Beth Tinker, from the famous court case, Tinker v Des Moines. Hearing her speak about her own experiences rather than reading about them from a book, really brought history to the present. Not only did I get to speak to Tinker personally, albeit briefly, I also had the opportunity to ask Jerheme Urban, professional football player of the Arizona Cardinals, a question during the interview portion of my Sports Write-off. Although I was slightly put off as I would be writing a football article, a sport I didn’t particularly care for nor understand, I still tried my best in writing the article and even managed an award! If someone had asked me in the beginning of the year if I could see myself going to a journalism convention, I would have laughed and outright rejected the idea. Journalism was just a class for me, something I would stop doing once I reached college. But after attending the conference, I see journalism as not only a way of improving my writing but also as a future career choice.

Nicola Householder

By far the most memorable, though challenging, feature of the convention was the Review Write-off, during which I was assigned to visit and review a new exhibit at the Arizona Science Center. This gave me the chance to improve my writing skills, use the allotted two hours wisely, take better notes and interview effectively. Although I didn’t win any awards for review-writing this year, I am confident that I have the experience necessary to do so in the future. Simply bonding with my fellow Lowell reporters and meeting those from other schools across the country were some major highlights of the entire conference, for the strong sense of community is something uncommon in many other high school extracurricular activities. I left Phoenix with some valuable new advice, a desire to continue my reporting career past high school, and a goal to attend more journalism conferences like this in the future. I will surely treasure this opportunity for years to come, and consider it a great step forward in my journalistic life. I thank the Lowell Alumni Association for making it possible.

Emily Moody

From April 16-19, 2009, I attended the NSPA/JEA Journalism conference in Phoenix, Arizona with four of my fellow journalism students. The conference, which consisted primarily of journalism workshops, keynote speakers, and write-off competitions, was great because it allowed me to get away from my mundane school schedule for a few days, soak up some rays, and, of course, learn more about journalism. I had never been to a conference of any sort before, and as this was my first year writing for The Lowell I figured it would be a good opportunity to expand my journalistic knowledge for next school year. I spent most of my time at the conference attending various workshops on topics from satire to news writing to student press laws and ethics. There were some very knowledgeable speakers; one of my favorites was an editorial cartoonist from a local newspaper who was hilarious but also conveyed a lot of information about the power of the written word. With the info I collected at the conference I am definitely returning to my reporting duties with a few new tricks up my sleeve. In addition to attending workshops, I also participated in an Editorial Write-off competition. I was pretty nervous about the competition, so I decided to attend a workshop on editorial writing right before I competed. With the lecturer’s tips in mind I strode into the contest with newfound confidence. The Write-off involved having to discern an appropriate editorial topic from the information provided by a speaker, an FBI agent, and seeing him speak was in itself a pretty cool opportunity. After all of my nervousness, I was fortunate enough to receive in “Excellent” ranking in the competition. Overall, I really enjoyed the conference. It was fascinating to see the thriving journalistic programs that are in place all over the country and to hear journalism professionals speak. The conference helped me realize that I want to continue in the journalism program at school, and provided me with some new skills to help me succeed there. I’d love to be able to attend another conference in the future as I continue my education in journalism.

Budget Upgraded to Serious continued from page 1 and other staff just in time for the beginning of the school year this past August, thereby reducing class sizes and the studentto-counselor ratio. But even with the extra funding, Lowell is grappling with a budget gap of nearly $1 million this school year. The Lowell PTSA has provided almost $400,000 in funding for critical staff and programs and the Lowell Alumni Association is working hard to bridge as much of the remaining gap as possible through our current Annual Fund Campaign. Priorities for funds raised by the LAA during the current campaign include supporting our uniquely diverse World Languages program (offering 8 languages, from Chinese to Hebrew); maintaining critical student services (counseling staff and

library hours); continuing the rich legacy of our journalism and yearbook programs; and keeping the lights on in the Carol Channing Theater for various music and theater productions by funding our theater tech director. For those of you who have already donated to this year’s Annual Fund Campaign, please accept our most sincere thanks on behalf of the entire Lowell community. And if you haven’t yet donated, please know that our campaign runs through June 30, 2011, so there’s still time to help. Please visit www.lowellalumni.org/donate for information about making a gift by check or credit card. Thanks very much and best wishes to all of our fellow alumni and other friends for 2011!

Lowell student journalists at the Phoenix convention (from L to R): Nicola Householder, Emily Moody, Ben Udelson, Ashley Wu and Tiffany Leung.

Ashley Wu

Before joining my fellow journalists on the trip to the Phoenix JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention, I had never before been on a trip without my parents. Not only did I get to take one of my first independent steps in life on this trip, but I also got to further develop my skills in writing and to broaden my view of journalism. Back at school, I am only limited to the writing, editing and photography portion of journalism. However, after attending the convention, I realize that there is so much more to it. At the conference, I attended workshops including “Why Satire Matters,” where I was introduced to the fun of satire with an editorial cartoonist, “Go for It… Pursuing Sports Dreams” where a radio analyst shared about the excitement of a career at the scene of the action and reminded me about how spontaneous journalists have to be, “Take ‘em Out to the Ballpark: Improving Your Sports Coverage” about a high school sport magazine which was started by a group of students interested in sports, and “Picture Speaks a Thousand Words” about photography which taught me how a story can be told by a single picture if the photographer could get the right angles. When I decided to go on this trip, I was only expecting to take some workshops that would help me in journalism that were most likely boring, but the workshops were really great and the people I went with only made the trip even better. Taking part in the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Phoenix was an amazing experience that I will not soon forget.

Students Overcome Hate With Love Earlier this year, members of the Westboro Baptist Church from Kansas picketed outside Lowell, targeting Lowell’s Gay-Straight Alliance Club and Hebrew program. Below is an excerpt from an article about this event written by Rabbi Sydney Mintz of San Francisco’s Temple Emanu-El (reprinted with permission). On Thursday, January 28, 2010, the Westboro Baptist “Church” from Topeka, Kansas paid us a visit. I put quotes around the word church to express my disdain for anyone professing such vitriolic hatred calling themselves a church. The Westboro Baptist “Church” and its website “godhatesfags.com” are infamous for their theatrical hatemongering and protests of any organization that supports gays, lesbians, Jews, other Christians, Muslims, Blacks, the President of the United States, and people who serve our country, to name a few. Our community debated what to do when the Westboro Baptist “Church” announced on their website a planned visit to the Bay Area. Show up, stand up or ignore them and hope they wouldn’t come back again? Certainly, the soundest advice was to not be drawn into a confrontation, which is the method they employ to make their statement, while also drawing the targets of their attack into the fray. But, when I attended the protest at Lowell High School in order to support our students there, I was overwhelmed by the experience. In an interview and subsequent blog entry for the “Not in our Town” website, this is what I wrote: “Today I experienced love triumphing over hate. It was a simple demonstration of solidarity and support on the part of Lowell High School students in the face of blatant and disgusting prejudice on their campus. When the Westboro Baptist “Church” visited Lowell, they certainly did not expect the scene to resemble a Jewish wedding. I don’t know how many of the students at Lowell are gay or Jewish. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that when the student body recognized that members of their school were going to be singled out as the targets of a fringe hate group, they did what teenagers do best. They danced, they partied, they ignored the craziness on the other side of the street. My favorite moment was watching the students dance the hora to klezmer

One Lowell student expressing his reaction to the Westboro Baptist Church protest earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Moffitt) music blaring from the PA system; students who donned homemade yarmulkes and talises; students who stood with handmade signs that read: “God Hates Figs”, “Jesus Had Two Dads”, “We Aren’t Going to Hell, We’re Going to Dance”. I was standing behind their principal, Mr. Andrew Ishibashi, who stood with a bullhorn in his hand and a smile on his face. The Westboro Baptist “Church” made several stops on their hate tour of the Bay Area. They probably could care less about the response from one random high school with a Gay Straight Alliance and a Jewish student group. I care. What got me was that the presence of these students pouring out their love, friendship, diversity and support for what is right and good about humanity completely obliterated and silenced the hate that had come to rest across the street from their school. Oh, and in the middle of the crowd of 1,000 dancing teenagers was my son Eli, a Lowell High School freshman. I am very, very proud today.

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Lowell Technology Committee — Looking to the Future The Lowell Technology Committee, founded just three years ago, has increased its membership and its impact this year through the dedication of a volunteer group of teachers, administrators, students, parents and alumni. Over the course of the 2009-2010 school year, we drafted the school’s first long-term Technology Plan, and executed the first phase in a three-year campaign to guide the school towards a technology future in which all students have greater access to technology; teachers continue to integrate technology into their curriculum; students are exposed to more lecturers, scientists and professionals in technology fields; and developing a technology culture within the school that can best take advantage of the opportunities that surround us in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. With funding from the Lowell Alumni Association, Lowell PTSA and School

assignments on a more frequent basis. The 2010-2011 year is off to a quick start, with plans to provide 40 computer kits to Mr. Simon’s new Computer Repair class, and to purchase and install at least 10 new ceiling-mounted LCD projectors to make it easier for teachers to use computerbased presentations and develop interactive assignments for their classrooms. Other plans for this year include a software audit, to make sure that Lowell has consistent and up-to-date software and funding for necessary software licenses in use by the English, Science and World Languages departments. We are also looking at developing a managed print solution to centralize printing resources and to be able to upgrade existing equipment so that we can offer other imaging solutions, such as scanning, document storage and retrieval, and large format printing. The committee is looking for help from interested alumni. If you work in the technology industry and think that your employer might be interested in sponsoring some type of pilot program using their hardware, software, or could make a financial contribution, we want to hear from you! If you have ideas of your own, or want to volunteer to help or to be a member of our comLowell students making good use of the recently refreshed computer mittee, we welcome lab in the Lowell library. you. And we want to Site Council, the Technology Committee join the parents, students and administrarefreshed more than 60 computers in three tors in thanking you for your continued computer labs that simultaneously allowed financial contributions and future commitfor a redistribution and allocation of older ment to improving technology at Lowell! computers to various school departments, More information about the Technology faculty members and the Special Education Committee can be found at http://lhs-sfusdDepartment. This reallocation helped ca.schoolloop.com/techcommittee or you can address many of the departmental needs contact committee member Ron Blum at for access to the school district servers and rblum@cbpappraisal.com. website for posting grades and homework

U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer ’59 congratulates Gus Guibert ’03 shortly after administering the oath of the State Bar of California. Congratulations to Gus on passing the notoriously difficult California Bar exam and thanks to Judge Breyer for making time to officiate at this ceremony!

Lowell Sports Foundation Seeking Hall of Fame Nominees In preparation for the its next Lowell Sports Hall of Fame banquet, the Lowell Sports Foundation is soliciting nominations of outstanding Lowell athletes and coaches to be considered for induction into Lowell’s Sports Hall of Fame. To obtain a nomination form or more information, please contact Terry Abad at terry.abad@ lowellalumni.org or (415) 759-7830.

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Alum Takes Case to Supreme Court Editor’s Note: The following narrative from Mike Bigelow ’62 began as a contribution to this edition’s Class of 1962 “Keeping In Touch” section. But I asked him to expand on it a little, given the unique nature of his story. He has also agreed to write a follow up about the experience of preparing for and arguing a case before the highest court in the land, and how he fared at the hands of fellow alumnus and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer ’55. As improbable as it may seem, I shall be arguing before the United States Supreme Court this term in Walker v. Martin, a habeas corpus case (the “Great Writ”) with national implications. I say improbable because fifty years ago there were those who thought my graduation from Lowell rather unlikely, I among them. But for classmates like Bill Schmoll, who shepherded me through Mr. Koenig’s physics class, and Francia Friendlich, who tutored me to at least passing grades in math, I would not have graduated. Of course, not at all helpful was Lowell’s society, which, in the words of one wag, was “just too much fun.” What with football, ski lessons from the likes of Jim and Peter Cowan, Patti Carroll and, of course, Karen Anderson, during those wonderful Badger Pass Ski Club outings, and all of the courtyard antics, who had time do homework? Who wanted to do homework? Fortunately, my disobliging efforts notwithstanding, I did manage to discover, from Mr. Worley and from Mr. Englander, the wonderful world of literature, and how to at least put sentences together in a somewhat intelligible manner. (Does anyone not remember Moby Dick, or his or her first efforts at Haiku?) Because of them, and others of their ilk, my failures were not absolute. Even so, on the day college admissions were announced, and others exulted over acceptance to Cal and Stanford and those venerable institutions Back East, I had only 50 Phelan Avenue to look forward to. Two years later I’d even failed at that. Twice. Hard to do, but I was persistent, and at least consistent. And so, with deferments gone, the draft breathing down my neck, and not much else to do, I did as many of our generation did then — I split. For well over a year I hitchhiked — Europe mostly, but North Africa and the Middle East too. Life, as you may recall, was simpler then. I worked part of the summer of 1965 at Kibbutz Haon, on the eastern shore of the Kinneret, at the foot of the Golan Heights. Later, I made my way to Kabul. When I returned home the army

was waiting. Although trained as a combat medic, I spent most of my tour at Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning GA. It was there that I met Geri Johnson, a Georgia Peach just out of nursing school. As a civilian R.N. she was my boss, and seriously disliked boys from California, thinking them all, “too arrogant.” She got over it. A couple of weeks after the start of the Tet Offensive — you remember that one — we were married. (The army brass was apoplectic.) Geri put me through college, then law school and has survived my bad humor through too many long and difficult jury trials. (I was a Sacramento County Public Defender for a number of years until I opened my own practice.) Forty-two years later Geri is retired, I am not, and we are still married. There are many who thought that unlikely too. We have two children, Geri and I. Both girls, both lawyers. I like to think perhaps I did something right, they having chosen the law as a profession. (Never mind the fact one is a deputy district attorney and the other worked with me for a while, representing unpopular people in unpopular causes. And yes, family dinners on occasion are interesting.) I still ski — a lot — my children are better than I, the grandchildren are learning. (Although Bradley, the oldest of the four at age eight, took me down Squaw’s West Face this past spring, so I’m not entirely certain he has anything else to learn.) In any event, in the fall we all will be in Washington; they to observe, me to sweat bullets. The case arises from my client’s conviction for murder. The Ninth Circuit ruled that the California Supreme Court was wrong when it denied his petition for habeas corpus (which claimed, among other things, that his trial counsel was ineffective) because it was not timely filed. The attorney general would like the Supreme Court to reverse the Circuit Court’s ruling. (Now there’s a shock.) Seemingly straight forward, the case is remarkably complex; the issues unsettled, the Court seemingly divided. Am I excited? I was. Now I’m merely catatonic. I figure though that if I could survive Mr. Englander, I can probably survive the Justices. And, as their questions come, and with them my answers, I hope I will be forgiven if my mind drifts a little, and I hear for just an instant the band gently play — “who’d a ever thought it?” Indeed.

Virginia Spalding Murray ’28 Celebrates 100th Birthday Earlier this year, Virginia Eleanor (Spalding) Murray, from the Lowell class of June 1928, celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends. As reported by her children, she always speaks with pride of her alma mater: “Of course you could take Latin, but you could also take Greek!” she’d tell her family (though she herself stuck with French). “Wednesday was middy day for the girls,” she remembers, a custom she apparently didn’t mind. Of the many famous Lowell alums, Virginia singled out the one she actually knew, classmate Abe Mellinkoff, later the intrepid monocle-wearing city editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. Born September 30, 1910, in San Bruno, her post-Lowell life has included her 1934 marriage to Polytechnic grad Logan Murray; work in a Seattle defense plant during WWII; the birth of her two daughters (Christine Murray Baron and Holly Murray Middleton); and many years in Huntington Beach, where she was a long-time public library volunteer.

Virginia Spalding Murray ’28 shows off the Lowell sweatshirt she received at her 99th birthday in 2009. Currently, Virginia resides at a board and care home in Irvine. Happy 100th birthday!

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Lowell Alumni Association

Winter 2010

Keeping In Touch… 1933

JUNE & DEC.

1943

JAN. & JUNE

GEORGE BLACKMORE shouts, “Hello to Class of December ’33! Still standing! Now I am in Pacheco, California.”

ALLEN S. & FRANCINE ROSE FEDER ’51 are living in San Francisco and having fun living life.

1936

SOL ‘BUD’ SILVERMAN updates, “Professor of oral medicine at UCSF School of Dentistry, emeritus status, recalled full-time to continue patient care, teaching, research.”

JUNE & DEC.

EVELYN AVERY WILSON continues to serve as parliamentarian for the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education, as well as for many organizations holding their conventions and annual meetings in the Bay Area.

1937

JUNE & DEC.

CATHERINE GUERENA WELCOME reports, “Will have annual summer reunion at Tahoe with Sue Stephens Weeks ’38, Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ Panton Smith ’38, Robert ‘Bob’ Boeddiker ’38 and Jean Rilovich Boeddiker ’42.”

1938

JUNE & DEC.

BARBAR A LADDON LANGENDORF details, “June cruise — Baltic Sea — seven countries. Visited Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Poland, Estonia, and Norway. Met a friend in Oslo, a professor at university. Had a great time. Now time to enjoy the Bay Area and plan for the future.” WAYNE WELCOME died October 4, 2008.

1940

JAN. & JUNE

PAUL HOFFMAN narrates, “After nearly flunking out of Cal in 1941, I left gracefully to become a navigator in the Air Force Navigator, where they taught me how to study. I entered Stanford in 1948, and completed my work for the Ph.D. in 1953. I am now a former professor and founder of the Oregon Research Institute. I am ensconced in San Carlos, swim, work out, write letters of dismay to politicians of all stripes, and visit my kids and grandkids in Oregon and Arizona. I still remember the periodic chart, and the 69 prepositions we had to memorize somewhere in the 7th – 9th grade but cannot remember the names of my cousins let alone the day of the week. If I fail to show up at the reunion, it will only mean that l have forgotten my way to the Ferry Building!” RICHARD NIELLO greets, “Best wishes to my classmates of June 1940!” EVE VOIGT HOLLENBERG mails, “We no longer travel around but have joined the Pleasant Hill Seniors and have gone on their ‘mystery trips’ as well as other interesting trips. I still drive for Meals on Wheels and volunteer at the cancer library at John Muir Hospital. Leo recently joined me at MOW — those containers get a little heavier every year.”

1941

JAN. & JUNE

MARY KOCHE LEVINSON asks, “Does anyone remember the ‘Old Lowell?’ Lots of wonderful memories. When you’re sixteen, how can the memories be anything but good!”

1942

JAN. & JUNE

JUANDA LOYSEN HALPER shares, “For the last 24 years I have lived in Oakmont (Santa Rosa), a retirement community of 5,000 residents for active 55-year-olds plus. I keep in touch with Ruth Schwedhelm Dwyer (Lafayette) and Dorothy Barker Rouse (Redwood City). Also living in Oakmont is Dolores ‘Dodie’ Parodi Wallace.” DOLORES PARODI WALLACE is still playing golf and bridge in beautiful Oakmont, California, an active retirement community. Still singing, too! PEGGY POULSEN BURKMAN is still living in Michigan and just celebrated her 85th birthday. She asks, “Will we ever have another reunion?”

1944

JUNE & DEC.

R AFAEL PISCIELLI K ASTL recounts, “Amtrack has become the favored vacation transport. Last year’s trip to San Antonio, for a WWII vets’ reunion, was fraught with suspense. Hurricane ‘Ike’ struck the Gulf States and train travel was curtailed until — fortunately — our scheduled departure date. Whew!”

1945

FEB. & JUNE

MILDRED YOUNG THOMAS sends “Jett and I have now lived in Vallejo for 22 years, the longest time in one house. While we’re both slowing down some (both 82 this summer), we still love cruising. In September we took a 60-day trip from S.F. to Sydney, Australia, returning to L.A. We’ll do anything to avoid long plane trips. Going through some of our favorite South Sea Islands gives us a chance to do some serious snorkeling again. This means we keep swimming at the gym four to five times a week.”

1946

JAN. & JUNE

MARY ANN BROWN TONKIN says, “Still working at Western Exhibitors, Inc., our co-trade shows. Playing golf three times a week — having a 22 handicap, enjoying Tahoe house — and am still vertical!”

1947

JAN. & JUNE

ROBERT L. SOCKOLOV composes, “Currently board chairman of the Institute on Aging, working on our building project on the site of the Coronet Theater; fundraising toward completing the six-story building that will house the services of the IOA and 150 affordable housing units for the elderly, which could include our class.” KENNETH WHITE announces, “No longer skiing. No longer sailing. Time to take up golf.”

1948

JAN. & JUNE

LARRY & CAROLINE BRETT GRAUBART e-mail, “Hi to our classmates from myself and Caroline. Sorry that we might have to miss our upcoming joint reunion in October; it seems that my hip has been called away and that a surgery is in the offing for me. However, I am glad to share a book that came off the Amazon shelf that was written by a Lowell alumnus who proudly claims as much in the overleaf. Donald M. Platt ’49, an author and professor of creative writing in Florida, has written a book titled, Rocomoro, which is an exciting history-based novel of the life and times of 16thcentury Europe, particularly Spain…Can’t put it down. If my anticipated surgery comes about (pain-driven decision, naturally), I will have the company of the sequel to Rocomoro. So, ahead of the event, Caroline and I wish you all well and we fervently hope to be at Dolph’s (Adolph Rosekrans ’49) beautiful ranch come October 4. I have e-mailed Don Platt (also a Presidio grad) to come out to the event, and he has made airline reservations…’’ TONY VAN VLIET has just finished a nineyear term on the board for Oregon Public Broadcasting and is also ending his term on the State Board of Higher Education. He suggests, “Approaching 80 seems like a good time to start our ‘bucket list’ and enjoy our family.” MARGRET LLOYDS SMALLIE states, “I have been teaching classical ballet here in Stockton for 53 years in my own studio and

still enjoy each day! Daughter Marlies has her own dance studio in Lodi, California, and has taught dance for 17 years. Son Don is a doctor of chiropractic and has been practicing for over 30 years as well as being a licensed contractor. Son Dennis retired after 30 years as a police lieutenant and is now executive director of the Downtown Stockton Alliance. So the Smallies keep busy!” We are delighted to help plug MERLA BURSTEIN ZELLERBACH’s new book, “The Missing Mother – A Hallie Marsh Mystery.” Merla explains that the book is set in San Francisco, “the only place I’ve ever lived. Looking forward to our next reunion, Goddess willing!”

1949

JAN. & JUNE

MARVIN JACOBY is still living at Tahoe after 25 years. HAL MESSINGER hopes to be at the 60th reunion at Runnymede Farm on October 4, 2009. DONALD PLATT comments, “Enjoyed the 60th reunion. Perfect weather! It was wonderful seeing so many old friends and acquaintances looking well. Reconnected with a cousin and Cal friend married to ‘Lowellettes’ as well.”

1950

JAN. & JUNE

PATRICIA GALE GOLDSWORTHY updates, “Am enjoying my move to Central Point Oregon. Do like the calmer, slower pace of life and good people.” DONALD S. GREEN became chair of the Presidio Work Group of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He is working with national parks conservation, historic preservation, and neighborhood groups to protect the Presidio and to promote historic education programs for visitors. HARRY WONG shares, “My wife and I went with Marvin Hoffman ’48 and his wife, Sue, to brave 100 + degrees in Las Vegas in August, but it was cooler with a fall cruise. My wife and I had an awesome vacation in Turkey, followed by some marginal dinners in Paris. San Francisco dining is much better and much more reasonable. ”

1951

JUNE & DEC.

FEDERICK BRADLEY discloses, “After 10 years in insurance claims, including 5 years of night law school and 40 years in trial practice, I have retired to an adult resort community in the Sierra Foothills. No sooner did I retire in 2007, I was recognized one of the ‘Top Attorneys in Northern California.’ I hope to attend the Lowell reunion on October 4, 2009 at Runnymede Farm in Woodside for the classes of ’47–’50, as I have many friends in the 1950 class, and Aldolph Rosekrans ’49 was a DKE fraternity brother at UC Berkeley.” GERALD O’CONNOR reports, “I am taking classes at USF Fromm Institute for Senior Learning. It’s a fantastic continuation of education for senior citizens!” FRANCINE ROSE FEDER news — see 1943.

1952

JAN. & JUNE

ALECHMAN BLUMENFELD informs, “We’ve moved to Santa Rosa to a one-level house. Our 1885 Victorian was not for the ‘faint of heart.’”

1953

JAN. & JUNE

JUDY KELLEHER RIGAS recounts, “55th reunion was lots of fun; great to see Frank Hubert and Winnifred ‘Winnie’ Freed Green after 55 years. Congrats to Frances Berger Tischbern on becoming a great-grandmother.” Judy is enjoying summer at Lake Tahoe with family and friends and her little adopted dog, ‘Lady.’

Last year, EDITH STRAUSS KODMUR returned to her hometown in northwestern Germany for the fifth time — to participate in a ceremony honoring those in her family and other Luedinghausen Jews who were victims of the Holocaust. On the Sunday of her visit, both the Catholic and Protestant Churches marched to the market square to honor the martyrs with music, prayers, and participation by the descendants, who had come from Australia, Britain, and America. The next day, sculptor Gunter Demnig installed ‘Stolpersteine’ [see his website], square brass plaques inscribed with the names and final destinations of those killed, into the pavement fronting the houses where they had lived. For months before, the regional newspaper had published biographies of the individuals, and this year a book has been published filled with their biographies, additional information, and reactions to this worthy project, all made possible by the townspeople. Edith has visited the town with her husband, Milton; their son David, who lives in Los Angeles; and their daughter, Julie Ann, who lives with her family in St. Helena. Edith and her husband of 53 years live in La Jolla, where they take daily walks, follow the contemporary art scene, and share their wine cellar with a wide circle of friends. GARRETT ‘GARRY’ P. GRAHAM shares, “Still on Corbett Ave., same place since Lowell, gone nowhere. This year, celebrating 25 years of nightly live music at my 19BROADWAY, a nightclub in Fairfax; most Lowell graduates of my era remember the Marin Town and Country Club in Fairfax. I stay close with Paul West, who comes down to 19BROADWAY to open when we book Mose Allison. All Lowell alums welcome. My band plays the first Sunday of every month from 6 to 8 p.m., and I play all the songs every 1953 Lowellite knows, all written before 1965. I confess I had to buy the club to get the gig. Still miss my cousin Valerie Vlautin a lot.”

1954

JAN. & JUNE

CLAUDIA CAESAR NETTLE writes, “Jackson Hole is still as beautiful as ever and the skiing is great and the fish are jumping!”

1955

JAN. & JUNE

ROBERT HERMANN informs, “Working on our 55th reunion. It will be a dinner and maybe a picnic the next day. Not sure of the date yet. Hi to all the classmates. Our 40th reunion at the Old Lowell was the best ever. Alumni should keep that in mind.” JOHN JUNG shares, “Retired after teaching psychology for 40 years at California State University, Long Beach, and started a new ‘career’ writing books on Chinese American history. www.csulb/~jrjung” DAVID GARDNER reveals, “Well, here it is, 54 years later, and I haven’t figured out how to retire, yet. Ah, well, life is still good, the ‘office’ is downstairs, the work hours are shorter, and the ‘vacations’ are definitely longer! We’ll make it to that 55th reunion, after all!” THOMAS & DIANE BARON LEVISON ’59 mail, “Still working in the real estate field. Diane is looking forward to her 50th reunion in October 2009. Both enjoying life, our family, and our grandchildren; traveling whenever possible.” TRACY MCDERMOTT communicates, “I have been retired five years after spending 42 years in two fire departments, 30½ with San Jose Fire and 11½ with Santa Clara Central Fire District. Presently, I am raising a 10-year-old grandson.” JACK FORDE greets, “Hello to all Lowell alumni! Sure do miss those great days in the old brick building. Still in good old show business, living in the desert in W. Indio, CA in the winter, and traveling in the hot summer months. Please check out our web page http://www.fordeentertainmentllc.com and it will give you an idea of what we are still doing. If anyone from Lowell is down here in the desert, please contact us at aquariustwo@dc.rr.com”

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A NNUAL R EPORT TO DONORS Donations Support Myriad of Programs

As we acknowledge and again thank all of our generous donors, we also need to report on the wide variety of projects at Lowell that have benefited from these donations. While the Lowell Alumni Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary focus in recent years has been to supplement staffing needs in key areas (World Languages, Counseling, Library, Journalism and Yearbook programs), our ongoing grants program continues to support smaller projects that benefit every one of Lowellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than 2,700 current students. Recent grants include the following: English Department â&#x20AC;˘ Poets in the Schools program, helping all 9th graders create original poetry ($7,700) â&#x20AC;˘ New overhead projectors ($200) â&#x20AC;˘ Annual departmental book awards ($400) Visual & Performing Arts Department â&#x20AC;˘ Charter bus for Ohlone Theater Festival ($1,060) â&#x20AC;˘ National Shakespeare Competition judge stipends ($300) Journalism/Yearbook/Forensics â&#x20AC;˘ New computers for yearbook program ($2,500) â&#x20AC;˘ Journalism conference travel/entry fees ($5,000) â&#x20AC;˘ Speech/debate tournament entry fees/materials ($7,500)

Science and Math Departments â&#x20AC;˘ Science lab experiment DVDs ($350) â&#x20AC;˘ Software license for remedial math support program ($1,500) â&#x20AC;˘ New overhead projectors ($300) Athletics â&#x20AC;˘ Championship banners for Neff Gymnasium ($900) â&#x20AC;˘ Charter bus for baseball trip to San Diego ($1,500) â&#x20AC;˘ Bats to meet new safety standards ($3,000) Other Programs â&#x20AC;˘ Advanced Placement exam fee subsidies for students with financial need ($8,500) â&#x20AC;˘ AP exam table/chair rental and proctor stipends ($5,855) â&#x20AC;˘ New library furniture ($2,300) â&#x20AC;˘ Peer Resources Stress-Free Fair ($1,370) On behalf of the entire Lowell community, thank you for your generous support for all of these efforts to enhance the Lowell experience for todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students!

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Anonymous â&#x20AC;&#x2122;84 Kirsti Aho â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Richard Alvarez â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53 Kazuhiro Ando â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70 Yvonne Anthony â&#x20AC;&#x2122;45 Linda Arcellano-Shaw â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 Peter C Baker â&#x20AC;&#x2122;51 Yoram Bauman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;91 Robert Beale â&#x20AC;&#x2122;49 Russ & Joelle Lewis Benioff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;46/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;57 Andrew Berberich â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Olive Elsie Blackley Haugen Levi â&#x20AC;&#x2122;43 Mark & Peggy Peterson Bley â&#x20AC;&#x2122;75/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;74 Neil Blumenthal â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53 James E Brodie â&#x20AC;&#x2122;66 Mary Ann Brown Tonkin â&#x20AC;&#x2122;46 Hon. Gerald Buchwald â&#x20AC;&#x2122;66

Kimiko Burton â&#x20AC;&#x2122;82 Hugo A Carissimo â&#x20AC;&#x2122;48 Fred Carr â&#x20AC;&#x2122;45 Ronald Casassa â&#x20AC;&#x2122;44 James Chandler â&#x20AC;&#x2122;52 Donald H Cheu â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50 Roberta L Chew â&#x20AC;&#x2122;67 Peter Chin â&#x20AC;&#x2122;86 May Choi â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Rosemarie Coleman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;41 Thomas Greg Collins Steven William Comber â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 A Crawford Cooley â&#x20AC;&#x2122;44 Lorna Corral Padia Markus â&#x20AC;&#x2122;79 Robert & Jacqueline Kenfield Crowder â&#x20AC;&#x2122;42/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;43 Donald W Davis â&#x20AC;&#x2122;39 Keith Davis â&#x20AC;&#x2122;61 Henry Dosdorian â&#x20AC;&#x2122;52 Sunny Du Puis â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60 Elyce Edelman Melmon â&#x20AC;&#x2122;55 Albert Grady Epes â&#x20AC;&#x2122;58 David M Epstein â&#x20AC;&#x2122;62 Jerome Falk â&#x20AC;&#x2122;57 Don & Jackie Goldberg Feinstein â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;51 Robert Feyer & Marsha Cohen Martin Field Foundation Darragh Flynn â&#x20AC;&#x2122;75 J Arthur Freed â&#x20AC;&#x2122;47 Ronald Fuerstner â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53 John Gallo â&#x20AC;&#x2122;65 Antonio P Garcia â&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 David Gardner â&#x20AC;&#x2122;55 Robert Gee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 Robert P Glasson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50 Allan P Gold â&#x20AC;&#x2122;63 Stephen Gospe â&#x20AC;&#x2122;52 Vicki Green â&#x20AC;&#x2122;57 Francisco Gutierrez â&#x20AC;&#x2122;87 Harry Hambly â&#x20AC;&#x2122;49 Kate Haskin Brostoff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69 John Hentz â&#x20AC;&#x2122;59 Carol B Hicks â&#x20AC;&#x2122;55 Irene Hilton â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Diana Hoffman Kazubowski â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64 Stephen & Adrienne Cohn Horn â&#x20AC;&#x2122;58/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;58 John Ino â&#x20AC;&#x2122;62 George Ivelich â&#x20AC;&#x2122;55 James Jackson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;55 Thomas W Johnson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;49 Michael C Kavanaugh â&#x20AC;&#x2122;58 Kenneth E Keller â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Harlan Kessel â&#x20AC;&#x2122;45 Jeffrey Keyak â&#x20AC;&#x2122;67 Rosalia Kim Patton â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90 June D Klauser Waters â&#x20AC;&#x2122;49 Arlene Knacke Dellari â&#x20AC;&#x2122;57 Barton H Knowles â&#x20AC;&#x2122;35 Jennifer Kuenster â&#x20AC;&#x2122;67 Peter & Shirley Yee Kwok â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70 Lisa Lam â&#x20AC;&#x2122;03 Cindy Minh-Tran Le â&#x20AC;&#x2122;96 Janet Lee Tse â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Robert Lee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;72 Scott Lee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09

Russell & Sherlyn Hu Leong â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Irene L Lew â&#x20AC;&#x2122;72 John Lilienthal â&#x20AC;&#x2122;46 Jane & Harris Loedser Raymond K Louie â&#x20AC;&#x2122;86 Lowell Class of June 1948 Paul Lucey Lambert Ma â&#x20AC;&#x2122;83 Jason Macario â&#x20AC;&#x2122;79 Donald Magnin â&#x20AC;&#x2122;44 Raymond Malispina â&#x20AC;&#x2122;52 Mark Manasse Lori Matsukuma â&#x20AC;&#x2122;94 William McGrane Hal Messinger â&#x20AC;&#x2122;49 Daniel Seh Hau Ming â&#x20AC;&#x2122;95 Selinda C Molloy Neal â&#x20AC;&#x2122;81 Richard Niello â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40 Aron Joshua Nussbaum â&#x20AC;&#x2122;95 Edith Ostapik â&#x20AC;&#x2122;93 William L Penn â&#x20AC;&#x2122;59 Miriam Dale Pichey â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Kurt F Piper â&#x20AC;&#x2122;72 Jorge Plata â&#x20AC;&#x2122;91 William Pope â&#x20AC;&#x2122;54 Carolyn Porto Allyn Frances Quan â&#x20AC;&#x2122;85 Wendy Lee Quan â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70 Daniel W Roberts â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60 John Romero â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Laura Rosenman Ghielmetti â&#x20AC;&#x2122;65 James D Rosenthal â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50 Catherine Rossi-Roos â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Deborah Schafer Ballati â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Nancy Scheeline Herzog â&#x20AC;&#x2122;57 Marcia Schnapp â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 H Mark Schulz â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64 Victor Seeto â&#x20AC;&#x2122;61 Michael Anthony Tan Sim â&#x20AC;&#x2122;93 Donna Dan Situ â&#x20AC;&#x2122;93 Robert L Sockolov â&#x20AC;&#x2122;47 Alan Shau Tak Sun â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80 Suzanne Stephens Weeks â&#x20AC;&#x2122;38 Cyrian Tabuena â&#x20AC;&#x2122;75 Annie Takeuchi â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80 Joscelyn Tham Wong â&#x20AC;&#x2122;97 Stephen Toy â&#x20AC;&#x2122;78 Lillian Trac â&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 Alex R Tse â&#x20AC;&#x2122;94 Michael Ugawa â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Ted Uyemoto â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60 Laurie Vargas â&#x20AC;&#x2122;94 Cris Wedekind â&#x20AC;&#x2122;75 Gayle Willard Higaki â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69 Tim & Maria Wong White â&#x20AC;&#x2122;71/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;71 Brian Wong & Cindy Gok â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69 Bryan M Wong â&#x20AC;&#x2122;72 Pamela Wong Kline â&#x20AC;&#x2122;65 Ivy Yee-Sakamoto â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 Rita Yee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 Simon Yeh â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70 Penelope Yip â&#x20AC;&#x2122;85 Hamilton Hung Chiu Yu â&#x20AC;&#x2122;91 Stephen Yuen â&#x20AC;&#x2122;83 Irving Zaretsky â&#x20AC;&#x2122;59

MAJOR DONORS

(DONATIONS RECEIVED JULY 1, 2009 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010) Although this report only includes donors to the Lowell Alumni Association, we also offer our most sincere thanks to all the Lowell alumni and friends who have generously supported the Lowell Sports Foundation and the Lowell PTSA. =HSLKPJ[VYPHUZ VY TVYL

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Grant M Bakewell â&#x20AC;&#x2122;41 Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund Warren Hellman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;51 Roger Kuo â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 Dr. David Lieu â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 David Vickter Foundation

Lowell Class of 1989 Helen & Francis Ng Steven Swig â&#x20AC;&#x2122;59

Anonymous â&#x20AC;&#x2122;47 John Blume Foundation â&#x20AC;&#x2122;28 DSJJ Fund of Tides Foundation Peter A Dahl â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53 Patrick Quan â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Steven Zi Kun Zhao â&#x20AC;&#x2122;01

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Henry E Anderson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;36 Fast Twitch Productions Estate of Robert Levin â&#x20AC;&#x2122;26 Lowell Classes of 1947, 1948, 1949 & 1950 Lowell Class of 1959 Lisa Pollard

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Anonymous Terence Abad â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Kirsti Aho â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 David D Barone Hon. Charles Breyer & Sydney Goldstein â&#x20AC;&#x2122;59/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;62 Janet & Micah Broude Ken Chou Carol Crawford Falstrup â&#x20AC;&#x2122;78 Ted Gould â&#x20AC;&#x2122;49 Jennifer Wai Yi Lai â&#x20AC;&#x2122;94 Anil Lal â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 James K Lau â&#x20AC;&#x2122;96 Ken Y Lee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;96 Lowell Alumni Association, Southern California Chapter Mark Manasse Irving Sherman Mike Susoev â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Lucy S Zee Lee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;81

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Students analyzing mud from San Francisco Bay during a recent trip aboard the Marine Science Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research vessel, funded by a Lowell Alumni Association grant.

Jack Anderson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50 Mark & Peggy Peterson Bley â&#x20AC;&#x2122;75/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;74 Joceline Boucher â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Claudia Caesar Nettle â&#x20AC;&#x2122;54 John W Chan â&#x20AC;&#x2122;86 Lee Cheng â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 Calvin Chew â&#x20AC;&#x2122;62 Lon Chow â&#x20AC;&#x2122;83 Peter Cleary Stanley Con Hon â&#x20AC;&#x2122;85 Edward Crossley Nicholas Elprin â&#x20AC;&#x2122;01 Josephine Fong â&#x20AC;&#x2122;82 Jeffrey Friedman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70 Robert Friend â&#x20AC;&#x2122;61 Deborah Grubb Moskovitz â&#x20AC;&#x2122;87 Benjamin Gulli â&#x20AC;&#x2122;78 David Hagerman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;72 Charlie Hinson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;78 John Jung â&#x20AC;&#x2122;55 Jennifer Kuenster â&#x20AC;&#x2122;67

Wyman Lai â&#x20AC;&#x2122;79 John & Brenda Hui Lam â&#x20AC;&#x2122;81/â&#x20AC;&#x2122;81 Charlotte C Lee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;56 Pamela Ann Lee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;97 Jeffrey Louie â&#x20AC;&#x2122;81 Raymond K Louie â&#x20AC;&#x2122;86 Susan Mace Michael Maddan â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Kurtis Mayer â&#x20AC;&#x2122;48 Eva Moy â&#x20AC;&#x2122;85 Pamela Ott Mazur â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64 Nha-Ai Nguyen-Duc â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 Penelope A Preovolos â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 Peter Preovolos â&#x20AC;&#x2122;58 Bruce Purdie â&#x20AC;&#x2122;62 Ramon Romero â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 SF Vikings Soccer League William Singleton â&#x20AC;&#x2122;85 Alan Shau Tak Sun â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80 Alex G Sung â&#x20AC;&#x2122;78 Shelly Wentker Taylor â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80 Rachel Anne Wilson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;99 Jenny C Yee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;93

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Thanks to generous funding from the David Vickter Foundation, the Lowell Class of 1959 Reunion and a Lowell Alumni Association grant, nearly 100 members of the Lowell Forensic Society will compete at more than 20 speech and debate tournaments throughout California this school year.

Anonymous Robert Beale â&#x20AC;&#x2122;49 Ann Benard Linsky â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69 Andrew Berberich â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Denis Binder â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64 James Chandler â&#x20AC;&#x2122;52 Terri Chin Dickson Chu â&#x20AC;&#x2122;82 John Crittenden â&#x20AC;&#x2122;74 The Cutler Family Sunny Du Puis â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60 Charles Dvorak â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64 David M Epstein â&#x20AC;&#x2122;62 Sorin Eremia â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69 Marcos Estebez â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 Leonard Feldman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;42 Susan Frankenstein Dean â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 Carol Ann Greutert Austenfeld â&#x20AC;&#x2122;58 Kate Haskin Brostoff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69 Rosemarie Coleman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;41 Steve Emerson â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Sadia Faber Antonio P Garcia â&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 Francisco Gutierrez â&#x20AC;&#x2122;87 Carol B Hicks â&#x20AC;&#x2122;55 Diana Hoffman Kazubowski â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64

Deborah A Hull â&#x20AC;&#x2122;87 June D Klauser Waters â&#x20AC;&#x2122;49 Elena Kleiman Ingerman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;94 Keith Kojimoto â&#x20AC;&#x2122;68 Gregory R Krimer â&#x20AC;&#x2122;00 Joel Kurzman â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 James David Lee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;02 Linda Leong Wang â&#x20AC;&#x2122;61 Gerald Levin â&#x20AC;&#x2122;52 Jarrett Jun Liang â&#x20AC;&#x2122;01 Lowell Class of 1944 Jason Macario â&#x20AC;&#x2122;79 Uday Mathur â&#x20AC;&#x2122;81 Nancy Mouber Henares â&#x20AC;&#x2122;62 Diana C Ng Fung â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 John H Ngai â&#x20AC;&#x2122;74 Reva Paslin Segall â&#x20AC;&#x2122;58 William Pope â&#x20AC;&#x2122;54 Carol Putnam Regina Ravetti McKenzie â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 H Mark Schulz â&#x20AC;&#x2122;64 Bertrand Jay Shapiro â&#x20AC;&#x2122;54 Nancy Sitton â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69 Lillian Trac â&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 Sergei P Tschernisch â&#x20AC;&#x2122;57 David Clark Tseng â&#x20AC;&#x2122;77 Michael Ugawa â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76 Ray Van Der Horst â&#x20AC;&#x2122;74 Robert Wagner â&#x20AC;&#x2122;67 Bryan M Wong â&#x20AC;&#x2122;72 Rita Yee â&#x20AC;&#x2122;73 Stephen Yuen â&#x20AC;&#x2122;83

Left, Lowell science students hoist a line during a recent voyage on San Francisco Bay aboard the Marine Science Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research vessel, funded by a Lowell Alumni Association grant. Right, Grace Sun, Lowell class of 2012, recently donated $500 of her personal earnings from a summer job and internship to help save Lowell faculty and staff from layoffs due to the ongoing budget crisis.

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JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010 Matching Gift Companies Abbott Laboratories Fund Adobe Systems Inc Advent Employee Matching Gifts Fund Albertsons Amgen Foundation Bank of America Barclays Global Investor CA Inc. The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Charles Schwab Foundation Clorox Company Foundation Dodge & Cox Edison International Edison International eScrip Fannie Mae Foundation Gap Inc GE Foundation Genentech Google HSBC Phlianthropic Programs Intel Charitable Match Trust Intuit Foundation JP Morgan Chase Foundation Juniper Networks Company Microsoft Nokia Oracle Matching Gifts Program PG&E Corporation Kroger Ralphs Grocery Co Raytheon S.H. Cowell Foundation Spansion Supervalu Synopsys TIG Insurance Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. United Business Media LLC Valero California Visa Washington Group Foundation Wells Fargo Yahoo Inc. Levi Strauss Foundation

Friends of Lowell Anonymous Phyllis Abad Nancy Allred David D Barone Michael Bien & Jane Kahn Benjamin Bien-Kahn Andy Blau Blume Foundation Janet & Micah Broude Terri Chin Ken Chou Peter Cleary Fred Cohen & Carolyn Klebanoff Michael & Sheila Cooper Jay & Nancy Cutler DSJJ Fund of Tides Foundation Erika Delacorte Sadia Faber Fast Twitch Productions Robert Feyer & Marsha Cohen Martin Field Foundation Dr. Avraham V Giannini Nancy Gibbons Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund Hazel Hasegawa Daphne Hearst David Heller & Betsy Eckstein Jessie & George Ho Charitable Foundation Karen Jing Peter & Nancy Keane Gregory S Laurinat Estate of Robert Levin Susan Lidgate Mace Jane & Harris Loeser

Kelvin Louie Mark Mackler Gunard Mahl Mark Manasse Trudy May William McGrane Diane Merzenich Steve & Carol Misrack Marie J Moesch Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Craig Newmark Helen & Francis Ng Jo Ann & Roger Nissim Sue Plasai Lisa Pollard Sakee & Irene Poulakidas Carol Putnam Scott & Laurie Rittman SF Vikings Soccer League Thelma Schiller Irving Sherman Southern California Chapter, Lowell Alumni Association David Vickter Foundation John R Wagner Gordon Woo

Class Reunion Gifts Class of 1939 Class of 1944 Classes of 1947, 1948, 1949 & 1950 Class of June 1948 Class of January 1959 Class of June 1959 Class of 1977 Class of 1989

In Memoriam Gifts James Stephen Adams ’58 Daniel Anaya ’52 Bob Anino ’28 Ivan Barker Frank Barone ’67 Roy Barsotti ’24 James Benson ’47 Joe & Elvira Bisho John Blume ’28 Bob Braunreiter Dallas Brock ’46 Rose Bush Begley Vicki Chin ’67 Bryan Clair ’87 Joan Conlan ’53 Edward Crossley Robert Crowder ’42 Dr. Kim Fang ’69 Jessie Fung Ho ’34 Jessie Fung Jing ’34 Jacqueline Gordon Sherman ’36 Jack Irvine ’43 Mary Chiznko Iwaki Schulz Russ Janigian ’57 Reg Krieger Om Lai ’71 Monique Leb Goldstrom ’65 Douglas Lee ’88 Sylvia Leff Janet Levey Hoffman ’35 Robert L. Levin ’26 Janis Levy Gold ’36 Damon Lim ’79 George Lorbeer Patricia Lucey Marie Ludemann ’47 Alva Ann Lynch Sjolinder ’56 Amy Mak ’86 Carlos A. Monsalve ’29 Angela Ng Nicholas Ng ’92 Jack Pereira Roland Quan ’69 Pauline K. Quirk Lidgate ’34 Milt Raasch ’46 Stafford Repp ’36

Robert Richardson ’62 Constantine Rodatos Linda Scott Purcell ’64 Harold Sherman ’33 Annette Stein Mierbach ’31 Barbara Stendell Cass ’55 Lai Chun Tam Clementine Violich Nelson ’30 Anne Wallach ’29 Steve Wiel ’56 Charles White ’40 Mack Yoshida

Gifts in Honor of Class of 1974 Class of 1983 Class of 1991 Terry Abad ’76 birthday Mike Adelson ’69 Jack Anderson ’50 Danielle Broude ’00 Trish Brown ’85 Russ Button ’69 Alison Cleary ’03 Megan Cleary ’06 Melton Delaney ’63 Joe Ehrman ’41 birthday Margaret Handa Nancy Ligon de Ita ’69 Isabel MacWhirter Wade ’66 birthday Sandra Mack Patrick Quan ’76 Reg 0510 Mike Smith Sara Trelaun

1928 Jeffrey Winters

1929 Arthur Becker Walter Feil James C Keesling Doris Lieb Blum James Rolph Moore

1930 Janice Kerner Goodhue Lois Mariani Mongan Kathleen Slattery Hiatt Julian Weidler

1931 Richard L Frank Andrew Homer Trice

1932 Janet Bill Rist Louis Cherin Thomas H Day

1933 George Blackmore Melvin E Cohn John Coulter Donald Dassonville Valeska Dougherty Rantz Catherine Faulkner Murphy Edna Finnila Jeffrey Al Maggio Bernice Nicoll Petty

1934 Marjorie Marblestone Grant Norman Mundell Loe A Swart Tolson

1935 Leland R Feldheym Felton Nola Keller Theobald Barton H Knowles Roland W Landini Browne Charlotte Meyer Cardon Clarice Sadowski Martensen John Stock

The late Grant Bakewell ’41 who, along with his late wife, made a $25,000 donation to the Lowell Alumni Association as part of his effort to encourage his Lowell alumni contemporaries to consider similar major gifts to help maintain Lowell’s high standards and reputation for academic excellence. 1936 Henry E Anderson Evelyn Avery Wilson Robert Creighton Eleanor Fennon Cassidy Miriam Geballe Frankel David & Phoebe Rosenthal Barbara Schieck Everett Witzel

1937 Charles Auerbach Janet Ball Hayward June De Ganna Adams Inez R Erickson Thornton Phoebe Gallas Rosenthal Joseph H Handlon Ward Hart Barbara Holt Heckly Robert Roback Irvin M Roth Arthur Scharlach Ralph H Schwarz Nancy Sparks Humiston Cecelia Steinberg Hurwich

1938 Carolyn Barnes Sweet Mario Basso Robert & Jean Boeddiker Frank E Brush James Delehanty Catherine Guerena Welcome Elinor Hall Smith Barbara Laddon Langendorf Christine Milirides Del Prete Kathleen Mooney Keegan Jack R Sloan Wesley D Smith Suzanne Stephens Weeks Marion Sullivan Fitchett Dorothy Thurmond Shannon Helen E White Wallace

1939 Oliver Berven Anna Chu Moy John F Cooney Yvonne Cyr Koshland Donald W Davis Teresa Guilfoil Siebert Trude Karp Ingram Edna Lucy Smith Jean O’Connell Briare

1940 Nancy Anderson Chirich Leorose Arrillaga Soals William Coblentz

Paul J Hoffman William Joslyn Helen Lee Chan Alice M Lee Wong Charles Manning Carol McKenzie Redus Gwendolyn Miller Kerner Raymond Milton Maxwell Myers Richard Niello Curtis Hooper O’Sullivan Fred Sauer Eve Voigt Hollenberg Charles White

1941 Grant M Bakewell Phyllis Bloom Karp Julius H Braun Paul R Bruch, M.D. Ralph Buchan Rosemarie Coleman Joseph & Diane Ehrman Lawrence Fried Clarence Goldfinger John Goldsmith Galen Donald F Grannis Forrest J Halstead Edna Deedee Kabushco Walser Mary Koche Levinson Lorraine Mangan Duddy Donald Modlin Ruth Morse Eugenia Nikonenko Bailey John G Preovolos Josephine Reimers Witt Margaret Schaeffer Glaeser David Scharff Ted Schulz Elsa Wagner Sutherland Barbara Walter Pearson Marjorie Weiss Blodgett

1942 Robert L Anderson William D Blankenship Robert Bloch Marion Brill Gibbs Gerald Coleman Kenneth & Thelma Colvin Robert & Jacqueline Crowder Joseph Crowley Leonard Feldman Eleanor L Fox Krogfoss Robert Haber Marjorie Hauck Sproul Lawrence Hawkinson Florence C Houston Vergari Dorothy Jones Vasquez Robert L Knox

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JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010 Raymond Landy Jesse Langridge Betty Liberty Carrick Juanda Loysen Halper Glenna Martin Les Mendelson Charles Miller Sally Milligan Yuji Morita Dolores Parodi Wallace Margaret Poulsen Burkman Joan Ransohoff Berry Jean Reese Rilovich Boeddiker Robert G Schmidt Kenneth Shelley E. Maynard Smith Maxine Sobel Sigel Marjorie Weigel Hyman Jim H Weller Rita Wieland

1943 Jack Baird Olive Elsie Blackley Haugen Levi Pola Braiverman Burk Cathryn Brash Frances M Davey Woodard H Martin Ems Allen S & Francine Feder Henry L Gimmel Frank Hanrahan George L Henderson Jacqueline Kenfield Crowder Joan Levy Zentner Marie LoBianco Annuzzi Frederick Murray Corinne O’Brien Rhoads Robert Olson Alan Orr Beth Outsen Vanderhurst Florence Riza Baggetta Clemente San Felipe William Schwabacher Don Sharman Sol Silverman John Urban Marie Wagner Krenz

1944 Lillian Bachman Kumansky Edward Barthold Claire Baumgarten Field Hugh Burrell Barbara Carlson Showler Ronald Casassa A. Crawford Cooley Helen D Dencker Osborne Orlando Joyce Gordon T Lisser Donald Magnin Robert Neuhaus Margarete D Nolze Wolaver William Novales Rafael Piscitelli Kastl Jerome Politzer Art Psaltis Diane Roth Ehrman Roger Thompson James L Way

1945 Yvonne Anthony John Allan Bier Robert Bilafer Fred Carr Gloria De Martini Benson Sharon Demick Brandt William Evers Beverly F Field Franck Robert E Gomperts Lee Hand Anita Hart Payne Marian Howe Looney Reed Hunt

Paulita Marie Johnson Bacich Harlan Kessel Ronald P Klein Donald Kuhn Don Lawrence Aline Littman Napp Ellen Magnin Newman Barbara March Smith Noel McKenna Newell Samele Moncharsh Samuel Jerry O’Leary Mary Quigley James Riggins Fred Roth Ara Sahagian Daisy Schwartz Straus Robert & Dorothe Selby Mildred Young Thomas

1946 William Auslen Russ & Joelle Benioff Norma Blair Connor Joan Boisseree Gassiot Mary Ann Brown Tonkin Milton Cerf Rosalie Coblentz Lefkowitz Ronald Crawford Richard Daniel Donald G Fisher Peter Ganyard Lloyd & Noel Hanford Doug Hansen Beverly Huff Lill Iverne Joan Hutto Greene Virginia Lee Cole John Lilienthal Mary Lowe Mason Grace McCague Eleanor McCullough Arnberg Jocelyn Mitchell Nash Roean Norwitt Iscoff Joan Roeder Titus Dorothy Jean Ross Sullivan Ruth Schwabacher Cecchetti Anna Serezlis Mervyn Silberberg Peter Sommer James & Jean Sullivan Robert Swingley Marshall Zemon

1947 John Bell Olive Bliss Borgsteadt William Calvert Wandaline Carter Perelli James R Daniels Ronny Figel Simon Dorothe Finn Selby J Arthur Freed Joan Frisbie Neff Ruth Gallaher Leijon Geraldine Kaufman Regensburger William Knorp Barbara Lane Schneider Yasuko Morita Ikeda Roy Murdock William & Joan Neff Jerry Perstein Fumio Alfred Saito Marilyn Schneider Mogelberg Logan Scroggy Greta Smith Gregory Norita Sobel Robbins Robert L Sockolov Joanne Susskind Tick Taketsugu Takei Kenneth White Manfred E Wolff

1948 Leone Albert Pollard Francesco J Alberti Arthur Andreas Diana Anson Morasch Milt Blaustein C Howard Brown Merla Burstein Zellerbach Donald Cahen Hugo A Carissimo Mary Louise Davey Metcho Naomi Ets Hokin Lauter Charles & Barbara Foge Harry Gluckman Barbara Goodwin Foge Margaret Hicks Peters Marvin A Hoffman Betty Jones Herbert Kessler Alan Lazarus Marie Lewis Matthews Carolyn Licht Wiener Margret Lloyds Smallie Madeline Mahoney Ekegren Kurtis Mayer Ralph Mendelson Carol Modlin Swillinger Milan Radovich Marilyn Roth Lester Beverly Schmidt King Sim Seiki Robert Thompson Tony Van Vliet Frances Weiler Varnhagen

1949 Forrest Anderson Gus & Helen Antonis Roger P Artoux Louise Barsotti Norman & Barbara Beal Robert Beale Jeanne Caturegli Jeanette Daniel Zeif Alan S Doctor L Frederick Fenster Ronald Figel Sally Flinn Ken Flower Rita Frank Neer Barbara L Freeman Webber Woody Frey Louis Geissberger Ted Gould Harry Hambly Wilma Hersh Stern Morton Horn Marvin Jacoby Thomas W Johnson Warren Karby Kenneth A R Kennedy June D Klauser Waters Douglas W Linder Betty Ludemann Burridge James A Maneggie Matthew McGowan Hal Messinger William H Owen Donna Parrish Honey Donald Platt James Plessas Helen Ray Annamarie Regalia Marsico Adolph Rosekrans Sheldon Rosenthal Melvin L Rubin Lucretia Scott Audrey Shapiro Sterling Rudolph C Suarez

1950 Hillel Abel Ruth Allen Gerald E Ambinder Jack Anderson

Barton Brown Donald H Cheu Bock L Dong Ellen Duncan Long Don & Jackie Feinstein Thomas Flowerday Patricia Gale Goldsworthy Fred George Robert P Glasson Donald Gold Donald S Green Edward William Greninger Jack Hanson Lilian Hoch Kimble Donald Holmes Arlene Holtz Leiber Patricia Horne LeRocker Bruce Hyman David Israel Bruce Kaufman Kathryn Kesler Powell Debbie Kinsley Dittman Robert Kurtz Daniel Chan Lee Brooks G Leffler Ernest Malamud Richard Mann George L Martinez Howard Morrow Ruth Nusbaum Poole Joan Puckhaber Burkett Kathryn Rice Blum John H Risbrough John Rising James D Rosenthal Zell Ross Dove Joan-Marie Shelley Elsie Solomon Mickola Noel Straus Hanford Paul Svetcoff Betty Trevor Davis Alan Wendroff Stephen Yang

1951 Phil Anaya Fumiye Ando Quong Peter C Baker Rick Bradley Sheldon Coleman Douglas M Egan Rabbi Bernard Frankel Sigmund Freeman Jackie Goldberg Feinstein F Warren Hellman Patricia Hoberg Skillman Gerda Kalisch Korner Ray Kistler Carlos Luna Marlene Magid Fullmer Gerald O’Connor Sonya Padgett Stevenson Peggy Pearson Shaffer Francine Rose Feder Maxine Rosenberg Schulman Alice Ryan Abbott Michael F Schwabacher Roy J Shimada Helen Tsingarris Antonis Sheldon Wolfe

1952 Joanne Axelrod Gordon Kenneth & Gail Berry Diane Braag Nibley Robert Bransten Auguste Broucaret James Chandler Robert Dolan Henry Dosdorian Irene Enstrom Kaus William Floyd Paul Fong Barry Gilbert

Stephen Gospe Myra Greenberg Stanford Horn Ann Kalechman Blumenfeld Morelle Lasky Levine Gerald Levin Leland Levy Raymond Malispina Colleen McElroy Verzi Les Morse Frank & Diane Nibley Elaine Pandell Wilson Ray Perkins Horton P Scioneaux Kay Takakuwa Cooper

1953 Richard Alvarez Lawrence Axtell Georgia Baldassari Gibbs Neil Blumenthal Al Breslauer Robert Celso Constance Covington Dallmann Sonya Cranston Alexander C Crosby Peter A Dahl Albert Dittmann Lenore Fleschler Davis Ronald Fuerstner Michael Gainey Gail Garvin Berry Harry Greenberg Carl Hanken Joan Honek Keith Judy Kelleher Rigas Yvonne Kramer Creighton Henry Lurie Katherine Mackintosh Cuneo Jackyln Mascarelli Orrell Bernard Mizel Allan & Adriane Morrison Barbara Neilson Beal Richard Orear Carole A Randolph Karp Barbara Scalabrino Moriel Martin Segol Jo Ann Stewart Edith Strauss Kodmur Roger Venturi Diane Ward Gartner Stewart Weinberg Gary Wilsey Jeffry A Wisnia

1954 Kenneth Archibald Phil & Alison Braverman Claudia Caesar Nettle Richard Cellarius William Chisum Malcolm Cole Richard Dana Barbara Davies Zwieg Joan Erbentraut Gordon Janet Frank Katz Alison Green Braverman Cecile Hartman Salomon Victor Hebert David & Nancy Heilbron Adriane Modlin Morrison Louis E Pelfini E.F. Bud Phillips Howard Platt William Pope Arthur & Janet Reider Bertrand Jay Shapiro Allan Sommer Aline Spivock Usim George Elson St John Helen Stone Levenson Sumiko Wada Akashi Johnnie Wood Laurence K Wormser

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JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010 1955

1963

Robert & Rosalie Baker Peggy Berry Sutherlin Joan Blumenfeld Werner Stephen Breyer Richard A Cheu Ruby Cohen Hertz Cheri Dill Taylor Elyce Edelman Melmon Edward Evans Forrest J Fallon David Gardner Ann Golden Mizel Jerrald Goldman Stuart Gould Robert Hermann Carol B Hicks George Ivelich James Jackson John Jung Joan Kaufmann Gross Julie Klein Gibson Carl F Kress Benson Kwan Joseph A Lasky Louis Levin Thomas & Diane Levison Odette Luce Simpson Tracy McDermott Earl Norgard Neal Petersen Ronald S Petersen Roger Ryman Janet Sampson Reider Nancy Sawyer O’Hara Carter B Smith Barbara Stendell Cass Karen Tyree Crommie George Vlahos

Carmen Azzopardi Gage Diane Bonfigli Lobo Michael J Brodie Allan P Gold Richard Hassman Kazumaro Ishida Robert Lee Janice Macarthy Druian Helen Morgan Bohl Russell Morris Arthur Muto Marilyn Noda Swartz Gimmy Park Li James Douglas Ripley Paul Rosenberg Philip D Saxe Dewey Seeto Susan Toby Evans Larry Zemansky

1956 Stephen H Abel Dianne Addington Troya L Wayne Batmale Judie Biskind Shaw Byron Richard Blackwell Kenneth Bley Paul Bonaccorsi Thomas Caylor Robert K Childs Lorelle Cohn Ellis Joanne Davies Barnes Gwen Davis Diana DeMun Blankenship Arden Greenblat Judy Haight Erickson Jacqueline Hanson Goff Josephine Hanson Wood Gail Jacobs Nebenzahl Charlotte C Lee Robert W Lom Ronald B Low Thomas Nyhan Joyce Richards Ferroggiaro Sonja Thea Swenson Taylor Joan Swimmer Geller Stephen Wiel

1957 Jerome Falk Vicki Green Sandra Hartmann Stribolt Robert Henry Tom Inouye Kenneth E Jenkins Arlene Knacke Dellari Robert Kucich Michael Kuhn Clement S Kwong Arlin J Laymon Roberta Levin Michels Joelle Lewis Benioff Leo Richard Martinez Anthony Mathios

1964

Charles McClure William G Meador Beverly Middleton Wyllie Ralph H Saski Nancy Scheeline Scheeline Herzog Steven Sibbett Tony St Amant Juli Staiger Postol Douglas Canning Stephens Craig F Swanson Terry Trosper Schaeffer Sergei P Tschernisch

1958 Lynne Cahen Dittmore A. Balfour & Candy Chinn Adrienne Cohn Horn Robert Curley Michael & Lynne Dittmore James A Ellis Albert Grady Epes Howard Gregg Newby Carol Ann Greutert Austenfeld Stephen & Adrienne Horn Kent Granville Jakobsen Michael C Kavanaugh Patrick Kelleher Kathy Law Jepsen Duarte Lopes James L Mancini Charles Mannix Molly McNerney MacGowan Florence Muto Izumi Reva Paslin Segall Peter Preovolos Richard Risbrough Edward Shaskan Cherie Jo’ell Singer Williams Gary M Sirbu Vance Strange Sylvia Sun Minnick Ed Torres

1959 Vera J Au Poon Diane Baron Levison Susan Bates Woods Donald Belkin Charles R Breyer & Sydney Goldstein Pam Effenbeck Clemensen Raymond Fay Bonnie Goldman Robert Gremminger Fred Grumm John Hentz

Rudy Kruse Martin Lowenthal John Marks Karen McLellan Nancy McMillan Clothier Lawrence Miller Paul H O’Lague Frank H Parsons Karen Pastorino Eagan William L Penn Irene Poon Andersen Benita Ruero St Amant Thomas Schrag Gary B Silberstein Nick & Benita St Amant Steven Swig Konstantin Titov Ella Tom Miyamoto Melissa Walker Kubiak Irving Zaretsky

1960 Theodore Bresler Sunny Du Puis Thomas E Durbin William Hemberger Arthur Martin Hinkle David & Lenore Hofmann Tony Ivelich Frances G Jacobs Levy Gary Morris Miyako Nakazawa Kadogawa Carol Pohl Steven B Raffin Pamela Rand-Barzakov Daniel W Roberts Leslie Robinson Carroll Modahl Ronald Stratten Theodore G Tong Ted Uyemoto Lloyd Wood

1961 Linda Agnone Benatar Dana B Bloom Shapiro Joan Catelli Ken Chan Keith Davis Albert Engel Robert Friend Kathleen Gaffney Braunstein William Graff Robert Grossman William Hanson Dennis Jaffe Sharon-Ann Jamart Baum

John Klein David W Kuperstein Mark Lachtman Lawrence H Leong Linda Leong Wang John Mattiassi Bruce McMillen Marshall Ow Roger Passera Mark Reutlinger Susan M Scurich Victor Seeto Salvatore Spinella Greg & Rosalind Tolson Wesley Tom Brenda T Tom Jow

1962 Gerald & Sara Adams Kenneth Atterman Joyce Blum Kurtz Calvin Chew Vicki De Goff Douglas Dorr David M Epstein Richard Brent Faye Helyse Field Hollander Anicia Guard-Nelson David Guggenhime John Ino Lori Jacobs Horne Renee Jacobson Schlesinger John Jester Linda Johnson Chapman Jeffery Kaufman Sara Langenthal Adams Katherine Lathrop Littman Jane Liebman Goichman Ivan Meyerson Patricia Morehen Nancy Mouber Henares Shirley Paintner Perkins John Petrovsky Mary Louise Phillips Schleicher John Plough Rozell Preddy Overmire Bruce Purdie Candace Quan Chinn Owen Raven Howard Rozendal Steve Sachs Donna Siegle Anderson Robert D Smith Penny Young Wood

Dennis Arellano Nancy Bardoff John Becker Denis Binder Larry Bingham Joseph Blum Lizzie Betsy Brown Jeremi Daniel Chekene Marc Christensen Collin S Chu Charles Dvorak Richard H Frueh Gwenlyn Giffing Gibson Cindy Gilman Redburn Andria Glassman Gloria Gonzales Grace Roberta Heintz Richard Hirayama Diana Hoffman Kazubowski Michael Josephson Peter Katches Lawrence Kenney Alexander Lee Lock Lesly Loughry Robinson Peter Meeks William H Menzies Sally Mierbach Reingold Donne Mills Davis Gail Oka Morin Pamela Ott Mazur Thomas Passanisi Micaelia F Randolph George E Reinhardt Janet Robinson Robbins H Mark Schulz Carla Silberstein Buchanan Vivian Sinick Imperiale Janice Sonoda Fujikawa Philip Tutt Gary A Weinstein Cheryl Willis Susan Wise Deets Douglas Wong Sidney R Wong

1965 Joel Adler Stephanie Appel Hoffman Kathleen Basin Isaacson-Alger Lawrence Baum Christine Bernstein Rodriguez Mark Blum James Cancilla Sylvia Chao Wu Kelly Fong John Gallo Tony Giovannoni Gary Greenhood Isac Gutfreund Nancy Kahn Stanton

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JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010 Gregory Kazarian Elaine Kirchhoff Donna Lim Michael D Mason David Milanesi Ralph & Lesly Robinson Laura Rosenman Ghielmetti Marilyn Sherman Ellis Gary Thompson Pamela Wong Kline Helen Mar Wong Lee

1966 Allan Alcorn Bertil Bergstrom Scott Brenneke James E Brodie Sheila Brown Safley Hon. Gerald Buchwald Virstan Choy Judith S Clarke Larry Edwards Elizabeth Erikson Marnul Kathleen A Fairbrother Guthrie Jeffrey & Jessica Gaynor Joi Grieg Steven Hahn Leon Hallacher Mark Harris Ray Jakobovits Al Kovalick Ronald Leeser Clyde Leland Kathryn Leong Ligon Philip H Levin Robert & Kathryn Ligon Murray Mechum Alan C Mendelson Patricia Nilsson Damsgaard James Nunnally Toshio Okano Linda Ozores Vicki Porter Wittrock William A Rae Susan Shapiro Shwartz Martin Strauss Edward Tang Elizabeth Thompson Mastrantonio Nadia Trimmer Pippa White Lawson Patricia Willard Leicher H Ward Wolff Gladys Woo Kupper

1967 D. Michael Bailey David Benjamin Michael Bower Lynn Browning Oderman Roberta L Chew Joyce Cook Madelyn Fried English Barbara Ghio Gross Julia Gluesing Janice Ho Fong Kathrine Jurvig Sidiqi

Jeffrey Karp Robert Keeney Geraldine Keh Jeffrey Keyak Jennifer Kuenster Jessica Kuzmanich Gaynor Raymond W Lee Jonathan Levin Ernie Llorente Charlene Low Milton K Low Victor A Merolla Penny Nakatsu Terry Nathan Michael Neumann Allen Ng Janice Ogi Richard Pezner Patricia Pivnick Levin Stuart Quan Ken Richardson Ralph Sinick Rhoda Tang Vallery Tennenbaum Feldman Robert Wagner Claudia L Wolf Eshoo Belinda Wong Lum

1968 Karen Andersen William Beyer Alan Buchwald Parker Young Chin May Choi Steven William Comber Irene Davidson Thomas Wendy Drefke Shinbori William Friedman Robert Gordon Mary Goughnour Doll Andre Hassid Fred Hinners Sherlyn Hu Leong Kenneth E Keller Keith Kojimoto Dorothy Lee Janet Lee Tse Russell & Sherlyn Leong Michael Maddan Janet Mahoney Donna McKenna Miriam Dale Pichey Dmitry Ponomareff Catherine Rossi-Roos Robert Sakai Deborah Schafer Ballati Dennis & Wendy Shinbori Bruce Alan Spiegelman Lillian Toy Chin Robert H Winthrop Albert Wong Annie M Wong Suzanna Wong Hansen Randall Yee

David Cherney Carolyn Chin Sorin Eremia Harley Gee Homer Gee Sharon Giles Cindy Gok Michael Harris Kate Haskin Brostoff Sandra Hsu Steven Jacobson Esther Koch Tony Lee Karen Lee Arthur Levy Barbi Lucas Briscoe Terry Mack Magnin Deborah Miller Jean Pao Ng Pamela Pierce Vetrano Linda Powell McMillan Richard Revell Charles Schultz Nancy Sitton Pat Soberanis Lisa Tartikoff Rosenthal Gayle Willard Higaki Jackson D Wong John L Wong Brian Wong & Cindy Gok Marilyn Zimmerman

1970 Kazuhiro Ando Martha Barrios Mead Robert Fried Jeffrey Friedman Patricia Gee Abbe Goldman Seitzman Sidney M Gospe John Handa Robert Hayman Mary Jang Itzhak Zvi Kalinski Peter & Shirley Kwok Diane Lee Gary Leung Nancy Lim-Yee Philip Matthews Tymothy D Myers Frank Neumann Georgette Petropoulos Wendy Lee Quan Julia Quinn David Shapiro Steven Ullmann Peter Visalli John Michael Whisman Jackson J Wong Sharlene Wong Elyse Wong Shirley Yee Kwok Simon Yeh Sandra Diane Yuen

1969

1971

Ann Benard Linsky Marilyn Capps Miller

David Arrick Karl Bakhtiari

Penelope Marie Bisho Bolger Barry Christian Calvin W Chu Scott Corvin Avra Elbinger Philip Scott Hara Paul Heller & Helen Goldsmith John Inase Craig Kimball Olson Lee Jeannette Logo Parker Scott Nakamura Wendy Nelson Tokunaga Henry Obana Mark Otsea Annette Perry-Carrera Ellen Pichey Leatrice Shelly Ford Thomas E Straus Tim & Maria Wong White Maria Wong White

1972 Joseph Afong Debra Babcock Dorothy Chun Brian J Cruz Lawrence Fan David Hagerman James Hayman Arthur Nichols Hoppe Andrew Hui Donald Hurd Joanne Sem Ja Lewis Kious John Knox Robert Lee Irene L Lew Adele Maria-Cui Patrick A McKay Michael J McQuaid David Nakagaki Kurt F Piper Mark A Steiner Duane Wildenradt Bryan M Wong Harry Wong & Joanne Ja Helen W Yee

1973 Bruce Agid Linda Arcellano-Shaw Lawrence J Cannon Buffy Cereske Steven Chinn Jeanette Chittum Langdell Kelly Cline Marcos Estebez Susan Frankenstein Dean Marcia Colette Gallion Mark Gamble Timothy Hanford Karla Haun Robertson Jonathan Hoff David A HoSang Robina E Ingram-Rich Mark Krueger Anil Lal

Donald M Lee Deborah J Levy David Lieu Marcus Lowe Linda Nanbu Thomas Peterson Gisele Pohan Penelope A Preovolos Mark Ruben Vera Safronoff Ginotti Anne Schagen Marcia Schnapp Beverly Sommer Feder Marianne Stewart Wilson Michelle Terris Herrera Jocelyn Tom David Torney Carl Wildenradt Douglas Wolf Channing Gene Wong Larry Wuerstle Rita Yee Dale Yee Gaymond Yee Ivy Yee-Sakamoto Maggie Yue Yee-Chu

1974 Susan Adams Joseph C Armenta Judith Auerbach Bruce Batten Lorna Chee Warren Chee Aliena Cheng Chin Frank Choy Tamara Cognetta Lisa Coughlin Clay John Crittenden Fernando De Alba Verne Deriman Dertimanis Katie Edelstein Haas Alberto Elizalde David Fellows Michael Gammino John Hirokawa Amy Jacobs Matthew Lando David A Lee Judy Lee Elaine Lee Kawasaki Peter MacPhail James Mittelberger Leonard Moriyama Leiko Nakazawa Dahlgren John H Ngai Charles Peckerman Peggy Peterson Bley Richard Sanchez Barbara L Schulz Jeffrey Shapiro Eric Tang Brenda Taylor Johnson Ray Van Der Horst David Walda Nancy Wildenradt Eisen Scott Wood

Before, during and after photos of the recent transformation of room 220 at Lowell, thanks to new flooring and seating funded by generous donations from Patrick Quan ’76 with matching funds from The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation.

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JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010 1975

Jetson Lee Pamela Lee Martha Shumway Peter L Stein Kenneth Tan David Clark Tseng Karen Van Der Horst Tomczak George Wong Susan Yee Owyang Nancy Zubiri

Larry Baer Mark & Peggy Bley Claudio Chiuchiarelli William Davidovich Adam Fink Darragh Flynn Joanne S Frediani Kenneth Gee Daniel Grossman Courtenay Hardy Robert Hauser Edward T Hee Keith Howell Carl Isackson Dale Lieu Gary S Louie Mark Markel Pedro Merino Paul M Nauman Joshua Scodel Kenji Spencer Cyrian Tabuena Stanley F Tom Cris Wedekind Nora Woo Gee Cynthia S Zamboukos

Terence Abad Augustine Bau Andrew Berberich Katherine Borgfeldt Joceline Boucher Paul K Chan Elaine L Chan-Scherer Sandra Chiang Yee Kim Clark Miriam Ducoff Smolen Karla Ekholm Steve Emerson Beverly Epstein Margaret Forbes MacDonald Helen Goldsmith Mark Hernandez Irene Hilton Wilbur Hong Sandra Kobayashi Michael Art Lee Elene Lee Maria Lee Sohnlein Jeffery Louie Calvin G Lum Richard Magahiz Irma Mancia Rymers Betsey Mar Ho Lucy Nguyen O’Connor Janet Popesco Archibald Patrick F Quan John Romero Alonso & Sandra Serrano Susan Simpson Mike Susoev Judy Thalheimer David Thompson Justin Ting Elizabeth Tom Lisa Tong Hu Michael Ugawa

Sid Burger Catherine L Cheng Carol Crawford Falstrup David Fink Benjamin Gulli Charlie Hinson Doris Lee Benjamin Leung Mark W Lieu Cynthia Ling Duke Otoshi Tim Shafer Alex G Sung Nancy Tam Steven Toy Craig Vidal Craighton Woo Christopher Young

1979

1983

Vincent Anderson Karen N Asahina Lee Howard Chung Lorna Corral Padia Markus Joan De Hovitz Eva Heran Lemley Wyman Lai Mabel Lee Abellera Nelson Lefkovits Jason Macario Carol Ozawa Burns Perry Pong Mary Reilly Keller Dana Tom Paul Tsien

Lon Chow Elise Fong Wing Hayley Green Smith Shari Jensen Pietz Linda Joseph Lambert Ma Allison H Morris Gatto Emily Murase Monique Skruzny Gower Suen Mark R Taylor Joseph Yeun Stephen Yuen

1980 Naomi Baum Grace Chang Steve Colvin Harlan Edelman Elaine Fong Jacqueline Guerrero Moats Linn Hom Jules Jelinek Edna Fay Lee Brant T Lee Edward Louie Barbara Mundy Julita Reyes-Canu Amy Segal Blase Nicholas Shihadeh Alan Shau Tak Sun Annie Takeuchi Shelly Wentker Taylor Henry K Woo Helen Yan

1977 Kirsti Aho Wendy Bailey Crisafulli Aaron Braun & Joan DeHovitz Elizabeth Carl Murphy Leland Chan Edwin Fineman Michael Lee Fong Martha French Yasuko Fukuda Anthony Grumbach Mark Harrington Joan Hoover James K Lau

1982 Kimiko Burton Dickson Chu Josephine Fong Lillian Fong Susan Freiwald Joanne Hom Lana Huey Pun Helen Lee Steven P Li Lawrence Wing Loo Anne Mitchell Annie Miu Hayward Denise Poon Stephen Popper Hubert & Lana Pun Michelle Soo Hoo Tai Debra Strach Germenis Paul Tam William Sze K Tam Sally Tam Screven Tracy Wong Su-Tsen Wu Maylen Yue

1978

1976

Daniel Rich Nancy Satoda Gaby Shelley Rex Tam Robert K Yu Lucy S Zee Lee

1981 Nicholas Astromoff Maya Ching Susan May Chiu Rico Duazo Jose A Guerrero Theodore Holman John & Brenda Lam Julia Lavroushin Jeffrey Louie Uday Mathur Selinda C Molloy Neal Elizabeth Hiromi Onodera Darwin Popenoe

1984 Anonymous Norman Caba Wei Mun Chu Meera Valerie Desai Patrick Foo Regina Lee Vedar Jennifer Poulakidas Hannah Wolf Steven Wong Tony Woo

1985 Anonymous Thomas & Amy Chow Laura Cole Wendover Paul & Jenny Coleman Stanley Con Hon Orpheus Crutchfield Anne Garner Linnea Johnson Vincent King Calvin & Tina Lee Ashia Lee Derksen Katherine Lim Young Katherine Loo Eva Moy Samuel Nakhimovsky Randy Pon Allyn Frances Quan Mark Schoeller William Singleton Richard Weeks Sandra Lynn Wong Julie Y Yamakawa Ito Herman Yan Betsy Yee Penelope Yip

Dr. David Lieu ’73 (left), a generous long-time supporter of Lowell’s science program, with Dacotah Swett, Lowell’s science department head during one of his frequent visits to Lowell. Dr. Lieu and his wife Diana established a perpetual endowment fund in 2005 to support science department equipment needs as well as student and faculty scholarships to attend summer programs in science and math. Glenn Young & Katherine Lim Young

1986 Katherine Leigh Bell Jeffrey Bokura John W Chan Amy Kim Chew Chow Peter Chin Eric Fastiff Sonia Gomez-Rexelius Vincent Harris Virginia Herrera Schuler Grace Kao Nelson Kong Irene C Kuo Jeffrey Laurence Hung Le Raymond K Louie Sharon Low Wong Erin Pierson Ribka Kenneth Popper Alexandria Sage Tamar Sarkissian Kilijian Judy Sing Sing Wang Judy Wong Fong Hawkin Ed Woo Jack Zee

1987 Susan Au Jeannie Chan Bryan Clair Deborah Grubb Moskovitz Francisco Gutierrez Stephen F Heuser Elizabeth Huey-Levine Deborah A Hull Dee Hung Lau Stephanie Lau-Chen Dennis Miyata Kenny Mok Carol Nichols Madrid Evangeline Pardell Harrold Lenelle Suliguin Ho-Man Wong

1988 Elaine Anderson Katherine Aquino Maria Bykin Stanley Chang Kathy Choi Cathy Chu Anderson Jenny Dubner Coleman Glenn Galang Bonny Garcia-Morla Caroline Kim Kress Laura Lane Douglas Lee Laurance L Lee Justin Lien

Kim Nakahara Georgene Poulakidas Kromydas Michelle Pyun Boyers William To Andrew Tolson Brenda Wong Karina Wong Kimberly Wong

1989 Geraldine Agdeppa Abella Andrew Chan Crystal Chang Andrea Chang Fong Lee Cheng Curtis Chinn Rebecca Chow Choe Steven Dong Virginia Esperanza Lorne Margery Fong Eckerly Robert Gee Jonathan E Heuser Maia Jin Eric & Caroline Kress Roger Kuo Joel Kurzman Judy Lee Yang Diana C Ng Fung Sandra Nguyen Hardin Nha-Ai Nguyen-Duc Regina Ravetti McKenzie Seth Rockman Ramon Romero Timothy Schmitz Diana Seto Chiang Roland Tang Ellen Tang Tassilo Von Koch Carol Wong Robyn Wu

1990 Thomas Balk Karen Chan Stacie Dong Yutaka Christopher Hanaoka Tenley Harrison Catharine E Holt Rosalia Kim Patton Tom Lieu Marie Ouano-Kim Daniel S Reid Rebecca Richards Gorham Lecia Smith Kaslofsky Allen Tam Alicia Walker Jimmy & Sharon Wong

1991 Yoram Bauman Shea L Bond Sarah Carlat Kennedy

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JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010

Jennifer Wai Yi Lai Wendy Allison Lee Lori Matsukuma Emily Mizuno Andreas Nguyen Adam Noily Matthew Tevenan Alex R Tse Laurie Vargas Sandy Yee Pamela Janie Yee

Stanley Gy Chan Shirley Chan Yee Michael Wayne Chee Lila Chwee Diana Van Do Rachel Kipnis Ennis Cindy K Kwong Leong Natasha Litt Anna D Louie Sharianne G Louie Max Luttrell Jorge Plata Solomon Poretsky John Morgan Salomon Aldous Sumaylo Hai Tang Kenneth Wun Hamilton Hung Chiu Yu

1995

1992 Anonymous Tracy DeAmicis McMahan Antonio P Garcia Megan Kirk Hirschbein Jeffrey Lau Karen E Matsukuma Kristin Mihalko Abigail Necesito Hollingsworth Selina Shek Lillian Trac

1993 Erik James Bjorn Danielle Endres Boi Quan Giang Adam Raj Grover Naomi Lempert Lempert Lopez Ryan K Louie Robin McGinnis Edith Ostapik Michael Anthony Tan Sim Donna Dan Situ Dennis Song Rupert Tagnipes Nathan Thornburgh Ashley Walker Jenny C Yee

1994 Frank Cheung Lily San Ling Chiu Deer Jacqueline Marie Durieux Melson Stanley Hong Christine Hosoda Elena Kleiman Ingerman

Andrew Green Sophia J Kim Christina Jan Lee King & Margaret Lip George Liu Eric Stephen Low Daniel Seh Hau Ming Janet Cheu Chu Ng Aron Joshua Nussbaum Susan Shing Yan Yung Yana Zelkin Frazee

1996 Jenny Chan Cindy Neng-Chi Chin Andrey Kit Wei Chow Margaret Fong Lip Jennifer French Kovacevich Jenny S Kim Cindy Minh-Tran Le Ken Y Lee Vinson Lee Matthew Lethin Charles Levinson Charleen Louie Suzanne May Joseph K Ng Robert Park Tennant Jung-Yeal Park Yelena Rubinshteyn Syta Saephan Kamau Gen Washington

1997 Gyda Arber Masha Dabiza Pamela Ann Lee Jacob David Levy Peter Phuc Ly Eugene Elliott McGrane Charles Murakami Trieu & Katherine Nguyen

Ana Elisa Payes Joscelyn Tham Wong Christina E Vermillion

1998

Aleksandr Litvak Sarah Jean Pearce Monica G Wan Chavarria Steven Zi Kun Zhao

Mamie Chew Janet Eng Kathy Hou Anna Lau Leslie Lau-Wang Lenette Lin Lu Lillian Yu-en Moulton Martello Monica Lisa Qwan Moises D Salmeron Marvin Tang Natalia Vigil Karen You Chuan Wang Michael Stephen Yee Anna Zevelyov

2002

1999

Nicolina Alden Akraboff Jacob Theodore Cutler Erol Zihni Efendioglu Patrick I Emelife Lisa Lam Mary Guangyu Liu James Robert Neilly Yonathan Randolph Karen Hui Fang Yuan

Michael Tsz Chung Chan Alan Huynh Chung Stephen Feyer Audrey Anne Jeung Lauren A Keane Yelizaveta Klebaner Peter Alfred Kloess Rebecca Chung Yan Ng Leon Holman Tse Amy Twelmi Tun Rachel Anne Wilson Christine Wong Treffkorn

2000 Danielle Carol Broude Christine Cheng Erica Cohen Peter A Cownan Gregory R Krimer Sareen Janna Leong Li Nicole Louise Louie Anna May McGrane Derek Aaron Van Orden Bonnie Oyling Yee Alvin Jason Yee Thomas Zhen Tang Zhu

2001 Vanya Putnam Akraboff Deniz Efendioglu Nicholas Elprin Minna Lee Jarrett Jun Liang

Wayland Chew Alisa Lena Farenzena Shana Rachel Heller Benjamin Victor Kantor Anna Yu Lam James David Lee Justina Louie Karrie Lene Tam Marisol Visalli Natalia Wang Megaen Elizabeth White Melinda T Yee

2003

2004 Laura J Bannett Max Jacob Bien-Kahn Erin Elizabeth Calhoun Derrick Chong Lillian Sie Andrew Jacob Slater Gustavo Visalli

2005 Daphne Wai Ping Chan Jonas Ryan Chin Hillary Chuyee Chu Nicholas Noel Commins Charles Caleb Cutler Nicole Hui Lina Kan Jeffrey Kwong Lauren Adrienna Longley Michael Pearce Anton Alexander Peterlin

2006 Ashley Wei-Yee Chu Joseph Swenson Cutler

Agustin Feliciano Alina A Goldenberg Jason Huey Andrew Scott Lee Nathaniel K Ng Jacob Leland Rogers

2007 Andrew Akraboff Joseph Bien-Kahn Sebastian Peterlin Priscilla Plasai

2008 Emily Mock Jacqueline Molina Jason Siu Belle Yan Carmen Ye

2009 Kenneth Hom Scott Lee Araceli Tamayo-Lee

FACULTY Jack Abad Bertram Brauer Tom Chambers Paul Cheng Thomas Greg Collins Edward Crossley Loys Daskarolis Rodatos Dan Devitt John Donohue Ernst M Feibusch James Gazaway Nancy Hayes Steve Hirabayashi Edgar Lehmann Paul Lucey Jack Meier Deanna Nielsen Carolyn Porto Barbara Prato Denis Rauchman Dennis Ross Elba Salgado Hamrock John Shankel Sandra Shure Julian Silva Sara Trelaun Michele Winter

Lowell students proudly display their new Chinese-English dictionaries, funded through the $100,000 endowment fund established by the Jessie and George Ho Charitable Foundation of Hong Kong, in memory of Jessie Ho ’34.

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Keeping In Touch… continued from page 10 LOUIS MICHAEL LEVIN says, “I am now on my own. I have opened a real estate office here in Modesto and want to help all of you who wish, or know of someone who wants, to move to the Central Valley. Nice and warm and friendly people and low home prices. I may be reached at Live-In Properties, (209) 521-9191 or at louis_levin@yahoo.com. I also just returned from nine days in Eastern Europe on a Tandem Rally with 71 other couples, a great experience and lots of bicycling. I recommend this for all my fellow graduates.”

1956

JUN & DEC

THOMAS NYHAN shares, “Hello 1956-ers! Pluses and minuses of getting older: minus hair, plus back pain, minus teeth, plus pounds, minus memory, plus good friends like you!”

1957

JAN. & JUNE

ARLENE DELLARI discloses, “Enjoying travel and spending a lot of time at our second home in Blairsden when we are not at AT&T Park rooting for the Giants.” ALAN BENT, retired political science professor and author, conveys, “My regards to Paul Lucey.”

1958

JUNE & DEC.

PATRICK KELLEHER recounts, “I really enjoyed meeting up with old friends and classmates at the 50th reunion. A special thanks to all the committee members for a great job.” He also writes, “My life turned upside down last October when, after a long illness, my sweet wife Alana passed away at the young age of 60. I found that I have a wonderful support group of family, friends, and my nine grandchildren’s faces to keep me going. God bless you all!”

1959

JAN. & JUNE

GARY B. SILBERSTEIN exclaims, “Looking forward to seeing some very old friends at the 50th! FRED GRUMM expresses, “Looking forward to our 50-year reunion in October.” K AREN PASTORINO EAGAN says, “Looking forward to seeing all of you 1959 graduates at our reunion in October. Let’s bring our stories, our history and our dreams for the next 50 — well, maybe 25 — years.” DIANE BARON LEVISON news — see 1955.

1960

JAN. & JUNE

THEODORE BRESLER updates, “I am now the vice-chair of the Alameda County Arts Commission. We are currently working on the 100 families program, which promotes art education and artwork production at the family level. We have also adopted a public art master plan for the $600 million Highland Hospital (Oakland) project.” Mr. Bresler will be performing in a concert version of the musical “Titanic” at State One Repertory Theater in Newark, California in January 2011. DANIEL POON writes, “Aloha to all my former classmates! After graduating from the ‘Old Lowell,’ receiving a BFA at the California College of the Arts, and doing years of ad agency creative work in San Francisco and Hawaii (a Mad Man at McCann-Erickson and DDB), I’m finally semiretired but freelancing still and enjoying Hawaii. Been busy designing business logos and ads (danpoon.esmartdesign.com) on a freelance basis. Enjoy reading the newsletters and would love to hear from Lowellites.” RONALD J. STRATTEN writes, “I’m looking forward to our 50th reunion in 2010. Please keep me posted.” THOMAS SLOSS communicates, “It was a big pile of bricks across the Panhandle from Haight Ashbury BEFORE any such nonsense as the ‘Summer of Love.’ The sixties were in front of us. Berkeley was in front of me, and then the Peace Corps and the awesome woman I met and mar-

ried in Thailand 42 years ago, computer career, and a late fling at teaching what I love (social sciences) and a family who have brought not only pride and joy but two grandchildren. My son Philip (40 this year) came with me to the 30th reunion, which we thoroughly enjoyed. I sincerely hope all my classmates have enjoyed the same good fortune and mostly smooth ride this small Sloss clan has experienced. Happy anniversary.” DAVID BABOW informs, “Recently moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to a small rural town called Sequim (pronounced S’kwim), on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington near Dungeness Bay. Enjoying retirement and the beautiful scenery up here.” ROBERT OWEN VALDEZ shares, “I have been a psychiatric technician in my later years. I am trying to retire but I really can’t afford to. So I am still looking for work. I love photography and am currently making prints for sale. I think I am the next Ansel Adams, but I am just getting started. I am a book-a-holic (bibliophile); I can’t seem to leave the bookstores alone. I love science. I bought a microscope to check out the ‘wee beasties.’ I live in Rio Nido by Guerneville on the Russian River not far from Santa Rosa, California, and very close to the coast. I go to Johnson’s Beach in Guerneville frequently and have a ‘giant beer’ for $2.50, relax, read, eat, and sunbathe.”

1962

JAN. & JUNE

ANICIA GUARD GUARD-NELSON informs, “In November, Jim and I will be taking a Caribbean cruise to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and my 65th birthday.” RICHARD BRENT FAYE voices, “After 31 years of practicing bank regulatory law, I retired on January 31, 2009. Retirement is highly recommended! I finally have time to renew my love of literature — I thank you, Mr. Robert Lombardi.” JOHN C. LING updates, “I retired as a diagnostic radiologist in December 2008 and decided to do something quite different. I am going to England in September 2009 to study for a master’s degree in international relations at Cambridge University. I have been accepted by Selwyn College. I certainly hope that it will be an interesting experience, as all my prior education long ago was in California, at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.” JOHN JESTER writes, “I live in San Jose running my insurance business, and volunteer as the pastor of the Monterey Bay Christian Church in Watsonville. You can contact me at www. mbcc.ws”

1963

JAN. & JUNE

RUSSELL MORRIS says, “Still living in Los Gatos. Son Chris received a master’s in computer science. Daughter Jennifer married in September.” DIANE BONFIGLI LOBO reports, “Roberto Lobo ’02 graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2006 with a major in economics; he graduated in 2008 from Golden Gate U. with a master’s in accounting and will go back to school to study law.”

1964

JAN. & JUNE

PHILIP TUTT remarks, “Lowell students earn their academic kudos every year, against some of the toughest competition in the nation. I fail to understand the ‘meatax’ approach to funding that our elected representatives so shortsightedly apply to education, especially to proven schools. It makes no sense to cut into programs that have produced, and that can continue to produce, exceptional scientists, technicians, doctors, and scholars, all of whom we so desperately need.” MICHAEL JOSEPHSON remarks, “I retired in March of 2008. I had one knee replacement in May of 2009 and will have the other one replaced in August or September of 2009. Maybe I’ll be able to walk again by 2010.”

ANDREW ‘ANDY’ ARCHIBALD tells, “I never thought I would graduate from college after I barely made it out of Lowell and was told by City College that I was not a good enough student. I was declared academically ineligible at City since no matter how hard I tried, my grades got worse each year. After I joined the Marine Corps in 1967, the Naval doctors discovered that I was dyslexic, and a career as an electronics technician opened up. I never could afford to return to college after the service, but after I retired I was encouraged to try college again. On 17 May 2009 I graduated from the University of Hawaii, West Oahu, with a final grade point of 3.67, made the Dean’s List (not the other Dean’s list) in the fall of ’08 and the spring of ’09, was pronounced the top student for ‘off Island’ online courses, received an award for social sciences contributions in Kona (West Hawaii) and recognition from the Hawaii County Council for originating a resolution that was introduced to the Hawaii state legislature as a ‘Vote by Mail’ bill. It was a long journey from the graduating class of Lowell ’64 to the graduating class of University of Hawaii ’09, but it was worth it! I learned to never quit on myself no matter how many other people in the education field told me I could not compete.”

1966

JAN. & JUNE

VICKI PORTER WITTROCK e-mails, “I am living in Southern California and retired from my job at Warner Bros. TV. I am still playing music in bands and as a solo artist. I enjoy the great outdoors by gardening, hiking, and traveling to fun places!”

1968

JAN & JUN

DENNIS & WENDY DREFKE SHINBORI post, “Thanks to all who attended our 40th reunion and made it a success. What do you think about a 60th birthday celebration together?” MICHAEL P. MADDAN mails, “I am president of Maddan & Company, Inc., our family food brokerage, which is celebrating its 62nd year in business this year. Well, I didn’t marry a blonde! I married a gorgeous brunette! My wife, Lynn, and I just celebrated our 35th anniversary. We have four grown children — Patricia, Heather, Michael, Jr., and Alexis. Patricia and Michael, Jr. work for our family food brokerage, Heather is a writer for an Internet company, and Alexis was married this summer and is a teacher. I am the proud grandfather of Sicily, 5, and Asher, 2½. A third grandchild is due in September. I would like to thank Gloria Robles Wallace for introducing me to Lynn! Wishing you all good health, happiness, and prosperity!” FRED HINNERS realizes that the draft is unlikely to be reinstated; he was nevertheless proud to be chosen by the Obama administration as a local Selective Service System board member covering three northern Nevada counties. JANET MAHONEY is now a psychologist working in the prison system. MAY CHOI news – see 1997

1969

JAN. & JUNE

ROSS PORTUGEIS sends, “Gosh, where to begin? After a couple of decades in the international motion picture/media business, first with MGM and then with Turner Broadcasting, I got homesick for San Francisco. So in 2001 I gave up my media career and returned to my hometown with wife and kids in tow. To my amazement, I stumbled into commercial real estate a few years ago and am having a great time being part of my city.”

1970

JAN. & JUNE

LORRAINE TOY updates, “Having a great time reinventing myself. Currently training and supporting MDs/hospital staff at SSF Kaiser on how to chart using the electronic medical record system.” She also asks, “Where are you, Karen & Mike Dillon?”

MARTHA BARROIS MEAD says hi and reports, “Ken and I have been married 35 years. Both of our sons are being married this year. We are providing our own stimulus to the economy. If you are in Atlanta, give us a call.”

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DUANE WILDENR ADT lists, “Wife Melinda, married 1987. Four beautiful children: Paige, 18, at UCSC. Ted, 17; Chris, 14; and Justus, 14 are all at Santa Cruz High. Brother Carl Wildenradt ’73 and siblings Eric and Nancy Wildenradt ’74 operate MacMurray Pacific, San Francisco.”

1973

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ANNE SCHAGEN is doing great in Portland, OR. She is working as a speech-language pathologist and has been married 27 years. Her daughter, Madeline, is 24 and son, Paul, is 20. MARCIA SCHNAPP is married to M. Steve Smith and has an olde English bulldog named Dixie. She asks, “Where is Jeffrey Pruett ’74?” MARCIA COLETTE GALLION says, “Wishing all well. I continue working with the chronically mentally ill (30 + years). Still riding my unicycle — Not!” CANYON (GAIL) SAM announces, “I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, a memoir titled Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History (University of Washington Press, October 2009). It is a ground-breaking book where I uncover the history of Tibet from the perspective of its women, spanning half a century of the P.R.C. occupation. Traveling on China’s Beijing-to-Lhasa Sky Train in 2007, I crossed the Himalayas in search of women from my oral history project 15 years earlier and visited the family I lived with when Tibet first opened in 1986. Foreword by the Dalai Lama. Advance praise from Robert Thurman, Maxine Hong Kingston, Alice Walker, Sylvia Boorstein, Sharon Salzberg, and others. www.canyonsam.com” DR. DAVID LIEU reports that his daughter, Debbie, “is a Cal sophomore majoring in integrative biology with a Spanish minor. Having earned enough credits to be a senior, she is also studying Japanese and hopes to spend a semester abroad in Japan. Her grades are good enough to get into medical school. My son, Darren, is a high school junior who will spend next summer at Cal studying linear algebra and differential equations. My wife, Diana (a pharmacist), is studying multi-variable calculus, engineering and calculus-based physics for fun. I run one of the busiest ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration clinics in the country. I have had several research papers published in the past few years and UCLA asked me to help run its new ultrasound-guided FNA clinic. USC asked me to join its clinical faculty and Harvard invited me to apply for a new faculty position as an ultrasound-guided FNA expert. This spring I will be sponsoring a cruise to Mexico for the entire Mark Keppel High School advanced show choir (over 50 students and chaperones), where they will perform for passengers and a nationally-recognized adjudicator. Most of the choir members are immigrants or the children of immigrants who cannot afford such a trip, so I donated the money for the cruise. The College of Chemistry at UC Berkeley has announced that they will be naming a seminar room after me. But despite all these positive occurrences in my life, the one event that I look forward to most each year is coming back to Lowell in the spring to mentor and lecture the AP Biology students on medical school admission requirements and talk about what it was like to grow up in San Francisco in the ’60s and ’70s. I include many famous images and music tracks from that era in my presentation. I let them know that despite many failures early in my life (accidentally setting the chem lab on fire; being fired as a volunteer; too shy to talk to an attractive girl; couldn’t get a date; etc.), I was still able to succeed, and so can they. They much believe in themselves, even if it seems no one else does. I hope life has been as good to you as it has been for me.”

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Keeping In Touch… Keeping in Touch items submitted after November 1991 DO, MD, has started her fourth year 1, 2010 will appear in the next issue of the alumni DIANA as faculty at the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Hopkins University School of Medicine, newsletter. To share news with your classmates, visit Johns Department of Ophthalmology. She is assistant of ophthalmology and assistant head of www.Lowellalumni.org and click on “alumni news.” professor the Retina Fellowship Training Program. This

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LISA COUGHLIN CLAY brags, “We are proud parents of Donnie Clay ’04, who will be attending Harvard Law School in fall 2009; Angelina Clay ’07, who is a junior at Cal; and Anthony Clay, who is a senior at Lowell.” JEFFREY SHAPIRO sighs, “Getting lonely in Atlanta. Two kids already in college and my third leaving soon.” RODNEY OWYANG comments. “Hi, fellow alumni. Wow, tradition, economy, jobs, Obama, health, just 2009, what a year and for everyone I’m sure. So much has happened…Peace & Love. Let’s see what will happen!” DAVID FELLOWS e-mails, “Voluntarily (!) unemployed since August 2008. House husbanding and child rearing and looking for the Next Big Thing. Scott Wood, Kelly Cline ’73, and I still managed our annual ski outing, here in Colorado. Probably won’t make any gathering this year…looking forward to the 40th!”

1975 EDWARD T. HEE mentions, “Son graduated from the local community college with a degree in computer programming. I am only nine months from being eligible for a pension from my employer, but I don’t think the mortgage will let that happen.”

1976 SUSAN SIMPSON tells, “Two daughters in universities and one son starting 5th grade. Has it really been 33 years since our graduation? Still bragging about my excellent public school education at Lowell. Seattle has been my home for 25 years now, but I left my heart in San Francisco!” ELIZABETH TOM informs, “I’m still in Elko, Nevada, where I’m on the board of directors for the Northeastern Nevada Historical Society and for Cowboy Country Territory (a volunteer marketing committee for the Nevada Commission of Tourism). I am currently serving as the international relations director for Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity (I previously served on this board from 1998–2006) and teach leadership courses for APO around the country. I’ve also traveled to APO Philippines conventions five times, most recently in May 2009. We went hunting and sightseeing in South Africa in 2007, Botswana in 2008, and Namibia in 2009, but we haven’t hiked any mountains since Kilimanjaro in 2003, and our last diving trip was on the USS Oriskany in Pensacola in 2007. Hopefully, we’ll be able to retire from surgery in the next few years so we can do more traveling!”

1978 DAVID FINK is practicing divorce mediation and collaborative family law from offices in Union Square. JOHN CHUCK shares, “When my sister-in-law rolled into the Kaiser Oakland Medical Center with an obstetrical emergency, she received outstanding care from a team led by none other than fellow class of ’78 alum Dr. Arlene Cosca. After graduation from Lowell, Arlene attended Cal and then the UCLA School of Medicine. She is the chief of ob/gyn at her medical center and thanks to her heroics, my sister-in-law and her baby did just fine! Without a doubt, Arlene gets my vote for Alumna of the Year!”

1979 PAUL TSIEN greets, “Hello, everyone! My wife, Bette, and I are busy (and having fun) raising our boys, Mark (5) and Matthew (2). I am still with Oracle, and we live in Palo Alto.”

1980 KANDYCE PILAR COLLINS announces, “I gave birth to twins (boy and girl) on January 23, 2009. Orion Kai and Farallon Felice are happy, healthy, and wonderful new spirits. My husband, Fraser, and I are elated. Blessings to all!”

1982 JOHN VAN KIRK updates, “I am a senior project manager in the environmental group with AECOM’s Denver office. Most of our work is with utility clients, and we conduct site studies and prepare environmental reports and permit applications for all types of utility infrastructure ranging from transmission lines to power plants and wind farms. I’ve been with AECOM (formerly EDAW, a SF-based firm) for a little over three years now.” DEBRA STRACH GERMENIS writes, “A shout out to Camille, Trudy, Barbara, Jules, Jorge, Ricardo, Celia, Marina, Cheryl, Lillian, Jackie, Nora, and Marty. Here’s to high school friendships lasting a lifetime. Pool party at Celia’s in August and the Christmas party at Camille’s this year!”

1983 EMILY MURASE had a blast going to see Lowell alumnus Daniel Handler ’88 (aka Lemony Snicket) perform with the San Francisco Symphony on March 29. Emily recalls, “I accompanied AP Poetry legend Flossie Lewis to the performance, and we were whisked to the Green Room afterwards to take photos with the author.”

1988 ELAINE M. ANDERSON e-mails, “Living in Alexandria, VA, and working in DC. Margot Fahnestock ’89 lives in DC too! We are on a constant quest for food even vaguely as good as SF’s! Sorry to have missed the reunion.”

1989 JASON CHU announces, “Got married on July 2 in San Francisco to Chen Pan, the love of my life. She is a media personality in China and is the bilingual host of Disney’s Hannah Montana in Shanghai. To be with Chen, I have been traveling back and forth between San Francisco and Shanghai, and will soon settle there after our wedding reception literally overlooking Shanghai. If you are in the Shanghai or San Francisco areas, please drop us a line.” He adds, “Many changes this year…I had great nine-year run at IBM as its North America FDA compliance leader, strategist for its health care/life sciences consulting division, asset transformation manager, and most recently, cross-industry value creation executive. With Big Blue behind, I now have more time to dedicate to real estate investing and advising venture capitalists. Still on the board of the nonprofit www.tennisforkids.org, which offers free tennis lessons to at-risk youth in San Francisco. If you have experience in IT/ EHR applications to reduce medical loss ratios, R.E. development on Native American land or in Guam, federally-insured bond issuance, or wind power solutions, please let me know and I’ll be glad to refer/JV them.”

my native San Francisco! Cheers!” PETER TUCKER has written the music and lyrics for “As Always”, a new musical premiering March 10-27 at San Francisco’s Eureka Theater, with proceeds benefiting the San Francisco Parks Trust’s Music in Parks program. Bravo! For more info, please visit www.asalwaystickets.com

past year, Diana and her husband, Quan Nguyen, MD, who is associate professor of ophthalmology at Hopkins, were invited as guest speakers to Prague, Czech Republic; Paris, France; Hong Kong; and Seoul, Korea, to present their scientific research. Diana’s sister, Katherine Do ’92, MD, recently joined the faculty at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as an assistant professor in otolaryngology surgery.

1994

JOHN MORGAN SALOMON mails, “Currently working as risk analysis consultant at ABN AMRO BV in Amsterdam (Netherlands), living part-time between Amsterdam and Paris. Finished my MBA at INSEAD in 2008.” He also wants to know, “Where’d the website that Tycho Lemar put together for the 2001 reunion go?”

ANDREW GREEN informs, “I’ve left corporate law practice in Hong Kong to head to Washington, DC, and politics. I am honored to be working for the newly elected senator from Oregon, Jeff Merkley, as his legislative counsel handling banking, trade, and business law issues. If you have ideas, be in touch.”

SHARIANNE LOUIE writes, “Greetings, classmates of ’91! It’s been a great 18 years since graduation and I hope you all are doing well. I am currently working full-time at Genetech and am also in my last year of the MBA program at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, where I am also this year’s co-chair of the Evening MBA Admissions Committee. Feel free to reach out to me for anything big or small! Love to help set up my friends and classmates for success. I can be reached at sharianne_louie@ mba.berkeley.edu” YORAM BAUMAN reports, “I’m teaching environmental economics in Seattle and gearing up for my 2010 Supply Side World Tour as ‘the world’s first and only stand-up economist.’ Check out my website, www.standupeconomist. com, for videos and more, including details about my forthcoming book, A Cartoon Introduction to Economics, coming in early 2010!”

1992 MEGAN KIRK HIRSCHBEIN announces, “My husband, Alan, and I welcomed our beautiful daughter Hannah on January 18, 2009, and we are loving living in Marin.” KATHERINE DO news – see 1991.

1993

JENNIFER LAI announces, “Working at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Just named department head of Internal Medicine.”

1995

1997 ANA PAYES sends, “I’m currently working as a dean of students at a San Jose charter middle school and loving it. Education is definitely a vital part of our children’s lives. It has been challenging and rewarding. Lowell High School definitely helped prepare me in so many ways!” GYDA ARBER shares, “The show I wrote and directed in NYC, Suspicious Package, was nominated for Best Play in the NY Innovative Theater Awards, to be announced in September.” Our sources tell us LAUREN CHOI-DEA recently gave birth to a baby boy, Tristan Dea Marshman. Proud grandmother MAY CHOI ’68 is an outstanding and dedicated counselor at Lowell. Congrats to mom and grandma!

2002 ROBERTO LOBO news – see 1963.

2004 MAX BIEN-KAHN graduated from University of Oregon with a degree in music. His band, The Daveys, recently released a new CD. DONNIE CLAY news – see 1974.

RYAN LOUIE comments, “Lowell continues to be a center of inspiration!” and sends greetings to Lowellites everywhere!

2007

ALEXANDRA ELCHINOFF updates, “Just a hello. Just ended a competitive motorcycleracing career after 15 years and am still living in

ANGELINA CLAY news – see 1974.

JOSEPH BIEN-KAHN just transferred to UC Santa Cruz.

Joe Ehrman ’41 Honored by Boy Scouts The San Francisco Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America honored Lowell alumnus and former faculty member Joseph Ehrman III earlier this year with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in recognition of his more than seven decades in scouting. Mr. Ehrman joined Troop 14 in 1936, later earning the rank of Eagle Scout, although World War II delayed the official presentation of that rank until 1944, when he also began service as Assistant Scoutmaster. In 1952, one year before joining the Lowell faculty, Joe became Troop 14’s tenth Scoutmaster, a position he held for an amazing 49 years before stepping back slightly to continue his involvement as Assistant Scoutmaster, where he continues to serve. During his tenure as Scoutmaster, 256 young men attained the Eagle Scout rank, including current U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (Lowell ’55) and U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer (Lowell ’59). In addition to the Eagle Scouts, Scoutmaster Ehrman taught thousands of other young people the vital life lessons of good citizenship, making good choices, self-reliance and the benefits of teamwork.

Joe Ehrman ’41 displays his Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, flanked by U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer ’59 (left) and Scout Executive Kenneth C. Melhorn (right). As rare as it is to attain the rank of Eagle Scout (fewer than 2 million in last 100 years), the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award is even more rare, with just under 2,000 recipients to date. The Lowell Alumni Association adds its congratulations to Joe Ehrman, our long-time Treasurer and Director, for earning this well-deserved recognition for his dedication to scouting.

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Karpenstein Scholars: Is There Life After Lowell? The Karpenstein Award was established in 1962 as a tribute to Henry Karpenstein, Head Counselor/Dean of Boys, 1952-1961. It was initially awarded to the top boy and girl scholar in each class but in some instances was extended to include equally-qualified candidates. The Scholars are recognized and honored at graduation. SARA LANGENTHAL ADAMS ’62 wrote “After graduating in 1962 as part of the last class at the Old Lowell, I attended Stanford University where I majored in mathematics and minored in French. I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford in 1965 (Class of 1966) with Distinction and with Honors in Humanities. I then did a fifth year post-graduate program at the University of Washington, receiving secondary teaching certification in math in 1966. In 1966 I married Gerald Adams ’62 — we met in Mr. Milton’s U.S. History class. We moved to Oregon where Gerald earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry (following his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Washington), and I taught high school math in Albany, Oregon. We moved to Whittier, California where Gerald taught at Whittier College and later served as Associate Dean and Registrar at Whittier. I stayed home for about eight years, raising our son Charles who is now married and the father of two children. I resumed my career in education first as Director (Head) of a Friends (Quaker) elementary school for 7 years and as a high school math teacher at Cornelia Connelly School in Anaheim for 12 years.In 1998, after 28 years in Southern California, Gerald became the Registrar at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and we started life together all over again in this wonderful small town. I became perhaps the oldest “rookie” college admission counselor in the country when I began working at Grinnell College in 1999, interviewing students, presenting information sessions, and reading applications, work I thoroughly enjoyed until my retirement this past October. Gerald retired this past year as well so we are busier than ever while happily retired. We are really involved in the Grinnell community, and I am active in the local Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, League of Women Voters, P.E.O., our county Democratic Central Committee, and a wonderful reading group. For a political junkie like me, Iowa is “heaven.” The college and community offer a rich cultural life, and for two people who have wanderlust, there’s the whole Midwest to explore!” (Sara and Robert Yee were the first two Henry Karpenstein Scholars. Ed.) ROBERT D. YEE ’62, M.D. F.A.C.S. At Lowell, I loved biology and wanted to be a marine biologist, although I couldn’t swim well. However, at Harvard I chose a premedical curriculum, not surprising since many of my relatives and my parents were physicians. After graduating with an A.B. in Biology, summa cum laude, and receiving a Fulbright fellowship, I entered Harvard Medical School. I became a neurologist-ophthalmologist, who studies diseases of the eye and brain that damage vision or eye muscle. My maternal grandfather was the first ophthalmologist to examine a Chinese emperor (Pu-yi), and my mother was the first ophthalmologist in S.F,’s Chinatown. I followed her example. After graduation from HMS with an M.D. cum laude, I was an intern at Strong Memorial Hospital, U. of Rochester, and completed an ophthalmologist residency at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine. At that point I knew research would be an important part of my career. During a two-year fellowship at the Nat’l Institute of Health, I built an eyemovement laboratory that used electronic techniques and computerized analysis to study eye movements in patients with brain and eye disorders.

I returned to UCLA and an endowed chair. After 11 years there, I moved to Indiana University to chair its Dept. of Ophthalmology. During 21 years of my chairmanship, the Dept. expanded to 18 full-time clinicians and scientists, developed clinical and basic science research programs, strengthened its residency training program, earned its first three endowed professorships and began building an eye research institute. (Dr. Yee is married to Linda Margaret Neil, from Andover, MA. His elder daughter, Jillian, is a clinical psychologist and younger daughter, Allison, is a resident in ophthalmology (fourth generation) at Indiana University. Dr. Yee is looking forward to retirement in the Midwest. Robert Yee ’62 and Sara Langenthal ’62 were the first Karpenstein Scholars. Ed.) ALLAN P. GOLD ’63 — BA Math and Psychology, MA Statistics, PhD Educational Psychology UCB. Currently Senior District School Psychologist for Reed Union School District, Tiburon, where I’ve worked for 33 years. I counsel and access students, provide parent education, consult with teachers and administrators concerning the educational and emotional needs of children. I taught educational and school psychology in the School of Education, UCB, from 1980-87. Awards: Phi Beta Kappa, UCB, 1966; Woodrow Wilson and Nat’l Science Foundation Fellowship, 1967; Calif. Assoc. of School Psychologists Outstanding School Psychologist, 1993-94; Phoebe Hearst Award as outstanding educator in Reed USD; Married to Alan Ferrara (officially in June, 2008. ROBERTA HEINTZ ’64 — Thanks for the opportunity to send a mini-bio. I don’t feel I was any sort of high performer and certainly won’t be hurt if I never show up on the list of luminaries – BS in Math and Computer Sciences, UCB, MS in CompSci. U. of Wisconsin. Worked for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan as a Technology Manager in their Information Services Department. Developed large scale medical information systems. Now that I’m retired, I’m active in collecting and selling dolls of all kinds. RICHARD C. (RICK) LEVIN ’64 is the President of Yale University and the Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Economics. After leaving Lowell, he earned a B.A. in History at Stanford (1968), a B.Litt in politics at Oxford (1971), and a Ph.D. in Economics at Yale (1974). He joined the Yale faculty upon completing graduate study and has remained there ever since, becoming chair of the Economics Department in 1987, dean of the Graduate School in 1992, and President in 1993. He is the longest-serving Ivy League president, and his provosts and deans now lead MIT, as well as Oxford, Cambridge and Duke Universities. During his 16-year tenure he has invested nearly $4 billion in the physical improvement of the Yale campus, redeveloped and revitalized downtown New Haven, and made funded overseas work, study, and research opportunities available to every Yale student. He and his wife of forty years, Jane Aries Levin, enjoy Alpine hiking; they have four grown children and a growing number of grandchildren. (Rick was president of The Scroll, the Boys’ Honor Society, Ed.) RICHARD GREENSPAN ’66 – After Lowell, I went on to earn a BA (Social Thought) and MA in Education from Stanford, before I began working as an auto mechanic at a small shop in S.F. in 1771. Six years later, I got a job teaching Automotive Technology at the College of Alameda, where I have been working ever since. I know very few people who have as much fun every day at work as I do. The technology, the students, my colleagues, the

community college atmosphere — every day is fascinating and rewarding. I’ve been married 25 years, and my wife Mary and I have two wonderful daughters: Sherri is in her second year of Veterinary School at UCD; Nicole is a junior at Stanford studying Earth Systems. Along the way, I’ve become the Chief Negotiator for our teachers union (AFT local 1603) and managed to write books on camping, (Camper’s Companion, Foghorn Press) and outdoor cooking (The Leave No Crumbs Cookbook, Storey Press). I guess you could say I’m one happy camper! GARY LEE ’66 — Since receiving the Karpenstein Award in 1967, I have been fortunate enough to enjoy a fruitful academic and professional career. I earned my Bachelors of Science degree in microbiology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971. From there, I continued my academic studies at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, obtaining a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree after completing the inaugural three-year program at that school. In the summer of 1974, I established a dental practice in San Francisco. Presently, I am still practicing dentistry. I have just celebrated my 35th wedding anniversary with my wife, Priscilla. We are proud parents of three wonderful children. As in my Lowell years and before, I am still an avid sports fan and attend Giants and 49ers games on a regular basis. I enjoy travelling and have travelled to Europe, Central America, and Asia. JAS. (JIM) ADAMS ’67 — University of Keele, England 1969-70; Reed College, BA 1971 (Phi Beta Kappa); Boalt Hall Law School, JD 1976. Current position: Attorney-in-Charge, Natural Resources, Oregon Department of Justice. Married to Diane Rsenbaum since 1982. Diane is a state senator in the Oregon Legislature. Attorney since 1976. Current position: Attorney-in-Charge, Natural Resources, Oregon Department of Justice. Married to Diane Rosenbaum since 1982. Diane is a state senator in the Oregon legislature. Recent publications: “Typical Ethics Issues for Appellate Lawyers,” The Ethical Oregon Lawyer (2006); Navigability in Oregon: Between a River Rock and a Hard Place, 41 Willamette Law Review No. 4 (Fall 2005); Ninth Circuit Takes Hard Look at NEPA and the ESA, 41 Willamette Law Review No. 3 (Survey 2005). Interests: sailing, canoeing, choral singing, chamber music (flute). ROB WINTHROP ’67 wrote, I went to UC Berkeley from 1968 through 1972, so my education was shaped by the politics and turmoil of those years. There I met and married a winsome archaeology student, Katie Rice, and in short order we produced two fine daughters, Rebecca and Anna. I became a cultural anthropologist, earning a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1981. Kate and I then moved our family to Ashland, Oregon, where we started a consulting practice, Cultural Solutions. For twenty years I worked on conflicts between American Indian cultural rights and proposed resource development, such as hydroelectric and forestry projects. Along the way I published two books on anthropological theory and several articles on cultural rights, and served two terms on the Ashland City Council. Kate and I now live on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where I serve as the senior social scientist for the Bureau of Land Management In her class yearbook, MIMI PICHEY ’68 wrote that her ambition was “to travel.” Since that time, she has lived in eight states and traveled to more than 75 countries. In 2009, she realized her dream of circumnavigating the globe, spending two months exploring Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Mimi holds a B.A. from Brown

University in Art and Archaeology and an MBA from Boston University with a specialty in marketing. She has worked in archaeology and museums (Plimoth Plantation, MA; Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NY), publishing (Pathfinder Press, NY), and communications and marketing (Marsh, NY; Analog Devices, MA). As Sales Channel Marketing Manager of Analog Devices, Mimi co-authored numerous engineering marketing publications and directed her division’s university donation program. Currently, Mimi is President of Pichey Management Services, a marketing consulting firm. She lives with her partner Jack Wellman in New Jersey, where she serves on her town library’s Board of Trustees and continues her feminist activism. Contact her at mimi@mimipichey.com. JOAN ABRAHAMSON ’69 – Lawyer, artist and a catalyst for community action, Joan is president of the Jefferson Institute in Los Angeles, a public policy institute that brings creative thinking to practical problems. A major emphasis of the Jefferson Institute is the future of cities. Other areas of activity focus on international security and economics, health and the study of creativity. From 1989 to 2001 she also chaired the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. Since 1995, she has been President of the Jonas Salk Foundation. She serves on the boards of the National Geographic Society, California Institute for the Arts, and the American Architectural Foundation, among others. Abrahamson was responsible for converting an abandoned army base in San Francisco to the Fort Mason Center, a community arts and learning center. She served as a White House Fellow and as special assistant and associate counsel for Vice Presidents Walter Mondale and George Bush, and then as the latter’s assistant chief of staff. Prior to this, she worked at the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission and at UNESCO’s Division of Human Rights and Peace. Born June 1, 1951, in San Francisco, California, Abrahamson received her B.A. (1972) from Yale University, M.A. (1973) from Stanford University, a doctorate (1977) from Harvard University, and a J.D. (1980) from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1985 she was named a MacArthur Prize Fellow. ARTHUR LEVY ’69 — A native San Franciscan, BA Reed College, MA in Economics, John Hopkins U.,LLD Boalt Hall, 1980, Calif. Law Review and Order of the Coif. Twenty-five years of litigation practice include associate positions at Morrison & Foerster and Collette & Erickson in S.F. and nine years as a partner at Ewell & Levy before co-founding Levy, Ram, & Olson. Has had twenty-five years of litigation in business and financial services – lead trial counsel in environmental, insurance and securities cases. Lead counsel for consumers in class action and unfair business practices. PATRICIA GEE ’70 — After graduation from Lowell, I attended UC Berkley and graduated with a BA in microbiology. I attended UCLA Medical School on a Regents Scholarship and graduated with an MD in 1977, residency in Family Practice at UC Davis. Since 1980, I have been a practicing physician with Kaiser Permanente in Roseville CA and have a special interest in physician/patient communication. My husband of 29 years, Ben Keh, is an Emergency Physician and we have a daughter and a son (neither of whom wants to go into medicine). Being a bona fide member of the Sandwich Generation has limited any exotic avocations, but we hope to be able to do more traveling when we retire in the next year or two. LUCIA KAISER ’70 Current Position: Cooperative Extension Nutrition Specialist,

Page 14 Department of Nutrition, UC Davis Undergraduate: College of William and Mary, BS Biology, Phi Beta Kappa Graduate: University of California at Davis, Masters and PhD in Nutrition Dietetics internship at Stanford University Hospital Married, two children ages 17 and 21 years Peace Corps volunteer in Western Samoa (1974-76); nutrition education and research studies in California, Mexico, and Tanzania Publications: peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals; extension nutrition education materials Hobbies: figure skating, hiking, backpacking and travelling DOROTHY M. CHUN ’72 B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in German Linguistics from UC Berkeley. have been a professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where I have taught since 1992. As a graduate student, I received a Fulbright-German Academic Exchange Service Fellowship, and as a professor at UCSB, I recently received an Andrew Mellon Foundation Award with three colleagues. I am married to a theoretical physicist, Joseph Polchinski, who also works at UCSB; we have two sons, both of whom are studying at UC Berkeley. My publications include a book and CD-ROM Discourse Intonation in L2: From Theory and Research to Practice, published by John Benjamins, numerous articles, CD-ROMs and websites for learning foreign languages. I have been the Editor of the online journal Language Learning & Technology (http://llt. msu.edu) since 2000. My hobbies include playing roller hockey, biking, reading, and traveling. ANTOINETTE (TONI) TAYLOR ’73 received her B.S., M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Stanford University where she was a Hertz Foundation pre-doctoral and doctoral Fellow. In 1986 she came to Los Alamos National Laboratory to work in the area of optical interactions with materials. She has recently served as the Director of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, a National User Facility for the study of nanoscale science. She is currently the Division Leader for the 200-person Materials Physics and Applications Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Toni also leads a photonics-based team who carry out research on ultrafast dynamics of complex materials on the nanoscale and has published >250 peer reviewed papers, written 2 book chapters and edited 3 books. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America and American Association for the Advancement of Science and has held leadership positions in these societies. Toni is married to Stuart Trugman, a condensed matter theorist who also works at Los Alamos. They have two children: Anna who is a sophomore at Stanford majoring in geology and Daniel who will be attending Stanford as a freshman next fall. Toni enjoys running, mountaineering, rock climbing and skiing. Her whole family has summitted all fifty-four 14,000 ft peaks (14ers) in Colorado. ABDULLAH (STEPHEN K.) BROWN ’75, now legally/professionally known as Abdullah Brown. I have fond memories of my years at Lowell and grateful for the academic base I received there. I am an anesthesiologist living and practicing in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. I am married and have five children, ranging from 22 years to a year-and-a-half. I was awarded a BS w/honors and an MS in biological sciences from Stanford; M.D. UCSD. I served for years as director of anesthesia at a community hospital in Bradenton. In my Thirties I returned to a previous interest of mine, religion, and in 1993 I accepted Islam and became Mulsim. Since then I have participated in relief efforts in worn-torn areas such as Bosnia and the Caucuses. My family and I lived and worked in the Hijaz of Arabia for years, spending time in the holy cities of Mekkah and Medina, and I recently returned from

Lowell Alumni Association my first visit to Jerusalem. We have lived in northern Virginia for the last six years, and my parents recently moved to join us after living in S.F. for fifty years. One of my grown children is pursuing interests in religious studies and health care, the other in film. As for the youngsters, they’re having a blast. NORA WOO GEE ’75 earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. She was elected into Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies. After graduating from Cal, Nora was hired as an R&D Design Engineer for Hewlett Packard Company’s Scientific Instrument Division. Creating new products for analytical chemists was a perfect match for Nora because she had loved Chemistry from her very first class at Lowell. Initially, she designed electronic hardware for diode array spectrophotometers, and then moved into writing software for controlling, acquiring and analyzing data from mass spectrometers. She was granted a patent for the Deconvolution of Multiply Charged Ions. Nora was also an R&D Project Manager in the development of LCMS software and an optical networking switch. Today, she is a Technical Lead for Agilent Technologies Mass Hunter GCMS Data Acquisition software team. Nora and her husband, Albert Gee, have two children. Nora is an active volunteer for the Boy Scouts, serving as Advancement Chair of Troop 30 in Los Altos. She enjoys sports photography — capturing the action of her daughter competing in gymnastics and her son playing soccer and basketball. PETER L. STEIN ’77 has a producing career in media and the arts that spans theater, television, museums, and film. Since 2003 he has been the ExecDir. of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival, the first and largest of its kind in the world. For 11 years he was executive produces for national programs at KQED (PBS San Francisco), garnering such prestigious awards as the Peabody Award (for this documentary of The Castro, one of a series he created about the neighborhoods of San Francisco); three James Beard Awards (for culinary programs with Jacques Papin); and numerous regional Emmy awards for historical;, cultural and environmental programs. He also produced 120 hours of live television talk shows at KPIX (CBS San Francisco) with a free lance radio reporter in Cambodia in 1989, and spent three years as Deputy Director for Programming ar the Jewish Museum in S.F. (now the Contemporary Jewish Museum). Mr. Stein is an accomplished public speaker, appearing on such programs as NPR’s “Fresh Air” and “Weekend Edition” and numerous television news and interview programs. On the other side of the microphone, he frequently moderates public panels and discussions for Bay Area theaters, museums, and media organizations; frequently taking roles as an actor, and has written film-related features for the S. F. Chronicle. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University and shares his Bernal Heights home with his partner of 11 years, playwright/director Brian Freeman, and is an avid street hockey goaltender. ERIC MacPHAIL ’79 wrote, “After I got out of Lowell in ’79, I went to Cal and earned a BA in 1983. On to Princeton and a PhD in Comparative Literature in 1988. I was hired as an Assistant Professor of French at Indiana University, where I was tenured in 1994 and promoted to Professor in 2005. As a professor, naturally, I have published lots of stuff that no one ever read and earned awards that no one has ever heard of. I still like running, so I guess that’s my hobby. I live in a small town called Bloomington where the front page of the newspaper is devoted to high school sports. See you later”.

MIRIAM KIM ’81 – BS in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science and MS in Engineering Management from Stanford University. Did the big corporation thing at Intel (marketing and engineering management) from 1987-2000. Did the internet start-up thing at Ensequence (Chief Operating Officer) from 2000-2002. Now doing the stay-at-home mommy thing, putting on 25K miles per year on my van. Alex (16) and Sydney (13) are both serious tennis players. Since 2005, I’ve been helping my husband, Mike, launch his toy invention company (Pure Imagination) and having fun. Still in constant contact with my two best friends from Lowell – Suzanne Paik Lee and Martin Umeh. MARCUS LOUIE ’82 received a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UCB, where he was a Regent and Alumni Scholar, followed by an MA in Computer Science from Stanford. After college, he worked for Lockheed Martin in the areas of computer-aided software engineering and image exploitation. During this time, he co-authored a patent on image registration and a conference proceedings paper on measuring the accuracy of satellite imagery. At his next job, Marcus was Director of Software Development for Timogen Systems, a startup software company specializing in supply chain optimization. He managed a team of developers and IT personnel to deliver a Java-based distributed workflow server while distributing to the product’s architecture and design. Marcus has worked as an independent contractor on various Internet and multimedia projects dealing with videogames, television, and entertainment. He is married with two children and enjoys watching movies and sports, cooking, and trying out new technology. GARY BRUHNS ’83 – Sadly, Gary passed away in 2001, but his sister, Renee Bruhns Duran ’81 was good enough to fill us in on Gary’s life after Lowell: “Following Gary’s adventures at Lowell, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from U.C. Berkeley in 1987, with a B.S. in Chemistry (I believe his lowest grade in four years at Berkeley in the College of Chemistry was one A-. He was very annoying). During his undergraduate years he was fairly well-rounded and served as President and Brother of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, and steely guard to Oski (the Cal mascot). After working for approximately two years as a chemist, Gary returned to Berkeley. He graduated from Haas School of Business with an M.B.A. in 1993 and, at the same time, graduated Valedictorian from Boalt Hall School of Law, with a J.D., achieving the Order of the Coif. Choosing law over everything else, Gary went on to become a Partner with Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk and Rabkin in San Francisco, following his first four years as an Associate Attorney with Greene Radovsky et. al. Gary ultimately lived in Alameda where he was fixing up an old Victorian house. He is survived by his wife and three boys who are now in their early teens. Gary took pleasure in spending time with his family and friends — and he is greatly missed by all.” DELIA (WU) LOVING ’85 wrote, “Upon graduating from Lowell in 1985, I attended Northwestern University and received a Bachelor of Science in 1989 and Doctor of Medicine in 1991. I moved from Chicago to Portland, Oregon for an internal medicine residency at Good Samaritan Hospitals. After completing the residency program in 1994, I worked and traveled to many parts of the country before making Virginia my home for the last eleven years, practicing internal medicine with a focus on geriatrics. I also served in the Medical Corp of the U.S. Army Reserves for eight years. Today, I am happily married with two boys, ages 3 and 5. I enjoy staying active with running, swimming, and yoga and am involved with a local church. I recently completed my first triathlon.

Winter 2010 KATHERINE CHEN ’86 attended Stanford University for a B.A. and B.S. and then headed east to Harvard Medical School for an M.D. She decided to specialize in Obstetrics and Gynecology and trained at Harvard Medical School’s Joint Program at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Embarking on an academic career, she earned an M.P.H. from Columbia University and in succession became faculty at New York University, Harvard Medical School, and Columbia University. She is currently at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City as an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science. Katherine has received local and national teaching awards and has authored original research papers and reviews on infectious diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is married to Dr. Benjamin Chen whom she met at Stanford and they have two schoolaged daughters. Katherine Chen fondly remembers her time at Lowell where she obtained one of the finest educational experiences and developed wonderful friendships. Thank You, teachers and friends for helping her succeed! MATT HEIMER ’86, summa cum laude, Yale; MA Yale Law School as a Knight Fellow in legal journalism. I’ve made my career in journalism and publishing, and since 2000 I’ve worked for Smart Money, a national financial magazine, where I am now the deputy editor. Articles I’ve written and edited there have won national awards for coverage of finance, health care and real estate (although I can’t say I predicted The Crash of 2008). I’ve run (and even finished) three New York City marathons, but my primary hobby is music. I’ve written, performed, and arranged music for more than a decade as a member of the band Five Floor Monica; I’m also at work on music and lyrics for Bloom, an almost-finished musical comedy. I live in Brooklyn, NY, with my wife, Marya Grandy, and our very big dog. ROGER KUO ’89 — Studied economics, political science and history at Harvard University. After college, I moved to Asia and started my career in finance at Bear, Stearns & Co. I then returned to the states to study at Harvard Business School, where I received an MBA in 1998. I now live in San Francisco, where I am a partner at Dodge & Cox, an investment management firm founded in 1930. I’m married to a fellow Lowellite (Julia Wong ’87), and we have a one-year-old son who will hopefully enroll at Lowell in 2022. Lowell was a wonderful academic and social experience for me: I will be forever grateful to the dedicated teachers at Lowell, and I will always cherish the lifelong friendships I made during my four years there. (Roger was an editor of The Lowell . Ed.) DANIEL REID ’90 attended Harvard College, where I received an AB in Government, magna cum laude, in 1994, and the Kellogg School of Management, where I received an MBA in Finance in 1999. I am a Partner in the London office of Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. I am married, and my wife Ashley and I have a young son, Griffin. After graduating from Lowell, ALEXIS SPENCER-BYERS ’90 went on to earn a B.A. in English from Amherst College in Massachusetts. From there, she moved to Jackson, Mississippi, to complete a oneyear editorial internship with Urban Family Magazine. Jackson proving harder to leave than she expected, Alexis spent the next ten years working for various community development/racial reconciliation-related nonprofits in the area; her assorted job titles included administrative/executive assistant, volunteer coordinator, associate director of development and network administrator, among others. Currently, Alexis and a busi-

Winter 2010 ness partner own and operate Koinonia Coffee House, a community café located in their inner-city Jackson neighborhood. In 2005, Alexis published a collection of poetry and short fiction titled Urban Verses, and she continues to write whenever the coffee house allows her a free minute. JACQUES E. C. HYMANS ’90, BA Harvard College, 1994, summa cum laude in Social Studies, Ph.D., PolySci., Harvard in 2001. He is currently Assistant Professor in the School of International Relations at USC, in Los Angeles, on leave for the academic year 2008-9 on an SSRC-Abe Fellowship in Japan, hosted by Keio University in Tokyo. Until 2008, Dr. Hymans was Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College in Northampton, MA, as well as an affiliate of Harvard’s Olin Institute and Center for European Studies. Jacques’ research focuses on international relations and foreign policy, with an emphasis on the growth and impact of collective identities. His book The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation: Identity, Emotions, and Foreign Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2006) received the 2007 Alexander L. George Award for the Best Book in Political Psychology and 2007 Edgar S. Furniss Award for the Best First Book in International Security Studies. He is married to Rieko Kage, who is currently an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Tokyo. (Jacques is the son of the late Professor Jacques L. Hymans ’54, SFSU, former LAA Board member. —Ed.) KAREN MATSUKUMA ’92. After graduating from Lowell, I entered the freshman honors programs “Integrated Studies” at UCDavis. There, I discovered a passion for basic science research, particularly as it related to human physiology and disease. This interest led me to short stints at the NIH National Cancer Institute as an undergraduate researcher and eventually to MD/PhD training at UCIrvine. In graduate school I studied how and under what conditions our liver decides to store dietary fats versus divert the molecules to other pathways. Because of my interest in mechanisms of disease, Pathology was an easy choice for me in my residency 32training, and I am currently in my second year of Anatomic Pathology residency at Stanford. Next year, I will be going to John Hopkins for a two-year fellowship in gastrointestinal pathology where I will be focusing on pancreatic cancer. XINH HUYNH ’92 — After graduating from Lowell, I studied physics at Caltech and then a Masters degree in computer science from Stanford. I am currently a software engineer in the search engine division of Yahoo. After all these years, I still play the violin in a community orchestra. I am grateful for the help that the alumni association provided me in attending college. NAOMI REID ’93 wrote, After leaving Lowell I studied psychology at Harvard College, and received my A.B. cum laude in June 1997. I then moved to New York City and spent the next seven years working at Columbia Artists Management Inc. and ICM Artists, two of the foremost classical music management agencies. I was fortunate enough to work with some of the world’s most distinguished performing artists, including Christoph Eschenbach, Yefim Bronfman and Bobby McFerrin. Outside of work, I performed throughout New York City as cellist with the Mobius String Quartet, and competed in several triathlons. I was married in 2004, and for the past several years my personal and professional ambitions have given way to the daily pleasures and challenges of raising two small children. KATHLEEN SKIDMORE ’93 received her undergraduate degree in 1997 at the University of California, Davis, where she completed a double major in Linguistics and French Literature. She went on to

Lowell Alumni Association receive her M.A. in Applied Linguistics, also at Davis, in 1998. Kathleen has been involved in work that uses her interest and ability in writing and language, including teaching English as a Second Language at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and in various workplace settings. She tutors students privately in academic/professional writing and general ESL. Her work includes writing educational materials, and co-authoring/helping develop textbooks and online materials, including Impact Listening 3 and several Longman English Interactive workbooks. Kathleen is married to fellow Lowellite, Aaron Field 93, and together they have a two year-old daughter, Cilla. She fills her time with her family and pets, and enjoys teaching and nurturing her daughter. ISABEL KATHERINE REICHARDT DISCHE ’94, BA/MA Harvard University, summa cum laude, Chemistry and Chemical Biology (1998) (Phi Beta Kappa); Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship; Yale Law School: JD (2004)…Occupation: Attorney; I am an associate in the investment management group at Ropes & Gray LLP in New York…Marital/Family Status: Married to Andreas Dische, PhD, daughter, Julia Isabel Dische…Publications: Karen E. Kirk, Brian P. Harmon, Isabel K. Reichardt, John W. Sedat & Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Block in Anaphase Chromosome Separation Caused by a Telomerase Template Mutation, 275 SCIENCE 1478 (1997). After Lowell, DMITRY KARSHTEDT ’95 attended Harvard College, where he received a Summa Cum Laude degree in Chemistry and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. At Harvard, Dmitry was active in the Chess Club and in the Model Congress. Dmitry then began a graduate program in Chemistry at U.C. Berkeley and received his Ph.D. in 2005, writing a dissertation on the discovery of novel chemical reactions. While a graduate student, Dmitry also published five articles in peer-reviewed journals. He went on to work as a staff scientist at Kovio, a semiconductor startup in Silicon Valley, for the next two years. His research there culminated in a patent application on a process for making a new “silicon ink” for a printed electronics application. This work spurred his interest in patent law and he began his studies at Columbia Law School in the Fall of 2008. In his first year, Dmitry joined the Society for Law, Science and Technology and was elected to a board position on that organization starting in the Fall of 2009. He also took an elective course in Intellectual Property Law and took part in Law Students for Social Enterprise because of his interest in clean technology. This summer, Dmitry will be working for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, a law firm in Palo Alto, CA, that specializes in intellectual property law. ANDY GREEN ’95 recently returned to the U.S. from two years practicing corporate law in the Hong Kong and Shanghai offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. He now lives in Washington and serves as Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, handling his Banking Committee, international trade, and legaljudiciary portfolio. Andy holds a bachelor’s degree in Government and a master’s degree in Regional Studies-East Asia, both from Harvard, and a law degree from U.C. Hastings College of the Law. Following law school, he taught U.S. constitutional law and U.S. legal ethics law at Soochow University Law School in China. While in Hong Kong, he served as spokesman for Democrats Abroad Hong Kong, and during the campaign, he appeared numerous times in the Hong Kong and mainland China media. He enjoys tai chi and Chinese calligraphy. After graduating from Lowell, LARRY WONG ’97 went on to obtain his bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of California,

Berkeley, and his master’s degree in structural engineering from Stanford University. He began his career working at Degenkolb Engineers, retrofitting commercial and historic buildings in and around San Francisco for earthquake safety. Larry is currently an Associate with GFDS Engineers, designing beautiful, yet earthquake-safe homes for the rich and famous while teaching an engineering course at the American Institute of Architects. He and his partner are living in their home in San Francisco, enjoying many activities that the diverse Bay Area has to offer. During his free time, he likes to try out new restaurants, take short hikes, and fly small planes. ZEVI GUTFREUND ’97 — In addition to the Karpenstein Award, he also won the title,”most likely to be on campus at midnight.” That has not changed. After graduating from Harvard, magna cum laude, he worked as a history teacher in the Punahou School in Honolulu, Brandeis Hillel School in San Francisco, and the Hewitt School in Manhattan, where his experience with The Lowell, proved invaluable to his duties as student newspaper advisor. He spent two summers teaching Prep for Prep, training middle-school students of color from New York’s outer boroughs for the academic rigors of a college preparatory education. In 2006, Zevi began graduate school at UCLA, where he is currently pursuing a PhD in history (and occasionally teaching younger Lowellites in his undergraduate discussion sections). Zevi’s sportsannouncing days did not end at Lowell; he was the public-address announcer for men’s and women’s basketball games at Harvard. Since there are no announcer openings at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, he has settled for frequent jogs around Westwood. In July, 2008, he married Rosalyn Won in her hometown of Honolulu, Hawaii. YING HUA JURA ’97 received a Bachelor of Sciences in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa; MD, Stanford School of Medicine. Currently a third-year resident in the Harvard program in Urologic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and married to Michael P. Jura. XI WANG ’02 graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Psychology with honors. At Harvard, she was an active participant in her campus Christian fellowship, the Phillips Brooks House Associate for public service, and the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations. She was also the recipient of the Harvard College Award for Excellence in Leadership and named a John Harvard Scholar for academic distinction. Since college, she has been working as a strategy consultant with the Monitor Group, first in Cambridge, then in Mexico City, and now back in San Francisco. In her free time, Xi loves international travel, outdoor fun, and participating in community service and social enterprises. JAMES LEE ’02 — James is a candidate at Stanford Law School where he is member editor of the Stanford Law Review and editor of submissions for the Journal of International Law. In 2006, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University where he received a bachelor of arts in the history of art. He has studied abroad at Beijing Normal University, Universite Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, and Albert-Ludwigs Universitat Freiburg. James has interned with the International Foundation for Art Research in New York and with Sotheby’s in London. His favorite TV show is 30-Rock. After graduating from Lowell, NAIRA DER KIUREGHIAN ’02, attended UC Berkeley where she majored in Art Practice and Middle Eastern Studies, complementing her studies with a semester at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. While a student, Naira explored journalism through positions at The Daily Star in Beirut and the New York Times. As an

Page 15 artist Naira has worked mainly in ceramics and digital filmmaking. Her series of ceramic lingerie pieces can be viewed at www.nairadk.com Her short experimental documentaries have screened at the SF Arab Film Festival and the Pacific Film Archive. After finishing her undergraduate degree with Highest Distinction, Naira worked in the Bay Area film community before starting her law degree at Harvard Law School in 2008. She intends to pursue a career in international criminal litigation and will intern at the international Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the Hague this summer. KIMBERLY LUI ’09 graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.S. degree in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and a minor in Chinese language. Kimberly is currently attending pharmacy school at UCSF. JULIA YE ’06 graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a minor in Germanic Languages and Literature. Julia is now enrolled in the MD/PhD program at UCSF and is one of the moving forces behind Lowell’s new science research program (see page 5 for more info). At Harvard, Julia filled her spare time playing violin in the Mozart Society Orchestra and volunteered at local nursing homes and hospitals with MIHNUET, a student group that performs music for the elderly and ill. She also directed the Big and Little Sib program in the campus Women in Science group and worked in a laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital studying neurobiology. In additional to having received several research fellowship awards for her work, she was also elected to the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Julia hopes to become a physician-scientist. MIA BENNETT ’06 — It’s been a whirlwind three years since I graduated from Lowell in 2006. After my first year at UCLA, I studied Swedish at Lund University in Sweden. Those language skills came in handy the following summer, when I interned with the State Department at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway. This past spring, I studied at Sciences Po in Paris. During my semester abroad, I had many opportunities to travel, from hiking in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco to exploring the backstreets of Prague. Now, I’m interning at Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi’s and Senator Dianne Feinstein’s offices in San Francisco before starting my final year at UCLA. In my spare time, I enjoy running and experiencing the great outdoors. I just hiked Half Dome in Yosemite, and am looking forward to the next big adventure! Thank you. JULIAN HANDEL ’07 is a Junior in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania. The program entails a joint degree between Wharton, where I am double concentrating in Finance and Statistics, and the College of Arts and Sciences, where I am double majoring in International Studies and Math. In addition, I am part of the Joesph Wharton Scholars and Benjamin Franklin Scholars honors programs in Wharton and the College, and I have been on the Dean’s list in both Wharton and the College. Over the summer, I am participating in SPUR at Wharton, which is a program for undergraduate research. I am working under Professor Peter Fader in Marketing and using probability models to forecast consumer behavior (such as purchasing, retention, etc.). Last summer, I studied in Tours, France for six weeks as part of a Penn program and in the fall I will go to Paris for a semester at Universite Dennis Diderot. My main hobby is playing the guitar. I use both electric and acoustic guitars to play rock, blues, or jazz.

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In Memoriam 1928 ROLAND CHENOWETH DAVIS died peacefully September 4, 2009 at his home in Palo Alto after a long illness. Roland was four months shy of his 99th birthday and one of the last survivors of a group of extraordinarily talented labor union attorneys who emerged during the Great Depression. Working with various labor organizations including the S.F. Labor Council, Roland met and worked with future Mayor and Congressman Jack Shelley, and then District Attorney Pat Brown. At the age of 91, Roland retired from the practice of law, but that was just one of his many endeavors. His wife Harriet, died in October 2008. They had been married for 74 years. He is survived by his daughters Carolyn and Mary, sons Alan and Roland, and by eight grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. The family held a private memorial.

1929 Daughters Patricia LeFevre and Diane Sweeney wrote the LAA, “Pleased be advised that our mother, NATALIE ESTHER HULBERT LEFEVRE passed away this spring. She received an excellent education at Lowell that stood her in good stead her entire life. She entertained us with stories of her teen years at LHS in the 1920’s. Our mother and father greatly enjoyed attending Lowell functions and reading the alumni newsletter down through the years.”

1930 DR. LOUIS BATMALE BA University. of San Francisco, PhD University of California, passed away peacefully in San Francisco. Born of French immigrants, Alexis and Marie Batmale. Preceded in death by his loving wife of 53 years Annette Batmale (Farrell ). On the playgrounds of North Beach he found his love for basketball, which culminated with the 1934 U.S.F. basketball team “Brain Trust”, only later voted a member to the U.S.F. Hall of Fame. Professionally he worked as WCAC, Pac-10 and NCAA regional basketball official. Education was Dr. Batmale’s profession. He began his career at St. Ignatius and Commerce High Schools. He interrupted his career to serve as Lt. in the US Navy. After serving his country, he started an illustrious career that spanned 37 years as counselor, dean of boys, President of City College of San Francisco, later appointed the First Chancellor of the San Francisco Community College District. As a symbol of his dedication to the educational system and City College, Batmale Hall was dedicated in 1979 on the Phelan campus. He will be sorely missed by his immediate family, Wayne Batmale, (Terry), Barbara CanciIla, (Bill), Susan Erber (Tom), Paul Batmale, (Nancy), Jacqueline Batres, (Tony), 14 grandchildren and 33 greatgrandchildren, whose birthdays he never forgot. RITA BRESLAUER STOCK died in San Mateo on July 5, 2009. Rita, age 95, was the devoted wife of 61 years of the late Morton Cerf Stock ’28 and sister of the late Jean Aronoff. She was the valedictorian of her class at Lowell High and Phi Beta Kappa at U.C. Berkeley, and earned her numerals for riflery, fencing and as a swimming instructor. She taught at West Portal School until her children were born, then for some years, as a home teacher for ill, homebound students. She is survived by her children Nancy and Barry; grandsons Steven and Brian; and great-grandmother of Violet.

1932 “Go Lowell!” might be what Lou would be saying as he proudly high-jumped on the Lowell High track team. LOUIS K. CHERIN died on November 11, 2009 in full health and intellect, and guided by his strong values. When he attended Lowell, he probably traveled to school by bus from his home on Treat Avenue in the Mission District, where he lived with his nine siblings. A native San Franciscan, he thrived in “the City,” segueing from Masonic and Hayes

across the Bay to Cal, where he earned his degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1936. (He could hum the school hymn for another four years, the tune being the same for both schools.) Trying to enlist and serve in World War II, he was told by the draft board to keep the homefires burning for his wife, Adina, and threeyear- old daughter, Feralee. He provided quality furniture and appliances that befit the times, with fair, benevolent, personal service for the community at family-owned and -established Cherin’s Appliance. He relished interacting in his milieu and was coming from his fishmonger’s in the Mission when he was unfortunately struck by a car on November 3. Lou Cherin was the “Wordsworth” of the 20th century; every word or phrase he penned was “smithed” in his elegant, idiosyncratic style and had a poetic message. He had a playful, clever wit that permeated his communication and writing. When Lou wrote a letter, it was handwritten on quality stationery and sent through the U.S. mail. Not only was he a prolific writer but he was also a voracious reader, particularly favoring the New York Times, New Yorker, and robust Op-Eds. His whole demeanor was enhanced by his humble character, fine intellect, and genteel persona. A stalwart leader and supporter of San Francisco’s Jewish community, he was an icon, a guru, yet would quickly disclaim such a title. “Papa Lou” his family and others called him lovingly; he was paterfamilias and family role model, emanating a calm patience and sagacity to those who had the pleasure of knowing him and loving him. Lou was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Adina. He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Gloria; his five children, Feralee, Don, Marty, Willie, and Sue (proudly, all of his children are Lowell graduates); 12 grandchildren (one grandson, Benjamin Rushakoff, currently atends Lowell); three great-grandchildren; and Gloria’s three children and five grandchildren. BERNICE BEATRICE MacDERMOTT (1915-2009) passed away on Saturday, March 7, in her sleep at home in Marin County. She was 93. Born and raised in San Francisco, Bea attended San Francisco State Teacher’s College (SFSU) where she met her husband, Aubrey (1910-1996). They were happily married for over 59 years. Active in progressive causes and a regular volunteer in her community, Bea’s car was liberally decorated with political stickers. She loved concerts and plays, traveling and reading, and also kept busy with frequent classes through the College of Marin. She will be deeply missed by her many friends and her three children; Patty, Gordie, and Bruce MacDermott (Dana) of Berkeley. She is also survived by three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A memorial gathering was held at her son Bruce’s home in Berkeley. GRACE MARY WHITBY LAWRENCE, age 94, passed away peacefully at home in Greenbrae on April 23, 2009. She met her husband, the late C. Stanley Lawrence ’32 at Lowell. Grace graduated from San Francisco State Normal School (later SFSU). While Stan completed dental school at UCSF, Grace worked as a 5th grade teacher and principal’s assistant at Frederic Burk, the teacher-training school once affiliated with SF State. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, she continued teaching while Stan served with the Army Air Corps. She became a homemaker, raising their four daughters. Memories of Grace will live on in her daughters, Susan, Nancy, Anne, and Kathleen; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

1934 WILLIAM SHARP, a WWII Great Generation veteran, died March 31, 2009 in El Sobrante. Janet (Cameron) Sharp predeceased her husband on March 18, 2009. He served many years as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Oakland and then for the law firm of Berry and Berry. They will be deeply missed by their friends and neighbors in El Sobrante, where they lived for 50 years. DOROTHEA LEE MAYER died in Burlingame, August 1, 2009. Loving wife for over 60 years of the late Sylvan Mayer; beloved mother of William Mayer (Lynne) and Linda Duerson

(Alan); devoted grandmother of Jaime Mayer, Michael Duerson (Tracee) and Lauren Duerson. A native of San Francisco, born March 20, 1917. A resident of Burlingame for over 50 years, Dorthea enjoyed the last five years living at the Magnolia of Millbrae. She was active for many years in the Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary.

1935 ENID KUCHEL WOOD, Feb. 20, 1918 — August 16, 2009, a Menlo Park resident until recently, died Aug. 16, 2009, after a long illness. A fourth generation Californian, Enid was a member of the Russ family, early San Francisco settlers who established a hotel on what in now the site of the Russ Building on Montgomery St. in San Francisco. She grew up in San Francisco in the Haight-Ashbury district and in 1939 graduated from Stanford University with a degree in graphic arts. Her fabric art was shown in galleries throughout the Bay Area. She is survived by two children, Russ Davis and Kathy Davis McFarland; and a grandson, Erik Davis.

1936 PHYLLIS KAHN FISHER ’36 passed away peacefully May 3, 2009 surrounded by her loving family at home in Atherton, her residence for the last 47 years. She was the daughter of Sidney and Helen Kahn, a descendant of a pioneer California family, and a fifth generation Californian. Her great grandmother was Cordelia de Young, the sister of Michael de Young, founder of the San Francisco Chronicle and the de Young Museum. She graduated from Cal as an economics major. Phyllis persuaded the president of UC to establish the first course at the university on racial relations. She married Leon Harold Fisher ’34 on December 21, 1941. Phyllis is remembered for her warmth, optimism, and sense of humor, and was universally loved by family and friends all over the world. She is survived by Leon, her loving husband of 67 years, four children, eight grandchildren and sister Shirley Rosenberg of San Mateo. NORMA RUDE MORAN passed away suddenly, on July 27, 2009, at the age of 90. She was a native of San Francisco and served in the Navy Waves during WWII, where she met her husband Barney who preceded her In death. Norma is survived by her son and daughter-Inlaw, Patrick and Brenda Moran of Menlo Park, her daughter Nancy Hansen of El Granada, her brother and sister-in-law Arthur and Shirley Rude of Belvedere, as well as her nieces Sandy Ternullo, Sue Rude and Mimi Rude. ELLEN MORCH COWLEY passed away peacefully on September 4, 2009, in her San Francisco home, where she resided for over 50 years. She was raised in the Richmond District, where she attended Lafayette Elementary School and Presidio Junior High. Ellen had a long and remarkably healthy life. She was an avid tennis player, hiker and exercised regularly at the Olympic Club as a member of the “Senior Jocksters.” Ellen was a devoted and loving mother and grandmother. She is survived by her three children: Antoinette, Carole, and Chuck; and grandchildren Luke and Michelle.

1937 KENNETH B. KESSEL, WWI Great Generation Navy veteran, died last April in Sonora. He served as a Chief Machinist Mate tending the PBY (flying boat) air fleet. His most profound experience was the loss of his PBY squadron during the Battle of Midway , when none of his mates returned. After the war, he established a general contracting business in the Sonora area and served on the Tuolumne County Planning Commission for six years. He received his certification as an architect in 1986. Mr. Kessel was affiliated with numerous civic organizations in the Sonora/Tuolumne area. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary, his son Cooper, daughter Karen, and two grandchildren.

EDWARD F. WILLI, LHS Student Body President, a Great Generation WWII Naval Officer, UCB graduate (Freshman Class President) passed away peacefully last June in Mountain View at the age of 88. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helena in 1994. He owned and operated Wilkirk, a successful fire protection business and retired in 1986. Ed is lovingly remembered by his daughters, Wendy Meisner of Los Altos, and Leslie Ruth of Danville, an d by four grandchildren: Blake Meisner, Stacey Meisner, Jenna Ruth and Brian Ruth along with many long time friends. JANE W. CORBETT died in San Francisco August 29, 2009. Born and raised in the City, Jane was preceded in death by her parents Lawrence and Helen Corbett and her brother, John; retired firm American Can Company. Graveside services were held at Holy Cross Cemetery. YVONNE TISSOT BROOKE’S daughter notified the LAA that her mother had passed away last May at the age of 90. The Lowell Sesquicentennial History says of her: “She was happily married to actor Walter Brooke and enjoyed a successful theatrical career and more than 60 TV roles. Yvonne was founder of the Young Actors’ Workshop in Hollywood and co-founder of the professional actors’ workshop, Theater East. She was a lifetime member of the Academy where she was engaged annually with “Picking the Winners”.

1938 Mrs. Catherine Welcome notified the LAA that her husband, WAYNE WELCOME, died October ’08. Carol Tulley wrote, “I am sorry to report that my husband, ROBERT TULLY died on June 23, 2009. He was always proud of his association with Lowell High School even though he didn’t finish high school there. He finished his high school years at The Thacher School in Ojai, California and then went on to Williams College and Harvard.” The LAA was notified by e-mail that DANIEL G. ROSENBLAT had died. No additional details were provided.

1939 RALPH O. WALLERSTEIN, MD, MACP died June 1, 2009 at his vacation home in Glen Ellen, CA, after a long illness. His family moved from Aachen, Germany in 1938 to San Francisco. Ralph graduated from UC Berkeley in 1943 and UCSF Medical School in 1945. After interning at SF General, he served as a captain for two years in the US Army Med Corps in Japan from 194648. Upon return he had postdoctoral training as a Research and Teaching fellow in Hematology at the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Harvard Medical Service, at the Boston City Hospital. He had a long and interesting medical career: private practice; chief of staff of Children’s Hospital 1968-72.; Hematology consultant to Letterman Army Hospital and the VA Hospitals, receiving the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the Dept. of the Army in 1981; Physician of the Year, Children’s Hospital in 1989; UCSF Medical School Chief of Clinical Hematology, SF General 1952-1981. Ralph was married for 56 years to Betty Christensen Wallerstein whom he met while training in Boston. Their son, Dr. Ralph O. Wallerstein Jr. ’71 predeceased him in 1996. He is survived by his wife, Betty, his son Richard Wallerstein ’72 and his wife, Lisa, and daughter Ann Story and her husband, Ray, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. IDA MAY ZAMMIT BROWN died peacefully after a short illness at age 87. Ida was a San Franciscan native, raised in the Sunset and living most of her life in Presidio Heights and Russian Hill. Like many natives she retained her school friends for life and lunched weekly with them until her final illness. At Lowell she met her first husband, sport star and fighter pilot Paul Kimball who was killed in the first year of WWII. In 1945 Ida married native San Franciscan Harold E. Brown raising four chil-

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In Memoriam dren Philip, Lynn, Stephen and Joan at their home on Clay Street. Harold died in 1989. A chance meeting with Alan Squires at the 125th Anniversary Celebration of Lowell High School sparked a legendary partnership whether it was on the streets of San Francisco, Puerto Vallarta or Hawaii. Sadly Alan passed away in 1993. Her annual birthday party at the Washington Square Bar and Grill, was eagerly awaited by her family and scores of friends. Ida is survived by her children Philip, Lynn, Stephen, and Joan Miller; grandchildren Colin Mackenzie, George Mackenzie, Nicholas Miller; and one greatgrandson.

1940 ELAYNE FLOWER DOUGHERTY passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on April 11, 2009 at the age of 85 in Redwood City following a traumatic hip fracture and a year of ill health. She lived in San Francisco off and on in her early life. Elayne met the love of her life, William G. Dougherty during WWII in San Francisco. Elayne and Bill, who preceded her in death, lived together in the Bay Area and had four children who survive her, Michael, Gregory, Robin, and Sue. Also surviving are her dear brother, Ken Flower ’49; niece Kimberly; nephew Ken, Jr. and eight grandchildren. HARRY F. CAMP, UCB and WWII Great Generation Air Force pilot, passed away in San Francisco at the age of 86. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Judith Ichelson Camp ’61. Beloved father of Janis Meek and Dr. H. Edward Camp; devoted grandfather of Jamie Camp Meek and Kevin Meek. Cherished uncle of Dr. Barry Baron, Joan Vennemeyer, and Herbert Marcus. He was a prominent San Francisco business owner and a highly decorated Army Air Corps pilot in WWII. CARL E. FRY, a Great Generation WWII Navy veteran, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, died peacefully at his home in Santa Rosa, CA. He attended San Francisco City College until joining the Navy to serve his country during WWII, where he was stationed on the USS Pennsylvania. He returned home and married Marie (Bowman) ’40, the love of his life; they had 64 happy years together. Carl was a very devoted husband and father, and his family was his greatest source of pride and joy. He had a successful career as a pharmaceutical representative, and in retirement enjoyed many activities, including international travel and golf. Carl was a loving, kind, generous, and quick-witted man who will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife, Marie; his daughters Judy Fry-Cady (Jon Scott) and Nancy Fry; his son Bob (Geri Mohler); grandsons Matthew Ravani and Andrew Ravani; and granddaughter Sarah Fry.

1941 PATERSON B. ALLEN died January 4, 2009 in Sacramento. Survived by his wife of 62 years, June Allen. Mr. Allen was retired from a career at Wells Fargo Bank. GRANT M. BAKEWELL passed away October 21, 2010 in Granite Bay at the age of 87. After service as an Air Force pilot, he earned his MBA from UC Berkeley and then founded Bakewell and Company Pension and Profit Sharing Consultants. Predeceased by wife Ann Smyth Bakewell, Grant is survived by children Grant Bakewell, Jr., and Amy Brandolino as well as three grandsons. Featured in this year’s Lowell Alumni Association Annual Fund Campaign, Mr. Bakewell was an enthusiastically generous supporter of Lowell who wanted to encourage his contemporaries to consider similarly generous donations to help today’s Lowell students. ELIZABETH LOUISE KLINKER HEISS, a Cal grad and WWII Great Generation Navy veteran, (Pharmacists Mate 1st Class) passed away last March. After the war, she returned home and married Robert Heiss. The couple settled in

William K. Coblentz William Coblentz, Lowell class of 1940, passed away on September 13, 2010, at the age of 88. Mr. Coblentz was born in San Francisco, and after graduating from Lowell, received his bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in 1943. After serving in the US Army, he attended Yale Law School, graduating in 1947. Mr. Coblentz served as special counsel to another Lowell alumnus, Governor Edmund “Pat” Brown, from 1959 to 1962. Governor Brown appointed him to the University of California Board of Regents, where he served from 1964 to 1980, the last two years as Chairman. His involvement in political affairs continued when he served as an adviser to Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Then-San Francisco Mayor Feinstein appointed Mr. Coblentz to be a founding member of the San Francisco Airport Commission, on which he served until l986. The new San Francisco Airport International Terminal boarding area will be dedicated in 2011 as the Coblentz Concourse. During his more than sixty years in the practice of law, Mr. Coblentz represented many prominent clients, including Bill Graham, the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. He defended black activist Angela Davis in the 1960s, and, while serving as a Regent, voiced the University of California’s opposition to the South African apartheid regime. Mr. Coblentz demonstrated a life-long commitment to civil rights and justice. His partners honored this long record of service by endowing the Coblentz Fellowship for Civil Rights at the Univeristy of California Berkeley law school. Mr. Coblentz also reeived the 2010 Distinguished Service Award from the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California. Mr. Coblentz served on the Boards of the Koret Foundation and the Public Policy Institute of California. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002. Mr. Coblentz is survived by his wife Jean, children Wendy (Jim Lowy) and Andy Coblentz (Shari Libicki), four grandchildren and sister Lolita Erlanger. Sacramento and raised three children. In their retirement she and Bob bought a fifth wheel and traveled across America three times, visiting all the states and 15 of the “Great Cities of the World”. She is survived by husband, Robert, daughters, Carolyn, Jennifer, Barbara, son, Alan, and grandchildren Erik and Jacqueline. ALAN PRESTON MAGINIS, WWII and Korean War Great Generation veteran (USMC), BS UCB, died last June. He was a third-generation San Franciscan, spent his boyhood summers in Ross and moved there permanently in 1962. Alan retired after many years as an executive with a major San Francisco commercial real estate firm. He was elected to the Ross Town Council for two consecutive terms and served two terms as vice mayor. He is survived by his son, Preston of Honolulu; stepsons William Logan and Edmund Hill of Marin County and stepdaughter Robyn Dezendorf of Tigard, OR.

1943 FRANK LEO CARDELLI, a WWII Great Generation veteran, passed away peacefully in Pacifica August 24, 2009. He was the loving husband for 58 years of the late June D. Cardelli, who passed away on July 18, 2009. Devoted father of Wayne M. Cardelli of Citrus Heights, CA, and dear father-in-law of Jeanine Cardelli. Proud grandfather of Paul Cardelli and Michelle Cardelli. Loving brother-in-law of Irene Stamatis. Beloved uncle of Bill (Pam) Stamatis, Jim (Barbara) Stamatis and his dear goddaughter Kathy (David) Kitchen. A native of S.F., age 84, Frank was a retired sales manager of Bracco Distributing, and Coach of San Bruno Rams Pop Warner Football from 1957 to 1975. He was an avid fan of the San Francisco Giants and a lover of sports.

NAOMI SHAIN TALKOV, a UCB graduate, died in San Mateo June 11, 2009 at age 85. Beloved wife of the late Dr. Leo Michael Talkov ’41; loving mother of Cathy Whitman and Faye Ghielmetti; beloved mother-in-law of Gary Whitman and Walter Ghielmetti; adored grandmother of Sophia and Freddie Whitman, Tina and Ken Ghielmetti. She was a Lifetime member of the California Scholarship Federation, a volunteer at UC San Francisco, active in Democratic politics and a former member of Lake Merced Golf and Country Club and the Women’s Auxiliary of the California Dental Society.

LESTER PETTERSON passed away peacefully at home in San Francisco on April 14, 2009 at the age of 83. Following high school he served as a U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II, and following the war served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Les was a licensed captain and worked on various commercial vessels including freighters, oil tankers, ferries, fishing boats, and retired as pilot of the SFFD fireboat, the Phoenix in the early 1980’s. He was a 50-year member of the Valley of San Francisco, Orient of California Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, and a Past Master of S. F. Lodge No. 120 Free and Accepted Masons of California. Les is survived by his loving children Susan Petterson, Karen Broder and husband Scott, Eric Petterson and his wife Diane and five grandchildren.

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CLAUDE H. SCHMIDT, BA & MA Stanford, PhD Iowa State, WWII and Korean War Great Generation veteran, died last February in North Dakota. He was an entomologist and Research Administrator, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1956 to retirement in 1988. His long career was a productive one: Metabolism and Radiation Lab in Fargo; Chief, Insects Affecting Man and Animals Research; Director of the Dakotas and Alaska area; Director of the Metabolism Radiation Research Lab in Fargo; Director, Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center. In retirement he chaired numerous agricultural associations and chapters. He is survived by his wife, Melicent (Mellie) Hane, two children Valerie and Jeffrey, granddaughter Ashley, and brother Andre. Milicent wrote, “Claude had many fond memories of his LHS days.”

PATRICIA “PATSY” BROWN HAMRICK passed away in Berkeley April 22, 2009. Sister of Mary Ann (Brown) Tonkin ’46 of San Francisco, CA; mother of Lynn Hamrick of Taos, NM; and Roy A. Hamrick of Seattle, WA; half-sister of Alec Brown of Sacramento, CA; and grandmother of Lewis Bailey of Taos, NM; and aunt of several nieces and a nephew. She was preceded in death by her brother, Michael Brown, of Kings Beach, CA. Patsy was a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and Lincoln Law School, serving many years as an attorney in private practice in Oakland, CA. She was an accomplished lawyer, a talented poet and playwright, an avid tennis player, an intrepid traveler, a serious gourmet, a rebel, and a gypsy - an inspiration to everyone who knew her. She will be sorely missed, but her memory will live on in all who cherished her.

1945 CAROLE ARNSTEIN ANAST died August 18, 2009 in Sonoma, where she spent the last two years in a retirement community. She had lived for 50 years in La Canada where she was the head of a pre-school. Carole is survived by three children, four grandchildren, and a brother, George Arnstein ’42. JOAN MARIE EMERSON WYATT passed away January 30, 2010. Raised in San Francisco, she walked across the Golden Gate Bridge the day it opened with her sister and father. After marrying Alan Wyatt in 1952, she lived most of her life in Oregon as a pastor’s wife and businessperson. Survived by her husband, Rev. Alan Wyatt, as well as four children and seven grandchildren, Joan will be remembered for her love for Jesus, devotion to her extended family, sense of humor, passion for cooking and financial stewardship. JAMES WARD DERRYBERRY, Yale and a Korean War veteran, died last June. Beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather and friend, Jim lives on in the lives of those he loved. He was born in Denver to Charles Wayne and Wilda G. (Wallace) Derryberry. After service in Korea, Jim completed his education at Yale University (Class of ’51). He returned to Northern California, where he lived the rest of his life, to begin his long career in banking and real estate. Jim’s greatest joy was his wife and family. He was a longtime member of the Family Club; a devoted alumnus of Yale; and an accomplished dominoes player. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, three grandchildren, a great-grandchild, and his sister.

1946 ANNE LEHMANN LEVISON passed away on March 16, 2009 in Palo Alto after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Anne is remembered lovingly for her generosity of spirit, her elegance, and her dedication to her family, friends, and environmental causes. Anne was the loving wife of the late Robert M. Levison, Jr. ’47. She is survived by her children James Levison, Joan Levison, David Levison (Sandra), and Marta Levison, as well as 9 grandchildren. An e-mail from wife Josaphine (Rose) Stoff ’48 notified the LAA that “My husband, RICHARD STOFF passed away on November 17, 2007. We were married 56 years, five children, nine grandchildren. We moved to San Diego, when our children attended San Diego State University, USC, and Pomona State University graduates. Going to Lowell, both of us felt it was the most rewarding education experience that we had during our school years-good friends, top education, great memories forever.” CLYDE W. HENRY, U. S. Army veteran and a charismatic figure in the steel industry in northern California, died of cardiac arrest, Saturday, April 18, 2009 at his home in Kensington, CA. He was 81. He graduated from Oregon State University (where he played tight end and linebacker) with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. He acted as General Manager for the Esco Corporation of Portland, OR, covering northern California, Nevada, and Utah from 1954 to 1987, and, thereafter, as a consultant for the EMJ Corporation. Additionally, Clyde served as President of the Steel Service Center Industry. He is survived by his first wife Joan Benton Barber, and his second, Margaret; five children: James, Mike, Andrew, Patricia Garner, Sandra Fowles; and six grandchildren. His brothers Roger Henry, Robert and Richard Bostwick; and his cousins, Patricia Dunn and David Henry, also survive him. ROBERT WELLS TALLMAN, Stanford and Boalt Hall grad, passed away peacefully at the age of 81 after a long battle with illness. He is survived by his loving daughters Anne, Katherine, Molly and his beloved granddaughter Alexandra. A lover of a good party, “Tall” was notorious for his part in the “Fish-Tall Ball” with “Fish”, the Gap’s Donald Fisher, before the annual Big Game rivalry between Stanford and Berkeley. He served in the U.S. Army in the

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In Memoriam Judge Advocate’s Office at Ford Ord where he worked on returning POW cases. Robert was an advocate in the public and private sector, working on bank holding legislation for TransAmerica Corporation, appearing before the US Supreme Court with Covington & Burling, and finally retiring as a Public Guardian for the City and County of San Francisco. CONSTANCE STONE GOLDEEN died peacefully Sunday, August 2nd, after a lengthy illness. She was the eldest of three daughters. Her family traces their German roots to the Gold Rush. She was a proud graduate of Mills College in Oakland. A fireball of energy, Conni worked until her later years. Predeceased by her husband John, Conni is survived by her eldest son, John and his children, Samuel and Natalie, the joys of her life. She is also survived by her younger son, Michael and his wife, Barbara. Conni leaves behind numerous nieces and nephews.

1947 CHARLOTTE MARIE LUDEMAN died May 20, 2009. Born in San Francisco, she graduated from Oregon State University. Marie taught many years in the Cupertino Union School District specializing in special education, and after retirement was an active volunteer for library, educational and scholarship programs. She leaves behind her sister, Betty Ludemann Burridge ’49, and many cousins, friends and former students. MARTIN RUSSEL RYPINS, a third-generation San Franciscan , SFSU graduate and Navy veteran (Korean War), passed away April 29, 2009. Upon return to San Francisco and civilian life he married, had three daughters, and sold NY Life insurance for 20 years. He moved to northern Michigan for eight years, but returned to the city he loved, settling in Sausalito and establishing an insurance brokerage that he maintained until his death. Martin loved downhill skiing at Squaw Valley followed closely by tennis, hiking Marin County trails, backpacking the Sierras, and listening to classical music. He died in his sleep at Marin General five days after suffering a major stroke joining his oldest daughter Alexandria who died in 1976. Martin proudly participated in the 2007 Lowell commencement exercises in celebration of his 60-year reunion. Martin is survived by his loyal clients, beloved friends, and Sausalito neighbors; twin daughters Beth (Marco) and Christa; brother Michael (Gerda); and his dearest granddaughter Alessia.

1948 REVEREND RICHARD “WHITEY” ENGESETH of Reno passed away December 26, 2008. According to The Anglican Digest, Revered Engeseth was a graduate of Church Divinity School of the Pacific and was ordained in 1958. He served parishes in California and Nevada and was involved with grief recovery and caregiver support in recent years. Richard is survived by his wife, Helen, and son, Randy.

1949 EDWARD JAMES MALONE passed away on May 22, 2009 at the age of 78. Loving husband of Joan Malone; devoted father of Keri Coull; grandfather of Deirdre Garner and Nadja Schaeffer; son of the late Orie E. Malone and the late Isabella R. Malone; brother of the late Margaret E. Miller. Edward served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and retired as a tugboat dispatcher at Crowley Maritime after 32 years.

1951 ERIC J. VOORSANGER of Larkspur, son of the late Ethel and Jacob Voorsanger of San Francisco and great-grandson of Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger, a noted semitic scholar and longtime rabbi at San Francisco’s Temple Emanu-El, died of pancreatic cancer on May 1st, 2009.

Eric, 74, a native San Franciscan, graduated from Reed College in Portland, OR. He began his career as a political intern in the U. S. Senate for the Honorable Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon, held varied positions as a city planner in California, and happily turned to working with his hands and brain as a building contractor - work he greatly enjoyed and from which he never looked back. Besides Ronna, Eric’s wife of 17 years, Eric is survived by his daughter and four sons and their spouses. ROBERT HART KUBIN, UCB and UCSF, passed away from pancreatic cancer in Burlingame, CA, on July 17, 2009. He was born in Fort Riley, KS, in 1933, the son of an Army physician. While his father was assigned to the Presidio as medical director at Letterman Hospital, Bob entered UC Berkeley. There he met his future wife, Marie L. Baily. Bob opened a private practice in Internal Medicine in Burlingame in 1969, later a San Mateo office also, and they settled in Hillsborough with four children. He practiced medicine for 40 years, never retiring, never wanting to, joyfully caring for patients until a month before his death. Bob loved his children: Amy, Lydia, Rebecca, and Paul, and their families; his 10 beautiful grandchildren; and above all, his cherished wife and best friend of 43 years, Marie.

1952 JOHN MAYFIELD BRAZIER, A devoted father, grandfather, and friend passed away surrounded by his beloved family on February 5th, 2009 following an eight month battle with Pancreatic cancer. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1956 where he was a member of the fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. He then served four years as an officer in the Navy. John founded Brazier Forest Industries in 1965 where he acted as CEO for 31 years. He is survived by his three children Kimberly, John Jr. and Stephen and six grand children. JOAN CORRINE FISHER HALBERT, a Cal graduate, passed away last July. Loving daughter of Richard E. Fisher and Mildred L. Steffen Fisher. Surviving Joan, formerly married to Douglas J. Halbert, Sr., are her three 3 cherished children, Douglas James, Jr, Richard Alan and Kimberlee Louise and 10 wonderful grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, Donald S. Fisher and his wife Sarah. CHARLES ROSEKRANS Noted conductor of opera, symphony, ballet, chamber music, and musical theatre, died the 8th of September 2009, in Houston. He was 75. A native of San Francisco, he had lived in Houston since 1956, when he was invited by Houston Grand Opera’s founding music director, Walter Herbert, to become associate conductor and chorus master. On Herbert’s retirement, Charles was named music director of Houston Grand Opera and spent a total of 17 years with the company. He was the founder of the Houston Chamber Orchestra, and also served as music director of Charlotte Opera (now Opera Carolina) for 25 years. He was a frequent guest conductor for San Francisco Spring Opera, Chautauqua Opera, San Diego Opera, Edmonton Opera, Southern Alberta Opera, Brevard Music Center, Portland Opera, Shreveport Opera, and Knoxville Civic Opera. Charles was born on the 4th of August 1934, in San Francisco to the late John Newton Rosekrans and Alma Emma Spreckels. He was the great-grandson of sugar company founder Claus Spreckels, and the grandson of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, who built and donated to the city of San Francisco the famed art museum known as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, the late John N. Rosekrans, Jr. ’46, and sister-in-law, the late Mrs. Adolph S. Rosekrans. Charles is survived by his brother, Adolph Rosekrans ’49.

1953 JOAN ELINOR CONLAN, age 73, died at her home in Midpines, CA, on April 3 after living bravely with cancer for a year. She spent her final moments in the loving presence of good friends

and her partner of 36 years, Holly Warner. Her friends and family knew Joan as a woman of principle, integrity and determination, whose commitment to social justice and fairness fueled her work on behalf of others, her community and the environment. Joan taught and counseled for two decades at San Carlos (CA) High School. After teaching, she dreamed of designing and building her own house. In 1983, she and Holly did just that in Midpines, working with an all-woman crew. She was preceded in death by her brother Robert and is survived by her sister-in-law Helen; her brother Jim (Sharon); and nieces, nephews and grandnieces.

1956 CHARLOTTE LEE of San Jose, CA passed away peacefully on April 3, 2009. Beloved sister to Dan Lee and Roger Lee ’63 (and wife Bonnie), Carol ’55 Miyatake (and husband Allen), Emma Hee and Pauline Titus. She had many nieces and nephews.

1957 Daughter Lisa Disterheft wrote: her father, PAUL ALBERT DISTERHEFT, Lowell Student Body President and Captain of the football team, died suddenly of a heart attack, May 31st. Neighbors called him the “Mayor of Cole Streetî, sharing news, opinions, gossip or a glass of wine with passers-by. He worked for the Probation Dept. for some years then retired to a career in real estate. He had many avocations but back-packing the trails of the high Sierra was perhaps the foremost among them. A brief overview of his life cannot do justice to this renaissance mountain man of a dad”. (This writer remembers the affable Paul, walking the halls of Lowell, a solid slab of a kid with a lineman’s physique that surely brought a smile to Coach Bill Feiling’s face. His good nature endeared him to his classmates who chose him to lead them in their senior year. Good bye, Paul, your Lowellite friends will miss you. Ed. Emeritus)

1958 CARLA MAE THOMPSON MUSETTI ’58 of San Rafael passed away on September 21, 2009 with her loving husband of 49 years, Lawrence, at her side. She went to work for the Fuller Paint Co. as an IBM keypunch operator where she quickly progressed to supervisor. Carla and Larry’s love story began at Mel’s Drive-In in 1958 when they were introduced by mutual friends. They were married in 1960, had two children, and moved to San Rafael in 1969. Carla is survived by her devoted husband Lawrence, son Theodore, daughter Suzette and son-in-law David Gall, brothers Donald and Richard, and sister Sandra as well as numerous nieces and nephews. TONY DENNIS PATCH passed away unexpectedly on June 27, 2009 at the age of 69. As a native San Franciscan, Tony was very proud of his passions which were family, football and baseball. A member of the NorCal Umpire Association for 48 years, where he served as President for the last 28 years. During his years as a collegiate umpire Tony worked 6 College World Series and numerous NCAA Regionals and was a member of the Northern California Football Association for 41 years, working 5 Little Big football games, several Junior College bowl games, and 21 S.F. AAA Thanksgiving Day High School Championship games. He was also a member of the San Francisco Old Timers Baseball Association and The Venerables. Lowell baseball coach John Donohue wrote, “He worked a multitude of Lowell baseball games over the years. Tony was home-plate umpire at Pac-10 games including Cal-Stanford. He was very professional and a credit to Lowell.” Tony is survived by his wife, Marguerite (Midge), his two children; son David and his wife Sheila, their two children; Brenden and Katherine; daughter Denise and her husband F. George Brown. Robert A. Bergeron notified the LAA “It is my sad duty to inform you of the death of my wife,

JANE MEYER BERGERON on January 14, 2009.”

1963 STEPHEN P. JONES died suddenly of a heart attack on August 20, 2009 at the age of 64. Steve was an outstanding member of the tennis team and a life-long athlete. He played tennis almost daily and was an avid swimmer and squash player. Stephen is survived by his mother Joan Bard and his fiancée Nancy Stamm. Mr. Joel Goodman notified the LAA that “My wife, JESSICA ‘MIMI’ SHERMAN GOODMAN died very unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm.” She left behind her husband of 28 years, son Samuel, daughters Shomriel and Aliza, a coming granddaughter; and her sister, Alta Lowe of S.F. She was a Stanford graduate, Phi Beta Kappa, who also earned a MSW from Columbia University. At Lowell she was one of the earliest Henry Karpenstein Scholars. CONSTANCE ANN CONNIE GETTS ANDERSON, UC Davis and City College graduate, passed away on June 14, 2009 peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She was a 2nd Generation San Franciscan and 3rd Generation Californian. Connie was in the first class to graduate from the new Lowell. Her career began at Stanford Research Institute in Palo Alto as a published member of the cancer research team, going on to serve in product development at Fuller O’Brien Paint Company in South San Francisco. She is survived by her husband, Harry D. (Dave) Anderson; sons Brian (Kristi) and Michael; brother Bob (Verna) Getts and other family. MICHAEL J. KATZ, SFSU, of San Ramon, CA died on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 from pancreatic cancer. He was born to Miriam and the late Julius Katz in London, England on February 26, 1946. The family moved to San Francisco in 1948, where Michael spent his childhood and graduated from San Francisco State. In 1973, Michael met Pam Moon who became his wife and sweetheart for 36 years. He began working for United Parcel Service, during college, where he remained until his retirement after a 30-year career. In addition to his wife, Pam, he is survived by his daughter Jody McCord (Travis), son Andy Katz (fiance Tammy Phillips), adored grandson Aaron Michael McCord, his mother Miriam, and numerous close relatives in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Argentina.

1964 The brother of TERRENCE ROSS notified the LAA that he has died. No additional information was provided. RICHARD H. FRUEH ’64 passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2009. He was the beloved husband to Sandy Frueh (nee Miescke): and beloved father and father-law of Noelle E. (Afroz) Kokan, Richard V. (Lynrene) and Michael (Bhanu) Frueh; grandfather of eight grandchildren; brother and brother-law of James (Christie) Frueh, and dear friend to many. He was a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army and was Executive Vice President of Shannon & Wilson, Inc. in St. Louis, MO/ Seattle WA.

1968 BRUCE H. GRANT passed away September 6, 2009 in Martinique, FWI. He was an accomplished Jazz Musician who had lived in France and Martinique for the past thirty years and he held dual citizenship in France and the United States. Bruce was born in San Francisco, December 14, 1949 to Howard P. and Julia Grant. He was a graduate of Lowell High School and attended UC Berkeley. At an early age he expressed an interest in Jazz, and his instruments were flute and saxophone. Bruce performed throughout Europe and the French West Indies. He was preceded in death by his father and is survived by his mother and a brother,

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In Memoriam Patricia Edris Pivnick Levin ’67 Patricia “Peppi” Pivnick Levin, alumnus of UC Berkeley, Stanford University, member of the Lowell High School Alumni Association Board of Directors, passed suddenly in San Francisco on September 16, 2010. Loving daughter of Charles and the late Janice Pivnick; beloved wife of Gary Levin for 39 years; caring mother of Jonathan and his fiancé, Ariel, Marc and his fiancé Jennifer, and Diana and her husband Evan; dear sister of Barrett Pivnick Lucero’70 and loving aunt. Patricia worked both as a teacher and a tutor in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the past two decades she worked as a copy editor for several catalogue firms and other organizations. Her life’s passion was speaking and translating the French language, as well as traveling to France. Other interests included reading, knitting, and doing needlepoint, as well as spending time with her many friends in the community. Patricia was a committed and hard-working member of the Lowell Alumni Board. She spent endless hours copy-editing and fact-checking the book, Lowell High School, San Francisco, “A History of the Oldest Public High School in California”, Sesquicentennial Edition 1856-2006, written by Paul A. Lucey and Barbara A. Dahl. She was very interested in the process of publishing and took great pride in the finished book, which was published in 2007. In 2008, Patricia copy-edited the panels on “The Wall of Fame” in Lowell’s Carol Channing Auditorium, an installation of photographs and biographies of Lowell honorees chosen for their distinguished contributions to the arts and humanities. The restored installation was a gift from the Lowell Classes of 1967. Patricia enjoyed serving on the LAA Board of Directors and was very proud of Lowell, its students and national ranking as a prestigious high school. A Patricia Pivnick Levin Memorial Fund has been established at the Lowell Alumni Association, with an emphasis on the Foreign Language/French and English/Journalism Departments. Family, friends and her colleagues on the Alumni Association Board of Directors will miss this extraordinary woman.

Paul Grant of San Francisco; two daughters, Laureen Grant of Paris, France and Fiona Grant of Martinique, and a host of other relatives.

1969 LEE HILTON COLE passed away unexpectedly on August 3, 2009 at the age of 57. Loving husband of Carol Sloan; Loving father of Jack and Elizabeth Cole; beloved son of the late Buddy and Ila Cole; cherished brother of Sherry Bunnell. Lee was a member of Masters Swim Team of San Francisco Jewish Community Center. He was the owner of Skates On Haight for 35 years.

1972 TENOLA YVONNE HALL BENNETT passed away on March 27, 2009, in San Francisco, CA, where she lived most of her life. She became a much sought after executive assistant for several prominent corporations, including Chevron, Chiron, and FiberGen. Tenola is survived by her daughter Mrs. Theresa Ayanna Tice; her mother, Mrs. Tenola L. Hall; and four sisters, Janis Miller, Brenda Miller, Ledora Hall, and Tracey Hall Voetmann. She was a loving daughter, mother, and sister, and will be greatly missed by each and every one.

1974 JEANNIE McCALLISTER at the age of 52 passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 2, 2009 surrounded by her dearest friends after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was the beloved daughter of Gloria McCallister and loving sister to Patricia Galves. Loving aunt to Jenna Galves and Elyse Galves. Jeannie was a native San Franciscan who enjoyed a very active social life but especially loved to dance with the Zydeco dance group. She was a friend to everyone she met and a thoughtful warm loving individual who maintained life long friendships for years. We will all miss her unique style, her smile and her friendship.

1976 KARL JOSEF WIEGAND, loving son of Josef & Hedi Wiegand, devoted brother to Mike and Diana, passed away unexpectedly August 29. Karl, a San Francisco native, was a graduate of

USF and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He ran his own business until 2006 when he sold it after nearly 20 years. He spent much of his time in his last years on cruise ships, traveling around the world. Karl is survived by his parents, brother Mike & sister-in-law Chris, and nieces Maya & Savanna, sister Diana Spencer & brother-in-law Dirk, nephew Ryan and niece Simonne, plus countless aunts, uncles & cousins in Germany.

1980 LYNNDEN ANTHONY BROWN, BA U. of Arizona, died last August in Oakland. He was a very good athlete playing football in college, earning three letters and a place on the “PAC 10” academic team. He received the Jim Ewing Memorial Scholarship Award going to the student athlete displaying the most outstanding character, spirit, leadership and sportsmanship. Lynnden coached youth teams for many years including the Oakland Babe Ruth team and Montara middle school. He enjoyed a career as a Real Estate/Mortgage broker. His wife Judy, survives him as do sons Tyler and Justin, his father, Charles Henry Brown, Stepmother, Brenda, and siblings Gary, Carlo and Myesha.

1986 JACK QUON, BS CalPoly, Test Engineer for Electronics Imaging, died August 2nd, 2009.

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ROBERT F. BRAUNREITER, Lowell faculty member for 28 years (1957-1985), where he taught German and various physical education classes in addition to serving as JV baseball coach and varsity football assistant coach, passed away on February 6, 2010. A WWII vet who served under General Patton, Bob lived just a few blocks away from Lowell for much of his life. After 52 years of marriage, his wife Barbara passed away in 2003. He is survived by daughters Mary, Eileen and Therese; sisters Agnes Fritsch and Rosie Bramm; brother Carl; and three granddaughters. MARY JANE “MAUREEN” COLLINS was a native San Franciscan, born on October 6, 1928, and passed on August 8, 2009. Maureen was the beloved daughter of Mary L. and Daniel I. Collins; the adored sister of Daniel I. (Anne) Collins; and loving “Auntie Mo” to nieces Denise (Jeffery) Yenkin and Deborah (Michael) Valadao. Maureen was a graduate and active alumna of St. Paul’s High School, received her B.A. degree from the college of Holy Names, and earned her teaching credential from USF. She taught for more than 40 years in the San Francisco Unified School District at Aptos Junior High and Lowell. EDWARD L. CROSSLEY, JR., born on a number 7 streetcar in Golden Gate Park on July 7, 1929, died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Sonoma on February 13, 2010. A Korean War vet, he earned his teaching credential at SF State and student taught under Aurelia Osuna at Lowell, where he was hired to teach French and Spanish. Mr. Crossley established the first honors classes in those languages at Lowell. He left Lowell in 1982 to teach at Wallenberg High School, from which he retired in 1988. For the past 20 years, Ed lived in Sonoma, where he was cared for in his final years by former Lowell students Jose Rico ’74, Pedro Merino ’75 and Deepinder Sekhon ’75 and their families. JEAN A. KAUTZ, a former Lowell Girls PE teacher, died March 31, 2009. She accepted a scholarship to the University of Wisconsin for her undergraduate degree and then on to Mills College in Oakland, CA for her M. A. Jean taught for 38 years at the Buffalo Seminary; A.P. Giannini Junior High School (1954-1969); and Lowell High School (1969-1983), where she was also the Girls’ Basketball Coach for eight years. After retiring in 1983, Jean spent ten years in Lockport looking after her mother before moving back to her home in Tiburon, CA. In 2003, she moved to Spring Lake Village. Surviving are a nephew, William Kautz of Olympia, WA and several cousins. She was buried in the Aldrich Family Plot in Lockport, N.Y. FREDERIC LINDER, English and World Languages teacher at Lowell from 1954 to 1998 (and a regular substitute teacher until 2006), passed away on May 10, 2009 at the age of 84. Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, he was orphaned at the age of 12, later emigrating to New York where he lived in an orphanage until enlisting in the U.S. Army. Mr. Linder will be remembered for his dedication to his profession, his students, his love and interest in people, the arts, history, food, and command of many languages including German, French, Spanish, Yiddish and Hebrew. He is survived by children Dan and Christine and two grandchildren.

Elena Catelli, a beloved teacher at Lowell High School, died on November 7, 2010 at the age of 100. Loving wife of the late Bruno Catelli; caring mother of Edith Catelli Openshaw (Dr. Harry Openshaw) and Joan Catelli; dear grandmother of Anne, John and David. Elena was a native San Franciscan. She began her teaching career at Polytechnic High School and later transferred to Lowell. She taught Spanish, Italian and Sophomore Goals and worked as a counselor for thirtyfive years. Elena was a nurturing but firm presence in the lives of her students, and was much loved over several generations at Lowell. Her Italian heritage, culture and language were very important to Elena. Several years ago, she established a scholarship for students of Italian at Lowell. Donations in Elena’s memory can be made to the Elena Bianchini Catelli Scholarship, in care of the Lowell Alumni Association.

Campus News Briefs Lowell Remains #1 Choice San Francisco parents and students continue to make Lowell their first choice for high school in overwhelming numbers. For the 2010-11 school year, 40% of all 8th graders seeking admission to public high schools in San Francisco listed Lowell as their first choice. In total, Lowell received 1,948 applications for 680 seats in the Class of 2014. Given the continued strong demand, applicants needed a combination of exemplary middle school grades and test scores to gain admission this year. Even students with top test scores and otherwise perfect grades fell short of being admitted if they had just two B grades in their 8th grade record.

Lowell Sports Teams Dominate Continuing the trend of the past several years, Lowell teams continue to rack up the greatest number of Academic Athletic Association league titles. For the current school year, Lowell teams have won league championships in Cross County (boys varsity, girls varsity, boys frosh/soph and overall), Girls Golf, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis (team title plus singles and doubles champions) and Girls Frosh/Soph Volleyball. Congratulations to all the dedicated Lowell athletes and their hard-working coaches! For schedules and results, visit www.lowellathletics.com.

MARVIN METOYER died in his sleep in early September, 2009. He played football and baseball at Lowell and college football, first at City College of San Francisco and then at the University of Idaho.

1999 PATRICK ANDREW KONG ’99 died in May, 2009 at age 27. Much loved son of Andrew and Aliana Kong; brother of Patsy and Philip Kong; and brother-in-law of William Pan. Also survived by an extended family of aunts, uncles, and cousins. A native San Franciscan, Patrick was an agent for State Farm Insurance Company.

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Arts & Sports Calendar An Illustrated History of Lowell High School 1856–2006

n celebration of Lowell’s sesquicentennial, the Lowell Alumni Association is proud to announce the publication of the definitive history of the West’s oldest public high school, spanning Lowell’s colorful 150-year history. A limited number of this keepsake hardcover book are still available. The book includes: X A complete narrative history of Lowell, from its 1856 founding as Union Grammar School to today X 300 pages, including nearly 150 photos (many in color) X Complete histories of many Lowell activities, including music, drama, forensics, JROTC, etc. X Detailed accounts of the history of various Lowell sports, from football to swimming An accompanying CD-ROM provides several special features, including: X Complete graduation lists of every class from December, 1859, through June, 2007 X A listing of every Lowell faculty member X Special lists (student body presidents, editors of The Lowell, etc.) X Selected images from the Lowell Alumni Association archives This commemorative history is being sold for $50, including tax, shipping and handling. Just complete and return the order form below to take advantage of this very special offer. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact us at (415) 759-7830 or lowellaa@lowellalumni.org. YES! I would like to order ________ copies of An Illustrated History of Lowell High School 1856–2006 ($50 each). Enclosed is my check (made payable to Lowell Alumni Association) in the amount of $___________. Name ______________________________________________Class ________ Last Name at Lowell (if different) _____________________________________ Address _________________________________________________________ City ________________________________ State _________ Zip __________ E-mail __________________________ Phone __________________________ Mail to Lowell Alumni Association PO Box 320009 San Francisco, CA 94132

Concerts

Carol Channing Theater

Friday, April 8 Band Concert at 7pm

Thursday, April 14 Orchestra Concert at 7:30pm

Friday & Saturday, April 22-23 Dance Concert at 7:30pm

Thursday, April 28 Choir Concert at 7:30pm

School Musical The Sound of Music Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 3-6 7:30pm on Thursday, Friday & Saturday 2:00pm on Sunday Carol Channing Theater

Sports Highlights Friday, January 21 – Battle of the Birds Basketball vs. Washington HS Girls JV at 3:30pm; Boys Frosh/Soph at 5pm; Girls Varsity at 6:30pm; Boys Varsity at 8pm Kezar Pavilion

Friday, March 4 AAA Basketball Championships Girls Varsity at 5pm; Boys Varsity at 7pm Kezar Pavilion

Saturday, May 7 AAA Girls Soccer Championship, 1pm Boxer Stadium