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Sesquicentennial Planning Starts Strong By Terence Abad ’76 In less than nine months, Lowell will begin a year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the school’s 1856 founding as Union Grammar School, originally located in the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Powell Street between Clay and Sacramento. As befits the first public high school in the western United States, ideas abound for ways of marking this auspicious occasion. Last month, more than a thousand alumni were invited to attend one of a series of brainstorming sessions to develop and discuss plans for the sesquicentennial celebration. Although no final plans have yet been made, many in attendance voiced support for a few large celebratory events along with some smaller events, scheduled throughout 2006. Among the ideas for large events are a campus-wide “open house” at Lowell on a Saturday, featuring a schedule of performances, presentations, panel discussions, food, plenty of time for socializing among alumni and students and the re-dedication of the Lowell campus; a formal banquet event at a downtown hotel or at Moscone Center; a “virtual banquet” whereby alumni purchase tickets to a non-existent event so that all of their ticket price is directed to supporting designated Lowell programs; and a public exhibition of Lowell memorabilia and historical artifacts, perhaps at City Hall or the main library, with a special opening night cocktail party.
Smaller events that have been discussed include a footrace from the Hayes and Masonic campus to the current campus; performances of a new choral and orchestral work celebrating Lowell’s history; a special sesquicentennial tailgate party in conjunction with a football game at Kezar Stadium; a special Lowell Alumni Day at a San Francisco Giants game; a Lowell float or contingent in the 2006 Chinese New Years parade; and participation by reunion class representatives in Lowell’s 2006 commencement exercises. There have also been discussions about publication of a commemorative history of Lowell or an alumni directory, sales of Lowell merchandise (apparel, jewelry, license plate holders, etc.) and creation of a commemorative CD of Lowell music. While there may be no limit to the possible ways to celebrate the 2006 sesquicentennial, there is indeed a limit to the number of successful events that even the most dedicated and talented band of volunteers can organize, so the hard work is just ahead as the steering committee further refines these ideas and plans a final calendar of events for 2006. If you are interested in assisting in any way, either in connection with one particular event or more generally, please contact the Lowell Alumni Association. And if you have ideas to share or just want to express your interest in any of the ideas discussed above, let us know. In any event, be prepared for some unique opportunities to rekindle your Lowell spirit next year!
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Alumni to Focus on Classroom Needs in 2005 By Terence Abad ’76 As Lowell prepares for the third consecutive year of budget shortfalls as a result of the ongoing California budget crisis, the Lowell Alumni Association is enlarging the scope of its 2005 Annual Fund Campaign with the goal of enriching the classroom experiences for every one of Lowell’s 2,591 students. In the past two years, the largest portion of alumni donations have been directed to restoring faculty and staff positions that had to be cut from the site budget due to lack of funds. Thanks to the unprecedented outpouring of financial support from Lowell alumni, parents and other friends, today’s students enjoy the same full menu of academic choices and support services that existed before the onset of the state budget crisis. Unfortunately, the secondary effect of the budget crisis has been to strip what was always a bare bones budget for classroom equipment, supplies and support services in order to direct as much site budget funding as possible to maintaining faculty and staff. Even outside entities, such as the Lowell PTSA, which formerly used all of its funds for direct classroom support, have redirected their donations to pay for faculty and staff positions. And the effects can be seen everywhere at Lowell, where science labs lack the equipment needed to introduce students to the rapidly expanding biotechnology field; hundreds of students in Advanced Placement courses would benefit from the specialized
college level texts their courses require; students struggling to succeed in math need the additional support offered by tutoring software; and, with the revised SAT exam’s emphasis on writing skills, students require the more frequent writing assignments and detailed feedback that is possible only by restoring the readers program to support Lowell’s hard-working English teachers. Therefore, the Lowell Alumni Association’s 2005 Annual Fund Campaign, entitled “Investing in Excellence: The Classroom Experience,” seeks to provide a total of $250,000 in direct support to Lowell this year, with $150,000 earmarked to support special initiatives in each and every department, thereby enriching the classroom experience of every Lowell student. In recognition of the continuing effect of the budget crisis on staffing levels, the other $100,000 we hope to raise this year will be directed to maintaining the most critical faculty, counselor and staff positions. More details regarding the specific projects to be funded via this year’s campaign will arrive in your mailbox in the next several weeks, along with a request for your financial support. Please take a few moments to review these plans and consider joining thousands of fellow alumni and other friends of Lowell in ensuring that the uniquely challenging and rewarding classroom experience that has long been Lowell’s hallmark continues for another generation of San Francisco’s most hard-working and talented young people. Your investment in excellence at Lowell will pay handsome dividends.
In Memoriam By Paul Lucey
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EAH MARIE BOEHM ’27, an SFSU graduate, Lowell teacher & Dept. Head., 1941-1970, passed away, Feb. 28, 2005, in Walnut Creek. She was 93 years old. Leah had been a resident of the Rossmoor retirement community for many years. She was associated with Lowell for more than half its existence. Raised in the Richmond district, she attended the Hayes Street Lowell in the mid-Twenties and after receiving her teaching credential from State College (the old campus, off Market Street), began her teaching in the SFUSD at Everett junior high school. In 1941, she was hired by Principal Leroy H. Stephens and would remain at Lowell for the next thirty years as GPE teacher and department head. This writer has considered Leah a friend for a half century. Among the many pleasant memories I have of this remarkable woman is one late in life that embodied a life of achievements. The occasion was the 2002 Lowell Sports Foundation Hall of Fame banquet. Leah was inducted for her athletic ability in college (baseball, volleyball, basketball) and her 30-year GPE leadership in the SFUSD, Lowell in particular. What an honor to be included at her table surrounded by her niece, Bonnie ‘59 and husband Mel, and their three sons. She became a LSF Hall of Famer just as she had been honored by the SFSU Athletic H of F twenty years earlier. I believe the evening was one of the highlights of her life. Leah enjoyed a remarkable career at Lowell. Not so remarkable, however, was fifteen years at the Old Lowell lamenting the lack of a girls’ gym. Alums will remember the so-called gym in the basement of the school, its low ceiling the bane of boys and girls alike. The boys got lucky and in the late Thirties moved into a separate boys’ gym built in the NE corner of the yard. Not so for the girls! The basement gym and the concrete yard would remain their playground – no tennis courts, of course, nor softball diamonds, nor volleyball or badminton courts. Competitive girls’ sports would have to wait for the unisex promises of Title IX and a more enlightened age. The girls in GPE classes were dressed in outlandish blue bloomers that were guaranteed to discourage the most avid girl watchers. This was the world of GPE that Leah inherited as department head in 1956. Her graduation in 1931 coincided with the formation of an organization that would be the pride of the Girls’ P.E. department for the next fifty years – the Girls’ Athletic Association (GAA). When she became department head in 1956, Leah and her GPE colleagues had built the GAA into an organization that provided wholesome after-school activities for hundreds of Lowell girls. Former alumnae of that vintage will remember the joy of fanning out over the city with good friends to enjoy horseback riding (Dian Fossey ’49, for example), bowling, or even ice skating at a rink deep in the Sunset. An array of
Leah, seated, center, with family and friends at the Lowell Sports Foundation Hall of Fame Banquet, 2002. sports were offered at school: badminton, tennis, gymnastics, and Leah’s forte – modern dancing, which she introduced to the SFUSD. She was always the guest of honor at the ceremonies awarding the GAA membership cards or coveted gold Girls’ Block “L” pins continued on page 11
A Celebration of Leah’s Life will be held at Lowell in June When: Friday, June 3, at 4 p.m. Where: The Leah Marie Boehm Dance Studio Reminiscences, anecdotes, testimonials; dance in Leah’s memory by the Modern Dance class. Former students or colleagues who wish to express their sentiments in writing should send by email: LowellAA@Lowellalumni.org or to the LAA address. Tributes will be published in the fall newsletter — Paul Lucey
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REUNION CALENDAR Classes of January and June 1940 & January 1941 – 65 Year Reunion Saturday, April 23 at 11:30 am, at Sinbad’s in San Francisco Contact Robert and Frances Curley for more information at 1817-B Edgebrook Drive, Modesto CA 95354-1640; (209)549-0792 or (209)523-6596; fhbcurley@sbcglobal.net or ratutoo@sbcglobal.net
Classes of Fall 1948, Spring 1949 and Fall 1949 – 55 Year Reunion Sunday, May 15th, 11am to 4pm at the Rosekrans’ fabulous Runnymede Farm in Woodside. Join old friends and classmates for reminiscences, a gourmet barbecue picnic and strolls through the lovely grounds and unique outdoor art exhibit. Contact Ellie (Cooper) Van Voorhis at (925) 935-5478 or tomvanv@aol.com or Rod Hughes at (925) 933-1558 or rodbeeb@astound.net
Classes of January and June 1955 – 50 Year Reunion Saturday, May 21st, 2005 at the Jewish Community Center (corner of California & Presidio), San Francisco. Contact Carol Hicks at PO Box 460536, San Francisco, CA, 94146, call (415) 282-7728, e-mail cbhsfo@aol.com or Robbie Hermann at (415) 382-1739, Linda Woo ’84, daughter Olive and husband (aka The Turkey) enjoy the pre-race festivities at the 2004 Turkey Beach Trot.
Class of 1956 – 50 Year Reunion
Turkey Beach Trot Benefits Lowell
Early alert! Contact Tom Nyhan at (707) 539-5788 or tnyhan@aol.com. The planning process has begun! The tentative event date will be October 21, 2006. Let’s start to plan a reunion that beats our 45th, which was wonderful. Website: http://lowell_1956.home.comcast.net
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hat better way is there to prepare for Lowell’s Turkey Day football game against Balboa and a long afternoon of holiday feasting than to challenge yourself with a 6-mile run along Ocean Beach? That’s exactly what a couple of hundred folks did last Thanksgiving morning as part of the second annual Turkey Beach Trot race. The 2004 edition of the race, thanks to race organizer Steve Woo, benefited Lowell’s track and cross-country teams with a donation of $1,000 from the race proceeds. The race also featured special recognition and prizes for the top Lowell alumni finishers. The top male alum finishers were Andy Chan ’89 (finishing 3rd overall), Ritchie Jong ’98 and Dean Poulakidas ’86. Tops among the women was Lisa Wu ’96. Lowell track and crosscountry coach Andy Leong ‘80 and a number of his student athletes volunteered to help the event run smoothly. Mark your calendar for this year’s run, to be held Thursday morning, November 24th at 8am. For more details, go to www.turkeybeachtrot.com.
Reunion Committees
Classes of January and June 1965 – 40 Year Reunion Work is underway for our 40 year reunion but I need to hear from you to determine how many people are interested in attending. We are trying to plan the reunion for the Columbus Day weekend in October (trying but not set in stone!). I have checked a few places and as you may all realize, costs are very high for rentals and all the extras. I do not want to commit to a space that we cannot afford to make a profit from and also be able to contribute to our school, therefore, we are asking that you contact either the Lowell Alumni office or me by e-mail to let us know that you are interested in attending the 40th. Our class of ‘65 has always been pioneers and we have ideas for our pioneering efforts to continue so that we might help our alma mater. We need to know numbers of people! Please send your e-mail address and current mailing address and any other info to the alumni office or e-mail me at rbpromo@aol.com or rbpromo@earthlink.net. Send any fellow classmates’ info too. Be sure to put Lowell ‘65 in the subject line so that I do not delete as spam! After receiving your current information and commitment of interest to attend, you will hear from us. Look forward to seeing many classmates this year at our 40 year reunion. —Roberta Bleiweiss
Class of Fall 1965 (January 1966) – 40 Year Reunion
Your Lowell Alumni Association Will . . . ✓ Mail you address labels for all your class members who have a current address ✓ Mail or e-mail you 3 different lists of class members 1. Known grads 2. Lost grads 3. Deceased grads ✓ Tip Sheet on how to keep track of your class and how to find lost grads Just ask! Phone 415/759-7830 or send a message through our website: www.LowellAlumni.org
Saturday, January 7th, 2006 at the newly-completed clubhouse, Harding Park Golf Course, Lake Merced, San Francisco, cocktails at 6pm, followed by buffet dinner. Please join your classmates for a memorable 40 year reunion. Help spread the word to classmates who may not see this notice. For more information, contact Melody (Moss) Pagee at dpagee@aol.com or (650) 854-2381 or Norm Ronneberg at njronneberg@aol.com or (510) 527-1701.
Class of 1975 – 30 Year Reunion Saturday, October 15th, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, San Francisco, from 6pm to midnight. Tickets are $85 per person. Contact Yvonne Quan-Wong at (650) 345-5388 or yvonne@w3elements.com Please be sure to update your contact information with the Lowell Alumni Association so we can send you more details. Website: www.lowell1975.org
Class of 1980 – 25 Year Reunion Saturday, September 3rd, 2005 at the Grand Hyatt, San Francisco. Contact Diane Wong at dwongltc@aol.com for more information.
Class of 1985 – 20 Year Reunion LOWELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Paul A. Lucey Executive Director
Lisa Coughlin Clay ’74 President
Jim Rosenthal ’50 Vice President
Joseph Ehrman III ’41 Treasurer
Claudia Wolf Eshoo ’67 Secretary
Alan Wendroff ’50 Vice President, Planning & Development
Terence Abad ’76 Director, Alumni Relations & Development
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jack Anderson ’50 Roberta Bleiweiss ’65 Leon Blum ’52 Mike Bower ’67 Cathryn Brash ’43 James Byrnes ’58 Charles Everett ’65 Fred Field ’46
Dave Hagerman ’72 Bert Horn ’40 Patricia Pivnick Levin ’67 Christine Linnenbach ’89 Natalie Manfredi ’88 Emily Moto Murase ’83 Anita Payton ’74 Georgene Poulakidas ’88
Helen Louie Wax ’66, Southern California Representative;
Geraldine Rosen-Park ’77 Wendy Drefke Shinbori ’68 Bruce Spiegelman ’68 Paul Tam ’82 Mike Ugawa ’76 Dawn Stephens Walker ’74 Rita Yee ’73 Paul Cheng, Principal
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Saturday, September 17th, 2005 at the Radisson Miyako, San Francisco. Website: www.lowell85.com
Class of 1986 – 20 Year Reunion Early alert! Our 20 year reunion is in the planning stages for what will probably be a summer event. If you’d like to join the reunion committee, contact Evelyn (Achuck) Yue at (650) 363-8740, Alexandria (Manitsas) Douglas at (650) 357-1968 or Michelle (Tom) Kaneshiro at (510) 865-1228. Please update your home and e-mail addresses with the alumni association (e-mail: lowellaa@lowellalumni.org) and please tell your friends because we seem to have many “lost” classmates. You can find a full list of “lost” classmates at www. lowellalumni.org. More details to follow in the next newsletter.
Class of 1995 – 10 Year Reunion Saturday, September 3rd, 2005 (Labor Day weekend) Coming this Fall . . . our 10 year high school reunion! We’re a decade older and wiser and it’s time to celebrate. Come catch up with old friends and make new ones as well. We are in negotiations for a venue, so visit www.geocities.com/lowellhigh95 for the latest updates. If you have questions, comments or updated contact information, e-mail us at lowellhigh95@yahoo.com or use the form on the website. See you in September!
Lowell Sesquicentennial – Various dates throughout 2006 Planning has begun to celebrate Lowell’s 150th anniversary. If you would like to help or share ideas for celebratory events, please contact the Lowell Alumni Association.
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KEEPING IN TOUCH… 1927
1937
PRESTON HARTMAN, in a note with his donation for the orchestra, “Julia Neppert had me playing Viola!” (Ed: Ms Neppert taught music at Lowell 1919-1939)
ALLEN GROSS comments “Still playing golf & enjoying life at Silverado in the beautiful Napa Valley. I’m one of the lucky ones.”
1928 VIRGINIA SPALDING MURRAY writes, “I do enjoy your newsletter. What a great school Lowell is! Hope my granddaughter, Ella Middleton, who lives in the Presidio, will be able to attend Lowell when the time comes. Mr. Algers was my homeroom teacher, and it was fun when you had to return there at the end of the day and catch him playing the trumpet. Best wishes and good luck.”
1930 JACK EVANS suggests “Read Paul Lucey’s story on John Molinari ‘27 – kudos! Perhaps a monument in his honor on campus would honor a great man & great athlete.”
1932 JEROME SAPIRO reports “Married 65 years – wife Mary, 5 children, 13 grandchildren & 7 great grandchildren. Greetings to all.” SID PEARLMAN informs “truly enjoy your wonderful newspaper. Keep ‘em coming!”
1933 CLARK BENSON says “I don’t travel like I used to. Play golf once a week. Maybe Al and Dorothy Maggio can put together a reunion for the classes of 1933-35. A luncheon get together like the last one would be good. MORRIE SINGER (see 1958 for in memory of )
1934 MARGARET MARBLESTONE GRANT reports “My son Garry Grant is retiring from the bench this month. My granddaughter Andrea Collier is engaged to be married.” MOTOKO MURAYAMA NAKAZAWA writes “My three older sisters Masuko, Fumiko & Etsuko who went to Lowell have died. None of them had children. All my four children graduated from Lowell.”
1935 MARIE GODT BENEDICT writes “In nursing hone – Sequoias, S.F. Marie Righetti Weaver is also here.” LORRAINE LUNT GODFREY informs “Living in Palo Alto awaiting the completion of the Hiatt Classic Residence Retirement Complex (‘7/05). Traveling, visiting family in Oregon & Southern California and cruising.
1936 RAY LANG says “Paul, you do a great job! I always remember your help on our 50th reunion in 1986. Thank you!” CORA GOULD informs “My grandfather (R.O. Bokee), mother (Alma Gould), my two brothers (Robert S. and Jotham Sewell) and sister (Margery Gould Hunt ‘38) have all been Lowellites – and glad of it. So far we girls are the only survivors at 86 and 83, except for children and grandchildren.” STANLEY SILVER remarks “Still alive.” MUSYA DEHE SAKOVICH relates “I had an unexpected meeting with another Lowellite at Christmas. While visiting my son in Hawaii, I met Corinne Lee Takayama. She invited me to tell stories to her class. We discovered that we both had attended Lowell – she graduated in ‘72 and I in ‘36. We both became teachers. Even though Corinne is much younger than I, a strong bond was formed and we are now good friends. I am still close friends with Joyce Richardson ‘36. We enjoy reading your newspaper!”
INEZ ERICKSON THORNTON informs us “My husband Jim passed away. Moving to Danville, KY to be near son. Still golfing & painting – hanging in there.” JOSEPH HANDLON reports “My wife, Isabel Fredericson, and I keep busy with our duties on the Editorial Board of the professional journal Gestalt Review, plus contributing articles to it. I also contribute some volunteer time to the local Alzheimer’s Association.” JEAN MacLANE KAHLER informs “Still perking along and enjoying life in this land of beautiful skies.”
1938 ROBERT WILSON informs us “James Armstrong died about 8 months ago. He was class of ‘37. His sister Jean Armstrong was class of ‘38.
1939 TRUDE KARP INGRAM says she is “Looking forward to our 65th get together in 2005.”
1940 KATHERINE KEMBLE GONZALES writes “Bob & I have been married for 62 years – have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. He is a retired administrator from Mountain View HS (Los Altos) where he graduated (Jan ‘40). Thank you for the newspaper – we enjoy reading it.” JOSEPH MITCHELL says “Happy holiday season to you at the Lowell Alumni Assoc. You do a great job.” RICHARD NIELLO reports “Visited with many old classmates at a wonderful lunch hosted by H.B. Alvord at he Olympic Club in early January.”
1941 LORRAINE HEIMAN MARCHI-FASTIE, LHD, was honored with the 2004 Distinguished Service Award by the American Public Health Association, Vistakon Vision Care Section. Dr. Marchi was recognized for her outstanding contribution to Public Health Vision Care. Dr. Marchi is founder and CEO of the National Association for Visually Handicapped(NAVH), now celebrating its 50th anniversary. NAVH is the only voluntary national health agency devoted exclusively to serving those with partial vision. It provides education, visual aids, large print publications, and hope to “hard of seeing” people of all ages. Specific services include individual consultation and counseling in how to cope with low vision; information about vision loss; visual aids, proper lighting, and training in how to use them; referrals to medical specialists; senior discussion groups; and training in the use of visionenhancing computer software. The NAVH large print lending library, with 8500 titles, offers books free by mail throughout the United States. NAVH offices are located in San Francisco (415221-3201) and New York City (212-889-3141), and may contacted by e-mail at staff@navh. org. Mimi Koren Director, Communications & Development NAVH. MARILYN ADAMS KAUFFMAN advises “At our 64th reunion luncheon at Sinbads, Bob Curley announced some changes – meet only every 5 years and he was resigning. I want us to meet yearly because how many of us will be around in 5 years? If necessary, I’ll do it alone yearly. I had a lovely meeting there with Maxwell Myers from Miss Shea’s kindergarten at Andrew Jackson Elem. I’m still in weekly touch with Fred Warneke & wife & Helen Schultz Johnson by letter.” BEVERLY WARD RABER informs “Living in Santa Barbara. 6 grandsons & 5 great grandchildren. My husband Dean & I enjoy our family & our golden years.”
MORTON COLLIN relates “Enjoying the desert and new friends we have made. If anyone has any news of Michael Shanks ‘41 please let me hear from you. (Not in Alumni DB – Ed)”
1942 KENNETH & THELMA MARGULEAS COLVIN state “This donation is for the Forensic Club, better known in the early 40’s as the Debating Society under THE MAN George Lorbeer. I am now an Octogenarian enjoying my middle years. Go Indians!!” MAXINE SOBEL SIGEL says “I want to wish everyone in our class a happy 80th year. I now have 2 great grandchildren, 5 grandchildren, and 2 children – I feel very lucky! Going to Harryette Block Nestel’s 80th birthday luncheon tomorrow. I hope to see lots of old friends from class of ‘42. My husband Alan is so happy with his new hip. Also celebrated Joan Ransohoff Berry & Jackie Weyl Werner’s 80th.” HELEN CRAWFORD FOLTZ recounts “I’ve lived deep in the heart of Texas for over 50 years (in Houston) and have experienced it maturing into a sophisticated cosmopolitan city. Had 3 children (lost one to MS), 5 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren. Turned 80 in Sept. and glad to enjoy good health, many community & church activities and travel occasionally. It’s good to see an occasional name I recognize from the early 40’s in the alumni news.” JULIA JORDAN LARSON says the “Wonderful article on the History of Lowell made me realize my mother graduated from the Sutter Street campus and my brother was in the class of ‘27. Are graduation ceremonies still held at the Opera House? Dances at the hotels? Memories are wonderful.” LAWRENCE HAWKINSON advises “Please note that my contribution to the Anino Music Fund is in honor of my orchestra teacher Madison Devlin. Mr. Devlin sponsored our many presentations where we played at the Opera House and on Treasure Island during the International Exhibition in 1939-40. He also conducted the All-City Orchestra where I played. He was a great advocate of quality music. Mr. Devlin attended the 50th reunion of our class (1942), and I was pleased to talk with him at some length and mailed him some copies of our presentations which I still have.” JERRY COLEMAN, the longtime voice of the San Diego Padres, was chosen as this year’s winner of the Ford C. Frick Radio Announcer Award (Won by S.F.’s Lon Simmons, last year). He will enter the Hall of Fame this summer. Jerry was a Great Generation WWII Marine Corps pilot who was recalled for service in the Korean War, interrupting his successful career (2nd baseman) with the N.Y. Yankees: 1949 Rookie of the Year; MVP in 1950 World Series; six World Series. Inducted into the S.F. Prep Hall of Fame, 1994, and the Lowell Sports Foundation Hall of Fame, 2002. Congratulations, Jerry!
1943 LOUIS G. PREOVOLOS also known as Marc Troy has retired from his hair-dressing business in West Portal. During his career of 57 years, he had the honor to cut the hair of Queen Frederica of Greece, the princess of Bourbon, the duchess of Barcelona, Grace Kelly and Mae West before he opened his own shop in the West Portal neighborhood. He writes “Finally retired at age 80 – busy publishing 48 page collection of quotations – plus marketing collection of rare letters. This is just a start!” MARIE LOBIANCO ANNUZZI reports “Celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary in the same parish church we were married on Nov. 1, 1944. Would like to hear from Doris Christie, Wanda McKenzie, Betty Holt, Margaret Crosby of my graduating class.” LOUISE COHN MAGNER relates “Toby and I lost one of our sons – Grant- in Jan.’04.” JEAN DIETTERLE PEDERSEN comments “After teaching in SFUSD 35 years, I am now retired. Live in SLO. Miss the Bay Area.” HENRY C. ALBERT writes “Greatly enjoy receiv-
ing the LOWELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION newspaper and especially reading about former classmates. I’m still around., just celebrated ‘80’. Retired from my practice of Optometry four years ago after nearly fifty years in the same office in downtown San Francisco. My wife and I spend our time traveling and with our children down in San Jose. Still doing, a lot of photography and fondly remember photographing for the LOWELL and the Red and White. Keep in touch with several Lowell classmates on a fairly regular basis and is always fun to meet former Lowellites here and there .... instant friendships and much in common. Great to have such good memories of past-gone years.” E. PAUL WHITE comments “Retired MD cardiologist NAPA 50 years – Best to all!” HELGA HUFFMAN MARCOS asks if anybody knows how to contact Helen Stoddard. Please contact the LAA if you have any leads.
1944 SANFORD DICKEY writes “I was started on my military career when Mr. Monroe ‘kicked me out’ of gym and made me take ROTC. My Cadet Sergeant was Bill Buckner who was the son of General Simon Buckner Jr., my C. General on Okinawa. Was reunited with Bill in 1995, on Okinawa, at the dedication of the General’s memorial there. Bill was very kind to this lessthan-perfect military student.”
1945 SHELDON KULLY says he “Continues to work part-time at the Ravenswood Winery tasting room. Wife Barbara is busy building a body of art work for a spring ‘05 showing.” WILLIAM EVERS informs “Living in San Francisco. Have 4 children, 2 step-children, 12 grandchildren – all in Bay Area – all superb! Retired from law practice and have started new company working with UCSF on Medical Clinics for weight management – very exciting. Any takers?” ANGELA McFERRIN BELLANTE comments “Sorry I have not been in touch. ‘04 flew by so quickly – Spent time teaching English conversation in Hungary with a group ‘Global Volunteers’. Happy to say experience was great kids on kids no matter where! Then 3 weeks in Paris visiting friends – At home I keep busy with volunteer work and clubs.”
1946 MARY KELLOGG HUSAK says she “has become reacquainted with some old friends – a wonderful experience these days!” WARREN SUGARMAN advises “As an aging grateful alum, I should like to make a modest contribution in the memory of Clayton Calender ‘41 whom I remember more from the glory years at Cal and all the classmates and others who have left the planet. It is also in tribute to my cousin, Irving Sugarman ‘30 who just hosted his U.C. 70th class reunion. I don’t think he had to buy many adult beverages. Last but not least, Hal Newman ‘45 and Barry Newman ‘48 who (from his grass shack in Molokai) talked me into attending the 50th reunion. We stayed at the Mark Hopkins, we were not ‘carded’ up topside (old Navy expression) and it cost more to park the car overnight than a suite did back then. Joyce Manning, who runs things from nearby, sounds as nice on the phone as she was back in 19##.” PATRICIA BERKELEY REESE emails “Greetings One and All – I spent Thanksgiving and Xmas with family in the Sacramento area again. Wonderful to see my children and five grandchildren. A few days after Xmas my daughter and I decided to drive to San Francisco for some shopping and had such a grand time. We stayed in a small hotel facing Union Square and dodged the rain as we went in and out of the stores doing our shopping. Took the cable car down to Fisherman’s Wharf and spent time there and on the way back the car had brake problems and so the repair was made as we all sat and wait-
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KEEPING IN TOUCH… ed and then down the hills we went again! I miss seeing the many wonderful department stores that were there close to Market Street – The City of Paris, Roos Brothers, The Emporium, etc. I am sorry that I will be unable to attend the Red and White luncheon on 9 April in Burbank. No way to get there as I do not drive on the freeway much any more. In May I shall be in Virginia to see my grandson graduate from Virginia Tech. He is a Physics major and hopes to go on to graduate school. He was fortunate to go to Italy this summer on a research project for his Physics class as the only undergrad with the group. And then in late August I shall visit Albuquerque and Santa Fe on an Elderhostel Tour. I met a woman on a trip to San Antonio a few years ago and so we decided to try and take another tour together. Have always wanted to visit New Mexico and am looking forward to the trip.” JANE FREEMAN FISHER says she “Just read your last 2 L.A.A. bulletins; felt nostalgic & that I probably owed you alumni dues.”
1947 KENNETH GARDNER comments “Buried in October snow in the Sierra! Ain’t it grand!” RONALD LEON says “We’re not getting any younger. When are we going to have another reunion?” (Please check the Reunion Calendar in each newsletter and on www.lowellalumni. org – Ed) BILL & JOAN FRISBIE NEFF comment “Bill was a boy scout under Bob Anino. He took band, orchestra & dance band under Reggie Krieger.” BOB LINCOLN sends “Just moved to a new home in La Quinta, CA. Recently had dinner with Ron ‘43 & Phyllis Sockolov in their home in Palm Desert. Also was at a Friars Club brunch with Joe Karp ‘49. Also getting ready for a trip to Europe and coming back on the Queen Mary in May.” JOAN BLANK ELDER reports “Apparently, you’re never too old to be silly. As proof, a few classmates had a reunion slumber party last fall in Reno. Lorraine O’Toole Stephenson, Joan Frisbie Neff, Wandaline Carter Perelli, Joan Hollebaugh Wilson, Beverly Beeler and I had a fine time poring over old photos, comparing old boyfriends and recycling old gossip. Too much fun!”
1948 MARGARET HICKS PETERS writes “After many years of living in S.F. from birth until 1948, I am returning part-time to a beautiful condominium on Russian Hill. Recently I returned from a magnificent Mediterranean cruise on Crystal Cruise Line’s new ship –’Serenity’. Soon I am off again for a 2nd trip this year to Hawaii. Travel plays a major role in my life. I hope my classmates are having equally happy, fulfilling lives.” LAWRENCE GRAUBART emails “Dear classmates of the Spring and Fall classes of 1948. I wanted to report that Marv Hoffman (classes of 1948, 40th and 50th reunion chairman) once again managed a successful 55th reunion on October 2003 at the St. Francis Yacht Club. It was cozy and fun but missing most of the F-’48 portion of the class. What happened? I know that Rodney Hughes had announced a separate “54th (sic) Jan ‘49 reunion”. Maybe that’s where everyone was (except the Tom Johnsons). Hopefully Marv will chair the 60th reunion of the 1948 classes. It will be announced per usual in the Lowell Alumni paper as “The Classes of 1948 60th Reunion”. It comes up in 2008, election year! To assure you that the designation for our class is correctly stated as “Fall 1948”, I beg you to look inside your senior journal. The journal just happened to have been published in 1949. Caroline (Brett) and I are still limping along and celebrated # 53 as did many of our friends. In those days you GOT married! Our daughter Laura is now a “cancer survivor” and we thank those of you who gave us encouragement at the time. She is doing fine with her 11 year old 4.0 GPA daughter. Our other daughter Suzanne celebrated her 14th and still hangs out in Saint Louis with the 2 boys and her husband Bill. Her eight year old Jordan is an ace winger
in the ice hockey league and has already been scouted (they practice at the St Louis Blues facility). Meanwhile, son Cameron is located in Tulsa where he has become a Veterinarian Technician and loves the animals. My nephew, Steve Zimmerman (Zim’s -ummm) is a business consultant after closing down the last of the Zim restaurants (at the peak, there were 24 Zim’s around). Remember the 1946 grand opening on Lombard as the “Ground Cow”? Hoffman always wanted hot chocolate which they did not have on their sparse menu. Caroline presided on opening night as the chief cashier for brother-in-law to be, Art Zimmerman. I just ate them and my record at that time was 4! Cousin Charlie Laurie, soon 93, still is proud as can be to be a Lowell grad as a member of the class of 1930. Last year for his 92nd birthday party, we got him a Lowell sweat shirt. Enough nostalgia, Caroline is calling me for my mush. I lost my teeth over an election fight, but you should see the other guy. I rolled my “wheelchair” broadside into his trying to “cross the “T” like Admiral Nelson. Ciao!” MARGRET LLOYDS SMALLIE writes “Still busy teaching my ballet students at my studio 5 days a week. Helping again with our local production of the ‘Nutcracker ballet’, with 15 of my students participating. We have professional dancers from NY also dancing with us. Traveled to Michigan last summer on a scholarship to a week-long seminar in dance. I am now an honored live member of the Cocchetti Council of America. Best wishes to all for a good and safe 2005!” PHYLLIS TOBY McKAY says “I took 4 cruises this year. Love shipboard life. Also spent much time at my place at the Russian River & in Palm Springs. The Lowell picture hangs in my dining room and is a constant reminder of the great times and spirit that I had in high school.” DOROTHY GERCKE PRAEGER advises “My husband Donal Praeger ‘48 died Sept. 17, 2004.” MITZI BURGER KEMP states “I spent 18 days at an Elderhostel in Japan last May (the only way to go), and 12 days in Alaska on a cruise, plus spending time in Palm Springs, Tahoe, Las Vegas and the lowest spot on the earth, Death Valley, having driven all over that area with friends. I am very joyful when I am with the “Lowell Lunch Bunch” every year (everyone looks terrific and feeling the same). This year we met at the Spinnaker in Sausalito. I won a blimp ride over Northern California for two, and took my granddaughter, Krista.” GERRY HARVEY ADDISON reports “A book I read when a freshman at Lowell prompted a desire to see Petra in Jordan and Egypt – in October we finally did.”
1949 WINTON FREY says he “Would love to hear from any track team members from the mid 40’s who remember me. <wfrey@calpoly.edu>.” MARGOT HELMUTH BLUM SCHERITT reports “I am freelancing as a consultant for folk art & textiles. Need help.” RONALD FIGEL asks “What’s the magnetism of Lowell? DONNA PARRISH HONEY remarks “Hi all 49ers. Nothing but good things and good health to all of you.” ROBERT BEALE comments “Took a trip to Africa in Aug. and another to Hawaii in Nov.” STANFORD SPEIZER reports “Graduated in ‘49 and my years at Lowell were some of the happiest of my life. I still recall the wonderful school spirit; it was everything any student could hope for. Following graduation, I attended USF for 3 years on a baseball scholarship. I attended the 50th class reunion in 1999, and I am so proud of the success and achievements of our alumni. For most of my life since college days, I have been in the food business. In 1969, I was offered a position in Boise, ID and have lived here ever since with my wife Gayle. I have 4 children and 2 step children. Presently I own a food brokerage business and am still working, though not putting in as many hours as in the past. I play a lot of golf and recently made a hole-in-one.”
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1950 DON & JACKIE (‘51) FEINSTEIN emails “Celebrating our 50th Anniv. summer 2005 with a family trip to the Galapagos Islands.” GERALD AMBINDER reports “Still arbitrating for NASD. Daughter, Jessica ‘83, is still a feature animation editor at Disney and has 3 kids. Marina District Poker Gang, Mickey Koppich, Sig Freeman ‘51, and Shel Wolfe ‘51, has now been playing for over 60 years.” DONALD GOLD comments “Renewed friendship with Don & Jackie Goldberg Feinstein after 45 years. Jack Hanson is ‘Buddy’ – now on CNN in Bay Area.” JOHN RISING announces “My wife and I celebrated New Year’s Eve with Richard Mann, Linda Giovanini and several friends in Sonoma.” BART BROWN writes “Anino story! Mr. A was a neat guy (easy to talk to). I asked him to sign my yearbook just before graduation – he asked what I would like inscribed. I replied ‘The usual rot’. I still have the yearbook with ‘The usual rot’, as Bob Anino penned in it. I also noticed multiple scholarships in the newsletter with Frances Dealtry’s name on them. Does this indicate many large donations in her honor? (yes – over $220,000 so far from an anonymous donor along with other donations – ED). She was a splendid person and teacher and I had the chance to tell her so when I had completed medical school and neurosurgical training. I visited her at her home near USF. She was a great inspiration to so many, and it is appropriate that she should continue to be honored. So many teachers at Lowell that were inspirational. We were lucky indeed!”
1951 FRANK BAKER states “He is a would-be ‘51 grad if he hadn’t moved in his junior year. Thankful for a good start in life after 2 years at Lowell. Retired military officer and Vice President of a successful Calif. Savings Bank. Enjoying life in the Ozarks near Bronson Missouri. My sister Peggy Ann Baker graduated in the class of 1947.”
for the exciting memories of my days at Lowell.” STEWART WEINBERG announces “We are collecting granddaughters. Hope everyone is well. No plans to retire from practicing law.”
1954 BUD PHILLIPS announces “What a fun time it was for our 50th on 11-5-04. Also what a pleasure to see and talk with so many ‘old’ friends. Looking at the attendance list, there were at least 25 people that I chatted with. A special thanks to the reunion comm. for the terrific job they did in putting it all together and making it a truly memorable evening. So … When’s the 55th?” KYRA OPPERMANN JANSSEN comments “50th reunion was great fun. I’m enjoying my 3rd career as an ESL-Instructor at Santa Rosa JC. Recent highlights of an interesting life include 3 years in the Czech Republic (93-96) and 1 year in Ukraine as a Fulbright (99-00). Starting over has a very energizing effect; I recommend it!” HELEN STONE LEVENSON writes, “The Reunion was marvelous. If you are coming to the Boston Area E-Mail hsl@aol.com or call 617527-3874. Great thanks to Allie, Phil, and the Committee.” MAX BODDEN says “Loving Florida – fabulous 50th reunion, Nov. ‘04 – who would have ever thunk it!?”
1955 ROGER HERST reports “I live in Wash., DC and am now retired from the rabbinate. I continue to write novels that get published from time to time. Visit family and friends in San Francisco often. ARLENE BECKMAN LINDER states “I’m very sad to write that I was with Arlene Davis Nathan when she died of cancer this year. She was hoping to be with us at our 50th reunion. I know her spirit will be with us.”
WILLIAM A. GUNN II emails “Still alive and kickin’ and looking forward to the 55th Reunion!”
ANTHONY D’AGOSTINO announces “I just published an article for the Journal of the Historical Society (Sp 2004) called ‘The Revisionist Tradition in European Diplomatic History’. I teach European History at S.F. State University.”
RICK BRADLEY states he is “Still trial attorney at Bradley, Curley, Asiano, Burabee and Crawford, Larkspur Landing at 72. Look forward to 55th reunion for classes of ‘50, ‘51, and ‘52.”
YVONNE GROSSI VAUGHAN corrects the last newsletter “My last name was misspelled (VAUGHAN), I live in Oahu, and my email address is <yvaughan@nusd.org>.”
BETTY KINDBERG BYRNE informs “Still working with the Washington National Opera & inner city children and enjoying Wagner operas all over the world.”
RONALD PETERSEN says “Have become involved in numerous history related activities: Curator, Rocklin History Museum, Sect./ Treas. Placer-Sierra Railroad Heritage Society, Volunteer- Placer County Archives. Lost my wife in 2002 after 41 years of marriage.”
LILYAN RADER ABRAMOWITZ writes, “Very sorry to hear of the passing of Lola Reshetko ‘50. We would have lunch together a couple times a year and talk about the good old days at Lowell.”
1952 RAYMOND MALISPINA corrects the last KIT “We’ve moved into a new home in Sonora not Sonoma.” JOAN GOLDAMMER KJEMTRUP says she is “Still enjoying life in Los Gatos after 43 years. Have 3 grandchildren and 3 son-in-laws!” HENRY (PETER) RALSTON announces “I married Pattie Litton on Valentine’s Day, 2004. We have moved into our new home in Oakland. In Aug., ‘04 we walked about 45 miles in Umbria, Italy – an Unforgettable journey. I am Dean of Admissions at UCSF Medical School as well as a teacher of Neuroscience. We are enjoying our lives together as well as our families.”
1953 JUDY KELLEHER RIGAS writes “Attended Fran Berger Tischbern and husband Ralph’s 50th wedding anniversary party at Lake Tahoe in Sept. Where does the time go? Had fun with John & Cathy McGilvray at Tahoe in August. Still playing tennis – as long as the knees hold out. Capt. of J.P. Murphy team (SFPTL) this year.” LOIS BIRNBAUM ANDERSON sends “Thanks
SAM DEDERIAN writes “Retired from 36 years as a high school science teacher and districtlevel administrator in the San Francisco Unified School District. Living in San Rafael, enjoying four grandchildren, visiting friends and family both near and far, and taking an occasional cruise. Still mourning the passing of my closest friends since our days at Lowell – Jim Piro in December 1995 and Mike Orloff in November 2004. Both men abounded in generosity, loyalty, and good humor. My wife, Ellen, and I are forever grateful.” DAVID GARDNER remarks “Unfortunately, still working … fortunately, I like it! Looking forward to 50th reunion in May – then retirement!”
1956 Looking for a 1956 or 1957 yearbook? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. RONALD & SERENE ‘54 LOW announce “We have recently retired after a combined total of 74 years (Serene = 38+ Ron = 36) of private pediatric practice in S.F., and have cared for many Lowellites and their children over these years.” The year 2005 will be the 100 year anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, which was first
Spring 2005 published in 1905. LEWIS CARROLL EPSTEIN has been invited to Zurich, Switzerland, the place where Einstein. did his work, to help set up the centennial exhibit on Einstein at the TECHNORAMA, which is the Swiss National Science Museum. Professor Epstein departs from San Francisco 30 October 2004. He taught at San Francisco City College and worked on: Saturn (moon) rocket and the first plan for the large (Apollo) space telescope (later cut down for Shuttle). He is the author of Relativity Visualized (in print) and Thinking Physics (in print). ERIC MACKINTOSH queries “Who is Bob Lam? Lom, first you can’t add and now you can’t spell your name! Emmanuel – just ask Ellie.” (Must have been a typo in his last name – Ed) ROBERT LOM informs “My item in the last newsletter was disguised under another name – I would repeat it except I forget who the hell Eric McIntosh is or why I’d be concerned whether he got a message or not!” BRENDA ENMEIER STIERS reports “I have recently retired and am teaching part-time in a doctoral program in New York. I look forward to our 50th reunion.” JOAN SWIMMER GELLER says she is “Looking forward to seeing everyone at our 50th reunion. Enjoying life in L.A. Live close to my 2 granddaughters and both sons. Still working and staying active.” ARNELL SHOWS STEELE emails “I now live in the Phoenix area and have been a desert rat for the past 12 years. Swimming is still my passion. Some of you may recall watching me do laps in the pool on the top floor of the old Lowell building on Hayes Street. I have participated in the National, State and Regional Senior Olympics for the past 10 years and have won 84 medals, 54 of them Gold. My three sons have produced six beautiful grandchildren. Retiring to the desert has been good for my husband Ken and me.” ROBERT MIAILOVICH asks “Is there anybody else who thinks it would be fun to have another Washington, DC area Lowell Alumni event? Contact me at <rfmiailo@aol.com>.” KENNETH BLEY e-mails, “Continuing to practice land use and appellate law in Los Angeles – 30 years worth – after being an aerospace engineer.” PAUL BONACCORSI writes, “Retired, living in Carson City, Nevada.”
1957 Looking for a 1956 or 1957 yearbook? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. BRYAN GOULD remarks “Missing Bill Stamos, my wonderful full-spirited madcap high school pal, who spread his cheer to family and friends his entire life. Pace remains slow in Eugene, OR; Glen Burns has returned from his long professional career in Germany. My band, Swing Fever, enters its 27th year, and my partner, Paul Disterheft, who everyone remembers as so reasonable and level-headed, has become deranged in his ravenous search for gold.” STANLEY PERKINS comments “Slowly dragging myself into retirement (kicking & screaming). It’s nice to work at something you love. Mr. Drury’s radio club paid off- hold amateur extra license W7SLP – may even make the 50th reunion.” ROBERT KUCICH states “I just read about Lowell’s 2004 scholarship recipients. How come I didn’t get one when I graduated?” ARLENE FOWLER TORRENS emails “I’ve been meaning to update my ‘life’ – I retired from teaching in 1999, got married to Rev. Gary Torrens, and moved to Louisville, KY where Gary is on staff at the national headquarters of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). I work parttime for the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities. We LOVE the beautiful state of Kentucky. As for the 50th reunion -would be a shame not to have one! I’m willing to help, if that can happen from this distance. Let me know <atorrens@ctr.pcusa.org>. Nancy Cooper, Lourdes Rivara - would love to see you again!” YOLANDA MURCIA GIBSON reports “Live in Marin County – 2 daughters & 1 grandson. President of Marin Friends of Woman & Camera de Comexio de Marin – Hispanic chamber.” RICHARD YOUNG writes “Scary to realize
Lowell Alumni Association that we will celebrate our 50th year class reunion in 2007. I can’t believe it’s been that long ago that I was checking out the scene in the old courtyard and sharing lunchtime banter. Married to the love of my life (Gerrie Schwartz, Lincoln class of 57) for 45 years. Our three children and four
year round equestrian activities. Lowell grads visiting the Oregon coast are welcome to stop by and visit the ranch. Is anyone thinking about planning a reunion? Email: <Scr.daisy@worldnet. att.net>.”
Do we have your current e-mail address? Don’t miss out on the latest news about sesquicentennial events and other alumni activities. You can update your contact information online at www.lowellalumni.org or e-mail us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org grandchildren all live within minutes of us. We can’t get enough of the grandkids. Currently serving on the Larkspur City Planning Commission and working for a small non-profit. Looking forward to retiring again at the end of 2005. First time retired as Architectural Projects Manager with Bechtel Group, second as V.P. with the Bay Area Life Sciences Alliance and in the future, I will be retiring as President / CEO of the Music Concourse Community Partnership. Upon retirement, we hope to travel extensively.” JULI STAIGER POSTOL says she is “Still traveling – took a Russian river cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow in the Fall of ‘04 – Great!” ARTHUR LATHROP currently serves as Norwich, Connecticut’s first elected mayor in 50 years, after the city decided to change from a city manager form of government in 2001.
1958 HOWARD NEWBY writes “As I am retiring on 30 Jun, 04, I thought that might achievements might be of some interest. I have worked for the past 31+ years for Ervin G. Otuos, who came to the U.S. during the Hungarian revolution He is an authority and has written several articles on this historical event. Dr. Otuos received a Ph.D from Yale Univ. in Geology. He has published a tremendous number of articles in this field. I have been honored by having services acknowledged in a few of his papers. In my spare time, I have involved myself in environmental problems. I belong to the Gulf Restoration, Ocean Conservancy, Sierra Club, NCRD, National Wildlife Soc., et al. As I am reaching the twilight years of my life, I wish to thank Lowell and to say that I honorably raised the Lowell banner in Mississippi.” CHERIE SINGER WILLIAMS informs “In memory of Morrie H. Singer ‘33 (my father) who always spoke fondly of his days at Lowell and his friends from those days.” WILLIAM O’KEEFE informs “I just got married to a lady from Detroit – combined we have 5 boys and 1 girl, the girl producing our only grandchild. For the boater – if you spot our ‘55 Sunseeker ‘Kit Kat’ give a toot and we will raise the cocktail flag.” LILLIAN GARDNER GIBSON says “I would love to hear from Erma Boykins & Veda Swift ‘59 – also Kenny Kahn ‘55 & Diane Martinez that were in the choir with me. My address is 1 Monroe #125, Irvine, CA 92620.”
1959 DAVE HARRISON report “Teri and I were blessed with our 1st grand-child this past Dec – a boy named Logan. Out daughter and family have relocated to AZ, so a lot of free time is spend in the SW. I’m still playing golf 2x a week and Teri is kept busy teaching in the Auburn ESL Program.” MARTIN LOWENTHAL announces “My 4th book, Alchemy of the Soul, was released in Oct. 2004.” GARY SILBERSTEIN says “Hi to all the former eating club members. Let’s do some trash sometime.” ROBERT GREMMINGER writes “Looking forward to paroling from prison in Sept. and returning home to wife Judi and family. Praise be to the Lord.” MICHAEL NEWMAN states “By this Summer our equestrian barn and indoor arena will be completed and will be used for horse training, 4H events, cutting horse exhibitions, and other
1960 THOMAS DURBIN announces “Just retired after 34 years teaching Anthropology at CSU, Stanislaus! Expect to do more travel, etc.” BARBARA ENMEIER BUNTING informs “ ‘Herr Anino’ taught 1st and 2nd year German for a time. His pronunciation was atrocious (I had lived in Germany for a few years and at least knew some sound basics…), but he really drilled the grammar into us, and we had fun! Quite a teacher.” MICHAEL BRANDT emails “TIBERIAS, situated on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, set against the breathtaking rustic landscape of the ancient and historical Jordan Valley. This is where MICHAEL BRANDT, Extreme Adventurer, began yet another saga for his quest of the elusive “Seven Continents Club”. Michael’s adventure began with a flight half way around the world (Israel) to compete in the 28th Annual Tiberias Marathon, held on January 6, 2005. Although a small marathon in numbers of participants, it held a significant milestone for Michael. The marathon course, the lowest marathon in terms of elevation at 695' below sea level, ran around the lower portion of the Sea of Galilee and then back to the city of Tiberias. There was no question that Tiberias, and the surrounding areas were historically rich in Jewish, Roman, Babylonian, and Ottoman history along with the spiritual presence of western theologies. It was evident in each and every breathtaking step along the route that you were shrouded in the chronicles of mysteries dating back beyond five thousand years. With the completion of the Tiberias Marathon, Michael became the 119th person in the world, to complete a marathon on all seven continents. Upon returning home, Michael was certified as a member of the “Seven Continents Club”, which was no small task. In 1997, Michael completed his pursuit of mountain climbing on all seven continents before embarking on running marathons on all seven. The number of persons that have mountain climbed and completed marathons on every continent is less than a dozen worldwide. With a Pangaean perspective, the dilemma plaguing Michael now is simply: what’s next…” LILLIAN ATENCIO CANADA-BARDER emails “For the last 33 and a half years I have lived an expat life in 6 countries: Kinshasa, Zaire(Congo), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sumatra, Indonesia, Damascus, Syria, Moscow, Russia, and today in Warsaw, Poland. I return in the summers to our home in Bellingham, WA , to where my husband and I will eventually retire when we get tired of the peripatetic life. For now we still revel in the adventure of living in and learning about another culture. Once in a while I will bump into a person who resurrects my memories of life in the states and my growing up days in San Francisco. Such a person recently crossed my path in Budapest where I was attending a regional international school conference. The encounter left me reminiscing about Lowell and I came to the internet to see what I would find. It was a pleasurable surprise to find the LAA site. I am hoping many classmates will contact me through this site as I would like to extend invitations for them to come visit with me. Warsaw is a wonderful city and Poland has been a surprise adventure. The weather is mild after living 6 years in Moscow. Lowell was a great place and continues to be tops in the education field. I take great pride in being one of its many alumni. I look forward to the day when I may be in the states in time to attend a reunion of my class. Until then and for now I can be found living in Warsaw, Poland.”
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1961 JACQUELINE SCHEMBARI BUCKLEY writes “It was interesting to read about the crisis of ‘61. I was one of the city-wide students who benefited from Lowell being an academic HS. I came across town from the Portola district. Does anyone remember taking the 30 Express freeway bus home every day? Lowell really prepared me for college. I was the 1st member of my family to attend college. I graduated from SF State with a degree in social work. I have been a social worker for the city for 37 years. I am very grateful for the opportunity I have had. Thanks Lowell!” JOAN CATELLI, Lowell teacher and counselor since 1975, is retiring this May. She was teaching in a middle school when her mother Elena (1949-1975) retired. Mr. Kearney arranged Joan’s transfer to Lowell to replace her, so Lowellites have benefited from a Catelli on the faculty for more than 50 years. The walls of Joan’s office are papered with hundreds of photos of former students who will attest to their good fortune at having Ms. Catelli for a counselor. For his part, and on behalf of her colleagues, this writer will attest to the joy and privilege it has been to be associated with her on the Lowell staff. (Elena Catelli is now in her Nineties and living in the Marina homestead. Sister, Edith Openshaw Catelli ’60, is married and living in Long Beach.)
1962 From DAVID GUGGENHIME, “The young people with whom we started thirteen years ago as kindergarten students have now completed high school with most going on to college or vocational/technical schools. Marin Lowell Alumni interested in making a difference in the lives of youth not having equal access to quality education should contact the Marin County School Volunteers.” JEFFERY KAUFMAN announces “June and I just had our 4th grandchild, Blake on 12/9/04. Our grandchildren keep us very busy.”
1963 BONNIE KAPKIN PEARLMAN states “Don and I have been married for 36 years. We share our time between Woodside and Palm Desert. Welcoming our first grandchild, Adam. Wishing a healthy 2005 to classmates.” PAUL ROSENBERG advises “I would like to make my annual donation in memory of Katherine Barker. She was the cafeteria manager for the final years of Lowell on Hayes Street and the opening years of the new Lowell. She lived to one hundred (September 20, 1901, to June 14, 2002). What my class would remember of her was the “moon cookies” that she sold for a dime. I asked her how she decided to do the “moon cookies” and she said that it was easier for her staff to make one huge cookie than many small ones and the huge one sold so much better. A week before she passed away, I brought my son over to hear her stories of the 1906 earthquake / fire one more time.” DOUGLAS RIPLEY reports “In Aug. ‘04 I retired from the US Air Force after 35 years, 22 as an active duty officer and 13 as a civil service employee. My wife Arlene and I plan to remain at our home in Maryland and work mainly for environmental causes.” CANDIS SMYK HURLBUT emails “Interested in hearing from anyone, if anyone is interested. impresscxl@aol.com>.”
1964 JOYCE EPSTEIN BERMAN mentions “It was great to see so many people at the reunion which was so well planned. Thank you to the reunion committee. My condolences to the family of Cal Coleman. As for me, I’m still settling into my new home of Wayne, Penn. LAWRENCE KENNEY states “Back in SF for a while after 10 years in rural Oregon. I miss the woods and the Umpqua River but am happy to take a break from splitting wood and spring mowing. Margot and I enjoyed the ‘64 reunion and look forward to connecting with more old friends.”
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KEEPING IN TOUCH… 1965 SUSAN DESPOTAKIS Clark emails “Big news from Dodge City, Kansas. My son Buzz is a Deputy Sheriff in Jackson County Kansas. I recently married my long time companion, Ivan Clark on my birthday this month. We are playing commuter husband and wife for the next couple of months and then I am moving back to Roseville so we can be together full time. He is retired from the Sacramento County Sheriff ’s Department. We plan on attending the Class of 1965 Reunion next Fall so I will see you then.” KATHLEEN BASIN ISAACSON informs “Our daughter Loryn (30) was married in SF in Sept. She continues to pursue a career in opera. Our daughter Erin (27) is living in London attending the London School of Infectious and Tropical Disease for a Masters in Microbiology. Chris and I live in S.F. and both work as environmental consultants.” PHILIP PALLETTE reminisces “I can never think of Mr. Anino as ‘Bob’ - he was always “Mr. Anino” to me. I left Lowell at age 16 after my junior year to study music in New York. I left behind (in June of 1964) the solo clarinet chair of the band and the orchestra, as well as the All-City Orchestra at that time. I used to wonder why this cheerful little guy, popular with all the students, Mr. Anino, was often seen lurking around the band, which began its daily class at 8 AM under the legendary Reg Krieger. As I understood things, Mr. Anino was the most popular of guidance counselors. But he was also the band’s biggest fan. He had this ruse, I’d guess you’d call it, where he would ask you a question and before you could respond he’d jump in with “Say yes!” That always got a laugh. He was an extremely quickwitted guy, an overwhelmingly great personality, and as I was possibly one of the ten shyest people ever to attend Lowell High School (going back to 1856), I did not get to know him very well. I do remember that when the band played at football games at Kezar, we played a little fight song that Mr. Anino had written. The notes were penned out in neat, precise and somewhat tiny notation. I don’t think it was called Redskin Ramble, but it was something like that.” GARY & JUDY BELMOUR GROSSMAN write “Living in S.F. Son, Daniel, in 3rd yr @ UCSB. Gary in real estate investments. Judy is volunteering w / Athletic Director @ Mission High School (S.F.). Raising money for scholar athletes residential summer enrichment programs.” LENNEAL HENDERSON informs: Recently gave paper on impact of information & communication tech. on development at Accra, Ghana, another on the policy and administrative consequences of the Brown vs Board of Ed of Topeka, KS at Los Cabos, Mexico, and a 3rd presentation on technology assessment at the Jordan Science & Tech. Univ. in Lrbid, Jordan. Wrote and performed a play as Thurgood Marshall for the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown. Performed the play 11 times, most recently for the SF African American Historical & Cultural Society and received the 2004 Praiseinger Award from that organization. Co-authored: Dimensions of Learning: Education for Life, 3rd Ed, McGraw-Hill with 3 others. Selected the Benjamin Banneker Lecturer for 2004-05 at Texas Southern Univ. in Houston, TX. Elected to the Boards of LifeNet in Virginia Beach, Virginia; the Fund for Educational Excellence in Baltimore and the new Reginald Lewis Maryland Museum of African American History & Culture in Baltimore.” BOB SUSNOW writes “Well, time flies, doesn’t it? My 1st born, Ilana, a UC Davis grad, has a marketing job with NBC; my 2nd born, Matt, a UCLA senior, is trying to figure out what to do with his life; a 3rd born, Brittany, was B’at Mitsvah’d in Nov. 2004. Retirement is nowhere in sight. Wife & I married for 26 years. Wow!” ROBERTA BLEIWEISS emails “Is everything old new again? After retiring from the Lowell Alumni board of directors, from the reunion planning biz, from the entertainment industry and from the education world...I am back and in full force with all. I have been coerced into being back on the board and into planning our 40th reunion (see reunion notice). After attending a
board meeting for the first time in 10 years, I was like a proud parent when I saw and heard how our Alumni Association has grown and matured since the seeds were originally planted with our efforts to revive and revitalize the Alumni Association in 1981. Starting with barely $500 the Association is now raising over $500,000 a year. That is truly something to make us proud and I am happy to be back in the fold! Let’s continue to move forward. Our school needs our help more than ever.”
1966 STEVE HAHN reports, “Leon Hallacher and I went to an S.F. Giant game and dinner in August. He is doing well in Hawaii. Any plans for a Fall 1965 40th reunion?” CAROLE NEAL emails “Hoping to officially retire in seven years and plan to return to college at that time to earn my undergraduate degree. Still passionately involved with my genealogy project. Recently submitted information and photo of my father for inclusion at the online World War II Registry of Remembrances, www. wwiimemorial.com. Looking forward to our 40th Class Reunion in 2006.” AL KOVALICK emails “It’s always fun to read the experiences of other alums. My wife May (30 years!) and I moved to London in 2002 for one year. As CTO of Pinnacle Systems (video products), I was doing business development throughout Europe and the UK. It was a grand experience and one we will never forget. Now back in US, living in Silicon Valley. Still keeping in touch with some friends from ‘66. Norm Gilbert, Alan Lee, Ron Eber, Dave Angress and Tim Hazen. Seems like yesterday. Life’s rate is increasing exponentially and it seems as though I am eating breakfast every 15 minutes. My Lowell experience will always be treasured. Especially the time spent with Physics Czar Carl Koenig. He was a tremendous role model and I will always be grateful for his enthusiasm and cheerful ways.” TERRY BALL emails “After leaving San Francisco in 1966, I finished my senior year in Orleans, France. I had a brief stop at the University of Barcelona in Spain, then on to finish my undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice Administration at Missouri State University. Two years as a police officer and then ten years in retail security ending up as Corporate Director of Security for a large West Coast Retailer. We lived all over the west coast during this time, but never returned to the bay area. I “retired” from this career during the merger frenzy of the early 1980’s, and purchased a private polygraph company in 1985. I have been a full time private polygraph examiner in the Seattle area since then, serving the Puget Sound legal community and law enforcement agencies. I have been married to the Ms. Mary Laird Peale, the daughter of an Army Colonel since 1974. We have two beautiful daughters. One is 27 and works in the banking business, and the other is 24 and is just finishing up her master’s degree in teaching from the University of San Francisco. She is hoping to find a teaching position with the military schools in Europe upon graduation this spring. My wife and I travel to the bay area quite often. It is our favorite city in the whole world. My time living on the Presidio, attending Roosevelt Junior High and Lowell High is one of my favorite memories. I hope to hear from classmates.” NORMAN RONNEBERG states “Time passes quickly. My 20-yr old twins are both away at college. I continue to practice civil trial law in S.F., enlivened by teaching law at universities in England, Norway & Hong Kong.” RALPH ZAK reports “Currently working for Hitachi software on the Peninsula and living there as well. Wife of 30 years Deirdre Sauvage is a realtor in Palo Alto with Alain Pinel. After graduation from UC Berkeley, worked for Bechtel in SF – then went to Stanford B – school. Been in Silicon Valley ever since. Daughter is a junior at UC Davis. Ran into Ed Tong in Nov. at Red Cross. He recently retired from Agilent and is living in Sunnydale.” HENNILI FALLDORF MUNDEN writes “Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!” BERTIL BERGSTROM remarks “Married 28
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years, still living in the city, still working and enjoying life.” VIRGINIA BASS STEIGER emails “I have missed San Francisco since I left after graduation. University of Oregon, then criss-crossing the country for many years, finally settling in Florida. Last time I was in SF I went by the campus; it brought back a flood of memories. Hope you are all doing well.”
1967 Looking for a 1967 yearbook? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. ROBERT KEENEY says he “Lives in S.F. where he is a partner specializing in civil litigation with the law firm of Imai, Tadlock, Keeney & Cordery, LLP.” ROBERT WAGNER reports “Living in Mill Valley. Both daughters in college- one at UCLA; one at Berkeley. I still think Lowell was the greatest high school to go to. Hope all is well with my fellow classmates & all other Lowell alumni.” VALLERY TENNENBAUM FELDMAN sends “All is well with my family – husband Marc, brother Dan and his wife Iris, sons Michail and Ben. The sad news is that my mother Stella Tennenbaum MD died last Feb. at age 87. So the last physical tie to San Francisco ended. Emotionally I am very tied to S.F. and really enjoy the Lowell Alumni newspaper.” STUART QUAN reports “I continue to be on the faculty of the Univ. of Arizona College of Medicine where I conduct research in sleep and sleep-disordered breathing. I am new editor of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.” ROBERTA CHEW informs “Vickie Chin was a classmate of mine, so it is very sad to learn of her passing. I am enclosing a check for her Memorial Fund. It’s a wonderful tribute to her.” VICKIE STEINBERG FUCHS writes, “Our wonderful daughter, Sarah, is getting married this Sunday. While I am in Connecticut, she and her bridegroom will live in San Francisco.” BRYAN MCCUE emails “Survived the “summer of love” which I extended for awhile. Still living in SF married to wonderful lady (Mary) and enjoying successful Hardwood Floor business. Revived love of music after stints in high school bands/orchestras, playing/singing the blues in Bay Area. Would love to say hello to Stonestown mall buddies – Terry O, Patty P. Linda L. Bob M. etc. Still Crazy, but healthy after all these years.”
1968 DENISE SOBEL states she is “Living in wine country w/husband, 2 horses, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 2 rabbits & 9 chickens. FLU coordinator for Sutter Hospice; fundraising program for our hospice + homecare patients. Quite a busy year!” THOMAS BOYD announces “I’m getting ready to retire on my 55th birthday, 10/10/2005 from San Rafael PD after 37 years in-law enforcement. Married 30 years w/ 3 kids. ages 26, 23, & 19.” KATHERINE KARASS PONGANIS reports “My husband, Paul, and I continue to do research on the Emperor penguin each year down in the Antarctic. This year we deployed a remote camera to monitor the health of the emperor colony on Beaufort Island. This colony is being devastated by the B-15 iceberg, which calved off the permanent ice shelf near McMurdo Station.” WAYNE D. WONG emails “I have great memories of being Lowell Yearbook photographer. Check out website at http://food.bcsd.com (no www.) After B.S. in Dietetics at Cal, I finished M.S. in School Business Management from Pepperdine. Believe it or not, I have worked for Bakersfield City School District for over 30 years, taught at Bakersfield College for 20 years, did technical writing for the state, helped pass landmark legislation (SB120/1975-Child Nutrition Act), served on USDA National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition, realized many dreams and continue to creatively and relentlessly fulfill my destiny. Made it into Who’s Who in America, but best accomplishments have been my family.
Happily married since 1977 to wife Betty with 4 great kids in a musical family. Highlights: rode across America with son on tandem bicycle to promote child nutrition and fitness, played classical guitar with violinist daughter for The Hon. Ehud Olmert, then Mayor of Jerusalem, at our church’s Night to Honor Israel program, and Kol Nidre for Rosh Hashanah at local Temple Beth El. Best trip: Riding a camel in Petra, Jordan and saying prayers at Western Wall in Jerusalem. New venues/accomplishments: songwriting and poetry, dance for worship, prophetic art, 24Hour intercessory prayer watches. Hopes and dreams: see personal investment of time, labor, and resources in various projects come to fruition despite obstacles, delays, and distractions; step forward confidently into a new season of vision and overcoming provision…to finish strongly and hear “Well done, good and faithful servant.” DONNA McKENNA reports “In my 32nd year of teaching physical education in Rohnert Park, Athletic Director at Creekside Middle School, 32 years of coaching volleyball too!” CARL CORDINI emails “Living in the mountains of North Carolina. Married, two children. Doing work as stained glass artist/illustrator. Member of the Baha’i Faith.” CATHERINE ROSSI-ROOS says “I enjoyed Ariel Dritz Mumma’s message about Floyd Dade. What a great story! Thanks, Ariel, for letting us know about another Lowell hero!”
1969 ANNA KORENHAUZER SOLOMON adds “Regards to everyone – Still living in Santa Monica. Both children out of college. I run into Lowell graduates all over the place.” BOB HAYMAN writes “Thank you for your moving tribute to my dad, Alvin Hayman, which appeared in the Fall 2004 LAA newsletter. Regrettably, his was not the only name I recognized in the “In Memoriam” section. Also included were Bill Lance, a fellow Troop l4er tragically cut down in a traffic accident, Ron Stem, King Thompson, and Andy Tanner, all of whom did belly slams and wind sprints with me on the football team, James Nickerson, a math whiz who baffled students with words like “scalar”, “vector”, and “C-”, and Peter Gamble, the quintessential 1960s English teacher. You asked for a testimonial about Mr. Gamble, which I have included with this letter (attached), but it seems that a lot could be written about each person listed in that section. Such, I guess, is the heritage of Lowell High School. Thanks again for your tribute to my dad. If I want to know what he really did during his teenage years, I’ll know whom to ask.”
1970 LYDIA JASIELUM MARTINEZ states “My daughter, Kristina, has been accepted for Spring 2005 semester as a history major at UC Berkeley. My son, Michael, is an Apprentice Carpenter and member of Carpenter’s Local 217, San Mateo; my youngest, Alex, is a second year student at College of San Mateo. I have been married for 2 5 years to Mike Martinez (a Polytechnic Alumni), and have been living in Foster City for 17 years.” ALAN LOU – this year marks 28 years of teaching middle school Physical Education in the Clark County School District in Nevada as well as 28 years of marriage to Lillian. Alan has coached many high school baseball teams to state championships. Alan is looking forward to retirement soon. They have two grown children. Kim, a graduate of ASU, is currently attending UNLV Law School and Greg is in college in Las Vegas.
1971 Looking for a yearbook from 1971, 1974 or 1975? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. DOMINIC FRANCO says “He recently retired after 30 years with United Parcel Service. He spends most of his time coaching his 4 kids in various sports.”
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1972 SABRINA SAM e-mails, “I live in Marin County with my husband and two daughters, ages 6 and 9. Happy 50th Birthday to many of you!” See 1936 for news of CORINNE LEE. KENT LOU lives in Fairfield, CA where he purchased a home. Kent works for the US Forestry Department in their regional office on Mare Island. Kent loves to try out new cooking recipes in his spare time as well as bird watch with his brother Calvin.
1973 GLENN NG emails “My how time flies. With our class website offline and email to Mark Mosheim not working (user unknown error), who do we contact about those memory books or disks from last year’s reunion? I have not received mine....did anyone? Regarding our website, I might be interested in maintaining one. Might need some help, but hey, I’m offering!” CATHY HAYMAN BURCHETT emails “I look forward to our reunion in 2005. Our youngest graduates from high school in June, 2005. He’ll be heading off to Montana State University in Bozeman. Guess Colorado wasn’t cold enough for him. Our oldest son is a 3rd class midshipman at the US Naval Academy. He’ll be spending spring semester in Colorado Springs as an exchange student to the US Air Force Academy. When did I get old enough to have kids this age? Still living in Boulder, Colorado. Am working in the Human Resources department at our local hospital.” RICHARD CARLTON states “I am the Deputy Director of the Lawyer Assistance Program (877LAP4HELP) at the State Bar of CA. For nearly 20 years I have been helping lawyers who are suffering from burnout, depression or substance abuse.” MARCIA COLETTE GALLION reports “I thoroughly enjoyed the 30 yr reunion. I wish y’all the best!” BEVERLY SOMMER FEDER sends “Happy 50th birthday to everyone! Married 26 years; we have a 20 yr old daughter & 2 sons 17 yrs and 12 yrs. Working part-time in special education as an O.T.R.” LILI FEINSTEIN states “After 9 years, quit my job and now work at home as a consultant to the direct mail marketing industry. You can reach me at <l.feinstein@att.net>. Still waiting for Andy Alm to produce the memory book from our 30th reunion in 2003.” ANNE SCHAGEN writes “Doing great in Portland, OR. Married 22 years, 2 kids: Madeline (20) and Paul (16). Working as an elementary school Speech-Language Pathologist. Recently reconnected with Katie Allende Finlay and Noel Blake. Happy New Year!” CALVIN LOU works for the UC System in the Immunogenetics Department. Calvin has been married to Lucy for 18 years. On weekends, he loves to bird watch and has participated in quite a few bird counts in California.
1974 Looking for a yearbook from 1971, 1974 or 1975? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. Attention January ‘74 graduates (Class of Fall 73). The Alumni Association desperately needs an original or a good photocopy of the January 1974 commencement program. You were the last January graduates and the LAA has no record of the event. Please mail to PO Box 320009, San Francisco CA 94132. STEVEN GREEN emails “I am in the middle of my 26th year at Vacaville High School where I teach English and coach football and track and field. Every time I read through the alumni newsletter, I’m even more amazed at what a magnificent high school I was blessed to attend.” MARK A. MILLER comments “I understand that the reunion was terrific. I’ll see you next time.” SCOTT WOOD says he “Enjoyed seeing everyone at the 30th!” DANIEL DUCOFF informs “I’m a consultant with a national fundraising firm, Campbell & Co.. wife Ronni is a prosecutor, and 3 children
Lowell Alumni Association – Benjamin, Samuel and Jeremy.” JOHN CRITTENDEN reports “It was great seeing everyone at our 30 yr reunion in Nov. Congratulations and thanks to the reunion comm.. for putting on another fantastic event! It’s time to retire that M.C., though…”
1975 Looking for a yearbook from 1971, 1974 or 1975? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. RACHEL DE ALBA VON RIVENBURGH emails “Looking forward to our 30th reunion. Made the break out of SF and living in the Rocky Mountain High state of Colorado. We love playing tourist when we visit SF and are proud to show our kids SF as only a true native can. Married to an awesome guy for 18 years. Our beautiful daughter Simone is a Junior and our son Ellis is a Freshman. Looking forward to seeing the gang...Doris, Marian, Maria, Steve, Julio, Patrick, Lucy, Diana et.al...lets plan a get together before the reunion. email me at <vonrivenburgh@yahoo.com>.” JUDI LEFF comments “Help! I can no longer help my 12 yr old Aptos student with her math homework. Otherwise life is good – remarried now 3 years, working at Temple Emanu-El, still writing & directing shows and looking forward to seeing y’all at the 30th, especially those who bring old math homework.” PAUL LAZZARESCHI states he is “Looking forward to our 30 yr reunion. I just had my first child ‘ a little girl’ Joslyn – hope everyone is well. See you soon.” ROBIN LOU KATO – Robin has been married for 18 years to Allen Kato. They have two children. Hillary, 14, started Lowell High School this year (Class of 2008) and Stewart, 11, continues his education at Sunnyside Elementary School. Robin spends her time volunteering at her church and at Sunnyside Elementary School.
1976 JOHN TRASVINA announces “In 2005, moving to Los Angeles and returning to government service as Western States Regional Director of the US Commission on Civil Rights.” BROOKS WHITE emails “After graduating a semester early I seemed to have all but disappeared from Lowell’s records. Since plugging back into the system I have reconnected with a couple of Alums and find it wonderful, funny how enduring those memories can be. Currently I own a small, relatively successful, Web firm in the Bay Area. Outside of work I do sound design for small theaters around the bay and rock climb whenever possible. I would love to hear from any Alums interested in reconnecting. Best of luck to Lowell in all of its future endeavors.” DAVID EPSTEIN emails “After 5 years helping to build online comparison shopping leader Shopping.com, I recently returned to my business roots in strategy consulting, starting my own company, Strategic Ally.”
1977 Looking for a yearbook from 1977 through 1981? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. JOHN HOOVER reports “Since graduating from Columbia Business School in ‘87, have spent the last 17 years at Apple Computer and its finally paying off!! My husband and I live in Santa Cruz mountains with 3 German Shepherds and 2 llamas and in our spare time are active with German Shepherd Rescue (check out our website <www.savegsd.org>. Enjoyed reading about Jean Koutz (basketball) & Joan-Marie Shelley (French) in the last issue … two very influential teachers in my life.” The San Francisco Daily Journal, the official newspaper of the SF Superior Court, profiled Court Commissioner GERALDINE ROSENPARK ’77, B.A. UCB, J.D. McGeorge School of Law, former Deputy City Attorney, President, S.F.’s Women Lawyer’s Alliance, in its Dec. 14, 2004 issue. She has been the city’s newest small claims commissioner for over a year. The LAA has been fortunate to have Geraldine on its Board of Directors for several years. She is married with one son.
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1978 Looking for a yearbook from 1977 through 1981? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. ROY ABENDROTH sends “Recently moved back to S.F. Still working at California Pacific as a radiation oncologist by day, and keeping up my trumpeting by night.”
1979 Looking for a yearbook from 1977 through 1981? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. TINA CHAN TSUE says “Hi! I’m doing just fine. My stepson, George, just graduated from UC Davis. I’m really happy to be alive to enjoy everything and everyone around me. Thank you so much… I also visited London and Paris last Dec. 2003” PERRY PONG states “Loved the reunion – can’t wait for the next one. It was fun seeing people again after 25 years! I am proud that Lowell sustains such a high level of excellence in academics, performing arts and athletics. Go Cardinals!”
1980 Looking for a yearbook from 1977 through 1981? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. MARCUS HU says “Hello class of ‘80!” ALAN SUN states “Wishing everyone a terrific 2005. Starting my 10th year at Intuit as a software engineer. Living in San Jose and happily married to Jenny, who I met 10 years ago by accident.” JONO REKSOATMODJO writes “I am running a family dentistry practice in Felton. My wife, Janet, and I have been married 14 years and have 4 wonderful boys ranging in age from 6 to 9. Hey Nancy, Rudy, Cheryl, Lin, Mike, Chris, Claudia. See you at the 25th!” WILLIAM KATE reports “We recently moved to San Mateo. My wife Courtney and I have a son (William (IV – 18 mo.) and are expecting our 2nd in April. I never thought the lack of sleep would be so euphoric! Looking forward to the 25th reunion.” AARON FREIWALD e-mails, “I am alive and well in Philadelphia! I have my own firm, with 6 attorneys, specializing in civil trial practice. I am married to Hope and have three fantastic daughters, ages 8, 5 and 2. I would love to hear from classmates, too!” AMY SEGAL BLASE e-mails, “Life goes on in sunny San Diego. By the time you read this I will be a (step) grandma – twice! Whee!” DEIRDRE MUELLER emails “Just checking in after letting too many years pass. I have ended up living on 80 acres in the Sierra Foothills. Yep, I am the proud owner of a chainsaw, a shotgun and many, many animals. Ever go wine-tasting in the Shenandoah Valley region? That’s my backyard. Hope to see those I have lost touch with at the 25th.” VINCENT LING sends “Still doing well in the Boston area. Recently promoted to Director of Molecular Biology at up-and-coming biotech Compound Therapeutics.”
1981 Looking for a yearbook from 1977 through 1981? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. DARWIN POPENOE relates “Flora & I continue living in Caracas, Venezuela with Subira & Anthony in international school. Proctor & Gamble promoted me last May to Section Head in Latin America R&D. All alumni welcome to visit!”
MICHAEL GEE writes “In Sept. 2004 my wife, Theresa, and I were blessed with the birth of triplets. We are busy and sleep-deprived but enjoying every moment. We hope the little ones will keep up the Lowell tradition in the family, following their dad and both grandfathers. When I am not feeding babies and changing diapers, I am staff optometrist at S.F. Kaiser and also in private practice in Foster City.” ROSALIND ON states: “In response to Sylvia Chu’s ‘83 announcement in the Fall 2004 issue, I was deeply saddened to hear of your loss. My condolences to you and your family. David P. Chu will be greatly missed. He will be fondly remembered in our hearts and memories.”
1982 NORA WONG mentions “Our daughter, Alexandria, will graduate from ‘Lower School’ at the Head-Royce School. She is a classmate of another Lowell alum, Jennifer Bowles. Our son, Stephen, continues to be a joy. Hi to Jackie and Debbie.” CRISTIN KUPPS BALOG emails “After many years of working in high tech marketing, I am now living in Melbourne, Australia with husband Jim, 8 year old son Colin and our “Aussie surprise,” baby Flynn who arrived in August 2004. Colin is having a great time learning to play cricket, Flynn is learning to drool, Jim is getting ready to sail from Melbourne to Tasmania in the big Boxing Day (day after Christmas) race, and I am learning to say “dummy” and “nappy” instead of binky and diaper! I hope classmates visiting down under will look us up!” JULIE MOLENDA GIESSLER reports “Still loving life in Pleasanton with Dave, my husband of almost 15 years, and our daughters, Rebecca (11) & Veronica (8). 1 enjoy my part-time work as a Head Start (preschool) teacher. I escaped to Disneyland for my 40th birthday, which was a blast.” LILLIAN FONG remarks “Kim & Yo & Debbie – Thanks for the friendship through the years!”
1983 MARK TAYLOR reports “Happy at home in San Rafael. Hope the best for fellow alumni.” JOHN McDONALD writes “Still working at Space Sciences Labs in Berkeley. Flying a little spacecraft and writing & painting. My wife of 9 years works at the UCB library, so we get to enjoy long commutes together.” ROBERT AGUIRRE & LISA FUNG comment “We are doing well and enjoy living in foggy San Francisco with Owen (4.5 yrs) and Olivia (2 yrs).” CHARLES HULTGREN advises “I’m looking forward to the International Cat Grooming Competition to be held in Mongolia later this year. I’ll be performing a medley of cat songs during the opening ceremonies.” EMILY MURASE states “Am now serving as Executive Director of the S.F. Dept. on the Status of Women. Was so happy to see Paul Lucey, Joan-Marie Shelley, Nancy Hayes, and Flossie Lewis at my welcome reception held at the Asian Art Museum in October! My Lowell teachers have turned out to be lifelong mentors. Am deeply grateful.” LAA director EMILY MURASE and INA DANG-BROWNSON ’84 co-chair the PTA organization at the Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program West public elementary school in San Francisco. Ina’s daughters, Leia and Emma, are expected to join the Lowell Classes of 2015 and 2019, respectively, while Emily’s daughters, Junko and Erin, plan to join the Classes of 2017 and 2020.
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KEEPING IN TOUCH… 1984 WILLIAM TAI emails “Sorry I missed the 20 reunion; won’t miss the 25. Working at Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale as systems test engr. Married to doting wife Josephine since ‘95. I can be reached at willie.tai@lmco.com. BCNU.” MELODY LOU writes “I have been working at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for the past 16 years in the Corporate Services Department. And I’ve been teaching church school for just as long to Kindergartners and 1st Graders.”
1985 DOROTHY YIU CHANG says “Hi everyone! We just celebrated our son Alex’s 1st birthday. I am now a stay-at-home-Mom after 13 years as a librarian in various public libraries. Am also living the suburban life in Sunnyvale – no more fog! ASHIA LEE DERKSEN informs “Enjoying living in the Oakland Hills with our children, ages 4 & 6. I’ve been (of all things) an accountant/controller for the last 12 years, first in public accounting and currently at Shorenstein Realty Services.” VINCENT KING emails “Congratulations to the Lowell students, staff and faculty for another amazing year of academic achievements! I’m still living and working in Los Angeles, and I look back fondly on the years I spent at Lowell.” FLORENCE CHI FONG emails “Divorced and back in the Bay Area since Fall 2004. Glad to back in the family fold especially to watch the two nieces and two nephews grow up. Temporarily back in Army green on active duty at Moffett Field, California. Please note that my email address is <florence.fong@us.army.mil> (It was missing a “.” in the last Keeping in Touch).” VINCENT CARTER emails “Looking forward to the 20th year reunion later this year; and seeing everyone there !!” RICHARD WEEKS writes, “Living in Oakland with wife Debra (10 yrs in June) and children Sophia and Christian (6) and Olivia and Isabel (2). Still riding shotgun at Wells Fargo, working in internet services. weeksr@wellsfargo.com”.
1986 JULIE HIGASHI says she “will be joining the faculty at UCSF in the Dept. of Medicine… My 1st job after all these years! Doing basic science research and patient care at the SF VAMC. Life with husband Robin Shaw and 2 children (5 yr & 3 yr) is busy.” ERIC FASTIFF writes, “My wife, Rebecca, gave birth to our son, Eli, on April 3, 2004. I am an attorney in San Francisco. Rebecca is finishing law school. Eli mostly crawls around and sucks on pretty much everything.” IRENE KUO e-mails, “I learned so much from my teachers and fellow students at Lowell. I had the pleasure of running into Ms. Joanne Stewart over the holidays in SF. She, Luanne Torlakson, and Flossie Lewis were among my favorite teachers. They taught both me and my little brother Roger (Lowell ‘89).” JORGE TAILLANT emails “Hello everyone of yesteryear! I am living in Argentina. Married, two kids (Angelina 3 and Ulises 1). I went into public interest work focusing on human rights and the environment. Life’s taken me around the world, to Washington DC, Asia for some time, Peru, Haiti, and now Argentina, my original birthplace. My wife is from Córdoba, and my two kids were also born here. It’s amazing how time flies, and life goes on! High school seems just yesterday! I’d be happy to touch base with some of you ... feel free to contact me ... I’ve lost track of most everyone ... except for Rob Herrera, Erik Noyes, Beth Teper, Betsy Brody, Rory Camp, and that’s about it ... ttfn, <dannydaniel@cedha.org.ar>”
1987 ANNA LOSKUTOFF emails “Hard to believe I have been living in Southern California for 11 years! After receiving a BA from UCLA, I went on to complete my Master’s in traditional
Chinese medicine. I have been practicing as an acupuncturist and herbalist for the last three years.” GEORGENE POULAKIDAS says “I am still working for Leapfrog as a producer, and enjoying it very much. It has been two years since I left teaching. This summer I had the wonderful opportunity of going to the Olympics in Athens. It was amazing and awesome. Go Greece!” CATE CORCORAN emails “Here’s my update: I’m still living in the city, and I am in the third year of a clinical psychology graduate program in Berkeley. I love the work as a therapist and have had a lot of fun with the academics too. My part-
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tic violence and sex assault cases for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. Would love to hear from old friends/LA locals at my e-mail: rachmo@sbcglobal.net” SETH ROCKMAN e-mails, “If you are in Rhode Island, please say hello. It is a very small state. My email is Seth_Rockman@brown.edu” FAYE PANTAZOPOULOS “Hi, just checking in.” ERIC GEE states “Congratulations to Geralyn Chin ‘85 and my wife Alicia for completing the Nike marathon back in Oct. ‘04. Baby Ryan and I are very proud of you.”
Still getting your newsletter at your parents’ home? Send the LAA your current mailing address so you receive the latest reunion notices and alumni news directly. You can update your address information online at www.lowellalumni.org ner Kristian and I live near Duboce Park with our two cats and plan to marry in summer 2006. This past summer, we travelled to Thailand, Vietnam, Norway and Sweden having excellent adventures along the way. Fellow Lowellites are still many of my dearest friends: Natasha Zaretsky (professor), Bernadine Mellis (filmmaker), and Daniel Handler (still trying to find himself ) among others. I also had the great pleasure of working with the fabulous Bowen Dwelle (‘87) for a few years. I’m very grateful for the stellar education, wonderful people and amazing cultural richness Lowell offered me. Best wishes to all.” JENNIFER MURPHY SINCLAIR remarks “Hi all!” BETH HUEY-LEVINE writes “Congrats Matt Lefer on his 1st baby, Ben. I am organizing the 3rd annual Paddlers for Parkinson’s event for 2005 in Sept. Please contact me if you want to sponsor us and/or participate in the paddle – my email is <Elizabeth_huey@earthlink.net>. 2004 results were fantastic! Here’s to a great 2005!” LUCY LEONG CHEN e-mails, “Gave birth a beautiful baby daughter in January, and moved to a new home in Oakland. Keep in touch!” DEE H LAU e-mails, “Our son, Ian (2), has a sister now. Isabelle Ashley born 9/2/04 7 lbs 19 in. Still with the SFFD. Accounting/Consulting on the side. Loving parenthood. Best wishes to ALL! Keep in touch: deelau_98@yahoo.com”
1988 GLENN GALANG emails “Hello everyone. I’m enjoying living in SF with my significant other of over 2 years. I’ve been keeping busy consulting, traveling, running marathons and taking part in triathlons. My next journey includes Ironman Switzerland in July 2005! Check out my progress on the web site below: http://ggalang.pledgepage.org/” JENNY DEMONTEVERDE RAFFIELD informs “Moved back to SF two years ago with my husband and 2 boys. Would love to hear from old friends. Please email me at <jraffield@yahoo. com>.” CAROLINE KIM comments “It’s good to be home in San Francisco!” TOD ALSMAN emails “Still living in S.F. and own a bar on Sutter Street.” FRANCISCO PERALTA emails “Hi, everyone!”
1989 JASON CHU emails “Back from the East Coast at last. Looking to finish up my stint as N. American Practice Leader at IBM, and do “something entirely different” with my overpriced education. Hoping to reconnect with friends in San Francisco. Drop me a line!” RACHEL MOSER GREENE writes, “Married the charming and talented David Greene in Sept. ‘03. He’s still writing and producing TV, I’m still loving my work prosecuting domes-
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1990 Attention Class of 1990. The Alumni Association desperately needs an original or a good photocopy of your entire commencement program. The one they have at the moment leaves off at least two registries; was there an insert showing the missing registries? Please mail to PO Box 320009, San Francisco CA 94132. SARAH LE VESQUE reports “Live and well in the outer Richmond. Happily married for 2+ years & pregnant. Husband Justin Keith of Montana is a painter. Not running or tap dancing but doing yoga and swimming. Still writing short stories & working for the family business Vitamin Express with father and sister Anna ‘92, who is a poet and eager to be an Aunt.”
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Attention Class of 1992. The Alumni Association desperately needs an original or a good photocopy of your entire commencement program. Please mail to PO Box 320009, San Francisco CA 94132. The parents of the late NICHOLAS NG, who collapsed while running the 2003 Bay to Breakers race, have established the Nicholas Ng Memorial Scholarship to benefit Lowell seniors planning to attend UC Berkeley. Classmates and friends are invited to attend the alumni association’s May 19th scholarship reception, where this scholarship will first be awarded, and to donate to this fund via the Lowell Alumni Association. MIMI CHAN DOUGHERTY reports “I have two children, Charles (4) & Tammy (2). I will be finishing my masters in International Trade Policy at the Monterey Inst. of International Studies in May 2005. We live in Hollister which is a small town south of San Jose. Please email me at <mmdougherty@hotmail.com>. I would love to hear from some of you!”
1993 JULIA PINZAVETSKY KOZLOV emails “I live in LA with my husband and 2 little girls (Abigail 2 and Nicole 6 months) and am currently working at Disney Consumer Products in finance. I’d love to get in touch with my old friends from high school since I didn’t make it to the reunion.” MARIA HA reports “Still working and living in San Francisco.”
1995 RITA LEE says “Greetings! Still living & working in fabulous S.F. Can’t wait till our 10th reunion next Labor Day weekend!” DIANA PORTNOY BLUM reports “Finally moving back to California to start residency at Stanford. Can’t wait for our reunion!”
1997 ANNETTE BONANNO says she “Has been teaching 2nd grade in San Francisco for the last 4 years. In my spare time, I travel around the world, and, yes, still dancing.”
DONNA PASCUA emails “Hello from Washington, DC! Heading into my seventh year here in the District – which, I’m told, makes me practically a Washingtonian (yikes)... But San Francisco will always be home. Currently, I am still working for Gates Millennium Scholars <www.gmsp.org> and enjoying the seasons. Am happy to catch up with old friends here or back in CA – keep in touch: donna_pascua@hotmail. com.”
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SHARIANNE G. LOUIE and Alex P. Chung are happy to announce that after a beautiful five year courtship, we got married on July 24, 2004! We got married at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in San Francisco and held an elaborate dinner banquet at the Empress of China. Nearly 400 friends, family and fellow Lowellites celebrated with us in an action-packed evening of slide shows, lion dancing, skits, dinner and dancing. We thank my fellow Lowell friends and teachers who shared this special day with us! Please keep in touch with us at <shariannealex@yahoo.com>.
APRIL YEE says “Greetings from San Francisco! I’m currently working at a private equity firm in S.F.’s landmark Transamerica Building. Things are great! I will be going to Hawaii in Jan. 2005 to attend a fellow Lowell alumnus’ wedding. Congrats, Courtney!”
NATASHA LITT sends “Working as a SysAdmin for Wily Technology in Brisbane on the way to SFO. Have recently become interested in how to divert unwanted computer equipment to public schools. Drop a line with any ideas / tips or just to say Hi to <nlitt@hotmail.com>.”
Looking for a yearbook from 1998 through 2001? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information.
CHRISTINE YABU SCOTT exclaims “Had a baby girl! Tristan S. Scott was born in February. Email me: <chrisieyabu@hotmail.com>.” TYCHO ROSENFELD e-mails, “Moved to New York – still in banking. Shoot me an email if you will be in town: tycho@writeme.com.” BRIAN YEE emails “Hello everyone! Been awhile but just wanted to let y’all know that I’ve opened up my own dental practice in Redwood City. Graduated from UCSF in 2000, bounced around a little bit, and now I’m settled in the peninsula. Feel free to check out: <brianyeedds.com>.”
Looking for a yearbook from 1998 through 2001? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. MARINA GENDELMAN writes “Just left Deloitt & Touch for a cushy corporate job as financial analyst in SF & loving it! Looking forward to the future reunion.”
ALEXIS WALLACE reports “Still living near Bordeaux, France, but thinking of San Francisco often!”
2000 LILY LATHROP emails “Graduated from UC Davis June 2004, currently working on MA in Medieval Studies at University of York in England, will graduate September 2005. Then it’s back to the states for work and a PhD program. Enjoying my time here, but missing my friends and the (relatively) warm San Francisco weather. Hope everyone from the class of ‘00 is doing well.”
2001 Looking for a yearbook from 1998 through 2001? The LAA has extra copies for sale. Contact us for more information. Attention Class of 2001. The Alumni Association desperately needs an original or a good photocopy of your entire commencement program. Please mail to PO Box 320009, San Francisco CA 94132.
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Anino Challenge Starts Strong, Needs More Help to Reach Goal The campaign to add $100,000 to the Bob Anino Music Endowment Fund, launched late last year, is already nearly halfway to its goal, thanks to the generosity of more than 200 donors, including our anonymous matching gift donor. The Anino Music Endowment Fund, created with an initial $50,000 bequest from the estate of Bob Anino ’29, the muchbeloved Lowell teacher, student body advisor and coach, provides reliable and perpetual funding for Lowell’s various music programs. An alumnus who chooses to remain anonymous has offered to match all new donations to the fund received by July 20, 2005, up to a total match of $50,000. To date, we have received just over $21,000 in new donations, thus qualifying for a like amount in matching funds. This leaves us with the challenge of raising another $29,000 over the next few months in order to take full advantage of the matching fund offer. Nearly $3,500 of these new donations came from members of the Lowell class of 1954 who made a special effort to solicit Anino Fund donations in conjunction with their 50-year class reunion last year. Thanks
to the members of the class of ’54 reunion committee for their strong support and to their classmates for helping future generations of Lowell music students. Among the donations to date are special gifts in honor of or in memory of Lowell teachers Bernhard Bernard, Madison Devlin, Reg Krieger, Robert Leudtke, Jack Pereira, Ko Takemoto, Janelle and Paul Zahtilla and, of course, Bob Anino. Please consider making a special donation to this important fund, in honor of a special Lowell teacher or just to help ensure that Lowell’s outstanding music programs have the funds they need for instrument purchase and repair, to help provide transportation to special performances and competitions and other needs that have been squeezed from the budget. Donations may be made by check (made payable to Lowell Alumni Association, along with a note designating the gift for the Anino Fund) or online at www.lowellalumni.org/donate. Hundreds of today’s Lowell music students and their thousands of successors will benefit from your generosity.
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EVENTS CALENDAR Spring Band Concert
Wednesday, April 27th at 7:30pm, Carol Channing Theater at Lowell
Peer Resources 25 Year Celebration
Have you ever wondered whatever happened to those great people in Peer Resources? The ones you laughed and cried with? The ones who felt like family? You helped students make it through high school, and so much more – you even saved lives. Join us on Friday, May 6th to celebrate 25 years of empowering young people. For more details and to sign up, go to www.sfpeers.org
AAA Baseball Championship Game
Wednesday, May 11th at SBC Park (approx. 4pm, following the Giants-Pirates game)
Spring Choir Concert
Friday, May 13th at 7:30pm, Carol Channing Theater at Lowell
Spring Dance Concert
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 19th-21st, all at 7:30pm, Carol Channing Theater at Lowell
Alumni Association Scholarship Reception and Awards Ceremony
Thursday, May 19th (reception at 5pm, ceremony begins at 5:30pm) in the Lowell cafeteria. Join us as we honor some of Lowell’s most outstanding graduating seniors and award more than $40,000 in scholarship funds. For more information or to RSVP, call the Lowell Alumni Association at (415) 759-7830 or e-mail us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org
SF Prep Sports Hall of Fame Dinner
Saturday, May 21st (6pm reception, 7pm program) at Patio Espanol in San Francisco. Olive (formerly Diane) Gong ’80 will be one of 11 inductees this year. For more information or to purchase tickets ($40 per person), contact Al Vidal, 440 Gold Mine Dr, San Francisco, CA 94131.
Spring Orchestra Concert
Thursday, May 26th at 7:30pm, Carol Channing Theater at Lowell
Lowell Sports Foundation Hall of Fame Banquet
Saturday, June 11th (6pm reception, 7:30pm program) at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. See the full article on page 24 of this newsletter. For more information and tickets, contact the Lowell Sports Foundation at lowellsportsfoundation@yahoo.com or (415) 781-6777 ext. 3.
Grocery Card Programs Gathering Steam (and $$$)
I Steve McGinn ‘85 sent in this photo from a Newtonville, Massachusetts intersection that’s always caught his eye and reminds him of his high school days in San Francisco. Steve lives in Brighton, Massachusetts with wife Julie and daughter Caroline, who is about to celebrate her first birthday. Your Alumni Association is pleased to offer prints of an historic painting that has been hanging in the Lowell library for more than 25 years. The original work of art was by artist Daniel Poon ’60, who has given the Association permission to reprint his work for alumni. His large water color captures the excitement and color of a student rally against the background of a huge Lowell banner. Although the painting is of a courtyard scene at the Hayes street Lowell, it portrays vividly the Lowell Spirit that transcends any point in time. These colorful prints now bring a touch of nostalgia to the homes of more than 750 Lowellites. Reprints of the 16" x 20" painting are available for $35 which includes mailing costs. A perfect gift for any Lowellite. Make checks payable to the Lowell Alumni Association.
n what has to be the most painless (and nearly effortless) way to support programs at Lowell, hundreds of Lowell alumni and friends have registered their grocery savers cards in order to generate thousands of dollars in additional funds. Under these programs, various grocery store chains (including Safeway, Albertsons, Ralphs, Vons, Cala, Bell and Pavilions) donate from 1% to 4% of a shopper’s purchases to a designated non-profit organization, without adding one penny to your grocery bill. With about 400 current participants, the Lowell Alumni Association now receives more than $400 each month in donations through these programs. Doing the math is pretty simple – if we can reach 1,000 participants, we should generate about $1,000 per month. And, given the total alumni population of nearly 30,000, it isn’t unreasonable to hope to attract thousands of participants who will be helping Lowell every time they do their regular grocery shopping. All you have to do is provide us with your grocery card number, either using our online form at www.lowellalumni.org/grocery or the mail-in form below. And you don’t have to be a Lowell alum to participate in these programs, so be sure to ask your cousin with the six children and huge grocery bills to sign up, too! (For those who want to go the extra step, you can register your credit cards so that purchases made at participating non-grocery retailers and restaurants will also generate donations, with some retailers donating as much as 10% of the value of your purchases. Given the heightened privacy concerns regarding credit card information, we suggest you register that information directly with www.escrip.com. The Lowell Alumni Association’s eScrip group number is 154836502.) Name _________________________________________________________ Street _______________________________________________________ City/State/Zip ______________________________________________ Phone ______________________ E-Mail* _________________________ *We will not share this information with the grocery stores Store Albertsons Cala/Bell Markets Pavilions Ralphs Safeway Vons
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IN MEMORIAM 1926 MILDRED F. HARRINGTON, passed away peacefully last February in her San Francisco home at the age of 95 She retired from the S.F. Dept. of Social Services. Mildred was the loving wife of Joseph B. Harrington and devoted mother of Lee Harrington. SYRIL MEYER COHN, an abstract expressionist painter known for her wildly colorful and imaginative canvases died last fall in San Francisco. She had several one-woman shows of her acrylic and watercolor images. Mrs. Cohn is survived by Lowell sons Keith ‘53 and Bruce ‘57 and several grandchildren.
1929 ROSE CALLEN GREENE, passed away last October at her home in Santa Rosa. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia, and an extended family of siblings and loving relatives. MARCEL J. GONSOLIN, a Golden Gate U. graduate, died last December in San Francisco. He enjoyed a long career as Ass’t Controller in the City. Mr. Gonsolin is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Patricia. NINA WALLACE ENERSEN, a UCB graduate, passed away last December. She enjoyed a 65-year marriage to the late Burnham Enersen, attorney name partner in a prominent S.F. law firm. Nina was Captain of Women of the San Francisco Golf club and a member of the Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach. JULIEN ROLPH BAUER, a Hastings College of the Law graduate, passed away in February at the age of 93. He enjoyed a long and successful career in the Law and as a leader in the Jewish community. Julien was the beloved husband of the late Sylvia Lachman Bauer, father of three children and grandfather of an extended family of grandchildren.
1930 Charles R. Nance notified the LAA that his mother, CLYDE LAYNE NANCE, passed away last December.
veteran, he continued in the Army Reserve and became Chief of Dental Service (Col.) at the Presidio in 1967. Dr. Lawrence practiced dentistry for 46 years on West Portal avenue. He was a man of many interests: outdoorsman, photographer, fisherman, gardener, Little League coach, etc. He is survived by his wife, classmate Grace (Whitby) ‘32 of 66 years, four daughters, and their extended families.
1934 The LAA has been notified that WILLIAM MITCHELL, a UCB grad and WWII Great Generation Naval officer, of (Piedmont, 30 years) and Carmel-by-the-Sea has passed away. He enjoyed a long career in the printing business and in real estate when he moved to Carmel in 1975. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jean, and three children. PAULINE (POLLY) KATHRYN QUIRK LIDGATE, a SFSU graduate and longtime teacher, died last August. She began her teaching in a two-room, two-teacher, school in Bolinas. Pauline is survived by her husband, Anthony and daughter, Susan (predeceased by daughter, Kathleen), and by an extended family of grandchildren and nephews & nieces. Memorial gifts to the Lowell Alumni Association. DAVID M. JONES, Far East Director for PanAm Airways, (31 years in Japan) died in February. He was a TV celebrity in Japan where he presented PanAm wrestling trophies to winners of major sumo tournaments. David is also well known to the LAA. In 1987 Mr. Jones established one of Lowell’s first endowed scholarships ($20,000) – for his nephew, Vincent Spangler ’57, who died of cancer. Each spring, a Lowell senior receives a Vincent Spangler award to help his financial transition to college. Host David’s picture is on the front page of the 1987 LAA newsletter with classmates Mel Cohn, Jerry Flamm, and Bill Fujita in a Tokyo restaurant. Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Virginia, sons, Daniel, Douglas, and Gregory, five grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. (Thank You, in spirit, David, on behalf of the students who benefited from your generosity. Ed.)
LEONARD JOSEPH, a Cal and WWII Great Generation veteran, died last January. He was an attorney who was a longtime member of the State Bar Association and the Cal alumni Association. Leonard was predeceased by his wife and is survived by daughters, Valerie and Amy, and their extended families.
MARGARET E. “BETTY” McNEIL BRIGHAM, a Stanford graduate and Palo Alto resident, , died last January after a lengthy illness. She worked for Varian Associates for many years as a division manager. Mrs. Brigham was preceded in death by her Lowellite husband Jack ‘33 (Jake). Margaret is survived by a daughter, two sons and their extended families.
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ELMER BROWN, passed away 9/11/03, just a few weeks shy of his 89th birthday. He was the loving husband of 43 years to Rita Brown, a mainstay in Lowell’s main office for many years. This writer remembers the gracious Rita as she managed the principal’s office so efficiently during he Sixties and Seventies. Mr. Brown was the loving step-father to Lowell alums Alan, Laurence, and Debra Mendelson Laybhen.
COSMO R. RIVIELLO, a USF graduate and WWII Great Generation veteran, , passed away last November. He served for three and a half years in the 41st Infantry Division in the Pacific, receiving the Bronze Star. When he returned to San Francisco he worked in a variety of businesses as an accountant and controller. Cosmo is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Yvonne, and six children.
ROBERT GERBER STARKWEATHER, M.B.A. Stanford, died Nov. 2003. He enjoyed a successful business career: Sperry Flour Mills during WWII; BusMgr., Menlo Medical Clinic, retiring in 1972; private pilot; photographer, great all-around handyman; avid traveler with his wife, Dolores; 65 years of wonderful marriage. Robert leaves his wife, four children and seven grandchildren.
JUNE MARIE JOHNSON MERKEL, passed away last January. She is survived by her two children, Michele and Gary, and a host of family and friends.
1932 ELEANOR GUNN SUTCLIFFE, a UCB graduate and longtime hospital volunteer, died last fall in Marin. She is survived by her daughter Cynthia and several grandchildren. HELEN DWYER ROHRBOUGH BONNEY, a Cal graduate, passed away January. She was 90 years of age. Helen worked for many years at the San Carlos library. She leaves her husband, Fred, two children and several grandchildren. C. STANLEY LAWRENCE, a UCSF Dental School graduate, died in February of complications of cancer and Parkinson’s Disease. A WWII
JOHN “JACK” MacKENZIE, B.A. UCB, MBA Stanford, and a WWII Great Generation veteran (Major), died last December at age 85. He retired from Dean Witter in the mid-1980s. John was a fine athlete: founding member, Foothill Tennis and Swim Club, president, Stanford Golf Course, played rugby for Cal and the Olympic Club, (played for Cal at the 1939 World’s Fair). Mr. MacKenzie is survived by his daughter, Bonnie MacKenzie Flanagan, his son, John, and two granddaughters. KATHRYN WOLF ROTHSCHILD, a fourthgeneration San Franciscan, died last January. She enjoyed a life with numerous interests: active volunteer, board member, leader of several civic organizations; avid Giants fan; accomplished bridge [layers; world traveler, and a rich family life. Wife of August Rothschild, mother sons, August , John and David. JEANNE
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MORATO, B.A. UCB/SFSU, passed away in February. She was a member of the WWII Great Generation, serving in the U.S. Army WAC’s in North Africa and the European theaters. She leaves an extended family of siblings, grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
1936 BERT GORDON FEIST, a U. of Washington graduate and an executive in the automobile dealer business, passed away last September. He is survived by a large extended family of relatives. GEORGE YASUKOCHI, a died-in-the-wool Old Blue and Phi Beta Kappan, who devoted his life to Cal (Order of the Golden Bear) and to consumer co-operatives, died last November. His work with cooperatives included: Hyde Park Co-Op in Chicago, Ass’tMgr., UC Student Cooperative Assn, and controller of the Berkeley Co-Ops – a job he held for 24 years. Mr. Yasukochi was an active leader in the Japanese community all his life. He is survived by his wife, Bess, daughter Valerie, and sister, Sachi. YVONNE PHILLIPS RIVIELLO, age 85, passed away peacefully at home in February, after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Cosmo, Lowell ‘35. Yvonne is survived by her six children, their extended families, and a host of relatives and dear friends.
1937 ESMERALDA (ALDA) FERRETTI GAZZANO, a native San Franciscan, passed away peacefully Sat., Dec. 4, 2004. She was a longtime employee of the H. Liebes and I. Magnin stores. Mrs. Gazzano was the mother of Edward and Richard Gazzano, and loving grandmother to an extended family here and in Italy. PETER DRAGOLOVICH, passed away 7/10/04 at the age of 84. He was an engineer with Bechtel Corp., where his most recent project was the construction of the nuclear power plant at San Onofre, CA. He is survived by his brother, Milan ’35. ANN-MARIE ERIKSON NELSON, died last November. She enjoyed a long nursing career. Ann-Marie is survived by her sons, Carl and David, and an extended family of loving relatives. The LAA has been notified that JOSEPH COLDWELL of Kapolei, HI has passed away. JACQUELINE DAVIS GOLDMAN, passed away peacefully last January at Adobe House in Petaluma. She was proud of being a docent at the opening of the Avery Brundage Collection of Asian Art in Golden Gate Park. The Chron reported that she was a longtime supporter of the LHS Alumni Association. Mrs. Goldman was predeceased by her husband, Joe, and daughter, Judy. She is survived by son, Joe, and his extended family.
1938 JEROME F. MADDEN, passed away in Thousand Oaks last October. A member of the WWII Great Generation, he served in the US Army Air Forces as a recon pilot, flying Spitfires and Mustang fighters (150 missions over Europe) and participated in the D-Day invasion. He worked for 39 years in the aerospace industry as an engineer, mainly for North American Aviation and Northrop, helping design the X-15 experimental aircraft, the Apollo spacecraft, and the B-2 Stealth bomber. He attended his 50th reunion in 1989. Mr. Madden is survived by his wife, Nadine, two children, three stepchildren, 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Daughter Carolyn Lambert, notified the LAA that her father, ALEX SCHLESINGER, has passed away. JOHN MILN McKILLEN, a UC graduate in Civil Engineering, and WWII Great Generation Army Captain, passed away last October. He landed on Omaha Beach shortly after D-Day and was later wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. John worked for Dow Chemical as a Civil Engineer for 28 years.
He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy, and is survived by two children, John and Mary Alice. JACQUES LAFITTE, a Cal graduate and WWII Great Generation veteran, passed away last January at the age of 84. He enjoyed a colorful and happy life of adventure and marriage to his wife of 59 years, Patricia. Into his long life he packed a degree in Chemical Engineering from Cal, longtime U.S. Army service, worldwide Metallurgical Engineering consultant, and many years of retirement and trailer travel with his wife. Mr. Lafitte is survived by his loving wife, Patricia, three children and numerous grandchildren. In 1938 Jacques was the All-City 880-yd. track champion. Daughter Judy notified the LAA that her father, ROBERT REYNOLDS of NYC, died last January. “He was very proud of his association with Lowell and kept in touch with many of his friends from that time. He was a wonderful man”.
1939 Evelyn Hagg notified the LAA that her husband, GEORGE HAGG, had passed away in Walnut Creek (Rossmoor) last October after a short illness.
1941 NORMAN B. KELLER, a SFSU and WWII Great Generation veteran, died last December in Burlingame. He enjoyed a long career in the insurance business, owner of Keller and Co. Mr. Keller is survived by his loving wife, Eileen, three children and an extended family of relatives. The LAA office has learned that CLAYTON CALENDER, a UCB grad and a WWII Great Generation Navy veteran, passed away at his home in Mill Valley. Clay was a football letterman at Lowell and added a letter in rugby at Cal. A little-known and fun-filled activity was being captain of the Lowell crew. He wrote, “Practice at the Yacht Harbor at 7 a.m. when the tide was slack, the winds slight, and the Bay calm as a lake. By afternoon, the on-shore wind was blowing in bringing the fog with it. The ebbing tide and wind made for choppy conditions that made rowing very difficult. We would row out and greet the Lurline coming in from Hawaii and enjoy the passengers waving at us. Russian freighters with female crew members brought waves from us. The Lurline became a troop ship. When we got too close to Alcatraz, the guards would warn us off with a bullhorn and threaten to shoot if we came any closer.” During WWII he served with the US Navy on the destroyer, Walke. His ship managed to survive numerous kamikaze attacks as well as a major lifethreatening typhoon. After Cal, Clay founded the Calender-Robinson commercial insurance brokerage firm now in its 50th year. One of his joys was co-founding an annual Xmas party for Lowell alums circa the mid-Forties where the old adage “The older I get, the better I was” is increasingly heard from aging gaffers.. His extended family included his wife, Jane, children Susan and Mark, brother Richard, and three grandchildren. All will miss our good friend, Clayton!
1942 ESTELLE SPIEGELMAN WINEROTH, passed away peacefully last January. She was a tireless worker at the Jewish Community Center with children, the Montefiore Senior Center, and a former Brownie and Girl Scout leader. A celebration of her life was held at Temple Emanuel, January 12. Beloved wife of Leland C. Spiegelman, mother of daughter, Jolie ’66 and Joseph ’76 and beloved by their children. Beloved grandmother of Bruce Spiegelman ‘68, LAA director. DR. BERTRAM OWYANG, a B.A. UCB, D.D. UOP, WWII Great Generation veteran, enjoyed a long career as a dentist in Sacramento. He was a skier, swimmer, distance runner, and ardent golfer all his life. Dr. Owyang is survived by his wife of 56 years, five children and a loving extended family. THOMAS A. LEW passed away at his home in San Carlos, 11/18/04. He served for many years
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as an employee of the Veterans Administration. Tom was an All-City basketball player at Lowell and will be inducted into the LSF Hall of Fame this June.
a UCB graduate, has passed away at his home in San Rafael.
DR. CONSTANTINE M. GLAFKIDES, B.A./ M.A./Ph.D. UCB, M.D. UCSF; WWII Great Generation veteran, was a physician for 40 years at Peninsula Hospital. He was president of the San Mateo County Medical Society and a pioneer in one of the first HMO’s in San Mateo County, Bay Pacific Health Plan. Dr. Glafkides is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Mary, four children and an extended family of relatives. At Lowell he was a champion footballer for Coach Mike Voyne.
HOWARD ALEXANDER BROWN, JR. , a Cal graduate, died peacefully last November in El Dorado County. He enjoyed a long career as a real estate developer. Howard is survived by his loving wife, Roberta, six children and a host of friends and relatives.
1943 The LAA has learned that JACK D. HOFFMAN, DDS, a SFSU and UOP School of Dentistry graduate, died last November at Mission San Luis Obispo. He practiced dentistry in Santa Clara for 30 years and was an assistant professor at his PHARM alma mater. Dr. Hoffman was an Air Force veteran who had to bail out on a flight when his plane caught fire. His great community services were his devotion of the Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout) and a lifetime member and president of the Santa Clara Rotary club. Jack is survived by his wife, Naomi, three sons and six grandchildren. CHARLES L. ROCKWELL, part of the Great Generation who flew B17’s in the 8th Air Force over Germany. He enjoyed a career in electronics distribution until his retirement in 1984. Ballroom dancing was his avocation, becoming a great competitive dancer and a fixture at Dance Arts, San Rafael. He is survived by his son, Zachary. RICHARD LARSEN, a WWII Great Generation veteran, and well-known local musician (Music Man of Daly City) For two decades he was music teacher and band director at Jefferson HS, leading the marching band and orchestra. In his retirement to Marin, he continued to be a leader in various musical groups. Richard is survived by his daughter, Janet, son, Tom, and sister, Cori.
1945 ROBERT RANDOLPH JOHNSON, a Cal graduate and Korean War veteran, passed away last January after a courageous battle with cancer. After nine years in the Army, Captain Johnson enjoyed a 32-year career as a transportation specialist with Chevron. He is survived by an extended family of siblings and their families.
1946 JOANNA NAKAMURA DROEGER, a wellknown San Francisco restaurateur (Brighten Express), died in November at her home in Cupertino. The restaurant was located on Pacific Street and became the hangout for writers and performers. Her son Michael wrote, “Perhaps my mother’s biggest claim to fame is as the inventor of the dessert Mud Pie in 1957. Her original concoction of an Oreo cookie crust, coffee ice cream and homemade fudge topping, has been often imitated. The name came quite innocently enough when someone saw her making the pies and asked what she was doing. ‘Oh, just making mud pies,’ she replied. The name stuck.” Joanna was interned with other Japanese Americans during WWII in detention camps. Mrs. Droeger is survived by her husband, John, son Michael ’85 and a daughter, Gillian ‘82. The LAA has been notified that EVAN GOLDENBERG, a UCB grad and Korean War veteran, of Daly City passed away last January at the age of 76. He had a colorful career: Drum Major for three years with the Cal band; 90th Field Artillery in Korea; owner of Zadocorp International; motorcyclist; member of several police and sheriff ’s departments; avid golfer; and world traveler. He is survived by his wife, Alice, two sons and their families and brother Z.S. Goldenberg Lowell ’49.
1947 ESTHER MacRUNNELS, passed away peacefully at her home in Sacramento last October. She enjoyed a long career as a teacher and community volunteer. Esther is survived by three sons and a daughter and several grandchildren. The LAA has been notified that JOHN MEYER,
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The family of BOB HERZ has notified the LAA that Bob died peacefully in his sleep March 9, 2005.
1949 Mr. John W. Goings of Pacific Grove notified the LAA that his dear wife, THELMA KLAES GOINGS died April 29, 2004.
1950 The LAA office has been notified that EDGAR FILIPPETTI died November 2003. Donn Bernstein ’53, of NYC sent us this notice of the passing of his sister, MARGOT BERNSTEIN KOHEN, a San Francisco native and an East Bay resident for nearly 50 years, who died at her home in Alamo, CA last Nov. 20. She was 71. The cause of her death was complications resulting from abdominal cancer. Margot was the daughter of Maurice L. Rapheld, a S.F. civic leader who served as ExecSec. to Mayor Angelo Rossi. She served for many years as a docent at the Oakland Museum and was active in numerous nature activities. In addition to her husband, a retired obstetrician who practiced at Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek, Margo leaves a daughter Susan, a son, Douglas, four grandchildren and brother Donn. At Lowell, Margot was a member of the Shield Honor Society.
1953 SYBIL CAHEN DEVORE passed away last November. She was an active member of our Reunion Committee and helped plan the 30th and 40th reunions.
1954 JOHN F. EGAN, a SFSU graduate, passed away in February. He had a successful career in the plumbing business, operating Egan Plumbing and becoming a director of the Plumbing Heating and Cooling Contractors Association. John retired to Marin County, specifically Napa where the was a well known golfer. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, a daughter and an extended family of relatives. ARLENE DAVIS NATHAN, a UCB graduate, died last October at her home in Hillsborough. She is survived by twin daughters and a loving extended family. The LAA received word that DICK RAMSEY, B.S./PhD in Plant Pathology, UCD, died last May 2004 at his home in Arcata. He enjoyed a career in academia as professor of Biology/dean at the Rocky Mountain College in Montana. His final assignment before retirement was at Northland College in Ashland, WI where he was Dean of the College of Letters. He loved music and played tuba with several groups of amateur musicians. Mr. Ramsey is survived by his wife, Jan, son Eric, daughters Kristin and Shawn, and an extended family of siblings and grandchildren.
1955 MICHAEL ORLOFF, a U.S. Army veteran, graduate of USF, and retired Daly City Fire Chief, died last November. He is credited with remodeling and improving DC’s aging firehouses and overseeing construction of a new fire station near the Cow Palace in 1996. Michael is survived by his wife, three children and nine grandchildren. At Lowell, LtCol. Orloff was a JROTC Battalion Commander and a tackle on the varsity football team.
1956 BARRY S. SLATT, a UCB graduate and respected mortgage banker, passed away last November in San Mateo. He was president of the Barry S. Slatt Mortgage Company for more than 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Rolly, two children, and an extended family of grandchildren, nieces
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and nephews. SUSAN CLARKE WARNER, passed away last September at the UCSF Medical Center. She enjoyed a long career as a real estate agent. Susan is survived by her siblings and an extended family of loving relatives.
1959 HUGH DAVID WILSON, a USF graduate and retired Justice Dept. and teacher, died last September in Brisbane. He is survived by an extended loving family. DONALD LYNN STERN, a longtime Napa resident, died in January of leukemia. He was a past president of B’Nai Brith and Congregation Beth Shalom. Donald was involved in many Masonic activities: 50-year member of S.F. Chapter Order of DeMolay, member of Starr King Lodge #344 in San Francisco, Napa Valley Lodge #93, and others. Mr. Stern enjoyed a career with the Wells Fargo Bank in S.F. and in the retail store business. He is survived by his wife, Jo Ann, two children and grandson, Brandon.
1960 ANTHONY “TONY” ALVITE, M.A. SFSU, passed away in January. He enjoyed a varied life: U.S. Army veteran, teacher, coach, playground supervisor, and activist for his union. Anthony is survived by his wife, Andriette, his mother, Mary, and an extended family of relatives, in-laws and friends.
1962 JOAN RUMMELSBURG, B.A. UCB, M.A. UCLA, died of cancer in October of 2004 in Mill Valley. She enjoyed a varied career: social worker in Los Angeles, coastal conservancy work, worked for a state senator focussing on transportation planning, until she retired in 2002. She is remembered by her many friends and family for her irreverent sense of humor, her love of the outdoors and her strong ties to those close to her. Joan is survived by her mother, Corinne, and an extended family of loving relatives and friends
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Contra Costa for 20 years while earning a law degree. She was admitted to the California bar in 1992. Sundee will be missed by her extended family of relatives and a host of dear friends.
1967 NICHOLAS V. PESHKOFF, a free spirit with a zest for life, died last January. He traveled around the world with his wife, Anneli, and lived in various European cities until he returned to his beloved San Francisco in 1995. He is survived by his wife, Anneli, two children, and his “China Beach Gang”. Mr. Peshkoff was predeceased by his first son, Alexander.
1970 WILLIAM LANCE, an Eagle scout in Troop 14 and a Notre Dame graduate, died from injuries when struck by a car in San Diego last August. He is mourned by his mother and his siblings.
1971 DAVID THOSHINSKY, David died after a terrible 7 year battle with MS on Feb. 27, 2003.
1974 WILLIAM P. DUNN, a LtCmdr. in the U.S. Navy, died last October in San Diego. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Peggy, and two daughters.
1983 JOYCE TOY, a SFSU graduate, passed away last February. She was a finance manager with the San Francisco Hilton. Joyce is survived by an extended family of relatives and friends, including Lowellite, William Toy ’71.
LOWELL STAFF JOAN M. DROMEY BUTLER, a worker in the cafeteria for many years, passed away last January. She was born in County Cork, Ireland, arriving in America in the late 1930’s. Older teachers will remember her pleasant smile and outgoing personality as she went about her work in the café.
SUNDEE WEEKS WEBSTER, a SFSU graduate, died in February in a car accident across the street from her home. She taught high school in
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that may still be among the mementos of many of our lady readers. Today’s students and teachers can thank the tireless Leah for the GPE facilities they enjoy. Department Head Boehm worked closely with the architects in planning the girls’ gym and playing fields. The dance studio was her doing:
Leah Marie Boehm Dance Studio Dedicated 1970 Leah Marie Boehm, B.A., M.A. Department Head Physical Education Specializing In Dance
Lowell High School, Class Of 1927 San Francisco State University, Class Of 1931 Hall Of Fame San Francisco State University, 1986 Lowell Sports Foundation Hall Of Fame, 2002 She never forgot her Lowell roots. Her school friends spanned the decades and during the holidays her phone would ring with the best wishes of former students going back half a century. Several years ago, this generous woman established and funded a Leah Boehm Scholarship to provide a stipend annually to the girl who best served the Girls’ Physical Education Department. It was always a poignant moment when the scholarship was awarded in Ms. Boehm’s name. Leah had mixed feelings about her retirement in Walnut Creek. She had been a city girl all her life, missing the street cars, the neighborhood markets, and the hustle and bustle of city streets. Yet, Rossmoor provided all the necessities of retired life – a private apartment, medical care, transportation, convenient marketing, and many goods friends and activities. In 1996 she was proud to be a charter member of the Lowell Club of Rossmoor, one of 65 alumni. What fun Bob Anino, Cathy Brash and I had driving over there to join Leah at the Christmas parties at the Stanley Dollar Clubhouse. Leah leaves her niece, Bonnie Goldman ’59, husband Mel, and their children. She was preceded in death by sister Stella and her husband, Bill. Our hearts go out to this loving family to whom, Auntie Leah, was so dear. Four generations of Lowellites share their loss. Sincere condolences on behalf of her GPE colleagues: Celia Cain, Barbara Prato, Adair Miller Tench ‘62, Jeri Jank, Loys Rodatos, Jean Kautz, Jeannette Adams, et al, and of course her good friend and sabbatical traveling companion, Peg Poole.
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Lowell Alumni Association
Spring 2005
2004 Report to Donors By Terence Abad ’76 Lowell alumni and friends once again rose to the challenge and responded most generously to the Lowell Alumni Association’s 2004 Annual Fund Campaign with its theme “Investing in Excellence.” And those investments are indeed paying off every day at Lowell in ways that benefit students both within and beyond the classroom. Thanks again to all who helped to support Lowell in so many ways last year!
Budget Crisis Response Our primary focus in 2004 was to offset the staffing cuts necessitated by the continuing state budget crisis and, with the strong assistance of the Lowell Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA), we managed to not only restore all of the faculty and staff positions that had been eliminated from the budget, but even added slightly to the faculty in order to support additional junior year Advanced Placement English classes. In total, the alumni association provided $200,000 in funding for faculty and staff positions, supplemented by $25,000 in grants from the Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund and the Koret Foundation to support the Hebrew program. Combined with $410,000 from the Lowell PTSA, a total of 8.5 classroom teachers, 1.7 counselors, a half-time librarian and a half-time clerk were restored to the campus. The benefits of having these critical positions filled include having the library open ten hours every school day, greater student access to academic and college counseling services, smaller class sizes and a full schedule of course offerings. Lowell is truly fortunate to have avoided the kind of painful cutbacks that other public high schools in California have endured. While others have had to abandon school newspaper and even yearbook programs,
eliminate electives, close libraries and drastically reduce counseling services, Lowell students continue to benefit from a rich variety of course offerings, extracurricular activities and support services. And the tight-knit community of parents, alumni and friends are the ones who make all these things possible during these difficult times.
Grants Program Highlights More than $100,000 in alumni donations provided direct support to a wide range of projects at Lowell last year through our increasingly important grants program. As the continuing state budget crisis has shifted the focus of alumni and PTSA fundraising efforts to funding faculty and staff positions, it has become even harder for Lowell teachers to obtain the equipment and supplies needed to serve today’s students, so our grants program is striving to fill the gap as best it can. The largest portion of 2004 grant funds was directed to supporting science education, with more than $35,000 in designated gifts (thanks again to Tonny and Nora (Yeung) Yu ‘84 and Patrick Quan ’76!) used to supplement an earlier grant from the David B. Gold Foundation to fully equip an innovative computer-based remote data collection lab. This equipment literally allows science students to make the entire world their laboratory as they take their experiments outside the classroom, collecting and then analyzing real-world data such as radon levels throughout San Francisco, acceleration of elevators and vehicles and pH levels in local water supplies. Alumni grants are also flexible enough to allow us to meet last-minute emergencies. When student demand required the creation of a fifth physics lab in what had been a regular classroom, the alumni association
provided more than $12,000 last summer to purchase equipment that was in place when students arrived in August to begin class. Other grants in 2004 supported programs that have long been important to the alumni community. Nearly $5,000 went to helping students with financial need pay for Advanced Placement exams and renting additional tables and chairs for AP testing. Other grants ensured Lowell’s continued participation in the California Poets in the Schools program ($4,500), provided study materials for our outstanding Academic Decathlon team ($2,000) and paid for materials and training for Lowell’s forensics program ($5,600). Alumni grant funding was critical to the return of photography to the arts curriculum at Lowell, with start-up funding of $7,600 last year to purchase digital cameras, printers and related equipment. Student demand is now sufficient to support two sections of photography. Grants also made it possible to bring a commedia dell’arte instructor to work with drama students and for a pair of actors from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to bring live performances to hundreds of Lowell students for the seventh consecutive year. Of course, a good share of grant funds are used for more mundane, but still important, projects. Students now enjoy a cozy set of armchairs as well as other new library furniture, updated maps, overhead and LCD projectors, DVD players and upgraded computers thanks to alumni donations. From “nuts and bolts” projects to enrichment programs, alumni grants are making a very real difference at Lowell.
Alumni Scholarships Assist Outstanding Students As was reported in greater detail in the
previous newsletter, the LAA awarded nearly $40,000 in college scholarships last year, thanks to the generosity of those alumni and other friends who have helped to establish scholarship endowment funds. In 2004, we received more than $100,000 in new scholarship donations, including significant donations to several existing scholarships funds, including the Pauline K. Levin-Robert L. Levin and Pauline C. Levin-Abraham Levin Scholarship Fund, the Frances Dealtry Scholarship Fund, the Jacqueline Sherman Scholarship Fund and the David Fineman Scholarship Fund. Two new scholarship funds were established last year in memory of Bob Anino ’28, long-time Lowell teacher and coach, and Nicholas Ng ’92. The Vicki Chin Memorial Award Fund was also established last year in memory of this Lowell alumna, from the class of 1967, who is fondly remembered by her Lowell teaching colleagues and hundreds of former students. The LAA now manages more than $1 million in scholarship endowment funds, thus allowing us to provide meaningful financial assistance to a number of students each year as they begin their college studies.
Looking Forward Although the short-term financial outlook for Lowell — as for all California public schools — is uncertain, there can be no doubt that Lowell’s many friends will continue to do their best to make it possible for today’s students as well as future generations to benefit from the unique educational and extracurricular experiences that Lowell has offered for nearly 150 years. You can find no better opportunity to “invest in excellence” than supporting the Lowell Alumni Association’s various initiatives. Thank you for your past and future support.
Major Donors January 1, 2004 Through December 31, 2004 Although this listing only includes 2004 donors to the Lowell Alumni Association, we also offer very sincere thanks to all the Lowell alumni and friends who have generously supported the Lowell Sports Foundation and the Lowell PTSA’s Lowell Fund. VALEDICTORIANS ($10,000 OR MORE) Robert Anino Trust ‘28 Blume Foundation Capital Group Co Inc Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund F. Warren Hellman ‘51 Robert L Levin ‘26 Anonymous ‘47 Anonymous ‘46 Tonny & Nora Yu ‘84 SALUTATORIANS ($5,000 TO $9,999) Donald G Fisher ‘46 William Hair ‘78 Basil P Kantzer ‘29 Koret Foundation Special Grants Helen & Francis Ng Patrick F Quan ‘76 + Claude & Louise Rosenberg ‘46/’51 David Vickter Foundation Carla Wagner Reiter ‘40 DEAN’S LIST ($2,500 TO $4,999) Anonymous + Henry E Anderson ‘36 Claudio Chiuchiarelli ‘75 Damon & Cynthia Lieu ‘79 Moody’s Foundation Lowell Alumni Assoc So Calif Chapter Wells Fargo Foundation Wai Lai Wong HONOR ROLL ($1,000 TO $2,499) Terence Abad ‘76 Richard Alvarez ‘53 Vincent Anderson ‘79
Dari Barzel & Dan Miller Kenneth & Gail Berry ‘52/’53 Richard Blum ‘53 Benjamin Bratt ‘82 Aaron Braun & Joan DeHovitz ‘77/’79 Charles R Breyer & Sydney Goldstein ‘59/’62 Richard Cahill ‘37 Colleen Clark Silcox ‘45 Barbara Clark Steffey ‘55 Fred Cohen & Marilyn Klebanoff Richard Cornew ‘47 Charles & Nancy Curley ‘54 Christine Eckart Szybalski Edison International Jack Evans ‘30 + Fast Twitch Productions Roland & Lois Feller William Floyd ‘52 Preston Hartman ‘27 Jonathan Hoff ‘73 Diane Jacobs & George Moore ‘54/Faculty Roger Kuo ‘89 James K S Lau ‘77 Kurt Leswing & Elsa Leung ‘62/’73 Philip Y Leung ‘76 Raymond K Louie ‘86 Philis Ludlam Gold ‘42 Kurtis Mayer ‘48 Linda Nanbu ‘73 Randy & Eva Ong ‘68/’69 Pacific Coast Companies Inc Michael R Peevey ‘55 James Plessas ‘49 William Pope ‘54 John H. Risbrough ‘50 Irving Sherman Gary Thompson ‘65 Christopher Vasil ‘67
Joseph Yeun ‘83 CARDINAL SOCIETY ($500 TO $999) Joseph Alvarado ‘91 Analog Devices David Baker ‘56 Claire Baumgarten Field ‘44 Robert Bloch ‘42 Danielle Carol Broude ‘00 C. Howard Brown ‘48 Kimiko Burton-Cruz ‘82 Claudia Caesar Nettle ‘54 Deborah Canepa-Tencza Ronald Casassa ‘44 William C Chan ‘67 Thomas & Amy Chow ‘85/’86 Howard Chung ‘79 William Coblentz ‘40 Edward Crossley (Faculty) Robert Crowder ‘42 Brian J Cruz ‘72 Megan Dana Wallace ‘68 Keith Davis ‘61 Stephen Dodson ‘95 Gabriel Donohoe ‘91 Elyce Edelman Melmon ‘55 Joseph Ehrman ‘41 Irene Enstrom Kaus ‘52 Jack W. Evans ‘30 Aaron Freiwald ‘80 Robert Friend ‘61 George Gara ‘68 Gregory Gomez ‘69 Deborah Grubb Moskovitz ‘87 David Hagerman ‘72 Lenneal Henderson ‘65 Bertram M Horn ‘41 Alvin Ja ‘66 James Jackson ‘55
Thomas W Johnson ‘49 James Johnson ‘55 Dominico Julian ‘86 Vincent King ‘85 Robert L Knox ‘42 John & Brenda Lam ‘81 Daniel Lee ‘50 Jetson Lee ‘77 Linda Leong Wang ‘61 Marie Lewis Matthews ‘48 Natasha Litt ‘91 Park Loughlin ‘42 Helen Louie Wax ‘66 Dixon Ly ‘89 + Harvey Masonek ‘36 Morgan Stanley Matching Gifts Program Philip Matthews ‘70 K. Jane McClure ‘74 John Mindermann ‘55 Joseph Mitchell ‘40 William Mitchell ‘34 William G. Moore ‘38 Richard Niello ‘40 Takiko Nonaka Shinoda ‘40 Pamela Ott Mazur ‘64 Julie Petersen Croker ‘57 Dale Smathers ‘41 Michelle Soo Hoo Tai ‘82 Mike Susoev ‘76 + King Thompson ‘71 Monte Travis & Jane Pon ‘70/’76 Wells Fargo Foundation Education Matching Gifts Tim & Maria Wong White ‘71 + Valerie Wing Broadman ‘79 Craighton Woo ‘78 PATRONS ($250 TO $499) Gerald & Sara Adams ‘62 Kirsti Aho ‘77
Albertson’s Allan Alcorn ‘66 Gerald E Ambinder ‘50 Phil Anaya ‘51 Jack Anderson ‘50 M/M Anonymous Linda Arcellano Shaw ‘73 Grant Bakewell ‘41 Claude Bart Hughes ‘55 Arlene Basin Corsetti ‘68 Bruce Batten ‘74 Judith Bechtel ‘53 Michael Berger ‘54 Bertil Bergstrom ‘66 Carl G Berry ‘57 Denis Binder ‘64 Alexandra Bordokoff ‘70 Adam Borneleit ‘86 + James E Brodie ‘66 Andrea Brown Gourdine ‘62 Sandra Brunello Marinai ‘67 James Byrnes ‘58 Craig Callahan ‘52 Sara Nicole Carbone ‘99 Ronald Casriel ‘50 Gina Chan ‘95 Christine Chase Reynolds ‘64 Lee Cheng ‘89 Martin Chong ‘67 Virstan Choy ‘66 CIT Foundation Inc Melvin Cohn ‘33 Gerald Coleman ‘42 Rosemarie Coleman ‘41 Greg Collins (Faculty) A. Crawford Cooley ‘44 Matthew Cotabish Pemberton ‘65 Lisa Coughlin Clay ‘74 Ronald Crawford ‘46 John Crittenden ‘74 Yvonne Cyr Koshland ‘39
Spring 2005 Peter A Dahl ‘53 Nathan D Dias ‘97 Dennis C Dow ‘68 Sanford S Elberg ‘30 Deborah Ellingsen Stebbins ‘67 Jeanne Emmons Cohn ‘52 David Epstein ‘76 Don Erskine ‘37 Jerome Falk ‘57 Leonard Feldman ‘42 David Fellows ‘74 Linda Fensky Kelsey ‘60 Christine Ferrari ‘87 Robert Feyer & Marsha Cohen David Fink ‘78 Edward Fong ‘72 Julia L. Fong ‘82 J. Arthur Freed ‘47 Harold Freemon ‘41 Eugene Friend ‘34 David Gabriel ‘66 Chris Galvin ‘88 Robert Gee ‘89 Virginia Gibson Gill ‘45 Donald Gold ‘50 Allan P Gold ‘63 George Good ‘40 Robert Gooyer ‘66 Benjamin Gulli ‘78 Catherine Guthrie Macomber ‘38 Francisco Gutierrez ‘87 Leon Hallacher ‘66 Courtenay Hardy ‘75 Kate Haskin Brostoff ‘69 Tracy Hemmeter ‘83 Irene Hilton ‘76 Robert B Hoffman ‘49 Joan Hoover ‘77 Arthur Nichols Hoppe ‘72 Raymond Huang Sandra Huey Jeong ‘75 Gary Joe ‘63 Robert R Johnson ‘45 Edmund D Jung ‘32 Lauren A Keane ‘99 Kenneth E Keller ‘68 Harlan & Esther Kessel ‘45 June Klauser Waters ‘49 Barton H Knowles ‘35 Mark Krueger ‘73 Jimmy M Lam ‘48 Maxwell N Lapkin ‘36 Ken Y Lee ‘96 Victor Lee ‘74 Douglas Lee ‘88 Richard Levin ‘64 John Lilienthal ‘46 Diana Loo ‘83 Lawrence Louie ‘77 Brian & Sylvia Lyttle ‘56 Michael Maddan ‘68 Donald Magnin ‘44 Charles Manning ‘40 Hubert Marcus ‘48 Jean Y Masuoka ‘72 Philip Mathias ‘24 Katherine McCarthy Moser ‘87 Mellon Financial Corporation Alan Mendelson ‘66 Microsoft Giving Campaign James R Moore ‘29 Allison H. Morris Gatto ‘83 Makio Murayama ‘33 Norris Nahman ‘46 Linda Nelson ‘63 Nha-Ai Nguyen-Duc ‘89 Barbara Novstrup Moreno ‘43 Bruce Osterman ‘59 William Owen ‘49 Michael Paratore ‘65 James Park ‘82 Stanley Perkins ‘57 E.F. Bud Phillips ‘54 Mimi Pichey ‘68 + Pimco Foundation Matching Gifts Patricia Pivnick Levin ‘67 Gisele Pohan ‘73 Richard G Pon ‘91 Darwin Popenoe ‘81 Providian Financial Matching Gifts Tom Rainey ‘81 Eva B Rauchman Russell ‘83 John Rising ‘50 Daniel Roddick ‘94
Lowell Alumni Association Ramon Romero ‘89 + Adolph Rosekrans ‘49 James Rosenthal ‘50 Catherine Rossi-Roos ‘68 Nancy Satoda ‘81 + Fred Sauer ‘40 Nancy Scheeline Herzog ‘57 Leon Schiller ‘36 Harold Schulz ‘64 Loreen Seid Jung ‘77 Bertrand Jay Shapiro ‘54 Audrey Shapiro Sterling ‘49 John R Shuman ‘48 Nancy Sitton ‘69 Donald Snyder ‘77 Eddie Soliven ‘76 Suzanne Stephens Weeks ‘38 Thomas C. Strauss ‘60 Alan Sun ‘80 + Sun Microsystems Foundation Annie Takeuchi ‘80 Lisa Tartikoff Rosenthal ‘69 Ella Tom Miyamoto ‘59 John Topham ‘63 Donald N Tornberg ‘56 Stanley Toy ‘67 Steven Toy ‘78 John Trasvina ‘76 Yinn Tzeng ‘76 Michael Ugawa ‘76 Ted Uyemoto ‘60 Ray Van Der Horst ‘74 Frances Vickter Feinman ‘62 Kathryn Wahlgren Dodds ‘54 James L Way ‘44 Cris Wedekind ‘75 Paul West ‘53 Whirlpool Foundation Geraldine White Wickland ‘38 Everett Witzel ‘36 Werner Wolfen ‘47 Helen Wong ‘95 Karen Wong ‘97 Mary Wong ‘96 William Wong ‘99 Darren Wong ‘84 Aldercy Wong ‘94 David Wong ‘01 Brian Wong & Cindy Gok ‘69 David C Woo ‘74 + Grace-Ann Wu ‘83 + Francis & Sheila Yeh ‘76 Tanya Yip ‘76 + Ralph B Zak ‘66 Irving Zaretsky ‘59 John Zeile ‘41 Phillip Ziegler ‘59 BENEFACTORS ($100 TO $249) Paul & Pam Abad (Faculty) Lewis Abra ‘00 Robert & Keren Abra Maria-Lisa Abundo ‘80 Jeannette Adams (Faculty) Joseph Afong ‘72 Vincent D Agbayani ‘67 Robert Aguirre & Lisa Fung ‘83 Stephen B. Aizenberg ‘62 Leone Albert Pollard ‘48 Francesco J Alberti ‘48 Patricia Aleck ‘55 Joanne Alioto Casaudoumecq ‘53 Altria George Amberg ‘37 Elaine Anderson ‘88 Steve Anderson ‘47 Norma Leah Andres ‘64 AON Foundation Matching Gifts Stephanie Appel Hoffman ‘65 Louise Armstrong Van Vleck ‘38 Jane Arnot Brunson ‘38 Robert Arrick ‘68 David Arrick ‘71 Mirta Arsenian ‘74 Debra Babcock ‘72 Carole Babow Florian ‘64 Ronald Bachman ‘56 Bernice Baciocco Raffo ‘51 James Baer ‘73 D. Michael Bailey ‘67 Peter C Baker ‘51 Oscar Baltor ‘48
Bank of America Louis Bantle ‘46 Louis Barberini ‘74 June Barnett Fiori ‘47 Kenneth & Lynn Baron ‘62/’64 Louise Barsotti ‘49 Sonja Basich Juricic ‘86 Kathleen Basin Isaacson-Alger ‘65 Mario Basso ‘38 L. Wayne Batmale ‘56 Anne Batmale ‘64 Louis Batmale ‘30 Jesiros Don Bautista ‘81 Norman & Barbara Beal ‘49/’53 Robert Beale ‘49 Arthur Becker ‘29 John Becker ‘64 Beckman Coulter Inc Dirk Beijen ‘64 Dean Bell ‘81 John Bell ‘47 William H Bennett ‘43 Edward Bennett ‘43 Clark Benson ‘33 Patricia Berelson Ross ‘54 Eugene Berg ‘82 David Berger ‘71 Paul Bergerot ‘46 Sheila Berke Hyman ‘49 Clayton Berling ‘47 Ralph Bishop ‘43 Peter Black ‘45 Olive Blackley Haugen Levi ‘43 Byron Blackwell ‘56 Kenneth Bley ‘56 Mark & Peggy Bley ‘75/’74 Olive Bliss Borgsteadt ‘47 Richard Block ‘44 Dana B Bloom Shapiro ‘61 E. Morse Blue ‘29 Joseph Blum ‘64 Neil Blumenthal ‘53 Donald Bohn ‘63 Shea L. Bond ‘91 Diane Bonfigli Lobo ‘63 David & Lee Anna Botkin ‘85 Michael Bower ‘67 Carol Boyd ‘66 Thomas D Boyd ‘68 Susan Bracker ‘70 Stephen Bradley ‘55 Frederick W Bradley ‘51 Edward J Bragg ‘41 John Brainard ‘41 Mary Ann Brakebill Bersi ‘64 Frank C Brandes ‘52 Robert Bransten ‘52 Cathryn Brash ‘43 Scott Brenneke ‘66 Ruth Brenner Lipman ‘38 Nancy Brewer Eills ‘53 Barton Brown ‘50 Mary Ann Brown Tonkin ‘46 Paul R Bruch ‘41 Frank Brush ‘38 Gerald Buchwald ‘66 Alan Buchwald ‘68 Mark Budak ‘73 Hobert W. Burns ‘43 Merla Burstein Zellerbach ‘48 Robert Bush ‘36 Paul Cademartori ‘64 Charles Calhan ‘38 John Callander ‘41 Judith Calvert ‘64 Bonnie Campbell Bunker ‘62 Barbara Carlson Showler ‘44 Alan B Carr ‘47 Kenneth J. Carter ‘69 Gilbert Casarez ‘49 Henry Cassel ‘62 Richard Cellarius ‘54 Buffy Cereske ‘73 Milton Cerf ‘46 Arthur Cerf ‘36 Chris Chamberlin ‘62 Eva Clarissa Chan ‘96 Melinda M Chan ‘95 Tracy Albert Chan ‘86 + Angela Chan-Chin ‘72 James Chandler ‘52 Xiao Lin Chang Grace Chang ‘80 Julia Chang Bloch ‘60
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Honor Roll of Classes Highest Total Giving Class of 1926 Class of 1946 Class of 1984 Class of 1928 Class of 1951 Class of 1947 Class of 1976 Class of 1940 Class of 1978 Class of 1955
$50,000 $40,930 $32,866 $30,435 $28,160 $24,875 $13,320 $10,855 $8,825 $8,690
Highest Participation Rate Class of 1921 Class of 1924 Class of 1954 Class of 1942 Class of 1941 Class of 1948 Class of 1949 Class of 1951 Class of 1955 Class of 1956
Largest Number of Donors Class of 1966 Class of 1967 Class of 1973 Class of 1955 Class of 1942 Class of 1950 Class of 1974 Class of 1948 Class of 1949 Class of 1976
70 68 64 61 58 58 58 57 56 56
100% 50% 30% 26% 25% 24% 24% 24% 24% 24%
Ronald & Nanette Chapman ‘52/’53 David Chen ‘00 Lena Chen Lee ‘76 Louis Cherin ‘32 Donald H Cheu ‘50 Roberta L Chew ‘67 Richard Chew ‘69 Connie H Chew Lee ‘69 Ellen Chiang ‘97 Sandra Chiang Yee ‘76 Tom Childers ‘76 Robert K Childs ‘56 Wynne Chin ‘76 Bonnie Chin Lui ‘67 Eudora Chin Ting ‘90 A. Balfour & Candy Chinn ‘58/’62 Alan Chow ‘73 Randall Choy ‘71 Chris Christiansen ‘55 Sylvia M. Chu ‘83 Wei Mun Chu ‘84 Dorothy Chun ‘72 Cisco Systems Albert G Clark ‘56 Barbara Cobb Bradford ‘46 A. David Cobo ‘58 Lorelle Cohn Ellis ‘56 Leonard Collins ‘46 Richard A Colsky ‘58 Ellie Cooper Van Voorhis ‘50 John F Corby ‘41 Stephen Cornell ‘66 Carolyn Costello Brydson ‘58 Richard & Doreen Courtway ‘54 Inger Coyne Nocella ‘82 Carol Crawford Falstrup ‘78 Catherine Crisera Kelley ‘90 Joseph Crowley ‘42 George & Nancy Cuan ‘88 Anthony Cuevas ‘45 Conrad Cummings ‘66 Patricia Cummings Munoz-Plaza ‘45 Ramon Curiel ‘49 Anthony D’Agostino ‘55 Milton Dare ‘60 Irene Davidson Thomas ‘68 Donald W Davis ‘39 Cristino De La Paz ‘77 Henry L Dea ‘61 Sam Dederian ‘55 Lucille Dedier Meyer ‘42 Barbara Del Monte Nowicki ‘45 Jenny Demonteverde Raffield ‘88 Arthur Dirk ‘84 Bock Dong ‘50 Han Dong ‘88 Robert Donovan ‘45 Henry Dosdorian ‘52 Jean Downey Harman ‘41 Ariel Dritz Mumma ‘68 Sunny Du Puis ‘60 Miriam Ducoff Smolen ‘76 Kenta Duffey Tully ‘67 Bruce E Duncan ‘40 Ellen Duncan Long ‘50 Nathan Dwiri ‘57
Sandra Dyer Joseph ‘67 eBay Foundation Susan Edelman Bleckner ‘69 Claudine Edwards Haughton ‘35 Paul Eisenberg ‘58 Electronic Arts J. Karen Elleson Bowles ‘54 James Ellis ‘58 Birdie Emmerson Barbara Enmeier Bunting ‘60 Joan Erbentraut Gordon ‘54 Elizabeth Erikson Marnul ‘66 Rosemarie Estolas De Weese ‘64 Charles Everett ‘65 William Evers ‘45 Andrea Fain Selig ‘62 Kathleen A. Fairbrother Guthrie ‘66 Barbara Falk Gronowski ‘48 Eric Fastiff ‘86 Raymond Fay ‘59 Don & Jackie Feinstein ‘50/’51 Helen Ferentinos Maritess Fernandez ‘90 Stephen Feyer ‘99 Phillip Fineman Patricia Fitzgerald Worthington ‘51 William J Flexsenhar ‘41 David Flinn ‘56 Robert & Valery Flood Steven Mark Folan ‘85 Sandra Folena-Schauchulis ‘78 Lillian Fong ‘82 Alan H. Fong ‘79 Paul Fong ‘52 Elise Fong Wing ‘83 Eleanor L Fox Krogfoss ‘42 Susan Frankenstein Dean ‘73 Barbara L Freeman Webber ‘49 Allen Friedman ‘72 Bradley Friedman ‘73 Richard H Frueh ‘64 Ronald Fuerstner ‘53 Matthew K Fukuda ‘86 Michael W Fuller ‘55 Charles E Fuller ‘52 Richard Fuller ‘62 Lisa M Fung ‘83 Jennifer Fung ‘69 Glenn Galang ‘88 Patricia Gale Goldsworthy ‘50 Nathaniel Gallon ‘89 Antonio P. Garcia ‘92 Kenneth Gardner ‘47 David Gartshore ‘63 Jeffrey & Jessica Gaynor ‘66/’67 James Gazaway (Faculty) Lesli Jane Gee ‘84 Patricia Gee ‘70 Steven & Trudy Gee ‘73 Serena M Gee Zhao ‘95 Genentech Ericka Gettman Wietecha ‘88 + Barry Gevertz ‘70 Gwenlyn Giffing Gibson ‘64
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Lowell Alumni Association (1980-2005) By Paul Lucey
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he 1981 celebration of Lowell’s 125th anniversary was a watershed event in the Alumni Association’s history. It was a Lowell community effort, including the services of a 24-member Anniversary Committee, LAA directors, the Lowell faculty, the Music Dept., the Shield and Scroll, Song Girls and Yell Leaders. Jack Anderson gave the Introduction, radio personality Jack Hanson was the Master of Ceremonies, and Brian Gould’s band, Swing Fever, provided the music. Every public room was the scene of cocktail parties and mini-reunions (by decades). Its remarkable success convinced the organizers that the enthusiasm of alumni who packed the S.F. Hilton Hotel was evidence of the lasting goodwill created by the Lowell experience. Kudos to LAA Pres. Roberta Bleiweiss ‘65, Wendy Drefke Shinbori ‘68, Cathy Brash ‘43 and Ray Milton ‘39, who were the main “worker bees” in planning the reunion and following-up on the good vibes it produced. Not all good vibes! A lawsuit against the Hilton Hotel and the Lowell Alumni Association was filed by a guest for injuries allegedly sustained when he fell on the dance floor in the ballroom. Attorney Paul Matzger defended the LAA. Depositions were given by Roberta Bleiweiss, Ray Milton, Steve Hirabayashi, and others. The final resolution was a happy one when a call to Paul from the Hilton attorney informed him that the cross-complaint against the Association would be dismissed. It was the outpouring of alumni loyalty at the 125th that inspired the modern LAA and changed its “modus operandi” from that of periodic crisis management to a more business-like organization with monthly Board meetings, a semi-annual newsletter, annual fund-raising, a Treasurer, and an Executive Director with an office at the school. During the 5-year term of the LAA’s first president, Roberta Bleiweiss (1982-1987), she would endorse the beginnings of a scholarship program, teacher grants, a direct mail fundraising appeal, dedication of the Carol Roberta Bleiweiss ‘65 Channing Theater, and the promise of the Computer Age. (Thank you, Roberta, for your leadership in the early days of our modern LAA.). In the spring of 1987, Wendy Drefke Shinbori ’68, assumed the LAA presidency and would serve until 1991. In the spring 1984 issue of the Newsletter, former Principal Barton Knowles, reaffirmed the broad objectives of the LAA. Among them were: Dedicating itself to ensuring that LHS will continue to serve San Francisco as an all-City, academic high school; Taking an active role in securing the financial and human resources of the highest possible caliber; Maintaining up-to-date rosters of Association membership; and Standing ready to apply its total resources and energies to fight for Lowell as a college-prep high school with a curriculum grounded in the academic disciplines. For two decades those objectives have served the LAA well, guiding the organization to a level of support that continues to make it a praiseworthy partner of the school it represents. Kudos to Directors/Attorneys Peter Bagatelos, Bob Elkus, Jim Preovolos and director Bert Horn for drawing-up ByLaws to guide the activities of the modern LAA: By-Laws of the Lowell Alumni Association, A California Nonprofit PublicBenefit Corporation, 1984. These By-
Laws (Amended) spell out in legal detail the structure and purposes of the Alumni Association. The attorneys also negotiated with the IRS to obtain verification of the LAA’s tax exempt status granting exemption under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The previous year, director Joseph Ehrman agreed to become the LAA Treasurer. Twenty years later, he is still the Association’s “banker”, handling a job that has become increasingly complex . Fortunately, he has mastered the infernal machine (computer) and keeps track of LAA finances like a professional. Kudos to Joseph for two decades of pro bono service. Teacher/Director Peter Dahl played a crucial role in the LAA’s pioneering venture into computerized direct mailing (1982). He took a year’s sabbatical to earn an M.A. in Computer Science, returning not only to become the school’s first computer science teacher but also the LAA’s computer consultant (still is). A computer donated by Mr. Dahl (1982) was placed in the curriculum office where, for several years, the alumni labels were addressed. He was in good company as Bill Hewlett, through his HP Company, donated nine HP-85 microcomputers for the first classes in computer science. The opening of the Alumni Office was due to the efforts of several people: Jack Anderson, Performing Arts Dept. Head for offering Room 61, an art storeroom; Principal Fibish for approving the transaction; Bert Horn for arranging the installation of florescent lighting and carpeting for the concrete walls; Wendy Drefke Shinbori for the floor covering; Peter Dahl for installing a computer and printer; and Cathy Brash for her over-all assistance with the file cabinets, memorabilia, and records. Paul Lucey, the newly-appointed Exec Dir., opened the office in the spring of 1985, complete with a telephone, an answering machine, and a fax. A computer and printer were soon to follow. At this writing in 2004, the LAA staff who write for the newsletter or help keep track of 30,000 grads, have home computers, and Room 61 is used mainly as an archive, housing the yearbooks, permanent records, trophies, class folders, and memorabilia going back to the Civil War. The 1987 Newsletter headlined a milestone in modern LAA operations, “Membership Drive Off to Good Start.” For the first time in its history, the Alumni Association asked its members in a direct-mail appeal to commit themselves to an annual contribution. Prior to this, requests for contributions were made only in the semi-annual newsletters. The directors believed that if the school was ever to be helped effectively, the Association must have
a predictable source of revenue. Only then could the Board establish a budget that helps meet the instructional needs of the school. This writer remembers your directors’ efforts to prepare the first mailing (11,500 addresses). For three successive evenings Board members gathered in the Meyer Library, stuffing envelopes, adhering labels and sorting according to ZIPS to meet the precise Post Office requirements for nonprofit mailings. The advice and logistical support of director Tom Chong ’65 O.D. was crucial to the success of the effort. That hands-on mailing was a far cry from today’s when the entire alumni file is emailed or placed on a disk to the printer for the entire processing and mailing. The gratifying results of the first membership drive ($32,000) enabled the LAA to begin to make an impact on the educational climate of the school. From these contributions the Board allocated $10,000 to bring the school’s computer lab up to par. Your LAA was off and running toward one of its primary objectives: Receive contributions in
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the form of gifts, bequests and dues to carry out its purposes and activities”. Twenty years later (2004), annual gifts of $200,000 were earmarked to help save teacher positions during the current financial crisis. The loyalty of Lowell graduates was being matched by their generosity. The two decades of growth was guided by a 24-28 member Board of Directors. It has been their hard work, serving on committees (scholarship, finance, membership, grants, development, et al) that, in large part, accounts for the remarkable success of your modern Association. Congratulations to the many Directors who have given generously of their time and talents to bring the LAA to its present major role in the Lowell community. A special ThankYou to Lisa
LAA Board of Directors, mid 1980s. President Roberta Bleiweiss ’65, is seated in the front row, center.
Coughlin Clay ’74 who has served as president from 1991 to the present day. During the past two decades, the semiannual Newsletter has been the linchpin that has bonded Lowell graduates to their Alumni Association. It has kept alums informed of the recurring crises and triumphs that the Lowell community has come to accept as “normal” for its unique school. The most recent headlines described a familiar theme — the financial crisis besetting our public schools. At this writing, because of Newsletter articles, alumni were informed of the present emergency and prepared to help. Since the mid-Eighties, the alumni paper has grown from 6 pages to twenty-four. Today, its popular Keeping-in-Touch section covers six pages and helps preserve the high school friendships that last a lifetime. The center-page articles have included a history of Lowell, and highlights of campus activities including most sports and the performing arts. The achievements of alums have not been neglected as we recognized our Ph.D.s, J.D.s, M.D. & D.D.S.s, M.B.A.s, Teachers, and Scholars (Phi Beta Kappans). The Newsletters provide information about reunion activities, report the passing of classmates, print Letters to the Editor, and publish an annual report to donors whose generosity is an inspiration to all of us. Front-page articles headline school and alumni matters that are of interest to all graduates. The next decade was a period of change for the LAA: The “constant” was a perennial financial crisis intensified by Proposition 13 that caused an historic shift in public school financing from the local districts to the State Legislature. Our re-energized LAA and its semi-annual Newsletters have become important conduits of information between the school and its alumni: ◆ Honored Carol Channing at a gala dinner dance fund-raiser at the Gift Center Pavilion (1986); ◆ Named the football field the Mike Voyne Stadium after the legendary football coach, 1920-50; ◆ Continued its financial support for the Advanced Placement Program; ◆ Initiated an annual scholarship program that helps approximately two dozen graduates make the financial transition to college. A Scholarship Reception (chaired by Wendy Drefke Shinbori) for the scholars and parents is a highlight of the LAA year, awarding approximately $40,000 in scholarships (2004); ◆ Rejoiced in the success of alums like the Honorable Stephen Breyer ‘55, Supreme Court Judge Richard Levin ‘64, President of Yale; and Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric A. Cornell ’80, et al; ◆ Initiated a Southern California branch of the LAA (1988) and supports its biannual luncheon; ◆ Endorsed the founding a Lowell Alumni Club of Rossmoor, (1996); ◆ Celebrated the Forensic Society’s 100th birthday on a Bay cruise aboard the California Hornblower (1992); ◆ Endorsed naming the Ben Neff Memorial Gym after the legendary basketball coach, 1925-1965; ◆ Lamented the demise of the Lowell Indian; ◆ Reported the Earthquake of ’89; ◆ Bid farewell to Principal Alan Fibish and welcomed the school’s 17th Principal, Mr. Paul Cheng; ◆ Mourned the demise of prominent Lowellites like former Governor “Pat” ‘23 and Bernice Brown ‘24, Principals Joseph Hill, J.A. Perino and James Kearney, alums like William Hewlett, Art Hoppe, Bob Anino, Judge John Molinari, et al, and coaches Mike Voyne, Ben Neff, Elmer Harris, Barney Wolf, and Bill Feiling; ◆ Welcomed Carol Channing to the Lowell
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Wendy Drefke Shinbori ’68, LAA’s second president (1987–1991) and Paul Lucey, Executive Director, circa 1990.
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Auditorium, and named it in her honor, the Carol Channing Theater; Applauded first-ever AAA Championships (2004) in baseball, football, soccer, AND basketball!! Witnessed winning dynasties in swimming, gymnastics, track & cross country, golf and tennis; Celebrated the Centennial (1994) of the name “Lowell”; Established an Alumni Association Website: www.lowellalumni.org (Kenny Wu ’91; Raquel McClure ‘88); an Email address: LowellAA@Lowellalumni.org; and P.O. Box 320009, SF, CA, 94132. Celebrated the Centennial of the student newspaper, The Lowell (1998); Participated in School-Site Advisory Council meetings with faculty, administration , and parents. Published a History of Lowell (1989); published an Alumni Directory (1999); Joined the Lowell community in raising funds to send the Symphonic Band to Carnegie Hall Endorsed a Lowell Sports Foundation Hall of Fame to honor our great athletes and provide financial support for the athletic program. Supported plac-
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ing a Sports Wall of Fame in the Neff Gymnasium with the names of Hall of Fame inductees. Invited Nobel Laureate, Eric A. Cornell ’80 to visit the school and dedicate the new academic wing (12 classrooms). Applauded the school’s third National Blue Ribbon Award – 1982-83; 1994-95; 2001-02. Placed a showcase in the main hall with the pictures of prominent graduates. Catalogued the 150-year accumulation of memorabilia (19th century registers, permanent records, the Lowells, Yearbooks, class folders, photographs, LAA Newsletters, trophies, etc.) into an orderly state-of-the-art archive. Repaired and restored memorabilia when necessary. Raised $118,000 (2002) to support Visual/Performing Arts Programs, i.e. new ceramics kiln. Instrumental in saving the Hebrew Program (funding from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund and the Koret Foundation). Established the Architecture Computer Lab, i.e. computer-aided drafting: LAA
($30,000), PTSA ($10,000). ◆ Provided funding for the computerbased (remote data collection) science lab ($50,000). ◆ Funded numerous grant requests submitted by teachers – approx. $150,000 in 2003/04. ◆ Launched partnerships with Safeway, Albertsons, Cala/Bell, Ralphs and other grocery store chains in an effort to develop new sources of revenue for the LAA. ◆ Launched a new online credit card donation capability. ◆ Contributed $175,000 (2003), combined with the PTSA’s $280,000, to save almost half of the budget cuts that threatened to devastate the school’s instructional program. ◆ Contributed $200,000 (2004), combined with the PTSA’s $410,000, to help alleviate the ongoing budget crisis. ◆ Established the position of Development Director, filled by Terence Abad ’76. ◆ Organized a series of (3) brainstorming sessions to help alums decide how best to celebrate the ◆ 150th anniversary of Lowell High School (1856-2006). Your LAA’s effectiveness in responding to the financial crises of ’03 & ’04 was due largely to the leadership of director Terry Abad and Development Committee mem-
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bers, Jack Anderson, James Rosenthal, Alan Wendroff, et al. They sounded the alarm bells to which alumni have responded so magnificently. Once again, graduates can take great pride in their loyalty and support of our high school alma mater in times of emergency. The evolution of your Association into the organization we know today is a fascinating story of alumni heroics (Crises of 1923, 1961, 1973) that helped preserve the unique school we know today. The LAA’s pantheon of heroes includes hundreds of alums who served on the Board of Directors and helped steer their school through the dangerous “rocks and shoals” of SFUSD and city politics. The donors’ pages in the spring Newsletter honors the thousands of graduates who are responding to the Association’s call for financial assistance. At this writing, those dangers appear in the form of drastic cutbacks shared by all public institutions who look to Sacramento for their budgets. Yet, those challenges pale when compared to those of nearly 150 years ago when, in a lawless city governed by the 2nd Vigilance Committee, our founders had the vision to establish the first public secondary school in California. Fast-forward to next year’s sesquicentennial when their legacy will be celebrated by the Lowell community and by the city of San Francisco.
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Lowell Alumni Newsletter Feature Articles, 1985-2005 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The Lowell Story – The First Decade Boys’ High School – The Eighties Turn of the Century Earthquake and Fire World War I Decade The Glory Years – 1920-1950 The Transition Years – 1950’s The Second Century Recognition – 1980’s Track & Field; Cross Country Women’s Sports at Lowell Ninety Years of Lowell Tennis The Sound of Lowell Music Lowell Forensic Society – 100 Years And Still Going Strong! Lowell Football, a 110-Year Legacy Ninety Years of Lowell Basketball JROTC – Serving Lowell Since 1915 Drama at Lowell – Since 1904 The Lowell: Reporting the Campus News for Ninety-Six Years Lowell Baseball – 19th Century to the 1990’s Lowell Soccer – Kicking the Round Ball Since 1920 Lowell Swimmers – Take your Marks…since 1902
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Golf…Chasing the Little Round Ball since 1925 Lowell Crew – Two Glorious Decades on San Francisco Bay San Francisco & Lowell High School – Partners in Public Service Lowell Phi Beta Kappans Pioneer Faculty – the New Lowell, 1962 The P.H.D. Degree – Hallmark of Professional Competence PTSA – Seventy-Five Years of Service to the School Lowellites in Medicine – The Noble Profession Lowell Alumni Association – Spanning the 20th Century Lowellites and the Law Shield (1909) and Scroll (1905) Honor Societies The M.B.A. Degree – Passport to Business Success Classroom Teachers – Lowellites in the Classroom A Short History of Lowell – 19th Century Lowellites A Short History of Lowell – First Quarter, 20th Century A Short History of Lowell – Second Quarter, 20th Century A Short History of Lowell, Third Quarter, 20th Century A Short History of Lowell, Fourth Quarter, 20th Century The Lowell Alumni Association – Part I, 1900-1980 The Lowell Alumni Association – Part II, 1980-2005 The Advanced Placement Program (Fall, 2005) – Bringing College to the Classroom A SesquiCentennial Story (Spring, 2006)
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Peter & Lois Gilder Lynn Gilman Pamplin ‘55 Rachel Glitz Barbara Glover Kvaska ‘49 Harry Goff ‘32 Walter L Goldenrath ‘36 Clarence Goldfinger ‘41 Bonnie Goldman ‘59 Jerrald Goldman ‘55 Lawrence Goldsmith ‘49 Lara Goldstone ‘89 Robert Gordon ‘68 Rachel Gordon ‘80 Stephen Gospe ‘52 Linda Grady ‘68 Frederick Graebe ‘50 Garrett Graham ‘53 Donald F Grannis ‘41 Stephen Granucci (Faculty) Rhonda Gray ‘73 Andrew Green ‘95 Edmund Green ‘48 Vicki Green ‘57 Kathy Green Denise ‘69 Hayley Green Smith ‘83 Harry Greenberg ‘53 Carolyn Greenberg Friedman ‘58 Steven Greenwald & Rochelle Alpert Pamela Greenwood Shallbetter ‘73 Allen Gross ‘37
Lorraine Heiman Marchi-Fastie ‘41 Alberta Heiman Siegel ‘34 Carol Heinecke Johnson ‘51 Roberta Heintz ‘64 Joy Hemstreet Knox ‘56 Russell J Henry ‘57 Clyde W. Henry ‘46 John Hentz ‘59 Robert & Wendy Hermann ‘55 Roger Herst ‘55 Carol B Hicks ‘55 Arthur Brian Hill ‘50 Steven J. Hill ‘82 Arthur Martin Hinkle ‘60 Janice Ho Fong ‘67 Thomas R. Hoffman ‘51 Paul B. Hofmann ‘59 Mary Hollingsworth Lowe ‘55 James Holmberg ‘66 Catharine Holt ‘90 Marcella Holzman ‘63 Chester A. Hom ‘89 Daniel Hone ‘54 Valerie Hone Maffly ‘60 Joan Honek Keith ‘53 Lisa Hong ‘97 Stanley Hong ‘94 Sue Honig Weinstein ‘58 Thomas Hontalas ‘75 James Horio ‘65 Stephen & Adrienne Horn ‘58 David A. Hosang ‘73 Sylvia Hotchner Bearman ‘53
Michael Josephson ‘64 Robert Jow (Faculty) Nancy Kahn Stanton ‘65 Ann Kalechman Blumenfeld ‘52 Raymond Kaliski ‘62 Edward Kam ‘71 John Kao ‘78 Bonnie Kapkin Pearlman ‘63 Katherine Karass Ponganis ‘68 Joseph Karp ‘49 Mark Kasanin ‘47 Ann Kasper ‘77 Martin Kaufman ‘50 Roger Kaufman ‘62 Michael C Kavanaugh ‘58 Jeffrey Kawaguchi ‘75 Gregory Kazarian ‘65 Robert Keeney ‘67 James C Keesling ‘29 Gail Kendall ‘70 Kenneth A R Kennedy ‘49 Lawrence Kenney ‘64 Gordon Kenny ‘39 Joyce Keyak ‘78 Jeffrey Keyak ‘67 Marlene Keyak Smith ‘80 Haig Kilijian Caroline Kim ‘88 Sanford Kingsley ‘73 Megan Kitagawa ‘82 William Kiyasu ‘40 John Goings Elena Kleiman Ingerman ‘94
Annual Fund Unrestricted Gifts 2001 – $161,000
2002 – $228,000
2003 – $386,000
2004 – $366,000
0 50 ‘42 100 Ella Gross Driscoll
150Sally Hough 200Ryan ‘56250
Dave Guggenhime ‘62 Richard Guggenhime ‘57 Teresa Guilfoil Siebert ‘39 William Gunn ‘51 Gretchen Gustafson Tenenbaum ‘64 Robert Haber ‘42 Steven Hahn ‘66 Judy Haight Erickson ‘56 Harry Hambly ‘49 Julianne Hammond Kramer ‘59 Joseph H Handlon ‘37 Timothy Hanford ‘73 D. Patricia Hanlon (Faculty) Frank Hanrahan ‘43 Hans & Christine Hansson ‘73 Kevin Harrington ‘56 John W Harris ‘61 Frances Harrison McCann ‘40 George & Patricia Hartwig Nakano ‘67 Elizabeth Hassard Silver ‘62 Richard Hassman ‘63 Marjorie Hauck Sproul ‘42 Richard Hauser ‘72 Joel Hausman ‘75 Lawrence Hawkinson ‘42 James Hayman ‘72 Victor Hebert ‘54 Edward T. Hee ‘75 Louis Heilbron ‘24
Duncan Howard ‘59 Sandra Hsu ‘69 Marcus W. Hu ‘80 Melvin Huey ‘68 Rod & Anne Hughes ‘49 Jean Hui Enomoto ‘79 Richard S Hung ‘90 Charles Hunkins ‘34 Christopher Hunt ‘81 David Hunt ‘87 Reed Hunt ‘45 Donald Iglesias ‘66 Dimitri Ilyin ‘47 John Ino ‘62 Intuit Ellen Irey Albro ‘60 Carl Isackson ‘75 George Ivelich ‘55 Anna Iversen Getchell ‘97 Masako Iwawaki Murakami ‘51 Carl Jackson ‘58 Robert B & Sonia Jacobs ‘37 Lori Jacobs Horne ‘62 Lydia Jasielum Martinez ‘70 Joanne Jepson ‘48 Kenneth Jew ‘69 Thomas S. Jew ‘66 Anita Jew Wu ‘67 Linnea Johnson ‘85 Betty Jones ‘48
300 Julie350 400 Klein Gibson ‘55 Muriel Knoph Ratto ‘30 Margaret Knust Sandra Kobayashi ‘76 Susan Kollman Levinson ‘61 Nelson Kong ‘86 Amy Koo ‘91 + Al Kovalick ‘66 Stephan & Arlene Krieger ‘55 Bonnie Krieger Corman ‘63 Gregory R Krimer ‘00 Anita Kruer Honnert ‘44 Chrysanthia Kubota Narverud ‘42 Michael Kuhn ‘57 Sam A Kuhn ‘54 Sheldon Kully ‘45 George C Kum ‘74 Irene C Kuo ‘86 Leslie Ann Kurkjian ‘03 Marc Itsuki Kurose ‘03 James Kwan & Agnes Wong ‘86 Peter & Shirley Kwok ‘70 Karen C. Kwong ‘92 LA Times Andrew Lam ‘84 Jack Lam ‘75 Tai & Yuet Lam Norman Landsberg ‘46 Hilde Lange Gerken ‘50 Anna Nhu Lao ‘95 Karen Larsen ‘65
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Lily Lathrop ‘00 Ana Lau ‘88 Koon Lau ‘74 Leslie Lau ‘98 Carla Lazzareschi ‘66 + Sarah Le Vesque ‘90 Mike Leaskou ‘53 Kathleen W Lee ‘76 Alison Lee ‘83 David A Lee ‘74 Elene Lee ‘76 Helen Lee ‘82 Jean S. Lee Judy Lee ‘74 Laurance L Lee ‘88 Wilbert Lee ‘67 Wilson Lee ‘65 Edna F. Lee ‘80 Helen Lee Chan ‘40 Ashia Lee Derksen ‘85 Brenda Lee Duenas ‘76 Vivian Lee Eng ‘83 Elaine Lee Kawasaki ‘74 Penny Lee Sue ‘72 Janet Lee Tse ‘68 Florence Lee Wong ‘66 Shirley S Lee Wong ‘87 Judy Lee Yang ‘89 Brooks G Leffler ‘50 Stephen Lefkovits ‘84 Edgar Lehmann (Faculty) Marc Leland ‘55 Naomi Lempert Lopez ‘93 Orlando Leon ‘97 Ronald Leon ‘47 Russ & Sherlyn Leong ‘68 Lucy Leong-Chen ‘87 Shirlene Leong Tong ‘58 Steven Lerner ‘65 Frances Mann Leung ‘85 Gerald Levin ‘52 Jesse Levy ‘49 Leland Levy ‘52 + Marcia Levy Rubenstein ‘62 Joan Levy Zentner ‘43 Florence Lewis (Faculty) Linda Liang ‘93 Doris Lieb Blum ‘29 Jane Liebman Goichman ‘62 Tom Lieu ‘90 Hansen Lieu & Wendy Lo ‘87 Robert & Kathryn Ligon ‘66 Jane Lillon Carboni ‘35 Monica Lim ‘87 Joanna Lim Ng ‘73 Carl Limsico ‘89 Douglas W Linder ‘49 Karen Lindfors ‘68 Judith Lindquist Prince ‘59 Carlton Linnenbach ‘91 Christine Linnenbach ‘89 Arlene Liu Chui ‘79 Colin C Livingston ‘48 James P Livingston ‘42 Marie Lobianco Annuzzi ‘43 Alexander Lock ‘64 Robert W Lom ‘56 Lawrence Loo ‘82 Duarte Lopes ‘58 Alice Louie Alicia K Louie ‘98 Sharianne G Louie ‘91 Wilma Louie Joan Lovering Connor ‘53 Charlene Low ‘67 Larry Low ‘72 Ronald & Serene Low ‘56/’54 Benita Low Selor ‘81 Deborah M. Lowe ‘74 Spencer Lowe ‘77 Martin Lowenthal ‘59 Steven Lowey Odette Luce Simpson ‘55 Paul Lucey (Faculty) Marie Ludemann ‘47 Betty Ludemann Burridge ‘49 Carlos Luna ‘51 Manuel Luna ‘51 Craig Lunt ‘68 Kenneth Lutich ‘63 Jason Macario ‘79 Michele Machbitz Klein ‘78
Eric Mackintosh ‘56 Douglas MacMullen ‘37 Alice MacWilliams Hall ‘39 Marlene Magid Fullmer ‘51 Sally Magill Stout ‘42 Ellen Magnin Newman ‘45 Lynn Mahoney Ekegren ‘48 Hans G Maier ‘44 Maier Family Foundation Peter Mak ‘99 Ernest Malamud ‘50 Raymond Malispina ‘52 Natalie Manfredi ‘88 + Richard Mann ‘50 Victoria Maquinana (Faculty) Barbara March Smith ‘45 Lois Mariani Mongan ‘30 John Marks ‘59 Richard Marracq ‘46 Gilbert Martinelli ‘78 Leo Martinez ‘57 Michael D Mason ‘65 Otis Matheny ‘58 Anthony Mathios ‘57 Lori Matsukuma ‘94 Alan Matzger ‘49 Francis Mayer ‘34 James & Anita Mazzaferro ‘73 Benjamin McBride ‘42 Grace McCague ‘46 Edward McClarty ‘41 Tracy McDermott ‘55 Michelle Mayumi McDevitt ‘97 Matthew McGowan ‘49 Karen McLellan ‘59 Kenneth McLennan ‘43 Michael J McQuaid ‘72 Murray Mechum ‘66 Peter Meeks ‘64 Patricia Meherin Engstrom ‘42 Jack Meier (Faculty) Les Mendelson ‘42 Ralph Mendelson ‘48 Victor A Merolla ‘67 Arthur Middleton ‘41 Jessica Middleton ‘87 Frederick Mielke ‘38 Carol Mierson Tansill ‘51 Yohsuke Miki ‘88 Danette Millar Davis ‘78 Lawrence Miller ‘59 Mark Miller ‘74 Racy Ming Copley ‘93 Joanie Misrack Thomas Mitchell ‘83 Jocelyn Mitchell Nash ‘46 Richard Mitra ‘68 Bernard & Ann Mizel ‘53 Albert Mock ‘55 Carol Modlin Swillinger ‘48 Kenny Mok ‘87 John L. Molinari ‘53 Selinda Molloy Neal ‘81 Elizabeth Moore ‘61 Adrienne Morales Reeves ‘64 Patricia Moreno ‘82 Harry Morgan ‘46 Helen Morgan Bohl ‘63 Camille Morishige (Faculty) Yasuko Morita Ikeda ‘47 + Yuji Morita ‘42 Allan & Adriane Morrison ‘53 Lindsay Morrison ‘00 Rachel Moser Greene ‘89 Vivi Mosher McCabe ‘86 Nancy Mouber Henares ‘62 Barbara Mundy ‘80 Richard Munter ‘54 Emily Murase ‘83 Marian Murphy Gonzalez (Faculty) Jennifer Murphy Sinclair ‘87 Frederick Murray ‘43 Steve Y Muto ‘56 Maxwell Myers ‘40 Keith Naftaly ‘80 Mas & Dorothy Nagami Kim Nakahara ‘88 Michikazu Nakai ‘38 Penny Nakatsu ‘67 Leiko Nakazawa Dahlgren ‘74 + Kay Namberumal Sheth ‘86 Edward & Harriet Nathan
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Carole Neal ‘66 William & Joan Neff ‘47 Nancy Nelson Butler ‘66 Alexander Ness ‘00 Joseph K Ng ‘96 Marilyn Ng ‘95 Wilson Ng ‘76 Cindy Ng Dove ‘85 Joann Ng Shieh ‘83 Julie T Nguyen ‘95 Alice Nguyen ‘82 Deanna Nielsen (Faculty) Julie Nishimura ‘79 Marilyn Noda Swartz ‘63 Earl Norgard ‘55 Lorette North Petersen ‘39 Aron Nussbaum ‘95 Henry Obana ‘71 Arlene O’Brien Doyle ‘65 Janice Ogi ‘67 Jerry O’Leary ‘45 Gregory Olsen ‘72 Sylvia Onesti Richardson ‘36 Dorothy Ong Marshall Ow ‘61 Gary W Ow & Eileen Chan ‘75 Thomas Paderna ‘78 Shirley Paintner Perkins ‘62 Phillip Pallette ‘65 Margaret Pappas McNinch ‘47 Tenny Park ‘96 Robert Park ‘96 Chin Woo Park ‘80 Richard J Parker ‘71 Dolores Parodi Wallace ‘42 Frank H Parsons ‘59 Reva Paslin Segall ‘58 Karen Pastorino Eagan ‘59 Dennis D Patton ‘48 Maud E. Pearson-Green (Faculty) Louis E Pelfini ‘54 William L Penn ‘59 Ray Perkins ‘52 Lenore Person Weissenberger ‘58 Karen L Petersen Balistreri ‘56 Thomas Peterson ‘73 Vernor Petrie ‘33 John Petrovsky ‘62 Richard Pezner ‘67 Mary Lou Phillips Schleicher ‘62 Anna M Pignataro ‘99 Audrey Pinkiert Dobbs ‘34 Rafael Piscitelli Kastl ‘44 Jerry Politzer ‘44 Stuart & Lee Pollak ‘55 Max Pong ‘74 Alice Pong Tom ‘68 Jimmy Ka Poon ‘90 Laurence K. Poon ‘64 Irene Poon Andersen ‘59 Janet Popesco Archibald ‘76 Stephen Popper ‘82 Vicki Porter Wittrock ‘66 Jeff & Bonnie Portnoy ‘65 Carolyn Porto (Faculty) David Potter ‘32 Rozell Preddy Overmire ‘62 Barbara Preston Bradley ‘45 Hubert & Lana Pun ‘82 Bruce Purrington ‘54 Harper Puziss (Faculty) Wendy Lee Quan ‘70 Anne Quilter Goldstein ‘82 Barbara Quinn Palmer ‘59 Cathy Quon ‘75 Carl Quong ‘52 Barbara Raaka Robinson ‘36 Henry Ralston ‘52 Carole A Randolph Karp ‘53 Daniel Reid ‘90 Seth Reid ‘58 George E Reinhardt ‘64 Jono Reksoatmodjo ‘80 Mark Reutlinger ‘61 Ken Richardson ‘67 Douglas Ripley ‘63 Bojana Ristich ‘62 Daniel Roberts ‘60 Ernest Robles ‘74 James & Diana Rogers Doris Rohlfs Stewart ‘38 Fred Romagnolo (Faculty)
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John Romero ‘76 Tycho Rosenfeld ‘91 Laura Rosenman Ghielmetti ‘65 Marilyn Rosinsky Wallace ‘55 Dennis Ross (Faculty) Robert Rowell ‘48 Melvin L Rubin ‘49 Robert Ruggles ‘48 Willard Rush ‘44 Robert & Susan Rushakoff ‘73 Douglas Ryan ‘74 Alice Ryan Abbott ‘51 Harold M Sadowski Gardner ‘36 Vera Safronoff Ginotti ‘73 Sumiyo Sakata Adachi ‘83 Estelle Salomon Walker ‘34 Eva Sam Ong ‘69 Jane Sartori Seeborg ‘53 Willis Schaupp ‘44 Barbara Schieck ‘36 Louis Schmidt ‘43 Jessica Schmidt ‘00 Leonard Schmitt ‘52 Ruth Schnapp Marilyn Schneider Mogelberg ‘47 William Schoenfeld ‘35 Margaret Scholes Seabury ‘43 Kenneth E Schussel ‘42 John Schwabacher ‘52 David K Scotton ‘97 Logan Scroggy ‘47 Susan M Scurich ‘61 Victor Seeto ‘61 Samuel Segal ‘99 Amy Segal Blase ‘80 Gloria Seghieri Hollingsworth ‘46 Robert & Dorothe Selby ‘45 Teresa Serata ‘73 Gloria Sevilla & Family Heidi Shadel ‘99 Jeffrey Shapiro ‘74 Don Sharman ‘43 George Sheldon ‘52 Gary J Shemano ‘63 Marilyn Sherman Ellis ‘65 Henry Shin ‘84 John Shinkai ‘39 George Shlyapin ‘71 Gregory Short ‘72 Martha Shumway ‘77 Mervyn Silberberg ‘46 Jose Silva ‘90 + Sol & Betty Silverman ‘43 Lee S. Silverstein (Faculty) Warren Simmons ‘45 Perry & Susan Simon ‘73 Kamaljeet Singh Khaira ‘88 Michael Siu ‘90 Sheila M. Slane ‘86 Andrew Slater ‘04 Barry Slatt ‘56 Leon & Virginia Sloss ‘44/’47 Wesley D. Smith ‘38 Lars Smith ‘91 + Allan Sommer ‘54 Jeanne Sommer ‘56 Peter Sommer ‘46 Valerie Sopher ‘70 Virginia Spalding Murray ‘28 Nancy Sparks Humiston ‘37 Kenji Spencer ‘75 Wynetta Spencer Kollman ‘70 Bruce Spiegelman ‘68 Milo Sprague ‘82 Helen Stahle Sharrer ‘34 Chester Stanaro ‘47 Gary Stanton ‘57 Diana Staring ‘71 William G H Stephens ‘68 Paul Stern ‘51 Alan Steuer ‘49 William Stevenson ‘49 Jo Ann Stewart ‘53 Robert Stewart ‘45 Marianne Stewart Wilson ‘73 Eduard Still ‘49 William Stimson ‘53 Melanie Stoff Maier ‘61 Helen Stone Levenson ‘54 Thomas E. Straus ‘71 Gower Suen ‘83 Irving Sugarman ‘30
Gay Sugarman Young ‘55 James & Jean Sullivan ‘46 Janet Surkin ‘69 Craig F Swanson ‘57 Liane Takahashi ‘85 Tomoko Takeshita Yeh ‘67 Sally Tam Screven ‘82 William Tamayo ‘71 Roland Tang ‘89 Mark R Taylor ‘83 Vallery Tennenbaum Feldman ‘67 Bill Terstegge ‘61 Theodore Terstegge ‘54 Judy Thalheimer ‘76 Melvyn Thorne ‘50 Steve Tight ‘73 Sarah M Tiu ‘84 Andrew Tolson ‘88 Jon Tolson ‘57 Gerald Tom ‘78 Jocelyn Tom ‘73 Brenda C Tom Jow ‘61 Joan Tomaich Buchanan ‘70 Ernest Tong ‘65 Deanna May Tong Woo ‘80 Edward Topham ‘65 Wallea Tormey ‘29 Ed Torres ‘58 Marcella Toy-Ching ‘81 + Lillian Trac ‘92 Juliana Tracy Weissman ‘58 Charlene Tran ‘90 Barbara Trautmann Padilla ‘67 Charles Travers ‘27 Ariane Trelaun ‘80 Davis W. Tremaine Thomas Trowbridge ‘46 Tammy Truong ‘96 Matthew W Tsang ‘97 David Tseng ‘77 Helen Tsiliacos Greenstrand ‘81 Philip Tutt ‘64 Tyco Electronics Thomas Urbina ‘60 Jennifer Valdez Ureta ‘91 Derek Van Orden ‘00 Dennis Verducci ‘67 Alexander Von Hafften ‘75 Christine Vu ‘85 Milton Vucinich ‘38 Wachovia Foundation Robert Wagner ‘67 Melissa Walker Kubiak ‘59 Edward Wallace ‘65 Betty Wan ‘76 Edward Wan ‘74 Rolinda Wang ‘75 Sandra Wara de Baca ‘65 Beverly Ward Raber ‘41 Jerry Waters ‘71 Julian Weidler ‘30 Frances Weiler Varnhagen ‘48 Clarence Weinmann ‘43 Marjorie Weiss Blodgett ‘41 Naomi Welfield Kabakov ‘37 Jim H. Weller ‘42 Allison Welles Janss ‘64
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A student enjoys some of the new library furniture purchased with alumni funds. David J. Wen ‘96 Alan Wendroff ‘50 David Wentker ‘83 Shelly Wentker Taylor ‘80 Herma Wertsch Ferber ‘30 J. Michael Whisman ‘70 E. Paul White ‘43 Kenneth White ‘47 Scott Whiteley ‘63 Richard Whitesides ‘41 James & Marilyn Whittaker ‘44 Greg Wilbur ‘52 Carl Wildenradt ‘73 Gayle Willard Higaki ‘69 + Patricia Willard Leicher ‘66 Cheryl Willis-Roe ‘64 Gary Wilsey ‘53 Robert Wilson ‘38 Joseph N. Wineroth ‘70 Lawrence Wolf ‘45 Claudia L Wolf Eshoo ‘67 Manfred E Wolff ‘47 Ward Wolff ‘66 Denise G Wong ‘85 Jonathan Wong ‘78 Nora Wong ‘82 Richard Wong ‘78 Sidney Wong ‘64 Albert Wong ‘68 Annie M. Wong ‘68 Annie P. Wong ‘85 Diane Wong ‘80 Douglas Wong ‘64 Ho-Man Wong ‘87 Jeannie H Wong ‘87 Jimmy & Sharon Wong ‘90 Johnny Wong ‘95 Lorna Wong ‘85 Manda K. Wong ‘98 + Nelson Wong ‘85 Patricia C Wong ‘80 Wellington Wong ‘71 Carrie Wong ‘94 Pamela Wong Kline ‘65 Anne Wong Mathis ‘85 Denise Wong Peck ‘75
Harry Wong & Joanne Ja ‘72 Henry K. Woo ‘80 Jackie Woo ‘00 Sylvia M Woo ‘74 Tony Woo ‘84 Helen Woo Fong ‘56 Nora Woo Gee ‘75 Athena Woo Sakurai ‘80 Larry Wood ‘70 Lloyd Wood ‘60 Scott Wood ‘74 Woodard Family Foundation Angela Woodward ‘83 Laurence Wormser ‘54 James Wrighting ‘65 Cameron Wylie ‘51 Shuji Yamada ‘81 Herman Yan ‘85 Stephen Yang ‘50 George Yasukochi ‘36 Milton Yee ‘90 Rita Yee ‘73 Susan Yee ‘90 Catherine Yen Terry Yeung ‘89 Penelope Yip ‘85 Jessica Yip ‘98 Dorothy Yiu Chang ‘85 Christopher Young ‘78 Brad Young ‘78 Richard Young ‘57 Mildred Young Thomas ‘45 Jeffrey Yu ‘02 Suzanne Yu ‘90 Maggie Yue ‘73 Stephen Yuen ‘83 Jack Zee ‘86 Lucy Zee ‘81 Larry Zemansky ‘63 Judy Zhou ‘95
Average Unrestricted Gift
2001 – $62
2002 – $85
2003 – $122
2004 – $118
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All 2004 Donors + Matching Funds Received
MATCHING FUNDS FROM: AIM Foundation Albertson’s Altria Analog Devices AON Foundation Bank of America Beckman Coulter Inc Capital Group Co Inc Charles Schwab Cisco CIT Foundation Inc eBay Foundation Edison International Electronic Arts Gap Inc Genentech Intuit JK Group Trustees JP Morgan Chase Foundation LA Times Mellon Financial Corporation Microsoft Moody’s Foundation Morgan Stanley Oracle Pacific Coast Companies Inc PC World Pepsico Foundation PG & E Corporation Pimco Foundation Providian Financial Sport Leasing & Financial Srvcs Sun Microsystems Foundation Tyco Electronics Wachovia Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Wells Fargo Matching Gifts Whirlpool
DONATIONS FROM FRIENDS OF LOWELL Robert & Keren Abra Mary Alexander M/M Anonymous Dari Barzel & Dan Miller Gerald Biagini Blume Foundation Elizabeth A. Boland Judith Branzburg Deborah Canepa-Tencza Xiao Lin Chang Leslie J. Chew Fred Cohen & Marilyn Klebanoff Jacqueline Cooper Glenn Davis & James Takagi Carla De Kelaita Maisie Marie Dea Christine Eckart Szybalski Birdie Emmerson Fast Twitch Productions Roland & Lois Feller Helen Ferentinos James E. Fernando Robert Feyer & Marsha Cohen Phillip Fineman Robert & Valery Flood Peter & Lois Gilder Rachel Glitz Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund Stephen Granucci Jeff & Pamela Gray Michael Grbich Steven Greenwald & Rochelle Alpert Lloyd & Beverly Groeschel Evelyn Hagg Maryline Hee Charles Hibbard David D. Hsu Raymond Huang Robert Jow Joanna Karas Haig Kilijian Eleanor Klebanoff Margaret Knust Koret Foundation Special Grants Tai & Yuet Lam Jean S. Lee Mark & Peggy Longley Alice Louie Wilma Louie Steven Lowey Maier Family Foundation Victoria Maquinana William & Janice Mason Thomas & Margaret McCarthy Adrienne McKelvie Joe & Annabel Melovich Joanie Misrack Margaret Mitchell Elaine Morgan Florence Murray Mas & Dorothy Nagami
Edward & Harriet Nathan Laura Neri Helen & Francis Ng Dorothy Ong Warren & Marilyn Osborn Carole Popoff Gonzalez Sakee & Irene Poulakidas Roxanne Preble Louis & Katherine Reichardt Beverly Reyff James & Diana Rogers R. Stuart & Joan Russell Ruth Gordon Schnapp Lorraine Sevilla Gloria Sevilla & Family Irving Sherman Lee S. Silverstein June Simon Richard & Patti Somers James Spellicy Kiyoko Takemoto Ilene J. Todd Nancy Toland Alexander Bernice Tonegato-Jarrell Anne Tracy Davis W. Tremaine Noel & Denise Turner David Vickter Foundation Michele Winter Wai Lai Wong Woodard Family Foundation Elayne Wright Catherine Yen Gertrude Zimmerman
DONATIONS FROM RETIRED FACULTY Paul & Pam Abad Jeannette Adams Robert Braunreiter Greg Collins Edward Crossley Ernie Feibusch James Gazaway John Goings D. Patricia Hanlon Nancy Hayes Edgar Lehmann Florence Lewis Paul Lucey Shirley McClung Jack Meier George Moore Camille Morishige Marian Murphy Gonzalez Donald Murray Deanna Nielsen Maud E. Pearson-Green Janice Pivnick Carolyn Porto Barbara Prato Harper Puziss Denis Rauchman Fred Romagnolo Dennis Ross John Shankel Leroy Strong Dennis Treadway
CLASS GIFTS Class of 1954 Class of 1974 class of 1983 LAA So Calif Chapter
DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF: Jean Anderson Bob Anino (Faculty) Ivan Barker (Faculty) Urban Becker (Faculty) Bernhard Bernard Margo Bernstein Kohen ‘50 Vicki Chin (Faculty) Frances Dealtry (Faculty) Madison Devlin (Faculty) Arlene Ellis Glesener ‘47 Bill Feiling (Faculty) David Fineman ‘73 Lenore Fineman Peter Gamble (Faculty) Susan Gilbert Jackie Gordon Sherman ‘36 George Hagg ‘39 Jane Hammond Gerecke ‘47 Elmer Harris (Faculty) Roberta Harter Smith ‘40 Al Hauser Ruth Howard (Faculty) Jack Irvine ‘43 Peter Jebens Thelma Klaes Goings ‘49 Bill Lau ‘44 Robert Leudtke (Faculty) George Lorbeer (Faculty)
Alva Ann Lynch Sjolinder ‘56 Carlos A. Monsalve ‘29 Bernice Moore Jasielum ‘37 Lesley Moskovitz Ben Neff (Faculty) Nicholas Ng ‘92 Bob Nolan ‘46 Roz Parlow Hiatt ‘59 Jack Pereira (Faculty) Roland Quan ‘69 Charles Simmons ‘42 Morrie H. Singer ‘33 Arnold Stamps ‘37 Lai Chun Tam Herschel Tolson Bob Wallace Mr Walters Barney Wolf (Faculty) Pete Zasso (Faculty)
DONATIONS IN HONOR OF: Katherine Barker (Cafe mgr) Bruce Cohen (Faculty) Floyd Dade (Custodian) Daniel Feyer ‘95 Stephen Feyer ‘99 Bill Green ‘40 M/M Joseph Ehrman III Reg Krieger (Faculty) Johnny Land (Faculty) Edward Lazarus ‘76 Michael Lazarus ‘72 Thomas Levison’55 Kathrine Melvin Patrick Quan ‘76 Ko Takemoto Tiffany Toy ‘08 Anne Wallach (Faculty) M/M Zahtilla (Faculty)
PRO BONO SERVICES The Lowell Alumni Association gratefully recognizes the alumni listed below for their donation of valuable pro bono services: Kenny Wu ‘91 (Webmaster)
1921 John A Violich
1924 Louis Heilbron Philip Mathias Lawrence Prager +
1925 Evelyn Matthews Vogel
1926 Robert L Levin Trust
1927 Preston Hartman Charles Travers John Davis Young
1928 Robert Anino Trust Christine Cummings Gwynn Evelyn De Clairmont Steele Harry Goodfriend Harold Levy Virginia Spalding Murray Francis Violich
1929 Arthur Becker E. Morse Blue Jeanette Gunnison Fisher Dorothy Harris Kempton Frances Hodes Hagan Natalie Hulbert Lefevre Anne Kael Wallach Basil Kantzer James Keesling Doris Lieb Blum James Moore Wallea Tormey
1930 Louis Batmale Sanford Elberg Jack W. Evans + Donald Jones Muriel Knoph Ratto Herbert Levison Lois Mariani Mongan Kathleen Slattery Hiatt Irving Sugarman Clementine Violich Nelson Julian Weidler Herma Wertsch Ferber
1931 Gale Blosser Richard Frank
George Oberlander Charles Silberstein Dave Tatsuno Irving Viner
1937
Fannie Abend Rothman Clark Benson Melvin Cohn Fred Comba John Coulter Donald Dassonville Frances Hart Paganini Al Maggio Barbara Michael Horowitz Makio Murayama Bernice Nicoll Petty Vernor Petrie Dorothy Praetzel Maggio Harold Sherman Mervyn Simon Madeline Werner Sturm
George Amberg Charles Auerbach Janet Ball Hayward Ellinor Bax Smith Richard Cahill Ralph Carruthers Robert Creighton Denise Deuprey Turrell Melvin Dvorson Inez Erickson Thornton Don Erskine Allen Gross Richard Hall Joseph Handlon Ward Hart Mildred Heller Cornett Robert Jacobs Louise Jameson Questad Benjamin Jones Joseph Lopez Lorraine Lunt Godfrey Jean Maclane Kahler Douglas MacMullen June McMullin Bury Harryette Riecks Koch Irvin Roth Arthur Scharlach Ralph Schwarz Aaron Shenson Nancy Sparks Humiston Cecelia Steinberg Hurwich Naomi Welfield Kabakov Edward Willi
1934
1938
G. Andersen Beech Lucille Bertelsen Baker Colomba Boccone Lancelotti Francis Carothers Leon Fisher Emily-Ann Flint Standley Eugene Friend Bernice Goldberg Burnick Virginia-Jane Harris Alberta Heiman Siegel Charles Hunkins Francis Mayer William Mitchell Norman Mundell Jenella Patten Dwyer Audrey Pinkiert Dobbs Esther Pollock Norton Estelle Salomon Walker Sallie Schwarz Koenigsberg Helen Stahle Sharrer Masao Tsujimoto Marie Walker Moore
Clay Andrews Louise Armstrong VanVleck Jane Arnot Brunson Carolyn Barnes Sweet Mario Basso Robert Boeddiker Ruth Brenner Lipman Frank Brush Charles Calhan James Delehanty Jeannette Gordon Katz Catherine Guerena Welcome Catherine Guthrie Macomber Elinor Hall Smith Miriam Hoffman Wain Earl Horwitz Ralph Kramer Barbara Laddon Langendorf George Matsumoto Dorothea McHenry Walker Frederick Mielke William Moore Michikazu Nakai Mary Elizabeth O’Brien Aulmann June Persson Gibbon Mabel Pracy Miller Doris Rohlfs Stewart Jack Sloan Wesley Smith Suzanne Stephens Weeks Marion Sullivan Fitchett Dorothy Thurmond Shannon Janna VanDerWal Lingenfelter Milton Vucinich Geraldine White Wickland Robert Wilson
1932 Janet Bill Rist Paula Brendel Kreighbaum Theodore Brenner Louis Cherin Harry Goff Edmund Jung Persis Kading Brodrick Sid Pearlman David Potter Jerome Sapiro
1933
1935 Claudine Edwards Haughton Leland Feldheym Felton Marie Godt Benedict June Herkner Merkel Lydia Hill Kanter Russell Kanter Barton Knowles Jane Lillon Carboni Caroline Orginos Preovolos William Schoenfeld Kathryn Wolf Rothschild
1936 Henry Anderson Evelyn Avery Wilson Robert Bush Audrey Cannon Kuperstein Arthur Cerf William Chan Annette Coogan Kirkland Eleanor Fennon Cassidy Miriam Geballe Frankel David Geffen Walter Goldenrath Cora Gould Corwin Jack Hamilton Patricia Johnston Hermann Phyllis Kahn Fisher Nola Keller Theobald Raymond Lang Maxwell Lapkin Harvey Masonek Adele Meyer Stone Sylvia Onesti Richardson Barbara Raaka Robinson Virginia Ryan Shores Harold Sadowski Gardner Jane Sanctuary Wendell Barbara Schieck Leon Schiller Stanley Silver Everett Witzel George Yasukochi Jean Zeller Voss
1939 Anna Chu Moy John Cooney Yvonne Cyr Koshland Donald Davis Pieter DeVries Teresa Guilfoil Siebert Frederick Hong Trude Karp Ingram Gordon Kenny Yulie Kiyasu Nose Edna Lucy Smith Alice MacWilliams Hall Lorette North Petersen Jean O’Connell Briare John Shinkai Lorraine Tiscornia Preovolos
1940 Howard Alvord Nancy Anderson Chirich Leorose Arrillaga Soals Hans Beetz Frances Bittner Schmadeke Marie Bowman Fry Harry Camp Barbara Campbell Clarey William Coblentz Howard Council Robert Curley Jane Dawson Wiard Doris Lee Dietterle
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Bruce Duncan Carl Fry George Good Frances Harrison McCann Frances Hubbard Curley William Joslyn Kathleen Kellar Pond Robert Kitchen William Kiyasu Patricia Kurtz Stephenson Alfred Lee Helen Lee Chan Alice Lee Wong Susan Lelbach Weiler Sonia Lesh Jacobs Charles Manning Gloria Meyer Exline Gwendolyn Miller Kerner Joseph Mitchell Maxwell Myers Kimi Nao Matsumoto Richard Niello Takiko Nonaka Shinoda Elaine Oppenheim Karp Curtis Hooper Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan Fred Sauer Robert Sprague Eve Voigt Hollenberg Carla Wagner Reiter Margaret Warde Macarthy Evelyn Zinkand Owens
1941 Marilyn Adams Kauffman Grant Bakewell Phyllis Bloom Karp Arliss Boone Harmon Edward Bragg John Brainard Julius Braun Paul Bruch John Callander Rosemarie Coleman John Corby Marjorie Deckman Moore Jean Downey Harman Joseph Ehrman William Flexsenhar Harold Freemon Lawrence Fried Clarence Goldfinger John Goldsmith Galen Donald Grannis Lorraine Heiman Marchi-Fastie William Hendrickson Marjorie Hilp Rhodes Bertram Horn Dorothy Jones Mowat Deedee Kabushco Walser Eunice Kroger Meyer Lorraine Mangan Duddy Edward McClarty Arthur Middleton Donald Modlin Ted Myers Carl Raaka Eugene Rauscher Josephine Reimers Witt June Robanser Gardiner Betty Rosenblatt Blumlein David Scharff Dale Smathers Elsa Wagner Sutherland Beverly Ward Raber Frederick Warnke Marjorie Weiss Blodgett Richard Whitesides John Zeile
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Chrysanthia Kubota Narverud Raymond Landy Jesse Langridge James Livingston Park Loughlin Philis Ludlam Gold Sally Magill Stout Glenna Martin Benjamin Ransom McBride Joan McCafferty Newby Patricia Meherin Engstrom Les Mendelson Yuji Morita Dolores Parodi Wallace Joan Ransohoff Berry Elizabeth Reiss Williams Jean Reese Rilovich Boeddiker Harvey Rogers William Sales Kenneth Schussel Mary Alice Scott Easton Kenneth Shelley Patrick Simmons E. Maynard Smith Dorothy Lee Smith Thomas Maxine Sobel Sigel Elaine Thibodeau Daum Joan Trost Holloway Mary Von Raven Forth Herbert Waechtler Betty Walden Silverman Marjorie Weigel Hyman Jim Weller Rita Wieland
1943 William Bennett Edward Bennett Ralph Bishop Olive Elsie Blackley Haugen Levi Pola Braiverman Burk Cathryn Brash Paul Buchner Hobert Burns Louise Cohn Magner Nicholas Daniloff Frances Davey Woodard Donald Davis Leo Ellis H. Martin Ems Amy Jean Gallagher Hoffman Henry Gimmel Frank Hanrahan George Henderson George Hidzick Joan Levy Zentner Marie Lobianco Annuzzi Warren Mangels Kenneth McLennan Frederick Murray Barbara Novstrup Moreno Robert Olson Alan Orr Beth Outsen Vanderhurst Louis Troy Preovolos Walter Reichle Patricia Rodegerdts Fournier George Ross Herbert Salinger Clemente San Felipe Louis Schmidt Margaret Scholes Seabury William Schwabacher Don Sharman Sol Silverman Russell Sweeney Clarence Weinmann E. Paul White
1942
1944
Hatsuro Aizawa William Blankenship Robert Bloch Marion Brill Gibbs Clyde Burch Virginia Carpenter Rei Gerald Coleman Kenneth Colvin Helen Crawford Foltz Robert Crowder Joseph Crowley Lucille Dedier Meyer Leonard Feldman Eleanor Fox Krogfoss Millicent Gomperts Plant Otis Gravem Ella Gross Driscoll Gerda Gumpel Koppel Robert Haber Jeanette Hamill Raaka Betty Hansen Sellier Marjorie Hauck Sproul Lawrence Hawkinson Florence Houston Vergari Dorothy Jones Vasquez Julia Jordan Larson Robert Knox
Claire Baumgarten Field Richard Block Hugh Burrell Barbara Carlson Showler Ronald Casassa A. Crawford Cooley Helen Dencker Osborne Sanford Dickey Wayne Gray Donald Honnert Orlando Joyce Anita Kruer Honnert Herman Likerman Gordon Lisser James Mackie Donald Magnin Hans Maier Thelma Marguleas Colvin Robert Neuhaus Peggy Nolze Wolaver Rafael Piscitelli Kastl Jerry Politzer Clara Richert Shirlee Ronan Lash Willard Rush Meyer Sassoon Willis Schaupp
Leon Sloss Roger Thompson Paula Tyroler Rudnick Hans Vetter James Way James Whittaker Marilyn Wilson Nadyne Zalk Altfield
1945 John Berl John Bier Peter Black Marie Camp McDonald John Campbell Colleen Clark Silcox Lawrence Cott Anthony Cuevas Patricia Jean Cummings Munoz-Plaza Gloria DeMartini Benson Barbara DelMonte Nowicki Sharon Demick Brandt Robert Donovan John Epstein William Evers John Fracchia Virginia Gibson Gill Lee Hand Marian Howe Looney Reed Hunt Robert Johnson Harlan Kessel Ronald Klein Joe Kohlbecher Donald Kuhn Sheldon Kully Sol Langsam Aline Littman Napp Merle Mackinnon Patterson Ellen Magnin Newman Barbara March Smith Angela McFerrin Bellante Samele Moncharsh Samuel Orly Nolze Kelly Jerry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary Jean Paddock Prosser Esther Partanen Kessel Barbara Preston Bradley Mary Quigley Richard Roberts Ara Sahagian Daisy Schwartz Straus Robert Selby Warren Simmons Robert Stewart William Stewart Ed Toner Spencer Voyne Donald Wacks Carol Wallace Whitney Lawrence Wolf Mildred Young Thomas
1946 Lou Aronian Louis Bantle Paul Bergerot Joan Boisseree Gassiot Mary Ann Brown Tonkin Robert Campbell Milton Cerf Barbara Cobb Bradford Rosalie Coblentz Lefkowitz Leonard Collins Ronald Crawford Richard Daniel Florence DeMartini Zolezzi Barth Easton Donald Fisher Lloyd Hanford Clyde Henry Beverly Huff Lill Iverne Joan Hutto Greene Joan Marie Isaacs Swendsen Norman Landsberg Anne Lehmann Levison Robert Levison John Lilienthal Richard Marracq Yvonne Martin Cazier Grace McCague Jocelyn Mitchell Nash Harry Morgan Norris Nahman Gregory Prichard Joyce Rodegerdts Bouquet Joan Roeder Titus Claude Rosenberg Dorothy Jean Ross Sullivan Daniel Schiavone Ruth Schwabacher Cecchetti Claire Schwartz Schoenfeld Gloria Seghieri Hollingsworth Mervyn Silberberg Peter Sommer Constance Stone Goldeen James Sullivan
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Robert Swingley Thomas Trowbridge Grace VonDerMehden Williams Marshall Zemon Carole Zimet Stone
1947 Manuel Abreu Steve Anderson Marvin Anmuth June Barnett Fiori John Bell Clayton Berling Joan Blank Elder Olive Bliss Borgsteadt William Calvert Alan Carr Betty Cartwright Myers Richard Cornew James Daniels Dorothe Finn Selby J. Arthur Freed Joan Frisbie Neff Arthur Fudem Kenneth Gardner Virginia Green Sloss Dimitri Ilyin Jaclyn Jacobs Rusch Mark Kasanin Geraldine Kaufman Regensburger William Knorp Barbara Lane Schneider Ronald Leon Robert Lincoln Marie Ludemann Yasuko Morita Ikeda + Roy Murdock William Neff Consuelo Olivares Ranada Thomas Ostwald Janet Owen Ringchop Margaret Pappas McNinch Martin Rypins Fumio Alfred Saito Lonette Schepps Rappoport Marilyn Schneider Mogelberg Logan Scroggy Sylvia Shore Hoffmayer Greta Smith Gregory Janet Smith McGarry Lenore Smith Spitz Shirley Sparrowe Buono Chester Stanaro Joanne Susskind Tick Taketsugu Takei Kenneth White Werner Wolfen Manfred Wolff Keijiro Yamasaki
1948 Leone Albert Pollard Francesco Alberti Diana Anson Morasch Oscar Baltor Joan Beal Brill Milt Blaustein Alex Brill C. Howard Brown Merla Burstein Zellerbach Hugo Carissimo Lynn Chapman Mary Louise Davey Metcho Helen Dietrich Ondry Nadine Ehrenberg Monetta Bonnie Emmons Stewart Naomi EtsHokin Lauter Barbara Falk Gronowski Charles Foge Dorothy Gercke Praeger Thomas Glikbarg Harry Gluckman Barbara Goodwin Foge Edmund Green Diana Grosso Nichols Gerry Harvey Addison Patricia Heskins Gumbiner Margaret Hicks Peters Charles Glen Hopper Joanne Jepson Betty Jones Alvin Karstensen Herbert Kessler Jimmy Lam Edith Lankenau Knight Alan Lazarus Marie Lewis Matthews Carolyn Licht Wiener Colin Livingston Margret Lloyds Smallie Lynn Mahoney Ekegren Hubert Marcus Kurtis Mayer Joan McDermott Yost Virginia McGinley Douglas Ralph Mendelson Carol Modlin Swillinger
Dennis Patton Robert Rowell Robert Ruggles Paul Russell David Schoenfeld Hazel Sheu Lew John Shuman Donald Stibich Barbara Tadlock Mangels Phyllis Toby McKay Tony VanVliet Frances Weiler Varnhagen Janet Wood Speckman Dorn Gloria Woodin Ehrheart
1949 Roger Artoux Louise Barsotti Norman Beal Robert Beale Sheila Berke Hyman Gilbert Casarez Ramon Curiel Alan Doctor David Dorward Merv Durlester L. Frederick Fenster Ronald Figel Frederick Firestone Sally Flinn Chapman Rita Frank Neer Maureen Franken Tranchina Barbara Freeman Webber Winton Frey Barbara Glover Kvaska Lawrence Goldsmith Herbert Graywood Harry Hambly Laurence Hanna Margot Blum Helmuth Schevill Robert Hoffman Rod Hughes Thomas Johnson Warren Karby Joseph Karp Barbara Katz Schrager Kenneth Kennedy Thelma Klaes Goings June Klauser Waters Jesse Levy Douglas Linder Betty Ludemann Burridge Diane Lynch Merrill James Maneggie Alan Matzger Matthew McGowan Frances Olivares Guevarra William Owen Donna Parrish Honey James Plessas Helen Ray Adolph Rosekrans Sheldon Rosenthal Melvin Rubin Anne Schiessel Hughes Lucretia Scott Audrey Shapiro Sterling Carol Silverman Blumberg Alan Steuer William Stevenson Eduard Still Jeanne Susnow Sassoon Eleanor Willard Miller Nancy Zachariah Jelincich
1950 Hillel Abel Ruth Allen Gerald Ambinder Jack Anderson Seth Arnold Margot Bernstein Kohen Barton Brown Ronald Casriel Donald Cheu Joy Cohn Poust Garth Cook Ellie Cooper VanVoorhis Bock Dong Ellen Duncan Long Don Feinstein Thomas Flowerday Reva Futerman Riskin Patricia Gale Goldsworthy Fred George Donald Gold Frederick Graebe Donald Green Ann Harvey Hardeman Arthur Brian Hill Patricia Horne LeRocker Martin Kaufman Debbie Kinsley Dittman Robert Kurtz Hilde Lange Gerken
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Daniel Chan Lee Brooks Leffler Arnold Levy Ernest Malamud Richard Mann George Martinez Howard Morrow Carl Muto Alwyen Nelson Ruth Nusbaum Poole Nesya Papo Fishstrom James Pruitt Kathryn Rice Blum John Risbrough John Rising James Rosenthal Zell Ross Dove Joan Marie Shelley Clara Snow Throckmorton Elsie Solomon Mickola Martin Spellman Noel Straus Hanford Paul Svetcoff Melvyn Thorne Betty Trevor Davis Brigitte Wallerstein Dickinson Alan Wendroff Carla Wolff Perez Harry Wong Stephen Yang
1951 Phil Anaya Fumiye Ando Quong Harrison Anixter Bernice Baciocco Raffo Peter Baker Frank Baker Barbara Berelson Wiltsek Frederick W Bradley Douglas Egan Patricia Fitzgerald Worthington John Fletcher Bernard Frankel Sigmund Freeman Jackie Goldberg Feinstein William Gunn Carol Heinecke Johnson F. Warren Hellman Karen Herting Opp Pat Hoberg Skillman Thomas Hoffman Masako Koga Iwawaki Murakami Louise Jankelson Rosenberg Gerda Kalisch Korner Betty Kindberg Byrne Ray Kistler William Lindstrom Carlos Luna Manuel Luna Marlene Magid Fullmer Mary Louise McGowan Gage Carol Mierson Tansill Gerald O’Connor Marietta Parker Kahl Alma Porta Brennan Maxine Rosenberg Schulman Alice Ryan Abbott Michael Schwabacher Barbara Scott Scafidi Paul Stern J. Ben Vernazza Akira Watanabe Cameron Wylie
1952 Zena Abers Fish Nancy Arndt Finken Joanne Axelrod Gordon Kenneth Berry Richard Blaustein Frank Brandes Robert Bransten Kathryn Breslauer Payne Auguste Broucaret Craig Callahan James Chandler Ronald Chapman Henry Dosdorian Jeanne Emmons Cohn Irene Enstrom Kaus Tom Flattery William Floyd Paul Fong Charles Fuller Joan Goldammer Kjemtrup Stephen Gospe Gail Hettich Markley Stanford Horn Gail Hurley Ruxton Ann Kalechman Blumenfeld Gerald Levin Leland Levy + Jackie Lowrey Hempy
Jacqueline Malfanti Lindstrom Raymond Malispina Bruce Masonek Colleen McElroy Verzi William Medin Les Morse Richard Nason Ray Perkins Carl Quong Henry Ralston Leonard Schmitt John Schwabacher Horton Scioneaux George Sheldon Greg Wilbur
1953 Joanne Alioto Casaudoumecq Richard Alvarez Lawrence Axtell Judith Bechtel Lois Birnbaum Anderson Richard Blum Neil Blumenthal Nancy Brewer Eills Charlene Bruggeman-Wong Colin Bradley Burke Jerry Carver Robert Celso Alexander Crosby Peter Dahl Albert Dittmann Frank Doodha H. Robert Dulik Philip Fehlen Nanette Figel Chapman Ronald Fuerstner Gail Garvin Berry Sue Gorman Cristallo Garrett Graham Harry Greenberg Joan Honek Keith Sylvia Hotchner Bearman Judy Kelleher Rigas Robert Kirchhoff Yvonne Kramer Creighton Thomas Kull Mike Leaskou Joan Lovering Connor Audrey Macgregor Gray Katherine Mackintosh Cuneo Edith Malamud Stephen McBride Place John McGilvray Bernard Mizel John Molinari Allan Morrison Barbara Murphy Turner Barbara Neilson Beal Carole Randolph Karp John Sampson Jane Sartori Seeborg Marcu Scherer Martin Segol Jo Ann Stewart William Stimson Edith Strauss Kodmur Beverly Swope Nidick Stewart Weinberg Paul West Gary Wilsey Jeffry Wisnia
1954 Kenneth Archibald Barbara Batmale Cancilla Patricia Berelson Ross Michael Berger Carol Berger Hurwitz Phil Braverman Claudia Caesar Nettle Richard Cellarius William Chisum Malcolm Cole Richard Courtway Charles Curley Richard Dana Barbara Davies Zwieg J. Karen Elleson Bowles Joan Erbentraut Gordon Betsy Fletcher Glikbarg Con Glafkides Alison Green Braverman Arleigh Greenblat Kay Diane Harper Nelson Cecile Hartman Salomon Victor Hebert Daniel Hone Diane Jacobs Moore Eric Knox Sam A Kuhn Serene Low Joan Matzger Shain Adriane Modlin Morrison
Michael Monteith Carolyn Montgomery Alpern Richard Munter Kyra Oppermann Janssen Louis Pelfini Bud Phillips William Pope Bruce Purrington Doreen Schuette Courtway Bertrand Jay Shapiro Allan Sommer Aline Spivock Usim Elson St John Helen Stone Levenson Theodore Terstegge Carol Thompson Tyler Sumiko Wada Akashi Kathryn Wahlgren Dodds Robert Weck Nancy West Curley Laurence Wormser Robert Zwieg
1955 Patricia Aleck Claude Bart Hughes Arlene Beckman Linder Joan Blumenfeld Werner Sue Borshell Leonard Stephen Bradley Richard Cheu Chris Christiansen Barbara Clark Steffey Ruby Cohen Hertz Lawrence Cohn Anthony D’Agostino William Danenhower Sam Dederian Cheri Dill Taylor Paul Diller Elyce Edelman Melmon Louise Edler Taylor Arlene Epp Krieger Edward Evans Barbara Figone Austin Salvador Franzella Michael Fuller Lynn Gilman Pamplin Ann Golden Mizel Jerrald Goldman Yvonne Grossi Vaughan Nancy Hage Graham Robert Hermann Roger Herst Carol Hicks Mary Hollingsworth Lowe George Ivelich James Jackson James Johnson Joan Kaufmann Gross Julie Klein Gibson Stephan Krieger Joseph Lasky Marc Leland Louis Levin Thomas Levison Odette Luce Simpson Jeanne McCutcheon Humphreys Tracy McDermott Sandra Millett Tarzan John Mindermann Albert Mock Earl Norgard Michael Peevey Roland Peracca + Ronald Petersen Stuart Pollak Marilyn Rosinsky Wallace Roger Ryman Nancy Sawyer O’Hara Wing Soohoo Thomas Stern Gay Sugarman Young Karen Tyree Crommie William Werner Jocelyn White Franklin
1956 Stephen Abel Ronald Bachman David Baker Barbara Bates Bonadeo L. Wayne Batmale Byron Blackwell Kenneth Bley Thomas Caylor Valerie Chester Hoover Robert Childs Albert Clark Lorelle Cohn Ellis Ralph Daniels Joanne Davies Barnes Diana DeMun Blankenship Vicki Ekstrom Thomson
Brenda Enmeier Stiers David Flinn Emanuel Goldman Arden Greenblat Judy Haight Erickson Kevin Harrington Joy Hemstreet Knox Eleanor Holtz Cutler Sally Ann Hough Ryan James Hurwitz Gail Jacobs Nebenzahl Lee Labe Pollak Robert Lom Ronald Low Brian Lyttle Eric Mackintosh Robert Miailovich Steve Muto James Nanjo Karen Petersen Balistreri Jerry Redford Buck Reed Barry Slatt Sondra Snow Rykoff Jeanne Sommer Roberta Spivock Cohn Sonja Swenson Taylor Joan Swimmer Geller Jeffrey Thomson Donald Tornberg Paula Tsukamoto Endo Stephen Wiel Helen Woo Fong Sylvia Woodward Lyttle
1957 Joan Addy Wendy Alter Hermann Carl Berry Carlie Collins Tartakov Nancy Cooper McKane Nathan Dwiri Jerome Falk Bryan Gould Vicki Green Richard Guggenhime Joan Hartman Rineberg Sandra Hartmann Stribolt Russell Henry Robert Henry Kenneth Jenkins Robert Kucich Michael Kuhn Leo Martinez Anthony Mathios Charles McClure Yolanda Murcia Gibson Stanley Perkins Julie Petersen Croker Lourdes Ravara Hurst Ralph Saski Nancy Scheeline Herzog Harvey Schwartz Steve Sibbett Tony St Amant Juli Staiger Postol Gary Stanton Craig Swanson Wendy Tibbe Redford Jon Tolson Terry Trosper Schaeffer Hulton Wood Richard Young
1958 Lynda Altfield Albert Artoux Carole Boehme Spalding Gerald Bordin James Byrnes Lynne Cahen Dittmore Suzanne Cantou Keeler A. Balfour Chinn A. David Cobo Adrienne Cohn Horn Richard Colsky Carolyn Costello Brydson Robert Digrazia Paul Eisenberg James Ellis Michael Flaherty Larry Gerrman Carolyn Greenberg Friedman Howard Gregg Newby Sue Honig Weinstein Stephen Horn Carl Jackson Kent Jakobsen Sarah Kanzler Hammarstrom Michael Kavanaugh John Lauricella Shirlene Leong Tong Duarte Lopes Mimi Marx Mindel
Otis Matheny Molly McNerney MacGowan Florence Muto Izumi Reva Paslin Segall Lenore Person Weissenberger Peter Preovolos Seth William Reid Cherie Joell Singer Williams William Stamos Sylvia Sun Minnick Ed Torres Juliana Tracy Weissman Tom Wardrope
1959 Diane Baron Levison Susan Bates Woods Charles Breyer Maureen Cohn Vasquez Sandra Der Tye Raymond Fay Bonnie Goldman Robert Gremminger Julianne Hammond Kramer Dave Harrison John Hentz Paul Hofmann Duncan Howard Judith Lindquist Prince Martin Lowenthal Daniel Marble John Marks Karen McLellan Nancy McMillan Clothier Lawrence Miller Michael Newman Paul O’Lague Bruce Osterman Frank Parsons Karen Pastorino Eagan William Penn Irene Poon Andersen Barbara Quinn Palmer Fred Robinson Gary Silberstein Jeanne Tobin Bush Ella Tom Miyamoto Melissa Walker Kubiak Irving Zaretsky Phillip Ziegler
1960 Valerie Anglim Daniels Nicole Batmale Love Theodore Bresler Frank Card Julia Chang Bloch Milton Dare Sunny Du Puis Thomas Durbin Barbara Enmeier Bunting Linda Fensky Kelsey Martin Harband Arthur Martin Hinkle Carol Hoffman De Canio Valerie Hone Maffly Ellen Jane Irey Albro Tony Ivelich Ron Melmon Gayle Melmon Blum Claudia Oppenheim Seright Gloria Pache Steven Raffin Daniel Roberts Frank Sansot Thomas Strauss Thomas Urbina Ted Uyemoto Lloyd Wood Reinart Linda Zief Gelzayd
1961 Jean Anderson Covarelli Ozzie Bates Dana Bloom Shapiro Bruce Borgman Joan Catelli Peter Cavalli Claudia Conklin Fernando Cornejo Keith Davis Henry Dea Albert Engel Robert Friend William Graff Robert Grossman John Harris Frances Hildebrand Dennis Jaffe Sharon Ann Jamart Baum Raymond Jubitz Gene Kaufman Myrna Kelso Klassen Susan Kollman Levinson
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2004 Income â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $713,000
Dave Kuperstein Timothy Leach Lawrence Leong Linda Leong Wang Ina Levin Gyemant Bruce McMillen Elizabeth Moore Harumi Nakao Kishida Barbara Nicol Donnelly Marshall Ow Roger Passera Mark Reutlinger Kathleen Saito Yuille Jacqueline Schembari Buckley Susan Scurich Victor Seeto Nancy Small Sansot Melanie Stoff Maier Bill Terstegge Greg Tolson Wesley Tom Brenda Tom Jow Karen Woo Chin Gloria Woo Kwei Phyllis Yung Kwok
Investment Income $97,000
Unrestricted Gifts $366,000 Restricted Gifts $250,000*
1962 Gerald Adams Stephen Aizenberg Jeanne Albronda Heaton Kenneth Baron Andrea Brown Gourdine Bonnie Campbell Bunker Henry Cassel Chris Chamberlin Vicki DeGoff Andrea Fain Selig Richard Fuller Sydney Goldstein Dave Guggenhime Elizabeth Hassard Silver Penelope Hyman Markrack John Ino Lori Jacobs Horne John Jester Linda Johnson Chapman Raymond Kaliski Roger Kaufman Jeffery Kaufman Sara Langenthal Adams Kurt Leswing Ronald Leu Marcia Levy Rubenstein Jane Liebman Goichman Patricia Morehen Nancy Mouber Henares Shirley Paintner Perkins Elizabeth Paulsen John Petrovsky Mary Lou Phillips Schleicher John Plough Rozell Preddy Overmire Candace Quan Chinn Owen Raven Bojana Ristich Kathleen Rose Disston Donna Siegle Anderson Robert Smith Frances Vickter Feinman Hamilton Wong Penny Young Wood
1963 Robert Arenson Carmen Azzopardi Gage John Bischoff Donald Bohn Diane Bonfigli Lobo Daniel Burns Pamela Cook Lawson Audrey Foster Henriquez David Gartshore Allan Gold David Hara Richard Hassman Marcella Holzman Gary Joe Marguerite Johnson Blumenthal Bonnie Kapkin Pearlman Bonnie Krieger Corman Armand Lara Niels Larsen Kenneth Lutich Melanie Maisin Buoncristiani Mary Maurer Otto Helen Morgan Bohl Arthur Muto Martin Neely Linda Nelson Marilyn Noda Swartz Nancy Oberfelder Steckley Martha Phillips Poorman Douglas Ripley Paul Rosenberg Vivian Rosenberg Marguleas Diane Rosina Ristow
*Many restricted gifts are directed to endowmentn funds that are only partially available for current use. Susan Saxe Kaufman Dewey Seeto Geoffrey Shaskan Gary Shemano John Topham Scott Whiteley Larry Zemansky
1964 Norma Leah Andres Carole Babow Florian Anne Batmale John Becker Dirk Beijen Denis Binder Larry Bingham Joseph Blum Mary Ann Brakebill Bersi Paul Cademartori Judith Calvert Christine Chase Reynolds Catherine Cordini Joyce Epstein Berman Rosemarie Estolas De Weese Corey Flintoff Richard Frueh Garith Garibaldi Gwenlyn Giffing Gibson Beth Greenwood Gretchen Gustafson Tenenbaum Roberta Heintz Michael Josephson Denise Kaufman Lawrence Kenney Paula Klipfel Lavine Joan Korss Cohen Richard Levin Alexander Lock Lesly Loughry Robinson Cheryl Markuse Arenson Peter Meeks Anne Menzies Scherer Adrienne Morales Reeves Julian Munoz Gail Oka Morin Carol Olmert Pamela Ott Mazur Laurence Poon George Reinhardt Janet Robinson Robbins Harold Schulz Carla Silberstein Buchanan Suzanne Snow Swallow Janice Sonoda Fujikawa Nancy Takiguchi Balberan Philip Tutt Gary Weinstein Allison Welles Janss Cheryl Willis Willis-Roe Sidney Wong Douglas Wong Patricia Yancey Neeley Lynn Zalkind Baron
1965 Stephanie Appel Hoffman Kathleen Basin Isaacson-Alger Lawrence Baum Judy Belmont Grossman
Christine Bernstein Rodriguez Linda Berry Stewart Mark Blum Carl Bovill Charles Bruce Paula Burtis James Cancilla Press Clewe Matthew Cotabish Pemberton Charles Everett Karen Glasser Gary Grossman Isac Gutfreund Anna-Marie Harl Lenneal Henderson Linda Hom Jung James Horio Jay Hull Duffy Jennings Nancy Kahn Stanton Gregory Kazarian Gregg Kerlin Elaine Kirchhoff Karen Larsen Wilson Lee Steven Lerner Donna Lim Scott Macey Bonnie MacLennan Portnoy Michael Mason David Milanesi Arlene Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Doyle Phillip Pallett Pallette Michael Paratore Jeff Portnoy Ralph Robinson Laura Rosenman Ghielmetti Ruth Sallein Astle Samas Marilyn Sherman Ellis Stanley Kent Shernock Elvio Sommerauer Gary Thompson Ernest Tong Edward Topham Edward Wallace Sandra Wara de Baca Pamela Wong Kline Helen Wong Lee James Wrighting
1966 Allan Alcorn Paul Arenson Diana Auerback Gleave Bertil Bergstrom Carol Boyd Scott Brenneke James Brodie Susan Bryant Gerald Buchwald Judith Carter Barkdoll Marcelino Castillo Virstan Choy Catherine Cicerone Fawcett Judy Clarke Stephen Cornell Conrad Cummings Candace Dong Lee Claire Edelman Douglas
Elizabeth Erikson Marnul Kathleen Fairbrother Guthrie Hennili Falldorf Munden David Gabriel Jeffrey Gaynor Norman Gilbert Robert Gooyer Svetlana Grediakin Artemoff Richard Greenspan Steven Hahn Leon Hallacher James Hentz Wally Hillstrom James Holmberg Maere Howard Ward Donald Iglesias Alvin Ja Ray Jakobovits Thomas Jew Daniel Kirk Al Kovalick Carla Maria Lazzareschi + Cynthia Lee Florence Lee Wong Kathryn Leong Ligon Robert Ligon Robert Lockhart Helen Louie Wax Richard Maddock Gary McGuffin William McQuaid Murray Mechum Alan Mendelson Carole Neal Nancy Nelson Butler James Nunnally Toshio Okano Linda Ozores Athan Pasadis Vicki Porter Wittrock William Rae Louise Rain Gross Gayle Rantz Rosenberg Sally Rogino Vaughn Norman Ronneberg Susan Schneider Pembridge Susan Shapiro Shwartz Gail Treadwell Sollid Nadia Trimmer Patricia Willard Leicher Beverlee Willman Taylor Jean Annette Wolf Hentz Ward Wolff Ralph Zak
1967 Vincent Agbayani Terri Alexander Menchini Susan Augustine Kelton Michael Bailey Michael Becker Michael Bower Lynn Browning Oderman Sandra Brunello Marinai William Chan Cecile Chase Everson Roberta Chew Bonnie Chin Lui Martin Chong
Dorothy Dea Mar Kenta Duffey Tully Sandra Dyer Joseph Barbara Elkus Deborah Ellingsen Stebbins Janet Engelbrecht Madelyn Fried English Barbara Ghio Gross Julia Gluesing George (Hartwig) Nakano Janice Ho Fong Anita Jew Wu Robert Keeney Jeffrey Keyak Jessica Kuzmanich Gaynor George Lawry Wilbert Lee Raymond Lee Deborah Lem Clifton Louie Patricia Louis Nakano Charlene Low Victor Merolla Diane Morris Milber Penny Nakatsu Michael Neumann Janice Ogi Barbara Penney Clark Evanna Lynn Perazzi Dunlop Richard Pezner Patricia Pivnick Levin Stuart Quan Daniel Quan Ken Richardson Mark Rosen Margaret Shamlian Peter Siegel Ralph Sinick Victoria Steinberg Fuchs Sherrill Stern Laszlo + Nancy Susnow Fleming Tomoko Takeshita Yeh Rhoda Tang Vallery Tennenbaum Feldman Stanley Toy Barbara Trautmann Padilla Christopher Vasil Dennis Verducci Robert Wagner Phillip Wenger Claudia Wolf Eshoo Preston Wong Sheldon Wong Elaine Wong Migliore Melissa Wong Renati Rodney Woo Theodore Zouzounis
1968 Karen Andersen Robert Arrick Arlene Basin Corsetti Thomas Boyd Alan Buchwald Jack Crick Megan Dana Wallace Irene Davidson Thomas Dennis Dow Ariel Dritz Mumma Robert Elbert Patricia Gallagher George Gara Robert Gordon Mary Goughnour Doll Linda Grady Andre Hassid Fred Hinners Sherlyn Hu Leong Melvin Huey Katherine Karass Ponganis Kenneth Keller Carol Knaus Scolini Mark Kroncke Winston Lee Dorena Lee Johnson Janet Lee Tse Russ Leong Karen Lindfors Craig Lunt Michael Maddan Jack Margid + Donna McKenna Richard Mitra Randy Ong Linda Owyoung Lowe Mimi Pichey + Alice Pong Tom Bonnie Reyff Catherine Rossi-Roos Robert Sakai Cynthia Smith Denise Sobel Bruce Spiegelman William Stephens Boris Leon Vilner
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Peter Wigmore Albert Wong Annie Wong Suzanna Wong Hansen Joanne Woo
1969 Joan Abrahamson Kenneth Carter David Cherney Richard Chew Connie Chew Lee Susan Edelman Bleckner Sharon Farber Jennifer Fung Homer Gee Cindy Gok Gregory Gomez Kathy Green Denise Kate Haskin Brostoff Sandra Hsu Steven Jacobson Kenneth Jew Esther Koch Paula Lee Mahoney Ron Levy Gary Low Barbi Lucas Briscoe Margaret Lum Low Terry Mack Magnin Gary Mason Deborah Miller Terre Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke Thomas Raymond Ow Jean Pao Ng Linda Powell McMillan Eva Sam Ong Nancy Sitton Janet Surkin Lisa Tartikoff Rosenthal Gayle Willard Higaki + Jackson Wong Brian Wong Marilyn Zimmerman
1970 Lorraine Backman Alexandra Bordokoff Susan Bracker Joy Chang Mary Chang Coon Laurie Conte Brollier Lena Diethelm Cary Dunne Gary Fong Patricia Gee Barry Gevertz Sidney Gospe Mary Jang Lydia Jasielum Martinez Zvi Kalinski Gail Kendall Peter Kwok Diane Lee + Pamela Lee Warren Leong Gary Leung Philip Matthews Tymothy Myers Frank Neumann Wendy Lee Quan Julia Quinn Melinda Seid David Shapiro Ronald Sockolov Jr Valerie Sopher Wynetta Spencer Kollman Janice Steiner Freeman Pamela Stewart Levy Joan Tomaich Buchanan Monte Travis Michael Whisman Joseph Wineroth Sharlene Wong + Jennifer Woo Rose Woo Lock Larry Wood Shirley Yee Kwok
1971 Michael Roth Appleton David Arrick Donna Barfield Christensen David Berger David Brown Randall Choy Jeanette Choy Chan Calvin Chu Lynn Dehnert Miller Avra Elbinger Dominic Franco Philip Scott Hara Janet Houser
Edward Kam Olson Lee Dennis Liu Henry Obana Richard Parker Ellen Pichey George Shlyapin Rochelle Slamovich Diana Staring Susan Stelling Thomas Straus Jane Straus Debra Surkin William Tamayo King Thompson Susan Vigano Jerry Waters Tim White + Wellington Wong Gilbert Wong Maria Wong White +
1972 Joseph Afong Debra Babcock David Bohegian Angela Chan Chan-Chin Dorothy Chun Brian Cruz Jean Dietterle Pedersen Lawrence Fan Edward Fong Allen Friedman Jean Pierre Garza David Hagerman Joseph Hannan Richard Hauser James Hayman Arthur Hoppe Allan Horn Donald Hurd Joanne Ja John Knox Laetitia LaFollette William Lahl Michael Lazarus Tony Lee Penny Lee Sue Larry Low Jean Masuoka Patrick McKay Michael McQuaid Robert Muller Roberto Mustacchi Gregory Olsen Agnes Ono Leong Victoria Romero Sabrina Sam Madeline Schnapp Heidi Schoenstein Thurmon Gregory Short Marilyn Singer Mark Steiner John Michael Stumpf Carol Umland Sharon Jean Wong Bryan Wong Alice Wong Wai Harry Wong Helen Yee
1973 Anonymous Linda Arcellano Shaw Karen Ausland Lahl James Baer Mark Budak Virginia Cacal Larry Cannon Richard Carlton Buffy Cereske Steven Chinn Jeanette Chittum Langdell Alan Chow Martha DeAlba Sciamanna Christine Ewald Hansson Lili Feinstein Amy Fink Neofotistos Susan Frankenstein Dean Bradley Friedman Marcia Collette Gallion Mark Gamble Steven Gee Rhonda Gray Pamela Greenwood Shallbetter Timothy Hanford Hans Hansson Leslee Herzstein Jonathan Hoff Trudy Hom Gee David Hosang Paul Jensen Robert Jong
Raymond Ju Susan Kaplan Simon Sanford Kingsley Mark Krueger Karen Lai Bill Langdell Donald Lee Elsa Leung David Lieu + Joanna Lim Ng Marcella Low-Chinn Marcus Lowe James Mazzaferro Linda Nanbu Rodney Olsen Thomas Peterson Gisele Pohan + Maryanne Razzo Paul Roggero Mark Ruben Robert Rushakoff Vera Safronoff Ginotti Anne Schagen Elaine Schipper Matthies Teresa Serata Perry Simon Beverly Sommer Feder Marianne Stewart Wilson Debra Strauss Harwin Benjamin Tang + Steve Tight Jocelyn Tom Nicole Trasvina Donald Westfall Carl Wildenradt Channing Wong Richard Woo Rita Yee Gaymond Yee Ivy Yee-Sakamoto Cynthia Young
1974 Anonymous Susan Adams Joseph Armenta Mirta Arsenian Louis Barberini Mary Barsony Bruce Batten Lorna Chee Warren Chee Lisa Coughlin Clay John Crittenden Fernando DeAlba Daniel Ducoff David Fellows Paul Folena Margaret Glickfeld Sedar Cathleen Hardeman Machiko Ito Jeanette Johnson Levenstein Sabrina Kahn George Kum Matthew Lando Koon Lau Victor Lee David Lee Judy Lee Sylvia Lee Jerry Lee Elaine Lee Kawasaki Deborah Lowe Juliana Lum Morelli Peter Macphail Milena Marsico Jane McClure Mark Miller Michele Moore Daly Leiko Nakazawa Dahlgren + Nallip Omran Charles Peckerman Peggy Peterson Bley Max Pong Marc Pulliam Suzanne Quan Zora Rogers Douglas Ryan Barbara Schulz Jeffrey Shapiro Deborah Suslow Eric Tang Warren Taylor Brenda Taylor Johnson Ray VanDerHorst Patricia Vivado Edward Wan Nancy Wildenradt Eisen David Woo + Sylvia Woo Scott Wood
1975
1977
Mark Bley Ellen Cappel Fiebert Claudio Chiuchiarelli Adam Fink Joanne Frediani Daniel Grossman Ronald Grove Courtenay Hardy Robert Hauser Joel Hausman Edward Hee Thomas Hontalas Keith Howell Sandra Huey Jeong Carl Isackson Jeffrey Kawaguchi Jack Lam Paul Lazzareschi Sally Lee Judi Leff Dale Lieu Mark Manber Mark Markel Carlton Oler Gary Ow Sophie Papageorge Anita Piccone Mazzaferro Yvonne Quan-Wong Cathy Quon Kenji Spencer Lisa Thoshinsky VandeVoorde Stanley Tom Alexander VonHafften Rolinda Wang Cris Wedekind Denise Wong Peck Nora Woo Gee Raymond Yan Cynthia Zamboukos +
Kirsti Aho Deborah Beranek Maher Ellen Berk Gravitt Aaron Braun Brenda Choi Quan Edwin Conn Cristino De La Paz Martha French Jon Hiura Joan Hoover Linda Hoskins Mauzy + Ann Kasper James Lau Jetson Lee Lawrence Louie Spencer Lowe Florecita Maerina Richeson Philip Mezey Kitty Ng David Pepper Norman Quan Geraldine Rosen-Park Elise Rowen Debord Loreen Seid Jung Martha Shumway Donald Snyder David Tseng Karen VanDerHorst Tomczak
1976 Terence Abad Katherine Borgfeldt Flora Burger Kupferman Paul Chan Patricia Jean Chan Miller Richard Chen Lena Chen Lee Susan Cherin Rushakoff John Chiang Sandra Chiang Yee Tom Childers Wynne Chin Joel Davis Miriam Ducoff Smolen Karla Ekholm Shari Eng Phillips David Epstein Beverly Epstein Stacy Filipiak Melendrez Helen Goldsmith Peter Herzstein Irene Hilton Wilbur Hong Sandra Kobayashi Kathleen Lee Elene Lee Leo Lee Brenda Lee Duenas Philip Leung Jeffery Louie David Low Irma Mancia Rymers Monica Mills Lorraine Mock Wilson Ng Eddy Ng Lucy Nguyen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Patricia Poli Proano Jane Pon Janet Popesco Archibald Patrick Quan + John Romero James Sakamoto Susan Simpson Eddie Soliven Mike Susoev + Hector Tam Judy Thalheimer Justin Ting Joanne Tolosa Fujiwara Lester Tom John Trasvina Yinn Tzeng Michael Ugawa Sheila Walsh Yeh Betty Wan Francis Yeh Norman Yim Tanya Yip +
1978 Roy Abendroth Joseph Breen Sid Burger Eve Capapangan Manalo Carol Crawford Falstrup David Fink Sandra Folena-Schauchulis Nancy Fong + Benjamin Gulli William Hair John Kao Joyce Keyak Cindy Lee Feng Benjamin Leung Mark Lieu Michele Machbitz Klein Maria Cristina Marra Byers Gilbert Martinelli Franz Metcalf Danette Millar Davis Cheryl Moore Debra Moore Thomas Paderna Gerald Tom Christina Tourlos Thompson Steven Toy Margaret Wilson Jonathan Wong Richard Wong William Wong Craighton Woo Christopher Young Brad Young
1979 Vincent Anderson Bernadette Barbante Jennifer Bean Michelle Biagini Gitmed Victor Canales Eileen Chan Tina Chan Tsue Howard Chung Gina Cross Joan DeHovitz Ronald Eng Alan Fong Eva Heran Lemley Jean Hui Enomoto Karyn Hunt George Ishikata Cynthia Lee Lieu + Mabel Lee Abellera Damon Lieu + Arlene Liu Chui Jason Macario Julie Nishimura Perry Pong Michele Rajninger Hassid Mary Reilly Keller Paul Tsien + Valerie Wing Broadman
1980 Anonymous Maria-Lisa Abundo Cheryl Anderson Naomi Baum Karen Bishop Nina Bogdan Grace Chang Steve Colvin
Spring 2005 Chazzerrina Concepcion Pono Aaron Freiwald Elizabeth Fung Rachel Gordon Diane Gresham Fern Rudy Hassid Marcus Hu Jules Jelinek William Kate Marlene Keyak Smith + Todd Kushner Edna Lee Ruth Mancia Bennett Barbara Mundy Keith Naftaly Davis Ng Chin Woo Park Nancy Ragle Jono Reksoatmodjo Rebecca Robbins McLane Amy Segal Blase Laurie Sherman Karen Shibata Nixon Nicholas Shihadeh Alan Sun + Annie Takeuchi Deanna Tong Woo Ariane Trelaun Shelly Wentker Taylor William Wolfe Diane Wong Patricia Wong Kathy Wong + Henry Woo Athena Woo Sakurai Tammie Yin
1981 Jesiros Bautista Dean Bell Frederick Buskey Maya Ching Ando Keith Denebeim Elizabeth Doty Rico Duazo Michael Gee Theodore Holman Brenda Hui Lam Christopher Hunt Michael Katten Miya Kim Eric Krebs John Lam Polly Lee Rompel Benita Low Selor Selinda Molloy Neal Stanley Ng Rosalind On Hiromi Onodera Yamasaki Gin Pang Darwin Popenoe Tom Rainey Daniel Rich Miriam Rosen Blake Nancy Satoda + Gaby Shelley Norma Shiheiber Sayage Emily Shu Rex Tam Judith Tick Joyce Tom Marcella Toy-Ching + Helen Tsiliacos Greenstrand Shuji Yamada Linda Yee Victoria Yick Ng Norman Yu Lucy Zee
1982 Beth Alberts Eugene Berg Nathan Bernstein Benjamin Bratt Kimiko Burton-Cruz Lawrence Clark Inger Coyne Nocella Julia Fong Lillian Fong Steven Ganz Dina Goldman Janice Gresham Jorge Hernandez Steven Hill Lana Huey Pun Curtis Jeung Alexander Kami Adnan Khan Megan Kitagawa Helen Lee Mei Lee Steven Li Yin Li Lawrence Loo Deena Louie Marcus Louie Julie Molenda Giessler
Lowell Alumni Association Patricia Moreno Alice Nguyen James Park Stephen Popper Hubert Pun Anne Quilter Goldstein Abigail Rischin Michelle SooHoo Tai Milo Sprague Debra Strach Germenis Sally Tam Screven Trudy Tang Alexander Winslow Max Wolf Nora Wong
1983 Robert Aguirre Arlene Almuete Arellano Alison Bloomfield David Bolotin Ronald Chan Jennifer Chan Cheng Sylvia Chu Robert Cornell Wilhelm Damian Amelia DeLaRosa Geoffrey Emberling Lucy Fong Lee Elise Fong Wing Phyllis Franchy McDermott Lisa Fung Hayley Green Smith Tracy Hemmeter Michele Henry Alexia Horanzy Heckers Charles Hultgren Jocelyn Kei Schauer Susanna Kim Bracke Alison Lee Jeffrey Lee Vivian Lee Eng Wayne Leong Andrew Lieberman Herbert Lin Diana Loo Lester Louie Stephen Ma John McDonald Katherine Miller Carbone Thomas Mitchell Allison Morris Gatto Emily Murase Joann Ng Shieh Katie Power Hultgren Eva Rauchman Russell Alexander Sadovnikov Sumiyo Sakata Adachi Shinju Stopes Morris Gower Suen Gary Takemoto Betty Tang Lau Mark Taylor Susan Valentin Cubing David Wentker + Jane Woo Currie Angela Woodward Grace-Ann Wu + Joseph Yeun Dominic Yin Stephen Yuen Harlan Zimmerman
1984 Sharon Chin Karnow Wei Mun Chu Rogelio Dawkins Arthur Dirk Margaret Fox Bussey Lesli Gee Sarah Hudson Rebekah Huey McGowan Andrew Lam Peter Lee Stephen Lefkovits Henry Shin Sarah Tiu Darren Wong Steven Wong Wendy Wong Agnes Wong Tony Woo Nora Yeung Yu Tonny Yu
1985 Anonymous David Botkin Carin Chang Ramsey Thomas Chow Laura Cole Wendover Paul Coleman Steven Mark Folan Florence Fong Anne Garner Deborah Hauser Linnea Johnson
Vincent King Doris Lee + Ashia Lee Derksen Frances Mann Leung Katherine Loo Cindy Ng Dove Khanh Nguyen Frances Quan Lee Anna Schwartz Botkin Liane Takahashi Candy Tam + Martine Trelaun Christine Vu Denise Wong Annie Wong Nelson Bradley Wong Sandra Lynn Wong + Anne Wong Mathis Delia Wu Loving Herman Yan Betsy Yee Penelope Yip Dorothy Yiu Chang
1986 Sonja Basich Juricic Adam Borneleit + Tracy Albert Chan + Amy Chew Chow Lori Chou Hung Dao Eric Fastiff Shami Feinglass Matthew Fukuda Dylan Fuller Angela Fung Julie Higashi Dominico Julian Grace Kao Nelson Kong Irene Kuo James Kwan Howard Lee Raymond Louie Sharon Low Wong David Medina Vivi Mosher McCabe Geoffrey Murase Kay Namberumal Sheth Erin Pierson Ribka Judy Sing Wang + Sheila Slane Hawkin Woo Elizabeth Yick Kim Jack Zee
1987 Yvette Brown Eleanor Pat Chan Bryan Clair Elizabeth Dunn Kwasny Christine Ferrari Deborah Grubb Moskovitz Francisco Gutierrez Elizabeth Huey-Torney Huey-Levine Deborah Hull David Hunt Dee Lau Shirley Lee Wong Lucy Leong-Chen Hansen Lieu Monica Lim Katherine McCarthy Moser Jessica Middleton Peter Miyamoto Kenny Mok Jennifer Murphy Sinclair Dalicia Nance Amy Pang Celeste Sollod Andrea Swenson Darryl Tom Ho-Man Wong Jeannie Wong
1988 Elaine Anderson Katherine Aquino-Chow Noelle Bac Flood Una Chan Wind + Kathy Choi George Cuan Jenny Demonteverde Raffield Tina Diep Kung Han Dong Jenny Dubner Coleman Glenn Galang Chris Galvin Carrie Gan Bonny Garcia-Morla Ericka Gettman Wietecha + Caroline Kim Ana Lau Douglas Lee Laurance Lee James Poy Lee Amanda Lewis
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1989 Lee Cheng Steven Dong Nenita Egar Nathaniel Gallon Robert Gee Lara Goldstone Jonathan Heuser + Chelsi Ho Cheng Chester Hom Roger Kuo Judy Lee Yang Carl Limsico Christine Linnenbach Dixon Ly + Catherine Miguel Cote Rachel Moser Greene Nha-Ai Nguyen-Duc Yoko Oei Kenneth Quon Ramon Romero + Terra Safer Tree Tam Roland Tang Dorothy Yee-Mar Terry Yeung
1990 Mariel Calizo Myers Jericho Castillo Eudora Chin Ting Helen Chow Kwan Sara Cohen Catherine Crisera Kelley Maritess Fernandez Tenley Harrison Catharine Holt Richard Hung Angela Jaramillo Livermore Othello Jefferson Sheri Kim Myron Kwong Sarah LeVesque Sandy Lee Tom Lieu Wendy Lo Calvin Low Jocelyne Makhoul Amy Merrell Wilson Jimmy Poon Theresa Pulanco Castillo Daniel Reid Rebecca Richards Jose Silva + Michael Siu Mae Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley Allen Tam Charlene Tran Alicia Walker Jimmy Wong Milton Fu Yee Susan Yee Suzanne Yu
1991 Joseph Alvarado Susan Betfarhad Shea Bond Charlie Chang + Michael Chee Paul Chu Jennifer Chung Kate Cutler Gabriel Donohoe Cynthia Huey Amy Koo + Cindy Kwong Leong Carlton Linnenbach Natasha Litt Sharianne Louie Anna Louie Lia Manfredi Wu Laura Manies Mimi Nguyen Luc + Sunny Pak Richard Pon Tycho Rosenfeld Lars Smith + Jennifer Swift Shelly Tam Hai Tang Analisa Thompson Julie Tse Jennifer Valdez Ureta
Evan VanDommelen-Gonzalez Bao-Tram Vo-Kumamoto Kenny Wu Kenneth Wun Christine Yabu Scott
1992 Mimi Chan Dougherty Marisa Chinn Antonio Garcia Xinh Huynh Sunil Kapadia Karen Kwong Mimi Lee Kristin Mihalko Carolina Miranda Thornton Mu Brenda Ng Samantha Nguyen Mar Tammy Oliver + Aaron Parker Hazel Tanyag Leigh Tolson Lillian Trac Lan Trac Jose Zelidon-Zepeda
1993 Paul Au Erik Bjorn Jeffrey Byrnes Naomi Carolino Au Eileen Choy Danielle Endres Sherry Fong Chiang Cynthia Gonzales Naomi Lempert Lopez Linda Liang Ryan Louie Racy Ming Copley Christine Quan Aura Smithers Karina Suson Bass Rupert Tagnipes Sharyl Wong
1994 Zachary Berman Patricia Brown Erica Chinn Kassia Echavarri-Queen Nia Fong Stanley Hong Christine Hosoda Cong Huang Elena Kleiman Ingerman Yan Lee Lori Matsukuma Ethel Ng Josephine Pascual Isabel Reichardt Daniel Roddick Matthew Tevenan + Laurie Vargas Aldercy Wong Carrie Wong Ronald Wong
1995 Gilbert Austria Gina Chan Melinda Chan Stephen Dodson Serena Gee Zhao Amy Gong Andrew Green Aaron Kam Terra Lam Anna Lao Rita Lee Edwin Leynes Kimberly Louie + Chate Luu + Daniel Ming Arthur Murakami Marilyn Ng Janet Ng Henry Nghe Julie Nguyen Aron Nussbaum Diana Portnoy Blum Helen Wong Johnny Wong Susan Yung Judy Zhou
1996 Eva Chan Andrey Chow Frances Chung Tony Jiang Ken Lee Charles Levinson Joseph Ng Tenny Park Robert Park
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June 11th Sports Banquet To Honor 21 Greats By Terence Abad ‘76 The Lowell Sports Foundation has selected another outstanding group of Lowell athletes and coaches who will be honored at the fourth Lowell Sports Hall of Fame banquet, to be held on Saturday, June 11th at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. The banquet not only celebrates the accomplishments of these outstanding members of the Lowell community but also raises funds to support all of Lowell’s 26 sports teams. Thanks to the success of previous banquets and other fundraising efforts, the Lowell Sports Foundation has provided nearly $50,000 in equipment, uniforms and transportation services to Lowell athletes over the past few years, roughly matching the amount provided by the school district. This year’s 21 inductees span almost 60 years of Lowell sports history, ranging from the exploits of football stars Carlos Monsalve and Leon “Lee” Valianos that helped Lowell to three consecutive football championships in the late 1920s to Mitchell Jee’s three tennis singles titles in the early 1980s. LSF President Dave Hagerman ‘72 notes that, for the first time ever, two brothers will be inducted at the same banquet. The famous Rubin twins, Stan and Steve of the class of 1960, will be recognized for their football accomplishments at Lowell, where they have the unique distinction of being the only brothers to be named to the same All-City first team (in 1959). Two other inductees will be joining their older brothers in the Lowell Sports Hall of Fame, with Erik Gilberg ‘75 taking his place alongside
brother Mark ‘71 (both basketball stars) and Mitchell Jee ‘84 joining brother Mark ‘73 (both Lowell tennis greats). The LSF has yet to induct any pairs of sisters, but three outstanding female athletes will be enshrined in the Lowell Sports Hall of Fame this year: Reva Saper ’46, an outstanding golfer who has been the Lake Merced Club champion several times; Olive (formerly Diane) Gong ’80, who won all three distance events (880, 1-mile and 2mile) at the 1979 and 1980 All-City track meets; and Heather Logas ‘96, a city fencing champ. Two other inductees had particularly notable post-Lowell sports careers, with Bill Cowden ‘38 parlaying his high school success into an NCAA championship with the 1942 Stanford basketball team and Stefan Wever ‘76 pitching his way to the major leagues with the New York Yankees. In addition to the Lowell athletes being honored this year are two great high school coaches. The late Jim Livingstone ‘39, a long-time Lowell counselor, achieved great success as Lowell’s tennis coach, winning the AAA tennis team title 14 times in 15 years. And Bob Troppmann ‘41 is being inducted in recognition for his legendary career as football coach at Redwood High School in Marin, where the football field bears his name. Given all these great Lowell personalities and the elegant setting of the Fairmont Hotel, this year’s banquet promises to be a very special evening that also supports a great cause.
2004 Donors Eduardo Ramos Philip Russell Kayo Shibano Tammy Truong Vivian Tse Kamau Washington David Wen Mary Wong
1997 Diane Ayerdi Edison Cayabyab Lillian Chan Katherine Chan Ellen Chiang Lauren Choi-Dea Joshua Chuck Gabriel Chui Nathan Dias Zevi Gutfreund Alan Ho Lisa Hong Anna Iversen Getchell Ivy Lau Orlando Leon Annabelle Louie Michelle Mayumi McDevitt Edward Park Emily Price Benjamin Reichardt Christian Reichardt David Scotton Matthew Tsang Karen Wong Angela Yee Heather Zemansky
1998 Saro Chahenian Flora Chan Melinda Chung Louella Dichoco Marina Gendelman Jamie Hui Leslie Lau Alicia Louie Lenette Lu Cristina Mitra Jeanne Ng Sarah Soule Alexis Wallace Manda Wong + Brendan Wong April Yee
Michael Yee Jessica Yip
1999 Sara Carbone Michael Chan Stephen Feyer Linda Fung Gabriel Gilder Barbara Hou Carol Hung Lauren Keane Yu Hsuan Lee Katrina Leung Bonnie Li Sophia Lin Honore Louie Audrey Lui Peter Mak Noriyuki Oshima Anna Pignataro Samuel Segal Heidi Shadel Aleksandr Smirnov Linda Trinh William Wong
2000 Lewis Abra Martin Baca Danielle Broude David Chen Stephanie Gee Raymond Ho Lily Ho Alexander Ip Gregory Krimer Lily Lathrop Jennifer Louie Lindsay Morrison Megan Morse Alexander Ness Jessica Schmidt Paulo Serna-Bustamante Elizabeth Topliff Derek VanOrden Jackie Woo Alvin Yee
2001 Katie Atherton Deniz Efendioglu Bronwen Konecky Jarrett Liang
For ticket information, contact the Lowell Sports Foundation at lowellsportsfoundation@yahoo.com or (415) 781-6777, ext. 3 Be sure to provide your name and mailing address.
2005 Lowell Sports Hall Of Fame Inductees Loren Baker ‘48
Heather Logas ’96
William Cowden ‘38
Carlos Monsalve ‘29
William “Jerry” Dowd ‘35
Alex Montes ‘63
Randy Gaynor ‘69
Stan Rubin ‘60
Erik Gilberg ‘75
Steve Rubin ‘60
Olive (formerly Diane) Gong ‘80
Reva Saper ‘46
Bert Horn ‘40
Herbert Suhr, Jr. ‘47
Mitchell Jee ‘84
Mike Susoev ‘76
Kenneth Leslie ‘44
Robert Troppmann ‘41
Tommy Lew ‘42
Leon “Lee” Valianos ‘29
James Livingstone ‘39
Stefan Wever ‘76
continued from page 23 Ileana Neves Sarah Pearce David Wong Danny Yip
2004 Expenditures – $495,000
2002 Michael Dean Kameela Din Alisa Farenzena Janet Fung Benjamin Kantor Claire Koenig Justina Louie Xi Wang Melinda Yee Jeffrey Yu
2003 Lesley Benedict John Dufour Erol Efendioglu Darius Gilder Leslie Kurkjian Marc Kurose Rene Pena-Govea Anna Reichardt Malachi Rose Aaron Trinh Karissa Yee
2004 Evelyn Bohan Erin Calhoun Stephanie Chansin Cristen Dawson Jacqueline Duong Allyson Gee Kate Hahner Derrick Hui Monika Lewis Honrado Lopez Annie Pham Joshua Scheiman Corliss Sio Andrew Slater Leo Vrana Zachary Williams Robyn Wong
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Lowell Sports Hall of Fame — Past Inductees Mike Voyne ‘16
Jack Stroud ‘46
Nick Hoppe ‘72
Akili Jones ‘89
Football, Rugby & Track; Coach, Football (1920-50) & Track (1920-24); 8 AAA Football Championships
All-City Football twice; team capt at Lowell, U Tennessee and NY Giants
1972 AAA Basketball Top scorer & Player of the Year; High School All-American
All-City Basketball three times; 1st team All-Bay Area Basketball
Louis “Babe” Bering ‘18
Doug Scovil ‘46
Dave Bon ‘73
Alfred Louie ‘94
All-City in both Football and Track
All-City Football twice; college and pro player and coach
All-City Football and Baseball; Collegiate All-American
All-City Fencing three times; Collegiate Champ at UC Davis
Mark Koenig ‘22
Ward Healy ‘47
Mark Jee ‘73
Deane Kocivar-Norbury ‘96
Shortstop, 1927 NY Yankees with Gehrig & Ruth
AAA Basketball Player of the Year, High School All-American
AAA Tennis Singles Champ three times; US Naval Academy team capt
AAA Soccer Defensive Player of the Year
Warner “Moose” Hobdy ‘24
Ken Flowers ‘49
Van Carter ‘73
All-City Swimming Champ for 4 years; Football
NorCal Prep Basketball Player of the Year; Collegiate All-American
Football & Track; Still holds 440 & Relay records
Coach, Boys Soccer (1966-present) and Girls Soccer (1994-present)
Gene Van Horn ‘25
Jim Plessas ‘49
Toby Rappolt ‘73
All-City Football twice
Led Lowell to 4 All-City Track titles; holds Lowell record at 100 yards
All-City Soccer twice; Swimming; High School All-American
Ed Mayer ‘50
Dennis Barfield ‘73
All-City Baseball twice; Lightweight Basketball Champs; Chicago Cubs
All-City Baseball three times; All-City Football
Morley Shapiro ‘51
Steven Rajeff ‘74
Swimming & Diving; 1948 High School Swimmer of the Year
National Fly Casting Champ at age 15, Int’l Champ at 16, 28 Nat’l and 13 Intl’ titles
Leah Boehm ‘27 Counselor and Coach; Physical Education and Dance
Bob Anino ‘28 Lowell Coach and Teacher for nearly 50 years; Intramural Sports Director
Harry Laborde ‘28 All-City Football; Silver Medalist, 1932 Olympics
Sheldon Potter ‘28
Bud Brody ‘52 Led Lowell to 2 Golf team titles, won individual title twice
Barbara Prato
Richie Hay ‘32
Bob Lycette ‘77
All-City Basketball 3 times; All-City Football
Clarence Grider ‘55
Mitchell Leiber ‘77
Ed Conroy ‘32
All-City Basketball three times; twice led league in scoring
AAA Golf Champion in 1976; Basketball
All-City Basketball twice; Collegiate AllAmerican
Tom Meschery ‘57
All-City Gymnastics three times
Barney Wolf ‘38
Basketball 3-year starter at Lowell, then St. Mary’s & SF Warriors
Belinda Arterberry ‘80
All-City discus & shot put; Lowell Track & Field coach for 23 years
Tim Curtis ‘58
All-City Basketball twice; AAA Player of the Year
Don Burness ‘37
All-City Track twice; set city records in 220 and 440 events
Elyse Duckett ‘82
All-City Basketball twice; led AAA in scoring twice
Farel Footman ‘59
Bob Feerick ‘37
Ranked #1 in Nor Cal Tennis for two years; played on Virginia Slims Tour
Pete Delos ‘39
Alex Mendieta ‘63
Led Basketball Champs ‘38 & ‘39; twice AAA Player of the Year
AAA Soccer scoring champ for 3 years; High School All-American
Bill Joslyn ‘40
Louis Kirtman ‘64
All-City Football three times; Basketball and Track; 8 Block L’s
3-time AAA Champ in 110 high hurdles; All-City Football twice
Howie Dallmar ‘40
Greg Shepherd ‘65
All-City Basketball twice; MVP, Stanford ’42 NCAA Champs
AAA Tennis Champ three times; State Tennis Champ twice
Barbara Krase Chandler ’41
Mark Gilberg ‘71
Tennis, Nat’l Jr. hard court Champ singles & doubles, Nat’l Women’s clay court Champ
All-City Basketball twice; held AAA scoring record; 3-year Stanford starter
Jerry Coleman ‘42
All-City Baseball; AAA Football passing record; QB at San Jose State
All-City Baseball & Basketball; NY Yankees ‘49 Rookie of the Year; 1950 World Series MVP
Paul Orsi ‘43 All-City Baseball three times; All-City Football twice
Don Fisher ‘46 Swimming, held 50-yd freestyle record for 19 years
Football, Baseball and Swimming
Renee Baldwin Strong ‘77
Won six All-City Track & Field events
Kevin Jordan ‘87 All-City Baseball and league MVP; Philadelphia Phillies for 6 years
Stacy Mayeda-Lin ‘87 All-City Basketball twice; Track & Field
Tim McAteer ‘63 All-City Baseball; 2nd team All-City Basketball three years; 2nd team All-City Football twice
Craig Kimball ‘71
Dwayne Price ‘71 All-City Football; All-City Baseball
Brad Duffey ‘72 All-City Track for 3 years; still holds city records at mile and two-mile
Jerilyn Jank
All-City Baseball with 10-0 record as pitcher; Football lineman of the year
All-City Basketball twice; All-City in Football and Track
All-City Football twice; All-City Baseball and Basketball
Coach, Basketball (1927-63); 13 AAA Championships
Coach, Baseball (1967-79); 3 AAA Championships
Mike Leaskou ‘53
Milt Vucinich ‘38
Ben Neff
Stanley Holloway ‘75
All-City Football tackle; 3 Rose Bowls for Stanford
All-City Football; 3 Super Bowl rings with the Minnesota Vikings
Coach, Track & Field (1929-48); 8 AAA Championships in final 9 years
Don “Doc” Richardson
Larry Rouble ‘32
Wimbledon singles & doubles Champ 1946; US Davis Cup ‘46, ‘50 & ‘53
Elmer Harris
All-City Soccer three times and league MVP; Collegiate All-American
All-City Tennis singles champ twice; led Lowell to 3 All-City team titles
Bob Lee ‘63
Coach, Football (1950-65) and Swimming (1940-76)
Coach, Gymnastics (1976-present); 19 consecutive All-City team titles
Larry Axtell ‘53
Tom Brown ‘38
Bill Feiling
Pedro Merino ‘75
All-City Football twice; Swimming
All-City Basketball; NBA head coach
Ernst “Ernie” Feibusch
Coach, Boys and Girls Tennis; Athletic Director, Teacher, Counselor; 40 years at Lowell
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ne of Lowell’s finest runners, Olive (formerly Diane) Gong ’80, will be among the select few inducted into the San Francisco Prep Sports Hall of Fame at its 2005 banquet, set for Saturday, May 21st at the Patio Español in San Francisco. Entering Lowell just as girls high school sports in San Francisco began to blossom, Olive placed second in the inaugural girls cross-country meet as a sophomore (finishing behind her sister, Jennifer) and then won the meet in her junior and senior years. She went on to place fourth in the Northern California Cross Country Championships as a senior. Olive also excelled in track, where she won the mile event in the first-ever girls all-city track meet in 1978 with a time of 5:28. As the number of track events for girls expanded, so did Olive’s medal haul. She had a lock on the 880-yard, one-mile and two-mile events, sweeping all three as a junior and senior. Olive won every allcity track event she entered during her high school years, going seven for seven, and her record-setting times stood for more than a decade. Beyond San Francisco, Olive finished 10th in the 3200-meter run at the state track meet as a senior and was Western Regional Junior Olympic 3000-meter champion. She continued to compete in cross-country and track at Stanford University and now lives and works in San Francisco. In a very pleasant coincidence, Olive will also join the Lowell Sports Hall of Fame this year. Congratulations to this outstanding Lowell alumna! For tickets to the SF Prep Sports Hall of Fame dinner, send your check ($40 per person; made payable to SF Prep Sports Hall of Fame) to Al Vidal, 440 Gold Mine Dr, San Francisco, CA 94131.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Mr. Lucey, In response to the request in the Fall 2004 edition of the LAA Newsletter, enclosed is a copy of the Commencement Program for January, 1965. I would like to take this opportunity to give you long overdue thanks. As an entering sophomore at the old Lowell I took your driver education class. I always remembered Lucey’s rule, “Drive like everyone else is crazy,” to which I add Morris’ corollary, “…because they usually are.” I have been driving for over 40 years without an accident. I attribute this to fierce adherence to your rule of defensive driving. I also imparted it to my son, so far to good result. Keep up your phenomenal work on behalf of the association. I certainly enjoy reading about the accomplishments of graduates and the continuing challenges the school faces. Sincerely, Michael Morris ’65 (Dear Michael, “Your letter awakened memories of my early teaching career that have been buried in my memory banks for 40 years. Ah, those glorious afternoons when three students and I would pile into a driver training car and away we would go on a twohour adventure on the streets of San Francisco – our Driver Training sign warning other drivers to beware. How I miss the friendly back-seat chatter and, not so much, the grind-
ing of the gears in those pre-automatic shift cars. In those days, many young teachers (Paul Lucey, Ray Milton, Con McCarthy, Graham Knox, et al) supplemented their pay checks teaching those classes-on-wheels. I, like you, have been accident-free so perhaps we learned something of value in our brief mobile confinement.” ) PAL Jan. 2, 2005 Dear Mr. Lucey: Enclosed is a check for $20,000 as a further contribution to the Frances Dealtry scholarship fund. This brings my portion of the scholarship capital to $180,000. While the normal policy is to consider contributions as endowment, I would have no objections to using the principal to fund single or multi-year scholarships if you feel it justified. Again, I request anonymity. The response of the alumni to the program cutbacks undoubtedly reflects the contribution of the school to the personal and professional lives of its graduates. For me, that recognition took a few years, so I was surprised and heartened at the response of the families of current students to the threat of cutbacks. It’s this kind of response most universities would envy. Mr. Anonymous ’47 (Dear Mr. A., Once again, I and the LAA Board of Directors are heartened by
Lowell by the Numbers 2,591 2,516 2,120
Current enrollment (approx. 650 per class) Advanced Placement (AP) exams administered at Lowell in 2004 Applications submitted for 632 seats in the class of 2008 (850 were admitted) 1,233 Mean combined SAT I score (590 verbal; 643 math), equivalent to 82nd percentile 149 Years since Lowell’s founding in 1856 99.6 Percentage of 2004 graduates attending college (with 86.2% at fouryear colleges) 80+ Lowell clubs (ranging from Kids Helping Kids in Crisis to Anime Club) 53.3 Percentage of student body of Chinese-American ethnicity (2nd largest group is “other white” at 15.7%) 33 Percentage of Lowell AP exams achieving the highest possible score of 5 (compared to national rate of only 15%) 28 Consecutive years Lowell girls have won the AAA varsity crosscountry title 20 Percentage of 2004 graduates with a cumulative weighted GPA above 4.0 9 Languages taught at Lowell – other than English, of course (Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin and Spanish) 4 Lowell’s national ranking in terms of total number of AP exams administered in 2003 3.4870 Average cumulative weighted GPA at Lowell 3.2625 Average cumulative unweighted GPA at Lowell 3 Nobel Prize-winning Lowell alumni (Albert Michelson, class of 1868; Joseph Erlanger, class of 1892; Eric Cornell, class of 1980) <1 Years until Lowell celebrates its sesquicentennial
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your generosity. Your loyalty to Ms. Dealtry is indeed an example of the influence of good teachers on their students. Your remembrance of an outstanding teacher after more than fifty years is remarkable and an inspiration to the profession. I am pleased to say that were you at Lowell today you would find many of her successors to be equally talented teachers. Your reference to the generosity of Lowell parents is equally well-taken. The school is twice-blessed by a LAA and PTSA who, between them, have kept the quality of Lowell’s instructional program at near precrisis level – a credit to alumni and to the families of current students. Ed)
we leave hospitable Galileo and its homelike premises to come to the more crowded quarters at Poly. Having been at Galileo for three terms, we came to like the general atmosphere of the building which we had come to regard as our own . . . Realizing that Lowell was in sore straits, Mr. Addicott, the friendly principal of Poly, did his best to make Lowellites feel at home. – Sept. 1935 Lowell. . . . TOMORROW LAST DAY FOR LOWELL AT POLY BUILDING. Return to Old Building on January 6 – Dec. 1935 LOWELL.) And so, Mr. Creighton, you gypsies of the mid-Thirties classes ended your wanderings and got back to work at the Old Brickpile. Ed)
Dec. 28, 2004
Dear LAA,
Dear LAA,
I had three English teachers at the secondary level whom I considered “great” teachers. Peter Gamble was one of them. He was my teacher in the H-12 grade, which is, admittedly, not the age at which students are their most attentive. Especially since, after years of Required Reading and book reports, I was pretty much of the opinion that so-called “great literature” was mainly beatnik wannabes, and that if it didn’t have illustrated panels with word balloons, it wasn’t worth reading. Mr. Gamble, in his quiet, unassuming way, showed me how to appreciate great literature on several levels. I remember him reading aloud the passage from Crime and Punishment in which the two protagonists stared at each other, silently, for one minute. Most people would just read that, think “Yeah, so?”, and go on. But not Mr. Gamble. What he did was lower the book and stare at us, silently, for a full minute. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Not sure what he was doing, we stared back, also silently. More tick-tock, tick-tock. When he spoke again, whispering that that was how long the characters had stared at each other, a kind of chill passed through the class, and we could appreciate exactly the creepiness in that passage, and begin to feel what the characters in the book had been feeling. That was one of his strengths—teach the readers to put themselves into the shoes of the characters, and, in some cases, into the shoes of the author. He was a masterful teacher, and it is unfortunate that future Lowellites will not have the benefit of his teaching. Robert Hayman F’69
When you reach “A certain age” , which I certainly have, you try not to live in the past. Still, I and my classmates of the graduating Class of Dec. 1936 have memories of the earthquake of March 1933 that destroyed portions of the Lowell High building. My mother and I lived in a house on Ashbury across from the school while it was reconstructed to make it earthquake resistant. For two years Lowell students commuted to Galileo for classes in the afternoon while Galileo students attended morning classes. We finally got back to Lowell before we graduated. Bob Creighton, Class of Dec. 1936 (Dear Mr. Creighton, Re: the gypsy classes of the mid-Thirties as stated in the History of Lowell, “When Mr. Leroy H. Stephens took office (1935) , he had the dubious distinction of being a principal without a school. An article in the Dec. 1935 LOWELL explained why, “It was but two years ago when Lowell was declared by engineers too weak to withstand an earthquake. Thus did that dreadful news cause the move into hospitable Galileo. Meanwhile delay after delay occurred, postponing the reconstruction of the school. Summer was fast fading before work was begun. Then came that disastrous fire on Halloween, 1934; and again the delays with Lowellites still basking in the sunny North Beach climate. The formation of the San Francisco Junior College (and the need for Galileo’s laboratories) caused another change as Lowell moved to Polytechnic in August, 1935. . . . . It is with deep regret that
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Caught in the Headlines Campus News Briefs By Terence Abad ’76 Here’s the answer to the question on everyone’s lips, “Who is the greatest wrestler ever to come out of Lowell High School?” – none other than Don Lockett of the class of 2000. Ranked #1 in the country in his weight class in the final 2005 poll by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association, the SF State grappler just finished his senior year with a third-place finish in the 141-pound weight class at the NCAA Division II finals in Omaha, Nebraska. Last year, Don took second at nationals in the 133-pound category. Not bad for a guy who joined the SF State team as a walk-on! Still on the sports page: Congrats to Jerry Coleman ‘42, this year’s recipient of major league baseball’s Ford C. Frick Award, recognizing outstanding achievement in baseball broadcasting. The long-time San Diego Padres announcer, a former American League rookie of the year and World Series MVP, will take his place in the broadcasters wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame later this year. As Jerry might say, “Oh, doctor!” What’s that? You want more baseball news? Lowell’s long-time varsity baseball coach John Donohue racked up his 500th career victory last month as his Cardinals continued their winning ways. At the helm for his 23rd season, Donohue and his team are riding a league winning streak of more than 60 regular season games that started way back in 2001, so it might not be premature to mark Wednesday, May 11th on your calendar for the AAA baseball championship game at SBC Park (start time approx. 4pm, following the Giants-Pirates game), as Lowell seeks its fourth consecutive city title . . . and keep your eye on Lowell senior Charlie Cutler who broke the California prep RBI record last season and is rated the #2 high school catcher in America. Late election returns: In last November’s San Francisco election, Christine Linnenbach ’89 ran a spirited campaign for supervisor in the West of Twin Peaks neighborhood, but was narrowly edged out by the incumbent and finished second in a field of thirteen . . . Leanna Dawydiak ’72 also ran for SF supervisor, from the Richmond district, but was unable to knock off the incumbent . . . and in Southern California, Horton Scioneaux ’52 pulled in more than 45,00 votes, but
failed to unseat the incumbent in the 36th Assembly district . . . but there is better news from Connecticut, where Arthur Lathrop ‘57 is finishing up his first term as mayor of Norwich . . . and back in San Francisco, Norman Yee, father of Karissa Yee ‘03, is the newest member of the Board of Education, where three of the seven commissioners have children who have attended Lowell. Board moves: The Lowell Alumni Association’s board added two new directors in January, Roberta Bleiweiss ‘65 and Emily Moto Murase ‘83, both of whom are already pitching in to help plan Lowell’s 2006 sesquicentennial celebrations. Three other directors took their leave from the board: Arnold Low ’59 (our outstanding grant committee chairman and prime mover behind the alumni photo wall display), Arlene O’Brien Doyle ‘65 (a member of the grant committee) and John Trasvina ’76 (who has relocated to Southern California to take a new position as Western states regional director for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.) Fast start: Anne-Marie Bookwalter ’00 didn’t waste any time launching her professional acting career. She landed a spot with a professional touring company of “My One and Only” and was last heard from somewhere in Indiana . . . and another youngster, Jeffrey Kwong ’05, made the news for being named California’s top high school volunteer by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. A volunteer in city politics and voter registration drives, Jeffrey is active at Lowell as one of the driving forces behind the Forensics Society and as a member of the school site council. Final thoughts: Nice to see that Friday’s San Francisco Chronicle now sports the smiling face of Rachel Gordon ‘80 atop her weekly City Hall Beat column . . . and congratulations to alum couple Claude and Louise (Jankelson) Rosenberg for their leadership gift to renovate the athletic facilities at SF’s Burton High School (formerly Wilson High), where the football field has been renamed Rosenberg Family Stadium. For the latest news about Lowell alums, keep an eye on the Alumni Spotlight section of our website at www.lowellalumni.org.
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AP Microeconomics Program Lauded
Applications Continue to Rise
Lowell received national recognition earlier this year when the College Board’s “Advanced Placement Report to the Nation 2005” named Lowell’s Advanced Placement Microeconomics program as the nation’s most comprehensive and inclusive (meaning that, among all large American high schools, Lowell had the greatest portion of its overall student body pass the AP Microeconomics exam). This semester Lowell offers 10 sections of AP Economics, serving approximately 300 students. The Social Studies department, Lowell’s largest, offers a total of 40 sections of six different Advanced Placement courses (Economics, US History, European History, World History, Psychology and Comparative Government).
A total of 2,223 students applied to be members of the Lowell class of 2009, up five percent from last year. The increase at Lowell is even more dramatic considering that the total number of students seeking places in the city’s public high schools is down 4.2%. Overall, 48% of the city’s 9th graders listed Lowell among their high school choices this year, up from 44% last year. The continuing increase in applications comes as no surprise to Principal Paul Cheng based upon his experience at the public school enrollment fair held late last year at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. While all of the city’s other public high schools shared space in one hall, with 20 or 30 seats for their presentations, Lowell attracted standing room only crowds of 100 or more for each of the hourly presentations about the school and the admission process. It is expected that approximately 800 students will be offered admission in order to achieve an entering class of 650.
Lowell Still #3 in State API Rankings The latest Academic Performance Index (API) scores place Lowell tied for third on the list of the state’s highest-achieving public high schools. Lowell scored 941 (out of a possible 1,000), trailing only Gretchen Whitney High in Cerritos (Los Angeles County) at 982 and Oxford Academy in Cypress (Orange County) at 953. Lowell tied with the California Academy of Mathematics and Science in Carson (Los Angeles county). Like Lowell, these schools have special admissions criteria, but all are far smaller schools with graduating classes of fewer than 200 students compared to Lowell’s graduating classes of more than 600. To give the API score some perspective, the goal is for all public schools in the state to reach the 800 level, but only seven percent of the state’s high schools have met that goal. In Northern California, Lowell is one of only four high schools to have exceeded 900 on the API, derived from the results from a number of standardized tests in English, mathematics, science and social science as well as the California High School Exit Exam.
Sports Success Nearly Unprecedented In what may turn out to be one of the finest years in Lowell sports history, Lowell teams have captured 12 of the 16 titles awarded so far this school year, including the varsity football championship on Thanksgiving Day at Kezar Stadium. The girls teams have had great success, winning city titles in junior varsity basketball, varsity and frosh/soph volleyball, tennis, golf and cross-country. On the boys side, they racked up city championships in frosh/soph basketball, cross-country and soccer. The boys varsity basketball team made another surprising run at the title, falling just short in the championship game against Galileo. Other championships earned include the co-ed frosh/soph and overall cross-country crowns. Go Cardinals!
Forensics Society Takes Harvard by Storm Lowell’s Forensics Society earned a 4th place sweepstakes award at the 2005 Harvard National High School Invitational Forensics Tournament, making Lowell the only school from the western United States to crack the top ten. In total, nearly 300 schools participated in this prestigious competition. Individual honors went to Thomas Yeh and Jeffrey Kwong as national semifinalists. The Lowell Forensics Society, the nation’s oldest high school speech and debate program and Lowell’s oldest student organization, boasts nearly 200 current student members.
Students Paint Gym Not every Lowell student spent the December holiday break preparing for finals and the Lowell gym is all the better as a result. 47 students, led by Jonas Chin, William Woo, Tiffany Tan, Corinna Hua, Linda Newman and Cathy Wong, painted the gym walls and added colorful logos representing each of the city’s public schools to the walls above the visitors’ bleachers. A year earlier, many of these same students added a dramatic Cardinals logo above the home bleachers. The new paint job, rumored to be the first in more than 20 years, has made a dramatic difference in brightening the gym’s appearance and adding a dash of school spirit. Congratulations to all for their hard work and to the Lowell Sports Foundation for funding this great project!
Lowell Nominated Again as Distinguished School Just last month Principal Paul Cheng was notified that Lowell has again been nominated for recognition as a California Distinguished School. A visiting team will arrive later this year to add their evaluation to the information already provided in the school’s application for this honor. Lowell has been selected as a California Distinguished School five times in recent years (1986, 1990, 1992, 1994 and 2001), while also earning national recognition from the U.S. Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School three times.
Teacher Selected for NEH Institute Lowell English teacher Teresa Bookwalter has been selected from a national applicant pool to participate in a special summer study opportunity sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Ms. Bookwalter will participate in a sixweek program in Canterbury, England entitled “Chaucer’s Canterbury Comedies.” The fifteen teachers selected for this program receive a stipend to cover their travel, study and living expenses. At Lowell, Ms. Bookwalter teaches drama and world literature courses. Her daughter, Anne Marie, is a Lowell alumna from the class of 2000.
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Guys and Dolls at Lowell
George Luu exults as Lowell closes in on its 2004 Turkey Day championship over Balboa, 4621. The Cardinals, making their third consecutive Turkey Day appearance, won their second AAA football title in three years. They were led by first-year head coach Danny Chan ’92, the first alum to guide Lowell to a varsity football championship since the 1942 team under coaching legend Mike Voyne ’16.
A motley collection of gangsters in search of the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York took to the stage of Lowell’s Carol Channing Theater in March in a production of “Guys and Dolls.” The show highlighted the talents of scores of students and played to large crowds during its four day run
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Just a few of the hard-working members of the pit orchestra for the recent production of “Guys and Dolls” at Lowell.
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After several hard weeks, the “Guys and Dolls” tech crew takes a well-deserved break to pose for a group photo on one of the sets they created for the show.
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