LEARN LOVE LEAD LIVE Navigating the Hero’s Journey
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THE MISSION OF PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
Pepperdine is a Christian University committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership.
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
I promise. This simple sentence, whether whispered by sweethearts or shouted by politicians, stirs something deep within our soul. We can’t help but pause when we hear these words because we know that either way, if the promise is true or turns out to be false, the sentence has the power to either create or destroy trust. Over the past 15 years since delivering my inaugural address, entitled “Promises to Keep” I have thought about the promise of Pepperdine every day. The promises made by our founder, the promises made to our students, the promises made to our alumni and friends, and promises made to our community—these are all promises we must keep. Although daily duties, multiple meetings, and an endless pipeline of e-mails demand that I focus my attention on the urgent moment before me, I always set aside time to reflect upon Pepperdine’s mission. Have we been true to the mission? How do we know? Measuring institutional performance is necessary and the foundation for good stewardship of the resources with which we have been entrusted. Measuring the strength of the mission is of paramount importance as we seek to be both true and competitive. It is my hope that this President’s Report will blend both an assessment of institutional performance and the strength of the mission in a fresh and readable way. While the numbers are important, the stories behind the numbers provide the best evidence that Pepperdine is strong and that its mission is truly preparing students to be inspired and productive in a complex and competitive world.
ANDREW K. BENTON President
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Navigating the
Hero’s Journey
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In our scholarly, spiritually vibrant environment that comprises Pepperdine University, students are ignited with a passion to live to their fullest capacity. Their journeys begin with a powerful sense of calling on their lives, combined with a growing determination to understand their life’s purpose and to discover that distinctive place where their unique gifts and desires meet the world’s greatest needs. For nearly 80 years, that noble calling has drawn exceptional men and women to Pepperdine, not surprisingly, because driven, talented students know that here they can draw upon unsurpassed resources for rigorous scholarship and the caring guidance of faculty-mentors who inspire them to academic and vocational achievements of great consequence. Their education is enriched by Pepperdine University’s embrace of the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian faith, a synthesis that generates rich dialogue between reason and faith across the disciplines. This dynamic learning environment creates an invaluable incubator for fostering intellectual growth, self-discovery, and authentic faith formation. It is in this rare environment that Christian education flourishes and real transformation happens. Years ago our founder, George Pepperdine, answered his own call of destiny by creating a college that would provide the best education possible and emphasize God’s loving aims for our hurting world. Today as much as ever, Pepperdine University embraces that vision and fulfills those dreams in an environment where students learn with wonder, love with an open heart, lead with conviction, and live with a sense of purpose.
We are especially dedicated to a greater goal—that of building in the student a Christlike life, a love for the church, and a passion for the souls of mankind. —George Pepperdine
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LEARN with wonder
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Students join our community at a critical time in their lifelong process of growth and change. As they discover knowledge here, their lives intersect with faculty whose presence makes them stronger, more aware, more caring, and more feeling than ever before—they become people who experience the world fully. This rich engagement cultivates curiosity and instills the confidence they need to imagine and shape their own vocational path. Pepperdine students do not simply take in information from books and lectures; they are active inquirers who raise and explore hard questions, conduct research with faculty-mentors in pursuit of discovery and fresh insight, experience “other ways of
Truth, having nothing to fear from investigation, should be pursued relentlessly in every discipline. — Pepperdine University Affirmation Statement
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Pepperdine was named the
no.
university for undergraduate participation in study abroad programs,with over
86% PARTICIPATION. Open Doors Data
The 2016 edition of the U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Colleges” ranking named
Pepperdine University NUMBER 52 among national universities.
knowing” in global contexts by studying abroad, apply theory in real-world settings through internships, and deepen their faith through lectures, worship services, and volunteer opportunities. The open dialogue between reason and faith we prize at Pepperdine enables our intellectually engaged students to explore questions and convictions honestly and without reservation. At the same time, we uphold always the touchstone of our unchanging foundational principles. In such a context of true academic freedom, uncommon in Christian higher education, students build intellectual virtue and an authentic self-discovery that empowers them to respond to God’s call with courage and faith—they are rewarded not only with professional success, but also by deeply satisfying lives.
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Forbes ranks Pepperdine as the 10th “Most Entrepreneurial University in the U.S.”
S NAMIBIA DEVELOPS A ITS ECONOMIC AND DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, Eric Hamilton, professor of education at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology and one of the leading authorities in America on the reform of mathematics education, is working on helping education leaders, teachers, and learners in the 25-year-old country change their educational system.
This year, in collaboration with the Namibian Ministry of Education, Hamilton continued his leadership of a 16-member consortium of Finnish and U.S. research groups focusing on the science of learner engagement through cutting-edge technologies. He also began a three-year Fulbright research project based in Namibia and with partners in several sub-Saharan countries focusing on the implementation of new technologies in the young country’s schools and teacher education programs. Between February and April 2015, approximately 100 teachers and students in Namibia participated in workshops around the country, and Pepperdine graduate students are slated to participate in upcoming Namibian visits. Four GSEP students also participated in workshops and research meetings in Sweden and Lapland in June 2015. Pepperdine’s visibility and leadership in international research communities was recognized when Hamilton was asked to serve on a team of formal external evaluators of the National Science Foundation’s Office of International Science and Engineering.
The launch of the
INSTITUTE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, AND CULTURE in October of this year ushered in a highly collaborative initiative that facilitates the education and development of a new generation of multidisciplinary graduates who are uniquely positioned for impactful leadership roles within the media and entertainment sectors.
CONSTRUCTION ON THE EDEN HOUSE, THE UNIVERSITY’S FIRST SUSTAINABLE, “GREEN” RESIDENCE HALL, BEGAN IN MAY, launching the
implementation of sustainable building-retrofits and a comprehensive educational campaign wherein students learn by example and through peer-to-peer modeling. Behavioral campaigns led by a student sustainability staff are intended to create a culture of conservation and environmental awareness, as well as social connectedness between all of the residents and across the campus.
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At Pepperdine, love is the purest expression of faith and the guiding force behind our mission—one that proclaims this place as an institution committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership. Love motivates our scholars, teachers, and supporters to live with hearts wide open to humbly giving and receiving gifts of knowledge—always mindful of the ethical and moral implications of scholarship. This interchange contributes to restoration of a world that sometimes seems to have lost its way, and brings about a cycle of gratitude, first toward God, then toward others.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. — Maya Angelou poet
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Seaver College senior
NATASHA FRAZIER was selected for the prestigious and competitive 2015 Humanity in Action Fellowship and spent the summer studying human rights, diversity, and active citizenship in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, and Warsaw with the goal of encouraging future leaders to be engaged citizens and responsible decision makers.
72
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OF OUR CURRENT STUDENT VETERANS ARE IN THE YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM, enabling them to attend tuition-free.
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Manifestations of God’s love abound at Pepperdine, through our common pursuit of truth, our participation in interfaith dialog, and our engagement with deeper questions of meaning and purpose. As we honor our steadfast commitment to the integration of scholarship and faith—an essential objective of our mission—we engender lessons of cross-cultural understanding that energize our local heroes to become global citizens; servicelearning opportunities that enable our brothers and sisters to extend the reach of their compassion; and the sharing of our core beliefs, values, and traditions that encourages the world to open their hearts to the vast possibilities of love. Every year, as we open our hearts to the world, we discover that our love is returned to us tenfold. Goodness in the world expands as our students, faculty, and friends freely give to neighbors in need and multiply that love further—a divine exchange that has the power to form our hearts as well as our minds.
SSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE A ABRAHAM PARK ATTENDED THE VERY FIRST VERITAS FORUM HELD AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN 1992 as a graduate student, when he was first introduced to questions about God, truth, and the meaning of life through speaker Ravi Zacharias’ compelling talk. For the next 24 years, these critical questions and the quest to discover their answers continued to shape the direction of Park’s life.
As a new faculty member at the Graziadio School of Business and Management in 2012, Professor Park was invited to travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina, as part of the New Faculty Retreat led by the Center for Faith and Learning at Pepperdine, an experience he refers to as a turning point in his career. “Not only did it clarify my understanding of my own calling and ministry,” he explains, “but it also gave me a clearer understanding and excitement for what God was doing at Pepperdine University.”
Faculty-student partnerships formed through the SPIRITUAL MENTOR PROGRAM led by the Office of the Chaplain
Throughout the weeklong retreat, Park participated in group sessions with fellow faculty members whose testimonies confirmed to him that God had very intentionally brought each of them to Pepperdine, “not only as a great workplace, but a place where we had a chance to live out God’s will both vocationally and ministerially.” In the classroom, he hopes, through teaching, not only to inspire students to live as servant-minded leaders, but to encourage them to meet Jesus. At the 2015 Veritas Forum held at Firestone Fieldhouse on Pepperdine’s Malibu campus, Park took the podium to introduce this year’s speaker, noted Christian apologist Michael Ramsden, and to share that his own spiritual awakening was due to being given answers to questions he wasn’t asking yet. Park closed his talk by saying, “Through those 24 years, all of the questions of my mind and heart have been overwhelmingly answered by God through his son, Jesus Christ.”
AFTER RETURNING FROM HIS LAST DEPLOYMENT IN DECEMBER 2011,
and after completing active duty in September the following year, former U.S. Navy SEAL, William “Billy” Wagasy (JD ’00, MDR ’01) now serves as the director of programs and outreach at the Gary Sinise Foundation, an organization that creates and supports unique programs in support of defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and others in need.
Seaver College students spent
69,000+ HOURS
engaged in community service.
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At Pepperdine, thoughtful conversations and the investigation of society’s greatest needs develop our concerned, charismatic changemakers who have, rooted deep within them, a heart for advocacy and the conviction to lead. Through carefully planned curricula and mentorship opportunities, the University enables the exploration and discovery that creates a culture of leadership that is well-known both on our domestic and international campuses, as well as around the world.
The only guidance we can get on the inner journey comes through relationships in which others can help us discern our leadings. — Parker Palmer author and educator
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Moody rating
Aa3
Supported by Pepperdine’s stable enrollment and national student demand, the rating determined by Moody’s Investors Service reflects the University’s growing financial resources.
$793,188 The University’s 2015 endowment funds in 1000s
In the classroom, students become privy to the principles and philosophies of the foremost thought-leaders and activists who have influenced great change in the communities about which they are most passionate. Through studies of business, policy, education, law, and social and natural sciences, they become equipped with the knowledge to share a vision for a better world and the courage to motivate others to reveal their own potential. At the center of the institution are those faculty-mentors who encourage their students to carve their own paths and engage in transformational service in the world. These teachers inspire a recognition of the God-given worth of all people and a deep respect for the diverse beliefs represented in our community. With a deepened sense of understanding and compassion, students develop as effective leaders who promote a vision for a better world.
26,063 new donors contributed $58.6 million to the
Campaign for Pepperdine, which raised a total of $470,849,379.
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MICHAEL F. ADAMS, who served as the president of the University of Georgia from
1997 to 2013 and the vice president for university affairs at Pepperdine from 1982 to 1989, was named chancellor of Pepperdine University in June 2015 with the charge of taking a leadership role on major initiatives and helping to strengthen the University’s endowment.
GROWING UP AROUND BETHESDA, MARYLAND,
an area known as being one of the most affluent and highly educated communities in the United States, Sarah Houston (’14) admits she did not encounter much diversity in her youth. Inspired by this and hungry for a transformative experience, she applied for a Posse Foundation Scholarship as a senior in high school and discovered that the leadership program empowered her to identify and potentially solve inequalities in higher education. Working hard to bring together students of different backgrounds once on campus, she enabled relationships between her disparate peers as a Posse Scholar and became privy to discussions surrounding issues of race, identity, and class. “I would have never experienced that had I not been part of the program,” she says. “Each person in my posse had a different experience at Pepperdine, and I was able to be with them when they discussed the unique struggles and micro-aggressions that occurred in their lives.” Houston, who also earned a Fulbright scholarship in 2014 to travel to Turkey in 2014 as an educational teaching assistant, became a true advocate for diversity on campus, embracing the belief that fostering an open dialogue enhances scholarship. As the vice president of the Student Government Association on campus, Houston was equally instrumental in implementing the first-ever women’s initiative on campus, which facilitates discussions about the struggles and benefits of being a woman on campus and brings together the different women’s groups in order to create a sense of solidarity and a larger cultural shift in how students view gender issues. “Leadership doesn’t come in one size,” she says. “Posse really helped me expand my scope of what a leader is.”
As part of the master of public policy internship program at the School of Public Policy,
JENNIFER KAMARA (MPP ’15) worked in strategic and performance management issues, which functions to assist Congress in addressing governance and management challenges across all agencies. “It solidified the fact that I wanted to pursue a career in public policy,” she says. “I don’t know if I’d be so certain if I hadn’t done that internship.”
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The towering cross on our majestic landscape proclaims Pepperdine University as a place where higher learning is aligned with a higher purpose. We draw our inspiration from the creator as the source of wisdom, confident that this foundation and our fearless pursuit of truth in every discipline provides students with an educational experience that enlightens the whole person— heart, soul, and mind. Their time with us is when the synthesis of discerning faith and life’s work begins in earnest; faith and action are considered together.
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. — Frederick Buechner author, theologian
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The number of Fulbright Scholarships awarded in 2014
44 Cumulative number of Fulbrights awarded
Princeton Review ranks Pepperdine
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While exploring calling here, students are grounded in meaningful relationships, challenged to see beyond themselves, and inspired to probe for the deeper meaning of their lives. It is our hope that they grow to know themselves more fully through knowledge of God and the natural world, and as a result, discover their purpose in the world. Pepperdine graduates are influencing change and answering calls to action around the world every day, fulfilling our founding mission. While some members of our University community serve faithfully in important but understated ways, others are making pivotal contributions to their communities and the world at large. We believe that all who are drawn to the Pepperdine family—students, faculty members, alumni, and friends of the University—are called to lives of very special purpose. This is a community with an intentional yet expansive vision and a profound commitment to pursuing their highest calling that the world may be healed.
IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA IN 2005,
then-Pepperdine School of Law student Ehsan Zaffar (JD ’07) traveled to Biloxi, Mississippi, to volunteer with Oxfam and Team Duke Katrina Relief to assist hurricane victims with short-term legal needs and advocate on behalf of individuals involved in suits related to the natural disaster. When he returned, he was struck by the myriad needs of communities in post-conflict and postdisaster environments, especially resources and services to preserve their rights and security. Today, he consults with citizens around the world to help build resilient communities, so that they can bounce back from natural disasters and address conflicts, such as acts of terrorism, with their own positive narratives. The graduate of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, the number one program for dispute resolution for 11 consecutive years, currently serves as an advisor on civil rights and civil liberties issues at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., and leads both domestic and international efforts to implement UNHRC Resolution 16/18 to combat intolerance and violence against persons on the basis of religion or belief. An essential part of his job is facilitating communication between religious minorities and their governments in order to help enable religious freedom. “One of the reasons why I feel fulfilled and enjoy my work is because I am able to pierce a lot of those barriers and get to people who have no voice,” says Zaffar. “Sometimes they are forgotten and have no voice in government. I try to get them to a place so their voice can be heard.”
UNDER THE FOUNDING DIRECTORSHIP OF GRAZIADIO SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR BERNICE LEDBETTER (EdD ’05),
the Center for Women in Leadership launched this fall with a mission of advocating for gender equality in the corporate world. The center aims to expand the leadership capacity of women students, staff, and faculty through skills development and mentoring opportunities, industry roundtables, and a faculty research symposium wherein genderrelated research will be presented by faculty from all five schools.
Graduate School of Education and Psychology professor DREW ERHARDT and alumnus EDRICK DORIAN (PsyD ’03), early pioneers in merging mobile technology with mental health services, are now tackling mental health with Moodnotes, a mobile application that offers a new, more approachable model of delivering psychological therapy.
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FORWARD It is well-known that Pepperdine is a missiondriven university. With its stated goals and the symmetry of its values, the mission energizes faculty and administrators, and it informs the way we teach, research, manage, and lead. When making policy or program decisions, the first and last question the leadership team asks: Would this action reflect the mission and will it strengthen or advance its cause? From the president to the provost, from deans to directors, every administrator at Pepperdine starts with these three words: MISSION MATTERS MOST.
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MOTION Simply mounting a defense of the mission is not a strategy for future success. Standing still has never been desirable and today it is not an option. It is clear that the mission must continue to gain momentum if the University is to position itself globally as a preeminent Christian university as its vision statement demands. For these reasons, Pepperdine leadership has learned to think like good stewards and entrepreneurs—balancing the duty to manage risk while seeking to uncover and grasp opportunities. In recent years, providers of post-secondary education in the U.S. have struggled to adapt to dramatic demographic shifts, declining enrollment, heavy government regulation, public scrutiny, and the growing cost of attendance. To guard against similar pressures, Pepperdine has increasingly applied resources toward financial aid to attract a mission-centered, academically gifted, diverse student body. Thankfully, during this difficult period, Pepperdine has been bolstered by an increasing endowment, which at $793 million, is at an all-time high. With this strengthening asset, we have experienced robust operating performance and consistent investment returns over time, providing both growth and stability. Even so, we anticipate strong headwinds as we reach for our vision goal, especially as we find ourselves competing with older, elite, well-established, heavily endowed institutions. As the cost of attendance grows, due in large part to sharply rising personnel costs, larger universities within our competitor set will apply superior resources to attract the most qualified students. Thus, it has never been more important for Pepperdine to make the case for a superior value proposition. Edwin Biggers, chair of thePepperdine University Board of Regents noted, “In many ways, Pepperdine University today exhibits the character of George Pepperdine himself—it is driven by a Christ-centered mission and an entrepreneurial spirit.” Moving forward, Pepperdine will draw heavily upon this instinct if it is to develop resources, manage risk, and creatively build a world-class university around the mission.
In many ways, Pepperdine University today exhibits the character of George Pepperdine himself—it is driven by a Christ-centered mission and an entrepreneurial spirit. —E DWIN BIGGERS Chair, Pepperdine University Board of Regents
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University Administration The University administration works with the Board of Regents to shape policy and direction for the University. The leadership provided by these distinguished and committed men and women is greatly valued.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION ANDREW K. BENTON President and Chief Executive Officer MICHAEL F. ADAMS Chancellor RICK R. MARRS Provost and Chief Academic Officer GARY A. HANSON Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer S. KEITH HINKLE Senior Vice President for Advancement and Public Affairs and Chief Development Officer JEFF PIPPIN Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
ACADEMIC DEANS MICHAEL E. FELTNER Dean, Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences PETE PETERSON Interim Dean, School of Public Policy MARK S. ROOSA Dean of Libraries DAVID M. SMITH Dean, Graziadio School of Business and Management DEANELL REECE TACHA Dean, School of Law HELEN E. WILLIAMS Dean, Graduate School of Education and Psychology
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Board of Regents
EDWIN BIGGERS Chair
Glen A. Holden United States Ambassador (Retired) Managing Partner, The Holden Company
President (Retired) Hughes Missile Group
The 40-member Board of Regents is the legal governing body and chief policy board of the University. Life Regents are recognized and honored for their extraordinary service as past regents. The University administration works with the Board of Regents to shape policy and direction for the University. The leadership provided by these distinguished and committed men and women is greatly valued.
Gail E. Hopkins (’66, MA ’74)
JAMES R. PORTER Vice Chair
Orthopaedic Surgeon Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates
Principal Porter Capital Partners
Peter James Johnson, Jr. President Leahey & Johnson, P.C.
SUSAN F. RICE Secretary (EdD ’86)
John D. Katch (’60)
Principal SFR Consulting
District Manager (Retired) Southern California Edison Company
FREDERICK L. RICKER Assistant Secretary
Dennis Lewis (’65)
Vice President and General Manager (Retired) Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
President and Owner WorldTravelService
William H. Ahmanson
John T. Lewis (’83)
President The Ahmanson Foundation
President Eugene Lewis & Associates
Andrew K. Benton
Kimberly J. Lindley
President Pepperdine University
Past Cochair National Seaver Parents Council
Sheila K. Bost
Eff W. Martin
Individual, Marital, and Child Psychotherapist
Managing Director (Retired) Goldman Sachs & Company
Charles L. Branch, Jr. Professor of Neurosurgery Wake Forest University Health Center Dale Brown (’64) Principal Moriah Group, Petroleum Strategies Janice R. Brown Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Jose A. Collazo (MBA ’77) Vice Chairman and President Form I-9 Compliance, LLC Shelle Ensio Engineer
Faye W. McClure (’78) Senior Vice President Consumer Product and Segment Integration–Americas AIG Insurance Group Michael T. Okabayashi Partner Ernst & Young Danny Phillips Investments/Ranching Timothy C. Phillips (’87) Chief Executive Officer Phillips and Company John L. Plueger
Michelle Hiepler (JD ’89)
President and Chief Operating Officer Air Lease Corporation
Partner Law Offices of Hiepler & Hiepler
Carol Richards B. Joseph Rokus (’76) Manager, SPP LLC
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Board of Regents continued
P. Bui Simon (’96) Founder Angels Wings Foundation International Harold R. Smethills
William S. Banowsky (MA ’94)
Managing Director Sterling Ranch, LLC
Joe R. Barnett
Dee Anna Smith (’86) Chief Executive Officer Sarah Cannon Rosa Mercado Spivey Physician Medical Director, Employee Health Services Los Angeles Unified School District William W. Stevens Chairman of the Board (Retired) Triad Systems Corporation Stephen M. Stewart President Stewart Brothers Drilling Company Augustus Tagliaferri (MBA ’74) Chairman and President Financial Structures, Inc. Marta B. Tooma Philanthropic Dentist Robert L. Walker (MA ’66) Senior Executive for Development (Retired) Texas A&M University Marylyn M. Warren (’58) Vice President eHarmony.com, Inc. Jay S. Welker President of the Private Bank and Wealth Management, Wells Fargo Bank
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Life Regents*
Lodwrick M. Cook Jerry S. Cox Terry M. Giles Jerry E. Hudson Jerve M. Jones Russell L. Ray, Jr. Charles B. Runnels Thomas J. Trimble J. McDonald Williams Helen M. Young (’39)
*Nonvoting Regents
University Board
Pat Boone (Chair)
Gregory R. McClintock
Robert Barbera
Warren R. Merrill
Nabil Barsoum
E. Chadwick Mooney
The Pepperdine University
William Beazley
William S. Mortensen
Board comprises business,
Paul F. Bennett
Kenneth Mosbey
Andrew K. Benton
Aaron Norris
A. Ronald Berryman (’62, MBA ’67)
Stephen E. Olson (MBA ’73)
Viggo Butler (MBA ’80)
Michael C. Palmer
their confidence in the
Rod Campbell
John Ratzenberger
University’s distinctive
Nancy De Liban
Kelly Roberts
K. Duane Denney
Twanna Rogers (MBA ’77)
Robert E. Dudley
Charles B. Runnels
Maureen Duffy-Lewis
Christopher A. Ruud
Mark W. Dundee (EdD ’00)
Carla Sands
Gregory J. Ellena
Joseph Schirripa
David G. Elmore
Margaret Sheppard
Hank Frazee
Eric Small
G. Louis Graziadio III
Richard L. Stack
Bart M. Hackley, Jr.
William Stephens
Michael A. Hammer
Dorothy Straus
Seth A. Haye
George Thomas
Bruce Herschensohn
Robert A. Virtue
Robert W. P. Holstrom
Edward W. Wedbush
Katherine Keck
Ellen Weitman
M. Lawrence Lallande (’80, JD ’83)
Lisa Smith Wengler
Carl J. Lambert (’78)
Larry L. Westfall
Dina Leeds
Jeremy N. White
Stephen Lehman
Gary L. Wilcox
Wes Lucas
Griffith J. Williams
Seiji Masuda
Judy Zierick
professional, and civic leaders who demonstrate
mission. Quarterly meetings provide an opportunity for members to offer counsel and guidance on important policy matters and to hear timely reports from the president, administrators, professors, and students.
Takuji Masuda (’93)
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STATEMENT OF AFFIRMATION P EP P ER DINE U NIVERS ITY AFFIRM S That God is That God is revealed uniquely in Christ That the educational process may not, with impunity,
be divorced from the divine process That the student, as a person of infinite dignity,
is the heart of the educational enterprise That the quality of student life is a valid concern
of the University That truth, having nothing to fear from investigation,
should be pursued relentlessly in every discipline That spiritual commitment, tolerating no excuse
for mediocrity, demands the highest standards of academic excellence That freedom, whether spiritual, intellectual,
or economic, is indivisible That knowledge calls, ultimately, for a life of service.
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