Spring 2015
PROMENADE THE GEORGE PEPPERDINE COLLEGE NEWSLETTER
In This Issue
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Reunion Time
If you have not yet registered for the sixth Grand Pepperdine Celebration alumni reunion in Palm Springs, now is the time!
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The Pepperdine Spirit Endures
Jennifer McGoldrick (’67) reflects on her life and career with Pepperdine
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Oly Tegner Award
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From the Archives
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A Magical Interlude in a Busy Life
Meet the latest alumnus honored with this service-focused award
A sneak peek at the Hanson A. Williams, Jr., Collection of Photographs and Negatives
Dr. George Mencher’s (’58) world travels – teaching, learning, and serving
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Comfort Amidst Ashes
Rev. Connie (Thompson) Regener (’68) discovers a new side to ministry by volunteering with the American Red Cross
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On the Cover This issue’s cover features an action shot of the Pepperdine football team taken sometime between 1947 and 1950 by accomplished, international photographer and GPC alumnus Hanson Williams, Jr. (’50). Read more about Hanson’s life on page 4.
We want to hear from you! The Promenade newsletter needs your stories! If you are an alumnus of George Pepperdine College, please consider submitting an article about your personal memories of days at the original campus at 79th and Vermont. We are also interested in hearing the interesting stories of your activities since graduation. Share these precious memories with your fellow alumni by sending your story of anywhere between 300 and 900 words to the GPC Alumni Relations office at the following address: By e-mail: gpc@pepperdine.edu
By mail: GPC Alumni Relations c/o: Promenade Newsletter, TAC 311 24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90263-4348
Please also send along any photos you have to complement your story. We will gladly scan the photos and, upon request, will mail the originals back to you upon completion of the publication. Please include brief explanations or descriptions of each photo, including the first and last names of anyone appearing in them (if known).
GO WAVES!
In Memoriam
Remembering fellow alumni recently passed
BACK COVER Upcoming Events
A look ahead at opportunities for alumni to stay connected to Pepperdine
Promenade Staff Editor • Matt Ebeling (’99) Graphic Designer • Matt Mosher (interior), Ryan Kotzin (cover) Production Manager • Jill McWilliams
Copy Editor • Vincent Way Contributing Writers • Chad Quiñones, Jennifer McGoldrick (’67), Katie Richardson, Dr. George Mencher (’58), Rev. Connie (Thompson) Regener (’68)
George Pepperdine College Alumni Affairs
Join us down memory lane...
MARCH 13–15, 2015
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GPC VI is just around the corner! Now is the time to commit to your Grand Pepperdine Celebration this March in beautiful Palm Springs! Join fellow George Pepperdine College alumni for a weekend full of memories and great times. We’re bringing current Pepperdine students from Won by One to entertain you during Saturday’s banquet and we have a fantastic evening show, featuring Steve DiTullio and his Rat Pack Pals. We can’t wait to host you at the Desert Princess Palm Springs Golf Resort. We look forward to this time of faith and fellowship with our friends! To register for GPC VI go to pepperdine.edu/gpc6 Contact Chad Quiñones with any questions at chad.quinones@pepperdine.edu or 310.506.4348
The highlight of the event is an opportunity to see folks you went to school with over 50 years ago! —Bill Watkins (’62)
Pepperdine has been such a big part of my life and I know it has for many of you.
Renewing the wonderful experiences we had at Pepperdine.
—Lorraine Brinton (’60)
—Paul Perry (’50)
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The Pepperdine Spirit
ENDURES
By Jennifer (Daniels) McGoldrick (’67)
When I was growing up in San Diego, California, at the Linda Vista Church of Christ, I heard raves about George Pepperdine College. My youth group often went to high school days at Pepperdine, and I loved getting to stay in the dorms. In 1962 my youth group went to the lectures at the Shrine Auditorium and George Pepperdine was rolled onto the stage on his hospital bed to speak to the gathering. It was a very touching and memorable event. When it was time to apply to colleges, GPC was the only school I applied to, and it changed my life! Over my four years at GPC I had amazing professors: Dr. Howard White, Dr. James Smythe, Mrs. Louise Ashby, Helen Young (’39), and so many others who influenced me and helped shape my faith. I met my husband and many wonderful people who are still dear friends. In 1965 I was president of the Home Economics Club, and for the Homecoming Game parade, we wrapped Jim McGoldrick’s (’66) car in chicken wire and stuffed the holes with toilet paper (I hope the boys’ dorm did not run out of toilet paper that weekend!). We used crepe paper to make the words “Mix ’em Up Waves” on both sides of the
car. During the parade, I rode on top of the car with a mixing bowl and wooden spoon, mixing away. Another special memory was of being in a dorm room with dozens of other girls who were “hiding” on the floor, while my friend Ann got “pinned” by her boyfriend (and husband-to-be), Stan, at the window overlooking the campus promenade. He was on a ladder, and his fraternity brothers were below singing “My Sub-T Rose”— very romantic! There were some sad memories, too. President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, while I was a freshman. In 1965 the Watts Riots began while I was home in San Diego for the weekend. When we were finally allowed to return to campus, the road that led from the freeway to campus was lined with army trucks filled with armed troops. Even through these challenges, Pepperdine has remained a steady and loving presence in my life, and it has been my honor to remain an active member of the Pepperdine community all of these years. I have been a member of AWP (Associated Women for Pepperdine) for many years, having served as both president and hospitality chair. I am also a member of the GPC Alumni Advisory Committee. I have worked at Pepperdine for the last 11 years, and I am constantly amazed at how fortunate I am to work for my alma mater. I see the statue “Dolores” on campus today, and I can’t help but remember the songs and prayers around her when I was a student, and I have loved being present each time she has been moved to her new locations. The Pepperdine spirit invades this place with warmth, friendship, and respect, and I truly feel at home here. I AM A WAVE!
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Oly Tegner
AWARD
Named for esteemed GPC alumnus, Dr. Olaf “Oly” H. Tegner (’43), Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, the Oly Tegner Award seeks to honor those GPC alumni who lead lives of purposeful servant leadership, as Oly did.
“He studied real estate development at extension courses at UCI and formed URO Investments in 1972. He and his two partners developed commercial and industrial properties from 1972 to 1997. From 1997 to 2002 he was owner and CEO of KRK Systems, manufacturers of custom professional loudspeakers; and from 2000 until Congratulations to Dr. James “Jim” A. Brinton (’57), the the present, owner and CEO of Brinton Services, Inc., dba 2014 recipient of the Oly Tegner Award! Remote Recording Services in New York. They have three recording trucks that record and transmit sound for live Here are some of the reasons Jim’s fellow Waves offered in venues including the Academy Awards, the Metropolitan their nominations: Opera, and other large venues and artist concerts.” “Jim was a member of the Seaver Board of Visitors and served on its executive committee for several years. He conceived of and founded the Athletic Advisory Board in April 2002, as well as the Coach John Scolinos Distinguished Pepperdine Baseball Player Award in 2004.” “He practiced urology in Huntington Beach and Newport Beach, California, from 1969 to 1995 and served as chief of the Urology Department at Hoag Hospital for three years in the 1980s. He was chief of staff of Pacifica Hospital in Huntington Beach and was chair of numerous committees. He founded the Bioethics Committee at Humana Hospital, Huntington Beach, and Pacifica Hospital. He served as assistant clinical professor of surgery/urology at UC Irvine College of Medicine from 1970 until 1995. He retired from medicine in 1995 and served on the board of directors of Critical Care Medicine in the desert from 2006 to 2010.”
“Jim and wife Lorraine started a chapter of trustees in Coachella Valley in 2000 for Olive Crest—providers of safe homes, counseling, and education for abused and atrisk children and families. Jim serves as president of the trustees and has raised over $3 million to build four homes that can serve six children per home.” I hope you will join us in congratulating and celebrating Jim and all the ways that he represents his fellow Waves. Come support him as he is formally presented with his award during the “Grand Pepperdine Celebration VI” (GPC VI) reunion in Palm Springs, California, March 1315. Register online at pepperdine.edu/gpc6. To learn more about this honor and to nominate a fellow GPC alumnus for a future Oly Tegner Award, please visit pepperdine.edu/olytegneraward or call the GPC Alumni Relations office at 310.506.4348.
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From the
Archives
Hanson A. Williams, Jr., Collection of Photographs and Negatives
By Katie Richardson, Archivist for Special Collections and University Archives
Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives continually add new collections to its holdings. One of our most recent acquisitions is the Hanson A. Williams, Jr., Collection of Photographs and Negatives. The collection contains photographs and negatives taken by Williams between 1948 and 1963. Hanson Williams, Jr. (’50), was born in Pueblo, Colorado, on November 14, 1928, to Hanson and Cecil May Williams. His family moved to the Los Angeles area when he was 11. He graduated from Dorsey High School as the first photography major in school history. Dr. Olaf (Oly) Tegner (’43), Dean Emeritus of the School of Education (which later became the Graduate School of Education and Psychology) and former professor, arranged for Williams to receive a photography scholarship to attend George Pepperdine College. Throughout his studies, Williams served as a student photographer and many of his photographs were used in the Pepperdine yearbook, the Promenade, of which Williams served as the editor-in-chief during his senior year. Williams was also listed in the Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges his senior year. Williams graduated from George Pepperdine College in June 1950 with a bachelor of arts degree in art.
Williams (right) on the front, 1952 (Korea)
Six months after graduation he was drafted into the army. Williams attended basic training at Fort Ord (located in Monterey, California) and was later stationed at Fort MacArthur (San Pedro, California). At first, he served on kitchen patrol but was later assigned to Special Services once his unique skills were discovered. He was given a job teaching photography at the hobby shop and taking photos for the camp newspaper. After a year in Special Services, he was reassigned to the Signal Corps and deployed to Korea where he worked as a war photographer. In this capacity, he often photographed soldiers in combat, special events, and visiting dignitaries such as generals, politicians, and celebrities. Williams recalled carrying his personal camera with him every day, and even resorted to developing film in rivers and rice paddies when necessary. To get a better understanding of the country, Williams would ride his bike into remote locations and photograph the people, their farms, and some of the local villages. He spent 13 months in Korea traveling to cities such as Seoul, Incheon, and Taegu. Williams returned to civilian life in December 1952 after serving two full years in the army. For the next few years he worked freelance as a photographer in Hollywood photographing celebrities and VIP events. He also taught
Photo of best man Oly Tegner driving Hanson and his wife Talma on their wedding day, August 3, 1956
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photography and cinematography classes for Compton Junior College and George Pepperdine College. In 1955 he met his future wife Talma (Tommie) Smith during a travel photography class he taught at Pepperdine. The two married on August 3, 1956, in Inglewood, California. Dr. Tegner served as best man in the wedding and fellow Pepperdine alumnus Fred Benton (’51) and Howard Hoover (’49) served as ushers. Hanson and Tommie had two children, Heather and Scott, and seven grandchildren.
13 times and led two Pepperdine tours: one to Scandinavia in 1973 and one to Mexico City in 1975. Williams passed away on December 3, 2009, in Orange County, California.
George Pepperdine College Campus, between 1947 and 1950
Baton twirlers, between 1947 and 1950
Selections of his photos taken during the Korean War will be on exhibit until April 15 on the first floor of Payson Library. Interested patrons can request to view additional photos in the collection in the Special Collections and University Archives reading room which is typically open Monday-Friday between 9 AM and 5 PM. However, it is In 1957 Williams established his professional photography best to make an appointment ahead of time. Plans are in the studio in Hermosa Beach, California, which he owned works to digitize selections of the photos in the near future. and operated for 40 years. He’d often work on commercial projects, weddings, and portrait sessions. Williams taught If you have any stories to tell about Hanson Williams, Jr., photography classes for the Redondo Union High School or think you may have additional materials we may District and later full-time at El Camino College. In addition, be interested in, please contact Katie Richardson at he pursued his passion for traveling and journeyed to Europe katie.richardson@pepperdine.edu.
Korean children playing, 1952 (Korea)
At times, Williams resorted to developing film in rivers and rice patties when other sources weren’t available, 1952 (Korea)
Photo taken by Williams after he returned from war of Ronald and Nancy Reagan at the 1954 Academy Awards
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Magical in a Busy Life Interlude By Dr. George Mencher (’58)
I want to begin by saying that my years at GPC were probably the most formative of my life. I grew up there and received a Class “A” education. GPC was truly an “Oasis” in the storm of the 1950s and a place I will always cherish. My debate team colleagues went on to do some great things. Lawrence Schiller (’57), another of my roommates at Baxter Hall, went on to fame in Hollywood and as a wellknown author. Howard Miller (’57) became a councilman for the City of Los Angeles. Edwin Webking (’58) went on to become a director of human rights in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Over the years, I ran into “Shorty” Long, our coach, and heard the names of many colleagues. We met and spoke to Oly Tegner (’43), who was the academic advisor to my wife Lenore Shapiro (’58). His outlook on life in general, and humanity in particular, was a great influence on both of us.
While working on my bachelor’s degree at Pepperdine, I had been required to take some courses in the area of what was then called speech therapy and audiology as part of my major. I really liked the work but was so focused on teaching that I began a master’s degree in education just after graduation from GPC. Upon my return from the service, I decided to change direction and went on for a master’s at Long Beach in speech pathology and audiology. The rest is history. I had found my calling, and soon found myself in the doctoral program at the University of Michigan. Lenore and our two children went along for the ride. After graduation from Michigan we moved to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UN-L) where she completed an MS in psychology.
While at UN-L, I was asked by a U.S. government agency to go to Yugoslavia and Israel for site visits on important During my last year at Pepperdine, Lenore and I married. research being done in both countries on the incidence and She had roomed with DeAlta Bonn (’58) and Marilyn prevalence of permanent hearing loss in children. That trip Pepperdine at Marilyn Hall! We left campus and I started opened our eyes to the world. teaching at Jefferson Junior High School in Long Beach, California. Lenore became a social worker. Two years Also, while teaching at UN-L, I began to do research and later, Uncle Sam called and we spent time in Boston, publish in the area of “early identification of hearing loss” in Massachusetts. After discharge we both taught for a year newborn babies. The techniques we used then were fairly primitive compared to today’s electrophysiological methods. in New York State and then returned to California.
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But we were pioneers and, working with colleagues from the University of Colorado, we made some significant contributions. I was soon appointed to the U.S. Joint Committee on Newborn Hearing and shortly became its chair.
legislative council of the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association and am proud to say that I have received national recognition in some form of honors of the association from both the Canadian and American associations. I have also been awarded a Global Village After five years at Nebraska, Lenore and I decided we Award by the American Academy of Audiology—and it wanted to give our children an experience living outside of all started with the inspiration and teaching I received at the U.S. I took a position as director of the Nova Scotia George Pepperdine College. Hearing and Speech Centres. We planned to live in Canada for three years. I retired from that position after nearly 25 On a sad note, Lenore and I went to Costa Rica in 1995 for a years of service! It was a wonderful and exciting time for sabbatical under the auspices of a U.S. government grant to us. The Centres’ mandate was to provide free audiology study the incidence and prevalence of hearing impairment and speech pathology services to the people of Nova Scotia in children enrolled in the schools of that country. While under the universal health care system. In order to achieve there, Lenore became ill with a genetic blood clotting that goal it was necessary to start a program in speech disorder and she passed away in January 1998. pathology and audiology at the master’s level at Dalhousie University. I served as its first interim chair. The Centres I have subsequently remarried to a wonderful woman grew and we soon developed over 25 locations around the from Montana and we have continued to roam the world province which serve approximately one million people. learning, traveling, and teaching. She told me yesterday Lenore worked side by side with me as we were the first that when we first met she had the stamp from one country program in Canada to have an infant-screening program in her passport. Today she has over 100 countries! among other things. To Frank (’58) and Mahin (Molavi) (’60) Burroughs, I taught at the university, continued to publish (including whom we knew well, and Ray Mossholder (’59) and all the eight written or edited books), and became active as others whose paths crossed ours at GPC, I wish the best of president of the Canadian Association of Speech- health and happiness. I look back at our time together as a Language Pathologists and Audiologists. I subsequently magical interlude in a busy life. It is truly gratifying to find became president and then general secretary of the out how my friends have shared their lives and experiences. International Society of Audiology. I also served on the Please, if you are willing, share. We want to know.
Who’s Your Favorite Professor? One thing that most George Pepperdine College alumni seem to have in common is a particular affinity for one or more professors who were special to them. Who is your favorite professor? What was it about them that encouraged you, inspired you, or impacted your view of the world? Send us your memories, and we’ll consider including them in a future issue of the Promenade. E-mail them to us at gpc@pepperdine.edu or mail to GPC Alumni Relations, c/o: Promenade Newsletter, TAC 311, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263-4348.
M. Norvel Young (right) instructs an unidentified student. Long before he became college president in 1957, Young was a history professor at Pepperdine College from 1938 to 1941.
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COMFORT AMIDST ASHES
By Reverend Connie (Thompson) Regener (’68*)
I remember the summer of 1966 at George Pepperdine College very clearly. I was elected president of the Associated Women Students, volunteered as secretary of the Timothy Club, and was preparing for a trip to Brazil with the O’68 mission movement. After marriage and children I graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary and completed a year of clinical pastoral education at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia (chaplaincy). Almost 50 years after that magic summer at Pepperdine I found myself serving in ways I never could have anticipated. Here is my story:
surveyed lot after lot with nothing but gray and white ashes, interrupted by an occasional chimney, sink, or appliance. Mostly I learned to stand still with the home owners, who from time to time would voice a memory or grieve a loss. Some wanted a hug and some shook my hand. Others just wanted to share the moment or needed a shoulder to cry on.
Contrasted with the dreary devastation of the scene was the upbeat resiliency of the people I encountered. They all It really hit me when I picked up the clipboard and read mentioned that no one had been lost, despite the intensity “All addresses destroyed except 22835.” and unpredictability of the fire. They all wanted to build again on such a sacred space. This space was doubly sacred It was the route assignment for our American Red Cross because not only was it their own personal residence, but it emergency response vehicle (ERV) from which we would was next to a religious retreat center where many had seen be serving meals to victims of the May 2014 firestorms in a healing of body, mind, and soul. subdivision in San Diego County. Some reaffirmed their faith and said it was helping them Although as a Red Cross chaplain I had trained for such through such tough times. They gave thanks for the events, the utter devastation caught me by surprise. I only outpouring of assistance. There was talk of building asked once “Were you able to save anything?” On scene I back bigger and better. There was also musing that God
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might be calling them in another direction. Each person has to decide their own recovery plan. Some will stay and some will move on. It was good just to hear them out, acknowledge their concerns, and give them a safe place to consider the next step. Being in an unfamiliar, scary place is bad—but it’s worse when you are there alone.
and my face was a little sunburned. “All addresses destroyed except 22835” was no longer a notation but a vivid picture burned into my mind. I can only hope that as the victims bring their experience to mind they will also picture that someone was standing with them in their time of anguish.
I am thankful for the opportunity to serve in this way, and That’s where the Red Cross comes in. By putting mental encourage my fellow clergy to check out the many ways health workers (and chaplains like me) on the ERVs that they can train to be of service with their local Red Cross. are in the community distributing food and water, we can meet basic needs of body, mind, and soul. Supplying Rev. Connie Regener is an ordained Evangelical Church a cold bottle of water, voicing understanding, or offering Alliance (ECA) minister and a board-certified chaplain compassion can quench anguish of body, mind, and soul. with the Association of Professional Chaplains. She is an “When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought experienced hospital and hospice chaplain and part of the joy to my soul.” (Psalm 94:19). Orange County Disaster Action Team for the American Red Cross. At the end of a weary day I returned to Red Cross headquarters. My steel-toed boots were dusty with ashes *Last year attended
In Memoriam
We take this time to remember those Waves who have recently passed, and we celebrate the impact they made on fellow alumni and the world around them.
Dr. Mary (Hilton) Appleberry (’42)
Mr. Lloyd Harline (’51)
Mrs. Evelyn (Gustafson) Price (’48)
Rev. Gabriel Ashie (’56)
Mr. Robert Hayes (’59)
Mr. John Rawnsley (’51)
Mr. Joseph Baffa (’50)
Mr. William Hicks (’50)
Mr. John W. Schlatter (’61)
Mrs. Carol (Ortner) Barrett (’59)
Mrs. Betty (Barrington) Hood 1957*
Mr. Wayne Stephens 1962*
Mr. William Blewitt, Jr. (’59)
Mr. Jack Irby (’50, MA ’74)
Mr. Dennis Swanson (’54)
Mrs. Mary (Caldwell) Broaddus (’51)
Mr. Richard Kersey 1942*
Mrs. Diane (Smith) Teel (’65)
Ms. Lauretta Cauley (’69)
Mr. Donald Lehmer (’49)
Mr. Alvin Tusher (’56)
Mrs. Phyllis (Turner) Craig (’55)
Ms. Louise Lovelady 1966*
Mr. Verne VanDuzer (’52)
Mr. Dean Davisson (’48)
Dr. Nancy (Greenbaum) Mac Kay (’60)
Dr. Bruce Wingard (’67)
Mr. Robert Faren (’50)
Dr. Donald Morrison (’55)
Dr. James Young (’43)
Mr. Rick Hambel 1975* * Last year attended As you learn of the passing of George Pepperdine College alumni, please contact GPC Alumni Relations at 310.506.4348 or gpc@pepperdine.edu.
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Upcoming Events MARCH 3/13-3/15
Grand Pepperdine Celebration (GPC VI) (Palm Springs, California) – Spread the word and make plans to attend this GPC alumni-exclusive reunion weekend. A great schedule of nostalgic storytelling, hymn sings, a dinner celebration, and entertainment await! The registration fee is only $50 per person! For more information, visit pepperdine.edu/gpc.
3/21
Songfest (Smothers Theatre) – The continuation of the beloved “Spring Sing” GPC musical tradition, hundreds of Seaver College students flood the stage each March for this song-and-dance competition. Join us for a pre-show alumni reception, then see the show!
3/26-3/28
Alumni Project Serve: San Francisco – Travel with purpose! This is one of our more special alumni travel itineraries, because it’s all about serving others. The three-day itinerary will include a variety of service activities to help homeless men, women, and children in the San Francisco Bay Area. More info at pepperdine.edu/alumniprojectserve.
MAY 5/2
Seaver College Graduation and “Waves of Success” Luncheon (Alumni Park, Malibu campus) – Come welcome the newest Waves to join our alumni family, and be a part of our special alumni tradition of presenting new grads with their own alumni pin during our Waves of Success luncheon. seaver.pepperdine. edu/alumni/connected/wavesofsuccess
5/5-5/8
72nd Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectures (Malibu campus) – Gather in Malibu with thousands from across the country and internationally for soul-lifting programs, fellowship, and to study and celebrate God’s word through lectures, worship, and discussion. More information can be found at pepperdine.edu/ biblelectures. During the Bible Lectures, join us for a Pepperdine alumni pie reception hosted by Seaver College and George Pepperdine College Alumni Relations on Tuesday, May 5, at 8 PM in the Weisman Museum.
OCTOBER 10/16-10/18
For additional information on these and other alumni events and opportunities, contact us at gpc@pepperdine.edu or 310.506.4348.
Waves Weekend (Malibu campus) – The largest annual gathering of Pepperdine alumni will return this October to feature reunions, recreational activities, and a lively concert in Alumni Park—great for the entire Pepperdine family. pepperdine.edu/wavesweekend.
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