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Things may have changed, but Stevenson spirit is forever! Come back to Stevenson for a weekend of fun activities, athletic competitions, festive gatherings, and more. Alumni, alumni parents, and the entire Stevenson community are invited to participate in this event. For more information, please visit www.stevensonschool.org/homecoming.

RUN IN THE FOREST OCTOBER 5, 2013

The 17th Annual Stevenson Run in the Forest celebrates the start of the Stevenson school year. Choose from a 5k run/walk or 10k run. The race concludes with awards and a celebratory breakfast buffet in Reid Hall. For more information, please visit www.stevensonschool.org/run.

HOLIDAY RECEPTIONS DECEMBER 2013

Celebrate the season with fellow alumni at the annual Stevenson holiday receptions held in Los Angeles, New York, Pebble Beach, and San Francisco. The Pebble Beach reception is scheduled for Saturday, December 21, 2013. Dates and locations for other receptions will be announced as they are confirmed. For more information, contact alumni@stevensonschool.org.

REUNION WEEKEND JUNE 6 –8, 2014

Classes ending in “4” and “9” — this is your year to come back to the forest! Mark your calendars and start your planning now for your class reunion. For more information, contact Mia Peterson ’89 at mpeterson@stevensonschool.org.

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HOMECOMING OCTOBER 4 –6, 2013

ALUMNI GAMES DECEMBER 21, 2013

Call your fellow teammates and save the date! Men and women alumni lacrosse and basketball players are invited back to Stevenson for the annual Alumni Games on the Pebble Beach Campus. For more information, contact alumni@stevensonschool.org.

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REUNION WEEKEND 2013 JUNE 7–9

Classes ending in “3” and “8,” rekindle that Pirate spirit and return to Stevenson. Reunion weekend is a great opportunity to return to Pebble Beach to visit with classmates, friends, family, and reconnect with Stevenson! Also, help your class bring home the hardware in the 3rd Annual Alumni Reunion Challenge. For more information, contact Mia Peterson ’89 at mpeterson@stevensonschool.org.

PATRICK O’NEAL ’85 JENNIFER (BOAL) KIRK ’89 HUNTER VOGEL ’92 MING CHAN ’95 TANJA ROOS ’98

Shine in the Alumni Spotlight

Inside the Super-Creative Fantasy World of

PAUL DINI ’75

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THE PIRATE REVIEW

A Fashionista, an Ice Cream Shop Owner, a Musician & a Composer

BILL HAYWARD ’81 :

An Industry Leader in the Evolution of Energy-Efficient Home Building

COME HOME FOR A WEEKEND OF GOOD TIMES WITH GREAT FRIENDS

THE FACES OF GIVING We are just some of the faces of giving at Stevenson. Our reasons for giving range as widely as our careers, ages, and cultures. But we all have one thing in common — we are committed to keeping the Stevenson spirit alive for generations to come. From a senior gift of $20.13 to a $1,000 Silverado Society membership, every contribution makes our school stronger and our community more united. JEREMY SANDLER ’06 “I appreciate the inspiration and education I received, and apply that to my teaching career today.”

ASHTON CLARKE ’05 “I bleed green and white — and as Annual Fund Director, I can’t ask others to give if I don’t give myself.”

JENNIFER BERGHOLZ ’79

JUSTIN BATES ’99

“My father, 50-year Stevenson icon Frank Keith, taught me the importance of commitment, loyalty, and giving back.”

“Being a teacher and living on campus, I see the impact of giving every day — in the classroom, on the field, and in the dorms.”

HOMECOMING 2013 OCTOBER 4–6 For a more information, please visit www.stevensonschool.org/homecoming

AMY FIGGE ’88 “I want others to have access to the same opportunity I had in high school.”

TIM ALLEN ’78 “With nearly 30 years of real estate experience, I understand the importance of investing in the community and building relationships.”

ANGELO MARTINEZ ’13 KATIE BERGHOLZ ’11 “As a second-year college student, I’m grateful for the preparation and foundation Stevenson gave me.”

JOIN US — GIVE BACK TO THE PLACE THAT GAVE SO MUCH TO YOU.

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“I’m excited to graduate and take the next step, and as class president, making my first gift just makes sense.”

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FEATURES 32 BILL HAYWARD ’81 HAS THE GUTS TO GO GREEN Fourth-generation President, CEO, and Chief Sustainability Officer of one of the 50 largest lumberyards in the country, Bill Hayward ’81 knows a thing or two about the construction business. But his passion for and commitment to ecological sustainability have made Bill an innovator and industry leader in the evolution of energy-efficient home building.

40 PAUL DINI ’75 HAS SUPERPOWERS*

(*But Math Isn’t One of Them) Considered one of his industry’s visionaries by both fans and colleagues, Emmy-winning writer and producer Paul Dini ’75 has been the creative force behind such characters as Batman, The Joker, Harley Quinn, and Spiderman. His uncanny ability to absorb his life and surroundings, and then spin them into storytelling gold, has made him a powerhouse in the world of comics, TV, movies, and video games.

Cover photo: Paul Dini ’75 on the red carpet at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on February 19, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Bill Hayward ’81 at Hayward Lumber in Pacific Grove, California.

(Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for WGAw).

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DEPARTMENTS 3 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 4 MAIL & CONTRIBUTORS 5 STEVENSON STORIES

Q & A with Pat Stanford ’83 on how the class of 1983 keeps Pirate spirit alive.

7 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Get inspired! Alumni share their amazing personal adventures.

15 CAMPUS NEWS

Carmel Campus Skypes with an astronaut, boys water polo makes history, the Sheppard family starts its next chapter, and 21 seniors from the class of 2013 are honored for outstanding academic achievement.

Alumni games, holiday receptions, and the 17th Hole donor event bring the Stevenson family together.

25 THE PIRATE REVIEW

The diverse creativity of Stevenson alumni inspire, delight, and entertain.

30 SUSTAINABILITY AT STEVENSON

Sustainable projects are the new normal for current and future Stevenson construction.

Alumni share their personal achievements, life experiences, and adventures.

60 THE INSIDE SCOOP

Learn something you didn’t know about one of the all-time favorite faculty members among students and alumni.

17 STEVENSON SCHOOL

48 ALUMNI AT LARGE

22 EVENTS

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

When news surfaced that Stevenson was finally beginning renovation of the swimming pool, Don Dormer ’71 came to my office to offer some advice. Don thought former swimmers might respond with financial support to the slogan “Everything changes with time, except the Stevenson pool.” It is true that the pool was built in 1964, falling only one year shy of a 50th birthday. The pool served generations of swimmers and water polo players, many of whom went on to successful careers competing at the college level. But for the past 15 years, the pool’s condition and limitations of depth and dimension became an increasing disadvantage. Not only has competition been limited, but so has the extent of training. The dimensions were much less than regulation water polo size, and the depth was so shallow that players could stand on the bottom with their heads above water (against the rules, of course). Taller swimmers struggled to make flip turns in the shallow end, sometimes grazing their backs on the bottom. The notable successes of our swimming and water polo teams have been due to our tremendous coaches, who found ways to make lemonade out of a lemon, and to our Stevenson student athletes themselves. But in today’s competitive independentschool world, prospective Stevenson students have many choices, and those who are potentially competitive swimmers need not look far to find much superior swimming and water polo facilities. We cannot afford to miss out on students who might otherwise be perfect Stevenson Pirates. How did this change finally happen? Why will the pool finally be deepened and

enlarged to meet minimum standards when so many great Stevenson families over the past 15 years championed the cause with little result? First, the Facilities Master Plan now includes the continued presence of the current pool, even after completion of a new Health Wellness and Fitness Center, which will include an Aquatic Center, during the next phase of the Plan. The current pool, surrounded by residence halls, will serve as the recreational pool for students, faculty, and revenue-producing summer camps. Second, and most importantly, a member of the Stevenson Community stepped up with a substantial charitable gift to make this project happen.

project that will help our kids. It is the circle of school life. Send us your favorite stories of the Stevenson pool and we will share them with your fellow alumni. Go Pirates! Jeff Clark Vice President for Advancement & Editor

Keeping Don’s words in mind, we are now raising the rest of the money to fund the renovation, which is a reality that never changes. By September, the 49-yearold pool will have new life and we will turn our attention to the next

Above: Although the pool is under construction, the Swim Records board remains hanging above Athletic Director Jeff Young’s office. Only time will tell if the new pool will impact school records, some of which date back to 1989. Left: The boys water polo team takes direction from Coach Jim Fannin, while they stand in the very shallow end of the pool.

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Stevenson’s Alumni Facebook page continues to be the center of alumni sharing and reminiscing. Here are a few alumni highlights from recent posts. Join the conversation at www.facebook.com/stevensonalumni FB Question: If you had the chance, which lecture would you want to hear again; which class would you want to join; or which teacher would you love to visit with again?

“Mr. Daskalovic — to hear his amazing stories behind enemy lines in WWII, all told in French. Somehow we could understand him — even though it was in French, I believe. He also showed an obscure blackand-white film of the design and building of Ronchamp by LeCorbusier — something about that movie and the building were so powerful that I had to visit when studying in Europe years later. I hitchhiked there and wound up staying two days. In many ways, it was the building that convinced me that I wanted to be an architect. So I’d like to thank Mr. Daskalovic—a cool man from another era and world, with his trenchcoat and wraparound black sunglasses and amazing baldness, smoking Gauloises as only a European could back in the day, while coaching soccer. Teaching, educating, inspiring — opening eyes and imagination — very Stevenson.” — Kevin Burke ’77

FB Question: KSPB 91.9fm is celebrating its 35th birthday this year! What are some of your favorite KSPB memories? “Fred Begun’s ’80 Sunday morning jazz show opened my eyes to the jazz world that I did not know existed. Thanks, KSPB and Fred Begun.” — Lee Bothast ’82 “Friday mornings!!! KSPB is where I cut my teeth — next year will mark my 20th year in radio! I wouldn’t have been involved in radio if it hadn’t been for KSPB.” — Jeff “Rudy” McCaskill ’96 “Playing ‘Some Girls’ by the Rolling Stones on my European Rock Show on Sunday morning, getting busted for it, and pretending not knowing why — eheheh.” — Bernhard Heitz ’82 “Thinking the auditorium was haunted and hating closing the station at midnight or opening up at 6:00 a.m.” — Jeffrey Surratt ’85 “Calling Wes Olney’s ’92 90-yard opening kickoff return vs. Santa Cruz. Killing time during the halftime show by reading the sports page with Grant Kaplan ’91 when a float broke down on the field during PG Homecoming. Many Fridays and Saturdays broadcasting with Brooke Higgins ’92. And the best — press passes to the 1992 US Open at Pebble Beach with Todd Zander ’92!” — David Fredrickson ’92

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“Mr. John Senuta’s brain-opening “What is a circle?” opening act in geometry/alegebra, Biff Smith on anything from Shakespeare to Woody Allen or poetry accompanied by the virtuoso beat of the pan-piano-flute (Emperor of Ice Cream! Dog!), Mr. Dale Hinckley on “history is stories” and how he sees all of us kids today (in history!), Dr. Fred Roth on Paradise Lost and the Wife

of Baths tale (in middle English no less), the complete Wally Ramsey compendium on life, the universe and how all of it is stranger than fiction (“So write well and speak up!”). Thanks for teaching me to teach, guys! Just taught my first two film history classes at Harvard like it was no big deal. Turns out I’ve been learning how to do this since Miss Selina had us stringing Cheerios to learn how to count into the hundreds in first grade down at the Stevenson [Carmel Campus]” — Katie B. Kohn ’03

PAUL SCHRAUB is a professional photographer based in the Monterey Bay area. With more than 25 years of experience, he specializes in a wide range of photography, including architecture, portraits, promotion, lifestyle, food, products, and even dogs.

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AARON HILLIS has written about film for The Village Voice, Time Out NY, LA Weekly, Variety, Filmmaker, IFC News, Premiere and Spin. He is the former curator of the reRun Gastropub Theater, and the new owner of Video Free Brooklyn (three-time “Best Video Store in NYC” winner, 2012/2013). CAROL ZIOGAS is a San Francisco Bay Area native, writes for a West Coast lifestyle magazine and works on a range of projects from books to websites.

TEAM STEVENSON is a group of faculty and staff who contribute to this magazine through their writing and photography. These include: Managing Editor Elena Rhodes ’89, Warren Anderson, Topher Mueller, Mia Peterson ’89, and Cole Thompson.

STEVENSON STORIES: KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE

The class of 1983 at their 25th reunion

An Interview with Pat Stanford ’83 The class of 1983, celebrating its 30th reunion this year, is legendary at Stevenson for its participation at Reunion Weekend, its regular and frequent communications, and the fact that it even celebrates its class “birthday”— because seeing one another every five years “isn’t soon enough.” Pat Stanford ’83 is largely responsible for keeping the class bonds so tight. Alumni Relations Director Mia Peterson ’89 interviewed Pat to learn more about the unique connection this class has created. Mia Peterson ’89: The class of 1983 is incredibly close and has been for years. As a class, how have you achieved this? What’s your “secret”? Pat Stanford ’83: If there is a secret, it has to be communication. We (the class of ’83) came together and all had a really good time at our 20th reunion. The earlier reunions were good, but at the 20th, all of the high school attitudes were gone. We found that we all shared a bond

that only other Stevenson students can understand. We had been through an experience together, and that shared experience has given us a base of understanding that no one else has — not our spouses, not our best friends, only other RLS students, and really only those from the class of ’83. MP: At the Los Angeles holiday reception in December, we were talking about Reunion Weekend 2013, and the idea

of alumni sessions on KSPB came up. Immediately, you emailed your class members to share the idea and find out if they were interested. Your ability to reach out to them on a second’s notice was incredible. What role have you personally played in keeping your class’s relationship so strong? PS: Well, I was always a geek. I was president of the computer club (when there were only five computers on campus), worked on the laser in the chemistry department, and I was chief engineer for KSPB. So after our 20th reunion, we had a perfect intersection of time and technology. I had a lightly used server running mail list software and some extra time on my hands. I set up an email distribution list and started hounding the people I had addresses for to sign up. I also had some spare time (work was slow), and started

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tracking down some of the people I could remember some of the details about. Google was just coming online strong and made it fairly easy to track most people down. We currently have 88 people (out of a class of 105) on the list. The list started with people just saying “Hi!” and rapidly progressed into “Hey, do you remember…?” From there, some of the more prolific writers produced some amazing prose reflecting on people and events that we lived through. One of the best things about the mail list is that it is private. I control the access to the list and only the class of ’83 can use it. Facebook and LinkedIn have a place in sharing day-to-day events, but for the truly memorable things, the ability to have one extra level of privacy and trust in the people reading the posts allows for a higher level of openness. We have used the list for almost everything, including births, deaths, sickness, congratulations, and a lot of just normal middle-age complaining that we know will be understood. I am really very surprised what we have put together. When I was at RLS, I was mostly a loner/outsider. I got along with almost everyone, but was not really close with very many people. I started the list because I could, and because I found that I really enjoyed being around everyone. Lots of people keep thanking me for doing it, but I feel like I really did it for me. MP: The class of ’83 not only returns to campus to celebrate its reunions, but you also return to celebrate your major birthdays. Please share the story behind how this came about. PS: The last night of our 20th reunion, someone (I don’t remember who, but I wish I did) said something about five years being too long to wait to do it again. That brought up the idea of having a group 40th birthday party two years later in 2005. We asked Frank Stephenson, then the director of alumni relations, if Reunion Weekend could accommodate an extra class, and started

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MAKING MEMORIES AT THEIR 25TH REUNION: 1. Maurice Samra ’83, Hope Hayward ’83, Ted Waters ’83, Pat Stanford ’83 2. David (Otis) McCown ’83, Tony McHale ’83, Pat Stanford ’83, Maurice Samra ’83

publicizing it. I think we got 35 people for the weekend and a total of about 45 for some part. It was such a success that we came back for our 45th birthday and will be back again in 2015 for our 50th. We have such a good time and enjoy being together so much, that even twice every five years is barely enough. MP: Looking back, what have been some of the most memorable moments of your class reunions and celebrations? PS: There are so many, I don’t even know where to start — seeing Tony McHale ’83 in his full fire turnouts; someone getting lost walking in the forest and spending the night in the woods; and beating the class of 2003 at beer pong. But probably the greatest memory is when Bay Igleheart ’83 flew in from Costa Rica for the weekend after telling us he would not be able to come. Twenty-plus hours on planes here and back, and he still thought what he got out of the weekend was worth the trip. MP: What advice would you give to other classes for ways to strengthen their class bonds? PS: Communication is the key. You need a way to foster communication between as many class members as possible.

3. Pam Hudson ’83, Jenny (Brodsky) Bauer ’83, Chrissie (Peters) Sorenson ’83, Tony McHale ’83, Julia Kennedy ’83, Shannon (Darrigo) James ’83

The more people talking, the better the stories, the more fun it is and the more likely you are to entice others to join. Privacy is also key. A lot of the stories that get told are things that while we are not ashamed of them, we would prefer to keep within a group that understands the surrounding events. Use a “push” medium. We are all so busy with our dayto-day lives, if this was a website we had to go check it would hardly ever happen. With the mail list, all you have to do is send a single email and everyone on the list gets a copy. They might not all read it right away, or maybe not ever, but at least it is delivered to them rather than their having to go looking for it. Finally, just chat. It does not matter who or what starts the conversations, but keeping at least a few posts a month or quarter keeps everyone interested. MP: What do you have planned for this year’s reunion, your 30th? Any special plans to celebrate the great class of 1983? PS: For our reunion this year we plan to do the same as we always do. Hang out together and soak up the love and understanding. Recharge. And go back to our regular lives filled with the knowledge that we are part of something very special.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT SOJOURNEYERS : ONE FAMILY’S ADVENTURES JENNIFER (BOAL) KIRK ’89 After negotiating a remote working arrangement with her Silicon Valley company, Jennifer Kirk ’89 and her family rented out their San Francisco home, packed their bags, and are travelling the globe on a one-year family adventure. We caught up with Jennifer in New Zealand, six months into their journey. So, tell us what exactly you are doing? My husband Jonathan and I are in the middle of a one-year journey around

the world with our 6-year-old daughter Zara. We don’t have a strict itinerary, although before we started, we picked approximately six destinations to serve as a “home base,” and we make side trips from those (or on the way to the next destination). The idea is to spend sufficient time in several key places so that we really get a feel for them, can rent an apartment or house, and aren’t constantly living out of a backpack.

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It took about four years of planning, saving, and waiting for Zara to get old enough to appreciate (and hopefully remember) the experience! I’m working part-time from the road and Jonathan is taking a full sabbatical. We are homeschooling Zara for first grade so that she can hopefully join her class in second grade when we return. What made you decide to do this? First and foremost was the opportunity for us to spend more time together as a family. In our regular lives, we are apart from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. every weekday. It is the old cliché, but kids really do grow up so quickly and I just knew in Continued next page....

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I’m also a strong believer that travel can be one of the best educations for a child, and I figured she could learn more on the road than she could in a classroom at her age. (Also, she is young enough that I was relatively confident in my abilities to adequately home-school her — I don’t have to teach her physics obviously!) Finally, my husband is English, has lived in multiple places like Japan and Italy, and has long pushed for us to explore life outside the U.S. So far, what’s been your itinerary? We began our trip with 2 1/2 months in Southeast Asia (with bases in Penang, Malaysia, and Thailand, and we took shorter jaunts to Hong Kong, Laos, and Vietnam). We then spent the holidays and Zara’s 6th birthday in England, with a skiing trip to Norway. We are currently spending 2 1/2 months in New Zealand, after which we’ll head to South America for a few weeks, and then we’re on to Japan to explore Jonathan’s old stomping grounds. We’re ending our travels (ouch — it hurts to even type that) with several months in Europe. How has this trip changed you and your family? Six months in, I’m not certain that I can yet fully appreciate the impact this will have on our lives, but a few things are already obvious. It’s reinforced what I’ve long suspected — that we need very few material possessions to be happy — rather, it is the experiences and people that count. Zara has a number of stuffed animals that she considers her “kids,” but other than that, she’s traveled toy-free. One of her favorite songs currently is “Life’s a Happy Song” from The Muppet Movie, and the line “I’ve got everything that I need — right in front of me” really resonates.

As a family, sharing so many new adventures and spending 24/7 with each other has really bonded us together. Countless people thought we were crazy to voluntarily sign up for being with a 5/6-year-old nonstop and even we originally thought we’d enroll her in local schools/classes. For various reasons, we didn’t end up doing that. Instead, we’ve been blessed with the opportunity to watch a young girl discover the world day in and day out, and I wouldn’t trade the world for that. Honestly, I think it is going to be very difficult to return to “normal” life. In six months, I feel like we have squeezed in more “living” than we have in the prior five years. I suspect that this trip will be formative in the long-term choices we make over the next decade. Stay tuned. What would you tell someone reading this interview, who thinks, “That’s great for her, but I could never find a way to do that”? I’ve always loved the Mary Oliver quote: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” One of the unexpected gifts of this trip is that I’ve connected online with an amazing group of “families on the move,” many of whom have been doing long-term travel with their families. The diversity of those families has shown me that it really is a choice. Some of those families made the decision in less than a month to leave their jobs, pull their kids from school, and start traveling with less than $1,000 in savings. It is possible, but as with any big life decision, there are trade-offs. I think the reality is that many families are not willing to “give up” the comfort and security that they have at home, but I’ve realized that by being afraid to step away from that security, you conversely are giving up countless other opportunities. If there is one thing I want my daughter to learn, it is to be unafraid to take the path less traveled. I’m still working on that for myself!

Follow Jennifer on her blog at www.sojourneyers.com

Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket reporter Patrick O’Neal ’85 poses by the Chick Hearn statue at Staples Center, January 13, 2012.

Courtside with Spike Lee

Interviewing Kobe Bryant only seconds after his memorable 81-point game, January 22, 2006

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME

PATRICK O’NEAL ’85

Fox sportscaster Patrick O’Neal ’85 lives a life most sports fans would envy. He’s won an Emmy award for Outstanding Sports Reporting for the Los Angeles area, and is named annually as one of the “Top Southern California Sportscasters” by the Los Angeles Daily News. He’s covered nearly all the local LA sports teams, including the Lakers, Kings, Dodgers, Clippers, Ducks, Angels — and top college teams, including UCLA and USC. “I love what I do,” says Patrick. “It’s a fastpaced, demanding, and pressure-filled career choice — but I really believe I am living my dream.”

Catching up with Patrick during hockey season is no small feat. For the 2012-13 season, he covers both home and away games for the Los Angeles Kings. His typical day begins with a pregame meeting with the Fox team to prepare for the evening game. Then he heads to the rink to watch the morning skate and check in with players and coaches to get their insights on the opponent and the health and attitude of the team. After that, it’s time for more research, gathering more stats, and “tons of reading” — as he prepares for his pregame and postgame show “Kings Live” in addition to conducting player interviews from the bench and between periods during the game.

“I love what I do. It’s a fast-paced, demanding and pressure-filled career choice — but I really believe I am living my dream.” Patrick’s list of teams he’s covered, broadcasts he’s led, and networks he’s worked is impressive, diverse, and lengthy. “My job changes day to day, season to season,” Patrick says, who is known for 2013 ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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Patrick interviews Tiger Woods at Trump National in Palos Verdes

Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket reporters, from left, Patrick O’Neal ’85, Norm Nixon and Kiki Vandeweghe talk basketball during Lakers pre-game show outside Staples Center, Friday, January 13, 2012.

“There are so many people trying to break into the business, you’ve got to always be on your game.”

his versatility as a host and reporter. Last year, he provided “Gamebreaks” for the Fox Sports national NFL package, and worked for FX as a national College Football studio host; from 2005-2012 he roamed the sidelines providing live reports for the LA Lakers, and since 2005 he has been the host of “Dodgers Live.”

and famous names — his career is not an easy one.

Patrick recalls that some of the most memorable moments of his career were in 2012 when the Kings won the Stanley Cup — and Patrick was on the ice, with the team, holding the cup. And in January 2006, he was the first to interview Kobe Bryant only seconds after his memorable 81-point game.

But for now, Patrick loves being part of the “Fox Sports Family” and seeing what new opportunities, teams, and amazing sports moments each new season brings.

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“There are maybe one or two weeks of the year that I feel comfortable taking a vacation,” says Patrick. “There are so many people trying to break into the business, you’ve got to always be on your game.”

Patrick lives in Beverly Hills and has two daughters, Sophia and Veronica. Follow Patrick on Twitter @Patrick_ONeal.

On the ice with the Kings, holding the Stanley Cup

Patrick with his daughters, Sophia and Veronica

as Captain Trey, Mendosaurus, and the Roan Stallion, the label has developed its own cultish following.

THE TREASURE HUNTER

HUNTER VOGEL ’92

It’s simply impossible to begin telling Hunter Vogel’s ’92 story without a pirate analogy. Hunter (a Stevenson Pirate) seeks out the finest wines in California (gold), negotiates deals for incredible wines at 1/3 to 1/5 of their value (steal), and then sells bottles of these delectable blends (bounty) to savvy wine connoisseurs who know a good deal when they taste it. And to top it all off, each bottle of Hunter’s Treasure Hunter Wine is wrapped in a label that’s actually a treasure map — with “X” marking the “spot” where the wine came from. Hunter, an established winemaker himself, saw an opportunity about five years ago to get into the business of “negociant wines.” This means they don’t make the wines but buy them from other wine producers. “There are several other labels that follow this model, but they do it on a larger scale, buying thousands of cases at a time,” explains Hunter. “I wanted to work with smaller, higher-end wineries and distribute some of the world’s finest wines for a fraction of the cost.” It wasn’t easy to gain credibility in a close-knit community protective of its name and product, recalls Hunter. “The first time we started negotiating for a Diamond Mountain Cabernet from Napa,

the winery was naturally cautious. They named a price we couldn’t afford. We named a price that wasn’t worth their while. So to make people understand we were serious, we brought a suitcase with $20,000 cash in it. And that’s how we got our first batch of Treasure Hunter.” (Since that first deal, Hunter says that they have established a solid reputation and now work on more standard terms with wineries.) But Hunter does not simply buy wine from every winery willing to sell. Treasure Hunter Wine is put through a painstaking examination process from a panel of nine called the “De-Vine Nine.” Made up of top sommeliers, winemakers, and restaurateurs, the panelists represent the top of their respective fields, and they pore through hundreds of wines before they allow the Treasure Hunter name on the bottle.

“We’ve actually seen a few of our bottles show up on eBay, and we get some pretty frantic callers offering three or four times the price just to get another bottle,” says Hunter, laughing. So whether Hunter’s story is a pirate’s tale or more of a Robin Hood ballad, it is without a doubt an adventure. You can find Treasure Hunter wines and learn more about Hunter’s own wines at www.3fingerwines.com. Hunter lives in Sun Valley, Idaho with his wife Laura and their three daughters, Carson (9), Chloe (7), and Sawyer (6). In addition to making and distributing wine, Hunter is also breaking into the spirits market with Jesse James Bourbon and a soon-to-be-released Dutch vodka.

“It is a win-win situation. The wineries win because they don’t make more wine then they can sell, Treasure Hunter wins because we get world class wines for a bargain, and the customer wins because they get to enjoy wines at an affordable price,” says Hunter. And with such limited quantities of each batch, which all have quirky names such 2013 ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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BEING THE CHANGE

TANJA ROOS ’98

Tanja Roos ’98 learned to ride a bike at Carmel Middle School and her family cut the family Christmas tree on the 10-acre property adjacent to the campus at the mouth of Carmel Valley. She never would have guessed that two decades later she would be back on that same land, working to help establish MEarth (pronounced MEEarth), a nonprofit designed to reconnect students to nature and empower the environmental leaders of tomorrow. After Stevenson, Tanja went on to UC Berkeley, where she graduated with a degree in Sustainable Development with a focus on community interaction with the natural environment. When looking at job opportunities after graduation, 12

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“I hope to teach students that our actions as consumers impact the world.” Tanja recalls stepping foot on the Hilton Bialek Habitat property and seeing a “huge potential and vision” for the land. In November 2003, Tanja was offered an 11-hour-per-week intern position and immediately began developing curriculum to use the garden to teach students

about the environment, science, nutrition, cooking, and more. Not long after, the first full-time position was established for her on the property. Since then, the staff, programs, and infrastructure have grown extensively, culminating in the grand opening of the first LEED-certified green building and state-of-the-art kitchen at a public school in Monterey County in March 2012. Tanja works to collaboratively design programs, community events, curriculum, and infrastructure to bring learning to life in fun and impactful ways — including customized culinary and hands-on, science-based programming for students

1. More than 1,500 students each year enjoy the many educational opportunities at MEarth 2. Tanja gathers farm fresh produce from the garden 3. Teaching students cooking skills and farm-to-table basics 4. The new state-ofthe-art kitchen facility at MEarth 5. The new LEED certified green building 6. Stevenson’s Carmel Campus students visit MEarth as part their STEM curriculum 7. Tanja Roos ’98

in World Language, Science, History, English-Language Arts, and Ecoliteracy classes. More than 1,500 students from all across Monterey County visit MEarth each year — and that number keeps growing. “I hope to teach students that our actions as consumers impact the world,” says Tanja. “What we do at MEarth is model behaviors and sustainable practices so individuals can make their own tangible change in their daily lives.” Tanja was recently honored for her leadership, vision, and contributions to education and MEarth through several awards, including the Visionary Leadership Award 2012 presented by the Democratic Women of Monterey

County; Congressional recognition for “invaluable and outstanding service to the community” presented by Congressman Sam Farr; and a Certificate of Recognition from the California Assembly presented by Assemblyman Bill Monning (2012). With a master’s degree in Nonprofit Administration at the University of San Francisco almost completed, talks of joining a women’s delegation to Cuba, and a growing interest in nonprofit development, there’s no doubt Tanja will continue to lead by example and “be the change” she hopes to see in the world. For more information about MEarth, visit www.MEarthCarmel.org or on Facebook at facebook/MEarthCarmel. 2013 ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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THE MELODY OF SUCCESS

MING CHAN ’95

After graduating from Occidental College in 1999, Ming Chan ’95, a selfproclaimed “left-brain geek,” did what every techie wanted to do: He moved up to Silicon Valley and jumped on the dot-com bandwagon. He was living a techie’s dream indeed: developing and architecting high-profile applications for some of the most well-known brands in the world, including Apple, HewlettPackard, Disney, and more. But as great as Ming’s life looked on paper, something wasn’t right. “I had a sort of life crisis,” recalls Ming. “I wanted to be part of something bigger than myself. I wanted a community. I just felt lost in the Bay Area.” Ming moved to Los Angeles, where many of his college friends had remained. For about two years, he did freelance work and was recruited heavily by several companies. But Ming still searched for that sense of community he craved, or as he says, “I was looking for my tribe.” In 2006 Ming ended his search for something he realized he had to create for himself. Ming launched The1stMovement, a digital agency leading with technology. He hires “smart,

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good people” and has created a place where work-life integration is respected. The company’s philosophy is shared on its website: When you hear The1stMovement’s unique melody, you realize it is both the start and the heart of a greater work. Ming’s commitment to his vision and values has paid off. Voted one of the “Best Places to Work in Los Angeles” by the

“Stevenson changed my perspective about the world, about people… about everything.” Los Angeles Business Journal (three years in a row) and “Fastest Growing Private Companies in America” by Inc. Magazine (three years in a row), The1stMovement has offices in Los Angeles and Denver, Colorado, and also recently expanded outside of the U.S. into Hong Kong. His client list is vast and boasts some big names such as Adobe, AT&T, Cisco, Lexus, Pentax, and the United States Olympic Committee.

“I think my need to create a rich culture of diverse people who share a set of core values actually goes back to my time at Stevenson,” says Ming, who was named one of Inc. Magazine’s “Top 10 Asian Entrepreneurs” in 2010. “Stevenson changed my perspective about the world, about people… about everything.” Ming’s industry is a competitive one — and he still works long days, and feels the stress of constantly being innovative in a pressure-filled environment. But he has his tribe and his community — and, like the musical composition his company is named for, together they bring structure to the chaos and create a beautiful harmony. Learn more about the The1stMovement at www.the1stmovement.com. Ming lives in Arcadia, California with his wife and newborn baby boy Lincoln.

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NEWS Stevenson once again embarked on its annual Symposium this spring: a day when more than 500 students at the Pebble Beach Campus as a whole examine one topic from outside their everyday curriculum in depth. This year’s symposium focused on the ocean and the role it plays in our lives through science, food, recreation, and art. Symposium’s keynote speaker was Donovan Hohn, award-winning journalist and author. More than 30 guest presenters from the local area and around the world contributed their time and knowledge to this educational and thought-provoking event.

Pebble Beach Campus students Jacob Commons ’16, Alec Phillips ’16, George Hutchinson ’16, Allen Kan ’13, Andrew Arnold ’13, build ROVs.

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Students Say “No, Thank You” to Plastics

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A STEM PROGRAM As part of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) program, Stevenson students were treated to an all-school “Skype the Scientist” interactive presentation. Last fall, Captain Lee Morin, astronaut at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, joined the Carmel Campus via Skype. Morin talked about the design of the new space vehicle Orion that he is working on, and he discussed how STEM subjects are used in the NASA program.

Middle-grade students asked questions, and Morin even shared a personal story from his experience as the first astronaut performing an extravehicular activity (EVA) on the International Space Station. Morin is extremely supportive of Stevenson’s STEM initiatives, having learned about them from his cousin and faculty member, Kirsten Matsumoto.

Coach Thayer Honored with CCS Award

Coach Cleve Thayer has inspired hundreds of Stevenson athletes during his 29-year career at Stevenson — and recently, he was acknowledged for his leadership and coaching skills with the Central Coast Section (CCS) Honor Coach Award for Cross Country. This award recognizes coaches who are dedicated to impacting the lives of high school student-athletes by not only teaching them the values of “Pursuing Victory with Honor” but also that there is more to participating in sports than just winning and losing. “For nearly three decades, Coach Thayer has shared his knowledge, sense of humor, and wit, along with fostering a deep passion to encourage learning and a sense of working hard within his countless Stevenson students. He is the grand master of all cross-country coaches in our Central Coast Section,” said Jeff Young, Stevenson athletic director.

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With the goal of reducing land waste and protecting the health of local marine environments, students at the Carmel Campus participated in “Zero Waste Week” last March. Students replaced single-use plastic bags and plastic bottles with reusable items, reduced the use of plastic straws and paper napkins, and stepped up their recycling efforts. This effort supported the school’s commitment to sustainability as one of only eight Ocean Guardian schools on the Monterey Peninsula.

Water Polo Makes History In a history-making victory, the boys water polo team won three straight tournament games to capture first place in the Monterey Bay League (MBL) Pacific Division Tournament. The Pirates defeated Alvarez High School 19-2 in the first round, then the team won two consecutive one-point games, beating Harbor High 9-8 in overtime, and finally triumphing over a very strong Palma team 16-15 in the final. This was the first Stevenson water polo league championship since 1976.

THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR THE SHEPPARD FAMILY After 28 combined years at Stevenson, Tom and Jennifer Sheppard are taking the next steps in their careers and life path. Tom, Director of Enrollment Management, has accepted the position of Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jennifer will also continue her admission career at the Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey. The Sheppards will join their new community this summer, following the completion of the 2012–13 academic year.

Tom and Jennifer Sheppard with their children Olivia and Zachary

Tom and Jennifer have made a huge impact on the recruitment and retention of Stevenson’s student body. While managing the challenges of a diminishing student demographic on the Monterey Peninsula, Tom developed and executed a strategy to expand the

other academic classes at a local high school, trips around the country, and participating in traditional and cultural events. Tai Taliaoa ’12 is participating in the same program and is spending his year in Japan.

Rotary Program Provides Opportunity of a Lifetime For many years, Stevenson students have been recipients of a Rotary scholarship that allows a graduating senior to spend an academic school year living in a country of the student’s choosing. This year, Sierra Garcia ’13 has been selected for the International Rotary Youth Exchange Program and will be spending a gap year in Ecuador. The year consists of a homestay with a family, attending language classes and

Stevenson name internationally, securing a strong, qualified, and diverse applicant pool year after year. Jennifer spent her first 10 years at Stevenson working in admission, financial aid, and supporting residential life programs at the Pebble Beach Campus. At the Carmel Campus, Jennifer’s role was critical in creating an integrated and competitive admission process that helped position Stevenson as the top private elementary and middle school in the area. “We are certainly happy for Tom, Jennifer, and their family, and wish them well. Stevenson, however, will truly feel the loss of the Sheppard family and their deep commitment and many contributions to our school community,” said Joe Wandke, school president.

Tai Taliaoa ’12 (pictured left) has spent the past year in Japan, and said the experience has been “lifechanging.” Sierra Garcia ’13 (below) will be spending the next school year in Ecuador, before attending Stanford University.

Tai recently wrote, “My experience in Japan has been life-changing. During the past seven months in Japan, I have confronted many challenges, particularly in the beginning of my exchange year. I improved tremendously in my Japanese, made strong connections with my host family and new friends, and learned to respect the differences between Japanese culture and American culture. Overall, my exchange year in Japan has been wonderful. I have become more wise, mature, and happy through this experience. It is something I recommend every person should do at some point in their life!” Sierra is “thrilled” about leaving for Ecuador this August and will return in the summer of 2014. She will attend Stanford University following her year abroad. 2013 ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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Three Athletes Sign Letters of Intent Golf standout Michael Decker ’13 has been awarded a scholarship to play golf for Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He signed a letter of intent at a signing ceremony in Douglas Hall last fall. Michael started playing golf at age 3 and began competing in tournaments at age 7. He has led the Stevenson golf team to two consecutive state tournament final matches. This spring, both Drew Nelson ’13 and Ryan Hall ’13 also participated in letterof-intent signing ceremonies. A varsity golf player since his freshman year (and a starter for three years), Drew will play golf for Dominican University of California. Drew also was named MVP for the Mission Trail Athletic League (MTAL) this

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year. Ryan, leading the MTAL in high jump and current Stevenson record holder, was recruited heavily nationally — but after setting foot on the Ann Arbor campus, he quickly made up his mind and signed with the University of Michigan.

Drew Nelson ’13 and Ryan Hall ’13

In addition to their athletic contributions, Michael, Drew, and Ryan are leaders among their peers and are admired by the faculty. We wish them good luck as they move on to the next level of their educational and athletic paths.

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Ali Welschmeyer ’13, goes for a pass during the game against Santa Catalina.

VARSITY GIRLS SOCCER ADVANCES TO SECOND-ROUND CCS The varsity girls soccer team had another outstanding season as they were cochampion of the Mission Trail Athletic League and qualified for the Central Coast Section tournament. In the firstround playoff game against Pinewood School, the game was tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation. In the second overtime period, Kaitlin Brennan ’13 scored the

game-winning goal on a header following a beautifully placed corner kick from Anna Wilcoxon ’13. The girls lost in the second round against Menlo School but gave it their all, with more than half of the varsity team away on spring break or leading the Sophomore Expedition.

Pool Renovation Begins In March, the long-awaited and muchneeded renovation of the existing Stevenson swimming pool began. Thanks to the support of a generous donor and friend of Stevenson, this work will expand the dimension and depth of the pool to comply with the minimum standards necessary for high school water polo and competitive swimming meets — standards that we have not met in the past. The target completion date is the opening of school next fall, just in time for water polo season. (For more on this project, see the Letter from the Editor on page 3.)

An impressive 21 seniors from the class of 2013 have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for their outstanding academic achievement as National Merit Finalists and Commended Scholars. Two students — Bryan Louie ’13 and Jacob Villarreal ’13 — were selected as Finalists and 19 were Commended Scholars.

Hunt Ma ’13, Sarah Lino ’13, Bob Lee ’13, Mason Vierra ’13, Chi Nguyen ’13, Nathan Xu ’13, Keith Eubanks ’13, Jacob Villarreal ’13, Andy Yun ’13, Sophie Newman ’13

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Top row: Fauve Koontz ’17, John Yeager ’17, Galen Peterson ’17, Robert Percell ’17, Ian Smelser ’17 Bottom row: Gunnar Kozel ’17, Cyrus Barringer ’17, Lily Coming ’17, Rahul Wijewardane ’17, Alexander Meredith ’17

HISTORY DAY WINNERS ADVANCE TO STATE LEVEL

Kirsten Matsumoto Awarded NSTA Fellowship The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning, recently honored Kirsten Matsumoto with a Dow Fellowship to the 2012-2013 NSTA New Science Teacher Academy.

Stevenson Carmel Campus was the proud host of the 2013 Monterey County History Day competition, an exciting statewide enrichment program that furthers students’ understanding of historical issues, ideas, people, and events. Seventeen individuals and groups from the grade 8 class entered, and each had an interview with a panel of History

Day judges. Under the guidance of teacher Amy Spencer, Stevenson earned numerous special awards, and six entries (10 total students) advanced to the state competition. Rahul Wijewardane ’17 and Cyrus Barringer ’17 were finalists at the state level for their projects on “Ghandi’s Contributions to History” and “Penicillin: The Miracle Drug,” respectively.

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Kirsten, the STEM/science teacher for grades 5 and 6, was selected from hundreds of applicants nationwide. A total of 244 elementary and secondary teachers (only 33 from California) received this honor. The Fellows began their rigorous yearlong professional development program in October 2012. The program is designed to help promote quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge. Fellows were also guests at the NSTA national conference in San Antonio, Texas in April. Kirsten, representing Stevenson, presented a session on STEM curriculum at the conference. 20

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Students Riff a Tune on Guitars They Made Through Stevenson’s STEM-focused courses such as Pre-Engineering, Robotics, and Multi-Variable Calculus, in addition to its core science and math curriculum, students are being prepared to succeed in college and beyond to address current and future global challenges. And, well, have some fun, too. Last summer, through the National Science Foundation STEM Guitar Project, Stevenson faculty members Justin

Brown ’98 and Aaron Eden attended an intense five-day guitar design/build project, where they learned to build their own custom electric guitar and how to relate the guitar design to specific math, science, and engineering topics. Partnering with faculty member Zekai Akan, they brought their learning into the Pre-Engineering classroom and worked with students to design and build their own electric guitars, which they played live for students during assembly.

William Wilson ’16 Goes to D.C. William Wilson ’16 entered, and won, a contest staged by Congressman Mike Honda. The challenge was to submit an essay detailing how to reform the educational system or how to create job growth and improve the economy. William submitted an essay on educational reform and won the contest. One of Congressman Honda’s advisers said, “The Congressman received a high volume of requests for his ticket application” and “was impressed with William’s creative idea.” The prize included two tickets to the 57th Presidential Inauguration Ceremony of President Barack Obama.

The Science of Golf Carmel Campus students recently had the opportunity to take their classroom STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning and apply it in the “real world” — this time, through sports, at the exciting Chevron STEM Zone at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Student teams navigated through various exhibits, and found hands-on experiences in golf ball physics, swing analysis with technology, golf course “agro dynamics,” professional videotaping with green screen and newsroom performances with teleprompt, and much more. “By continually encouraging the development of critical thinking skills, the STEM model enables students to identify and ask the questions essential to any learning experience,” said Kirsten Matsumoto, STEM lead. “This hands-on field trip allowed our students to see the STEM applications behind experiences they might not immediately associate with science — and that broadens their perspective of the world and how it works.”

Pebble Beach Foundation Awards Scholarship Bryan Louie ’13 recently was awarded the Pebble Beach Foundation Scholarship. The AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Foundation selected Bryan for this award, presented during the spring junior golf tournament by Susan Merfeld and Hubert Allen of the Pebble Beach Company. Bryan also played in the tournament. Bryan expressed how grateful he was for the lessons learned through junior golf, saying, “I know that golf will always be a part of me.”

The Miracle of Metamorphosis Six Painted Lady caterpillars arrived at the Carmel Campus on October 15, and thus began the Grade 1 students’ exciting journey into the miracle of metamorphosis. Students learned about the Painted Lady butterfly life cycle, watched the caterpillars eat and grow, and form chrysalises. After about 10 days, the butterflies began to emerge, dry their wings, and start to sip the sugar water and flowers in their flight cage. The children acted out their life cycle, observed changes, discussed what they saw, and wrote observations in their science journals.

Comcast Honors Student “Leader and Achiever” Garrett Oldani ’13 has been recognized for his service work on campus and in our community and has received the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Award. This is only the second time a Stevenson student has won this award. Dave Miller, who announced Garrett’s award at assembly, said, “This award is for people who are significantly and authentically involved in their community and have been doing so for a long period of time.” Comcast honors high school seniors for their commitment to community service, academic achievement, and demonstration of leadership. 2013 ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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Back row left to right: Alex Hungerford ’05, Tony Klevan ’98, Andy Bozzo ’89, Mike Schelcher ’04, Ted Minnes ’08, Logan Allen’ 08, Matt Bruckmann ’11, Tim Allen ’78, Dave Kurtmen ’07, Willy Schaeffler ’00, Tyler Allen ’10, Cooper Kehoe ’07, Kevin Hicks ’85, Coach Jeff Young, James Guzik ’05, Joel Packer ’05, Cory Schaeffler ’05, Ashton Clarke ’05 Front row left to right: Rick Storkan ’06, Andrew Newton ’08, Andrew Clark ’11, Sam Bennett ’08, Jordan Beaudoin ’07, Will Pischel ’09, Ian Morrison ’05

WET AND WILD ALUMNI GAMES DECEMBER 22, 2012 Saturday, December 22 was a cold, wet wintry day, but that didn’t stop more than 70 dedicated alumni from returning to Stevenson’s Pebble Beach Campus for the 2012 Alumni Games. The men’s and women’s lacrosse teams battled it out on a muddy and slippery Wilson Field. A hearty BBQ kept the athletes fueled throughout the day. And the day wrapped up with friendly but fierce men’s and women’s basketball competitions in the gym. All alumni athletes received a muchneeded clean and dry inaugural Alumni Games t-shirt following the festivities.

Wes Connors ’01 takes a shot

Back row left to right: Sarah Howard ’09, Carolyn Bruckmann ’12, Diana Goodwin ’12,Coach Kelly Burnett, Olivia Schultheis ’11, Sydney Sharek ’12, Charlotte Vetter ’11 Front row left to right: Ali Kammerling ’09, Chelsea Verhasselt ’07, Katie Klevan ’95, Katie Schultheis ’07, Annie Lee ’09

Save the date and start getting in game shape for this year’s competitions — Saturday, December 21, 2013 Mike Schelcher ’04 and Cory Schaeffler ’05

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Megal Volpano ’10, Laura Prelsnik ’07, Dana Prelsnik ’10, Kendall Keith ’08, Caroline Main ’08, Sarah Howard ’09

Kat Kavner ’10, Brooke Palmieri ’10, Catherine Palmieri ’10, Hala Murphy ’10, Rachel Luba ’10, and Maddie Basham ’10

Kristoffer Polaha ’95, President Joe Wandke, and Andrew Rosen ’75

HOLIDAY RECEPTIONS 2012 Stevenson’s Holiday Receptions have been a festive tradition since the school was founded in 1952. Although attendance has steadily risen over the past four years at our annual San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pebble Beach, and New York events, this past year we saw record numbers of alumni come out to share in the holiday cheer. The Pebble Beach reception topped 400 attendees — and the New York

Paris Waranimman ’11, Tyler Woods ’10, Cheyenne Bluhm ’10, and Purin Warannimman ‘11

reception (hosted by Andrew Rosen ’75 at Theory Headquarters) was again “the” place to be, and attendees enjoyed a special alumni discount in Theory’s retail store. We are hoping this exciting trend continues in 2013! If you’re interested in bringing an alumni holiday reception to your region, email alumni@stevensonschool.org.

Ally Oldfield ’04, Jack Britton ’04, Sophie Gates ’04, and Freddie de Sibert ’04

Chris Chatham ’96 and Alumni Relations Director Mia Peterson ’89

Andrew Berger ’06, Guest, Katie Fladaboe ’07, and Mike Keeley ’06 John Compagno ’86 and Christine Wang ’86 Mark Cooley ’82, Athletic Director Jeff Young, Robert Hewitt ’82, and wife Kristi

Pat Stanford ’83, Keith Sarkisian ’84, and wife Trisha

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Beth Myers, Art Department Chair Stephan Pratt, and Valentia Piccinini

Ron Codd, VP for Advancement Jeff Clark, and Joanne Storkan

Kim and Scott Negri

Signatures of celebrities and pros on Liz Peszynski’s commemorative hat

Eryn Allen and Paula Archer

Katherine Wenglikowski, Suzanne Bastien, and Floyd Wenglikowski Liz Peszynski, Georgianna Duxbury, and Jennifer Cunningham

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What goes better together than golf and charitable giving? Stevenson’s Silverado Society members and special friends of the school were treated to a day of star-watching and some of the world’s best golf at the 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am this past February. Watching the “A” list of celebrities and golfers along the 17th fairway of the Spyglass golf course, attendees of the

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second annual 17th Hole Event enjoyed refreshments and an array of food while watching this annual charity golf tournament from the porch of the Benbow House. Thank you to our Silverado Society members for your support of Stevenson and sharing in this special event. To learn more about the Silverado Society, contact Ashton Clarke at aclarke@stevensonschool.org.

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PIRATE REVIEW

A fashionista, an ice cream shop owner, a musician, and a composer. Stevenson alumni continue to inspire, delight, and entertain with their diverse creativity.

“It will be impossible to decide what you desire most at Chloe Rose.” — Daily Candy 2013 ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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Purveyors of the delightfully chic Styles shown from Chloe Rose Lookbook Fall 2012

CHLOE ROSE BOUTIQUE If you ask Marissa Olson ’02 what Chloe Rose means to her, her answer is simple and direct. Everything! It is a personal expression of her self and her style, and the way that she has found to share those things with others. Marissa’s family, her education, and her focused fashion résumé chart a direct course to the Chloe Rose Boutique. Her mother was her first strong influence in style and, to put things in perspective, named her after a favorite sweater. Marissa knew early on that her passion would become her pursuit and jumped at the chance to work at one of LA’s top Marissa Olson ’02

boutiques while attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. She has since excelled in roles across many functions of the retail and E-tail fashion industry. Marissa officially launched Chloe Rose in the fall of 2010 and it reflects all the history and hard work that brought it into being. If you ask her, and she is almost always there, about the design and the finishes, she will tell you stories of the people and places that inspired or supported her along the way. The experience reflects the kind of connections that she wants to create for her customers and her genuine appreciation for women’s desire to express themselves through their style. Her warm welcome, honest insight, and deep knowledge of her industry add to her talent as a stylist and her commitment to “live what you love.” Chloe Rose Boutique 1824 Union Street, San Francisco www.chloeroseboutique.com Excerpted from Chloe Rose website

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recent yelp reviewers love it, too: “How I love thee [Chloe Rose].... let me count the ways! I love this store for the beautiful clothes, amazing accessories and the sweetest and most fashionable staff.” — Girly SF D., San Francisco, California

“Simply irresistible and I’m not talking about the pretty lady running the show. Chloe Rose has an adorable clothing collection from sexy feminine styles to comfortable classy pieces to mix and match for any day of the week.” — Mio F., Monterey, California

“OKAY PEOPLE...LISTEN UP!!! If you are looking for the hottest trends and best wardrobe selection, you need to take a peek into this new boutique on Union Street. I have lived in SF now for almost 3 years, and have yet to find a boutique with the selections that this one has to offer. The store is not too big and easy to manage through. It is clean, wellorganized, and VERY classy.” – Stephanie C., San Francisco, California

WE WANT TO FEATURE YOU IN THE NEXT PIRATE REVIEW! Have you published a book, released a wine, opened a new restaurant, or been featured in an art show? We want to know! Please email us at alumni@stevensonschool.org to be considered for the next Pirate Review.

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Nicholas West ’02

“Building a music career in a city where I have no history is both exciting and exhausting. But it’s the good kind of exhausting,” says Nicholas West ’02, a California native in New York City, following his passion for music. “The thrill of building myself from the ground up in a new place drives me to work hard all day and on occasion all night, until I can do nothing else but sleep and dream of what I will be doing tomorrow.”

their live shows are always a jubilant combination of soul and sweat.”

And for Nicholas, all that hard work and dreaming is paying off. Although Nicholas plays with several groups (all of which are enjoying growing success), as bassist (and co-writer on several of the songs) with the band Blue Kid’s release of Upright, Love, he is receiving awards and accolades.

Nicholas is also a member of Satchel Jones and the Flavor Makers (a funk/rock band with an occasional country-esque song); the Nick West Quartet (mix of jazz

Consequence of Sound (CoS), a Chicagobased online music publication, wrote, “After a smattering of EP and single releases over the past three years, Upright, Love signals the full-length debut of New York-based five-piece, Blue Kid. Lead singer Lydia Benecke’s fusion of piano-based rock, pop, jazz, and cabaret yields comparisons with the likes of Regina Spektor and Fiona Apple, though the cabaret leanings of April Smith may be an even better benchmark.” And Cdbaby.com, where you can find Blue Kid’s latest CD, writes, “Their following is based primarily in Brooklyn and Manhattan, headlining such local venues as the Delancey, The Bitter End, Sidewalk Cafe and Kenny’s Castaways (RIP), where

Additionally, Blue Kid won Flavorpill’s 2011 National A Band Apart Competition, beating out hundreds of bands nationwide, and their music has just been licensed to MTV and the Discovery channel. “So you may hear us on Shark Week or something like that,” Nicholas jokes.

After Stevenson, Nicholas went to Northwestern University for his undergraduate degree and DePaul University for his master’s degree. He lives in New York City. Nicholas is the son of Stevenson Carmel Campus Music Director Chris West. Nicholas West ’02

“I am doing what I have always loved and I do it every day. In that sense, I have ‘made it.’” — Nicholas West ’02

fusion, some R&B, and a hint of classic rock); Alchemy and The Kid and the Riff Raff (both classic rock/Top 40 cover music); and The Stray Hearts (punk and pop originals). “To say that I ‘have made it’ is both an overstatement and an under-sell. I am not rich. I am not touring the globe — yet. I am doing what I have always loved and I do it every day. In that sense, I have ‘made it.’”

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The PIRATE REVIEW Robinson Jeffers built Tor House and Hawk Tower, using granite boulders gathered from the rocky shore of Carmel Bay, as a home and refuge for himself and his family. It was in Tor House that Jeffers wrote all of his major poetical works.

Performing with “golden mezzo [soprano]” Valentina Osinski (SF Examiner) and pianist Bruce Olstad, Christopher held the world premiere of Continent’s End during a special celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Robinson Jeffers’ birth last spring in Pacific Grove.

A TRIBUTE TO ROBINSON JEFFERS: CONTINENT’S END Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli ’87 A multifaceted composer and conductor, Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli ’87 creates music with enduring appeal across cultures and genres. Recognized with an Emmy® Award nomination for his first professional score, A Year to Remember for CBS News, Christopher has contributed to numerous rock and pop recordings, including Christina Aguilera’s Grammywinning Back to Basics and multi-platinum crooner Michael Buble’s Christmas. A Monterey Peninsula native, Christopher was recently inspired to create a musical composition in partnership with the Robinson Jeffers Association, an organization dedicated to promoting the work of the Peninsula’s most famous poet. Christopher writes, “A turning point in my creative life was the discovery of

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Robinson Jeffers’ little volume Selected Poems. Jeffers’ primal narratives, juxtaposing unmitigated violence and gentle lyricism, are set in the locale I know intimately — the Monterey Peninsula on California’s Central Coast... In Jeffers I discovered an artist that, literally, mythologized the landscape of my childhood. I intuitively sensed the musicality of his poems and, after spending years with Jeffers’ long lines, complex language, and irregular meters, I believe I’ve arrived at music whose organic character, elastic rhythm, and rich harmony are true to the intensity and seriousness of the poet’s verse. The result is my first collection of Jeffers settings: Continent’s End for mezzosoprano and piano.”

Christopher adds, “While most of the poems in this collection focus on Jeffers’ relationship with the landscape, two of them, Science and Natural Music, reflect the poet’s more controversial philosophy of ‘inhumanism’ — the idea that mankind is too self-centered and that his influence on ‘the beauty of things’ is a negative one. As the 21st century progresses, the civilization of which Jeffers so presciently warned us, the one that ‘bred knives on nature’, continues, sadly, to come to fruition.” Continent’s End is the recipient of a 2012 ARC Grant from The Center for Cultural Innovation. You can view video from the Continent’s End premiere at www.posthornmusic.com/continents-end Excerpted from Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s press materials.

After Stevenson, Christopher earned a B.A. in Tuba Performance and an M.A. in Composition from the University of California at Los Angeles. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Donna Eshelman, to whom Continent’s End is dedicated. He is working on percussion orchestrations for the forthcoming Warner Brothers film Pacific Rim.

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THE ICE BOX

Left: Rachel Rote Wahl ’87 serves up a big scoop of Marianne’s ice cream. Below: Jumbo, all beef, kosher hot dogs are one of one of the many tasty treats served at The Ice Box.

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“Did I ever think I’d be an Ice Cream Baroness? Not at all,” laughs Rachel Rote Wahl ’87, the new owner of The Ice Box in Carmel Valley, California. “I always thought it would be fun to own a small shop, like cupcakes or a bakery, but this opportunity really just fell upon me.” Last fall, Rachel was approached by a friend who had just opened a small ice cream shop in the Carmel mid-Valley area and asked her if she wanted to buy it from him. She made a few calls — and suddenly was a small-business owner. “So there I was, going into winter with a brand-new ice cream business — I had to get creative fast,” Rachel recalls. And that’s just what she did. Rachel expanded the menu from smoothies and nationally famous Marianne’s ice cream to include crepes, paninis, and — her biggest seller — jumbo all-beef kosher hot dogs.

The shop has a “sweet” nostalgic feel to it and, just as in an old-fashioned ice cream parlor, you can get a banana split with all the fixings, a root beer float, or a chocolate malt. Rachel plays music from the 20s, 30s, and 40s to complement the atmosphere. Customers describe The Ice Box as “a busy, jovial” place, and it is rapidly becoming a locals’ favorite. “I can’t say enough about the community,” adds Rachel. “People have been so supportive and I am truly excited every day to get up and come to work.”

What one Yelp! reviewer said: “Rachel, the new owner, is as down to earth and lovely as you could ever imagine. She is so invested in pleasing her customers and connecting with her community. We really love this place. Super kid friendly, too. There is even a place for your little ones to color while they enjoy their treats! You can’t go wrong at The Ice Box!!” — Kristin C., Carmel, California

The Ice Box 402 Mid Valley Center Carmel Valley, California Open every day except Tuesday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Previously an apprentice midwife, Rachel lives in Carmel, California with her two daughters.

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The Future of Stevenson In April, Stevenson celebrated completion of its first new faculty townhouse on campus. Built to the Passive House Standard, the townhouse comprises two separate 2,200-square-foot, two-story residential units. Constructed on the same spot where President Joe Wandke’s house tragically burned down in 2007, these new residences were designed to house faculty with growing families. Dean of Students Erik Olson and his family, and Fine Arts Department Chair Stephan Pratt and his family, will be the first two faculty members to move into the new residences.

EXTERIOR “SKIN” WRAP A “skin” was wrapped around the house before the shingles were attached, creating an airtight bubble around the entire house that allows the air exchange to work and eliminates moisture, mold, and drafts.

AIR EXCHANGE UNIT An air exchange unit recirculates the air completely every three hours. Heat is recovered and retained in the exchange.

It’s All About the People Joe Wandke, President of Stevenson School, has said, “Stevenson is all about people. This faculty townhouse fits perfectly into our plan to build facilities that give our people, faculty and students, the best opportunity to share a powerful educational experience.” Having a top-rated boarding program and an engaged and present resident faculty are critical to student learning in and out of the classroom. Day students are also on campus until late in the evening for athletic practice, academic help sessions, or group work. This extended-day model underscores the importance of having faculty close to, and available for, students at all hours. With the goal of providing on-campus housing for 50 percent of faculty, increased faculty housing is the capstone initiative in Joe Wandke’s vision to reinvigorate the residential program and facilities. 30

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BUILDING MATERIALS All internal building materials (paints, floors, carpet, etc.) emit zero VOCs, a measure of gases produced.

THICKER INSULATION The insulation is three times the normal protection. The roof, walls and floor are insulated. (Roof=R58, Walls=R30, Floor=R20)

What Is a Passive House? The new faculty townhouse is the first passive house built on a school campus in the state of California. The design and construction of a passive house add about 10 to 15 percent to the cost of conventional construction materials and design. But the concept represents todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest energy efficiency standard and requires very little energy to achieve a comfortable temperature year-round, making conventional heating and air conditioning systems obsolete and reducing the heating energy consumption of buildings by up to 90 percent. The residential units were designed and built to passive house requirements, which require energy-efficient specifications and construction strategies. Passive houses are built for quality, comfort, and energy efficiency, and are designed to operate at a constant 68 degrees. The passive house concept is a proven model in Europe but is still in its infancy stage in the U.S. According to the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS), there are very few passive house projects in California. Passive house certification from PHIUS for Stevensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new townhouse is expected during the summer of 2013.

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TRIPLE PANE WINDOWS Windows are airtight with no drafts, keeping winter warmth and summer coolness inside.

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Sustainable projects are the new normal for current and future Stevenson construction. The townhouse is the first of five the school plans to build as funding is secured. This project followed completion of the LEED Gold Certified Barrows Residence Hall this past September; procurement and ongoing use of the Rocket composter, which has turned all dining hall food waste into useable composted material; installation of water filtration systems to reduce use of plastic bottles on both campuses; and designation of the Carmel Campus as an Ocean Guardian School.

The slab beneath the house is layered with insulation.

Donor Support Successful construction of this first faculty townhouse was a direct result of the generous financial support of Stevenson community members. Three donors made substantial charitable gifts to fund this project, and the school is pleased to recognize The Charles and Ann Johnson Foundation, The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, and the K.D. Au Family. Their gifts inspired Stevenson to move boldly forward on this project.

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THE GUTS TO GO GREEN BY CAROL ZIOGAS

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Fourth-generation president, CEO, and chief sustainability officer of one of the 50 largest lumberyards in the country, Bill Hayward ‘81 knows a thing or two about the construction business. But his passion and commitment for sustainability have made Bill an innovator and industry leader in the evolution of energy-efficient home building. Raised in a family that valued local and national leadership, Bill was committed from a very young age to make a difference in the world. His father Homer M. Hayward, a WWII veteran, lumber industry leader, and longtime Stevenson board member, instilled a sense of stewardship in his young son and led more community organizations than 34

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most people would have time to even consider. The elder Hayward showed his son that building community is paramount in building a successful business. His mother Nancy Eccles had sawdust in her own veins, as her family had been in the logging and lumber business since the mid-19th century. After flourishing at Stevenson, Bill attended UCLA, majoring in political theory. Following college, he lived in Spain for almost three years and developed an appreciation for the European sense of community, design, and architecture. But in 1992 Bill knew it was time to come home and step up to the responsibility of running the family business, and his father was happy to let the younger Hayward steer the ship. In October 1992, Bill was appointed president and CEO of the company at the age of 29. Both a maverick and a hard-nosed fiscal manager, Bill had to make some tough decisions to better position the business as it struggled to

survive the recession. He aggressively built an outside sales team to obtain new market share and restructured the workforce.1 During the first five years running the business, Bill recognized that his traditional building industry was changing, and the idea that “the fish and the forests will last forever,” a concept dating back to the Industrial Revolution, was no longer a reality. In 1999 he took his skeptical management team on a two-day trip into the forests so that they could see for themselves the differences between an industrially managed forest and a sustainably managed forest. Sitting by a beaver pond in Almanor, California, they concluded together that it was Hayward Lumber’s destiny to lead the industry toward sustainability. “When we witnessed firsthand the devastation of an industrial managed forest compared to a lush and healthy sustainable forest, we were changed forever,” Bill shares. “At that moment, I was committed to transforming

Bill Hayward ’81 Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co. in Pacific Grove, California, circa 1957

Bill Hayward ’81 and his father Homer M. Hayward

the company into a supplier of environmentally sustainable building materials, and felt the environmental strategy would protect our forests and also invigorate our staff with a new company vision.”

Charting an eco-friendly path through a traditional industry For nearly a century, The Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co. had been at the forefront of innovation. It was the first to have forklifts and the first to create home centers in 1968 in Salinas. Hayward became an early leader in opening design centers complete with doors, windows, and cabinets under one roof. But in

1999 the young Hayward had the guts to change the direction of his family’s business forever. In an April 2000 document that became known as “Hayward’s Green Manifesto,” Bill outlined his three-part environmental strategy: 1 1. Provide a comprehensive selection of environmentally friendly building materials and eliminate arsenic treated wood. 2. Educate key decision makers such as architects, inspectors, engineers, appraisers, city officials, and influential homeowners to daylong seminars on green building.

3. Change company culture by incorporating environmental values in all decisions and activities. Written on the wall of Bill’s office was a phrase that became his mantra: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” One key decision Bill made was to stock Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)certified lumber. Hayward was the first lumberyard chain in the country to stock and sell FSC-certified framing lumber, dedicating an acre of land in its Salinas location for the initiative. The FSC was created by a group of businesses, environmentalists, and community leaders in 1993 to establish a global-

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In 2001 Hayward’s truss plant (pictured here) received a Gold Level Certification under the U. S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environment Design (LEED).

Hayward was the first lumberyard chain in the country to stock and sell FSC-certified framing lumber, dedicating an acre of land in its Salinas location for the initiative.

certification process for sustainable, wellmanaged forests. In the past 15 years, it has grown from a dream to certifying 20 percent of the world’s working forests. Today, the certification label appears on more than $50 billion of wood and paper product annually.

By adding design centers; building the nation’s first completely solar-powered, LEED-certified truss plant; and building its EnviroSmart line of products, Hayward became known nationally as the leader in the supply of “green” building materials. In fact, Bill received the “Top 20 Most Influential Leaders Award” in the industry by ProSales magazine in 2009. “Hayward is a pathbreaker with unvarnished enthusiasm for green construction and a flair for innovative thinking (example: Hayward’s sales reps often drive hybrid vehicles instead of pickup trucks),” Editor-in-Chief Craig

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Webb of ProSales magazine said. “More than any other dealer this past decade, he has shown it’s possible to be green and turn a profit.” Because of Bill’s commitment to FSCcertified wood and his passion for leading sustainable practices in the industry, he was asked to join the board of the FSC-US and chaired the board for five years, and currently holds the position of chairman emeritus. Despite the demands of the economy, Bill has poured himself into both the nonprofit work of the FSC and running the family business, because, as he says, “that is what Haywards do.” One of Bill’s closest friends for the past 40 years, Chuck O’Neill ’81, vice president of pharmacological sciences at BioMarin Pharmaceutical, calls him “a rare individual who is going to live, eat, and breathe the commitment necessary to move these global issues as a whole forward. At Stevenson, whether it was playing on the water polo team or participating in a classroom debate, Bill always showed dedication and focus.”

“I was committed to transforming the company into a supplier of environmentally sustainable building materials, and felt the environmental strategy would protect our forests and also invigorate our staff with a new company vision.” — Bill Hayward ’81

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Building Sustainable Homes for Healthier Living While the concept of a healthy community and home are rooted in Bill’s childhood upbringing, it was reinforced by his personal experience of living in a home afflicted with unhealthy conditions. After moving into a newly constructed home with his wife and young family, Bill was shocked to discover that his home had serious mold problems that caused devastating health effects to his own family. “How could a new home do this?” Bill asked himself. “Could we build homes that create better health instead of making us sick?” Indoor-air quality problems due to mold affect 46 percent of all homes, schools, and structures in the U.S., according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Incorporating Bill’s experience with home construction and his wife Adriana’s expertise in human health (she holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, specializing in health, gerontology, and reproductive medicine), they began investigating mold and chemical problems in homes and how they cause a downward spiral in physical health, brain chemistry, and the immune system.

and gaps in the wall cavities. In an attempt to reduce heating and cooling costs, the industry has been focused on making homes more airtight, which has only intensified the problem. The simple answer is to build them tight and ventilate them right. The unintended consequence of modern construction is what Hayward calls “the soggy house syndrome,” and unhealthy homes.

They discovered that an unintended consequence of modern construction is that airflow through the structure concentrates outdoor air pollutants within the home and allows moisture to build up within the wall cavities to the point that mold and bacteria can grow. The driving mechanism that causes this is the warm air within our homes that rises and escapes through the upper half of the home while replacement air is sucked in through the crawl space

In his quest to create a healthier home, Bill traveled in the spring of 2011 to the 15th International Passive House Conference in Austria, and visited research centers in Darmstadt, Germany, and met with German homebuilders doing pioneering work on healthy homes.

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According to the Passive House Institute in Germany, a passive house is an extremely energy-efficient home in which a comfortable interior climate can be maintained without active heating and cooling systems. One of the most important elements of the passive-house concept is controlled ventilation, which continuously replaces stale, humid, or otherwise “polluted” indoor air with fresh, filtered outdoor air. While Europe has about 25,000 certified passive buildings, only a few dozen exist in the United States.

Rendering courtesy of Stocker & Allaire

THE HAYWARD HEALTHY HOME™ The first Hayward Healthy Home will be completed in Carmel. Key elements include airtight walls, active ventilation using filtered fresh air, a uniform thermal envelope, and consistent use of nontoxic materials. The enemy of indoor air quality is stale air and moisture. With attention to internal air flow and elimination of cold spots where moisture can accumulate, causing bad things to grow, The Hayward Healthy Home™ method can not only create a healthy indoor environment but a greater sense of comfort. All this with the added benefit of an extremely low energy bill. What’s not to like?

Inspired by passive homes and his research, Bill is creating The Hayward Healthy Home™, airtight but designed to actively breathe, recovering fresh air through special filters while harvesting the heat from the exhaust air to bring the incoming fresh air to room temperature. This exchange is passive and runs on minimal power, resulting in a sustainable, healthy home — all in one. Recently, Bill’s team supplied the thermally broken, triple-pane windows to break rapid heat transmission and the unique air exchange unit for construction of the new passive faculty townhouse on the Stevenson Pebble Beach Campus (see page 30 for the full story).

of high-performance building materials that are low-energy and nontoxic. It is only when these materials work together in a system that they can deliver a more cost-effective solution. Passive-house construction delivers an 80 percent reduction in the heating and cooling needs of a house because the system works and is proven over time. It’s such a revolutionary return on investment that it makes passive homes affordable.” As the world continues to change at an accelerated rate, Bill has not only

embraced it but perhaps is setting the pace. “Working with Bill is always exciting,” says David Stocker, president of Stocker & Allaire construction company in Monterey. “His intuition and quick ability to adapt has always put Bill ahead of the curve. With the first, comprehensive prototype of the Hayward Health Home under construction in Carmel, Bill is setting new trends in the U.S. building industry.” 1

“Environmental Product Differentiation by the Hayward Lumber Company,” Stanford Graduate School of Business case study OIT-38 (December 14, 2007). Bill Hayward ’81, wife Adriana, and family

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ISN'T ONE OF THEM

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It used to be that cartoons, comic books, and video games were collectively dismissed as “kid stuff,” or at least a niche hobby for nerds and social misfits. Yet nowadays, there’s no denying the social and artistic impact that superhero tales and other fantasy adventures, the staples of such mediums, have had on our ever-changing world. (Just this past March, President Obama referenced Star Wars and Star Trek in a press conference, even if he accidentally mixed up his Jedi with his Vulcans.) Beyond escapist entertainment, genre storytelling at its best can inspire, illuminate, and even critique our society and the ways we live today, so thank goodness for the fertile minds whose creations have made their mark on popular culture. It’s easy to take for granted that the words coming out of the all-powerful Superman’s mouth are penned by mere mortals, including Paul Dini ’75. Too busy to take in a gorgeous, 70-degree spring afternoon in Los Angeles, Dini is unfortunately trapped inside a Burbank

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office, home to Marvel Animation Studios. As a writer and producer for Disney XD’s animated hit Ultimate Spider-Man, Dini is in the middle of a brainstorming summit with his team of collaborators on a “miniarc” for the show’s third season, including new situations and villains who haven’t been seen in a while. Tomorrow, Dini and his crew will be hashing out scenarios for that incredible, rage-prone antihero known as The Hulk, but not until today’s labors are in good shape, at which point dry-erase boards inked full of fresh concepts will be photographed and given back to the assigned writers to work up outlines. This, true believers, is how make-believe becomes tangible, and for his role in the process, Dini is considered one of the industry’s visionaries by both fans and colleagues. “What makes Paul so unique, and thus valuable, is his extraordinary range,” says

Jeph Loeb, head of television for Marvel. “He can come up with a scene of true human emotion and follow that up with the silliest slapstick. If there’s a boundary to his imagination, I haven’t found it thus far. Then, more to the point, he can execute it on the page. That’s a rare gift.” But as Dini himself would be the humble first to say, his earliest days in academia didn’t quite foreshadow his fruitful career, five Emmy awards for TV writing, seven Eisner Awards and three Harvey Awards for achievement in comic books, and three Annies for his work in animation. “Stevenson was a big help to me, and came at an interesting time,” the NYC-born, Bay Area-raised Dini remembers. “I was a very bad student. I was failing my way through junior high and I was unmotivated.” Dini’s parents recognized that they were raising a bright kid, one who excelled at

“What makes Paul so unique, and thus valuable, is his extraordinary range. He can come up with a scene of true human emotion and follow that up with the silliest slapstick. If there’s a boundary to his imagination, I haven’t found it thus far.” —Jeph Loeb, head of television for Marvel

“And still, I wasn’t sold on it,” Dini laughs. “I was a shy kid, I had never lived at any place but my parents’ house, and I didn’t like the idea of going away to school. When I was packed up and sent off, I used to fantasize I was going to a World War II POW camp, Stalag 17 for geeks or something.” Getting good grades but feeling invisible, Dini came into his own during his second year, when he realized he could concentrate on the Humanities program that spoke to him, and he didn’t have to be worried or scared about what his adolescent peers thought. If someone was giving him a hard time, the Pebble Beach campus offered a convenient and welcome escape, where “you can walk over the beautiful golf course to the ocean and just look at the waves,” Dini remembers. Soon after that first epiphany, his voracious appetite for reading took over, and he began consuming all the plays he could, as well as studying anything related to animation. A French teacher turned him

on to French comics like Asterix and Tintin, which the non-fluent Dini soaked up, if only while following along their pictures. Geometry was still a mystery to him, but he was finally fitting in, and eventually began drawing cartoons for the yearbook and various publications. “That’s what was most important about Stevenson,” he says about the school’s ability to nurture his passions, “instead of the public school experience at that time, which was to conform to our round hole, or we will beat you in there.” Dini also cites English and Music teacher Bain “Biff” Smith as both an influential mentor and the dryly funny, lifelong friend who once introduced him to British comedy like Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Smith fueled his interest in the timeless wit of James Thurber and Woody Allen, but more important, Dini says: “He made me want to write and read more.” “What I remember about Paul’s time at Stevenson was the advantage he took of any ‘creative’ writing assignment he had in my class,” recalls Smith, who continues to shape young minds as a Stevenson faculty member. “I always encourage creativity and give students a chance to strut their stuff. Paul was extraordinary when it came to anything imaginative. He and I still share a warped view of the

Above: Early DC Comics licensing department art of the Joker and Harley Quinn from the first season of Batman: The Animated Series Below: dini at comic con Photo by Gary Miereanu

literature, writing, and art, but practically shut down when it came to processing math and science. (“I have a rudimentary knowledge that stops at long division,” Dini confesses.) Rather than Dini potentially having to repeat a grade or two until he could catch up on his high school algebra, his family looked into Stevenson, in hopes that Dini would be challenged and could better focus on his stronger subjects.

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Batman: The animated series writing team winning their first Emmy award in 1993 (Dini picutred left).

world, which has kept our friendship alive all these years.” Smith shares extra insight: “When I was living in Boston and Paul was in college [at Emerson] there, he insisted that my wife and I accompany him to the opening of Star Wars. I’m not sure I would have seen it otherwise. I also realized then something about Paul’s interest in science fiction and fantasy, an interest that has propelled his career to this day.” Coincidentally, less than a decade after that screening — as well as some postcollegiate writing stints for syndicated ‘80s cartoon favorites like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Transformers, and G.I. Joe — Dini was hired to work for

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George Lucas as a producer and story editor on his animated Star Wars spinoffs Droids and Ewoks. As animation grew more sophisticated at the end of the decade and into the early ‘90s (the era of Who Framed Roger

Rabbit and the birth of Pixar), Dini’s ever-lengthening résumé gained hipper street cred. He was brought onto the Steven Spielberg-produced, gently subversive series Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs for Warner Bros., which

“Paul was extraordinary when it came to anything imaginative. He and I still share a warped view of the world, which has kept our friendship alive all these years.” —Bain “Biff” Smith, stevenson English & Music teacher

Dini with Kevin Conroy (the voice of batman) in front of a billboard for the major-hit video game Batman: Arkham City

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Dini may be best known today as an Emmy-winning writer and producer on the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), a mature, ambitious, and ultra-hip new take on Bob Kane’s legendary caped crusader. Alan Burnett, one of the show’s producers, was a fan of Dini’s writing and invited him to take part in what would become animation history. (That year, Entertainment Weekly praised the show as one of the best on its year-end TV list.)

“Paul feels his stories more deeply than others, and he’s willing to dip into his life’s well to find them,” says Burnett, who also worked with Dini on Batman Beyond, another animated offshoot set in a futuristic Gotham City. “On several occasions, he has told me stories he’s working on in which he literally gets tearyeyed, has to catch himself and take a breath or two to continue. Paul is simply one of the most fascinating and articulate people I know, and a gentle bear of a guy.”

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then called on Dini when it decided to prep a new animated series, inspired by the success of Tim Burton’s live-action blockbuster Batman.

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write the character after once appearing in a jester costume during a dream sequence on Days of Our Lives. “He’s full of information, he understands the importance of story, and he’s very compassionate.” In a more practical example of Dini’s uncanny ability to absorb his life and surroundings and then spin them into storytelling gold, Sorkin describes driving with him in L.A. during the 1992 riots. As the scary, tumultuous scene unfolded before them on the streets, Sorkin tried to cheer up her anxious pal by singing the ‘40s MGM tune Say That We’re Sweethearts Again, featuring the morbidly droll lyrics “I never knew that our romance had ended/Until you poisoned my food.” Later, Dini remembered and secured the rights to the song and made it a Harley Quinn classic ditty on the series. In the ‘00s, Dini made his leap into liveaction TV as a writer and story editor for ABC’s sci-fi adventure phenomenon Lost, and continued to expand the DC and Marvel universes, not just on television but in best-selling video games (Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City) and the panels of comic books (Countdown to Final Crisis, Gotham City Sirens). So what’s left for the Man of Many Mediums, if Dini may be given a graphic-novel moniker?

by a first-season episode entitled “Joker’s Favor,” which introduced the jestercostumed supervillain Harley Quinn. Originally written by Dini and designed by producer Bruce Timm as a one-time sidekick to the sadistic Clown Prince of Crime mentioned in the episode’s title, the prankish harlequin has since become so beloved by fans that she was retrofitted into the DC Comics print

canon. Clerks filmmaker Kevin Smith even named his first-born daughter after her, perhaps the highest compliment he could’ve paid to his friend and fellow comics aficionado Dini. “There’s no book Paul hasn’t read, no show he hasn’t seen, no movie he is not familiar with,” proclaims actress/writer Arleen Sorkin, who voices Harley Quinn and inadvertently helped inspire Dini to

“I’ve taken my own time with my career, creating some things for myself, but I’ve also been happy to work on other ideas for other people,” Dini admits, with additional kind words to say about his Batman tenure. “But since creating Tower Prep, I really feel the desire in me to go and create more on my own.” Dini gets excited talking about his oncea-year comic book Jingle Belle, a holiday adventure about the one child Santa Claus doesn’t get along with, his own daughter, now a spoiled rotten teenage girl. But it’s the Tower Prep mention that should resonate with Stevenson

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Just some of Dini’s super-creative collaborations (left to right): Batman Animated, by Paul Dini and Chip Kidd • Batman: Harley & Ivy, by Paul Dini and Judd Winick, illustrated by Bruce Timm, Joe Chiodo, and Shane Gline • Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories, by Paul Dini, illustrated by Bruce Timm • Jingle Belle Volume 3: Dash Away All, by Paul Dini, illustrated by Jose Garibaldi • Dini was part of the writing team for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the first-ever animated feature from Lucasfilm Animation

students, faculty, and alumni; it was a short-lived live-action series that Dini created and produced 13 episodes of before it was canceled by the Cartoon Network, despite a rabid cult following. Incorporating martial arts, science fiction, The Prisoner-like mystery, and Dini’s affinity for super-abilities, the show was set in a boarding school that seems vaguely familiar. Wistfully, Dini discusses the show’s real-life muse: “It was fun to revisit those memories, specifically my first year there. Stevenson is not what I call isolated, but it’s in the middle of the 17-Mile Drive. Sometimes, when that Monterey Bay fog rolls in, it’s pretty melancholy.”

Like any superhero origin tale worth its salt, Paul Dini’s own life could be seen as the great call to adventure of his characters. “I think he had a time in his life when he was lonely and didn’t fit in,” Sorkin admits of those younger days, but that shy and bookish kid has overcome

personal and professional challenges to save the day, over and over again. With his natural gift and honed talent for storytelling, Dini continues to empower kids (and to be fair, adults) who might feel similarly to how he once did. Bullies and bad guys, beware!

Today, Dini lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife of the past eight years, the magician Misty Lee. In a truth stranger than fiction scenario, Dini wrote a graphic novel about a female magician. shortly thereafter, one appeared in his life... and he married her. They have two beloved Boston terriers, Deuce and Mugsy, whom some readers might recognize from their episode of TV’s Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan.

“The basic premise was about kids who were washouts in other elements of their lives, but excelled at one really good thing. They have to fit in this strange, pleasant, very structured community where they have to concentrate on their special abilities. Their memories were wiped of exactly how they got there, and they didn’t know when they were allowed to leave: ‘Okay, I’ve been dropped here and I don’t like it, but it could be good for me.’ I basically took the anxious and uncertain feelings of a kid at 13, and yanked them over to the realm of fantasy.”

Illustration by Stephanie Gladden

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The stories of Stevenson Alumni embody the school’s mission to lay the groundwork for a fulfilling life. Read on to learn more about the personal achievements, life experiences, and adventures of fellow alumni.

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Mike Zelinsky ’60: We’re grandparents again, with our daughter Jenny Malchow giving birth to Ellie May on Christmas Day. Mother and daughter are doing just fine, thanks. Joann and I visited her cousins in New Orleans in March and loved it. Then back to San Francisco, catch our breath, and get ready for a May trip to London, Paris and New York. Might as well, you’re only 71 once, right?

David Ladd Wilson ’64: On our recent trip to France, my wife MaryLee and I were visiting the Chateaus of Fontainebleau and Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris. Near the Forest of Fontainebleau was the town of Barbizon, known for its “Barbizon School” of painters in the mid 1800s and a thriving artist community. Many artists, including Robert Louis Stevenson, sought refuge in Barbizon to escape the big city and “create” in the peaceful countryside. I happened on this hotel and thought a picture of where our “boy” stayed while he was in Barbizon would be fun.

Paul Popovich ’67: For fun, I work as a construction program manager consulting for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. We build these fairly sizeable harbor facilities that bring in about half of the total stuff coming to this country by sea. Sound boring? It’s not. I have always been a boots-on-theground, yard dog type at heart. I live in San Pedro, the only really real small town in the city of Los Angeles, with my beautiful and sparklingly lively wife Jodi, and our lovely daughter Madeline, who is celebrating her eleventh birthday today, two days after the vernal equinox. For work, I was finally cited by my Port of LA co-workers for “failure to golf,” and have been sentenced to begin this April playing every Tuesday in their summer league. Engineers, bah. Hey, wait! I’m an engineer! How did that happen? I majored in film and broadcast! Personal passage/quote/pet peeve: Shoot arrow first, then paint target. Favorite color: Green. Party’s over, clean it up. Retirement? It would kill me. But I am too young to be this old.

1966 Jim Hatlo ’66: My wife and I recently moved from Fremont to San Jose, partly to be closer to the action in the heart of Silicon Valley — and partly to be closer to our grandkids. I’m the Director of Communications for LifeGate Church in Milpitas, and a member of the Board of Directors for ARK Ministries International. I also operate a videography and visual communications business, EyeDoMedia. I’m still getting mileage out of my training through Robert U. Ricklefs’ “Thinking and Writing” curriculum at RLS, as well as from the experiences I had cutting my teeth in photography, illustration, and editing on the Spyglass.

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1968 Michael Jackson ’68 recently shared that he has elected to step down from his position as vice president for student affairs at the University of Southern California (USC) as of June 30.

Jim Merrill ’68 and daughter Maya

Jackson oversaw key changes to the university, including the expansion of several programs in Student Affairs, such as the Career Center and orientation programs, as well as the construction of the Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Residential College at Parkside, and the Arts and Humanities Residential College. His department also added the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center; the Office of Veterans and Transfer; the Office of Parent Programs; and the Hong Kong Parents Program. As vice president for student affairs, Jackson oversaw the Office of Student Publications. At an event last year, Jackson said he believes part of God’s plan is that love gets actualized when communities care for one another.

Jackson will take a one-year sabbatical from USC and return as emeritus vice president and executive director of International Advancement. He will also continue to teach in the Rossier School of Education. “For 18 years, Dr. Jackson has served in this key leadership role with tremendous distinction, assisting the university in its efforts to become a top destination for students around the world, as well as a fully residential university,” said USC President C. L. Max Nikias in a letter to the USC community. “Dr. Jackson has touched countless students with his vision and compassion, and I know the entire USC community joins me in commending his outstanding service.”

“How I go about spreading this love is the work I do in this role as a Vice President for Student Affairs at USC,” Jackson said. “I work with the goal of providing environments that allow others to thrive and fulfill their dreams and their hopes so they can go out and spread peace and love.” Nikias said Jackson’s contributions have shaped the direction of the university for years to come. Jim Merrill ’68: I was a latecomer to Stevenson when I enrolled as a senior in 1967. My mother and I moved to Carmel that summer and she taught art at the school, while I was a day student. After graduating from San Francisco State University in 1974, I worked briefly at Kaiser Engineers in Oakland as a technical editor. By 1977, I had moved to Keystone, Colorado, where I worked and skied full-time until 1982. Finally, I settled into a career as a teacher in Laguna Beach, Santa Monica and Los

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Angeles… eventually moving with my wife, Harumi, back to Boulder, Colorado. I taught college writing in that area until moving to Salem, Oregon in 1998. I have been working at Chemawa Indian High School since then. We raised one son, Marlowe,who’s a junior at Portland State University. My daughter, Maya, is 11. My hobbies have shifted from downhill skiing to riding my bicycle and collecting records at local garage sales. Periodically our family visits my wife’s parents in Japan.

1974 Pete Mokler ’74: I call Reno home now and gave up my skis for golf clubs. (Looking at my scorecard, I should probably go back to the mountains....) Architecture died and while I keep my license current, I’m a manufacturer of solar equipment now (www.sunvelope.com.) The kids grew up and I did the only logical thing; left and joined a rock band (Facebook: “Paul David & The Drivers”). Just celebrated five years with my Danish wife-to-be Cecilia Isabella and looking forward to seeing Stevenson pals next year at our 40th.

1975 Jacques Lord ’75: I am still employed as an environmental cleanup project manager, currently remediating the former Alameda Naval Air Station. Landfills to radioactive contamination to old underground tanks, I am getting it done. Three of my four girls are in college and the youngest is a sophomore in high school. Marcyn is still an Urgent Care pediatric RN and we just celebrated our 25th. I am excited that a local upscale cinema house in La Jolla has hired me to perform a 13-minute magic show before

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every screening of “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone!” on March 16, the opening weekend for the film.

1977 Denis Edgren ’77: I graduated from RLS in 1977, went to UC Berkeley, and graduated from Cal in the spring of 1982, with dual degrees in Physical Science and Political Science. My favorite memories of RLS include playing tennis for coach Steve Proulx and my AP US History class taught by Greg Foster. Following graduation in March 1982, I was commissioned as an ensign in the US Navy. I married in June and reported for flight training in Pensacola, Florida in July 1982. I served eight years active duty in the Navy, stationed at Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii and deployed to South East Asia and Alaska, and as an instructor at Mather AFB in Sacramento. I served in the Naval Reserves for another eight years and retired from the Navy in 1998. During this time, in 1993, my son, Daniel, was born. Daniel is now a

sophomore focused on Middle Eastern Studies at George Washington University in D.C. Also in 1993, I joined Franklin Templeton Investments in Sacramento and celebrated my 20th anniversary there in March 2013. It is a wonderful, global organization and I’ve enjoyed my time working there. In 2009, I married a lovely woman, Karen. Karen and I are kept busy with our careers, but we have enjoyed some great vacations to Canada and both coasts of Mexico, and we have three terrific dogs that keep us grounded. Our family is rounded out with my stepson, Alex, who is a freshman at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana; stepdaughter, Traci, and her two little ones. We visit Monterey periodically, as my parents still live on the Peninsula. David Lewis ’77: After a year and a half of semi-retirement, I have launched 8020 Consulting, which focuses on financial project execution, including sell-side due diligence, post-merger finance integration, and a variety of internal corporate financial projects. My last foray into this space was sold to a San Francisco private equity firm in 2006. My three sons will all be in college next year!

1978 Thomas J. Scoville ’78: I spent 20 years as a programmer/technologist in Silicon Valley. Then a six-year run as a biz/tech journalist, author and internet pundit for the national press. Now I’m in finance — I run a private fund in Los Angeles: venture capital, private equity, quantitative market strategies, mathematical market voodoo. I have two kids.

1982 Bernhard Heitz ’82: I moved from Venice, California back to Germany to retire from my position as president from World Burn Foundation, helping burn survivors worldwide. Although I am still helping Bernhard Heitz’s ’82 prize-winning dogs

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with my expertise, I now spend most of my time breeding dogs of the breed “Coton de Tuléar,” which originates from the island of Madagascar. I live now near Stuttgart, where I am building my first house. I remember Gordon Davis (director emeritus) saying to me once that I would not end up doing for the rest of my life what I set off to at college. Law School, commercial pilot, president at WBF, and now breeding dogs — was he ever right… Allison Magid London ’82: After 25 years in Los Angeles, I have returned home. I work as the senior executive assistant to the managing director of JP Morgan’s Private Bank, in Palo Alto. Now that my daughter, Samantha, who is a junior at Columbia University, is set to graduate early, I am proud to report being an empty nester hasn’t been that bad!!! After all, some of the perks include a forthcoming trip to Paris while Sam completes her studies abroad. Still an avid sports enthusiast and “cheerleader,” per se — I am excited to be back on the beach in Santa Cruz on the weekends, and cherish the quality time I now share with my dad and mom. Although still in touch with many pals — I’d love to reunite with more of you. If you’re in the Bay Area and would like to reconnect, I can be reached at Allison.m.london@ jpmorgan.com.

1984 David Haeri ’84: I am working for the United Nations, based in New York. I work on Syria, coordinating the UN’s planning efforts. I’ve spent the past 20+ years working for the UN and trying to assist in countries emerging from conflict, including Cambodia, South Africa, Liberia, Timor Leste, Afghanistan. Since returning from the “field,” my wife Michele and I have been happily busy raising our two kids (Max 6, and Emma 4) here in New York.

1985 Kevin Hicks ’85: Dr. Kevin Hicks was recently appointed the 13th Head of School at Hotchkiss. Through his

the Elgar Society at Yale University in May 2013. This conference is being held in conjunction with the “Edwardian Opulence” Exhibition by the Yale University Museum of British Art.

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Kevin Hicks ’85 with his wife Cornelia and daughter Zuleika Alice

scholarship, passion for school life, dedication as a mentor, and integrity as a leader, Kevin demonstrates an inspiring commitment to the School’s purpose and to its enduring values — intellect, curiosity, discipline, and character. Kevin came to Hotchkiss in the fall of 2010 as Associate Head of School and Dean of Faculty. In that role, he has contributed to the vibrancy, health, and intellectual growth of the Hotchkiss community. He has, among other achievements, hired a considerable number of outstanding new faculty members, revised the School’s strategic plan, created a distinctive Summer Faculty Symposium for Hotchkiss teachers, and enhanced the School’s approaches to teaching, learning, and administration. Kevin earned a B.A. in Religious Studies from Yale and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton. He has taught English at secondary schools and colleges, coached high school and collegiate lacrosse, and served as Associate Director of Admissions at Bennington College. Immediately before coming to Hotchkiss, Kevin served for five years as the Dean of Berkeley College at Yale University, in which capacity he counseled hundreds of undergraduates through academic and personal challenges, served on a range of standing and special College and University committees, and also taught English. Kevin lives on campus with his

wife, Cornelia Cannon Holden. In April 2011, Kevin and Cornelia celebrated the birth of their first child, Zuleika Alice. As Kevin writes, “I believe in kids and schools. I love working in the company of people — faculty, staff, parents, and alumni — who share that belief. I am excited by the energy and innovative spirit driving us forward, and am humbled by the finest aspects of the School’s history.”

1987 Robert Padgett ’87: I will be attending the North American Conference of

Johnny Gentry ’89: I’m pleased to share my life’s journey in which Stevenson has played an invaluable role. I came to Stevenson in the 1985-86 school year as a sophomore after a disastrous freshman year in a local public school. Gangs, drugs and low academic achievement had ravaged my life. My mother always stressed the value of education. When she realized how much trouble I was in, she said, “That’s it! You’re going to RLS!” My acceptance into Stevenson began a transformation process within that would shape and define me for the rest of my life. The high morale, high standards for academic success, and sense of integrity on campus challenged me to elevate my thinking, my behavior, and my goals. It was a process. By the end of my junior year, I entered drug treatment for a severe addiction. My recovery was so well supported by the Stevenson community, I returned to my studies, played on a very good Stevenson football team, and

Johnny Gentry ’89 with his wife Jenice

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participated in a phenomenal Stevenson Players production entitled The Wiz. The love and support of staff (Hamish Tyler, Jeff Young, Bob Henderson, and others) and students enabled me to earn the Headmasters Award my senior year. Stevenson saved my life. After Stevenson I attended Santa Clara University, played college football, and earned a degree in Communication. In 1996, I had a divine encounter with God and later accepted the call to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Today, I’m having a blast serving as founder and senior pastor of Free Indeed Church International, an interdenominational church in northeast Houston. I’m board chairman of Free To Dream Center, a nonprofit organization offering programs and services to at-risk youth and families in the Northeast community. I’ve been married to Jenice Michelle Gentry for 15 years and we’re proud parents of four children. My journey was tough, but I retained some life-changing core values and lessons that I learned at Stevenson. www.freeindeedchurch and www.freetodreamcenter.org

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Vivienne L’Ecuyer Ming ’89: I began this past decade as a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon; this year Inc. Magazine has identified me as one of “Ten Women to Watch in Tech in 2013” and the San Francisco Business Times just recognized me with a “Most Influential Women of the Bay Area” award. The past 10 years have been a wonder. At school, I met and fell in love with Norma, a fellow doctoral student. We married in Pebble Beach after completing our dissertations and today live in Berkeley with our two children, Felix (5) and Athena (1). Felix loves stories and is a juvenile diabetes expert. Athena loves everyone and is mastering mischief. We have an amazing family, and because I believe every loving family should be recognized and supported, I am a board member of Our Family Coalition, the world’s largest family-focused LGBT nonprofit. Outside the home, I keep myself busy with a few side projects. I am a theoretical neuroscientist at the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at UC Berkeley. My research focuses on the relationship between artificial intelligence and the

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brain. Norma and I are co-founders of the educational technology company Socos. Our technology transforms students’ essays, emails, and discussions into models of their conceptual knowledge that enables teachers to adapt instruction in real time, whether to address common misconceptions or expand on unusual insights. We have consulted with the Gates Foundation, the Bertelsmann Foundation, and the White House Office of Science and Technology on how to fundamentally change education and end standardized testing. Most recently, I also began as chief scientist at Gild, a tech company using machine learning to predict optimal candidates for technology jobs and bring true meritocracy back to job markets. With 8 million developers and 60 industry-leading customers, we recently closed a significant funding round and have tripled in size. I’m looking forward to another 10 years of amazing challenges.

1990 Stephanie De Young ’90: I just returned from the Annual CUE conference in Palm Springs, where I co-presented with colleague, Susan Kendall. We were the “Digital Divas, Tech with Ease.” This is the second presentation this school year; the prior was in Sacramento with the CBEA. What an amazing time networking and learning new and exciting ways to incorporate different aspects of technology into the classroom. The highlight was the intimate Q & A session with Sir Ken Robinson! The man is so inspirational and genuine. The contacts created during this event just help keep the conversation going about technology, how we can provide support for our teachers and staff, how both students and teachers use technology to decrease paper consumption. Down on the farm at Farmer Pat’s Labor of Love, Pat is working hard with planting and keeping things going. The CSA has started and Thursday is the delivery day. Pat delivers right to your door, which is not the norm for

CSAs, and makes it more personable. Edible Monterey did an article in the Spring 2013 issue about the farm. Patrice Ward took wonderful photos. The children, farm, and work are keeping us busy! Cannot believe our 25-year reunion is next year!

1991 Beatrice Murch ’91: I am living in Buenos Aires, Argentina as a photo editor for The Argentina Independent and a freelance photographer and writer for various other publications. As a fairly new Couch-to-5K convert and graduate, I enjoy running around the beautiful parks and waterways of Buenos Aires. Recently separated from my husband, I have happily found myself in a new relationship with an Argentine, Santiago Borrazás. Sam Thacher ’91: I am honored to have been named the official team dentist for the San Francisco Giants, 2012 World Champions. This has been a longtime goal and is truly the highlight of my professional career. I live in San Francisco with my wife Cass and three children Cal, Gavin, and Audrey. Nick Turner ’91: After more than 15 years in the Bay Area, I moved last year to New York City, where I’m working for Bloomberg News. I’m the editor in charge of media, telecom, and East Coast technology coverage, and having a great time. On the home front, my wife and I welcomed our third child in October, meaning there’s a native New Yorker in the family (I’m hoping she learns to read a subway map better than I can). We now have three kids under the age of 5 (Elliot, Alice, and Lucy), who are keeping us busy but happy.

exploring our new surroundings in the eastern Sierra. Darlene Kemp ’92: I am excited to announce the arrival of our baby boy Thomas William Prentice on October 4, 2012. He joins big brother James who is 5 and big sister Kayla who is 2 years old. I continue to practice family law as a sole practitioner at my office in Aptos, California. My husband, John, and I also own and operate Ocean Speedway, which is the race track at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.

Thomas William Prentice, son of Darlene Kemp ’92

1995 Ryan Anderson ’95: We went on a family vacation to St. Lucia with the in-laws on a tiny sail boat for seven days. What an adventure and lesson in “close quarters!” I love the water and the waves. Reminds me of many days sitting on the rocks at RLS by the Lone Cypress Tree. I am helping transform lives, one family and one house at a time, at Fuller Sotheby’s International Realty. AnneMarie is helping raise our 5-year-old and 7-year-old kids, while partnering with me in the family business.

Beatrice Murch ’91 and Santiago Borrazás on a recent vacation to Punta del Diablo, Uruguay on the South-Atlantic coast.

Brooks Foster ’95: My wife, Anapaula, and I had our first child on March 28, a baby boy, John B. Foster. My civil litigation practice in Portland, Oregon, is thriving. In my practice, I enjoy helping people, resolving disputes, debating challenging legal issues and, hopefully, making the world a better place. I continue to kayak, play the sax, and appreciate the Nick Turner ’91 and family

1992 Annie (Lloyd) Blakely ’92: In November, my family and I returned to California after approximately 17 years in Arkansas. (Pig Sooie! Go Razorbacks!) My husband, two daughters, and I now call Bishop, California home and are having fun Ryan Anderson ’95 and his son

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beautiful culture and surroundings of the Pacific Northwest! Thomas Michaels ’95: After spending five years working as a crisis clinician completing emergency psychological assessments in emergency rooms, I have switched gears professionally. I am now an administrator, collaboratively working with the State Department of Mental Health to make a new psychiatric level of care available to a population that previously had very few options open to them. In March, we opened an intensive transitional residence for patients who had been hospitalized psychiatrically for 2-10 years and their histories showed that when discharged they were re-hospitalized. I am responsible for program and individual risk management, and both individual and group treatment planning in the program. All eight of our residents have successfully stayed out of the hospital for eight months, and the program is a huge success! I conducted research pertaining to the efficiency of a psychiatric emergency service and implications for public policy, which is being reviewed for publication. Meredith (McKellar) Rowley ’95: My two sons, Jackson (8) and Cooper (3), and I moved to Franklin, Tennessee last year. We are getting settled and loving the South. I’m not sure what else to say, but that’s about it for my update. Thanks! Catherine Smith ’95: I’d like to use this opportunity to introduce younger alums to my obscure professional niche, which took me many years to find. I am an architectural materials conservator and I restore older buildings. Several years ago I earned my MS in historic preservation from the architecture school at Columbia University and in 2010 I moved to Los Angeles to work for a private conservation firm (Griswold Conservation Associates). Many of the buildings I work with are landmarks

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designated as historically significant, such as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in Hollywood, the Eames House in Pacific Palisades, and the Gamble House in Pasadena. Often my role is that of detective: At the Frank Lloyd Wright house, for example, I am investigating the interior and exterior walls and ceilings to find out what they looked like in 1921, when the house was built (I spend a lot of time looking at samples through a microscope). My findings will be used to restore the house to how it appeared originally, so that visitors can have a more fulfilling and authentic experience when they take their tour. I love architecture, and my job allows me to learn about many different styles, architects, and centuries of construction materials and methodologies, often from a very intimate perspective. I encourage anyone who loves the built environment to consider pursuing a degree in preservation architecture or historic preservation, as it is immensely rewarding to be involved in the resurrection of beautiful older buildings. I am happy to answer questions, so get in touch! My email is catlawsmith@gmail. com. On a separate note, I’m moving back to San Francisco later this year and look forward to catching up with old friends.

international ethics and have two book chapters coming out in Springer International’s Handbook on War, Torture, and Terror, and Peace and Reconciliation. I’ve started working with Cambridge-based NGO Conflict Dynamics International, researching and writing policy papers used in East Africa’s transitioning democracies and strategies for conflict resolution and prevention around the world. This summer, I plan to return to teaching in the humanities division of MIT’s Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) program for prospective students, and should have fellowship or postdoc news soon! I regret missing this year’s Northeastern college tour’s gathering at John Harvard’s but am pleased to have again represented premillennial Pirates at this year’s alumni basketball game. (Training with the MITES, so look for me next year, too!)

1998 Christen Jackie Dannaker Jevtic ’98: I graduated from California Lutheran University in 2002, receiving a Bachelor’s of Communication Arts with an emphasis in Journalism and a minor in English. I worked in academia as a counselor for Kennedy Western University in Agoura Hills, California for seven years, where I was the top sales person. I

1997 Bianca Sams ’97: I just wanted to let you know that all is going well here with me. My latest play Battle Cry has received two second-place finishes in a National Play writing competition. The Lorraine Hansberry and Rosa Parks awards are part of a competition held by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. So very excited about all that. I will keep you posted on any further updates. Abram Trosky ’97: 2013 is a big year! I am finally wrapping up my doctoral dissertation in political theory and Christen Jackie Dannaker Jevtic ’98

then went on to get my MBA with an emphasis in Marketing in 2009 and worked at Custom Control Sensors as the international sales representative, selling switches, gauges, missile parts, and increased the international sales division. I am working at Epikinetics Pharmaceuticals in Los Angeles as a pharmaceuticals representative, where I am the top sales representative and exceed all sales quotas. I was married at the Disneyland Hotel in 2009 with the Cinderella carriage. I live in Thousand Oaks, California.

channels last year, and continue to create new and engaging content for our digital marketing efforts worldwide. PR Newswire nominated me for an Icon Award for my work on a “mustaches for men’s health” campaign titled “Norvember” (see embarrassing picture below), which I attended in NYC in April, followed by a night out with some of our infamous Stevenson alumni! I will make sure to take humiliating pictures of said alumni and post them on the Stevenson Alumni Facebook page for your enjoyment.

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Stacy Chiang ’99: Since graduating from NYU, I have dabbled in criminal law, fashion, and now back to law. I am an immigration attorney in the SF Bay Area, helping prospective and new immigrants, as well as those who need deportation defense. I started my own practice in San Francisco three years ago and, so far, it has been very rewarding. Other than my full-time job, I am also a dance professional who teaches and competes in West Coast Swing in the United States and around the world. My most recent workshops were taught in Tokyo, Japan. I have also been fortunate enough to get more involved in my family business and attend quite a few fashion shows in Paris during Fashion Show Week in the past two years. I also like to kiteboard, surf, and snowboard on my free time. Please feel free to contact me if you or people you know want to learn more about law, fashion, or dance. My law office website: www.key2immigrationlaw.com, Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Law. Office.of.Stacy.Chiang, and Twitter: Stacy Chiang@ChiangLaw.

Armando Dominguez ’01: I am a proud Marine veteran of five years serving as an intelligence analyst. I did two tours in Iraq, which is mere child’s play compared to the amount of deployments these guys are doing now. Living in California again and enjoying life. Soak it up. I am into process serving now along with volunteer work with the SPCA. I also have an application in with the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, where I hope to work with veterans. I have a daughter named, Chloe, who is 3 years old. Right now I am living in Seaside helping support my parents. I’m going to school full time with the American Military University with the School of Security and Global Studies, with an emphasis on counterintelligence. So far nothing but A’s. I want to get my degree in counterintelligence and then follow that on at the same school but move on to Homeland Security. Serving my country is still in after discharging honorably from the US Marines in 2007. My dog, Cookie, is my rock (see photo at right). You can connect with me at www. facebook.com/armando.dominguez.5205

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Loriann Smoak ’01: My New York City boutique Condor just launched its e-commerce site at www.shopcondor.com. The store stocks contemporary women’s apparel, accessories, and home and gift items sourced internationally. I travel to Paris and other international destinations

Kristina Console ’00: I’m alive and kickin’, working in marketing for Nordic Naturals, the leading omega-3 supplement company. I launched the company’s mobile app and social media

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“Cookie” (Armando Dominguez ’01)

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did some traveling and then I moved to San Francisco two years ago. I work in Oakland for Sungevity Solar, which is one of the biggest residential solar companies in the country. At Sungevity, I am a sales consultant and I guide people to go solar with their homes. Solar is growing rapidly in the U.S. right now; last year we saw a 76 percent increase in the number of solar installations done per year. If you are interested in learning more about solar, let me know: abrant@sungevity.com. I also ran my first Big Sur marathon last year. It was very difficult, but well worth it in the end.

Kristin (Göcke ) Gecius ’03 and husband Guido Geciu

regularly looking for new brands. The shop is also home to Merlin, an angora bunny who is quite a sensation, having appeared in GQ, The New York Post, and more. He can be followed on Instagram @merlin_manhattan. A 20 percent discount is offered to Stevenson alumni online with the promo code: rlsalumni.

Paul Del Piero ’03: I’ve just finished the JD/MBA program at USC and am happy to announce that my fiance, Larissa Borofsky, and I will be married in Carmel on September 14, 2013. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone from the class of 2003 at our 10-year reunion! Kristin (Göcke) Gecius ’03: I got married on September 22, 2012 to Guido Gecius.

2004 Helen Brenner Murphy ’04: Jon and I were married on November 10,

Helen Brenner Murphy ’04 and Jon Murphy

2012 overlooking Monterey Bay in my hometown of Aptos, California. Attendants included Heather Birdsall ’03, Rayna Johnson ’03, and Alli Begg ’02. We honeymooned for a week in The Bahamas. Alison (Rush) Gilson ’04: I am excited to share that last October I married Dave Gilson, an officer in the U.S. Navy. Fellow Stevenson classmates Zac Yee ’04 and

2002 Mary McQuillan Anan ‘02: After working as a private practice attorney for a couple of years, I recently accepted the position of Assistant Director at UC San Diego’s Student Legal Services office. Working under the vice chancellor of Student Affairs, I give legal advice to all of UC San Diego’s 30,000 students as well as coordinate legal education programs. I live in San Diego’s Normal Heights neighborhood with my partner of 8 years, Peper, and our dog Beezil.

2003 Alex Brant ’03: After graduating from the University of Colorado in 2008, I Zac Yee ’04, Victoria (Romley) Berry ’04, Alison (Rush) Gilson ’04, David Gilson, and Lindy Rush ’06

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Victoria (Romley) Berry ’04, as well as my sister, Lindy Rush ’06, attended our wedding in San Diego. Dave and I have since moved to Pensacola, Florida, where he is going through flight training. I earned my BA in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego in 2009, and am now pursuing graduate school for Physical Therapy. I’m also keeping myself busy working on my Health and Fitness Coach certification and running half-marathons.

University with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology in 2010, and have been working as a research assistant for clinical trials in Parkinson’s disease at Vanderbilt for the past two years. James and I moved from Nashville to St. Louis in January, but we make it back to the beautiful Monterey Peninsula every chance we get!

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Ben Holber ’07 & Ryan Hambley ’07: We have partnered with a web development team to create our online dermatology platform. Check out our new site and blog at www.yoderm.com when you get a chance; we’ve been getting hundreds of visitors every week! We love constructive criticism, so feel free to reply with some of your own if you’d like. We have also been working hard on the fundraising front. Recently, we secured $60,000 in angel investment (about half of what we are seeking as an initial seed round). It has been an eye-opening process and we have learned a lot. We are still looking for a handful of investors to help us close the current round. If you know of anyone who would be interested in participating, please let us know as we would be excited to meet with them or send them our executive summary. In May, we are traveling to the American Telemedicine Association’s national conference in Austin, Texas!! We have been asked by Dr. April Armstrong, the vice-chair of the Teledermatology Special Interest Group, to participate on a panel discussion regarding directto-consumer teledermatology. We are humbled to participate and excited to learn from others pioneering this new field. As our web platform has progressed to a full work flow, we are proud to say that we are weeks away from launching our service to the public. It has been an incredible process in putting all the pieces together, from obtaining medical liability insurance to navigating through HIPAA to teaming up with fantastic physicians who help optimize

Kelly Quinnan ’05: After graduating from Stevenson, I made the move to Las Vegas to attend UNLV. I have gone on to earn my master’s in Hotel Administration, and I work as the special events coordinator for an MGM Resorts International property on the Las Vegas strip. Traveling is a passion of mine, and I look forward to experiencing other cultures as a professional in this worldwide industry.

2006 Weston Ashley ’06: I graduated from Brooklyn College in May 2012 with a B.A. in Television and Radio. Since then, I have been working as a studio maintenance technician at Sandbox Studio, a fashion photography studio in Manhattan. Along with working, I have been expanding my writing career and was recently published in The Huffington Post “Gay Voices” section with an article, “They Tried To Make Me Go To Rehab; I said, ‘No, No, No’,” based on my experiences of going to rehab for being gay during what would have been my sophomore year at Stevenson. I received overwhelming support from the Internet community on fighting adversity, and look forward to more that I can do in the future fighting for LGBTQI rights. To read my article, here it is: www.huffingtonpost.com/ weston-ashley/they-tried-to-make-me-go_b_2390315.html. Anna Molinari ’06: I married James Mykytenko, M.D. on June 1, 2012 in Santa Barbara. I graduated from Vanderbilt

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Anna Molinari ’06

our platform. We are grateful for all the support and insight we have received from everyone involved.

2008 Madalynn Aliotti ’08: After graduating from Stevenson in 2008, I went on to Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California. I majored in business with a concentration in marketing and an accounting minor. In the spring of my senior year, I began studying Pilates and started the certification process to be an instructor. Throughout college I thought I would end up with a marketing job, but an opportunity was presented to me to follow a different dream and I took it! I am now a certified Pilates instructor with my own business, Informed-Body. I work out of a studio in downtown Carmel and also offer in-home training. I am my own boss and love every minute of it. I never would have thought I could be a small-business owner less than one year out of college, but Stevenson prepared me to tackle life’s obstacles head-on, and

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taught me to never give up on a dream. I aspire to continue building my business and, eventually, open a second studio that offers a variety of group exercise classes to complement the private instruction I do now. I hope that I can also build a team under me to support my dream and help it grow. I will continue to work to grow Informed-Body until it is the Peninsula’s number one mindbody fitness studio. My ultimate goal is to turn the business into a franchise. This will allow Informed-Body to grow farther than my reach by devoted Pilates instructors spreading the practice and opening studios all over.

Fiona Corner ’08: I am working at the University of Portland as an assistant hall director, where I am pursuing my master’s in Communication, and at Lewis & Clark College as the coordinator for Catholic Student Life. In my free time, I serve as the national chair of the National Catholic Student Coalition, an entirely student-run organization that serves as the U.S. student voice to the Vatican, and as the grant coordinator and donor relations assistant for The Cupcake Girls-Portland, a nonprofit organization that works with women in the adult entertainment industry.

Mathematics Education. Had it not been for the dire support of another recent Stevenson alumni, Theodora Danielson ’11, and our days as Stevenson students, I wouldn’t have had the foresight required to complete every prerequisite for this highly competitive program while attending school full-time. This hard-earned admission was the product of years as a Stevenson student, when reciting the school prayer came as easily as breathing, and morals beneath the words touched deep so as never to be forgotten. We take these morals into the world with us; I have chosen to live by them, and with great success have been able to mold a life consistent with those values and teachings. Laura McCoy ’09: I am finishing my last semester of college at the University of Notre Dame and will graduate magna cum laude with a major in Information Technology Management. I am a member of the women’s water polo team and spend most of my free time at the pool or with my teammates. Last summer, I interned with KPMG in Silicon Valley in its Contract Compliance Services practice as an internal audit/risk consultant. I

2009 Katherine Carroll ’09: I graduated from Stevenson School in 2009 and am now graduating from the University of Arizona this May. I am receiving a BA in journalism with an emphasis in broadcasting. Helen Israel ’09: I will graduate from BU this spring with a BA in Psychology. I am working part-time in a hotel in Boston and love it. I am also keeping up with my French. Paul Koenig ’09: I haven’t had to travel far these past four years to grow up at a seemingly exponential rate. As a senior at UCSC majoring in Biology, I’ve already been accepted to Berkeley Graduate School of Education, where I’ll obtain a Master’s/Credential in Science and

Paul Koenig ’09 and Theodora Danielson ’11

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Charlotte Vetter ’10 and Alisa Anderson ’10 at the annual Santa Barbara Shootout Tournament where they won 3 out of 4 games

to Pioneer red, but we’re still having a blast playing together just like old times. Thanks, Coach Kelly Burnett, for all you taught us both on and off the field! Ben Chodosh ’10 is attending Boston University. He performs in an all-male a cappella group called the “Dear Abbeys.” The group toured the West Coast and performed for students and faculty at a Monday night Vespers and at a special assembly. Ben Chodosh ’10

really enjoyed the internship, and am looking forward to joining KPMG fulltime this fall. But first, I have an even more exciting event in my life — a wedding! Kevin Merfeld ’03 and I are engaged to be married this August in Carmel.

2010 Charlotte Vetter ’10 & Alisa Anderson ’10: After playing lacrosse together three years ago at Stevenson, we’re back together on the University of Denver women’s club lacrosse team. We’ve changed our colors from Pirate green

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credits she has received have given her advanced standing and the opportunity to graduate in three years and enter a Master’s program in her fourth year of sports eligibility. Competing in a Division I program is intense, she says, citing as evidence that her season began in mid-October and ended in March, and that training continues in the off-season. Having traveled around California and to Texas to swim, she rates the 52-meter pool with its movable bulkhead at Fresno the best she has seen.

Danielle Powers ’12 came by recently to watch her brother Brad ‘16 pitch against Gonzales. She is a freshman at Fresno State and is a member of its nationally ranked women’s swim team, for which she swims the mile. She is looking forward to swimming to Alcatraz Island with her mother Catherine when she turns 20 and her mother reaches another milestone. She also wants to swim the English Channel. She is uncertain as yet about her eventual course of study, but her current courses include Philosophy and Biology. The AP Science Chair Mark Tretter and Danielle Powers ’12

IN MEMORIAM

Greg Pickert ’76

ALUMNI PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS Nancy Bechtel Ogg

Father of Ian ’16

Mother of David Slusser ’67

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John G. Reilly ’70

Gilman B. Haynes

Philip Bartlett ’59

John Paul Rogge ’87

Stephen J. Crane ’58

Marcel J. Scontrino ’97

Keith G. Dahl ’58

Christopher A. Wentworth ’67

Suzanne Hewitt

FACULTY & STAFF Dolores Patricia Burke

Thomas Harmon Hunter

We are saddened by the notification of the following deaths in our Stevenson community since June 2012:

Brother of Arthur ’60

Claude M. Delphia ’57 Brian Flagg ’72

Brother of James ’74, Lawrence ’69, and John ’76, Father of Ryan ’95, Uncle of Jared ’99, Christopher ’97, and Theodore ’99

Bruce Hacking ’77 Cousin of Jems ’77

Bryan Kelley ’71

Brother of George ’68, Kevin ’76, and Robert ’71

Elizabeth Lorca ’98 Sister of Alejandro ’96 and Luis ’94

Father of Geoffrey Haynes ’68 and David Haynes ’70, uncle of James Merritt ’67 Mother of Robert ’78, Michael ’82, and Maria ’85

Mother of Brendan ’81, Colman ’77, and Cormac ’79, Aunt of Gerard Martin ’81, Joe Martin ’79, Bill Martin ’84 and Molly Martin ’86

Father of Gaye Hunter ’79, Joi McMillan ’83, and Penni Mignano ’78

Madeline Smith Littlefield

Mother of Pierre ’75, grandmother of Gabriel’05 and Andre ’08

Wife of Henry Littlefield, past History teacher at Stevenson

Anna C. LaMothe

Roberta “Bobbie” Lugo

Grandmother of Kristina Lugo Roberts ’89, and great-grandmother of Britta Roberts ’15

Patricia Sutton Melville Mother of Chad Melville ’89

Anne O’Dette

Mother of Brian Call ’74

Lynn L. Peterson

Father of Mark Peterson ’89, grandfather of Isabel ’20 and Jake ’23

John F. Powers

Father of Dan Powers ’77

Esther Daisy Rheim

Grandmother of Becky Rheim ’88 and Joe Rheim ’89

Paula Anita Walling Mother of Noel ’96

Marilyn Lamb Wirth (nee Lamb Davis) Mother of Pete Davis ’88

PAST TRUSTEES Gordon Paul Smith Served 1993 – 1999

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THE INSIDE SCOOP John Senuta — head of the math department, teacher, college counselor, mentor, and more — completes his 32nd year at Stevenson this spring. Following a format known as the Proust Questionnaire, Stevenson Alumni Magazine recently asked John a few probing questions to learn more about one of the all-time favorite faculty members among students and alumni.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Teaching imaginary numbers to Stevenson freshmen What is your greatest fear? Retirement Which historical figure do you most identify with? Will Hunting What is the trait you most deplore in others? Audible yawns in class What do you consider the most overrated virtue? “Math aptitude” Which living person do you most admire? I admire all my students who give their best effort every day. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? I hate writing. Why didn’t I stay in the public schools where you can “bubble in” the comments? What is your most marked characteristic? My friends say that I never stop being a teacher. When and where were you happiest? I’m never tired when I’m at school. What is your current state of mind? These questions are driving me crazy! What do you consider your greatest achievement? I’ve been a pretty good teacher for 38 years, and I still like doing it. What is your most treasured possession? My new bike and my old Porsche What do you most value in your friends? That they are interested in me Who are your favorite writers? This year I like Robert Caro, David McCullough, and Annie Lamott. What is your motto? “I don’t teach math, I teach people” and “You’re only young once, but you can be immature your whole life.”

CALLING ALL ALUMNI! Can you solve Mr. Senuta’s math equation pictured here? Test your knowledge and see if you still have the math skills you acquired during your Stevenson years. Email your answer to alumni@stevensonschool.org. The first five alumni to submit the correct answer will win a Stevenson travel mug. 60

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ASHTON CLARKE ’05 “I bleed green and white — and as Annual Fund Director, I can’t ask others to give if I don’t give myself.”

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“My father, 50-year Stevenson icon Frank Keith, taught me the importance of commitment, loyalty, and giving back.”

“Being a teacher and living on campus, I see the impact of giving every day — in the classroom, on the field, and in the dorms.”

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PATRICK O’NEAL ’85 JENNIFER (BOAL) KIRK ’89 HUNTER VOGEL ’92 MING CHAN ’95 TANJA ROOS ’98

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A Fashionista, an Ice Cream Shop Owner, a Musician & a Composer

BILL HAYWARD ’81 :

An Industry Leader in the Evolution of Energy-Efficient Home Building