WEBB Magazine Spring 2015 edition by The Webb Schools

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I was recently back at my childhood home in Coronado, Calif., taking care of my mom who still resides there. We love to tell stories of when we were young and growing up in that enchanted town in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Back then it was a sleepy beach community with only a ferry connecting the island to San Diego. There was very little development beyond the iconic Hotel del Coronado, rows and rows of Craftsman homes, and a few stores lining the main street of Orange Avenue. There were no fast food restaurants allowed in Coronado at the time, and the concept of “fast food” was still relatively new.

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very once in a while, my mom would declare that for dinner, we would forgo the usual and instead drive to Imperial each, a town eight miles to our south, to a ack in the ox. We would scream with excitement, and pile into our olkswagen ug. As the youngest, my “seat” was the well in the back. We’d drive south on the ilver trand, which is a narrow spit of land between the ocean and an iego ay. At that time, there were no homes or buildings between the two towns. It was pitch black aside from an occasional naval ship coming into port off in the distance. All we had were those small W headlights as we made our way to what we thought of as the best eatery in the world

The biggest moment when we pulled up to the drive-through (which was a revolutionary concept) was to say, “heavy on the secret sauce.” At the time, ack in the ox was advertising its “secret sauce” as the element that made its burgers so good. We always wondered what was in that secret sauce...a huge mystery. Of course, it was most likely Thousand Island dressing with some extra relish, but it was seen as almost magical. We’d eat our dinner in the car (don’t ask me how), and drive home satisfied and talking on and on about what exactly was in that sauce. Whatever it was, we knew it made all the difference. o, why do I recall this story Well, I have long believed that Webb too has its own version of a secret sauce—something hard to identify, hard to describe, but it’s the stuff that makes The Webb Experience so rich and so distinctive.

Young Alumni College Panel Bobby Gonzalez ’13, Harvard University Kane Willis ’11, Amherst College Chloe Soltis ’13, Scripps College Lauren Carpio ’14, University of San Francisco Elena Scott-Kakures ’11, Wellesley College Josh Vincent ’14, Babson College Vicky Alejandro ’14, Columbia University Natalee Cruz ’12, Lewis & Clark College Kyle Smith ’12, Bard College

ecently, a group of young alumni came back to an A liates meeting so that they could share their experiences as college students having just graduated from Webb. The parents of current students asked many uestions about how well these recent graduates were prepared and what to expect in the first year in terms of transition for their own children. The alumni ranged in age from college freshmen to seniors, and their colleges were spread throughout the . .—East Coast, West Coast and everywhere in between. They were men and women, day students and boarders, domestic and international, and students of all different interests—athletics, the arts, the museum, etc. It was uite a good sampling of young alumni, and I was fascinated by what they had to say. College is hard—they all agreed on that. y and large they felt really well prepared for the challenges. ut what they talked about mostly was how closely they stay connected to each other as Webbies after graduation, and how often they draw on their experiences from their Webb days in college life. Each of them was so articulate and passionate about their lives. I was overwhelmed with a sense of pride. They all spoke of initiating conversations in classes, approaching their professors to discuss material, in every way taking responsibility for their college experience. They all displayed a great work ethic and confidence that I am sure has set them apart from other students. Of course, all this is the result of putting highly talented and devoted teachers together with motivated students in a small, supportive community during their formative years.

These measurements are essential to our uality and our future as an educational community. ut what is e ually important is maintaining Webb’s secret sauce. It’s the intangibles that are di cult to identify, articulate and measure. It’s the time between classes, the walk up chapel hill, the buzz before formal dinner, the hanging out on a Peccary trip, the uiet moments at sunrise when you can hear coyotes howling in the foothills, and the smell of eucalyptus after a good rain. It’s all of those times on the Alamo lawn, or on the pool deck, on the trails above campus, or out in front of the library dressing up our favorite statue. It’s students taking responsibility for themselves and caring for their friends, and having real and meaningful relationships with the teachers and staff. It’s all of those things—structured and unstructured—that create that distinctive buzz on our campus that I simply don’t feel or see any place else. In each edition of Webb, we seek to show you stories and examples of some of Webb’s ingredients. In this issue for example, we highlight our amazing alumni network, examples of altruism and generosity, the burgeoning afternoon program and the anatomy of a chapel talk. Past issues have covered our evolving curriculum, the great teachers of our school, the remarkable Alf useum, and the value of endowment. Through it all, though, keep in mind that the best parts of this place are di cult, if not impossible, to identify. As someone who has been here for more than years, I’m still trying to identify exactly what is in Webb’s secret sauce.

ou hear me speak often about Webb’s mission, our goals and benchmarks, our strategic vision, and our financial position.

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internships. However, just as important is knowing what to do with the opportunities that come your way. The Webb network can be a great source of professional mentors and personal role models.

rittan erry ’ is an A candidate at the ale chool of anagement after a stint at Google. “ or our careers class,” she says, “we had to interview people with a career that we admire to better understand the trajectory that got them there.” The Alumni O ce put erry in touch with a list of Webb luminaries, including Nicole Wyskoarko ’ , senior vice president of business and legal affairs for Island ef am usic Group.

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“We had a good rapport,” says ones. “I was able to share with him the structure of the hotel industry and convey the various career opportunities in the hotel business. I then helped him think about where to apply for work and the pros and cons of different opportunities.” The two alumni have now been in contact for more than four years. “ e’s been there at every stage,” says heth.“I always call ank whenever there’s a new opportunity or whenever I’m looking for where to United States 3,942 move things forward.” heth says ones also offers an important sense of perspective. “ is approach to everything is very lighthearted,” heth explains. “ ometimes I get a bit antsy, wondering if I’ve lost time. e’s reminded me, What you’ve done so far is pretty good.’”

Opening Doors Even if you aren’t looking for a mentor, the Webb network can open many doors professionally. The Webb connection is powerful, and simply being an alumnus or alumna can garner the attention and

interest of people you might otherwise never meet.

“I wasn’t focused on how to get a job at their firm,” erry explains. “I asked about their family background, their educational experience, major transitions they have had in their lives, and how all of these things connected to their career choices. It was neat to be able to learn so much from people who had, in some way, started at the same place as I.” or ara Garcia- ehbozorgi ’ , a Pitzer alumna who recently started an internship in the pland-based dermatology practice of andra ee ebish, . ., AAC , A ’ , connecting with a Webb alumna of an earlier generation has been about much more than career opportunities. “It has been uite inspirational,” Garcia- ehbozorgi explains. “ r. ee is admired by all her patients and her employees, she is on the T show The Doctors, and she is a mother It is important for me to see strong, successful women in the medical field because the medical path is not easy, especially when considering a family. r. ee is a great figure to look up to and I am grateful for that.” As a senior at Columbia in , aahi heth ’ also found himself in need of role models. “I had the idea that I wanted to work in the hotel industry, but I didn’t uite know how to go about getting involved,” he says. “It was not a typical career path for my peers.” e met with several Webb alumni who offered helpful advice and eventually found a full- edged mentor in ank ones ’ , co-owner of the hotel real estate firm allenberger ones Co.

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“ ecause Webb did so much for me when I was a young student, I want to give back,” says ichael c ermott ’ P ’ , founder of the China-based film production company Gung- o ilms. “ o, no matter who contacts me, if it has to do with Webb, I’m here to help.” After athleen Terris ’ returned to the . . with a master of science degree in forensic anthropology from the . .’s niversity of Central ancashire, she says, “I contacted the Alumni O ce to see if they knew of any museum professionals or anthropologists that I could contact for advice as a recent graduate.” One of the people Terris contacted was noted paleontologist aniel isher, Ph. . ’ , a professor and museum curator director at the niversity of ichigan. Although isher’s duties keep him extremely busy, he agreed to take a look at Terris’s C. . “I gave her some suggestions for improving the presentation of her resume and some advice on prioritizing aspects of her job search,” he says. ailey tockdale ’ , a senior at Colorado College, is writing his senior thesis on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles— drones—on farms and vineyards. nowing that “the entire drone manufacturing world is centered in a s uare uarter mile of

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ong ong,” he decided to seek an internship there. “I started talking to trustee ickey Novak ’ , who does business in ong ong,” tockdale says. “ e put me in touch with his business partner and soon enough, I was headed out there.” In ong ong, tockdale interned at Nafecs td., which sources and liaises with Chinese factories for North American and European retailers, giving him “great experience working with factories in China.” e also met with a host of prominent local alumni, including oseph Poon ’ , founder of the investment firm right World and the technology company A Innovations Chapman am ’ , director of the transportation and planning firm A ong ong imited ason a ’ , deputy general manager of Art Precision Industrial ( . .) td. Andy Wu ’ , C O of isneyland ong ong, and many others. The Webb network can sometimes yield actual job offers att Abrams ’ , who recently received his neuroscience degree from C A, got a job as a device specialist in edtronic’s cardiac rhythm disease management group through a Webb connection. oung alumni can also find internships through the Webb Work program.

Angel Investors Naturally, not all alumni connections focus on jobs and careers. “Finally, I had someone actually willing to listen to my stories,” laughs Jones, who used to tease Raahi Sheth about having voted to admit girls to Webb. “He said, ‘You have me to thank because otherwise you’d be completely socially inept around girls!’” Sheth recalls.

“ I don’t really need [the network] for professional reasons at this moment, but I like it for personal reasons,” says McDermott, who is very active in alumni events in China and Hong Kong. “It’s just a wonderful, wonderful community of nice people—people who achieve things, people who help each other.” Of course, careers and relationships can evolve in unexpected ways. Today’s ac uaintance may become tomorrow’s client, investor, or even business partner. That was the case with alumni council president . ahmi owjood, .O. ’ , and yle mart, .O. ’ , who are now partners in a local medical practice. “ r. mart and I were ac uaintances at Webb,”

owjood explains. “We reconnected in medical school at Western niversity, but we became close during our residency. e later approached me to join the edgling Cucamonga alley edical Group in and the rest, as they say, is history.” ohn Norton ’ had known Allan unter ’ through his older brother, ichael Norton ’ , but didn’t really become close friends with unter until they roomed together at C avis a few years later. “ e went on to Wharton and became an A, but we kept in contact,” Norton says. In , unter happened to mention that he and business partner cott Ingraham had conceived an idea to revolutionize the apartment industry with an online tool to connect renters with apartments. “I said, Allan, stop — do you have a business plan ’” Norton recalls. “One thing led to another and I became his partner in that business.” The result was the hugely successful ent.com. “We built that business and sold it in to e ay,” says Norton. “It was a marvelous experience. That became probably the best investment I’ve ever made in my entire life.”

Where to begin How can you get involved with the Webb network? One way is to attend one of the 35 to 40 alumni gatherings held each year in cities across the U.S. and around the world.

“We usually host events at restaurants, alumni parent homes, private clubs, or in hotel reception rooms,” explains director of college guidance ector artinez. “A big event might have to attendees. It’s a mix-and-mingle sort of gathering. People are introduced and everyone shares stories of their times at Webb. The events are fun, tasteful, and upbeat.” Even if you’re unable to attend events in person, social media offers another way to stay connected. “Our inkedIn network is an easy first step, especially if you find yourself in a new city,” explains director of alumni relations aura Wensley. “There are over , members, from college students launching their careers to C-suite execs. The network also includes current and past parents and current and former faculty, so there is really a wide array of Webb connections at your fingertips. Alumni can also access a password-protected directory to search for alumni in a certain class, region, or field.” If you’re on acebook, you can join the Webb alumni group there. To find alumni in a particular region or field to help you with specific uestions, the best place to start is Webb’s Alumni O ce, which can suggest names and make preliminary contact.

If you’re thinking about reaching out, here are networking tips from alumni:

Respect people’s time. “ ou have to understand that everyone is so busy these days,” says c ermott. “If you write a very general email saying, Can you tell me more about your industry ’ I think that’s kind of a waste of our time. Always do your homework.” Also, think about how best to ask your uestions. “Try to state your re uest in a succinct manner and provide enough information to permit the person you are contacting to assess your situation,” says isher.

Understand that not every connection may pan out. on’t assume that the first person you call will have all the answers or be prepared to mentor you. “ each out to as many people as possible,” heth suggests. “There will be some people you meet with once and reconnect with later. ave a lot of conversations without the expectations that they’ll lead to anything.”

Don’t forget common courtesy. “Never overlook general formalities,” says Garcia- ehbozorgi. “With social media trends in our generation, those can easily be disregarded.” mall courtesies like sending thank-you notes or checking in periodically also helps you maintain the connections you establish. “ ou can’t just call people when you need a job,”

says c ermott. “ eep in touch through emails or coming and visiting and bringing a gift. It’s just a smart thing to do.”

Don’t be intimidated. Calling someone you don’t know can be intimidating, but alumni find the shared Webb experience to be a sure-fire icebreaker. “As much as Webb has changed —there weren’t girls when I went to Webb—there is a lot about it that hasn’t changed,” says ones. “The culture has endured.”

Don’t forget your classmates. Those connections may not be of obvious professional value, at least in the short term, but they’re well worth maintaining. “Try to stay involved with your class first and foremost,” says Norton. “I think that’s one of the things I probably didn’t do as much as I wished I had. Of course, nowadays, we have so many more ways to connect. ou’ve just got to make an effort.”

Above all, reach out. “ efinitely make use of this spectacular resource that we have,” says ee. “We are so very lucky to have so many opportunities and personalized guidance from Webb alumni. There are so many who are so accomplished and amazing.”

Anatomy of a Chapel Talk

The community gathers in the ivian Webb Chapel to contemplate, learn, laugh, and share, but the ivian Webb Chapel is more than a building in many ways, it signifies the spirit of Webb and all who have had a hand in its existence not just singing and praying, but also a shared commitment to leading an honorable life, a responsibility to the greater good, and a compassion for others. At the heart of the Chapel tradition is the Chapel Talk. irtually a Webb rite of passage, students present Chapel talks as seniors additionally, guest speakers are welcomed from the greater community, including alumni, and parents. While founded in the Episcopal tradition, the ivian Webb Chapel celebrates all faiths and any form of spirituality that inspires compassion for others. Chapel services are conducted four times a week, two times for each school. All seniors are invited to present a Chapel talk. And students, who form the Chapel Council, foster a re ective, thoughtful and contemplative environment through their selections of speakers for unday Chapel. by ebbie Carini

Thanks to the diversity of the Webb community, Chapel talks can elicit many responses, from laughter to moments of deep re ection. peakers may impart funny stories or even poignant memories—and these meaningful occasions always provide insight into the presenters. W C students work with their individual advisors to craft their talks Nina Gilbert, choir director and music teacher, works with W students. “Nobody is re uired to give a Chapel talk,” said Gilbert. “It’s hard for many people to face their fear of public speaking but by the time we get through editing and practicing, they agree that it’s going to be fun.” Gilbert has crafted a document entitled Chapel Talk Thoughts to help guide students through the process it starts: “Congratulations If you’re a th year Webbie, you’ve seen Chapel talks, and now it’s your turn.” The document lays out a suggested timeline for choosing a topic, and provides in-depth instruction on crafting a speech and practicing in the Chapel. It especially cautions students to “Practice in your Chapel talk shoes egardless of heel height, you’ll want to calibrate where the microphone goes, and be sure you can walk, stand, sit and breathe comfortably.” imply deciding what to write and speak about can be a daunting task.

ead of chools Taylor tockdale suggests that the Chapel talk is an opportunity to allow each student to re ect on his or her

your Chapel talk you’ve shared some aspect of your feelings and thoughts in a profound way.” A Chapel talk is typically , words long students are encouraged to first cover their topic and then think about expanding, editing and or trimming as it suits the topic. Each student is introduced by his or her advisor or a person of his or her choosing. “It’s a way to summarize their history at Webb and to acknowledge their talents, gifts, and contributions to the community,” said tockdale. en arrell, dean of students for W C, and elen awrence, dean of students for W , provide another layer of counsel in the process. “It’s great to see the boys open up and talk honestly and authentically about things they may not have talked about before,” said arrell. In addition to vetting all talks, the eans’ o ce assists students with the details of the occasion including sending out invitations and assessing the appropriateness of dress.

“The history of the Chapel is amazing,” added awrence. “When we’re in that space, it transforms all of us.”

tudents are exhorted to keep their stories focused, and according to the Chapel Talk Thoughts handbook, “just because people laugh or cry doesn’t mean it was a good talk.” Advisors also urge students to give themselves an appropriate amount of time to craft the talk.

obbie Gonzalez ’ is a sophomore at arvard, and not that many years away from giving his original Chapel talk, but he returned to campus in anuary to address the student body during a unday Chapel.

“The Chapel talk is a way of letting others know what’s going on inside of us—despite others’ perceptions,” he said citing the example of a young woman who spoke about being uiet.

“I know I’m only a sophomore in college,” said Gonzalez, “but there are things I’ve learned in my time at arvard that I thought were important to share. It was great to come back— I still know half the people, and my sister ahlia is a sophomore at Webb.”

“At one point in the address, she said she often thought others were talking about her uiet ways, and she went on to declare that she thought it was all right to be uiet and introspective. After the talk, it turned out that a lot of people identified with her,” he said. “Often times, people look at you differently after

In his talk, Gonzalez encouraged students to work hard in classes, but also to “focus on treating others in your community with respect and dignity for the sake of practicing these virtues, and not to simply get something out of it for yourself.”

own life.

Gonzalez was invited to speak at Chapel by the student-run Chapel Council, a group with which he once served.

The Chapel Council is comprised of student leaders who help coordinate the unday Chapel program.

cGinley says that the Council “brings a new voice to campus —a different perspective.” er experience with matters of the Chapel talk runs deep. oth her brother, Tim ’ and her mother, Christina ercercGinley ’ have presented Chapel talks.

cience teacher teve ittig is unday Chapel coordinator and works with the Chapel Council. e describes unday Chapel as a time to “turn outward and hear what the world has to say to us.”

“I sat with my mom when my brother was making his talk and asked her, what did you talk about ’”

ecent speakers have included . avid Edelman, a White ouse security advisor, ead of chools Taylor tockdale, arry Price ’ (a physicist and great-nephew of The Webb chools’ founder Thompson Webb), artist ope emetriades ’ , and ucy errero ’ (recent tanford graduate and the co-author with Alf useum curator Andy arke of a research paper on the adrosaur dinosaur), to name a few.

“I asked her, did you regret it ’” said cGinley. “And she told me, no, it was right for the time and I like to think it made a difference.’”

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As one of the “pioneers” of ivian Webb chool, ercercGinley spoke on the newness of the school, and how she felt the boys weren’t treating the girls fairly.

aymond Tang ’ is also a member of the Chapel Council he will be attending arvard in the fall. “I saw my friend in the role and I thought, that looks like something interesting,’” he explained. “It was a very extensive process to become a member—I was interviewed and I had to write an essay. We all understand our responsibility the Chapel is an integral part of our schools’ culture.” The Chapel Council decides on a theme for the year—this year’s was global issues. or example, . avid Edelman, formerly the director of cyber security at the White ouse and a connection of ead of chools Taylor tockdale, spoke about cyber issues. ittig says that Chapel Council members also design and run the services, present readings and keep the Chapel tidy. “This tradition goes back to Thompson Webb,” said ittig. ut though the school had a Christian heritage the Chapel welcomes speakers of all faiths.

“We’ve had several local clergy including speakers from the temple, the mos ue and local Christian churches,” said ittig. “We find a way to honor the different religious a liations that are in our student body.” r. ahmi owjood ’ is a board member of ayan Claremont Islamic Graduate chool and president of Webb’s Alumni Council. ast year, he traveled with tockdale to Webb chool in ell uckle, Tennessee, which was founded by awney Webb, father of The Webb chools’ founder, Thompson Webb. “We visited their chapel program and I had an anticipation of what that would mean, but it was very different, held in an auditorium which simply doesn’t have the solemnity or serenity I’m used to at ivian Webb Chapel,” he said. “Our Chapel tradition is rooted in a heritage that doesn’t seem to change —the building has a lot to do with that. There’s a preservation of tradition at our school.” r. owjood evoked the speakers who had an in uence on him during his time at Webb. “We had a wheelchair-bound executive who worked for Nissan who gave a very inspiring talk and I especially remember when alumni would share stories about Webb and the in uence that Webb had had in their lives.” aculty members also present Chapel talks, sometimes in very memorable ways. “When I know the person, it’s great to see them in a different light,” said cGinley. Tang recalled a talk by history teacher essica isher, and her husband, cott Nichols, Webb’s communications coordinator. “They presented a joint talk and stood on opposite sides of

the Chapel to interact back and forth about relationships and dating,” he explained. When r. owjood was a student, he remembers teacher iane Wilsdon walking up and down the aisle during her talk, “I was struck by the ambition she had in breaking the tradition of standing at the podium.” “Chapel gives each person a chance to share something they’ve accomplished or learned while at the same time, provide a lesson for all of us,” said tockdale. Webb is a dynamic, forward-looking school, but its community takes pride in the history that makes it so uni ue. The tradition of Chapel has been a staple at the school. Throughout the years, speakers have re ected upon funny, serious and sometimes poignant moments of growing up or their further adventures, successes and sometimes, even failures. Chapel is a time to pause for re ection in the busy, wired world—it is a place where students, faculty and guests share experiences that re ect who they are, what they believe in, and what they have learned. Each talk brings the school family closer because each talk involves the input, support and attention of myriad Webb stakeholders including family, friends, faculty, and administrators. As elen awrence re ected on the meaning of Chapel and its significance to the community, she expressed its purpose and meaning uite succinctly ... “it’s just the loveliest thing we do.”

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Ray Alf asked Webb students this question decades ago. Webb students ask themselves this question today. The short answer? Everything. rom morning to early afternoon, Webb students are immersed in math, science, English, and so on. ut from late afternoon on, they are busier still. or most students the Webb campus is home during the academic year, and for both boarding and day students their afternoons are a time to follow their interests, with activities from athletics to music to robotics.

What’s the common denominator Every activity is grounded in Webb’s mission to nurture and inspire students, and there are no passive experiences—everything the students do is intentional. Webb’s afternoon activities program is designed to “complement and enhance the experience that kids have here academically,” says director of student life Peter artlett. All of these activities are part of a exible, all-encompassing program emphasizing interaction and collaboration between students and faculty. The afternoons and evenings offer a place for students to find talents, or a niche on campus that they wouldn’t have otherwise.

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A s e n s e o f p o s s i b i l i t y is what encourages one student to study fashion design and another to devote her afternoons to the robotics team. In fact, students have the opportunity to choose afternoon activities with each season, three times a year, so a single student can be a fashion designer, roboticist and triathlete. “I think that is a great part of Webb,” says inda ilva, director of instrumental music. “They can do football one season, and then play music. They are allowed to be themselves.” or high school students, that means exploring and discovering—finding out who they are. “They actually don’t know what they’re suited for, or what they might like,” explains ilva. Participating in a music or other arts afternoon activity can take academically oriented or athletic students out of their comfort zone. ome students seek that out, ilva says, but others might not feel secure enough to try something different outside Webb’s supportive community.

Consider Webb’s new dance program, led by accomplished dancer and Pomona College dance instructor ichael zanyi. “There is an element of trying to get them to be comfortable in their own skins,” zanyi says. As the two-season dance program progresses, zanyi introduces students to the fundamentals of movement before leading them through jazz and modern dance to design and choreograph their culminating performance. “There is substance and depth” to dance, zanyi says, “and I’m not easy on them. I have high expectations for them.” Nevertheless, this year the program attracted some students—who put on a bravura performance for their fellow students, parents and teachers in anuary. At Webb you can be a jock and a dancer.

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Athletics are a core component of afternoon activities, and each student participates in team sports. At Webb, team sports are coached and played to help develop the whole person. “We’re always looking at the mission of the school when we’re deciding what we do and how we do it,” says teve Wishek, director of athletics. ports, he explains, provide an opportunity for students to learn and put into practice leadership and ethics, and Webb coaches keep those opportunities very much in mind. Coaches are intentional in how they teach ethics, in how they teach leadership, because at Webb, over the course of a sports season, a coach spends about as much time with a student as does a teacher. Often, coaches are also teachers at Webb and are working with students in both roles. “The kids look at you not so much as a coach on the track, not so much as a teacher in the classroom, but as a person,” says math teacher and cross country and triathlon coach Geoff Owers. “Any teacher gets to know the kids here pretty well.” The students get to know themselves, too. After digging deep in competition, Owers says students have told him “I know what I can do, I don’t give up on my homework.” Athletics provide another opportunity for students to expand their horizons. “There’s an atmosphere here of why not give it a try ’” Owers says. “It’s such a supportive environment to try different things... It’s kind of hard to classify yourself here, because you’ve got to do it all.”

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“We want to push them outside of their comfort zone a little bit,” adds Wishek, and for some students that means going beyond the classroom to compete on the field. “ ut we also want to make sure our kids are having a good experience.”

kids from all over the world. We bring the world to Webb, and we find a way to work together... The world is ver y open to them here.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ben Farrell, dean of students, Webb School of California

“Our afternoon and evening programming is very flexible and all-encompassing, emphasizing interaction and ecause everyone participates at Webb there is a wide range of sports offered, Wishek says, and no matter what their skill level students find peers with similar experience on their teams. Together, Webb’s athletics program, academic courses and other afternoon offerings give students an opportunity to have places where they shine, and places where they are challenged. All of this is about giving that little nudge to students to try something they didn’t think they could do.

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There are some things students can’t do—except at Webb. Webb is the only high school in the . . to host an accredited museum of paleontology and involve students in every aspect of professional paleontological research. In addition to coursework in paleontology, students have the opportunity to become involved with the Alf useum as an afternoon activity. The useum After chool program “is a pretty important part of what we do,” explains paleontology teacher Andrew arke, the Augustyn amily Curator of Paleontology at the Alf useum.

The afternoon program gives students an understanding of science and the scientific process as they work alongside professional scientists—Alf useum paleontologists and visiting researchers from around the world—in every aspect of paleontology, from cleaning fossils to writing articles for academic journals. “It’s a big responsibility,” says arke. “We’re asking them to contribute to original science.” The program also fosters skills and habits of mind the students will use throughout their lives, including patience and attention to detail, says arke. “There are projects that have taken a student two years... at the end of it, it’s such an achievement.”

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The afternoon community service program encourages students to recognize the complex, interrelated nature of local and global issues without being immobilized by the seeming intractability of those problems. “The idea is recognizing that issues are complex but approaching them in practical ways,” explains humanities teacher and community service director usanna insley. The program gives students the ability to translate their own ideas into action. “I want them to have a sense of their role in the world and the community,” says insley. “It helps kids understand their world.”

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Everything about early evenings and late nights encourages students and faculty to build experiences and community— a partnership that continues well after the dinner bell rings. Evenings offer labs for students who’d like to work with their teachers as well as individual study and free time. tudents are largely free to “figure out what works well for them, and what doesn’t work well,” says English teacher ick u ue. “I like the social aspect” of evenings in the dorms, he adds. Throughout the year a range of evening social activities, from open dorm nights and parties to outside speakers, bring students and faculty together. “ ou really build a connection with the kids,” u ue says. And, of course, dorm life builds

collaboration between students and faculty.” — Helen Lawrence, dean of students, Vivian Webb School camaraderie between the students. “I think the seniors and upperclassmen have a genuine interest in looking out for the new people to Webb,” u ue says. “If we’re truly a community, we’re truly looking out for one another.”

Webb teachers, dorm heads and advisors provide another layer of learning and support. “ ore and more, as we’re attracting kids from a broader area, it’s incumbent on us to make the boarding experience homey,’” says artlett. The vision for Webb’s boarding community, he explains, is to create a sense of family while still fostering and guiding the students’ growing

maturity and independence. “I really think that in some ways our boarding students are for each other what a family unit is for a day student,” offers math instructor and ivian Webb chool dorm head arah antz. “They are so supportive of each other. It doesn’t mimic exactly what happens in a typical home, but there is that opportunity for family intimacy,” antz says. “ y role as a dorm head is to open up my life to the girls, so they have that family feeling on campus.”

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On any given evening, it is not uncommon to see student leaders in the dorms working with underclassmen in a variety of programs and projects. The idea of being available, but giving the students the opportunity to lead, allows them to develop and mature in a safe and supportive environment. The Webb model—in class, in afternoon activities and in the dorms—is “teach them, and then let them do it,” explains panish instructor and Webb chool dorm head avier alera. “ eadership is a great opportunity we provide at Webb, and the residential program provides students an opportunity to shine.” With more than leadership positions—in the dorms, the onor Council, sports teams and the Associated tudent ody, among others—every student is encouraged to develop as a leader.

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“What happens outside the classroom enriches the learning experience,” says director of academic affairs Theresa mith. “When they’re running with (math teacher and cross-country coach) rian Caldwell, they’re having conversations about being an honorable person, not just about running.” The activities give students “a whole bunch of experiences in their toolboxes,” adds u ue, including life lessons on leading and following, working with people, and competing with honor. In all of those experiences, they are collaborating with faculty who guide and encourage them. “I think that’s really part of the Webb philosophy: empowering students to do awesome things,” says arke. “We want students, whether they’re day students or boarding students, to understand their world and their potential. Our afternoon program and evenings give students the space to do that,” says ead of chools Taylor tockdale.

Altruism in Action Walking through Webb today, visitors experience a school that has been transformedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in large part, thanks to the more than 3,600 alumni, parents and friends of Webb who contributed more than $50 million to the Fulfilling Our Promise campaign.

By every measure, the campaign has had a tremendous impact, invigorating the people, ideas, and physical environment of the schools while retaining the best of Webbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tradition of honor and excellence.

nd then, 2014 happened.

The first full year after the record-setting campaign, Webb supporters not only continued to give, they set a mark for the third greatest fundraising year ever in the history of the school, including previous campaigns with . million contributed it was also the best year ever outside of a campaign. “It’s very exciting to have donors continue to support us,” said anet Peddy, Webb’s C O and director of finance, planning and operations, “because that allows us to push things forward.” Among the exceptional accomplishments in

• donors committed . million for new faculty housing (plans are currently underway for four new faculty homes),

set an all-time reunion gift record • the Class of with a , gift to scholarship endowment, bringing the total for the Class of cholarship und, previously established by an eynolds ’ , to million, • a physical science lab was renovated with generous leadership gifts from avid ahm ’ , and lake ’ and Andrea rown, • another new chemistry physics lab will break ground

in thanks to the generous pledge of , from an Cheung and ing Chung iu, parents of en iu ’ r. Cheung currently serves on the Webb oard of Trustees and in addition to his son has three nephews and a niece who are part of the Webb family,

• an anonymous donor kicked off a Technology und that raised more than , .

aculty housing is an essential component of the boarding school experience. The fact that student-faculty interactions are not confined to the classroom enriches these relationships that, in many cases, last a lifetime. With increased availability of housing Webb can reach its goal of having of faculty living on campus, engaging in all aspects of school life and therefore developing more meaningful relationships with students.

Ensuring student diversity—ethnically and socio-economically—also enhances Webb’s greatest strength, its community, a caring place where students, faculty, parents, and alumni work together to create an ethical and supportive learning environment. To that end, the Class of ’s record reunion gift helps welcome students who bring viewpoints and experiences from all backgrounds and walks of life. They come to Webb from big cities, small towns, agricultural, and international settings, creating a geographical, multicultural and political richness of diversity.

“ A commitment to student diversity like that of the Class of 1963 not only helps students get to Webb, it also helps prepare all students for the larger society they will someday enter and work in.” — Head of Schools Taylor Stockdale. And Webb students will also be well prepared with the skills and experience for even the most technological innovations. The schools’ state-of-the-art Physical ciences ab not only enables interdisciplinary physics and chemistry courses, but is also e uipped to handle the most advanced chemistry lab

work, including AP Chemistry, which the school currently offers, and Organic Chemistry, which, according to r. Theresa mith, director of academic affairs, Webb plans to develop as part of the Advanced tudies curriculum. uilding on that success, a , gift from board member ing Chung iu and his wife, an Cheung, will set in motion the construction of a lab space, that according to r. mith, “is even more robust ... to handle other high level and research-based curricula.” Additionally, the Alf useum saw major upgrades in , irector r. on ofgren describes his new research and fossil prep lab spaces as elevating the program “ fold.” unded by lake ’ and Andrea rown, The on ofgren Paleontology esearch ab features technology, improved storage and computer stations. The fossil prep lab has new dust collecting and compressed air systems. “I can’t begin to describe how much better it is, and how much it has made our efforts more e cient as we work on our publications,” added r. ofgren.

treamlining and customizing systems to improve learning capacity was the impetus of an anonymous donor who kicked off a Technology und drive that has raised more than , towards the expansion of the schools’ tech capacity. The fund has improved Webb’s technology on several fronts including adding wireless access points to improve coverage on the lower campus and in the dorms and common areas (to bring the total to ). “The expansion of wireless technology allows students and teachers to be mobile and connected throughout the campus with all their devices it allows students to use the tools that they are most comfortable with and appropriate to support the education programs,” said technology director Tim Coates. “In addition to the added access points we increased the speed of our Internet connection from b last year to b. All of this is to support the increased connectivity of our campus. The number of devices on campus is increasing. We have devices connected to our wireless network on a regular basis, in addition to all the computers that are plugged in to our wired network. aculty and students are taking advantage of online resources and services like our learning management system, aiku.”

New, tech-enhanced, Next Generation classrooms featuring several projectors, oor-to-ceiling IdeaPaint boundless dry erase surfaces and wheeled desks are designed to be exible in their configuration and use so, for instance, faculty and students can use laptops and other devices to present and collaborate to an entire class or in multiple small groupings. And, the new igital edia ab, home to graphic design, yearbook and computer science classes, is professionally outfitted with audio video graphic workstations, printers, large scale color printers and photography and videography e uipment that provides students with the strong technology skills base they’ll need to function successfully in college and in their careers. All of these achievements have set a momentum and direction for the future, providing a strong advantage to The Webb chools as it strives to continually improve itself in order to better serve its students.

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Admission Diversity at Webb

he typical high school student sets off on the adventure of his or her teen years at the local high school, often times with friends, common experiences and a well-established sense of community.

The typical boarding school student is anything but typical. He or she may be a bassoon player; hail from Indonesia, Nigeria, Connecticut, Texas or Nevada; be fluent in three languages; or play soccer exceptionally well. iversity permeates every aspect of a student’s experience at Webb and diversity of all kinds— socio-economic, academic abilities, family dynamics, religious a liation and more—helps students expand their views of the world beyond what they learn in the classroom. The admission o ce at Webb has to consider many factors when assembling a class. or starters: the capacity of the school—how many day students, how many boarders—and an even balance of boys and girls. There are also legacies including children and grandchildren of alumni, and siblings of current students. ut there are many elements that contribute to the decision-making process. And they are as varied as the opportunities at Webb.

The World at Webb Australia Brazil Canada China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Nigeria Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Switzerland Syria Taiwan Uganda United Kingdom United States Vietnam

“Athletes come to us because they know they can play and our teams are competitive,” said director of admission eo arshall. “ ut we also need aspiring thespians, debaters, vocalists, dancers, and, of course, students with superior academic talents. In short, we look for a student who has the potential for a contribution of talent to our school community.” There are also first violinists, and Eagle couts and student council presidents. “It is this kind of breadth of diversity that makes our schools great and what informs what we highly selective schools must consider in the decision-making process,” added arshall. And to delve even deeper, the admission team poses meaningful in uiries of applicants. “Other schools may ask common uestions, like what is your favorite book ’ or what are you going to bring to my school ’ but we are interested in how these young men and women think,” explained arshall. “I’ve had a young student tell me after our discussion, this interview is so different than other ones I’ve had.’” ast year, applications were up , the largest year in the schools’ history according to arshall. With the Webb admission team traveling across the country and around the world those numbers are no surprise.

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“When we’re out on the road, we hear people talking about us, they want their children to come to Webb,” said arshall. kyler ivera ’ is a day student from Alta oma. he knew of Webb’s reputation for high uality academics and applied to the school because she has a lofty goal in mind: “I want to go to Columbia niversity ” And not just because Columbia is a prestigious Ivy eague school. ivera knows that Columbia niversity’s Graduate chool of ournalism is one of the highest ranked in the country, if not the world. In line with her goal, ivera has also been a junior broadcaster for the os Angeles odgers since , when she was . A lifelong fan (her family holds seasons tickets) she applied for the job by answering several uestions including, “What is your favorite food ” he answered cotton candy.

“ I sit in a booth just like the other broadcasters and relay the details of the game into a microphone,” said Rivera. Her play-by-play is then sent to Major League Baseball headquarters in New York City, and from there, launched on to the airwaves via Kidstar Radio Network. ast year, she covered every unday home game for the team. “It’s very professional,” she said. “We go into the dugout and chat with players, and we have lunch with everyone in the press box.”

tephan Park ’ is a young man of international history. A orean native, he spent his early youth in New ork and decided he wanted to learn a foreign language on an impressionable family trip to uebec, Canada. “ y family went on a road trip to uebec when we were living in New ork during my elementary school years,” explained Park. “In uebec, we thought that communicating in English would be fine, but my family got lost in a rench-speaking village nearby and we were running out of fuel. This was the first time our family had a real language barrier. y sister (Elizabeth Park ’ ) and I told our mom that we wanted to learn rench and our mom gave us that opportunity by sending us to the rench chool of eoul ( yc e ran ais de oul) when we moved back to outh orea from New ork.” While attending rench chool, Park also studied panish for two years and then decided that he wanted to learn Chinese characters, explaining, “ efore ing ejong’s reign ( ) when he invented the orean alphabet, orean people used the Chinese alphabet.”

lena onroe ’ has deep roots at Webb, but she also spent her youth traveling and living around the world.

onroe’s father, Tom onroe ’ and uncle ob onroe ’ are Webb graduates onroe was born in witzerland, spent her toddler years in an Carlos, California, lived for a time in Australia and then returned to witzerland. he has lived abroad since she was five. In Australia and witzerland, she attended public schools. When she was , she entered the e uivalent of th grade in witzerland. “They want you to speak German and that was a big adjustment for me,” said onroe. In her canton asel tadt, she took a foreign language class that helped her catch up and move into a regular class within three months. In Australia, she discovered she enjoyed dancing in all its forms—jazz, theater jazz, competition jazz, modern, tap and ballet. The biggest cultural shift she’s experienced since moving back to the states is that she finds people are “so much more welcoming,” she said. “In western Europe, people are very reserved,” she explained. “I’m a loud, open person and sometimes I was looked down upon for being an American. People are nice here—they will just compliment something you’re wearing when you walk by on the street in asel, if you were to do that, they would just think you’re weird ” avid ’ and en ’ ou are twins who hail from Irvine, California. Their impressive resume includes developing software and computer games.

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students joined the Webb community this year, for a total enrollment of 408 students, representing 12 states and 19 countries. These 123 students came from schools and include:

91 different public and private

23 students who joined their siblings on campus this year 4 new students whose parents graduated from Webb 4 new students who have a parent working at Webb 9,377 miles

“ y brother and I continue to make games. inors are not allowed to publish anything on the App store (a digital distribution platform for mobile apps on iO , developed and maintained by Apple Inc.), but that’s not stopping me. I formed an C under which I am intending to publish my software rather than use my own name,” said avid. “I guess you could call that a loophole ”

Our new student from Uganda who traveled to attend Webb

The brothers are also avid bass players.

one section of the admission test, the SSAT

“I was trained from a young age to play a variety of instruments, from piano to drums to guitar, but I joined the string orchestra in middle school—the bass was an instrument I had never touched before, and it’s big,” said avid. “The bigger the better, right ”

Athletes—with all sports represented including fencing and squash

And, they write orchestral music.

“ I compose, arrange, produce and master my own music,” said David. “I aspire to understand a plethora of instruments in order to help me create music from diverse genres, and perhaps mix and match them to create my own style.” The beauty of an ordinary school day at Webb is truly how extraordinary it is. When teens spend time with people from a variety of backgrounds, they become less self-focused and more in tune with the world around them. Through Webb’s residential program, in academics and co-curricular activities, students are provided the opportunity to explore and understand the perspectives, abilities and identities of others as well as their own. Awareness of all these factors is important as students prepare to make their way in the global society of the st century.

new students who served as members of their schools’ ASB, including 8 Student Body Presidents

12 students earned a perfect score of 800 on at least

One new WSC student who is the to attend Webb

4th member of his family

One new student who has been to all

48 contiguous states

One who is a Jr. Sportscaster for the Dodgers One is a Rubik’s Cube whiz, and has performed at the Magic Castle

15 who are active in Scouting An ancestor of one of our new students signed the Declaration of Independence

With training in different instruments our new students are making great contributions to the music program

The Debate Team continues to enjoy success as new Webbies participated in their previous school’s Debate Program Thespians, artists, and writers are also in abundance within these

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hey’re all in the “game,” says The Webb chools’ athletic director teve Wishek. e’s talking about W sports teams—all of them. Enjoying their winningest season ever, “every one of our teams is competitive for a playoff spot,” he says. ast fall, six of seven W teams continued into the postseason. Wishek name drops a few: tennis, which made the semifinals in the league championship cross-country, which ualified for the postseason and volleyball, which earned a second-place league finish. The only W team that didn’t play in the postseason was the golf team—but, as Wishek points out, this was the W golfers’ first year and it was a team-building season for them. Early in the new year, winter looked like a winning season for W , too. The soccer team finished second in their league and the basketball team also secured a playoff spot. o what’s set the W teams on fire Wishek says it’s the switch Webb made this year from the Prep eague to the an oa uin eague— but not because the new league is less competitive. es, Wishek says, the an oa uin eague is a better fit for both W C and W athletics, but more than that it’s the winning attitude the league change has encouraged in the Gauls. “It really has changed the culture for them in a positive way,” Wishek says. efore, he explains, the Gauls almost expected something bad to happen during a game or meet to deny them a win. In the new league, “there’s going to be more success,” he says. “When you look at how our kids are experiencing the change, everyone is really excited.” “I think there was a change of spirit,” agrees W tennis team captain Elisa ong ’ .

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In past years, she says, “it was a struggle to keep competing because we never had a chance.”

The new league, with its new opportunities to win, “really pushed people to their A game.” That’s just as well. “We’re asking them to put a lot of work in,” says Wishek, noting that the league switch has not changed how W Gauls train or how the school approaches team sports —as an integral part of the Webb experience. “The new league fits us much better,” says math teacher and W cross-country coach Geoff Owers. In past years, he says, “I think they entered each season feeling somewhat demoralized.” In the an oa uin eague, offering W student-athletes more opportunities to excel, “coaches are able to motivate the kids more.” “There’s going to be more success,” says Wishek. “The excitement is building and the foundation is there. “There is carryover of institutional memory,” so the enthusiasm and motivation of this year’s Gauls will serve as a starting point for next year’s teams. That motivation propels competitors “to a new level from year to year,” says ong. With a new playing field before them, Owers says, “ ids think, I wonder how far we can go ’”

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Arts on Fire Underworlds and Awakenings Michael Szanyi’s dance students took a fresh approach to a classical story with “ nderworlds and Awakenings,” an interpretative production based on the Greek myth of Persephone. nlike last year’s vignette-based “What ies ehind,” “ nderworlds and Awakenings” follows a single narrative: a group of immortals trying to in uence Persephone as she decides whether to return to Earth or leave the world locked in eternal winter. This premise unified the performances while creating soloist and chorus roles for dancers of different experience levels and allowing more room for student choreography. “The students choreographed the solos,” zanyi explains, “and in many of the ensemble pieces, there was a phrase that the students had come up with themselves.” “We spent countless hours rehearsing, seeing what worked and what didn’t,” says organ cClure ’ , who played Persephone. “It was a lot of hard work, but I love being challenged with something that I’ve never done before.” Webb Magazine • Spring 2015

One of the most dramatic examples of student choreography came from ailey cherer ’ , whose solo as Artemis featured a spectacular suspended hoop performance. “It was a pretty big ordeal to get it to happen, considering the special rigging we had to ac uire and the insurance-related hoops we had to jump through,” cherer says, “but it was definitely worth it.”

Girls Like That and Chatroom The theatrical productions were also a change of pace. or the first time in several years, Webb produced a pair of contemporary one-act plays: Enda Walsh’s Chatroom and Evan Placey’s Girls Like That. In Girls Like That, a group of teenage girls descends into a chorus of recrimination and judgment after someone circulates a nude photo of their classmate carlett. eely ar uez ’ , who had her first speaking role in the play, says it was a bracing experience for the cast. “None of us had faced the exact

hardship that Scarlett did,” she says, “but it was very easy to connect to the bullying aspect, body image issues, and other things.” or era olomietc ’ , who made her Webb theatrical debut in the play, Girls Like That is also a dissection of the teenage mind. “I think all the girls together are one character,” she explains. “We have a tendency to think in this mass of ideas. I think that’s the point—that there are no actual characters, there are no names.” The play’s caustic portrait of youthful judgment left a lasting impression. “It was eye-opening to see how mean and petty we can really be,” says ar uez. “The play changed my opinion towards judging people in your thoughts, how powerful that can be,” adds olomietc. Chatroom also deals with online bullying and toxic relationships. Actor Anthony Palacio ’ calls it “an analysis of what young people can do to each other over the Internet,” shielded by anonymity. e plays “a bitter, emotionally

manipulative cynic whose desire to validate himself” nearly drives an online friend to suicide. irector tefanie Plumley deliberately kept the production design for both plays extremely stark. “I wanted these plays to be immediate and relevant—nothing stagy’—with the performances at the fore,” she says. “I also wanted the audiences to identify with the characters on stage, almost as if they were looking in a mirror.” Plumley says the plays’ topicality “got wonderful feedback, especially from the actors’ parents, who were impressed that their kids were engaging with relevant, thought-provoking material.” Perhaps the biggest compliment, she says, came from “visitors from rival prep schools who were very impressed (and a little bit jealous) that we were able to do these plays.” Another performance highlight was an unusual one-man show: Enda Walsh’s Misterman, performed by arcus aldwin ’ . The play, about the moral and psychological collapse of a self-righteous small-town Irishman, was a tour de force for aldwin, who played six different roles. The production, which aldwin suggested, was a learning experience for both student and teacher. “Putting on a one-man show was new to both of us,” Plumley explains, “so we spent a lot of time working together on creating these characters and this place. At the end of it all, arcus said it was the hardest but most rewarding thing he’s ever done.”

s emotionally and thematically intense as these productions were, Plumley and zanyi say the results have students eager for more. “I have already had several students come up to me and ask about next year,” says zanyi.

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News from the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at The Webb Schools

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It’s a cute little fossil—a skull small enough to fit in the palm of your hand—but meek appearances can be deceiving. The announcement of a new species of horned dinosaur, Aquilops americanus, by a research team including Alf useum Augustyn amily Curator r. Andy arke made headlines around the world. Aquilops lived around million years ago in what is now southern ontana. The pint-sized plant eater was about the size of a modern raven its name, which means “eagle face,” refers to the hooked beak used to snip off plants. Aquilops is scientifically significant because it represents the oldest known horned dinosaur from North America—a distant cousin of Triceratops, which lived million years later. nexpectedly, though, Aquilops was more closely related to animals that lived in Asia. This suggests that Aquilops was the result of a migration event between Asia and North America sometime during the Early Cretaceous. Webb Magazine • Spring 2015

abo e ull of ne herb orous d nosaur Aquilops from the lahoma useum of atural story. left Art st s reconstruct on of Aquilops n ts en ronment. cred t r an ngh

The fossil itself is housed at the am Noble Oklahoma useum of Natural istory and was discovered in the s by tah paleontologist cott adsen. A multi-institutional team including esmond axwell ( niversity of the Pacific), ichard Cifelli (Oklahoma useum of Natural istory), and att Wedel (Western niversity of ealth ciences) studied the fossil. r. arke, whose expertise is in horned dinosaurs, was brought on board to assist with the project and was the lead author on the scientific publication. The work was published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE in ecember .

New Trustees In order to bring Aquilops back to life, arke and colleagues collaborated with artist rian Engh. Engh produced a series of illustrations showing Aquilops fully eshed out and in its natural environment. This work was key for communicating the discovery to the world. The research was featured in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, NP , and many other media outlets. Aquilops also provided an opportunity to use the laser scanning facilities at the Alf useum scans of some parts of the fossil were made available with the scientific publication, so that researchers and members of the public around the world can examine the fossil on their own computers. Artists and fossil preparators at the Oklahoma useum of Natural istory are working on a public exhibit for the discovery, which will be on display in Norman, Oklahoma, this spring.

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ipser eron ar uez amm ipser moved to California nearly years ago with her physician husband, r. obert ( ob) ipser. he has a master’s degree in special education and teaching credentials in both elementary and early childhood education. Tammy taught for years in the Alta oma chool istrict, retiring in .

Tammy and ob settled in Claremont, where their children both graduated from The Webb chools: ana ’ , and rian ’ . Tammy was active at Webb and served as A liates President in - . ecently, Tammy has been very active in the Claremont community as she is a leadership volunteer for The embrandt Club and the oothill Philharmonic Committee. Tammy has attended most Peccary ociety inners and now sponsors them in honor of her late husband ob, who thoroughly enjoyed these events.

aleontolog st Andy ar e lead author on the study descr b ng the ne herb orous d nosaur Aquilops hold ng ts s ull ne t to that of ts d stant relat e Centrosaurus.

Co-author att Wedel produced a series of drawings of the skull of Aquilops, which he then released as a papercraft project—essentially, dinosaur origami. Alf useum director of outreach athy anders modified the project further, producing a nearly life-sized finger puppet of the skull. ollowing its popularity at an Alf useum family event, directions for the puppet were uploaded to the museum website and received even broader attention. In fact, the paper puppet has already been used in science lessons for schools in Arizona and Texas. Aquilops is a fantastic example of how scientists, artists, educators, and outreach experts can create exciting hands-on encounters with fossils

eron ar uez, a member of the an anuel and of ission Indians, earned his undergraduate degree from the niversity of Arizona and a master’s degree from Claremont Graduate niversity, where he is currently pursuing a doctorate in community health, politics, and public policy. eron is a nationally-recognized speaker on tribal governance and sovereignty and has testified before congressional committees of both the enate and ouse of epresentatives. e served as chairman of the an anuel and of ission Indians from and was instrumental in designing and directing a progressive agenda of social, economic, and governance development for the tribal community. eron also serves as a board member for angar Charities, is founder and CEO of tudent Athletes for the uture, teaches extension classes at C A and Claremont Graduate niversity, and is the owner of the rozen opes baseball and softball training center in Glendora. eron and his wife Cindy and their three children, kyler ’ , eely ’ , and eyen, live in a erne, California. kyler ’ was very active in the Peccary ociety and was a two time ogers Peccary cholar. eron and kyler ’ traveled to the Gobi esert of ongolia with the Peccary ociety in .

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Museum research students represent Webb at paleontology conference — y Andy arke ive seniors from the onors Advanced useum esearch class presented the results of their research at the Western Association of ertebrate Paleontology (WA P) conference hosted by Cal tate tanislaus on ebruary . This annual conference drew around paleontologists from throughout the region, exchanging information on the latest fossil discoveries. oe ode ’ and ames omero ’ presented a poster on their research into digitization and comparison of fossil camel footprints. Preliminary results of the CT scan of a small mammal (multituberculate) skull were presented by ackie Withey ’ . Charlotte Pu ’ and usan iong ’ discussed their work on a dinosaur eggshell from Grand taircase-Escalante National onument. The opportunity to present their research at a professional conference is the culmination of many months of study. Through these conferences, students gain an unparalleled understanding of the scientific process as well as how the scientific community functions.

“ This recognition of our research puts into perspective how special the paleontology program at Webb really is. The opportunity to present at a paleontological conference and discuss our research with the leaders of our field of study is something we acknowledge and appreciate.” — oe ode ’ and ames omero ’

sa e the date Argentina Spring Break 2016! After successful forays into the fossiliferous terrain of ongolia, China and adagascar, the Alf useum is tentatively planning an Argentina trip for the last week of arch and the first week of April, during spring break . Even before Charles arwin set foot on the plains of Patagonia, Argentina’s fossils had world fame. The world’s largest and some of the oldest dinosaurs ever found all claimed Argentina as home, as well as some of the most unusual fossil mammals yet known to paleontologists. uring this trip, led by Alf useum curator r. Andy arke, we will explore the paleontological, geological, and cultural treasures of an amazing country. — Stay tuned for more details!

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The rd Annual Peccary ociety inner will be held on r da , t er , as part of Webb’s Alumni Weekend (October - , ). Dr. Kevin Padian from the useum of Paleontology at the niversity of California- erkeley will be the keynote speaker. r. Padian is a world-renowned paleontologist who spoke at the Peccary inner in . The evening’s program will also feature the research work of Webb students named ogers Peccary cholars in .

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Expansion of Collections Staff & Storage Space on the Way — y on ofgren or the public, exhibits are the only aspect of a museum they see, forming the basis of their opinion as to an institution’s importance. It’s just the opposite in the scientific community, where stature is based primarily on the museum’s research and collections. ong ago, when ay Alf first took Webb students on Peccary trips in search for fossils, Alf exhibited and stored them in his basement classroom below the old library. y the ’s, the Peccary ociety had amassed a large collection of fossils, but few could be displayed, and most were stored in other places on campus, like Alf’s garage or the old stable. When the current museum was built in , a larger number of fossils were displayed, including many of Alf’s magnificent trackways, but it was still a small percentage of the total number of specimens. The rest of the collections were moved to the lower level of the new museum, where they were mostly neglected because there was little funding to properly document and store them, and the museum in those days was a one-man operation— aymond Alf.

Currently, the museum has more than 150,000 specimens, and fossils collected on Peccary trips add approximately a thousand to this number annually. About half of these specimens were collected during Alf’s tenure, but he had little time to conduct research, so only a few short papers were published reporting his finds to the scientific community. efore the era of the Internet, specimens not described in scientific publications essentially did not exist, even if they were on display. or example, consider skulls of Megahippus (horse) and Zygolophodon (elephant), both displayed in the museum for decades. ohn Tuteur ’ found the Megahippus skull in and it was described as a new species in a paper published in by Alf and ichard Tedford from C iverside. aculty member, the late en onroe, found the Zygolophodon skull in , and it remained unpublished until , even though it was the best specimen of this animal from North America. The museum’s Megahippus skull was well known to the scientific community, while the Zygolophodon skull was known only to the few who happened to see the skull on display. This is why it is so critical for the Alf useum to have an in-depth and well-supported research program. To be a truly world class museum, we must report our work to the scientific community on a regular basis, particularly all the amazing specimens Webb students, museum staff, and volunteers find on Peccary trips. In the past decade, the Alf useum has published papers, of them with Webb student coauthors, an effort greatly facilitated by the recent addition of a fully e uipped research lab.

owever, there is a catch. efore a specimen can be reported to the scientific community or its information entered into our online collections database (accessible to anyone), it must be fully curated. This extremely time-consuming process re uires completion of ownership and locality records, as well as identification of the species the specimen represents, all of which are entered into a computer database, with each specimen assigned a uni ue catalog number. This work is supervised by r. Andy arke, the museum’s Augustyn amily Curator of Paleontology, with data entry done by part-time assistant curators. These days, our collection is growing faster than we can catalog the specimens, and we are running out of storage space. ut there is good news. In fall , the museum will hire a full-time collections manager, a position made possible by a gift to the museum endowment by Gretchen Augustyn and family. This is the first time in our history we will have a professional collections manager, a big step forward that fulfills a major goal in the museum’s current strategic plan. The collections manager will take the lead in our long-term effort to make the great majority of our fossils fully accessible to the scientific community. We plan to solve the storage problem by using currently available space more e ciently. ossils are now stored in metal storage cases stacked two high and arranged in rows. oon we hope to install space saver technology where rows of storage cases are placed upon rollers so that individual rows can be moved independently. Thus, location of aisle spaces become exible, as they are created or eliminated by moving rows laterally. y installing this system, we increase fossil storage capacity by . The price tag for adding the space saver system and storage cases with drawers is , , half of which has been funded by Andrea and lake rown ’ . The project will be a major organizational and logistical challenge for the new collections manager, because every specimen we have will be moved twice during installation of the system. The great tradition of taking Webb students in the field to collect fossils was initiated by museum founder r. aymond Alf. We continue to build on his legacy by the addition of our student research program, by adding a collections manager this year, and expanding our collections storage capacity in . With these last two improvements, there is only one to go before we can boast that the Alf useum is truly world class: the addition of a full-time fossil preparation specialist to our staff. We are that close

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Shelf Awareness Anyone who’s ever stepped into a Webb teacher’s office knows that you can tell a lot about his or her personality from the décor—from favorite books to family photos to the keepsakes, mementos and detritus of a full, and eclectic life. If the eyes are the windows to the soul (as William Shakespeare may or may not have written—there is some debate), the bookshelf might just be the key to the inner-self. See if you can match the teacher to the snapshot of their shelves – or rather, their inner shelves! Check your answers on page 61.

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Th Webb Schools welcomed 48 new international students in grades 9 through 11 last year. As a strong refl ction of the global society in which current Webb students will be expected to succeed and lead, a diverse boarding school population provides students with a broad perspective and introduces them to a mosaic of cultures and traditions. On campus currently, there are students from Australia, razil, China, India, Nigeria, ussia and witzerland. omana uick (who lives at the top of the Alamo dormitory with her family, including husband, science teacher evin uick) oversees the program with a five-person committee comprised of international students who assist with orientation, check-in, and act as liaisons for the community of international boarding students. This year, the group helped organize a Chinese New ear celebration, complete with a oba truck, and they also assisted the orm Council with a haunted house. any students from other cultures have not experienced the American holiday of alloween.

“Next year, we are working to create even more opportunities with the dorm councilors and prefects,” she added. ost families play an important role in the adjustment to boarding life and to a new country. A host family can be any family with a child at Webb the majority of host families are local. ost often, the host family relationship develops organically — teenagers make friends and those friends are invited to one another’s homes.

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usually start with a commonality,” said uick. “ or example, ames iu ’ (from ancouver, Canada), who is on the robotics team—is there a friend on the team whose family can host him ”

uick says that during their freshman year, students typically need more help, but after that, they make friends and often make their own arrangements for staying with families nearby during shorter - day breaks when it can be di cult to travel all the way home, especially when home is , miles away. ost families provide support in a variety of ways: they might invite students into their home, come to sporting or performance events, or take students to dinner a few times during the year to name just a few

examples. amilies who participate often relate that they are enriched by these new relationships and that as a result, they feel more connected to the school community.

Alice hao ’ has stayed with several different families including that of her roommate, obin issett ’ , whose family lives in idland, Texas. uring her stay in the one tar tate, hao boated on a lake and enjoyed Texas-style barbe ue.

“We view it as a cultural experience for us,” said Ed atinoff ’ , father of osh ’ . “And it’s good for my son—he gets to know people on campus that he might not know as well.”

“The issetts send me Christmas and birthday presents,” said hao. “ aura’s kind of like my mom here, even though she lives in Texas ”

The atinoff home has been the scene of many international cultural exchanges. tudent evin i ’ is from ong ong and during his stays with the atinoffs he has cooked the family fried rice, and even tried his hand at Italian cuisine. “The atinoffs took me to Thanksgiving with their family and friends. It wasn’t as sparkly as it is in the movies,” he chuckled, “but it was a great experience meeting and talking to new people.” i has also cooked in the kitchen of eigh Anne unoz, mother of rancisco ’ , who had the opportunity to meet evin’s mother during Parents Weekend. “ evin has a gourmet sensibility so we’ve taken him out to dinner—he has a broad palette since he’s a world traveler,” said unoz. “All of the boys we’ve hosted are so nice.” i says that the unoz’s have taken him to the movies and out to dinner at a great Chinese restaurant that Webb students are particularly fond of, oyal Panda in Claremont. ost families provide international students with local “parents” to whom they can turn when they miss their own families, and host families often provide the support that enables a student from far away to succeed at boarding school. “If anyone ever needs a place to go, I am happy to offer our home,” said Cristy idwell, mother of Patrick ’ , “as soon as you walk in, you’re part of the family.” The idwells were already well ac uainted with accommodating students through their hosting efforts with international students from the Claremont Colleges. “When Patrick started at Webb, I emailed eo arshall and said, how can I help with this ’”

When hao described unar New ear to the issetts, they honored one of the most ancient traditions of the pring estival by presenting hao with a “red envelope,” a symbol for sending good wishes and luck.

“We view it as a cultural experience for us. And it’s good for my son, he gets to know people on campus that he might not know as well.”

Darren Hsu ’17, who is from Hong Kong and previous to that Vancouver, Canada, has spent several breaks with the Kidwells. He and Patrick belong to the same Boy Scout group and they have ventured to Death Valley and Mt. Baldy with their troop. “Coming to boarding school is a big transition,” said Hsu. “The Kidwells are so supportive—they are always there for me with a ride, a place to stay over break.” su described his first alloween with the family and a potluck dinner where he sampled ravioli and also chili. And he very much enjoyed sweet potatoes with marshmallows for Thanksgiving. idwell says her family’s efforts provide “peace of mind” for the student’s parents. “I would hope someone would take care of my kids like that if they were far from home,” she said. “We consider our participation in the program to be uite a blessing.”

ames iu ’ has stayed with the atinoff and the illalobos families. In China, he attended a weekday boarding school so he was able to go home on the weekends staying with a host family is the next best thing. “We talk about our different cultures a lot,” said iu. “And I’ve eaten at some really good restaurants with my friends’ families.” ost of the host families say their guests are usually happy to just “hang out.” “ arren did some woodworking with my husband and made pens for his mom, dad and sister,” said idwell. “ ometimes we take them to the beach, but most of the time, they’re just happy to relax—to play ping pong, foosball, pool, and basketball. ut most importantly, the program provides a wonderful opportunity to share in the diverse Webb community, for students and parents alike. Often, the relationships continue throughout a students’ career at Webb and families who participate say that they are enriched by the connection as well and that it helps them feel more connected to the school. The host family program helps foster strong relationships between boarding and day students, strengthening community spirit and nurturing intercultural communication and understanding. “They’re not just providing a place to stay,” said hao of her hosts. “I see them as my family.” If you are a current family and interested in hosting an international student, contact Romana Quick at rquick@webb.org.

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The influence of a Webb education is felt by alumni, parents, and grandparents near and far. or many, the desire to give back is fueled

Carias ’93 & Monica Atiyeh Whitaker ’96

onica followed and was a George . ayr oundation cholar as well as one of the first ogers cholars, having received financial aid to attend Webb from an endowment created by Col. ohn . ogers, A ( et.) ’ and the ary tuart ogers oundation. The ogers cholars program now provides financial aid to students and additional research support for museum scholars. onica attended Col. ogers’ alma mater, Willamette niversity. he continued her education at Willamette earning a law degree and is now a senior administrative law judge for the state of Oregon.

ark and Annie Atiyeh were determined to give their daughters a first class education. To do so, they received scholarships, took loans and made personal sacrifices. “We never ate at a restaurant,” recalls onica, “because we were constantly saving money.”

oth W alumnae were closely connected with the Alf useum and both hold the distinction of giving back every single year since graduation. oth have also served as Class Agents encouraging classmates to join them in supporting Webb.

by a deep sense of indebtedness and also a hope to inspire others. Webb, after all, is a community as well as a school. That sense of belonging has been at the core of Webb’s success since the very beginning and continues to this day. ere are a few stories of people who chose to pay it forward. opefully, they will inspire you.

If so, visit www.webb.org giving and www.webb.org plannedgiving.

Stephanie Atiyeh

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tephanie was the first to come to Webb, supported by financial aid. he excelled academically and was admitted to ale, followed by a medical degree from C an iego. he was married in the ivian Webb Chapel and now lives in allas with her husband and two sons.

Hugh & Mary

Rose P ’82

ugh and ary ose met as physics students in the nuclear physics research laboratory at the niversity of ichigan. Their -year marriage is a partnership that includes a lifelong passion for scientific in uiry, especially paleontology. uch like ay Alf, ary and ugh collected fossils and taught paleontology out of the basement of their Peoria, Illinois, home. As their collection and reputations grew, they became ac uainted with the “little museum on the hill.” ugh was invited to evaluate the Alf collection in the s and began a productive and supportive tenure at the Alf useum and The Webb chools that continues to this day. ugh is a founding member of the Alf useum board. ugh and ary’s son, r. atthew ose, is a member of the class of ’ and their daughter, ary, recently joined the museum board. ugh ose has described the Alf useum as “the most uni ue and wonderful teaching situation any secondary school could ever have.” In , the oses donated their extensive fossil collection to the Alf useum. nderstanding that a museum needs more than fossils to be

viable, the oses have also been generous financial supporters. In , they joined the Thompson and ivian Webb ociety when they established a charitable remainder trust that will fund the ugh ary ose Endowment for the aymond . Alf useum of Paleontology. In this way, their legacy and passion will continue to inspire future generations.

Jim

Hall ’59

im’s father, George ohnson all, a clergyman and a friend of Thompson Webb, came to campus on undays in the s to deliver Chapel talks. im accompanied his father and wandered the grounds enthralled with the campus, the gym (later the ooper Center), and the beginnings of the Alf useum in the basement of the ackson ibrary. Webb was the only high school he ever wanted to attend. Thompson told George that when im was old enough he should enroll, and so he did. im’s father sent checks for what little tuition he could afford, but Thompson always tore up the checks and sent them back. This was Thompson’s

earliest form of financial aid. im attended Pomona College, followed by a .A. and Ph. . from C iverside. e became an educator and researcher at C Irvine in physiology and biophysics. e and his wife ean, also an educator, created the all amily cholarship to honor the memory of their parents. The inaugural all amily cholar will graduate in ay . im is a member of the Alumni Council and the first recipient of the Colborn istinguished ervice Award at Webb.

Congratulations to the Class of 1967, our Webb Fund March Madness 2015 Champions with 152 points! The Classes of 2004 and 1998 placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. A very special thank you to class agent Fletcher Strickler ’67 for leading 1967 to a strategic victory! The class secured their win by maximizing all point categories including upgrading their gifts, giving second gifts, joining our Leadership Society and participating in the Name a Seat campaign. Special mention to Jimmy Chang ’98 and Keating Leung ’98 for helping 1998 come out strong in the final round. The Webb Schools • WEBB.ORG

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Taking the long way around

On the Appalachian Trail When most people go hiking, it’s for a few hours, a day, or maybe a long weekend. ast summer, Nathan Turczan ’

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far more ambitious adventure: to hike the full length of the Appalachian Trail.

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A 1 4- S TATE JO UR NEY Proposed in and completed in , the Appalachian Trail spans , miles from atahdin, aine, to pringer ountain, Georgia, crossing states. illions of hikers use the trail, which is now part of the National Park ystem, and about , attempt a “thru-hike” each year. ew succeed the Appalachian Trail Conservancy says there have been fewer than , successful thru-hikes in the trail’s entire -year history. any hikers settle for “section” or “ ip- op” hikes, completing different sections on different trips. ike many alumni ambitions, Nathan Turczan’s dream of hiking the trail began at Webb, when former teacher rett Potash showed slides from his own hike. Turczan has always been

the outdoorsy type, and hiking the trail promised to appease the wanderlust he has felt since completing his .A. in music from C anta Cruz in . “I wanted to see what America is like and travel the nited tates,” he says. “I hadn’t really known a lot about the East Coast, so I thought it was an optimum way to get into American culture and satisfy my travel bug.”

drink, rides to and from the trail, and occasionally even a place to sleep. Nonetheless, hikers must plan ahead and carry a few days worth of food at a time. They must also pack out their own waste, filter or boil their drinking water, and carry containers to protect food and trash from wildlife.

Turczan and ikayla subsisted largely on oatmeal, salami, tortillas, and cheese, spiced up by a bottle of sriarcha, a luxury Turczan says “was worth the weight.” At first, they stocked up on energy bars, but eventually switched to store-bought candy. “The classic hiking snacks really get old after three months,” Turczan warns. “I never want to eat trail mix again.” espite their anti-bear canisters, Turczan and ikayla awoke one morning to find an adult black bear pawing through their gear. The bear wasn’t easily discouraged, even when ikayla began banging pots and pans. “It seemed to be thinking, ow can I get past these people and get their food ’” says Turczan. “We started throwing rocks at it and it finally decided we were dangerous.”

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The Appalachian Trail can be surprisingly crowded at times. “ obos” (southbound hikers, in trail parlance) are less common than northbound hikers, but there were still many opportunities to bond with fellow travelers. “If you see other hikers at a bar, you basically have to go and hang out with them because you have something to talk about,” Turczan explains. till, he says, “you’re hiking your own hike. ometimes, I would keep pace with my girlfriend and sometimes I wouldn’t see her until lunch. ometimes, you have conversations sometimes, you get into this sort of exercise zone where time ies by.” iking more than , miles is no small undertaking and Turczan didn’t know how long it would take. In ay , he took a leave of absence from his day job, said goodbye to the students in the music classes he’d been teaching in onrovia, and set out for aine. Turczan was accompanied for the first leg of his journey by his younger brother, ylan ’ , and for other sections by his brother achlan, his mother inda, and later a cousin from New ealand. Turczan’s girlfriend, ikayla, joined him in New ampshire and traveled with him the rest of the way.

TR AI L ANGE LS AND B LACK B E A R S Over the years, a strong infrastructure has grown up around the trail. ocal “Trail Angels” offer hikers gifts of food and

JOUR NEY ’ S END On November , exactly five months after Turczan started, he and ikayla arrived in pringer ountain, where his aunt, who lives nearby, came to pick them up. “We started eating and didn’t stop for a week,” Turczan recalls. It took them about a month to reacclimatize to running water, real beds, and uotidian responsibilities. As physically demanding as the hike was, it left Turczan hungry for more. “What I love most about long-distance trail hiking,” he says, “is that no moment of that trip felt like wasted time, ever. Whether I was hiking or resting, it felt like my time was being spent exactly as it should be spent, which I unfortunately can’t always say about real life ”

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he ivian Webb chool’s motto is sapientia, amicitia, atque honor, meaning wisdom, friendship, and honor. As a “pioneer” of ivian Webb chool (one of the first girls to graduate in ), ana u ee ’ had a hand in crafting that motto... and today, she still lives by those principles.

he is the proud mother of Graham and atie, wife to Gregory T. . ee (chairman and chief executive o cer of the Eureka Casino esort in es uite, Nevada), and an enthusiastic civic leader who devotes much of her time and energy to making her community a better place through service to others. u ee earned a .A. from rown niversity and an .A. from Carnegie ellon niversity. he has worked in advertising and public relations, and as the foundation and grants manager for the Guggenheim useum in New ork City. he is a past trustee of The Webb chools, the eadows chool (an independent college preparatory day school located in the ummerlin area of as egas, Nevada, where u ee lives), Nevada allet Theater and the as egas Art useum. he is a founder and past president of Nevada Women’s Philanthropy. u ee currently serves on the boards of Communities in chools Nevada and Nevada Women’s Philanthropy. In her daily interactions with her family and her greater community, u ee exemplifies the true spirit and virtues of a Webb education through her good works and generous spirit.

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Su Lee ’84

A You are very involved in philanthropy and so is your husband. Why is that important to your family, especially to give so much of your time in addition to your generous donations?

We both come from families that place a high value on giving back, and we have a bit of an activist streak in us as community participants, whether through our board positions or as community investors. We’ve benefited from our time in Nevada and are dedicated to improving outcomes for children and students we’ve been blessed with excellent educations and recognize how education can change the trajectory of underserved students. Greg’s family made a gift to N ’s business school because of their desire to make an impact on the business community and also to help improve students’ career opportunities (their million donation is among the largest individual gifts to a college or school in N ’s -year history and the largest private donation in support of faculty endowments). Your volunteer work through your role as a board member is diverse–art museum, ballet, schools and women’s issues; what helps you decide what organizations you want to be involved with?

I’ve learned over the years how to say “no” to a board re uest and how my time is best applied if I’m involved with only a few organizations, but at a deep level. I evaluate organizations based on their mission, whether it’s a cause that I feel passionate about, and how well run it is. oes it have a strong management structure, governance, financials and a well-balanced board If it’s a start up, what can I do to help develop it I’m also not into boards that don’t use their volunteers wisely. If I join a board, I’m there to work, not to lend my name simply to the letterhead. As a friend, who is also the director of our local legal aid society, told me, “ ana, you were undoubtedly a social justice activist in another life.” You’ve been involved with the arts in Las Vegas. Why is that important to you?

I grew up surrounded by art and associating tourism and travel with all the museums and exhibits my family could possibly visit. y parents were dedicated subscribers to the A Philharmonic, and our morning wakeup call was always a symphonic recording booming through the house. Culture contributes so much to our soul and sense of well-being. or a city of our size, I’ve found it

particularly puzzling that as egas has not had success with an independent art museum, beyond the galleries at N . In addition to educational opportunities, I feel that the arts are another important pillar to a community’s uality of life. You helped to found Nevada Women’s Philanthropy in 2005. What was the impetus behind that and why did the group decide to target one non-profit organization each year with a sizeable gift? As the organization celebrates its 10th year of addressing emerging issues in the community, are you satisfied with the group’s efforts and how will you build on what you’ve achieved in the past decade?

I’m chairing our th anniversary celebration and can’t believe that it’s already been years of community giving. With our award, we’ve given . million in grants. That’s a lot of money from a bunch of ladies NWP started from the desire to make a sizable and impactful grant to an agency that otherwise wouldn’t have the capacity to raise the funds. We wanted to reward the unsung heroes of our community who may not have high awareness, yet are doing such critical work. ince we’re a member-driven and a volunteer-run organization, we felt it easier to administer one grant a year. We also monitor our grants for years to ensure funds are spent accordingly and that the programs are developed per our grant agreement. We’re very cautious about our member funds and view each grant as an investment that needs to have a OI (return on investment) to the community and to our members. ustainability is key. I really am proud of NWP, how it’s evolved, and the expertise, brainpower and dedication our members and chairs have contributed. We review our process each year and determine how we can improve the next. Our grant process does have a reputation for being onerous, but agencies respect it and recognize that it has made them better and sharper applicants. The best is when our grant leads to another large transformative donation. It’s become, “If it’s good enough for NWP, it’s good enough for us. They’ve done all the due diligence.” You’ve worked in advertising, public relations and as the foundations and grants manager for the Guggenheim Museum in New York City – how have you parlayed that knowledge into helping non-profits achieve their goals?

It’s funny how my career seemed rather circuitous, but the experiences I’ve had meld rather nicely to the non-profit world. arketing and P are essential for non-profits to brand themselves and raise awareness my work with the Guggenheim useum and also the Andy Warhol useum applies to fundraising and developing prospective donors and my position with irage esorts (where she oversaw the branding and identity program for ellagio esort Casino) led to business and philanthropic contacts that I still have and value today.

You’ve enjoyed the unique opportunity to experience The Webb Schools as a VWS pioneering student and as a board member; what has Webb given you that has made you want to give back so much in return?

eing a pioneer was an unbelievable experience. I greatly appreciate how rs. ongley (Ann ongley, founding headmistress) and the administration gave us a voice and valued our opinions. They treated us like partners in establishing traditions and setting precedence and were highly supportive throughout. I think my time at The Webb chools gave me the confidence and boldness to go after any goal I set and to feel comfortable as a leader. The Webb chools’ philosophy of coordinate education in a coeducational campus is so logical and empowering for students. The Webb onor Code is ingrained in me. I’m so proud to be an alumna and regret that family responsibilities led me to leave the board. I enjoyed my time as a trustee and the friendships I made with fellow Webbies. Describe your time with your family–what do you, your husband Greg and children Graham and Katherine –do for fun?

un now seems dominated by our kids’ schedules. They are pretty active with sports Graham plays lacrosse and atie rides, which means I’m a horse show mom. In addition to being surrounded by horses and our adorable dogs, I have two marathons this year ( W classmate Christine Carr ’ encouraged u ee in this endeavor in , u ee ran the oston arathon). A and New ork, a bucket list item, is in November. or a few years we enjoyed trips overseas, but now that our kids are teens with demanding schedules, we let them pick the destination, which invariably brings us to a beach. amily dinners are our constant. We cherish our meals to share and discuss our days and to check in with each other. That keeps us grounded and laughing. Where do you see yourself in the next 10 years?

In years we’ll be empty nesters and probably will spend time on the east coast and in the ay Area and as egas. I hope to travel extensively and explore far-off places. There are so many places I want to see. As I tell Greg, we have a second chapter awaiting us. I also hope that I continue being an advocate and can address ine uities in a more comprehensive manner. There are a lot of issues that are on my list to tackle.

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Events and Highlights

Find more event photos at www.webb.org/alumnievents

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In September, alumni gathered for a Women of Webb event featuring speaker Kelly Smith Fayne ’00.

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In October, Taylor Stockdale and Peter Bartlett hosted an alumni dinner in Cambridge.

Holiday gathering at the Jonathan Club, hosted by Webb trustee and parent RJ Romero and his wife Laura.

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Shanghai Webb families enjoyed dinner with director of institutional advancement Joe Woodward.

Alumni and parents enjoyed a cocktail reception at the Conrad Hotel.

In November, Dodd ’61 and Nancy Fischer hosted an event at the Multnomah Athletic Club for alumni and friends.

Holiday brunch with alumni council president Rahmi Mowjood ’90 and regional rep Will Habos ’04.

Michael McDermott ’83 and his wife Amanda Bi hosted a dinner at the Beijing Club.

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San Francisco Holiday gathering with alumni and friends at the Waterbar with regional rep Jessica Anand ’05.

Taipei, Taiwan Jimmy Hsieh ’89 and Arthur Chang ’99 co-hosted a dinner for alumni and parents with director of college guidance Hector Martinez at the Ambassador Hotel.

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Close to 40 alumni visited campus for the 3rd annual holiday gathering.

Second Annual Webb15 Networking Mixer

More than 55 alumni attended the networking event in downtown LA. Thanks to host Charles Hung ’97 and our alumni mentors.

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Hello alumni family! The Council ended 2014 with many memorable events, highlighted by Alumni Weekend in October and the inaugural Alumni Awards ceremony. Many thanks to all of you who submitted nominations from our august alumni body, and be prepared to do it again this year as we will continue to honor our alumni at Alumni Weekend 2015.

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or the first time, the three Webb schools congregated for what we hope will be a regular reunion. While our schools operate independently and vary in size and enrollment, we share common traits: our onor Codes, the importance of personal integrity and moral courage, and the emphasis on leadership. As we look ahead to our Centennial in , this trip was a look back at our history and the larger legacy we are a part of. Thank you to all of our alumni for their ongoing participation in the regional events and for contributing annually to The Webb und—please don’t forget your contribution for this year. We hope to see you all at our local and regional events, and don’t forget ophomore Career Evening and the enior inner later this year. ave a great year everyone . ahmi owjood, .O. The Webb Schools • WEBB.ORG

NewsNotes T H E W E B B SC HO O L S 1940 • We enjoyed seeing Brooks Hoar and Jim Burke ’42 on campus during Alumni Weekend. Jim came with his son Richard ’69. Brooks and Jim gave video interviews sharing their stories of the early days at Webb, and Brooks visited Jackson Library to see his wood carving. 1949 • Joe Jayne returned to campus with his wife Barbara and shared stories about serving on the Honor Committee and living in Alamo dorm. He remains lifelong friends with Marc Stragier and the two couples frequently travel together. - 1 1953 • Loulie and Jack Sutro returned from a six-week trip cruising from Athens to Singapore with Sheryl and Horace “Benny” Benjamin. The Class of 1953 hosted an informal reunion gathering in April.

1954 •Class of ’54 celebrated its 60th reunion in October. It was great to see Pat and Patrick Muffler, Sally and Bill Shannon, Bill Bailey ’55, and Mary and Paul Reitler. - 2 1955 • Bill Bailey, David Fleishhacker, and Elliott Trommald are fast at work planning the Class of 1955s 60th reunion. Alumni Weekend is October 23-24. Contact them for details.

Ward Jones attended the holiday event at the Jonathan Club. - 3 1959 • Class of ’59 celebrated its 55th reunion at Alumni Weekend. Thanks to those who attended: Kurt Dietel, Jim Hall, Colin Holman, Dan Ketchum, Tim Moore, and John Rogers. Jim was recognized with the Colborn Distinguished Service Award, an honor bestowed upon him for his commitment and ongoing volunteer service to Webb as a member of the Alumni Council. - 4, 5

June and John Rogers enjoyed seeing their daughter Janet and grandson Tylor Bell-Rogers ’16 during Parents Weekend. Tylor is in his junior year at Webb and enjoys playing football, basketball and track. - 6 1960 • The Class of 1960 will celebrate its 55th reunion this year. Save the date, October 23-24! Bill Ripley is chairing the reunion, and you can email him at the_ripleys@msn.com for details. 1961 • In September, Nancy and Dodd Fischer hosted a Webb gathering at the Multnomah Athletic Club for over 30 Webbies in the Portland area. During the winter holidays, Dodd visited New York and enjoyed lunch with Dick Dunham, Brad Springer and Margo Fish. - 7

Jim Warjone, Roger Millar, and Chris Reynolds visited in Scottsdale, Ariz. Jim and Roger were attending the car auctions and found Chris was nearby. “We had a delightful visit, shared some memories, and discussed many current events.” - 8 1964 • Seventeen members of the Class of ’64 returned to campus for their 50th reunion in October. The reunion began with a special Friday night dinner outside of Jackson Library, a 50th reunion pinning at the Webb House on Saturday, and a Chapel Talk by Christian Holmes. Christian was also recognized during the Alumni Awards Ceremony with the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award. Tom Hunsucker enjoyed seeing the bronze sculpture of Thompson and Vivian Webb that he created for the 40th reunion class gift. - 9, 10, 11

Peter Becker was married to his wife Julie just weeks before the 50th reunion. They planned their honeymoon to England around the Webb reunion. They reside in Santa Barbara where Peter is a noted architect. Nick Binkley continues his work leading the Diana Foundation, which studies steroid use for pain management in women. He is producing a documentary about rock and roll music during the Cold War and recording his own music in his spare time from his career as an investment manager. We enjoyed seeing Bruce Ross and his brother Floyd Ross ’89 at Alumni Weekend. - 12

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1965 • Get ready for the Class of ’65s big 50th reunion! Save the date, October 23-24, 2015. Ken Elliott, Ken Gregg, Dwight Morgan, Pat Stroop, and David Wright look forward to a great reunion with the class. Contact them for more information. In December, Dwight and Bill Vestal reconnected at the holiday event at the Jonathan Club. Pictured with Sherwood Kingsley ’58 (center). - 13

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1967 • Price Paschall recently visited Thailand and had a wonderful visit with Dang Krairiksh and Tom Hill. “Amazing visit and hospitality from Dang and Nong and their family in Bangkok.” - 14, 15 1969 • The Class of 1969 celebrated its 45th reunion in October. Over 20 members of the class gathered at Miles Rosedale’s beach home and a group visited campus on Saturday. A big thank you to Miles and Bill Ditz for chairing the reunion. - 16

Jordan Ryan has retired from the UN after nearly 25 years. He is now vice president for peace programs at The Carter Center. 1970 • It was great to see Randy Davies, Rob Gilmore, Debbie Turner, Cheryl Thomas, Robin Leggewie and Joe Thomas at the annual Peccary Dinner in October. - 17

The Class of ’70 is getting ready for its 45th reunion. Once again, the gang will meet up in Las Vegas, this time at the Golden Nugget on July 17-19, 2015. Contact Mickey Novak, Joe Thomas, Larry Ashton, Randy Davies or Tony Korody for more details. 1972 • We enjoyed seeing Gigi and David Ditz at the alumni event in Portland, Ore. last November.

William “Bill” Stead ’47 has retired after 35 years as chief of the Mt. Baldy Volunteer Fire Department, a department he helped build into what it is today.

A long-time t. aldy resident, he devoted years to the service of his community, and although he will no longer be one of the first persons notified in the event of an emergency, ill will remain as fire chief emeritus and will serve with its board. 13

Always an active and philanthropic member of the community, ill was a member of Webb’s Alumni Council for six years and has volunteered at Pomona alley ospital and edical Center serving on its board of directors and its foundation board. e and his wife, Carole, helped establish the tead eart and ascular Center there to honor his parents, Charles and arion. ill has also traveled to Alaska numerous times as a dog handler for the Iditarod led og ace, a , mile race through some of the state’s roughest and most beautiful terrain. uring his time at Webb, ill was very involved in campus life. A day student, it was noted that his car could be seen on campus at almost any hour of the day. e played varsity football, was a member of the lock W club, and participated in the i e club. e obtained his bachelor’s degree from Cal tate os Angeles and went on to work for General Telephone as a corrosion engineer for years before retiring.

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NewsNotes 1974 • In October, 33 members of the mighty Class of ’74 gathered at the Rancho Las Palmas Omni Resort in Rancho Mirage to celebrate a very memorable 40th reunion. Carey Million flew in from Brazil, while others made the trek from Massachussets, Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio and Nevada. Former faculty Jhon Akers, Hector Diaz, Bill Ripley ’60 and Joe Zakem also came. The weekend included a round of golf, a special remembrance for James Moulton and George Ponty, and a bus trip out to see the Webb campus. In honor of the 40th reunion, the class has established a Class of ’74 Scholarship Fund in memory of their lost classmates. Congratulations to the class for setting a new attendance record for a 40th reunion! A big thank you to Dave Lahar and Walter Ogier for chairing the reunion, and to committee members John Baer, Dave Brady, Jack Crummey, Robert Donin, Michael Fletcher, Jose Govea, Bob Heintz, George Ponty and Roger Von Kaesborg. - 18, 19

1975 • Class of ’75 is getting ready for its 40th reunion! Alumni Weekend is October 23-24. Jim Boyce and Jim Wetrich are the reunion chairs. Contact them for details.

Karim Khan and his wife Daria were in India for the last year. “It was a great experience. In December we moved to Gabon, Central Africa, to begin a new assignment. The company we work for has a very interesting project helping the government of Gabon build roads, schools, medical facilities, sanitation facilities and sports facilities.”

1976 • Mark Hinrichs and his wife Wendy visited the Webb campus during Alumni Weekend. Mark has been dean of academic affairs at the Art Institute of Tucson since 2007. - 20 1979 • Fifteen members of the Class of ’79 celebrated the 35th reunion in October, which included a Friday night dinner at Tutti Mangia and a day at Webb. Kaz Hori flew in from Tokyo, and others came from Vermont, New York, New Jersey and Oregon. A big thank you to the reunion committee — Hal Abrams, Dave Baer, Chris Bradford, Blair Brown, David Loo, Ed Nachtreib, Dave Pinder, Larry Recht and Craig Scheu. It was also great to see Jeff Brown, Jeff Gillette, Lolo Jaffe, Everett McKay, Ted Price, Len Unkeless, Eric Pauwels and his father Jacques. Lolo and Ed represented the class in Saturday’s Alumni vs. Students water polo match. The class also established a new Class of 1979 Endowed Fund for Teaching and Learning Resources to support the library. - 21, 22 1980 • Rob Seltzer and David Myles are excited to plan the 35-year reunion. “We have not finalized the off campus portion of the event, but please make sure that you have the weekend of October 24th blocked out on your calendar. We are planning to have the off-campus part cover Thursday the 22nd through the morning of Saturday the 24th, at which point we will join the on-campus festivities. We will provide the details on the location and timing in the next couple months. Those of us who attended the 30-year reunion had a great time. We expect this one to be another memorable experience. We hope that you can join us.”

1981 • On January 12, Steve Farley was sworn in for his fifth term in the Arizona Legislature. Steve is the assistant minority leader and serves on the Appropriations, Finance, Ethics, and Financial Institutions committees as well as the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. - 23

Michael Turner visited the Webb campus in January to meet with the Class of ’81 scholar. In 2007 in honor of the 25th reunion, members of the class created the Class of 1981 Scholarship Fund.

1982 • Jesse Albert was recently elected to the Producers Guild of America Board of Directors for New Media.

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1984 • We had a great turn-out for the Class of ’84s 30th reunion in October with 22 classmates in attendance. The class boasts the most frequent flyer miles with Scott Little flying in from Poland, Nick Corwin from Germany, Patty Kullnigg (Van Vranken) from Austria, Rick Wang from Shanghai, Jeff Cannon from Illinois and Bijan Gorji from Florida. Tom Kendall did a great job representing 1984 in the water polo match. A big thank you to the reunion committee: Christine Carr, Bijan, John Holliday, T.K., Christina Mercer McGinley and Julie Vaughn (Grabowski). We also give special thanks to Julie’s folks Pat and Janice for hosting a fabulous party on Friday night. Everyone enjoyed seeing friends from other classes who came out to support and celebrate! - 24, 25, 26, 27

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It was nice to see Karl King and Justin Su at our alumni dinner in Taipei. Karl is executive vice chairman of Direct Wines and Justin is president of Hotai Motor Co. 1985 • Class of ’85, it’s time for our 30th reunion! Save the date, October 23-24! A big thank you to the reunion chairs: Dan Grofer, Art Laffer, Rob Takata and Julia Marciari-Alexander. Everybody should join the class’ Facebook group for reunion information. Friends from other classes are invited to join as well. http://tinyurl.com/webb1985 - 28

The Alumni Office enjoyed seeing Art Laffer and Josh Nickols ’93 during a recent trip to Nashville. - 29 Jaime Warin married Michael Venezia on August 31, 2014. Webbies who attended were Yassmin Sarmadi ’87 and her husband Tony Esnault, Todd McNichols, Chris Huber and his wife Kathy, Glenn Huber ’86 and Faye Karnavy Sahai ’86. - 30 1987 • Kathryn Carr White wrote: “We are still living in Long Beach. I’m the chief medical officer of LA Christian Health Centers in Los Angeles (based in Skid Row). Still grateful for my VWS education and how it gave me confidence and grew my leadership skills.”

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Throughout his career, im has worked in hospital administration and hospital management consulting and played an instrumental role in the development of the niversity ealth ystem Consortium in the mids. e has served on numerous boards and advisory boards as well. e currently serves on the boards of Optomeditech, ovi edical, and ebra of America. At Emory niversity, he is on the oard of isitors and the chool of Nursing ean’s Advisory oard. e also serves on the advisory boards of the C Price chool, C arshall chool of usiness upply Chain Institute, Nexxspan, and the health care advisory board of the istria und and adius entures. im has a in iological ciences from C, a aster of ealth Administration from Tulane niversity and an A from Emory niversity. In , he received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from Tulane niversity. e has served as a Webb class agent for many years and co-chaired his th and th reunions. •

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NewsNotes Jennifer Chassman is the assistant principal for academics and college counseling at Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School in San Luis Obispo. Diane Wilsdon is a volunteer math tutor there, and Jennifer says “it’s been wonderful to connect with Diane and to now be colleagues! It’s very strange to say to my students, ‘If you need help with your math, please ask Ms. Wilsdon!’” Yassmin Sarmadi and Tony Esnault attended the holiday event at the Jonathan Club. “We were married last June in Kusadasi, Turkey. Church & State is in its seventh year, and going strong. Our second restaurant downtown, Spring, is under construction and slated to open in late spring of this year. It will be French also, with the cuisine deriving from the south and Mediterranean coast of France.” - 31 1988 • Repeating their “moves” from 20 years ago, Gary Lai sunk a 3-pointer and Nick Dauderman showed off his reverse lay-ups during the Inaugural Alumni vs. Students Basketball game on January 9. Gary and Nick helped the alumni team to a 59-52 win over WSC varsity. Go Gauls! - 32

Congratulations to Jacky and Steve Shenbaum on the arrival of their new daughter, Bailey Ann on July 22, 2014. She joins big sister Blake. In April, Steve was the keynote speaker at Marketo’s “Marketing Nation Summit,” an executive forum for 100 chief marketing officers and VP’s from around the world. Last October, he worked with Sanjay Dholakia ’87, Marketo’s CMO and the marketing team on team-building, creative thinking, and maintaining a positive culture. “Needless to say, presenting for my best friend from high school was a career highlight.”

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A trip to a slaveholding ouisiana plantation when she was , and a visit to the slave uarters at ount ernon when she was , contributed to ope emetriades’ ( irell) ’ early interest in racial unity.

In her mixed-media exhibit, “The North tars: Canonizing the American Abolitionists,” ope honors some important . . abolitionists and aims to educate viewers about the bravery, sacrifice, vision, unity and triumph of reformers who banded together to help eradicate slavery. uring a ebruary , presentation in the Nelson Center, ope spoke about her artistic inspiration and the historical importance of the abolitionists. tudents later had a chance to view her artwork during the Women of Webb Artist eception with alumni and friends. Women of Webb chair Aminah Teachout ’ said, “ W alumnae are creative, critical thinkers. ope’s exhibit is one of countless examples from our community that encourages us to better understand where we came from and hold space for a more just, honorable and peaceful world. Women of Webb are unbounded thinkers individually, but collectively we make unbounded change.”

1989 • Close to 20 members of the Class of ’89 came out for the 25th reunion. Vincent Lau flew in from Hong Kong, and others came from Virginia (Wendin Smith), Wisconsin (Eric Yang), Colorado (Gabriel O’Hare) and several from the Bay Area. The class was well represented in the Alumni vs. Student water polo game with Geoff Hersch, Steve Mercer and Gabriel. During the alumni chapel service, Lisa Miller gave a reading of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. A big thank you to reunion chairs Bob Connolly, Dan Murray, Lisa, Michele Botwin Raphael and Tommy Oei. - 33

Deven Desai has moved to Atlanta, Ga., where he is now associate professor for Georgia Tech’s Scheller College teaching in the Law and Ethics Program. Prior to joining Scheller, Deven was an associate professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. He was also the first, and to date, only academic research counsel at Google, Inc., and a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy. Tim Sun and Andy Wu met up in Hong Kong. - 34

ope holds a A from Cal tate ullerton and a A in art psychology from Pitzer College. To learn more, visit www.hopedemetriades.com. Women of Webb, an a nity group of the Alumni Council, aims to celebrate and honor talented and diverse W alumnae. To join the Women of Webb Network on inkedIn, go to http: tinyurl.com W -WOW. •

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1990 • Class of 1990, it’s time to get ready for their 25-year reunion! Save the date, October 23-24, 2015. If you have a question, please contact one of us on the Reunion Committee: Lee Lee Choi (Chou), Doug Chun, Christine French (Baggerly), Praveena Jeereddi or Hewitt Pratt. 1991 • Alix Rosenthal is the new general counsel and director of government affairs at Sidecar, a ride-sharing startup which competes with on-demand car services such as Uber and Lyft. In September, the company raised $15 million from existing and new investors, including Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. In her new role, Alix is responsible for all of Sidecar’s legal and policy matters. 1992 • Mary Presecan is a principal shareholder and senior manager at Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc., a water resources engineering firm in Denver, Colo. Mary just completed a 1-year term as chair of the Rocky Mountain Section American Water Works Association, a non-profit, scientific and educational association dedicated to managing and treating water. We enjoyed seeing Mary and her family on campus in January. - 35 1994 • Class of ’94 celebrated its 20th reunion with a Friday night party at Union on Yale in the Village and Saturday at Webb. It was great to see William Bradshaw who flew in from Brazil. Tony Chen was a guest speaker in Will Allan’s Entrepreneurship class. He talked about being an entrepreneur and the ups and downs of launching your business plan. A big thank you to the reunion committee: Bikram Ahluwalia, Will Allan, Renee Polanco and Brad Sargent. - 36, 37, 38

1995 • Class of ’95 has its 20th reunion coming up on October 23-24. Alex Dey and Jenna Gambaro are on the Reunion Planning committee. If anyone else is interested in helping, please contact Danielle Gordon in the Alumni Office. 1996 • Stephanie Baron rallied alumni players for the inaugural Alumni vs. Student Basketball game. Tip off was on January 9 with Rick Duque coaching the alumni teams. Mary Hsieh and Daniela Pappada Sanaryan stopped by with their families to cheer on the Gauls. Diane Wilsdon returned to campus to run the scoreboard. - 39

Noreen Huang Winberg recently visited the Webb campus to see Diane Wilsdon and tour the campus. Noreen lives in Los Angeles. Doug Lee spent two weeks in Asia traveling to Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Tokyo. He reconnected with his old friend Keating Leung ’98, who he had not seen in 18 years. “It was awesome to see him again.” - 40 A big thank you to Jason Pasley for sending Webb the American flag that flew in the operating room of Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on September 11, 2014. At the time, Jason was the lead trauma surgeon and trauma director at the largest American hospital in Afghanistan. After 6 1/2 months, he is back with the USAF at R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Md., as a trauma/acute care surgery attending and the director of physician education for the Air Force Center for the sustainment of trauma and readiness skills. Jason appreciates all of the support for himself and his fellow soldiers. - 41

Brian Zipser married Margaret Soper of Eugene, Ore., on January 10, 2015, at Temple Beth Israel in Pomona, Calif. Brian is a neuroradiologist and assistant professor at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and Margaret is a radiation oncologist at Kaiser Permanente. Brian and Margaret live in Santa Monica and welcome friends to say hello when they are in the area. - 42 1998 • Tara and Charles Hadsell are pleased to announce the arrival of their first child, Taylor Katherine Hadsell on November 22, 2014.

Jon and Laura (Anderson) King and their son Jeffery visited the Summer Peccary Trip group at the Pipestone Springs site in SW Montana. Jon and Laura are lawyers who reside in Helena, Mont., a short drive from where the students were collecting fossils. Laura works for a small nonprofit law firm that focuses on protecting the wildlife, wildlands, and communities of the American West. “By coincidence, two of the three attorneys in our Montana office are Webb alums—myself and office director Matt Bishop ’89. Matt’s work focuses on carnivore protection, and he has been fighting for protections for snow-dependant species (lynx and wolverine) in an era of climate change. My work includes litigation to protect wolves.” - 43

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NewsNotes Keating Leung was in town to attend the annual CES convention in Vegas. Keating is still running South China Enterprises, but he’s also now working with Jide Technology, a new company started by three ex-Google engineers, which produces the Remix Ultra-Tablet. Keating is their regional sales director providing marketing, distribution and logistic services. He reconnected with Tito Tarin ’97, Matthew Lim ’99 and also visted the Webb campus. - 44 James Larkin, Thatcher Woodley and Lance Williams ’97 attended the alumni holiday event at the Harvard Club in New York. James is the VP of US equity sales for Citi; Thatcher is at Poly Prep Country Day School where he’s head of the physical education department and coaching the varsity swim team; and Lance is managing director of The LanMar Fund and an Alf Museum trustee. - 45

1999 • Fourteen members of the Class of ’99 celebrated their 15-year reunion in October. Patty Chen, Susanna Choe and Rita Forte came down from the Bay Area. A big thanks to Arthur Chang for hosting the Friday night party at Limericks. Also thanks to the reunion committee: Arthur, Megan McCosh, Anthony Shin and Gregg Webb. - 46, 47

During the reunion weekend, Rita Forte met up with Hentyle Yapp and Chantal Nong. - 48 Savaria Harris was named a partner at DLA Piper in their New York litigation and internal investigations practice.

On September 19, 2014, Sarah Raser and her husband Ben Sherwood welcomed their first child, Jane Gladys Sherwood. Jane was born at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., where the couple recently moved to from Minneapolis, Minn. (where they met at Macalester College) for Ben’s postdoc in the bio statistics department at Hopkins. They are enjoying all the changes, challenges, and adventures this year has brought. - 49 2000 • Class of 2000 will celebrate its 15-year reunion at Alumni Weekend, October 23-24. The Reunion Committee includes: Lily Coye, Kelly Smith Fayne and Albert Walsh.

Albert Walsh and his wife Jordan Shay are celebrating the fourth year of Castle Rock Ranch Camp. Last summer, Webb students Katie Stewart ’17, Elysse Morris ’17 and Emily Chu ’17 attended the camp, and it was a fun and amazing experience. Blueberry picking, horseback riding, hiking in the grasslands and around the beautiful hillsides were just a few of the activities that the Webbies enjoyed. Located in beautiful Kingston, Idaho, Castle Rock Ranch Camp is designed for children ages 9 through 14. There are five one-week sessions starting from June 20 to August 14. Registration is now open! Visit www.castlerockranchcamp. com/blog for more! - 50, 51 2001 • Tricia Robertson was married in June 2013 to Andrew Gilliland, and they welcomed their first child, Seth, on October 23, 2014. Tricia is working on her master’s in biology at The University of Akron. She is studying behavioral neuroscience and conducting research on aromatase expression in voles and its impact on behavior.

Rebecca Wang is a fourth year PhD candidate at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and a researcher at Integrated Marketing Communications at Medill. She completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees in engineering sciences at Dartmouth. Using big data and statistical methods, she focuses on digital and mobile marketing in her research. White papers can be found at tinyurl.com/rwang01. Her forthcoming Journal of Retailing article is titled “On the Go: How Mobile Shopping Affects Customer Purchase Behavior.” - 52 2002 • Ben Chen is now working at Wellington Management Hong Kong. Ben and his wife, Nicola welcomed their first child, Nathanael on December 28, 2014. - 53

Melissa Fabregas and Amanda Morris attended the holiday event in San Francisco. Amanda is an analytical linguist for Google. - 54 2003 • Dani Baron married Kent Hayden on August 9, 2014, in the Vivian Webb Chapel. Lots of Webbies were in attendance. - 55

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Th e We b b B o o k s h e l f Victor Ma graduated with a JD and MBA from Duke University in 2014. He is now working for investment bank Miller Buckfire. Victor currently lives in New York City with his wife Stacey and their newborn son, Warren. Griffin Gunderson Miller visited the Alf Museum with her kids, Molly, 4, and Hudson, 2. The visit sparked an interest in dinosaurs for Molly, but Hudson was mostly fascinated with all the stairs he could climb. Prepping for all the future Webb hikes, no doubt! Her family as well as her fitness and wellness business keep Griffin happy and busy. - 56 Richard Yao is a corporate lawyer with Inventus Law in the Bay Area working with start-ups both locally and internationally. He assists new companies to build from the ground up with financing, corporate transactions, mergers, and acquisitions. Richard enjoyed visiting fellow Webbies at the San Francisco holiday event, and recently traveled through Bali with Stephanie Kuga ’02, Melissa Drachand ’02 and Jason Tam ’02. Richard is also the new class agent for WSC ’03. 2004 • Class of ’04 had an amazing reunion with nearly half the class in attendance. Aminah Teachout gave an inspiring Chapel Talk on Friday, and then the party kicked off that night at Casa 425 in the Village. Saturday was all about Webb with Jehan Izhar leading a morning yoga class, Kit Clark representing 2004 in the the alumni vs. student water polo game and Steph Ho receiving the Rising Star Award at the Alumni Awards Ceremony. The class gift is being made in memory of Lindsay Leonard, and contributions can still be made in her honor. A big thanks to the reunion committee: Lily Chen, Will Habos, Steph Ho, Pilar Mitchell, Lorraine Sun and Nihar Shah. - 57, 58, 59

Tiffany Lee Chen and her husband Hamilton welcomed their first child, Alexander, in 2014. “He has been so much fun and such a joy to our lives! Here he is at 7 months old, modeling his Future Webbie bib. #startingthemyoung” - 60 Will Habos has been elected to the Alumni Council as the new regional rep for Philadelphia. Last fall he began his MBA program at UPenn’s Wharton School of Business. He enjoyed meeting with local Webbies at the alumni brunch in December. Michelle Lo and Timothy Kuan were “happily married on 9.20.2014!” - 61

New Rele a s e s

Tales from the Suq (Create pace Independent Publishing) from Steve Farley ’81 is a collection of his photographs and personal stories from the merchants of Cairo’s main downtown food marketplace, gathered during his year in Cairo, Egypt in - . isit http: talesfromthesu .com for more information.

Lock In (Tor ooks), by John Scalzi ’87 is a near-future thriller about a new, highly contagious virus making its way across the globe. ost who get sick experience nothing worse than u, fever and headaches. ut for the unlucky one percent—and nearly five million souls in the nited tates alone —the disease causes “lock in.” ictims are fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. Lock In, calzi’s ninth novel, made the New York Times ardcover est eller list. It has also been optioned by egendary Television and won an Alex Award, given annually by the American ibrary Association to adultoriented books believed to be of special interest to oung Adult readers.

Pasta by Hand (Chronicle ooks) by Jenn Louis ’89 is a collection of Italy’s regional hand-shaped pasta. Named Food & Wine magazine’s est New Chef in and recipient of two ames eard nominations for “ est Chef Northwest,” enn is the executive chef and co-owner of incoln and unshine Tavern in Portland, Oregon.

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NewsNotes 2005 • Class of 2005, it’s hard to believe but their 10-year reunion is coming up on October 23-24. We hope to see you there! The Reunion Committee includes Jessica Anand, Brittan Berry, Blake Crawford, Scott Shiokari and Whitney Wharton (Sevesind). If anyone else would like to help, contact the Alumni Office. 2006 • Blake Adams is living in the Bay Area now. He attended the holiday event in San Francisco and met up with Alumni Council members Jessica Dholakia ’07 and Jessica Anand ’05. - 62

Zach Calucchia and Jon Yuen visited campus in September. Zach is back in Los Angeles teaching religion at Verbum Die High School. Jon works for the fashion company Supreme as associate brand manager. - 63

Congratulations to Vivian Wang who received her MD degree from Tulane University. She’s now back in SoCal for an internal medicine residency at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. - 64 2007 • Angie Alexander, Raahi Sheth and Alyssa Hackett attended the holiday event at the Jonathan Club. Angie is a search analyst at DataPop, an ad tech company. Raahi is in the hotel management business, and Alyssa is finishing her sociology degree at LMU. - 65

Mark Feng is back in Boston enjoying the first year of his MBA at Harvard Business School. Karen Hsieh and Lily Amirhekmat met up with Mary Kim ’08 and Jasmine Kaleka ’09 at the holiday event in New York. Karen is a JD candidate at Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. Lily is working in finance. - 66 2008 • Lexus Beaman has been working in the Alumni Office since August 1 as the new advancement fellow. She’s also a registered marriage and family therapist intern working in private practice. - 67

Grace Um works at Lions Gate Entertainment as a traffic and media promotions coordinator, doing theatrical marketing. She’s worked on such films as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, John Wick and Insurgent. 2009 • More than 20 members of the Class of ’09 returned for their 5th reunion in October. Classmates flew in from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Montana and Oregon. The reunion kicked off on Friday night at Casa 425 and then Saturday was all about Webb. A big thanks to the reunion committee: Lexington Henn, Prab Marwah and Dylan Sittig. The Lofgrens enjoyed seeing former Peccary Scholar Lexington Henn at the Peccary Dinner. - 68, 69

Danae Gregory received her BA in English from California Lutheran University. “After my third year, I obtained a TEFL certificate and taught in Nanjing, China. I taught English at a kindergarten from 2012 to 2014. During the summers, I also toured with the New America Singers through Hong Kong, mainland China, Australia, Singapore and Thailand. I now live in Palm Desert and am taking online classes through Grand Canyon University to obtain my BS in secondary education with an emphasis in English.” It’s been a busy few years for Kevin Groh. Since graduating from Brown he’s worked on four campaigns including the 2013 Virginia governor’s race and most recently Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s re-election campaign in New Hampshire. Kevin is now in Washington, DC, working for Congresswoman Annie Kuster. Kevin and TingTing Wan met up in Berlin in January. - 70 In 2013, John Keller graduated magna cum laude from Brandeis University in biochemistry and biology. He is now a first-year med student at University of Pittsburgh. Madeleine Koski is attending Presidio Graduate School to obtain her MBA with a focus on sustainable management. She graduated from Carleton College in 2013, double majoring in environmental studies and studio art.

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Young Alumni in the Arts Amanda Lee ’09 is dancing with ibertina ance Co., a small professional group in New ork that performs all original works.

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Devon Doherty ’10 is in enmark for Project Network, an artist residency at the Guldagergaard International Ceramics esearch Center which brings together ceramic artists from Canada, enmark, the , Estonia, exico, inland, Ireland and orea, and culminates with a group exhibition. evon graduated from C’s oski chool of ine Arts last ay and spent last semester at Pitzer College as a teaching assistant for a ceramics class and a studio technician in exchange for studio space and mentoring. Eric He ’11 is in his final year at the hode Island chool of esign, where he’s majoring in illustration. A recent internship with a local performance company, Ten Productions, gave him the opportunity to help fabricate Greco- oman style costumes. e was also part of the I Illustration Triennial, a show of work selected by teachers from his major.

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Seraphina Oney ’12, a junior at Wellesley, spent the fall semester at Oxford niversity, studying at the iddlebury-Centre for edieval and enaissance tudies, a part of eble College. or her medieval music tutorial, she directed the th century mystery, Le Jeu d’Adam and presented at a usic and Theology seminar to discuss the blocking and modern adaptation of a medieval play. he also joined Oxford’s a cappella group In the Pink. When she returned to Wellesley, she joined the Wellesley Widows a cappella group, and is a member of Tau eta Epsilon, Wellesley’s Art and usic society. he is a history major, concentrating in medieval English and rench history. Jack Gilliat ’13 is finishing his final year at the American Academy of ramatic Arts (AA A) and working on two shows. e was recently cast as r. radman in Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit and is also working as an assistant director for another production. Columbia freshman Vicky Alejandro ’14 was in Faust 2.0, an experimental production that used physicality and technology to tell aust in a different way. “We worked with professionals in the field and were actively involved in the creative process. irector haron Ann ogarty, the artistic director at abou ines, hopes to take the show to her company in a few years. We also worked with the dramaturg annah Worthen, and im Clayburg, a professional set and lighting designer and director.” icky also joined a campus a cappella group ptown ocal and she appeared as imi in the school production of Rent at the Glicker- ilstein Theater in April.

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Holmes, Ho and Hall - Honored Alumni Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award Christian Holmes ’64 has a long and distinguished career which at every step exemplifies service beyond self. is work as Global Water Coordinator for AI impacts issues linked to water: food, health, education, con ict, and climate change.

e has served in a number of leadership positions with the epartment of tate and AI related to refugee programs and disaster assistance. e served in the Army, receiving the oldier’s edal for heroism. At Webb, Christian has been a good and faithful son. or over a decade, he was on the oard of Trustees he’s been a class agent since , and co-chaired his th reunion last fall. is son Christian ’ shared this about his father: “What first comes to mind is the balance that my father exudes so well between his success at work, commitment to his family, and both spiritual and physical well-being. These are values that I know he attributes to his experiences at Webb values that he taught me by example as I grew up, and ones that I was able to pursue during my own years at Webb. is humble manner in leadership has taught me everything I know about what it means to be a good man—in business and with family. is life has, and will always be, a constant pursuit of knowledge. e’s shown this through his commitment to public service, to mentorship, to our family, and to his friendships—most of which were formed on this campus. In all, I know that my father’s roots are here at Webb. It’s an integral part of who he is, and to the man I aim to be.”

Young Alumni Rising Star Award Stephanie Ho ’04 has achieved a high level of professional success and proven to be a dedicated volunteer to Webb. he joined G tudios in and is now manager of corporate development—involved with operations strategy, mergers and ac uisitions, and overseeing the financial aspects of new business ventures. tephanie works hard outside the o ce, too. he is an instructor at E uinox clubs and volunteers for E uinox’s Cycle for urvival, an o cial emorial loan ettering Cancer Center event.

er classmate, orraine un, has this to say: “ tephanie is one of the most proactive and hard-working people I know. While these traits have served her well in her career, they are also illustrated in the way she conducts herself outside the o ce. he is a true example of someone who is dedicated to both her professional and personal endeavors.” tephanie is one of Webb’s most active volunteers. he has spoken at ophomore Career Evening, supports Webb’s regional events, is W class agent for the Class of , and as reunion volunteer she helped lead her class to set a new record for most donors for a -year reunion. tephanie exemplifies the ivian Webb chool motto: wisdom, friendship, and honor.

Colborn Distinguished Service Award Jim Hall ’59 has dedicated his life to education. e is a professor at C Irvine where he teaches physiology and biophysics. uring his years of service on the Alumni Council, his efforts have focused on launching the Teachers of Webb project to honor Webb’s wonderful faculty, past and present. e has also been an integral part of mentoring programs like ophomore Career Evening and the enior inner, which he attends every year to welcome our graduating class into the alumni community. is classmate ohn Tuteur shared these comments, “ im is the personification of Thompson and ivian Webb’s vision of an ideal recipient of a Webb chool education, im embodied the ideals of the honor system which he graciously carried out as a member of the honor committee.” In appreciation of the scholarship that Thompson Webb gave the all family, im and his wife ean established the all amily cholarship und in . The fund commemorates the friendship im’s father had with Thompson Webb. As a child, im would visit campus while his father delivered chapel sermons to the students. It was during these visits that he became ac uainted with Webb and knew it was the only school he wanted to attend. e is grateful for the opportunity given to him by r. Webb.

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FO RM E R FAC U LT Y & STA F F Nicholas Skenderian is participating in the Beyond 2015 conference hosted by the United Nations in Copenhagen. As a youth advocate and speaker, Nick hopes to further sustainability goals, reduce global poverty and improve health care delivery to impoverished communities internationally. He is also working on his master’s degree in global health at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 2010 • After holding back for four years, with no senior Webb Day victory or Theme Week win, we all know that we have been saving our comeback for this moment. Class of 2010 get excited for your five year reunion! It will be October 23-24. Be on the lookout for more updates coming your way from your reunion committee: Matt Abrams, Stephanie Black, Gabe Bouz, Devon Doherty, Sara GarciaDehbozorghi, Katherine Kilmer, Ken Liu and Tami Schonfeld.

It was great to see Matt Abrams and Gabe Bouz at the Jonathan Club event. Matt has a new job at Medtronics and Gabe is applying to medical school. - 71 Carly Paris, Claire Staggs, Ken Liu, Scott Chung, Noah Woodward and Ariel Fan attended the holiday event at the Harvard Club in NY. Carly is an associate consultant at JDX Consulting; Claire is working in accounting; Ken is a strategy consultant for PwC Management Consulting; Scott is an investment banking analyst at Evercore; Noah is an analyst at Cornerstone Research; and Ariel is the director of business development for Grid Symphony at Columbia University. - 72 Peter Bartlett enjoyed seeing Tami Schonfeld, Charles Liu and Kat Hu ’12 at the alumni dinner in Boston. Tami is finishing her master’s in curriculum and instruction at Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Charles is finishing his MEng in computer science at MIT and then heads to Silicon Valley to work at Illumio, a company that builds products for computer and network security. Kat is a junior at Wellesley, majoring in cognitive and linguistic sciences with a possible minor in psychology. - 73 2011 • Jared Jackson is interning at FOX Sports Radio. He is a senior at Pepperdine University studying public relations.

Jhon Akers enjoyed attending the Class of ’74s reunion in October. Jhon is at Wofford College in South Carolina, where he teaches Spanish and French, and a classical guitar class. “I’m in my 22nd year here, but my fondness for Webb has never diminished. My daughter Alessandra is 19 and in her second year at UNC-Chapel Hill; my son Isaias is a high school sophomore; and my twins Matías and Belén are just 11 years old. Wofford is a small Southern liberal arts college with 1,600 students. Holt Andrews ’75 lives down the street in Spartanburg where he heads the music program at First Presbyterian Church. Pete Sanders ’76 is the headmaster of the Christ Church School in Greenville, 30 minutes away, and sends us many a good student. Former Webb faculty Jim Speir lives in Durham. Alex Whittle, another former teacher, and I talk on the phone once every year; and I share Christmas cards with my first boss Bill Ripley ’60.” - 78 Hector Diaz, who taught Spanish from 1965-1973, enjoyed seeing the Class of ’74 in October for their 40th reunion. He also returned to campus back in 2013 for Mickey Novak ’70s commencement talk. “I had not been back in about 40 years. I was impressed with how Webb has grown and developed. Many good memories. I retired from Lucent Technologies in 2001 as the director of training for Latin America and the Caribbean. I am living within walking distance of Torrey Pines State Beach. I am still in touch with several Webb graduates who have become dear friends over the years.” Richard Hartzell and his wife Susanna are living in Taiwan. Richard is the upper school principal at the Taipei American School. George McNear, who taught history at Webb from 1992-1998, is still living in Denver. He has been teaching at Kent Denver School for the last 16 years. In February, he went skiing with another former faculty member, Taylor Walker, who taught from 1995-1998. - 79 Former faculty Jacques Pauwels (French 1975-1994) and Clara Soto Ivey (Spanish 1978-1999) joined us for Alumni Weekend, along with their sons, Eric Pauwels ’79 who flew in from New Jersey for his 40th reunion and David Ivey Soto ’82 who flew in from Virginia. - 80

Phil Sang graduates from Johns Hopkins this year with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He plans to go to medical school, but likely will go through a masters program first. His sister Rachel Sang ’13 will be majoring in government, which is Dartmouth’s equivalent of poly sci. She joined the Alpha Phi sorority this past fall.- 74 2012 • It was great to see Andrew Pandji and his brother Kevin ’13 on campus for the Young Alumni Holiday Gathering. Their younger brother JJ is a WSC freshman. - 75

Drew Silver is studying abroad in London. This is his last semester of undergrad studies. He’s in a 7 year BA/MD at Boston University.

Director of Parent Relations Anne Stewart was in New Orleans for a conference, and enjoyed catching up with Camila Woodmansee and Monica Dholakia for dinner. Camila is a neuroscience major and doing research involving neurobiological testing on children with PTSD. She also has an internship at a drug rehab outpatient facility. Monica is an EMT for Tulane and is on call or working about 40 hours a week. - 76 2014 • Lauren Carpio, Alison Wang, Allen Stewart, Megan Scarlatelli and Kristin Swift attended the Young Alumni Holiday party in December. - 77

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In Memoriam 1932 Robert S. Rummler ’32 passed away on November , , in ilwaukee, Wisc. While at Webb, ob played center in football and was second baseman and leadoff batter in baseball. e attended niversity of Illinois, majoring in business. Prior to his retirement, ob was a salesman for osten’s yearbooks and was a member of otary. Webb’s oldest alumnus for almost a decade, ob enjoyed music, reading, sailing, swimming, friends, and family. e once told us, “I’m a Webb graduate with such good fortune. I am grateful.” 1939 Emery H. Rogers ’39 passed away on arch , , in Palo Alto, Calif. After Webb, he attended tanford where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in physics. Emery spent most of his career in the tech industry, most notably at ewlett-Packard. Those who knew him described him as curious, philanthropic, kind, intelligent, and a family man.

1942 William “Bill” E. Boeing ’42 passed away on anuary , . The only son of ertha and William oeing, r., founder of the oeing Aircraft Company, ill was an honor committeeman, earned several varsity letters, and was a short-wave radio enthusiast. After Webb, ill created his own small role in aviation by starting AeroCopters, a helicopter company that operated for nine years. e later found, and then sold, the ancouver Island elicopter company. is interests were much broader than aviation and included cars, real estate, hydroplane racing, radio stations, and philanthropy. In the s, ill imported olkswagen cars to the Northwest and helped establish hydroplane racing in eattle. e served on various boards of directors in eattle, including irst Interstate ank, afeco, Pacific National ank, and Western ancorp. e was best known for his philanthropic support of education, the niversity of Washington, eattle Children’s ospital, and the city’s useum of light.

In , he retired after a remarkable career as a professor of business at C. While at C, he served in various leadership positions including director of the business school doctoral program and chairman of the anagement epartment. ohn focused his research in the area of business ethics, writing numerous articles on the subject for the Academy of anagement Newsletter, and was uoted in Time magazine. ohn served as a class agent for several years, and he and his wife were constant supporters of Webb and the Alf useum. e was predeceased by his brothers h ma and . 1944 J. Hallen “Hal” Franks ’44 died on October , . An avid badminton player during his high school years, al won numerous awards from various tournaments. In his down time at Webb, he enjoyed working with model airplanes and postage stamps. After Webb, al went into the army, primarily serving in the Aleutian Islands. e and his wife etty moved to Catalina Island in the mids where they owned several businesses, including en ouse Gifts, Catalina ronze, Catalina Candy Company, and Catalina Confetti Company. al and etty had recently celebrated years of marriage. 1947 Robert C. Craig ’47 passed away on une , . uring his time at Webb, he was senior class president, on the onor Committee, lock W, and involved in El Espejo. e graduated from tanford and from the niversity of California astings College of aw. obert was an o cer of Craig hip uilding Company and president of Craig ecurities. e was also a member of the irginia Country Club, the ear iver, Tuna and Petroleum clubs. is brother, ame ra , also attended Webb. Thompson Webb wrote to his parents of obert during his time at Webb, “ e has lots of good sense and, as we express it, has both feet solidly on the ground. I think he is going to distinguish himself and make you very proud of him.”

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John E. Fleming ’43 died on ebruary , . ohn was an honor committeeman, co-editor of the Blue & Gold, and a member of the rally committee. e attended Caltech for undergrad studies, earned his A at tanford’s Graduate chool of usiness, and his octorate of usiness Administration from C.

Collis “Hunt” H. Holliday, Jr. ’51 passed away on ebruary , . At Webb, he played football and baseball, and belonged to the Chess asters and rama Club. e graduated from Caltech where he completed his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. e continued to be involved with Caltech, most notably as director emeritus of the

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Associates program. is career as an engineer re uired a great deal of travel, which unt enjoyed very much. e once stated, “One lesson I learned at Webb was not to rely on your family’s wealth. Every man must make his own living and that is what I did.” unt was a loyal and philanthropic alumnus, giving back to Webb for over consecutive years. 1954 Winston “Win” H. Stoody ’54 passed away on uly , , in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Win was a member of the onor Committee and was part of the choir, orchestra, and drama club. A lock W man, he was involved in track and was captain of the football team. After Webb, he attended Claremont c enna College and served as freshman student body president. ollowing graduation, he served as a captain in the Army and then returned home to work in the family business, The toody Company, which at the time was the world’s largest exclusive manufacturer of hard-facing alloys and wear-resistant castings. pon retiring, Win became a real estate broker and owner of toody omes. e obtained his masters in counseling from the niversity of a erne and a Ph in psychology from California Coast niversity. 1961 John B. Girard ’61 passed away on ebruary , . While attending Webb with his twin brother, , ohn was a stellar athlete, having achieved repetitive memberships in C. . . while collecting four varsity letters, two in soccer and two in baseball. e also played varsity lacrosse, was a member of lock W, vice president of the Camera Club, and an editor of Blue & Gold. After Webb, ohn attended Pomona College before going on to earn his . . from C Irvine. e then served as a major in the . . Air orce before starting his professional practice as a gynecologist. e was named one of the est octors in America in . 1962

Weights and easures for years until his retirement. e and his second wife, onnie enjoyed restoring their historic entura home. 1971 William “Bill” B. Alley ’71 passed away on anuary , . rom an early age, ill loved to write. While at Webb, ill was co-editor of El Espejo and Blue & Gold. After obtaining his master’s degree in archival management from North Carolina tate niversity, ill worked as an archivist at the outhern Oregon istorical ociety before becoming curator and manager of Pearson Air useum in ancouver, Wash. e wrote and published over articles for history publications across the country and published three books. e also penned the script for the awardwinning documentary An Air-Minded City. is brothers, ra and ad , also attended Webb. 1974 James C. Moulton ’74 passed away on April , . ames loved the game of soccer whether he was a player, coach or fan. e and his wife were fortunate to attend World Cup games around the world. ames participated in abitat for umanity in ri anka and touched many lives with his friendship, teaching and sense of humor.

S. George Ponty ’74 passed away on October , , just weeks before his th reunion, an event he was very much looking forward to. While at Webb, George played soccer, was interested in drama, and was on the yearbook staff. is former father- and brother-in-law, am e haw (d. ) and r th e haw , as well as his son, t , graduated from Webb. After graduating from C, George went on to be involved in construction, property management, and ast O ce. is love for soccer inspired him to get involved with A O soccer and to coach many of his son’s soccer teams. e enjoyed traveling and many other outdoor activities, and it can be said that those who traveled with him were always sure to have an adventure.

William “Bill” A. Lucking III ’62 died on ecember , . The son of am , r , ill lived in California his whole life. While at Webb, he was a member of the Electronics and i e Clubs, the choir, the rama ociety, and the Peccary ociety. e was a lifelong swimmer, surfer and athlete. e earned his A from Pepperdine and opened itching Post estaurant in . e was employed as an Inspector II by the County of entura

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grew up in a boarding school where the lasting effect of what was done “after academics” was significant, and more often than not provided the defining experience(s) for the alumni who attended. Consciously, and unconsciously, I have tried to take a little bit of what I learned at that school and sprinkle it into the places where I have worked since, in some places more liberally than others. This has been easiest at Webb where so many of the structures and commitments are so soundly in place, and have been since the school’s founding, to simply and intentionally help students “grow up.” We have an enormous luxury, and ultimately a responsibility in independent schools, to shape the world in which we live and work, to emphasize the things that we think are important, and to uphold the values that we feel are going to allow our students to develop the kind of moral compass and social conscience that will guide them in a world that gets more complex by the nanosecond.

A concept so pure and simple—these are the words of a man who understood the value of what we can create in these schools, and that all of the knowledge in the world is useless to you if you don’t learn to recognize love and passion in others, or love something enough to apply your own knowledge or skills in ways that are meaningful and useful to others—that is why it matters that we stretch our students in ways that don’t just challenge them to be their best, but also to help others be their best, in all that they do. It is important for students to grasp that this is a community where their contributions, however great or small, whether on the field, the stage or in the classroom, matter, and by virtue of that fact, that they matter. Educational theorist Nel Nodding’s argument that we not only teach students how to care for others, but have them learn and know that they are cared for is a subtle, but strong reminder of our responsibility to educate people, and not just students as they navigate the complexities of adolescence.

One can hear through the totality of the voices in the article Webb “After Academics” that the schools’ commitment to developing the whole child is broad and deep. Webb students not only have the advantage of facilities on par with some of the best schools in the country, they also have a faculty that teach them, coach them, parent them, advise them, support them, recreate with them—you name it—but most importantly model for them the kinds of passion, energy and dedication to which we hope they will aspire. This is a gift—I am reminded regularly of a sentiment my father wrote into a graduation speech he delivered decades ago, but that I still find so relevant today:

We are fortunate at Webb to work with people, young and older, whose talents know few, if any bounds—it would be such a mistake to try to force these talents and amazing graces into one mold or another, rather we see it as our responsibility to point them to the light, using Plato’s analogy. Our students are so capable, in so many ways, that to have them come and leave as a “type,” or with a single stamp of approval would be a travesty. These exposures to the light, the prism of a broad range of experiences, any one of which might be life-defining, but that in their totality shape a being ready to make a difference in the world, are what serve to make schools like ours different, and worthy. And yet, as I often remind our students, while it might seem an expectation that they will be better for having been here, I also offer that if this place is not better, even in the slightest or most unusual way, for having had them here, then we have missed an opportunity. In this lies the magic.

“ I hope we have instilled in you a love of knowledge, but, more importantly, a knowledge of love.”

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Joe Woodward Director of Institutional Advancement BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2014-2015 Paul M. Reitler ’54, Chairman of the Board Claire H. McCloud, Vice Chair, Secretary Sanjiv P. Dholakia ’87, Vice Chair R. Larry Ashton ’70, Chairman, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, ex officio William M. Bauman ’82 Blake H. Brown ’68 Jenna Z. Gambaro ’95 Wayne L. Hanson ’59 Janel Henriksen Hastings, PhD ’87 John Holliday ’84 Ming Chung Liu David Loo ’79 Christina Mercer McGinley, PhD ’84 Roger J. Millar ’61 David Myles, PhD ’80 Mickey E. Novak ’70

Janet K. Peddy, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary, ex officio RJ Romero Miles R. Rosedale ’69 Mary A. Schuck Taylor B. Stockdale, Head of Schools, ex officio Ralph D. Young ’63 LIFE TRUSTEES Hugh H. Evans, Jr. ’49 Anne Gould H. Earl (Bud) Hoover II ’52 Murray H. Hutchison Robert Stragnell, MD

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