WEBB Magazine Winter 2012 edition

WEBB MAGAZINE Winter 2012

Moments in Time Looking to the Past, Embracing the Future

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A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Taylor B. Stockdale Head of Schools Peter Bartlett Director of Student Life

MAGAZINE Winter 2012

Donald L. Lofgren, PhD Director, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Leo G. Marshall Director of Admission and Financial Aid Hector Martinez Director of College Guidance

FEATURES

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From the Head of Schools Moments in Time The College Fit

WEBB TODAY

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Stockdale Installation Students Sports Arts Faculty Museum Affiliates Giving

NEWSNOTES

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Alumni Profiles Board News WSC and VWS News In Memoriam Final Word

Brian Ogden Dean of Faculty Janet K. Peddy Director of Finance, Planning and Operations Theresa A. Smith, PhD Director of Academic Affairs Joe Woodward Director of Institutional Advancement BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2011-2012 Paul M. Reitler ’54, Chairman of the Board Claire H. McCloud, Vice Chair, Secretary R. Larry Ashton ’70, Chairman, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, ex officio William M. Bauman ’82 Sanjiv P. Dholakia ’87 Jenna Z. Gambaro ’95 Wayne L. Hanson ’59 Roger J. Millar ’61 Timothy C. Moore, ’59 David C. Myles ’80 Susan A. Nelson, Head Emerita, ex officio Mickey E. Novak ’70 Janet K. Peddy, Director of Finance, Planning and Operations, assistant secretary, ex officio Miles R. Rosedale, ’69 Mary A. Schuck Laura Skandera Trombley, PhD Gordon M. Steel ’63 Taylor B. Stockdale, Head of Schools, ex officio Ralph D. Young ’63 LIFE TRUSTEES John Bryan ’43 Hugh H. Evans Jr. ’49 Anne Gould Alfred B. Hastings Jr. ’42 H. Earl (Bud) Hoover II ’52 Murray H. Hutchison Robert Stragnell, MD Volume 16, Number 1

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From the Head of Schools

Plain Living and High Thinking Recently I had lunch with a Webb graduate from the 1940s, and we got to talking about Thompson Webb— the man, the husband, and the school 2

founder. He told me a wonderful story of how he and his buddies, when they were caught causing mischief around campus, were assigned work crews which consisted of helping Dr. Webb lay the adobe bricks for his chapel.

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never tire of these colorful moments in the life of our school. Each morning as I greet students walking up the chapel path, I picture Thompson Webb working hard with his hands and his mind—sweating on a hot Southern California day as he laid his ultra-strong foundation for what would become the centerpiece of his campus. As the story goes, he actually ran a phone line from the administration building up to the construction site, and when prospective families visited, he would have the potential new student lay a brick or two as he conversed with the prospect and his family. When not using the energy of a potential new student, Thompson seemed to have plenty of “in-house” help from his boys who were in need of working off demerits—an endless supply of labor to be sure.

As I think about Thompson Webb laboring—day after day—to construct this spiritual place in the name of his beloved wife, I also ponder the deeper messages being sent regarding his educational philosophy and his goals for his school in developing people of character. Think about it. Although times were financially tight, he could have easily hired an outside company to do it much faster and without such hard labor.

But he chose to do it with his own two hands and with the help of students.

Could it be that there was more going on up on that hill than just the construction of the chapel? I think so. I believe that, in building the structure the way he did, he was also defining the very essence of what Webb would stand for. His chapel, like his

students, would have a strong foundation. The bedrock of his chapel (and his school) would be built with extra-wide adobe walls, a yard thick with re-bar in the middle, to ensure maximum strength and flexibility. His chapel, like his students, would be built with great care over a period of years, so as to ensure it was done right and that it was built to last. His chapel, like his students, would be molded and constructed by his own hands and those of his faculty and students, and not outsourced. His chapel, like his students, would stand tall on the hillside, and would symbolize the values of the school long after it had been constructed. And his chapel, like his students, would represent a calling to serve others and to stand for something far bigger than any one student, faculty member, or headmaster.

There is a wonderful expression that Thompson Webb used to say—one which dates back to Sawney Webb and the Tennessee hill country—“Plain Living and High Thinking.” To me, the Vivian Webb Chapel represents this spirit of plain living and high thinking. By building the structure the way he did, Thompson was sending a message to the community. This is a place of Spartan mold where we use our hands, as well as our minds, to build honorable leaders. No doubt, Thompson was feeling some pressure to build a more extravagant campus, as many of his eastern boarding school colleagues had done.

However, instead of following suit and erecting lavish facilities that might resemble country clubs, Thompson decided to set the culture and tone of his school another way—by building a chapel with his own two hands. In doing so, he made a defining

statement that reads—we are not in the business of seeing how comfortable we can make ourselves. Rather, Webb is a substantive community that values lean living and the development of moral courage.

I love this about Webb—the man and the school. While today we do enjoy a beautiful and natural campus, one which embraces Thompson Webb’s pioneer spirit of the American West, it isn’t overdone, and it is very much commensurate with the vision Thompson Webb established all those years ago.

Over the next six months, I will be traveling the country and the world to connect with Webb alumni, parents and friends.

I look forward to this opportunity to converse with you and to think deeply about the school’s future. My obligation to Webb is to honor its history while building its future. We will build that future together, one brick at a time.

Taylor B. Stockdale Head of Schools

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Moments

inTime Alf Museum Renovation Looks to the Past, Embraces the Future

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Time begins with a man.

Time begins with a moment.

The man defines time; time defines the moment.

What are you going to do with your moment in time? he man is Ray Alf. The moment is summer, 1926. Alf is 20 years old, harvesting wheat in a Kansas field. On a break, he and his fellows investigate a limestone outcrop, discovering the fossils of Cretaceous cephalopods and pelecypods. To Alf, they are beautiful. He takes a few samples, which he keeps with him for the rest of his life. This is the prehistory of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at The Webb Schools.

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Three years later, Alf arrives at Webb School of California, where, during his remarkable tenure, he teaches biology, geometry and English, as well as coaches football and track.

And his interest in fossils grows, such that by 1936 he is conducting fossil-collecting trips with Webb students to Barstow—the first of what would come to be known as peccary trips, after the discovery by Bill Webb ’39 of a new species of ancient peccary while on one of Alf’s early expeditions.

In 1937 Alf expands the range of his fossil hunts to the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, inaugurating the Summer

Peccary Trips that continue today. Over the next two decades, as Alf leads more fossil hunts in more locations, the fossils themselves become a noticeable presence at Webb, stored in the Thomas Jackson Library and stashed throughout campus.

With the library’s completion in 1939, Alf is able to display some of the fossils in his biology classroom in the building’s lower level, the first incarnation of the Raymond Alf Museum.

Now the moment is November 3, 1968. A new, purpose-built museum for the fossil specimens collected by Alf and Webb students has been discussed since 1963, with planning and fundraising taking much of the 1960s.

On this day the new building is formally dedicated to Alf. It houses science classrooms and labs, as well as the museum’s display halls, fossil preparation areas, storage rooms and office space.

Designed by artist Millard Sheets, the building is circular, inspired by Alf’s “time spiral”—a philosophical idea and

teaching tool representing two billion years of the Earth’s history in the form of a spiral iron bar 20 feet long. It’s the same building, outside, that stands at the center of The Webb Schools’ academic facilities today.

Inside, the museum has retained fundamentally the same structure, too. The lower level houses the Hall of Footprints, highlighting the collection of fossilized footprints amassed

by Alf and Webb students over the decades—the largest such collection on display in Western North America. The upper level houses the Hall of Life, showcasing the history of life on earth, anchored by Alf’s time spiral. In that 20-foot-long spiral, the final eighth of an inch encompasses the span of human existence. All of recorded human history is contained in the length of the dust on the tip of the spiral. Alf uses the spiral to remind students and visitors that they inhabit a moment in time, and to pose a question:

What are you going to do with your moment in time?

ow the moment is October 21, 2011. The man is still Ray Alf, although he is not present. The occasion is a ribbon cutting ceremony for the museum’s newly renovated Hall of Life. It’s a moment that, like the dust mote at the end of the Alf’s time spiral, is the culmination of many moments in time.

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State of the art when it opened in 1968, by the 1990s the museum’s exhibits had begun to look, well, dated. During the same time, the museum was becoming increasingly professionalized, evolving from a personal collection to a true public and research resource. Alf retired in 1974, and in 1977 paleontologist Grant Meyer ’53, one of Alf’s former students, returned to Webb from Yale University’s Peabody Museum to become the new museum director.

Soon after becoming director, Meyer began working to incorporate the museum as a nonprofit corporation separate from The Webb Schools, a move which increased fundraising

opportunities and sparked an expansion of the museum’s public outreach programs. Meyer left the museum at the end of 1990, but not before also laying the groundwork for the museum’s accreditation through the American Association of Museums.

In 1991 a paleontologist with a doctorate from UC Berkeley was selected to become the museum’s third director. Twenty-one years later, Don Lofgren remains the museum director. In the first decade of his tenure, Lofgren saw the museum’s accreditation process through to its completion, and in 1998 the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology became one of just 4.5% of museums nationwide to earn accreditation from the AAM. While approving the museum’s accreditation, the AAM recommended renovating the Hall of Footprints. Working with Los Angeles-based museum exhibition development firm Think Jacobson & Roth, the Hall of Footprints was extensively renovated and re-opened in 2002.

The renovation’s success highlighted the need to update the Hall of Life, and after initial discussions, planning and fundraising, an Exhibits Concepts Committee was formed in 2006. For the next three years, the committee— museum and Webb Schools staff, students and members of the museum’s board of trustees—worked to develop first a concept and then a plan for the Hall of Life’s regeneration.

“The major premise of the concept was to keep intact

Although Ray Alf’s moment in time had passed in September 1999, his vision for the museum guided the committee. Many were instrumental in the museum’s rebirth, but three trustees both epitomize the process and exemplify Alf’s lasting influence on Webb students: Gard Jameson ’71, Pat Muffler ’54 and Dick Lynas ’55.

ideas into the Alf Museum’s renovation plans.

“He inspired virtually all of us in his class with his visions,” recalls Jameson. A freshman when the new museum opened in 1968, Jameson soon accompanied Alf on his first peccary trip.

As Jameson relates it, “he inspired me as I discovered a bone, which turned out to be a specimen from a batch of Kentucky Fried Chicken. It was a bone planted by an earlier trip!” Nevertheless, Jameson was hooked from that moment on, by the thrill of discovery and Alf’s own thrill at sharing in the discovery.

“Ray’s story became deeply impressed upon my soul,” Jameson says: the story Alf related in his courses and in his museum, the story of time from stars to the birth of early civilization, the story of two billion years.

Ray’s original vision,” Jameson says. With that charge in mind, members of the committee visited museums around the world, looking for the most successful examples of museum design and incorporating those

“What a good museum does is to capture the imagination of the observer,” Jameson notes. In the case of the Alf Museum, the observers are the museum’s primary audiences: Webb students, members of the public and elementary schoolchildren. During the school year, the museum typically hosts some 200 students each week. To connect with this audience, the renovated Hall of Footprints incorporates hands-on exhibits, and plans for the Hall of Life’s next evolutionary step also emphasized interactive displays.

Defining the content of those displays fell largely to Pat Muffler ’54, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Starting at Webb in the 10th grade, Muffler “very rapidly got hooked and took every peccary trip possible for the next three years.”

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“It’s a story in which we can find ourselves,” Jameson says.

“The big picture is that we are of evolution, not above it... and as one species among 10 million, we have a responsibility.

We have a little time to make a contribution.”

With an academic background in philosophy and comparative religion, which he studied at Stanford and now teaches at the University of Nevada, Jameson’s contribution to the renovation was to conceptualize the museum’s purpose; to elaborate on Alf’s vision without losing sight of it.

The latest scientific findings are presented alongside the fossil evidence to tell the story of early life on Earth.

Muffler’s time at Webb included a lot of fossil preparation and the publication of a research paper detailing a fossil skeleton he had prepared.

“Ray got me started on vertebrate paleontology,” Muffler says, but adds that as a freshman in college he decided there were very few jobs in vertebrate paleontology in the U.S. and so studied geology. At the same time, Alf fostered his career: the USGS approached Alf with the offer of a job finding fossils. Alf could not take the job, but suggested that the USGS hire Muffler, instead, and he’s been with the USGS ever since.

A self-described “jack-of-all-trades in geology,” Muffler worked with Think Jacobson & Roth to pin down the “nitty gritty” of the exhibits’ details: what information to present, and how to do so.

Alcoves, vibrant artwork and innovative casework provide an immersive experience in the Mesozoic marine life exhibit.

“Our museum is not just something for the benefit of The Webb Schools. We really have focused on the K-8 students that come through,” he says. “It’s designed for the community.

“What guided us was, of course, the circular design of the museum. The fundamental structure of the museum has not changed from Ray’s design: the basic structure of the museum comes straight from Ray Alf. “One thing we did add was the theory of plate tectonics,” he adds; one of the most important modern advances in our understanding of the Earth. “The Earth is a dynamic, threedimensional entity with things moving around in space as well as time.” The renovated exhibits also incorporate current information on evolution and the interpretation of fossil evidence to explain the past.

Once the museum’s concept and content were sketched out, Think Jacobson & Roth worked with aerospace engineer Dick Lynas ’55 to build the exhibit blueprints.

Lynas was introduced to Alf in his sophomore biology class.

“And I still have my biology notebook from 1952,” he notes.

“Ray was a fantastic teacher. I was really attracted by Ray’s method of teaching and how he connected with students.”

Accompanying Alf on several peccary trips, Lynas says “one thing I never realized, at the time, was that Ray ran all the peccary trips out of his own pocket. I can’t give back to Ray personally... learning that made me want to give back to the museum in any way I can.”

Contributing to both the Hall of Footprints and Hall of Life renovations, Lynas shaped many of the exhibits, including the Hall of Footprints’ “dinosaur horn,” which uses organ pipes to recreate what a dino call may have sounded like.

Lynas’ biggest contribution to the museum isn’t on display, though. Beginning in the 1990s, he worked to update the databases containing information on the museum’s collection and past members of the school’s fellow Alf-iciandos, the

Peccary Society. Twenty years on, he has devoted thousands of hours to those projects. n this day, October 21, 2011, all the time and effort contributed by the exhibits committee, museum trustees and staff culminates in one more moment of discovery, as the renovated Hall of Life is opened.

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“No matter how many times you look at the exhibit blueprints, once you get in the Hall of Life, it’s just amazing,” says Lynas.

“I was just blown away to see what a great job they did.”

“Walking in that door for the first time was amazing,” seconds Muffler.

“It was as close to perfection as one might imagine,” says Jameson. “We have actually, in my opinion, one of the most magnificent displays of the story of life.”

The Alf Museum’s strong guiding principles, and the freedom afforded by its status as a private institution, have helped it go way beyond the standard. As Curator of Paleontology Dr. Andrew Farke explains, what was once a “personal, homegrown” collection is now a professional museum, but one not limited by the constraints facing larger, public museums.

The Alf Museum, for example, is able to present evolution as fact—a touchy subject at public institutions. This, in turn, allows the museum to better explore one of the key questions emphasized in the renovated Hall of Life: How do we know what we know about the past?

$2 Million Gift Funds Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology The dinos are roaring with joy at the Alf Museum this fall: in addition to the just-completed Hall of Life renovation, the museum also has received a generous $2 million endowment from museum board member Gretchen Augustyn and the Augustyn Family. The endowment will fund the Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology position, currently held by Dr. Andrew Farke.

“I just think the museum is a magical place,” says Augustyn, who has been a supporter of the museum since the 1970s. In fact, the museum is something of an Augustyn family tradition, as it is for many Webb families. Two of Augustyn’s children are peccary trip alumni, and, she adds, “it’s the first place my grandchildren, from Milwaukee, want to see when they come visit Grandma. I feel that it’s such a unique hidden gem. I will continue to be a lifelong supporter of the museum.”

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The museum’s renovation “takes it to a modern level,” says Museum Director Lofgren.

“It’s a much more three-dimensional space,” explains Farke, designed to draw visitors from each exhibit to the next, and to immerse them in each exhibit.

“It’s scholarly but kid-friendly,” says Lofgren, noting that in addition to the museum’s steady stream of student visitors, researchers visit on a regular basis.

The renovation also offers greater opportunities for Webb students, most visibly through the addition of four display areas for rotating student-designed exhibits. Lofgren notes that approximately 65 students are currently enrolled in museum courses, developing critical thinking skills by working directly with source material and deciding how to prioritize and present information from that material.

That would certainly please Ray Alf, for whom the museum was a teaching tool: a way to understand the Earth, evolution and our place in time. Alf often referred to the museum as his life’s work. It is what he did with his moment in time, and it continues to inspire visitors to ask the same question of themselves.

What are you going to do with your moment in time?

Gretchen Augustyn and family.

The Augustyn Family endowment is “exactly what we need right now,” says Museum Director Don Lofgren.

“It’s relatively easy to start a museum... sustaining them is the difficult part.”

In addition to conducting original research, the curator of paleontology is responsible for stewardship of the museum’s fossil collection. “As the curator, my No. 1 priority is the specimens’ safety,” explains Farke. The Augustyn Family endowment ensures the long-term sustainability of the curator position, allowing the museum to focus on enhancing its research and education capabilities.

The Alf Museum’s collections include 142,000 fossils, 95% of which were collected by Webb students. The museum serves more than 18,000 visitors each year, including researchers and schoolchildren visiting from more than 100 public and private schools in the Greater Los Angeles area. The museum also provides an online experience to children and adults worldwide through its dynamic website, alfmuseum.org.

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Matching Each Student with the Perfect College

Webb’s Director of College Guidance Hector Martinez isn’t about to downplay the importance of attending the right college—but which is the right college?

“We’re in a country that has about 4,000 colleges and universities, the sheer number and diversity of colleges may seem daunting, but it also means there is a right college for every Webb student. To make the number a little less imposing, Webb works with about 300 colleges and universities; the top tier of those 4,000.”

That top tier is defined largely by three factors: academic quality, student satisfaction and the percentage of students who go on to graduate studies. While the list includes the big Ivy League schools like Yale and Harvard, it also includes outstanding liberal arts colleges and research universities like Amherst, Grinnell, Stanford and USC. The right college, Martinez says, is the college that fits the individual student’s personality and optimal learning style.

Every college and university in the United States has a personality, he explains: a combination of academics, extracurriculars, location, social life and other factors.

“Finding the perfect fit between student and college is vital,” Martinez says.

The right fit is vital for student satisfaction, agrees Bowdoin College Associate Dean of Admissions David Mabe, and that leads directly to better outcomes, personally, socially and academically. For the practically minded, that means college graduates who are better prepared for graduate studies and careers.

“I think that’s a very important goal that they have in the college guidance program—to try to make that fit,” says Barbara Kraus, parent of Paul ’10 and Valerie ’11. Both of her children worked extensively with Martinez and were comfortable speaking with him. She emailed him whenever she had questions. Martinez’s experience and availability made Kraus feel better about the college application process, as did his candor, she says: he helped her children identify colleges that were both a good fit and realistic. As a result, Paul is now attending Dickinson College, in Pennsylvania, and Valerie is enrolled at UCLA—and they’re both happy with their very different college choice.

From highly selective liberal arts colleges like Dickinson to competitive public universities like UCLA, that fit is important to college admission officers, as well as prospective students.

“The fit is perhaps the most important outcome for both parties involved,” says Wellesley College Dean of Admission & Financial Aid Jennifer Desjarlais.

“We’re both doing the same thing in this process, which is looking for that fit.”

Students thrive as learners and contribute as community members at colleges that fit them well. Attending a college with the right fit encourages students to stretch themselves both academically and in extracurricular activities.

“Webb students are tremendously advantaged,” Desjarlais says, by having a college guidance director who knows them as individuals. Martinez and Webb’s college guidance team want students to think of the whys of applying to particular colleges, rather than just putting together a list of places based on reputation, she explains.

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“Hector and his team do a great job of encouraging students to think a little outside the box; to consider ‘Who am I, and where would I thrive?

That’s a little unusual.”

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Most high school seniors know colleges by their reputations, but not which colleges may be right for them, agrees Kane Willis ’11, now at Amherst, in Massachusetts. “They’ll take something more prestigious over something that’s the right fit.”

Webb’s college guidance process begins freshman year, when Martinez encourages new students to enjoy their time at Webb and try new activities, rather than focus on college.

Ironically, overloading a student’s schedule with tutoring, test prep courses and extracurricular activities can make him or her look like every other college hopeful, rather than a standout applicant. Worse, Martinez says, the pressure to excel can impoverish the high school experience.

“Webb students are approachable, easy to talk to and bright,” agrees Mabe. “There’s a happy intellectualism.”

Webb’s college guidance process kicks into high gear during students’ junior year, when they’ve had a few years to mature and think about what they’re looking for in a college.

“It gives them a chance to pick a place that fits their personality when they know their own personality better,” Martinez explains. He schedules one-on-one meetings with students beginning January of their junior year. Students leave that initial meeting with a list of colleges and universities that may be a good fit for them; usually about 20, but sometimes as many as 50. From then on, Martinez works closely with students as they consider colleges, narrow their lists and work through the application process.

“Every single year, for every single student, we find good schools,” Martinez says. “I make sure every kid has appropriate schools.”

Of course, Webb students bring their own ideas to the process, too.

Desjarlais agrees. It’s not a laundry list of academic and extracurricular achievements that makes an application stand out, she says, it’s authenticity. Why did a student choose particular courses or extracurricular activities?

Did she persist in those activities? Do they reveal a lasting interest and enthusiasm? Admission officers, she says, are looking for the why behind the what; the stories behind the grades and extracurricular activities.

“He guides you, but it’s ultimately your choice,” says Carly Paris ’10, attending Princeton University.

“Webb helps students tell those stories particularly well,” she says. “Some of my favorite experiences as a college admission dean have been sitting in a room full of excited Webb students: ask them to tell about their Webb experiences and their eyes light up.”

“Hector helped out a ton and he helped getting the letters of recommendation I needed,” Nokleberg says. “He was super supportive of me coming here... I felt really well prepared when I came to college. Academically and socially I was totally ready.”

Juli Nokleberg ’10 considered the U.S. Air Force Academy after being scouted for the college’s fencing team. She attended a one-week summer program at the academy before her senior year at Webb, and knew it was where she wanted to go to college.

Amherst, Barnard, Boston College, Brandeis, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Caltech, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon, “Fit is not comfort. Fit can be an adventure,” notes Bowdoin’s Mabe.

“Families, some of them maybe for the first time, have to become comfortable with the idea that rejection is going to happen,” Martinez counsels. “The world doesn’t end.”

Claremont Colleges, Colby, Colgate, Colorado Finding the fit can be an adventure, too. Many students realize there are far more top-tier colleges and universities than they had known.

The options, and the perspective, that Martinez offers can help students and parents make it through the process.

College, Columbia, Cornell, Davidson, Duke, Emory, “Mr. Martinez helped us discover schools we never heard of before,” says Lourdes Duran, mother of Kane Willis ’11.

Willis wanted to attend a small college with a strong sense of community and family, much like The Webb Schools.

Martinez put together a list of colleges that fit the bill, and Willis was amazed by all of them, Duran says.

“I tell parents, ‘Your kid is a smart person who is going to make good decisions. Your kid is going to go to college.

It’s going to be OK,’” he says.

Georgetown, George Washington, Harvard, Haverford, “He had to know a lot about Kane to know how he would fit,” she says. “He wanted what I wanted: the best for Kane. My son feels that Mr. Martinez did so much for him, and so do I.” After touring several liberal arts colleges, Willis visited Amherst and knew he’d found the perfect fit.

“When I stepped on campus, out of all the campuses I felt like this was the place for me,” Willis says. “I just loved everything about it. When I visited, the feel just fit me.”

“He loves it. It’s the perfect fit,” agrees Duran. “It’s an adventure. This is his life.”

For Mitchell Todd ’09, the perfect fit was Kenyon College, in Ohio. Kenyon was one of Martinez’s initial suggestions for Todd, and although he hadn’t considered Kenyon before that, a campus visit made it his top choice.

“These are young people who are going to be successful,” agrees Desjarlais. “We don’t want them to be just successful, we want them to be happy and engaged and constructive citizens.”

Practicality can be part of the college choice conversation, says Mabe—it’s not a fairytale conversation. At the same time, he adds, choosing a college based on its prestige is akin to choosing a college based on seeing its sports teams on TV. There’s more to a college than name recognition.

“I think the big-name schools are for some people, but I think, definitely look at the school for you,” says Elena Scott-Kukuras ’11, a Wellesley student. “This is where you’re going to be spending four years so it needs to be where you’re going to be comfortable.”

“Webb and Hector Martinez were essential to my college choice,” Todd says. “He claimed that I would absolutely love Kenyon and that I should look into making a visit. I didn’t think much more about it until I visited a few months later and obviously, he knew what he was talking about.”

“Those four undergraduate years are for discovering yourself and deciding what you want to do,” says Martinez. “It’s time to spend on yourself to figure out what you love; what’s going to make you get up every day. It’s probably the only time in your life you’ll be able to do this.”

Martinez knows, as well as anyone on any high school campus, that the college application process is stressful for both students and parents, and it’s become more stressful over the 15 years he’s been at Webb.

And, while it’s certainly a milestone, college is not the end of students’ educational journey, either.

Technology and innovations such as the Common App have made it easier than ever before for students to apply to college, but that also means more students are applying to more colleges than ever before. The end result is that many colleges and universities are more selective than ever before, and the admission process is less predictable than ever before.

Add to that students, and their parents, who are used to excelling academically, and it’s easy to understand why the process can be nerve-wracking.

“I get the sense with Webb graduates that college is just the beginning of lifelong education,” Martinez says.

Now, as Martinez works with the students of Webb’s Class of 2012, he also is preparing to meet with the students of the Class of 2013 and begin the college guidance process for the next year.

“These kids become my kids, and I have to take care of them,” he says. “I feel tremendously responsible for my students. Every single day I feel I’m making a difference in the lives of young people. How cool is that?”

Today campus news

Taylor Stockdale Installed as Head of Schools Editors Note: Below is the text of Taylor Stockdale’s remarks as he was installed as Head of The Webb Schools on October 22, 2011 during Alumni Weekend.

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ords could never adequately convey my gratitude to all of you today. I want to thank Paul Reitler ’54 and Laura Trombley (P ’14) and the Board of Trustees for their trust and faith in me. I also want to thank Larry Ashton ’70 and the museum board, Janel Henrickson Hastings ’87 and the Alumni Council, Laura Romero (P ’12, ’15) and the Affiliates, Brian Ogden, Janet Peddy, and of course, our two student ASB Presidents Natelee Cruz ’12 and Adam Cave ’12. I’d also like to thank the faculty—you look so good! You are truly the life blood of this place—always have been and always will be. And finally, I want to thank my three brothers for traveling here today joining me in this: Stan from Carlsbad, California, who is the Vice President at Army and Navy Academy; Sid from Albuquerque, New Mexico, who is Chair of the history department at Albuquerque Academy; and Jimmy, from Beaver, Pennsylvania, who is Superintendent of the Bethlehem School District.

I’d like to begin with a prayer I read in chapel to the students. It was a favorite of our dad’s —someone who knew a little something about meeting tough challenges. It was actually found on the body of a Confederate soldier in the Andersonville Prison after the Civil War. Prayer

Taylor and Anne Stockdale

I asked for strength that I might achieve. He made me weak that I might obey.

I asked for health that I might do great things. He gave me grace that I might do better things.

I asked for riches that I might be happy. He gave me poverty that I might be wise.

I asked for power that I might have the praise of men. He gave me weakness that I might feel a need for God. I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. He gave me life that I might enjoy all things.

I received nothing I asked for. He gave me everything I hoped for.

Amen I love that passage so much because it underscores something my dad used to say—and that something is the essence of my educational philosophy, and that of my brothers as well.

And that is: A good education prepares you to lead a successful life. But a great education goes one step further. A great education prepares you for adversity, it prepares you for setbacks, it prepares you to have empathy, and to take action when needed.

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Clockwise from above: Board chairman Paul Reitler ’54 presents The Head’s Medal to Taylor Stockdale.

Head of Schools Taylor Stockdale addresses the Webb community.

Stockdale brothers: (L to R) Sid, Taylor, Jimmy and Stan.

In the past few months, we have begun envisioning our goals for Webb over the next decade, as we approach the threshold of turning 100 years-old as an institution in 2022. I believe—at my core—that THE most important thing I can do is to ensure that Webb is both a GOOD school with a deep and strong academic foundation, and also a GREAT school in which we are truly preparing students to have moral courage, to have resiliency, to know how to fail and pick themselves back up, to know the importance of leading a life in which they are serving a cause beyond just themselves, and to have within them what it takes to be heroic and to lead in challenging times.

I was telling Webb parents a few weeks ago about Thompson and Vivian Webb, and how they picked up from Tennessee with their young sons and moved to this campus—site unseen—in 1922. They pitched a tent and camped on this very ground where we are sitting today.

Sometimes I wonder what Thompson Webb was thinking when he lay down at night and he looked up into the stars with his family in tow. They had no money. They had no campus to speak of, and yet they had a vision of what this place might become.

What they did took moral courage, conviction, resiliency, an unbounded spirit for the American West, and it took a desire to serve beyond themselves—to build something that would long outlive them and that would make the country and the world a better place.

The world has certainly changed since those quiet nights on the hillside in 1922, but our mission hasn’t wavered since the minute the Webbs walked onto this campus all those years ago.

Our mission is timeless—it is in our very DNA. We graduate men and women of honor and character who will, like the Webbs themselves, go on to lead meaningful, purposeful, fulfilling lives.

One does not need to look far at the state of affairs in our country and our world to understand the relevancy and importance of our mission today. In fact, one might say that our mission of honor, service and leadership is more important now than ever before.

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ow more than ever we need to teach our students to have moral courage and inner strength.

Now more than ever we need to guide our students so that they know how to solve tough problems in creative and collaborative ways.

Now more than ever we need to teach our students how to fail and to pick themselves up.

Now more than ever we need to inspire them to work for a purpose greater than themselves or their own livelihoods.

Now more than ever our students need communities like this and people like us (faculty, parents, and alumni) to serve as their role models.

I can’t thank you enough for this opportunity to lead this great institution. I will continue to give it everything I’ve got. Anne and I feel so fortunate to be here, and we are very much looking forward to working with everyone in this room to make this school both GOOD, and GREAT. Thank you.

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A View Beyond the Great Wall

Hefner Initiative Exposes Students to Sino-American Relations

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he Temple of Heaven, Clarke Quay, and the Olympic Center are just some of the cultural sites that Timothy McGinley ’12 and Abigail Hess ’12 visited this summer while participating in the Hefner Initiative. Webb is one of only two secondary schools in the entire country chosen by the MeiLi and Robert A. Hefner III Foundation to participate in the extraordinary opportunity to travel and learn firsthand in Asia. After a competitive application process—which involved writing an original essay about the contemporary state of Sino-American relations—McGinley and Hess were selected as the two finalists from Webb for this 10-day adventure of a lifetime.

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For the first leg of their journey, Hess and McGinley traveled to Singapore, where they stayed in the dorms and took classes alongside students from the National University of Singapore High School of Mathematics and Science. Getting to know these students was a particularly memorable experience for the two, who recalled long discussions about the cultural differences and similarities between their great nations. As McGinley shared, “all students in Singapore wear uniforms and stand to greet their teachers.

This is very different from American schools.” Hess recalls, “I was surprised by the relaxed classroom atmosphere. Even though the students sit in rows and wear uniforms, they are more informal with their teachers than we are in the U.S.” These conversations helped foster friendships that, several months later, continue. McGinley and Hess still keep in touch with the students, often communicating through Facebook and email.

After a warm send-off from their Singapore friends, McGinley and Hess traveled 3,000 miles to Beijing, where they toured some of the city’s major cultural sites.

Particularly interesting locations for both were the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China. Built between 1406 and 1420, the Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. From its completion to the downfall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, the palace was strictly forbidden to enter without special permission. Despite the large crowds and complexities of the palace structure, both students were able to investigate much of its grandiose architecture. On one of their final days in Beijing, McGinley and Hess

We’ve been discussing Legalism in class, the major philosophy of the Qin Dynasty, and being there made it all come together for me.”

Gaul senior gets a real-life lesson in civil rights law climbed the Great Wall. For Hess, who is currently studying the Qin Dynasty in AP World History, seeing the ancient site first-hand brought her textbook and classroom studies to life. “The narrow and worn paths, combined with the multitude of visitors, made it difficult for us to walk much of the Wall. But we were awestruck with its historical significance. It was during the Qin Dynasty that the Great Wall was first built. We’ve been discussing Legalism in class, the major philosophy of the Qin Dynasty, and being there made it all come together for me.”

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Amara Berry ’12 seeks out opportunity where she can find it.

This summer Berry interned for The Cochran Firm in Los Angeles, which was founded 40 years ago by Johnnie Cochran, a strident fighter for civil rights who became famous for the O.J. Simpson trial. Her uncle is a partner at the high-profile firm.

But beyond the family connection, she has built an impressive resume as president of the Black Student Union, a member of Chapel Council, volunteer for phonathon, co-president of Webb’s Gay-Straight Alliance, head peer advisor and captain of sprints and hurdles for the track and field team—in which she broke three school records last year. (See article on page 19.)

Putting her skills and dedication to the test, this internship was Berry’s first time working in the real world.

“This was my first exposure to any kind of work environment,” she said, “and it was really fascinating.”

Berry worked 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. three days a week, gained insight into the legal system, earned a little summer money and even missed five days of school in September to observe one of the trials she worked on in court.

Another significant highlight for Hess was the time spent with her host family in China. She enjoyed some interesting discussions with the host parents, especially hearing their perspective about the U.S. and Chinese economies.

“The father talked about how the slowdown in the American economy has had a tremendous impact on businesses and the economy in China, and I realized how interconnected our two countries are.”

Throughout their time in Asia, McGinley and Hess had even more adventures, stories to share, and memories to last them a lifetime. They offer tremendous thanks to MeiLi and Robert A. Hefner III ’53 for making this trip possible.

Robert A. Hefner III ’53, an alumnus of The Webb Schools, established the Raymond M. Alf Inspirational and Unbounded Teaching Chair in 1998.

Though limited by her lack of a law degree, Berry said she was able to follow each trial and be involved in each step of preparing for trial. She summarized depositions for the attorneys, did preliminary research for the case and worked as a receptionist for the office.

“I basically was able to learn the entire trial process from the inside as I worked on three different trials,” she said. “Handling the documents and seeing how legal documents work was really informative.”

Berry’s newfound legal knowledge is evident. When asked about her time observing her case in the courtroom she slips instantly into attorney mode, explaining that she cannot share any of the details because it is an ongoing trial.

Of all the knowledge she gained this summer, Berry said the most interesting thing she learned from the experience was who ultimately has the power to make the final decision in a case.

“It was interesting to me how much of it is in the hands of the people.” She said this insight shed light on Webb’s own disciplinary system, with a panel of peers on Honor Cabinet similarly deciding a person’s fate.

Berry will attend Brown University in the fall. She plans to run track and major in either gender studies, political science or human rights.

Her prospective majors reflect her interest in civil rights, which is the area of law she hopes to get into after finishing law school. All the trials Berry helped with this summer were civil rights cases.

Next summer, Berry says she would welcome the opportunity to get more exposure to civil rights cases by interning for the firm again, or another firm like it.

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Chris Paragamian coaches the mental game Mathematics teacher and golf coach Chris Paragamian has been to the “Mecca of golf”—St. Andrews Old Course in Scotland. With funds from a Perry Award, this summer he traveled there and lived every golfer’s dream, playing the course where golf was born.

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t’s something I’ve really wanted to do my whole adult life,” he said.

“I was very lucky to have been given the award.”

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He added that experiencing the history of golf in person has helped him relate to his players and allowed him to share that knowledge with them as well.

Paragamian has been a golfer since age 10, and has coached at every school where he has worked. He has been coaching the golf team at Webb since he started teaching at the school six years ago, the same year that student golfer Gabe Romero ’08 initiated the organization of a team.

“The kids are super enthusiastic about the golf team. It’s a lot of fun to go out with them every day,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed the time at Webb.”

Since its rejuvenation, the team has done well, placing second in the league for the past four years and sending two students, Johnny Hernandez ’11 and Jared Jackson ’11, to CIF playoffs.

“Starting from scratch, to be contending every year for the league title is pretty impressive,” Paragamian said.

Furthering its success, the program received a $200,000 gift last spring from Dr. Fung Tsui and Chiu Fai Wrong, parents of golfer Davis Tsui ’13. The athletic department used a portion of the money to purchase a golf simulator for practice, and plans are also in the works to build a putting green on campus. The remainder of the gift, some $150,000 is sequestered in an endowment to support the program for the long-term.

“We didn’t ask for this [gift] and to get something so wonderful is a little overwhelming,” Paragamian said. “We hope now that we put it to good enough use to justify it.”

The simulator has students hit the ball into a net, which then translates onto a screen, showing them where the ball would have gone on the course and giving feedback on the shot. Paragamian said it will be invaluable for practice this season.

“You get immediate feedback on every swing you take. It tells you what your swing looks like and what you did right and what you did wrong,” he said. “It’s going to be fantastic.”

One of the most important aspects of golf Paragamian stresses as a coach is the mental side of the game, which he says is just as, if not more, important than technical skills. He said that most professional golfers today have golf psychologists that travel with them and help them with their game.

“Golf is such an individual sport. You’re out there alone, just you and the golf ball,” he said. “Golf messes with your head almost more than any other sport. You have to have some mental discipline to handle it and to remain positive.”

“I felt like it was about time for it to go.

It was definitely really exciting.”— Bailey Stockdale ’11

Track and field athletes set high standards he 2011 track and field season saw the numbers on the scoreboard shatter, with members of both the boys and girls teams breaking six different long-standing school records.

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Bailey Stockdale ’11, now a freshman at Colorado College, soared over Marvin Miller ’50’s 61 year-old pole vault record, saying that he thought Miller’s stat had been at the top for far too long.

“I felt like it was about time for it to go,” he said. “It was definitely really exciting.”

Stockdale, who competed in pole vault all four years, set the new record at 13'6'', but he said he doesn’t expect his height to stick around as long as Miller’s.

In another field event, Lindsey Weissman ’11 bested Yumiko Yamada ’94’s 1993 high jump record with a height of 5'4''.

She is now on the track and field team at Wheaton College.

“I wasn’t interested in record breaking. I was just interested in running fast races,” he said. “Alf got more excitement out of me breaking that record. He’d been working on me for years.”

On the track, Gaul runners also reached new heights. Amara Berry ’12 had long had her eye on Deidre Echevarria Braun ’00’s 1999 record in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes, which she broke this season with times of 12.11 and 24.94, respectively.

He added that track was not only a great athletic experience that kept him in shape and healthy, but it also sent him out of Webb with a strong work ethic.

“Ever since I started running track for Webb, it’s been my goal to come closer to those records,” Berry said. “I was beyond thrilled this year when I broke three of the records.”

Berry said her success came from a new training regimen and a new focus that improved her strength, technique, diet and pre-race mental composure. She says she takes her inspiration from Usain Bolt.

“I’m not trying to be the fastest woman alive, but it’s always good to have goals,” she said.

Berry also helped her relay team, which included Alicia Zheng ’14, Lauren Gronna ’11 and Miya Wensley ’13, break the record in the 4x100 relay with a time of 49.98 seconds.

“The relay team had great cooperation this year,” Berry said.

“I was so honored to anchor a team of such dedicated runners.”

Now that these newbies have added their names to the record board, the oldest record in men’s track and field belongs to John Stevens ’52 for the 200 meter dash. The oldest women’s record sits with Tara Wright ’88 for the 800 meters in 1985.

Stevens said he got into track his freshman year when thencoach Ray Alf encouraged him to join and discovered his natural talent for the sport.

“Track stayed with me in having a job to do and setting out to do the job and doing it well,” he said.

As for holding the oldest record, Stevens says he is disappointed.

“I wish I didn’t,” he said. “I’d like to see somebody break it.”

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Theater teacher learns Shakespeare from the best To attend the program, Hamlyn received funds from a Perry Award, for which she was nominated by former head of the Fine and Performing Arts Department Mark Nelson. She then applied for the program, along with 250 other teachers across the nation and was one of the 25 selected.

The program consisted of a series of workshops with the Globe’s practitioners about how to engage with, teach and perform Shakespeare’s plays.

“We learned how to get students focused on the text itself rather than just handing them a script and giving them a lot of background and explanatory notes. Hamlyn said. “It’s a very active way of learning.”

“I’ve always loved performing and singing. It’s just a natural love that I’ve always had,” said Hamlyn, who earned a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Edinburgh.

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She said that the Globe experience gave her the opportunity to meet some of her favorite actors, who were very friendly, even stopping her in the hall to ask how she was doing.

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hen asked what would be her trip of a lifetime, performing arts teacher Stefanie Hamlyn said that she wanted to study at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London—and her wish was granted this past summer when she attended the “Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance” workshop for three weeks.

ARTS “That’s what really struck me about the whole Globe program.

Everyone was so generous and so open,” Hamlyn said. “There were no egos. There was no hierarchy at all, really.”

At the conclusion of the program, the group had the opportunity to perform scenes from Much Ado About Nothing on the Globe stage at midnight. In preparation for the performance, Hamlyn got a special one-on-one session with the Globe’s movement coach.

“Just the thrill of saying those words in that space,” she said.

“We felt incredibly accomplished.”

The workshops did not stop after the 25 teachers left the hallowed Globe stage, however, as the group still keeps in contact on Facebook, talking about different lessons they are doing in their respective schools based on what they learned in the workshops.

“Now we share information and that’s just as enriching as everything we did during the summer,” Hamlyn said.

She’s also been sharing her new Shakespeare knowledge with other Webb faculty members, holding a lunch seminar in September with history and English teachers to demonstrate how to use some of the same techniques in their classes.

Hamlyn says she has already used many of the teaching skills she learned at the workshop, working with her students on Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

She has added a number of new games and activities to help students become more engaged with the text. “We have a tendency to put Shakespeare on a pedestal. That can make his work rather intimidating—something that we should be treating solemnly and seriously,” she said, “when in fact a lighter, more playful touch is the more effective way to start a relationship with Shakespeare.”

One such activity is a game called “keepie uppie” that Hamlyn likes to play at the beginning of class. The students stand in a circle and try and keep a Nerf ball in the air. When they touch the ball, they have to say certain words from a scene they will be working on that day. “This gets the words in their mouths—they can experience what the word feels and sounds like and start to get an idea of what it might mean. Once you’ve said ‘wezand’ a few times, it doesn’t seem so weird!”

“The worst thing you can do in teaching Shakespeare is start off with history lessons,” she said. “There is an entire universe within the play and kids don’t need anything else to understand the text other than what’s in front of them.”

The first theater performance of the year was The Seagull, by Anton Chekhov, which Hamlyn says has a lot of similarities to Shakespeare’s work, including many references to Hamlet.

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hakespeare is everywhere,” she said. “He’s completely saturated our culture.”

To continue her Shakespeare education, Hamlyn plans to attend another Globe workshop in January at UC Davis called “Shakespeare Works When Shakespeare Plays.”

“You can never know everything about Shakespeare’s work,” she said, “but you can always get to know it better!”

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Jessica Fisher Earns Trip to China, Enriches her Classroom The only way to really know a place is to go there.

At least that’s history teacher Jessica Fisher’s philosophy, and it’s one she took to heart this summer when she spent two weeks in China learning history beyond the pages of a textbook.

In only her second year at Webb, but seventh year teaching, Fisher funded her trip with two awards for teachers: the Thompson and Vivian Webb Excellence in Teaching Award and the Laurence McMillin Excellence in Teaching Award.

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“It was an honor to be chosen,” Fisher said. “I took it as a mandate to continue with the same type of goals and strategies in the classroom and just get better at them.”

Fisher, who teaches modern and ancient world history, said she chose to use the money for a trip to China because she had never been there before, and because she considers it one of the most important topics.

“If you are a teacher of modern history, especially world history, in this day and age, I don’t care what country you’re in, you’re remiss in your duties if you are not teaching in depth about China,” she said. “It is absolutely critical to understand and teach about China and so as a responsibility to my profession I had to learn more about it.”

On her trip, Fisher spent time in Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing and Huangshan. Although she took five hours of Mandarin classes and an online course on modern Chinese history, Fisher said she learned the most from the places she visited and the people she talked to while in China, including Webb students Dora Liu ’13, Marissa Pang ’13 and Melody Huang ’12 and their families.

Fisher says she got into teaching from “an activist’s perspective.”

She spent a few years after earning a bachelor of arts from Brown University as a community and labor organizer on the East Coast, where she encountered a level of apathy she felt was “appalling.”

“I eventually realized that this relationship between who we are and how we see ourselves as members of our society is one that should be cultivated at a much earlier age than adulthood,” she said. “That’s why I got into teaching. Specifically history, because it’s the most directly related to an individual’s understanding of themselves within the world.” s part of helping students understand their place in history, comparing societies in the West and East is a core component of Fisher’s history curriculum. She said her trip to China has enhanced her ability to teach to that model.

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For example, Fisher’s classes just finished studying maps and looking at how they are primary sources that are not neutral, but the product of human perspective. Fisher showed the class world maps from China in the 1400s and compared them to European maps from that same period.

Having now been to the center of “the Middle Kingdom”—the Forbidden City in Beijing—Fisher said she understands many issues relating to a Chinese perspective more deeply and can incorporate that knowledge into her lessons.

“My trip has given me ideas, from the concrete to the ephemeral, on how I can make Chinese history and the Chinese present relevant in my classroom,” she said.

The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.

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–William Faulkner

orld history teacher Dr. Wendy Maxon would agree with Faulkner, to a point. For her, the past is past, but it certainly is not dead, and therein lies the tension between the past and the present: the past is past, but it lives with us, and we must continually confront it to explain ourselves and our world.

With a doctorate in history, Maxon’s interest in the past is understandable. Her enthusiasm for the intersections between past and present she traces to the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany. A visit to the camp museum and memorial while a graduate student at UC San Diego sparked her interest in memorials as sites of history-making; sites where we explain the past to ourselves.

Add to that another interest—the art historical analysis of physical spaces and the objects within—and you’ve got... well, you’ve got a pretty heady intellectual exercise. But it’s an exercise she brings into her classroom with heady results. Each year she asks the seniors in her AP World History course to propose a memorial to a world event. The assignment is one way she encourages students to engage with the past and consider issues and questions the past raises. It also highlights why Maxon teaches at Webb.

“I was interested in teaching history with really high-level, motivated students,” she explains. “I love the brain power of Webb students and their willingness to engage with the material. I want them to think through some of the questions we bring up in class. It’s intellectually stimulating.”

The Webb Schools encourage faculty to pursue intellectual stimulation outside the classroom, too, with opportunities like the James T. Demetriades ’80 Endowed Prize for Unbounded Teaching. Established by Demetriades to recognize a teacher “for an innovative and creative course, program or approach that fosters a hearty appetite for the joys of unbounded thinking and learning among students and others,” the 2010-2011 Demetriades Prize was awarded to Maxon to allow her to study the World Trade Center memorial and museum.

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Traveling to New York City last July, Maxon was able to consider firsthand selected and rejected designs for the memorial, on the eve of the memorial’s dedication and the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The scope of her study wasn’t limited to the memorial itself: she also looked at various ways New Yorkers memorialize the tragedy, from a 9/11 workshop in the studio of a photographer who chronicled the aftermath of the attack, to grassroots 9/11 memorials created by civic and religious groups.

In addition to research on 9/11 memorializing, the trip also gave Maxon a greater understanding of the experience that unfolded on that day. In particular, visiting the Tribute WTC Visitor Center evoked for her a sense of what it was like to be in New York City, near Ground Zero, on 9/11.

“It really gave me a feeling,” she says, “I don’t have words to describe it.”

Combined with her study of memorials around the globe, from Austria to Japan, Maxon makes the past come alive in the classroom. As she puts it, by studying memorials students can transcend the simple question of “What happened here?” to consider “Where do we go from here?” The Demetriades Prize made those questions even more significant for Maxon, and now, as she brings her experience back to the classroom, for her students as well.

“Webb cares about fostering teachers’ inspiration,” she says.

“And you’re going to bring that back to your students. That’s an enormous strength and gift of the school.”

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2011 SUMMER PECCARY TRIP

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ed by Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology Dr. Andrew Farke and Museum Director Dr. Don Lofgren, 26 Webb students, four Webb teachers, and a handful of museum trustees and alumni participated in another successful summer paleontological expedition to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. Under permit from the United States Bureau of Land Management, the summer crew continued the museum’s long-term exploration of the Kaiparowits Formation, which preserves a diverse fauna of fossil vertebrates, including dinosaurs, turtles, and crocodiles. The focus in 2011 was two quarries. The first, discovered at the end of the 2010 field season by Sam Woodward ’12 and faculty member Kevin Quick, yielded a partial skeleton of a large crocodile. The second quarry, the Cripe Site, a site discovered in 2005, has yielded leg bones of a small tyrannosaur and a host of duck-billed dinosaur bones. In addition to fossils from these quarries, many other interesting specimens were recovered, including dinosaur eggshell fragments and a brain endocast of a duck billed dinosaur. These and other specimens will be studied by students in their research classes.

Webb students and staff put in a days work with pick and shovel to clear the fossil quarries.

Webb Paleontological Research nterest in museum courses is at an all-time high, with 32 students in the Honors Paleontology/ Museum Research course and 18 in Advanced Museum Research.

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Advanced research projects are focused on fossils from the Kaiparowits and Barstow formations. A peer reviewed paper by Don Lofgren and Raj Anand ’10, titled “Partial skull of Zygolophodon from the Barstow Formation of California.” was published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (November 2011). A manuscript

by Andrew Farke, with Rachel Zheng ’12 and Gy-Su Kim ’10, on a photographic atlas of the hadrosaur foot, appears in PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Also, Webb made a strong showing at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference in Las Vegas (November 2011), where Andrew Farke gave an oral presentation on horned dinosaur evolution and Don Lofgren, Drew Silver ’12,

Abby Hess ’12, and Peter Liskanich ’11 presented a poster on early elephants titled “Proboscideans from the middle Miocene Barstow Formation of California.”

Other student projects currently underway include: a study of mollusks (Austin Plyley ’12) and mammalian carnivores (Bobby Gonzalez ’13) from the Barstow Formation; a new species of multituberculate from the North Horn Formation of Utah (Jessica Rice ’12, Rachel Zheng ’12 and Brianna Gaytan ’12); and dinosaur eggshell (Brandon Scoleri ’13 and Cameron Lutz ’11), theropod teeth (Lichi Dong ’12), hadrosaur tooth dental microwear (Jon Gunn ’13 and Toshi Nazikian ’13), crocodiles (Sam Woodward ’12, Albert Xu ’13, and Madi Henn ’13), turtles (Megan Kilmer ’12), birds (Priyanka Patel ’12), and a baby hadrosaur (Annisa Herrero ’13 and Derek Chok ’13) from the Kaiparowits Formation.

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Laura Romero ew Affiliates President Laura Romero (P ’12, ’15) has always been a part of supporting her kids’ education, so when her children began at Webb, joining The Affiliates was the next logical step.

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“I enjoyed being involved in my children’s elementary schools, so it was something I wanted to continue doing,” Romero said.

Romero became officially involved with The Affiliates last year as co-first vice president with Saundra Holmes (P ’11, ’15), who still holds the position.

However, Romero said she had been helping the parent organization in various capacities before joining the board.

She sees The Affiliates as a support system for the administration, but also an opportunity to add to the students’ experience in a way that would not be possible without the dedication of the parents involved. “[The Affiliates] provide a great deal of extra breadth to what the administration already provides,” she said.

Romero has two children at Webb, Jessica ’12 and James ’15. She said both kids are having a positive experience at Webb, which was one of the reasons she chose to get involved in The Affiliates.

BABY HADROSAUR UPDATE Preliminary results concerning the baby hadrosaur skeleton airlifted from the Kaiparowits Formation in 2010 were presented by Dr. Andrew Farke at the International Hadrosaur Symposium, in Drumheller, Alberta (September 2011).

Recently, the skull underwent CT scanning at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. The resulting images were excellent and will allow a detailed look at the skull’s inner anatomy.

A Perry Award for professional growth recently awarded to Farke will finance presentation of the skeleton at scientific conferences and production of a video to explain the find to the general public.

The continued support of Gretchen Augustyn and family for preparation of the skeleton is gratefully acknowledged.

“Webb meets the needs of all types of students,” Romero said.

“I’ve enjoyed seeing both my kids respond to the school and take advantage of the opportunities.”

Jessica and James both play soccer at Webb, and Jessica is also involved in the school newspaper, blog and musical theater. James is looking to become part of the debate team, an extracurricular program that Romero says she hopes to help strengthen during her time as president. “[The debate program is] relatively new, so it’s just a matter of spreading the word and taking it to the next level,” Romero said.

Even before sending their children to Webb, Romero and her husband, R.J., were no strangers to the Claremont community. While Laura is originally from San Diego, R.J. grew up in Claremont. The couple attended Claremont McKenna College and has lived in the area ever since.

And Romero’s dedication to the community also extends outside Webb’s walls.

She enjoys doing community service activities like volunteering with the Assistance League of Pomona Valley, for which she has coordinated a golf tournament fundraiser for the last ten years. She and Jessica are also involved in the mother-daughter group, National Charity League.

Though she has been a part of The Affiliates for a few years now, Romero says she wants to use her presidency to become even more well versed in the way the parent group works and how it contributes to the student experience at Webb.

“The partnership between the school and The Affiliates is strong,” she said.

“I’m looking forward to working with this dedicated group of faculty and parents to have an active and productive year.”

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Campaign Update Alf Museum Receives Largest Gift Ever

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he Webb Schools have been fortunate to receive several large gifts during the current Fulfilling Our Promise Campaign. Some gifts are singularly transformative. Such is the case with one of the largest gifts ever received at Webb. A 4.88 acre parcel of commercial real estate valued at nearly $2 million was donated recently by the Augustyn Family in support of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology.

Proceeds from the sale of the donated property in nearby Montclair, California, will fund two important goals of the museum. First, it will help underwrite the curatorial staff position currently held by Dr. Andrew Farke. The chair will be recognized in press and research publications as the Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology.

“The Augustyn Family donation is the largest in the history of the museum,” says Don Lofgren, Director of

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the Alf Museum. “After 21 years at Webb, my goal is to transform the museum into a fully staffed professional research and educational museum. Right now, we are close, but to get there we need more resources. This amazing gift is a big, big, BIG piece of what we need.”

Gretchen Augustyn was honored at the Peccary Dinner on October 21, 2011.

Gretchen Augustyn made the gift a reality in September 2011.

Mrs. Augustyn and her late husband, Joseph, have been very involved and supportive of the schools over a period of two and a half decades. Their daughter, Jennifer, graduated from Vivian Webb School in 1989. Mrs. Augustyn is a former trustee of The Webb Schools from 1988-1998. Prior to that, she served as president of The Affiliates, the parent support organization for Webb. Currently, Mrs. Augustyn is a trustee of the Alf Museum, a role in which she has served since 2002.

Joseph Augustyn passed away on September 25, 2010 after fighting a 2-year battle with cancer. In 1974, he founded Sierra Alloys Co. Inc., now located in Irwindale, and grew the company into one of the premiere suppliers of titanium and special-alloy steels to the aerospace industry. Under his leadership and guidance (and, in recent years, under the leadership of his son, Jeff—also a leadership donor to Webb) Sierra Alloys has won numerous awards and honors from companies such as Boeing, Lockheed and Northrup. The company was sold in early November 2011.

“It is with great pride that I can now call myself the Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology,” said Dr. Farke. “It’s a title that brings great distinction to my position and to the Alf Museum and, having known Mrs. Augustyn for the past few years, it is even more of an honor to represent her family name.”

The second goal funded by this gift will be to create the Augustyn Family Research Fund, a restricted use fund that will provide additional support for fieldwork, collections and fossil preparation. The sheer amount of student research in addition to peccary trips and professional scientific study has grown immensely through the years. The Alf Museum has now been accredited twice and funds from the Augustyn gift will help it keep pace with the accreditation requirements to catalog and exhibit the fossil collections.

With the addition of the Augustyn Family $2 million gift, Webb’s Fulfilling Our Promise Campaign has raised to date more than $33 million toward its $40 million goal.

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Reunion Giving Highlights donors, the most donors of any young alumni class and more than tripling the number of donors from the previous year.

Thank you to Fletcher, Dan and the entire class agent team for volunteering their time year after year to help Webb maintain our tradition of excellence for years to come.

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he reunion classes of 2011 have raised more than $400,000 in gifts and pledges in honor of their reunions. Many thanks to the Class of 1961 for leading the way in total giving, with more than $275,000 raised.

Thank you to all of our reunion classes for their generosity!

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Alumni Class Agents Webb would like to thank our team of alumni class agents for their tireless efforts in helping us set a new record for highest number of alumni donors in 2010-11. All year long, class agents send out letters and emails, and make phone calls to their classmates to help raise support for The Webb Fund.

With their dedication, alumni giving has continued to grow into the strong tradition it is today.

Daniel Suhr ’02

This year, we would like to congratulate the efforts of two class agents in particular: Fletcher Strickler ’67 and Daniel Suhr ’02.

Thanks to Fletcher’s leadership, the Class of 1967 achieved the highest number of donors, of all classes, with 32 alumni making a gift. Daniel, in his first year as a class agent, led his class to 23

Ken Colborn ’47 Thomas “Pete” Akin ’49 Norm Blackburn ’52 Paul Reitler ’54 Avery “Pete” Crary ’57 Chuck Work ’58 Bill Oatway ’59 Bill Ripley ’60 John Erving ’61 Chip Greening ’62 Chris Holmes IV ’64 Dwight Morgan ’65 Bill Agnew ’66 Fletcher Strickler ’67 Peter Sawyers ’68 John Dey ’69 Marc Wilson ’70 Charles Callander ’71 David Ditz ’72 Stuart Stevens ’73 David Lahar ’74 Jim Wetrich ’75 Geoff Sturr ’78 Blair Brown ’79 Rob Seltzer ’80 Michael Gerardi ’81 Jeff Cannon ’84 Christine Carr ’84 Art Laffer ’85 Julia Marciari-Alexander ’85 Norm Carnick ’86 Coleen Martinez ’86 (Leavitt) Melissa Barnes Dholakia ’87 Sanjay Dholakia ’87 Alicia Ahn ’88 Eugene Whitlock ’88 Lisa Miller ’89

Dan Murray ’89 Doug Chun ’90 Jennifer Tong Carlisle ’90 Sameer Dholakia ’91 Joey Ritchie Brookhart ’91 Brad Sargent ’94 Jenna Gambaro ’95 Blake Johnson ’95 Joseph Adler ’96 Monica Atiyeh Whitaker ’96 Danny Shapiro ’98 Megan McCosh ’99 Vicenta Arrizon Maffris ’00 Lilly Coye ’00 Aaron Heidari ’00 Albert Walsh ’00 Andrew Dualan ’01 Dominique Garcia ’02 Daniel Suhr ’02 Briana Curry ’03 Daniel Smith ’03 Jessica A. Franks ’04 Whitney Sevesind ’05 Jordi Baron ’06 Heidi Marti ’06 Tim Tzeng ’06 Angie Alexander ’07 Riley Lewis ’07 Gabe Romero ’08 Lexington Henn ’09 Dylan Sittig ’09 Stephanie Black ’10 Gabe Bouz ’10 Rachael Schiffris ’11 Kane Willis ’11

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From behind the lens

Class of ’93 alumna becomes successful in the entertainment business alumni spotlight

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Stephanie Buxbaum ’93 wanted a challenge, so she picked up a video camera. A professional actress and musical theater performer, Stephanie decided she wanted to be on the other side of the camera, so ten years ago she taught herself how to shoot and edit.

A look at her IMDb profile shows that Stephanie has been busy ever since working on a number of different projects as a producer, including many reality television series, or “documentary series,” as she refers to them.

“I love documenting real stories happening to real people,” she said.

After graduating from the University of Southern California, Stephanie worked in musical theater, film and television for a number of years as an actress. But during that time, she also started learning about and working in production.

Once her production interest was sparked, she decided to teach herself how to edit using 70 hours of behind-the-scenes raw footage she shot while performing as “Belle” from Beauty and the Beast on Disney Cruise Line. Feeling unfulfilled by the monotony of stage performing, Stephanie left acting permanently and landed a gig on CBS’ Big Brother, her first big network TV job. She said the show was great training, fast-paced and her boss there taught her important production skills.

Stephanie on location with the cast of Sons of Guns

In addition, Stephanie was the supervising producer on the first season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels, a hit series which led to A&E picking up 28 episodes and several subsequent seasons. She was also the co-executive producer on the first season of Discovery Channel’s series Sons of Guns, which follows a firearms business.

Besides production, Stephanie also spent a year under contract as a development producer with Endemol, the same company that created international hits Big Brother, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Deal or No Deal. She worked full-time in a reality TV think tank creating and developing formats for international TV markets.

Stephanie’s boss on Big Brother then brought her with him to The Amazing Race 4, where she worked as the associate producer, a travel researcher and a production coordinator.

She was in the right place at the right time and eventually got bumped up to the edit bay when another producer was fired from the show. She said that many of the skills she learned as an actress helped her in producing.

Currently, Stephanie is show running a new Animal Planet series following a Utah family with six kids preparing for the “end of the world.”

“You’re still telling compelling stories, whether they’re true or fictional,” she said.

Creating an organic situation, she said, helps get to the bottom of the subject’s real story—which is what it’s all about for her.

Stephanie said she prefers working on series in their first season because it gives more freedom to develop the show’s format, rather than having to fit into an already determined structure.

Because of this, she also prefers stand-alone seasons.

“My motto is that everyone has a story. If you dig deeper, you’ll be amazed,” she said. “People on the surface seem ordinary.

But even ordinary people walking down the street, everyone has a really fascinating story. I love stories and people... to capture them and get to the heart of what makes them tick.”

Further illustrating her passion to get to the bottom of the story untold, Stephanie is producing, editing, directing and self-financing a documentary about female clergy members who have committed sexual and physical abuse.

“I am intrigued that females can be predators and our society seems to fail to believe that could be possible,” she said.

While the story of priests who are abusive has been told before, Stephanie said that nuns have not been exposed or held accountable for their actions. She says these instances of abuse have slipped through the cracks.

For the project, she has interviewed nine survivors of sexual abuse by nuns, who she says are “courageous people with heartbreaking stories.” She also attended a convention in Washington,

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n 2010-2011, the Alumni Council hosted several regional events that drew participation from across the country and around the world. Annual events like Sophomore Career Evening and the Senior Breakfast, alongside gatherings in New York, Boston, Washington, DC; Seoul; Hong Kong; San Francisco; and Los Angeles, engaged alumni of all ages.

In August, the Council met for an intensive strategic planning retreat at the beautiful Seaver House at Pomona College. The day-long event focused on how the Council can continue to support the schools’ mission-centric goal of graduating men and women of character. The ideas and plans that resulted from our work will be shared with the Webb community throughout the coming year.

We welcome four new Regional Representatives: Amy Teachout ’04 (Washington, DC), Lily Chen ’04 (Boston), Albert Walsh ’00 (New Orleans), and Joseph Poon ’88 (Hong Kong region). Joseph succeeds Chapman Lam ’89, who stepped down after serving for six years.

DC, for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), followed several survivors to a healing mass and others to the nuns’ headquarters in Baltimore where they attempted to confront them face to face.

Having involved herself in just about every aspect of the entertainment industry, Stephanie said that her Webb background helped provide a solid foundation for her success. She specifically cited her classes with Janet Macaulay in AP English Literature, her drama classes with Michael Kane and Shakespeare classes with Diyette Fast in addition to music classes with her mother, Erica Buxbaum, who was the fine arts chair and taught instrumental music at Webb from 1985-2002. “All of them are influential teachers from my Webb experience.”

“Webb wasn’t super focused on the arts, but those of us who loved the arts found a way to do it,” she said, adding that Webb did give her many important skills for her chosen profession.

“Ninety percent of my job is being creative and writing stories.

Webb definitely helped me hone in on my craft on many levels.”

Council Corner 12th annual Sophomore Career Evening Bottom row: Jordan Taylor ’02, Dominique Nong ’01, Kyna Newcomb Sanchez ’99, Julie Schaffner ’95 and Dr. Rahmi Mowjood ’90.

Middle row: Jason Beresford ’84, Carson Moore ’00, Jenna Gambaro ’95 and Dr. Sandy Lee ’90.

Back row: Cassandra Bailey ’99, Ralph Gifford ’00, Ben Dey ’00 and Alumni Council member Jim Hall ’59.

Senior Breakfast In May we welcomed the freshmen alumni class of 2011.

L-R: Class of 2010s Katherine Kilmer (Bryn Mawr), Farah Abdallah (Georgetown) Caitlyn Durning (Vanderbilt), and Tami Schonfeld (Boston College) with former ASB President Emily Stewart ’11 (Parsons).

San Francisco Gathering

As I enter my third year as president of the Alumni Council, I invite you to learn more about the Council and to get involved with our alma mater. We hope to see you at one of our regional events, and please be in touch with me or the Alumni Office for more information.

Janel Henriksen Hastings ’87 — President drskuter@msn.com

Jack Wiese ’06, Will Habos ’04, Janel Henriksen Hastings ’87, Danielle Mantooth, Richard Yao ’03 and Alyssa Sittig ’07 at Thirsty Bear Brewing Co. in April.

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22 and a half minutes with John Stuver ’89

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Award-Winning Sound Editor

Q&A John Stuver ’89 has a degree in physics from UC San Diego—and he just won an Emmy Award.

Interested in theater and sound production since his days at Webb, Stuver has since made his way to Hollywood, working alongside such industry heavy weights as Tom Hanks, HBO and Michael Mann.

As a sound editor at the Hollywood-based company Soundelux, Stuver’s job involves putting together every single part of the soundtrack, from dialogue, to music, to sound effects, and then mixing all the different tracks to form the final product. Over the years, Stuver has become successful in the industry, proven by his recent Emmy win for sound editing on Hanks’ and Steven Spielberg’s HBO TV miniseries The Pacific.

Currently, he’s working on a variety of movies starring such actors as Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogan and Barbra Streisand.

Photo courtesy of CSS Studios, LLC

How did you get started in your career?

You could say the first inkling of sound I did was at Webb, where I was a DJ at the radio station KWEB. Fellow class of ’89 alum Erik Hart and I had a show, and we had a blast doing it. When I went to college, I became very active first at WTUL, Tulane’s radio station, then at KSDT at UC San Diego [where I transferred junior year from Tulane University].

At KSDT, I worked my way up to the production director, and I was in charge of editing all of the promos and spots for all of our shows.

My sister had a friend who was a producer, and he introduced me to the sound designer on his latest film. I was able to get a summer internship, and was quickly immersed in the world of editing, designing and mixing sound for features.

I knew right away this was what I wanted to do for a living.

It involves both creativity and problem solving, finding the right sound for what is happening on screen.

What was your Webb experience like?

Webb provided such a great foundation of learning, for every aspect of life. Not just the classroom education, which was obviously top notch, but also learning how to apply values in everyday life. The friendships, memories and sense of community from Webb are things I always look back on with a smile on my face.

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New Chairman of the Board of Trustees The tradition and honor that came with a Webb experience were things I carried forward into my adult life. ... I can envision my children [Gavilan, 8, and Audrey, 4] attending Webb and getting the same wonderful experience that I did.

Were there any teachers or coaches who were meaningful to you?

One of my favorite teachers was our English/Humanities teacher, Larry McMillin. I’ll always remember going to classes at the Stone Hut. It was never about rote learning with him, it was always a critical discussion that made you think. He never talked down to us, he treated students as equals and he shared his wisdom so openly.

Tell us about your work on The Pacific.

The Pacific was easily the most amazing project I’ve gotten to work on. With most feature films, we work on the sound for a couple of months, depending on the budget.

On The Pacific, we spent eight months putting together the soundtrack for ten television episodes.

Pa u l Reitler ’ 5 4 is a familiar name on the Webb campus. He was president of the Alumni Association from 1971 to 1973, a member of the Alumni Council for three years, and has been a trustee since 2001. In 2004, he established the Reitler Scholarship Fund.

“I’ve always enjoyed ... mentor[ing] younger people,” he said.

“Being part of a school that’s training the future leaders of the country, it’s just fun to be a part of doing that, which is so important.”

Reitler has a BA in Economics from Stanford University and a JD from Harvard Law School. He served in the Navy as an officer aboard a heavy cruiser from 1958-1960, and worked as an attorney and partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, LLP, from 1963 to 2000. He remains Of Counsel with Sheppard Mullin, where he continues to train and mentor young associates. Reitler also has a family history with the schools through his brother William Reitler ’72 and his grandson Chason Bridges ’13.

As the new chairman of the Board of Trustees, Reitler said he looks forward to supporting Taylor Stockdale as head of schools. “[The board’s] goals are to continue everything that’s worked so well and made the school what it is and now take it to the next step and make it even better and make us the number one school in the country,” he said.

New member of the Board of Trustees Ro g e r Mill ar ’ 6 1

We wanted the sound to really pull the audience into the show, so that they felt like they were right there with the Marines in the middle of war. In an epic battle sequence, you obviously have lots of gunfire and explosions to help make the scene grand. But even in the quiet scenes, you can make, say, the jungle sounds surrounding the characters feel dangerous and inhospitable, using subtle auditory effects that help immerse the viewer in the whole experience.

To be able to work on a project that was so moving and so powerful was such a fantastic experience. Winning an Emmy for our work was the icing on the cake.

says his time at Webb had “a profound impact” on his life, and has given him “perseverance, a well described moral compass, a clear desire for the goals long ahead.” Giving back, he served as class agent for 12 years, leading his class to seven consecutive years of 100 percent participation. “Just like one is always a Marine, I think you could argue that one is always a Webbie,” he said.

Millar has a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College in Economics and Business Administration. He worked for 15 years at Northrop Grumman Corporation until he retired as a manager of subcontracts and procurement in 1998, and was the executive director of the Oxford Community Foundation for six years starting in 2003. He is now the treasurer of the Three Valley Conservation Trust in Oxford, Ohio.

Moving from class agent to trustee, he hopes to be able to increase his contribution to the schools. He said, “My goals [as a trustee] are to support Taylor Stockdale in all endeavors, to grow the schools’ endowment, while maintaining steadfast adherence to the schools’ mission.”

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Webb alumni, parents and friends gathered on campus and around the world at more than 30 events this year.

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ALUMNI WEEKEND ith the installation of Taylor B. Stockdale as head of schools and the grand re-opening of the Alf Museum’s Hall of Life, Alumni Weekend 2011 was one of our most highly attended. Close to 500 guests attended the Hall of Life opening and 400 guests attended the Peccary Society Dinner. More than 360 alumni, family and friends attended reunion activities. The Class of 1986 had the highest number of alumni in attendance, followed by the Classes of 1961 and 2006. Alumni flew in from all over the globe—Chip Martin ’66 from London, Mickey Novak ’70 from Costa Rica, Peter Piness ’71 from Nigeria, Tom Monroe ’86 from Switzerland, David Chic ’91 from Hong Kong, Jordi Baron ’06 from Bolivia—and from 20 different states.

Former faculty also joined us: Margo Fish, Lach MacDonald, Rick Peterson, Mark Kushner, Janet Macaulay, Clara Soto-Ivey and Bill Ripley ’61.

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Regional Events Los Angeles

Alumni mixer at the Westside Tavern in May. Brie Widaman ’01, Kevin Maffris ’00, Tim Tzeng ’06, Usman Ali ’02, Carolyn Asuncion ’06, Danielle Mantooth, Kenji Byron Cloyd ’03, Vicenta Maffris ’00, Devan Walia ’06, and Jordan Taylor ’02.

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Alumni gathering with Taylor Stockdale and faculty in December.

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Malibu Annual alumni peccary trip with family and friends in May 2011.

New York

Tour of the Adamson House in June Dwight Morgan ’65 with Melissa and Pete Sawyers ’68, and Betty Ann Chilipka and Steven Way.

Philadelphia

Young alumni dinner with Director of Student Life Peter Bartlett in December.

Webb Tech Sector Networking Event Webb trustee Sanjay Dholakia ’87 and the Alumni Office hosted a networking event for alumni employed in the technology sector in November.

Great turnout for the 3rd annual young alumni holiday mixer in December.

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NewsNotes T H E W E B B S C H O O LS 1937 • Luis Carscaden and his son, Bill, visited Webb in May. Luis is 91 years old. The last time he was on campus was 10 years ago. Luis and his wife live in Claremont. - 1 1939 • On October 12, Google honored Art Clokey ’39, with an animated “Doodle” of Gumby on their homepage in recognition of what would have been Art’s 90th birthday. - 2 1941 • We recently heard from Bill Ordway. He and his wife, Nancy, moved to The Peaks, a retirement home in Flagstaff about a year ago.

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1950 • Bill Race is a retired father of three and grandfather of five in the San Francisco East Bay area. Special hellos to Marc, Joe Jayne, and all the gents from the class of ’50.

1951 • Kim Firestone returned to campus for the 60th reunion. He gave an interview on KWEB radio, and also enjoyed a visit with Mike Babcock in Pasadena. Pictured here with Taylor and Anne Stockdale. - 3

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1952 • Norm Blackburn writes, “Next year is our 60th reunion and it is time to start getting serious about our year to celebrate. Some of you have said you would be willing to assist in the planning. Friday is usually when reunion classes have off-campus dinners. Saturday is the day for a campus tour, football and the alumni dinner. Sunday is getaway day. Some of you have suggested we have a pre or post weekend class reunion in Palm Springs or San Diego. Now is the time to get organized. Please email me at alohanrm@comcast.net if you can help. I look forward to your interest and renewing old friendships.” - 4 1960 • John Heintz took Terry White for a flying circus ride in a Stearman bi-plane in August, just a couple of months before Terry passed away. - 5 Terry’s obituary appears on p. 47.

Bill Ripley enjoyed seeing Robin Bleeker, daughter of Bill Webb ’39, and granddaughter of Thompson and Vivian Webb. - 6 In August, the Hon. Ronald Whyte was presented with the 2011 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Ninth Circuit.

Ronald was appointed to the federal bench by President George Bush and took his oath of office in 1992. Prior to that, he served as Judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for Santa Clara County, appointed by Governor George Deukmejian in 1989.

1961 • Class of ’61 celebrated its 50th reunion in October.

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1962 • Chip Greening, Peter Wright, and Nick Blaisdell reunited in Portland, OR, last year. They enjoyed trading stories about their time at Webb. Nick and his wife, Sandy, traveled from Durango, CO, to attend the Ceramic Showcase sponsored by the Oregon Potters Association. - 9 Bob Michael fulfilled a “bucket list” dream in March with a trip to Chile’s Atacama Desert. “I fell in love with deserts on peccary trips and have devoted a good part of my life to exploring the North American deserts from Oregon to Baja, West Texas to Wyoming. I wanted to experience someone else’s desert just for comparison. For openers, how about the driest desert with the biggest mountains? I had to recalibrate my notions of desolation, aridity, and altitude in the Atacama and the surreal dreamscape of the adjoining Bolivian Altiplano. There are places in the Atacama that make Barstow look like a forest! High point, literally and emotionally, was a climb of Chile’s 18,385’ Cerro Toco. At age 65, I gave it everything I got! - 10

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1964 • On September 1, Carl Stern joined Goldman Sachs as a partner and vice chairman of the Investment Banking Division. He is based in Chicago. Carl wrote, “I have been most fortunate to have spent 37-plus years doing a job I love, at a firm I believe in. When I joined Boston Consulting Group as a consultant in 1973, we had around 200 people, four offices, and only $5 million in billings. By the end of 2011, we’ll have over 8,000 people, 70 offices in 43 countries and $3 billion in billings. It’s been quite a ride, and I’ve loved every minute of it. My role at Goldman Sachs will focus on client service. The experience I bring should blend nicely with their unmatched capabilities and, hopefully, add a dimension that will prove interesting to clients, old and new.”

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1965 • This summer Dwight Morgan drove 14,877 miles in 106 days, through 13 US states and six Canadian provinces. The adventure included visits to Niagara Falls, Mt. Rushmore, Wind Cave, Tetons, Natural Bridges, Arches, Bryce, Zion, Monument Valley and the North and South rim of the Grand Canyon. He attended three family weddings and six organized car shows or cruises in which his SSR was entered.

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1966 • Class of ’66 celebrated its 45th reunion in October. Many thanks to the reunion chairs Bill Agnew, Conrad Carlberg, and Doug Gregg. Special thanks to Bill and Peter Sloman for Saturday’s delicious dinner. - 11 1967 • Jack Kramer and Larry Ashton ’70 met up for breakfast in Utah. Larry wrote, “Alicia and I were invited to breakfast with Jack at the Little American Grand Hotel here in Salt Lake. Last night when he called us, it was the first time I had heard from him in years. We had a great visit and breakfast.” - 12

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1970 • On June 4, 2011, Larry and Alicia Ashton attended the wedding of Robin Leggewie and Debbie Turner. It was the second wedding for the widow and widower. The ceremony took place at the North Shore Campground at Lake Arrowhead with a reception at the Church in the Woods in Lake Arrowhead. Larry had the honor of reading the poem Love’s Strong Tide during the ceremony. - 14

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As president of the Auburn Cord Dusenberg Club (www.acdclub.org), Bill had a chance to meet with car collector Jay Leno last October. The Cabriolet, the rarest of all the 810/812 Cords, was made in 1936 and1937.

Back then, a Cord cost about $2,700, while a house was only $2,000.

Cords are considered to be one of the top 10 car designs of all time and they feature many “firsts” including front-wheel drive and hidden headlights. Famous owners include Amelia Earhart, Johnny Weissmuller, Tom Mix, Sonja Henje, Bing Crosby and Groucho Marx. - 16

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Hummel is president of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club, the group of car owners that reunites every year in DeKalb County, GA. Each year, the club picks a car to spotlight, and in 2011 it was the Cord 810, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.

Peter Piness is working in Lagos, Nigeria as a public diplomacy/cultural officer at the US Consulate General.

1972 • David Ditz is still in Bend, OR, having completed a 2-year

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1976 • It was great to see Class of ’76s Paul Armstrong, Chris Kreib,

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1977 • We recently heard from Ahmad Akrami. He’s the chairman and CEO of Tristar Systems, a robotics company that owns the patent on a mechanical arm that builds C drives; and Industrialex, the largest provider in the US of coating services. Industrialiex services 11 western states.

Ahmad lives in Colorado with his wife and two sons.

1978 • Richard Dukes is the director of business development for A.M. Todd, an ingredients and flavorings company. He oversees the Asia Pacific Region and travels extensively. He resides in Kalamazoo, MI, and has been a member of the Alumni Council since 2005. Richard has fond memories of the Vivian Webb Chapel where his parents were married. - 18 Stefan Roger and his wife, Diana, are the proud parents of a Vivian Webb graduate. His daughter, Nicolette, graduated in May and is now a freshman at UC Berkeley. - 19

1981 • Class of ’81 had a great turn-out for the 30th reunion.

The celebrations started with dinner at Casa De Salsa on Friday night, and then everyone enjoyed a day at Webb on Saturday. Many thanks to the reunion committee: John Duden, Kip Konwiser, Bill Tallichet and Michael Turner. - 20

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Bill Tallichet wrote, “I’ve been remodeling our flagship restaurant in Key Biscayne, FL, The Rusty Pelican. We re-opened on the 15th of November.

The project included a comprehensive $8 million investment including two new kitchens and bars, state-of-the-art event space, and sustainable technologies for food and beverage production. I am excited about everything we’re doing. I am still happily married to Jasmin after 17 years. Our daughter, Ashley, is going to college next year; she’s doing classes at OCC now. My youngest, Catherine, is starting 9th grade at the Orange County High School of the Arts. I get to enjoy lots of traveling, and kart racing every once in a while.”

1982 • After 23 years in Seattle, Jason Keyes moved back to California a year ago and is living in La Jolla with his wife, Clarissa, and nine-yearold daughter, Elspeth. He reports on his other daughters: Alexandra is out of college and teaching Spanish at a boarding school in Connecticut, and Hilary is at NYU studying drama. Jason’s law practice is focused on solar energy regulations and contracts, and he claims that he had nothing to do with Solyndra. Check out his firm at www.keyesandfox.com.

1984 • Jeff Cannon enjoyed catching up with Art Laffer ’85 in Chicago. The former Webb roommates met up when Art was in town for business. Art lives in Nashville, TN, with his family. For the occasion, Jeff dug up his WSC class ring and letterman jacket. Jeff is now working for Apple and has started his MBA at DePaul University. - 21

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Jeff Luhnow and the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series by defeating the Texas Rangers in 7 exciting games. Jeff is the former VP of player development of the Cardinals. In December he was named the new general manager of the Houston Astros. - 22 Kurt Pitzer is co-producing a movie version of his book, Eating with the Enemy, with Robert DeNiro’s company, Tribeca Films, for HBO Films.

Former Sopranos star James Gandolfini is attached to play the lead.

The development deal will see Gandolfini portray a Hackensack restaurant owner who forges a relationship with a North Korean Mission in Upper Manhattan.

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Dana Su Lee and Christine Carr got together in Las Vegas in April 2011.

Dana is also the proud aunt of a VWS graduate. Her niece, Dana Edwards, graduated in May and is now attending Rice University where she plays on the varsity volleyball team. - 23

1986 • More than 30 members of the Class of ’86 came out for the 25th reunion. The weekend kicked off with a Friday night dinner at Walters. - 24 In November, Chan Sung joined Homeplus, Korea’s Tesco affiliate, as executive director and legal counsel. Tesco is the third largest retailer in the world in terms of revenue. Previously, Chan was senior counsel and director of the law department at Philip Morris Korea; he also worked at LG Display Co., Bae, Kim & Lee, LLC, and the New York maritime boutique firm Burke & Parsons. Chan is enjoying life in Korea with his wife Beatrice, daughter Sabrina and son Curtis, and occasionally speaking to Chris Kimm who is also in Seoul when Chris is not globetrotting.

Magdy Tawadrous met up with Will Montgomery, Deven Desai, Charles Keagle, and Robert Winant in Santa Barbara for a minireunion last July. - 25

1987 • RED is hot and it is quickly becoming the favorite color of the motion-picture industry. RED Digital Cinema Camera Company’s Red One camera is shaping movie-making technology in the 21st century by bringing 35mm film quality to digital production.

In 2005, Jim Jannard (Oakley owner) decided to “bring the quality of still-camera digital photography to the world of motion pictures” with the RED ONE 4K resolution camera.

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Deanan DaSilva has been a part of the RED team since 2007, when the Red One camera was first introduced. Many film producers have converted to digital production choosing RED to shoot films like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Amazing Spiderman and the Academy Award-winning The Social Network. Deanan’s job title, Fire Starter, encompasses everything from product direction and creation to working with the production industry. He often finds himself on the set of feature films like Pirates, Spiderman and most recently The Hobbit. - 26

NewsNotes After a few telco management positions around Southeast Asia, Eddy Harinasuta is back in Bangkok working with Cisco System as national broadband director helping to drive broadband policy and adoption in Thailand. He plays soccer and tennis regularly and enjoys spending time with his family and his 1 year-old daughter, Zoe. - 27 Janel Henriksen Hastings participated in the Susan G. Komen 3-day for the Cure walk in September. The 60-mile route took the 1,400 participants through San Francisco, Treasure Island, Berkeley, Oakland, Mill Valley and Sausalito. Her cheering section included husband, Glen, and children, David (8) and Elizabeth (4). This was the second year in a row that Janel has participated in the walk. Interested in joining Janel in the 2012 walk? Contact her at janel_hastings@hmc.edu! - 28

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and long-time collaborator Leon Ko, debuted at Theatre Royal Stratford East in London this past June. The show tells the story of Eddie Woo, an aimless young British Chinese East Londoner whose quiet existence assistant managing his father’s takeaway restaurant is turned upside-down by his growing libido and obsession with the music of Welsh superstar Tom Jones. Takeaway, for which Robert provided book and lyrics, is the first major British musical theatre work to feature British Chinese characters. The script of the Stratford East production has been published

by Oberon Books. - 30 Dermatologist Sandra Lee Rebish is a regular contributor on Studio11LA, a new daily TV newscast on FOX 11, where she discusses the latest advancements in dermatology and cosmetic surgery. Watch her on Fox11 Thursdays between 5-6 pm. Sandra, whose practice is located in Upland, CA, was also quoted in a New York Times article (Taking Home the Lasers, Pulsers and Sonic Care, Oct. 5, 2011) about the growing popularity of at home skin care devices. - 31 Joseph Poon is the Alumni Council’s new regional rep in Hong Kong.

He started a number of companies in engineering, software development and energy.

Bob Fass visited with Liz Rudnick ’88 and former faculty Dan and Judy White in Kapolei last April. - 32 Steve Shenbaum has a new venture, Hire Up. The company offers a one-day communication program to help college students with their job interview skills. Steve invites Webbies to visit his website: www.gohireup.com. We also congratulate Steve and his wife, Jacky, on the birth of their daughter, Blake, born December 7, 2011.

1989 • Bob Connolly is a licensed psychologist with offices in Claremont and South Pasadena. He was on campus for Susan Nelson’s celebration. “My wife, Nancy, and I have been married for six years and we reside in San Dimas. I want to thank all of those fellow alumni who offered condolences for the passing of my father in 2010. His life and dedication to educating students, particularly his time at Webb, continues to be an inspiration to me.”

1990 • Michelle Markel (Beswick) is a consultant in child protection issues serving clients throughout California. She also writes a bi-weekly column on parenting and family issues for the Redlands Daily Facts. Her columns can be found on the website www.redlandsdailyfacts.com by searching her name. Michelle has worked in social services and mental health for more than a decade. She has been a social worker with Children and Family Services in San Bernardino County, where she investigated hundreds of referrals alleging child abuse and neglect. She was married in April to Michael Markel.

Charlie Robinson ’90 and Britt Matthews ’91 are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Ryan Ava Robinson, on August 25, 2011, in Las Vegas. Charlie writes, “The baby is healthy, Britt is doing great, and we couldn’t be happier. This is the first child for both of us.” - 33

1991 • Class of ’91 had a great 20th reunion in October. Twenty-two members of the class came including David Chic who traveled from Hong Kong. - 34 Kimberly Sperling Fletcher is the co-founder and partner at WF Media Services. A full service ad agency, WF Media offers media planning, buying and production in everything from television and radio to print and billboards. Kimberly enjoyed seeing so many of her classmates from the almighty Class of 1991 at their 20th reunion in October. - 35 David Macknet was awarded a PhD in Records and Information Management from the University of Glasgow. His thesis investigated the patterns that people follow when deciding to keep or delete information, and whether people behave differently at home than at work. While his thesis was under review, David worked as lead developer and technical architect with Cloud Street in Stirling, Scotland.

Laura Vandeweghe (Benson) and her husband, Bruk, welcomed their third child, Lily Benson Vandeweghe, on February 10, 2011. She weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz. and was 21” long. Siblings, Hugh and Elle are thrilled with their new baby sister.

1992 • Congratulations to Michael Chang! Last April his company Greystripe, a brand-focused mobile advertising network, was acquired

by ValueClick, a public company (VLCK) based in Westlake Village and one of the largest digital marketing companies in the world. Under the terms of the agreement, Greystripe’s management team and employees have stayed on operating independently as a wholly-owned subsidiary within the company. Greystripe’s investors were Disney, NBC Universal and Monitor Ventures and the acquisition was valued at approximately $75M. Michael enjoys growing the team which has gone from 35 to 55 since the acquisition. - 36

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It was nice to see Kevin Kumar on campus this summer. He’s back in Southern California and performing with his chamber ensemble Salastina Music Society. - 37 Arron Mack is back in Hong Kong, where he’s the design manager for Early Learning Center, a division of Mothercare, the largest retailer of children’s toys and accessories in the UK. Early Learning Center caters to children ages 0-6 years, and is sold in 25 countries. Arron’s duties require travel between Hong Kong, China, and the UK, which he says “is a fantastic opportunity to see new places and parts of the world.

Over the last 3 months I have participated in revamping the design process for the new product development team. The changes we’ve implemented have been very positive not only in marked improvements in the team and process, but also in creating a wonderful new environment that allows for innovation and newness in the product ranges currently under development.” - 38

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NewsNotes Edmond Ng and his family visited the Webb campus in June. Edmond lives in Singapore and works for Axiom Asia Private Capital. He enjoyed visiting his senior dorm room in Jameson and remembered his chapel talk while up at the Vivian Webb Chapel. Edmond invites any alumni in the Singapore region to contact him. - 39 Andrew Wass and his wife, Kelly Dalrymple-Wass, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Madgalena Elizabeth Dalrymple Wass, on February 18, 2011. She was born in Berlin, Germany, where Andrew is working on his MA in the Solo/Dance/Authorship graduate program at the Universität der Künste.

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Hosain Rahman made national and international news in July. First, it was reported that Jawbone, the maker of cutting-edge headsets, speakers, and other mobile device accessories won a new round of funding, some $70 million from JP Morgan Asset Management-this after raising $49 million just last March. Second, Hosain speaking at the TedGlobal conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, announced his company’s first “non-audio device” called UP. The device is meant to measure “sleep patterns, eating habits and activity to help people become healthier.”

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1994 • Friends gathered in Los Angeles for Renee Polanco’s birthday: Becky Dunn (Kandt) and Kathy Upton (Kandt) came from Las Vegas, Ann Shinn with baby Hannah came from Boston and Bethany Aseltine came from Sacramento. - 40 Ann Shinn and her husband, James Berry, are the proud parents of Hannah Jihae Berry, born March 18, 2011. Baby weighed “a whopping 9 lbs. 14 oz. and presented at 22 inches long. She was a big baby at birth, and she remains off the charts in the 99th percentile for height and weight.

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1995 • Matthew Chang just completed an emergency medicine residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. “I’m staying on at Maimonides as an attending physician and also to complete a 1-year fellowship in EM Ultrasound. I plan on living in NYC indefinitely. I feel very fortunate to have found emergency medicine and can’t imagine myself working anywhere else other than in an ER. I welcome questions from anyone who is thinking about going into emergency medicine. Email me at chang_matt@yahoo.com” 1996 • Class of ’96 celebrated its 15th reunion in October. - 42 1997 • Catherine Enders Carlton and Jeff Carlton welcomed their second son, Jeffrey Scott, on January 5, 2011. Jeffrey is named after his daddy and brother, Scott Robert, who turned 2 in March. Catherine and Jeff will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary this summer. They were married in the Vivian Webb Chapel on June 30, 2001. Catherine is a media relations/marketing manager for First Choice Power in Texas.

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Casey Miller completed a 67-day cross country bike ride that took him from Portland, OR, to Boston, MA. He cycled “across corn fields and wheat fields, past soybeans and cattle, over the Rockies and the Appalachia, through Yellowstone and Mt. Rushmore, and alongside rivers and railroad tracks for nearly 3,300 miles. His journey began August 8 and finished on October 5, 2011. Casey blogs about his journey at www.socratesspoke.com - 43 Georgia Dey O’Brien, her son, Emmett, and daughter, Sophia, on a visit to Los Angeles with Asha Balakrishnan (who is married to Nick Lee ’98) and her son, Chace. - 44

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1998 • Todd Wagner and his girfriend, Paola Padilla, visited the Webb campus in August. He was happy to see that the climbing wall, built by the Class of ’98, was still intact on the back wall of the Les Perry Gym. Todd is a high school science teacher at Summit Leadership Academy in Hesperia, CA. - 45

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1999 • Megan McCosh has recently signed to represent the Class of 1999 as a class agent. She is a graphic designer and lives in Simi Valley.

Megan is very excited about reconnecting with her Webb friends.

2000 • Vicenta Arrizon Maffris and Lilly Coye have signed on to represent the VWS Class of 2000 as class agents. After seven years in the corporate sector, Vicenta has returned to graduate school to earn a master’s in Student Development and Higher Education from CSULB. She is a graduate assistant with the College of Business Administration working on a pilot program to help first-generation, low-income and ethnic minority students succeed academically. Lilly relocated back to Southern California in August 2009, after earning a master’s in Education with a focus in Higher Education, Student Affairs. She was married in spring 2010, and now lives in Culver City, CA, with her husband and two dogs. She is an academic advisor at USC Marshall School of Business and pursing a doctorate of Education at the USC Rossier School of Education. They look forward to reconnecting with all of their classmates.

Colin DeGroote recently returned from his fourth deployment to Iraq and his fifth deployment overall. “It’s good to be home. Here is a picture of me from Helmand Province, Afghanistan.” - 46 Brandon Morse is a senior litigation counsel for the Law Offices of Dawn Elissa Smalberg in Westwood, CA. He specializes in cases relating to personal injury, disability rights, products liability, business litigation, and entertainment law. Brandon earned his BA in Legal Studies from UC Santa Cruz and his JD from Loyola Law School. Brandon and his mother, Cathryn, attended the Jonathan Club event in February.

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Animation for All!

lvin Hung believes that everyone has a good story to tell. That’s why he’s created GoAnimate.com, a website where you can create your own animated videos. You can select from a menu of characters and backgrounds, write your own script, and even direct the movements of your characters. As Founder and CEO, Alvin hopes to bring his easy-to-use animation site to the masses. “We built GoAnimate to let everyone turn ideas into movies. Animation is an amazing medium that is richer than text and more flexible than video.” In addition to GoAnimate.com, the applications are also available inside YouTube.com and GoAnimate4Schools.com. Since GoAnimate started four years ago, over 6 million videos have been created in over 100 countries. The application is also used by 6,000 schools.

Alvin considers himself a serial entrepreneur.

He’s been in love with technology since fourth grade.

“I taught myself BASIC so that I could program my Apple IIe to do math homework for me. I almost became an investment banker at Wall Street after college but I went to work for Oracle instead.”

In 2007, Alvin founded GoAnimate.

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Today GoAnimate has over 3 million users worldwide.

The company has offices in San Francisco and Hong Kong.

CREATE YOUR OWN ANIMAT ED VIDEO Create an animated story about your Webb experience, and send it to Webb. We may feature it on the Alumni Spotlight blog.

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NewsNotes Albert Walsh has opened Castle Rock Ranch Camp, a summer camp for kids ages 8 -15, set on 90 acres along the Coeur d’Alene River in Northern Idaho. Activities range from participating in ranch life, learning about sustainable gardening and caring for animals, to horseback riding and floating down the beautiful Coeur d’Alene River. When not on the ranch, Albert restores historic homes in New Orleans. - 47

2001 • Class of ’01 celebrated their 10-year reunion in October. - 48 Matthew Lauria and Ashley Wellington were married in June of 2011, in Hamilton, Bermuda. “I’m currently working for a hedge fund called Timber Hill in Greenwich, CT, where I trade currency derivatives. We live in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.” - 49

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We are pleased to announce the April 2011 marriage of Daniel Smith to Christine Matsuda.

Rob Zondervan was published in the July issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology. He received his bachelor’s from Colby College and his MA from Boston University. Rob’s now pursuing a doctor of osteopathic medicine at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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in Boston, MA. She received her BA in Mathematics and Psychology from Bryn Mawr College and completed her master’s in Mathematical Finance at Boston University. Lily joined the Alumni Council this year and is serving as the regional rep in Boston.

The New York Art Directors Club presented Steve Lauria with a Silver Cube award as part of their annual student competition. Participants were asked to design an integrated campaign for the brand “Popcorn, Indiana.”

Steve’s winning concept expanded the brand into an online community with interactive outdoor billboards that tied into social networking on Facebook and YouTube. Steve’s work, along with other winners, is featured on the Art Directors website, printed annual, and in the NY and traveling exhibitions. In May, Steve completed his MFA in Advertising Art Direction at the Academy of Art University. - 52 Amy Teachout is living in Washington, DC. She has joined the Alumni Council and is serving as a young alumni regional rep in the DC area.

Chris Waddell writes, “I got married in February in San Diego to my wonderful wife, Emily Snyder. One of my groomsman was Mike Glavan, and Kenny Tsai ’05 was also in attendance. It was great to have Leo and Stevie Marshall there as well. I earned my Naval Aviator wings in July of

last year, and have been stationed in San Diego since then. For the last month and a half, I’ve been deployed with the 2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment, providing Medevac coverage for Kuwait and Southern Iraq.

In layman’s terms, our job is to evacuate wounded and injured personnel and ensure they receive timely medical treatment. To do this, I fly the MH-60S helicopter as part of a crew of two pilots, two aircrewman, and one Navy corpsman or Army medic. Any Webbies with questions about the Navy or aviation, please feel free to contact me.” - 53

2005 • Jessica Anand has moved from Boston to San Francisco, where she’s now working in the operations department at Brilliant Earth, a company that provides ethically sourced jewelry. Jessica continues to sit on the Alumni Council and is now the regional rep for San Francisco.

Connie Cheng is in her first year at Yale Medical School. She graduated from Pomona College in 2009.

Whitney Sevesind has signed on as the class agent for the Class of ’05.

She lives and works in Washington, DC, and welcomes any Webbies in the area to contact her.

Brittan Smith married Andrew Berry on May 22, 2011 in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston. Mackenzie Banks was one of her bridesmaid, and many Webbies were in attendance. They also had a reception in Claremont at the Webb House, with many Webb friends (Phillip Hogarth, Susan Nelson, Jessie Franzetti, Hector Martinez, Leo and Stevie Marshall, and Rick Duque). Pictured: Phillip Chen ’08, Maddy Black ’04, Mackenzie Banks ’05, Brittan Smith ’05, Victoria Charoonratana ’05, Jessica Anand ’05, Janay Kong ’05, Lindsay Barbee ’05, Lily Chen ’04 and Peony Kim ’05. - 54

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2006 • Class of ’06 celebrated its 5-year reunion in October. - 55 Jordi Baron is a program coordinator for Operation Smile, the medical nonprofit that offers cleft lip and palate surgeries to children around the world. She is responsible for organizing mission trips and managing the program logistics and volunteers. Jordi graduated from Davidson with a BA in Political Science. She also received a grant to study private-public healthcare relations in Guatemala and spent a semester abroad in Peru.

She attended the 5-year reunion at Webb and gave a chapel talk to the VWS students. - 56 Mark Torres received a BA in Geology at Pitzer, where he graduated with honors. He’s now working with Dr. Joshua West at USC, where he researches the role of mineral weathering in the sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide and the global carbon cycle.

2007 • Deboki Chakravarti is living in Boston. She’s started her first year of the Biomedical Engineering PhD program at Boston University.

After graduating from Georgetown, Jillian Chaves began work as an executive assistant to the heads of creative at Electus, a next generation studio led by Ben Silverman’s Production Company (Ugly Betty and The Office). One of their next big projects includes the Michael Buble Christmas Special, which featured such A-list celebrities as Justin Bieber and Kellie Pickler.”

Candace Gallagher married Justin Waguespack, in New Orleans, on August 6, 2011. The two met at a Louisiana State University football game and immediately hit it off. Candace recently graduated from Mount St. Mary’s College and is now working as a critical care and telemetry nurse in the cardiac ICU at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Los Angeles. - 57 Martina Kajan is a sales rep at IMCA Capital, a company owned by Blake Johnson ’95, where she provides small to medium businesses

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with capital loans and equipment financing. “I build my own clientele and am responsible for the sales cycle from prospecting through close. I build and cultivate relationships with my clients and become a secure financial resource for them and their business. Working with Blake has been great.

We both share the same experience that only a Webb boarder can fully understand. Webb taught us responsibility, loyalty, honor, discipline and ambition, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, nonstop. And we both share pride in this experience and in our high school education. Blake is very passionate about what he does and, even though we have a lot in common, there is so much more I want to learn from him.” Martina graduated from Columbia with a degree in Economics and minor in Art History.

Alicia Pratt is back in Saudi Arabia working with Saudi Aramco community services. She graduated from Menlo College in May and is using her degree in Sports Management to develop a youth orientation program within Aramco’s Dhahran community. She enjoyed the small college feel of Menlo and was a member of the women’s softball team.

NewsNotes Faisal Yaqub is the founder and creator of Curl, an iPhone app that helps you track your gym progress. Since its launch in June 2011, Curl has received over 16,000 downloads in more than 50 different countries.

The Curl app is an easy-to-use exercise log that helps you keep detailed records of your workouts. You can also use it to customize routines, choose from over 300 preloaded workouts, and view detailed exercise instructions.

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2008 • This past summer, Claire Fishburn traveled to Haiti where she volunteered at the orphanage, God’s Littlest Angels (GLA), in Petionville.

Claire worked with infants and toddlers helping to develop their motor skills while also showing them some much needed love. During her six week stay, she also worked at Respire Haiti in Gressier, a town located at the epicenter of the devastating 2010 earthquake. At Respire Haiti she helped provide over 200 children with meals. She wrote, “The Haitian people are so kind and full of hope. It’s the kind of experience I think everyone should have.” Claire is majoring in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at UC Santa Cruz. - 58

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Jonathan Jaw had a summer internship in Singapore. “It was an amazing experience. I worked with the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing team as an acquisitions summer analyst. I created model valuations for numerous potential deals and prepared primer presentations.

I also had the opportunity to create inter-committee materials on a potential deal, which I presented to my team. Currently, I am a master’s candidate in Real Estate Economics and Finance at London School of Economics.”

Debbie Lai was the executive director of the Ivy Film Festival (IFF), held on the Brown University campus from April 18-24, 2011. IFF is the largest student-run film festival in the world and attracts many top filmmakers and actors. This year’s festival featured a talk by actor James Franco, moderated by Charlie Rose, and a keynote speech by Academy Awardwinning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. “IFF has a staff of around 70 people, and we have a week’s worth of events that include advance film screenings, student films and industry panels.” Debbie is a senior at Brown where she is double majoring in East Asian Studies and Economics. Last summer, she was an intern at Google. - 59 Johnson Lightfoote enjoyed his summer internship at Marvel where he worked in video game development, evaluating new games and offering suggestions on design and content. “I got to see new games, trailers, and releases before they are sent out to the public.” Johnson is a senior at USC where he is majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Video Game Design and Management. - 60 While working at the New York Civil Liberties Union this summer, Juan Martinez-Hill crossed paths with another Webbie, Socheatta Meng ’99. Juan writes, “We were on our way to a meeting when it came up that Socheatta went to a small boarding school in Southern California. When I asked her if she had gone to Webb, we immediately stopped in the middle of the street and embraced.” Juan

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worked on the Community Advocacy Campaign, administering surveys to New Yorkers about police tactics in their local areas. The survey was part of a campaign related to NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk procedures. “Apart from administering the surveys throughout the five boroughs, I worked as a data analyst compiling the results and contacting other NYC organizations about further participation.”

Socheatta joined NYCLU in 2008 as legislative counsel where she analyzes legislative bills, researches policy, and drafts legislative memoranda.

Prior to this, she worked at South Brooklyn Legal Services on family law and drug treatment issues; the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund on education equity issues; and the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union. She received her BA from the University of Chicago, an MA from King’s College London, and a JD from Brooklyn Law School.

For Juan, having the Webb connection “was awesome! Socheatta took me out to lunch and we caught up about our time at Webb. She told me about her favorite teachers, what it was like when she was there, her strongest memories, and gave me advice for my final year at college. We also talked about the NYCLU and our impressions of the work we were doing, what the work environment was like, and what were some good places to eat around town. It was overall really helpful and comforting to be working with someone who had shared the Webb experience.”

Juan attends Brown University, where he’s majoring in Philosophy and Political Science.

Andrew McIvor was the recipient of the Men of Integrity award at Chapman University. Finalists for this award are nominated by their peers for having led by example, for their commitment to promoting the safety and respect of the Chapman community. Out of 15 finalists, Andrew was formally recognized with the award during an on-campus ceremony. He is majoring in Economics and minoring in Law and Social Control.

Taj Tucker was a summer intern at Lambda Legal, a national organization dedicated to the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS. At Lambda Legal, Taj worked on the Latino Outreach Project. His internship was made possible by a grant from the R. Scott Hitt Foundation. Taj wrote, “I loved working at Lambda Legal because my supervisor made me feel like a part of the team; he turned to me for input on key issues and was deliberate in making me a part of important discussions. Too, I appreciated that he was genuinely interested in helping me grow as an individual and a leader within the LGBTQ movement.”

Lisa Valera is a senior at Wellesley, where she’s majoring in International Relations-Economics and minoring in Philosophy. Last August, she enjoyed Wellesley’s Convocation for the college’s 137th academic year. As a senior, this was her first opportunity to dress in the robes she will wear for commencement. Lisa is a blogger for the Economic Student Association.

Christian Woods had a summer internship with BET at their production facilities. He will graduate from Wheaton in 2012 with a degree in Economics and is also training to lead his Division III NCAA swim team to win their league championships next year.

2009 • After a summer internship in Singapore at ASSAB Pacific, Lexington Henn traveled to Australia, where she has just finished a semester abroad at the University of New South Wales.

Christine Wheaton is a biology major at Bryn Mawr. She enjoyed a summer internship at the Philadelphia Zoo. Next spring, she will spend a semester abroad studying in Melbourne, Australia.

2010 • Andrew Lantz is a sophomore at Davidson College, where he’s a member of their Division 1 track team. As a freshman, Andrew was the 800m champion at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships. He’s just one of nine Davidson athletes ever to win an individual title at this competition. His victory helped Davidson score a fourth place finish overall.

Andrew is still the Webb record holder in the 800m.

Ken Liu had a summer internship at the Offices of Congresswoman Judy Chu and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, where he worked on constituent affairs and economic policy. Ken also traveled to South Africa as part of a fellowship funded by Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Institute of Global Health. Working closely at the Harvard Idea Translation Lab, he helped develop a cell phone and physical platform that helps combat unemployment in the informal sector. The fellowship culminated with a team presentation in Paris.

Tami Schonfeld, Tasneem Sheriff, Gabe Bouz, Neel Kotrappa, and Marina Mikael returned to Webb in August to participate in a young alumni panel at the senior class’ orientation retreat. Their workshop

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Margo Fish (widow of Howard “Mac” Fish, who taught English and Latin from 1955 to 1961) flew in from New York to join the Class of ’61 for their 50th reunion in October. - 63 Jean Miller and Myra Heslop visited the Webb campus in August. - 64 It was nice to see Mark Kushner, Janet Macaulay, Lach MacDonald, Rick Peterson, Henry and Harriet Sharp, Clara Soto-Ivey and Dick Walker at Alumni Weekend.

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We recently learned that John Caulfield ’40 died on November 3, 2007, in San Diego, CA. At Webb, John was editor of the Blue and Gold and an avid badminton player. He later attended Williams College before transferring to Yale University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics. In his spare time, John enjoyed traveling, writing, sitting on the beach, playing ping pong, and sharing stories about his time in the armed forces and here at Webb.

Robert “Bob” Sloan ’45 died on August 29, 2010, at the age of 82. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, three children, and five grandchildren. At Webb, Bob played varsity football, and was a member of the track team and “B” basketball squad.

He could also be found in the dark room printing the numerous pictures he took around campus, some of which are included in the 1944 and 1945 yearbooks. Bob attended the Colorado School of Mines, where he earned a professional degree in petroleum refining engineering, as well as a master’s and PhD. In 1956, he returned to California and opened his own research laboratory.

Originally called Delta Research, it was later renamed Sloan Research Industries. His company performed a variety of tasks including contract research and analysis for clients like Hughes Aircraft and NASA. Their findings for NASA were responsible for several safety delays before launch during the Apollo moon program.

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Alfred “Dody” S. Geer ’41 died on September 27, 2010, in Hilo, HI. He was 87. Born in 1922, in Syracuse, NY, he was an actor and playwright, member of the Mallory Players of Oahu and a Hilo Community Players board member. From the moment he stepped on a stage in a Webb show, Dody knew that for him the play’s the thing and as it turned out he was a gifted actor.

He carved a beautiful depiction of the Globe Theatre on his senior plaque. His wife, Barbara, predeceased him.

1944 John Marin ’44 died on May 31, 2011, after a courageous battle with leukemia. He is survived by his wife of 28 years Katie, his children Mindy, Alden, Britten, and his stepsons, Rick and Jason. John was a founding member of Sports Illustrated and a senior advisor at Time Inc. He also worked for such noteworthy publications as LIFE, People and California Magazine. During his career, John was on the board of the Santa Monica Museum of Flying, Big Brothers and the Citizens Advisory Committee for the 1984 Olympics. He was president of the Advertising Club of Los Angeles and director of the Bel-Air Country Club. At Webb, John participated in football, track, tennis, and basketball. He was well-known for his love of the clarinet, construction of model airplanes, and contributions to the student newspaper and yearbook. At Stanford, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Journalism, he often visited his classmates from Webb, reminiscing about their shared experiences and lessons learned.

Rollin Post ’47, one of the Bay Area’s most enduring and respected TV journalists, died on October 3, 2011, in Corte Madera, CA. In his 40-year broadcast career, at KPIX and, later, TV stations KQED and KRON, Rollin covered nine presidential campaigns, 18 national political conventions, and a multitude of state and local contests. In a testament to his renown in political circles, Rollin played himself in the 1972 movie The Candidate, which starred Robert Redford.

1950 Mortimer “Mort” Fleishhacker ’50 died on October 25, 2011, from complications resulting from a series of strokes. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Frannie, brother, David ’55, three children and eight grandchildren. At Webb, Mort was the associate editor of the Blue and Gold, a leading performer of the drama club, an avid peccary man, a member of the track team, and the intramural captain of the Green Terrors. He earned a bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Princeton, then served in the Army before earning his MBA from UC Berkeley.

1960 Mort served on the board of Natomas Corporation, an energy company, and American President Lines, a container transportation and shipping company. He was a volunteer at the San Francisco Jewish Family Services Agency, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association, Big Brothers, and the San Francisco Development Fund. Mort was a dedicated alumnus and served as a Webb governor, class agent, and reunion volunteer. In 2008, Mort and Frannie made a lead gift of $250,000 to the Susan A. Nelson Performing Arts Center.

1952 Edwin Taylor ’52 died on August 5, 2010, in Manatee, FL.

Terry White ’60 died at his brother Mike’s home in

Jerry Remmers ’56 passed away on March 3, 2011. He is survived by his son, Matthew, and two grandchildren. At Webb, Jerry participated on the football, baseball, and swim teams.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from UC Davis, where he was active with the student newspaper. For most of his career, Jerry worked at the Evening Tribune, covering stories centering on an array of topics including politics, law enforcement, sports, and city issues. He officially retired in 2001, though he continued to pursue his love of writing up until the very end. His last blog entry can be found on The Moderate Voice.

Redding, CA, on August 7, 2011, after a six-month battle with esophageal cancer. He is survived by his daughter, Gwenmarie, and brother, Mike. He lived to the end with his customary tremendous spirit, humor, and devotion to his family and friends. At Webb, Terry held an honored position on the varsity football line, earning himself the nickname of “Big T.” His literary-inclined humor can be found on the pages of several Sage magazines and the Blue and Gold. His classmate Steve Geremia wrote this about him: “He loved many people for many reasons. He shared himself with a lot of people with different interests. One of the things he shared was his sense of humor. He will always be remembered by those that knew him.” Alumni returned to campus on September 10th for a memorial service in the Vivian Webb Chapel to remember Terry. Following the service, everyone gathered in Jackson Library for a reception. Roger Witalis even brought Terry’s surf board and wet suit.

1958

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Ben Hazelton ’58 died in Phoenix, AZ, on April 18, 2011, of

Stephen A. Brand ’83 died on Christmas Eve 2010, after

lung cancer. He was 71. He attended University of Pennsylvania for a time and then enlisted in the Arizona Air National Guard where he served as a medic. He later finished his degree at ASU. Over the years he taught and coached at Gerard High School, was a Sales Rep. for Owens-Illinois Corp., and eventually VP of Aggregate Products where he later became president and owner until his retirement in 2010. Ben is survived by his wife, Gina, six children and his brothers, Court ’61 and John.

a courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Myndi, and daughters, Ruby and Charlotte. Steve received degrees from Pacific University and Lewis & Clark College.

He later became a teacher and worked at Chapman Elementary, where he took special delight in encouraging his students to love reading and writing. He also coached soccer. In 2011, there was a dedication ceremony at Chapman for the Steve Brand Field, which was completed just in time for the new school year.

At Webb, Edwin helped coordinate several weddings and special functions at the chapel and was a choir member. He went on to graduate from UC Berkeley in 1956.

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Final Word

by Don Lofgren

Only at Webb

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ast month, Raj Anand ’10 and I published a paper in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology titled, “Partial Skull of Zygolophodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Barstow Formation of California.” This publication was a product of Raj’s work in the Honors Advanced Museum Research class, the capstone science class in our museum course sequence for Webb students.

Zygolophodon is an early type of fossil elephant.

The Alf Museum has the only known skull of this genus from North America, so its publication is an important contribution to knowledge.

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The skull was found in May 1965 at Barstow by faculty member Ken Monroe and placed on display with Monroe’s photo. It remained there for three decades, but was never reported to the scientific community. So in essence, it didn’t exist, unless one visited the museum and saw it on exhibit.

During his tenure as the first director of the Alf Museum, Alf was basically a one-man show who had to concentrate his efforts on teaching and leading peccary trips. Thus, the skull of Zygolophodon remained unreported until 2011, 46 years after its discovery.

Alf did publish a handful of research papers in the late 1950s and 1960s but not with students. Bob Baum ’61 found camel and cat tracks in the Avawatz Formation and John Tuteur ’59 found a new species of horse at Barstow, both in 1957. These discoveries were published by Alf in 1959 and 1962. Because a student research program did not exist, John and Bob did not study the important specimens they found.

At that time, Ray’s main goal, his dream he called it, was to establish a permanent museum at Webb. People told him it was a crazy idea. A paleontology museum on a high school campus? Never been done! But by 1967, Webb had its own paleontology museum, a fantastic achievement. But there was a catch. Resources back then were limited so growth was minimal. Even now the museum has yet to reach its full potential. At present, we are close to being a world-class research and educational institution. Like Ray, I too have a dream and world class is my goal.

It’s been a great 21 years for me at Webb. We earned national accreditation in 1998 and were reaccredited in 2010; only 4.5% of our national museums have achieved this status. In 2002 and 2011, we renovated our two exhibit halls, an accomplishment that elevated our display program to one of the best in the USA.

But we are not done yet. We need to fully develop our unique student research program and properly care for our ever growing collection of fossils by adding staff. Only then we will be world class. Our collections are the core of the museum, an incredible array of fossils that document the history of life.

We have over 142,000 specimens and a productive field program that adds hundreds annually, but only 20% of our collection is entered in our computer database. We need a collections manager and fossil preparation specialist to fully prepare, manage, and care for our specimens and to work with students in these important areas of the museum’s operation.

Adding these positions requires increasing the museum’s endowment in these uncertain economic times. Another crazy idea? But what was once thought to be unattainable, is now possible. The recent $2 million gift by Gretchen Augustyn and her family enabled us to endow the Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology, which will allow us to reallocate existing endowment funds to hire a collections manager.

This is the kind of visionary gift that got the Alf Museum built in 1967. I’m extremely pleased and thankful as this one amazing donation gets us halfway to our staffing goal.

As for the student research program, 12 years ago there were two students in the class. An early success was a publication by Kit Clark ’04 and Ben Scherer ’02 in 2005 based on a mammal tooth Kit found. Now the research course has 18 students and Dr. Andrew Farke and I share the teaching duties. We are both excited about the impending addition of a collections manager (and a fossil preparation specialist in the near future we hope), because this will give us more time to work with our enthusiastic student researchers.

The quality of our students, the academic environment at Webb where doing the unusual is encouraged, and our great tradition of student peccary trips provided the framework for establishing our student research program. But it is endowment gifts like those of the Augustyn Family in 2011 and John Rogers ’59 in 1999 that give us the resources to provide unique research opportunities to Webb students, where they research the fossils they find and publish their results. No other secondary school in the world does this.

Only at Webb.

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