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Acts of Altruism Ben LaBrot ’01 Navigates for Floating Doctors 6 Steven Hilton ’74 Steers Work of Family Foundation 8

15 Embrace the Blue and Gold at the Fifth Annual All Gaucho Reunion April 29-May 1

Andrew MacCalla ’04 Returns to Haiti With DRI 10

11 Family Vacation Center Gets Sophisticated With Adult Activity Series

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UP FRONT Contents COASTLINES STAFF George Thurlow ’73, Publisher Andrea Huebner ’91, Editor Natalie Wong ’79, Art Director

UC SANTA BARBARA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ron Rubenstein ’66, Moraga President Alexandra Sasha Meshkov ’79, M.A.’83, Palm Desert Vice-President Richard L. Breaux ’67, San Mateo Secretary-Treasurer Robert Jupille ’89, Los Angeles Past President/Valhalla Chair Jodi L. Anderson ’94, London, England Arcelia Arce ’98, Los Angeles Keith C. Bishop III ’69, Sacramento David C. Forman ’66, Chula Vista Mark French ’73, Santa Barbara Preston Hensley ’67, M.A.’69, North Stonington, Connecticut John Keever ’67, Camarillo Alfred F. Kenrick ’80, Palo Alto Jack Krouskop ’71, San Mateo Steve Mendell ’63, San Diego Justin Morgan ’07, Reno, Nevada Jennifer Pharaoh ’82, Washington, D.C. Lisa Przekop ’85, M.A.’89, Goleta Wendy Purcell ’84, Manhattan Beach Kim Shizas, ’77, Santa Barbara Rich St.Clair ’66, Santa Barbara Markell Steele ’93, Long Beach Catherine Tonne ’81, Livermore Linda Ulrich ’83, Vienna, Virginia Wenonah Valentine ’77, Pasadena Michael Williams ’86, Santa Barbara Ex Officio Paul Monge-Rodriquez President, Associated Students Gary Greinke Executive Director, The UCSB Foundation Diana T. Dyste Anzures Graduate Student Association Hua Lee, Ph.D. Faculty Representative Fredric E. Steck ’67 UCSB Foundation Board of Trustees

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FEATURES

SPECIAL SECTION

DEPARTMENTS

Floating Doctors Charts Out a Medical Mission

Steven Hilton ’74 Guided by Spirit of Philanthropy

DRI’s Andrew MacCalla ’04 Looks at Progress in Haiti

Grown-Ups Get Their Own Fun at Family Vacation Center

Gearing Up for the Fifth Annual All Gaucho Reunion

Entering the Jungle with Jim Rome ’87

Savor the Flavors of A Taste of UCSB

Golden Gauchos Celebrate the Blue and Gold

Event Schedule for All Gaucho Reunion

Alumni Awards Spotlight Distinguished Gauchos

Gauchos Run for Gauchos at the Gallop

Sponsors of the All Gaucho Reunion

Around Storke Tower – Fall Applications the Highest Yet

RESEARCH ROUNDUP – First Earth-Sized Planets Found

SPORTS ROUNDUP – Men’s Basketball Wins Big West Championship

Milestones: ’50s to the Present

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Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournaments Explain Ecological Diversity UC Shares Peace Corps Public Service Commitment Alumni Authors: From Snowy Landscapes to Tropical Beaches

STAFF Sharis Boghossian ’08, Membership Coordinator Maryanne Camitan ’07, Financial Accountant Sheri Fruhwirth, Director, Family Vacation Center Susan Goodale ’86, Program Director, Director of Alumni Travel Program Andrea Huebner ’91, Publications Director Hazra Abdool Kamal, Chief Financial Officer John Lofthus ’00, Assistant Director Mary MacRae ’94, Office Manager Megan Souleles, Assistant Director, Family Vacation Center George Thurlow ’73, Executive Director Rocio Torres ’05, Director of Regional Programs/ Constituent Groups Terry Wimmer, Webmaster Natalie Wong ’79, Senior Artist

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Scotland Featuring the Edinburgh Military Tattoo August 22–30, 2011 Attend Edinburgh’s Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle, in addition to attending an evening of highland dance and music, a tasting at a distillery, and a Haggis celebration—all on this adventure. Discover Celtic, Norse and Norman cultures. Traverse cobble stoned villages and fairytale castles. Gain insight on Rob Roy MacGregor and Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Journey through the Trossachs to Loch Lomond.” See the stately castle in Stirling and the monument to William Wallace. From deep glacial lakes to rugged, heather-covered highland hills, Scotland’s landscape sets a scenic stage for epic adventure. Land cost $2,845 per person based on double occupancy. Book by May 10 and save $250 per person. Air additional and can be booked through tour operator.

Classic China & The Yangtze Hong Kong Post Trip Extension September 20–October 3, 2011 Discover China’s highlights, i n c l u d i n g monumental Beijing, the fabled Yangtze River, fascinating Xian, and cosmopolitan Shanghai. A tour highlight is a special inside look at communal life along Beijing’s ancient alleyways or hutongs, fast disappearing as the city rushes to modernize. Continue to Xian, site of the terra-cotta army, called the Eighth Wonder of the World. Board a Victoria Cruises ship at Chongqing for a three-night cruise on the Yangtze to see the spectacular Three Gorges and the muchheralded new dam. Your tour concludes in Shanghai. Land and air cost inclusive: $3,645 per person based on double occupancy from LAX and SFO. Pricing available land only and from other gateways upon request.

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Experience traditions and culture of Tuscany while enjoying charming accommodations in the heart of the old city of Siena, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Discover walled, medieval, hilltop towns dotted on breathtaking landscape of gentle hills, olive groves and vineyards first planted by the Etruscans nearly 3,000 years ago. Visit Florence, the “Cradle of the Renaissance.” Enjoy cultural enrichments such as a specially arranged Village Forum with local residents, a performance of Gregorian chants by monks in the 11th-century Abbey of Sant’Antimo, and a sampling of Tuscany’s legendary wines in the hills of Chianti.

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FEATURE Floating Doctors

A Wave of Relief

he original plan for Floating Doctors and Dr. Ben LaBrot ’01 was a 12-month medical relief voyage, visiting more than 15 countries along the coast of Central America and throughout the Eastern Pacific. Then, the 2010 earthquake hit Haiti.

The Floating Doctors team immediately began working with other relief organizations to pull together 20,000 pounds of material needed in the devastated country. When the renovations to their sailing vessel, Southern Wind, were completed in April 2010, the team set sail directly for Haiti. “For our first mission destination, I chose a tough location — Haiti: more than 800 miles from where we started, with huge challenges facing its people from every possible direction, a couple months after a huge disaster when people are still living in tents but many aid groups have pulled up stakes and moved on,” Dr. LaBrot wrote in the Floating Doctors blog. “If we could successfully conduct a mission here, I felt confident we could do it anywhere.” After eight weeks anchored in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Floating Doctors had a long list of accomplishments: more than 1,200 patients treated, 250 dental patients treated, 20,000 pounds of material delivered, three additional Floating Doctors volunteers arrived, and one schoolhouse built. The nonprofit Floating Doctors’ mission is simple — with the capabilities of their vessel and support from major sponsors such as Direct Relief International, Abbott and MEDA – the organization plans to make a lasting impact on health care in remote third-world countries. Led by Dr. LaBrot, a doctor and marine biologist, Floating Doctors consists of a team of dedicated volunteer sailors, medical professionals and support staff, including Dr. LaBrot’s sister, Sky LaBrot. At each destination, the crew deploys their mobile tented clinic to provide free medical treatment and preventative health education to families in developing communities. “Floating Doctors is about more than providing short-term relief; it’s about using advanced medicine and health education to create long-lasting health benefits in areas where the sea, the land, and even politics have prevented sustainable care from being delivered in the past,” Dr. LaBrot said.

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Floating Doctors brings medical treatment and education to coastal communities

Following more than two years of preparation, which included substantial renovations to its sailing vessel, months of planning among team members and volunteers, and obtaining more than $3 million in donated medical supplies, Floating Doctors embarked on a medical relief voyage in April 2010. The team, which originally planned to travel aboard a 45-foot boat, is now using The Southern Wind, a heavily modified 76-foot sailboat. The boat, which can carry more than 20,000 pounds of medical supplies and up to 20 crew members, also houses and transports the crew, and has the capability to serve as a mobile high-tech medical facility. Among other state-of-the-art instruments and resources, the team can use online video conferencing throughout their journey to receive advice and diagnoses from specialist physicians around the world. “I do not want to have to treat a couple hundred people and then have to go. I want to treat thousands and thousands of people — and, better than that, I want to be able to provide the people we treat with the capabilities to carry on what they’ve learned so they can continue to help others after we leave,” Dr. LaBrot said. In addition to providing medical care and education, Dr. LaBrot and his team have gathered data to create a global health study based on the World Health Organization’s 2000 World Health Survey. The crew generated a 2010 report on the progress that has been made in improving world health, the effectiveness of current strategies and the challenges that remain. After Haiti, the Floating Doctors team sailed to Isla Roatan, Honduras, to work with patients along that country’s coast. Using Isla Roatan as home base, the team set up mobile clinics up and down the coast, assisting patients with concerns ranging from parasites to kidney stones. In addition, they opened the Oakridge Clinic where other aid workers, such as optometrists from the Manteca Rotary Club in California, can provide assistance to the local population. With the cholera outbreak in Haiti, Dr. LaBrot decided to take Floating Doctors back to help. After receiving an additional five pallets of medication and supplies, the team set sail in February to return to the location of their first mission. Find out more about Floating Doctors at www.floatingdoctors.com, where the team makes blog posts, uploads photo galleries and links to maps of their current location. Photo spread: Dr. Ben LaBrot removes a cyst from a woman during a housecall to a French Harbor gift shop in Honduras during November 2010. Photo courtesy of Floating Doctors.

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FEATURE Hilton

A Gaucho Brand of Hospitality Steven Hilton ’74 Charts a Philanthropic Path

In Steven Hilton’s office, there is a vivid reminder of his days catching waves at UC Santa Barbara: an Al Merrick shaped long surfboard, brightly painted with porpoises and waves. It is a stark contrast to the dramatic views from his 10th floor office building on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles and the impact he is trying to make around the world. Hilton, who is the grandson of hotel baron Conrad Hilton, is the president and CEO of the $2 billion Hilton Foundation, which makes more than $100 million in charitable grants around the world. From his days as a surfer at UC Santa Barbara, Hilton has taken a nontraditional road in a family made famous and wealthy from being hospitable. Today the Hilton Foundation, one of the 25 largest family foundations in the U.S., is engaged in an eclectic mix of philanthropy. Conrad Hilton’s deep religious views and his ties to the Catholic Church have led to major support for Catholic nuns around the world. Since 1986 the Foundation has donated more than $75 million to Catholic Sisters projects around the world.

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At the same time, the Hilton Foundation has been a major donor to projects to end homelessness in downtown Los Angeles and recently in Long Beach. What’s more, the Foundation has spent more than $80 million over the last two decades on clean water projects in West Africa, while its $7 million project in Ethiopia hopes to provide clean water to 360,000 villagers. For Steven Hilton the mission is clear — follow the guiding spirit of Conrad Hilton, who left his entire fortune to the Hilton Foundation. (A court later decided to give Steven Hilton’s father, Barron Hilton, one-third of the estate, but much of that portion will revert to the Foundation upon Barron’s death. When that occurs, the Hilton Foundation could rise to one of the top 10 foundations in the country in terms of asset size.) Quoting from Conrad’s will, Steven explained the driving mission of the Foundation: “Our fellow men deserve to be loved and encouraged — never to be abandoned to wander alone in poverty and darkness.” His own philanthropic spirit can be traced to his days at UC Santa Barbara, Steven recently recalled. He was attending college in Switzerland when he was convinced by boyhood friends to join them as students at UC Santa Barbara. He was familiar with the coastal campus. As a Southern California surfer, he had often visited the beaches of Santa Barbara. He arrived at UC Santa Barbara in 1970, just months after the burning of the Bank of America. It was a time of great social unrest that focused on the war in Vietnam, black civil rights, Chicano rights, women’s liberation and, in Santa Barbara, the birth of the environmental movement. Steven remembers riding his bicycle out to where protestors were blocking the

Even as he presides over a mammoth foundation with projects as diverse as HIV/AIDS prevention in sub-Saharan Africa and grants to find a cure for multiple sclerosis, Steven is humble in his assessment of the Foundation’s impact. While the Foundation’s grants will mean thousands of homeless in Los Angeles will have shelter, and potentially millions of Africans will be saved, “the world’s ills are so vast, you have to be careful not to overestimate what you can accomplish. Appreciate what you can do and realize there is far more you can’t do,” Steven said. Steven stays connected with UC Santa Barbara through the funding of graduate student fellowships in international humanitarian studies. And yes, he still finds time to surf the Southern California coast, though that Al Merrick board stays put in his office.

runways of the Santa Barbara Airport to protest the war and recalled “that was powerful for me to be at UCSB at that point in time in U.S. history. You had seismic forces change the entire culture and values of America.” “It had a powerful influence on my sense of social justice and humanitarian causes. It was woven into all those issues.” But his road to running one of the country’s largest and most influential foundations was neither straight nor narrow. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara in 1974, Steven travelled, worked in aquaculture in Hawaii (and surfed), earned an

Facing page: Steve Hilton meets a villager in a remote section of Ghana where the Hilton Foundation has embarked on a $56 million clean water initiative. Below: Steve Hilton is shown how Ghanians transport their water. The Hilton Foundation clean water intiative has brought potable water to more than 500,000 residents of West Africa.

MBA from UCLA and spent five years working for the Hilton Hotel chain. In 1983, he went to work for the Foundation as a program assistant, a glamorous title for an entry-level clerk. From there he worked his way through the organization and was named president in 1998 and CEO in 2005. Today much of his attention and visible excitement is in planning a new campus for the Hilton Foundation. The 70-acre site in the Agoura Hills north of Los Angeles will prepare the Foundation for the time it will double in size and staff. Citing his UC Santa Barbara influences, Steven plans to build a “Platinum Plus” LEED certified green building. www.ucsbalum.com

FEATURE Direct Relief International

One Year Later in Haiti

By Andrew MacCalla ’04

Direct Relief International’s Andrew MacCalla talks on the phone to coordinate the shipment of 700-pound crates of emergency medical supplies to Haiti. Lara Cooper/Noozhawk photo

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I was talking to a reporter friend who had been with me one year ago when I came to Haiti to help respond to the earthquake that killed nearly 250,000 people and left over 1 million people displaced. He asked me if things had improved since he was here last January. It’s the obvious question to ask as we approached the one-year mark of the quake — and it’s one I ask myself every time I arrive in Haiti (I’m now on my eighth trip) — but it still gave me pause. On the surface, things look to be as bad as they were in the days immediately following the earthquake. Very little of the rubble that suffocates the city has been removed. The tents and tarps that the people are living under are completely exposed and there is no privacy to speak of. Oftentimes, families of up to eight people share the same tent and have to rotate sleeping hours because there is not enough space on the bed or floor to allow everyone to sleep at the same time. And of course, now there is cholera. Roughly 12,000 people per week have contracted cholera since it broke out in late October and over 3,000 have died. There is not enough IV fluid or oral rehydration solution in the country to treat everyone properly. There is a great deal of misunderstanding amongst the local population regarding how it is spread. One aid worker I talked to encountered a barricade in the road comprised of dead bodies warning the international community to keep out. In a disaster of this magnitude, it is easy to look at these large glaring problems and say that nothing has been done and that money raised has been wasted. It’s hard to even fathom the scale and scope of the destruction. How do you rebuild a country in these circumstances? What does success look like in this situation? I would argue that on a micro level there has been tremendous success. The lives of many have changed for the better and should be taken into account when judging the overall results of the recovery effort. 10

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Before the earthquake, the only organization providing services for the handicapped and amputees in Haiti was a small organization called Healing Hands for Haiti. There are now at least eight other organizations providing services. In the past year, Healing Hands has fit over 900 patients with new prosthetics or orthotics. A year ago Hospital Bernard Mews in Port au Prince was a standard private hospital that could provide a limited number of surgeries and procedures for their paying patients. As a result of support from Project Medishare, it is now a state-of-the-art facility and can now provide all of its services free of charge. And Direct Relief International’s own $750,000 community grant program alone has given over 1,000 students the opportunity to go to school, provided care for 500 orphans, trained community health workers, rebuilt a library, and set up a community arts center for children. We’ve set up seed banks for 4,000 farmers in the north, offered prenatal care and safe deliveries to pregnant mothers in Jacmel, brought psychosocial support to the residents of Thomassin, and supplied funding for a hospital in Leogane to rebuild their surgical suite. We’ve been able to do this by tapping into the local talent and expertise of Haitian people who are working to rebuild their country. And Direct Relief is just one of the over 12,000 NGOs working in Haiti. And all of them are also doing amazing things. And perhaps most importantly, it seems that people are beginning to invest in Haiti and provide the desperately needed jobs so that people can begin to fend for themselves. We rent a warehouse space inside a local factory and, since we arrived here last year, three private companies have moved in and are now employing hundreds of people. For more information on Direct Relief International’s efforts in Haiti, please go to www.directrelief.org/ Editor’s Note: Andrew MacCalla ’04 works with the nonprofit Direct Relief International in response to the Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake.

FEATURE Family Vacation Center

Family Vacation Center

Come Experience the Grown-Up Side of Fun at the

this Summer!

By Sharis Boghossian ’08, UCSB Alumni Association Membership Coordinator

The Family Vacation Center is doing something special for the more mature members of your family this summer. Did you know that each night of your weeklong stay an exciting evening is planned just for the adults? Well, for the first time, we are introducing the new Adult Activity Series to the FVC!

The FVC after dark has much to offer with a different event featured each night. Take a chance and press your luck at Casino Night. Prepare your palates and noses for a delicious wine-tasting excursion in the beautiful wine country just outside of Santa Barbara. Test your sweetheart in the Perfect Match couples’ game show and maybe discover new secrets about them. Showcase your culinary skills in a head-to-head

Wine tasting through Santa Barbara County is one of the pleasures of the Family Vacation Center's new Adult Activity Series.

Top Chef competition where you can win ingredients along the way to make tasty margaritas and guacamole (and devour afterward). Enhance your artistic creativity with a digital nature photography workshop and a plein air painting class using the ocean as your inspirational backdrop. Experience a lively Night on the Town in downtown Santa Barbara complete with transportation there and back. Put your knowledge of random facts to test at Pub Trivia Night, and finally, end the week with the best of the best — karaoke night! With our nightly child care services and kid-friendly activities, there is no need to worry about what to do with the kids while you are away. We will keep your little ones occupied until you return from your summer’s eve escape. Located on the beautiful UCSB campus, the FVC is famous for its fun family environment and endless entertainment each summer. Surf, sand and sun are just steps away from your coastal lodging, a luxury everyone in the family will love. From the cozy campfires to the beachside bike rides, this all-inclusive camp is the perfect vacation getaway for your family. During your week at the FVC, you are sure to make friends with our amazing staff and fellow vacationers on top of partaking in traditional and familiar activities. You will leave with not only lifelong connections, but also beach bags full of fond memories. Having a fun summer with your family won’t be hard to do when you vacation with us in Santa Barbara. Find out more at www.familyvacationcenter.com. www.ucsbalum.com

AROUND STORKE TOWER — Compiled from UCSB Public Affairs Office and staff reports

UC Day Draws Attention to University’s Budget Crisis

Davidson Library Commemorates the Lives of Former Presidents The Department of Special Collections at UC Santa Barbara’s Davidson Library is honoring

More than 200 University of California alumni and friends converged in Sacramento on March 1 for UC Day, an effort to advocate for a long-term funding solution to maintain the quality of the University of California. At the UC Santa Barbara-hosted dinner for UC Day, Chancellor Henry T. Yang offered a campus update and discussed the budget situation facing the campus. The dinner was attended by 52 people, including UC President Mark Yudof, California legislators, UC regents, UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association board members, UC Santa Barbara alumni and parents of current UC Santa Barbara students. UC faces a proposed $500 million cut in the state’s 2011-12 budget as California struggles to recover from a $25 billion deficit. The alumni, faculty, staff and students participating in UC Day focused on reminding Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature about the impact UC has had on the economic and cultural life of California, and voicing concerns about the effect the deep cuts will have on the university’s ability to serve the state and its people. To become an advocate for UC Santa Barbara and the University of California, go to http://www.ucforcalifornia.org/ucsb/home/ and sign up.

Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday by hosting “The American Presidency” exhibition. The event, which will run through April 29, features artifacts, articles, and books from the Lou Cannon and William

Debris removal at UCSB’s South Parcel.

Wyles collection. Library visitors are able to view books read by Abraham Lincoln with descriptions of how they affected his life as well as excerpts from Cannon’s

Cleanup and Restoration of UCSB’s South Parcel Has Begun

intimate interviews with Reagan.

Cleanup and restoration of UC Santa Barbara’s 69-acre South Parcel has begun under

Cannon, a former White House

the supervision of the campus’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological

correspondent during the Reagan

Restoration (CCBER). UCSB and The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County recently

administration and author of five

announced that the tract would be permanently set aside as open space under a

books about Reagan, attended the

conservation easement agreement. The plan’s goal is to protect and enhance the

exhibition opening on Feb. 24 to give

land and to provide for public access compatible with the conservation of regionally

a speech titled “Finding Reagan: A

significant coastal resources. CCBER is overseeing the cleanup of remnant pipes,

Biographer’s Odyssey.”

fencing, cement, and other items. Supplementary funding from the City of Goleta

Top: Lou Cannon

provided the opportunity to remove old barbed wire fencing along the property line

Lincoln engraving by Brown & Bigelow, 1907 Courtesy of the William Wyles Collection

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with Ellwood Mesa.

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Scholar Examines 1968 Blowouts and Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice

Tipton Meeting House. Photos: Kevin Tittle

UC Santa Barbara Buildings Rewarded for Green Design

The U.S. Green Building Council has recognized two of UC Santa Barbara’s buildings for their innovative and environmentally sustainable design. The Tipton Meeting House at the University of California Sedgwick Natural Reserve has been designated one of the “greenest” buildings in the nation, earning LEED Platinum certification –– the highest sustainability rating possible –– from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The newly constructed, privately funded visitor and education center is one of only four UC buildings, including UC Santa Barbara’s Bren Hall, to have earned this distinction. The Marine Science Research Building (MSRB) was awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification in mid-January, and is one of 10 of the MSRB’s interior open-air hallways university’s buildings to Photos courtesy of Marine Science Institute have received this award. Sustainable components of the MSRB building include an energy conservative lighting system, a metering system that measures air quality and energy use, and an irrigation system that uses recycled water on its landscape.

BY THE NUMBERS

Sal Castro and Mario García

In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools to protest decades of inferior or discriminatory education in their so-called “Mexican Schools.” During these historic walkouts –– or blowouts, as they were known –– the students were led by Sal Castro, a Mexican-American teacher who encouraged them to make their grievances public after school administrators and school board members failed to listen to them. “Blowout! Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice” (The University of North Carolina Press, 2011), a new book by Mario T. García, professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies and History at UC Santa Barbara, tells the story of the walkouts, which effectively shut down all East Los Angeles high schools for the better part of a week. He also tells of the man who inspired the students to resolve their issues through a nonviolent demonstration – teacher Sal Castro.

63,303 applications received for undergraduate admission to UCSB for fall 2011 7.3 percent increase over last year 89.4 percent of UCSB’s applicant pool is from California 3.75 average GPA for all freshman applicants 32 percent of the applicant pool is underrepresented minorities www.ucsbalum.com

Visit the University Center

during the All-Gaucho Reunion! April 28th thru 30th At the UCSB Bookstore — Saturday, April 30th only — get 20% off UCSB clothing, supplies, gifts, and general books. Some exceptions apply, see store for details. Have a tasty meal in the UCen at Wendy’s, Panda Express, Chilitos, Romaines, Gaucho Deli or Domino’s Pizza. Take a coffee break at Nicoletti’s or grab a smoothie at Jamba Juice. Find convenience items at the Corner Store. Visit the Arbor across campus for anything from pastries to pizza or stop by the Subway for a sandwich. Bookstore All-Gaucho Reunion hours are Th-F, 8-5:30 and Saturday 9-5. Please visit the UCen website for operation hours of specific dining units.

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When Jim Rome served as sports director at KCSB in the mid-’90s, his term was short, only one quarter, and his voice only carried over a 620-watt signal. When he moved on to Santa Barbara radio station KTMS, he says he was making about $5 an hour to cover sports. But he reported on and became friends with one of UCSB’s greatest basketball players, Brian Shaw, and he learned that sports radio can be fun as well as a living. Today Rome, who graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 1987 with a communications degree, is paid more than a million dollars a year, is carried on more than 200 radio stations and is heard by more than 2 million listeners. Now in his 15th year of hosting one of the most well-known sports talk show programs in the nation, Rome is coming home to UC Santa Barbara on April 30 to excite a Campbell Hall audience with tales from The Jungle, the term he applies to his radio community. Rome’s unique style of brash and high-energy talk blends an encyclopedic knowledge of sports (though he has been slow to adopt soccer) and an aggressive tone to those he considers laggards, cheaters or hypocrites. He was back in the news in recent weeks defending Brigham Young University for suspending one of its most important basketball players when he broke the university’s code of conduct prohibiting pre-marital sex. Not exactly a traditional Gaucho, Rome argued on the air that too few universities in the U.S. hold their athletes to any code, let alone an honor or behavior code. Rome’s “rants” have been broken by his regular references to playing Frisbee golf around UC Santa Barbara and his recent interview with Brian Shaw when both reminisced about their days at the coastal campus. For Gauchos, Rome’s most famous rant was one that would have made Charles de Gaulle wince. Rome ripped the French swimming team during the Olympics for trash talking Gaucho Jason Lezak ’99, who in the freestyle relay upset the world-record-holding French swimmer and helped Michael Phelps win his record eighth gold medal. His return to UC Santa Barbara should be quite a show. Campbell Hall will be burning and Rome and his “clones,” as he calls his devoted fans, will be rocking. Tickets are $19. Call Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535.

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Celebrate the Gold and Blue with the Classes of 1955-65 The All Gaucho Reunion is taking all of the fun from the Galloping Gaucho Review and putting it into the Golden Gaucho Reunion, which will bring students, faculty and staff from 1955-65 back to UC Santa Barbara. The Class of 1961 will be highlighted as they celebrate their 50th graduation ceremony. The Golden Gaucho Reunion will kick off Friday, April 29, with TGIF at El Paseo Restaurant in Downtown Santa Barbara. Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events continue with the UCSB Alumni Association Awards Banquet, which will honor Gauchos for their achievements and service to the University. The Golden Gaucho Reunion Luncheon and Barbecue on Saturday, April 30, will take alumni to the Faculty Club, where they can mingle and share memories while enjoying the

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t Even le Thursday, April 28 u Sched Senior Class Breakfast: 8-10 a.m., Mosher Alumni House. Engineering Insights 2011: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Campus Green adjacent to the Engineering II Building. Engineering Reception: 3-7 p.m. Engineering Science Building Courtyard. UCSB Alumni Faculty & Staff Reception: 4-6 p.m., Mosher Alumni House. Santa Barbara ’90s Reception: 6-7:30 p.m., Alumni Hall, Mosher Alumni House. $25, $40 per couple.

David Sedaris: 8-10 p.m., Arlington Theater, 1317 State St., Santa Barbara. $28-$48 general, $21 UCSB students. (805) 893-3535. LGBTQIA Reception: 9-11 p.m., Beachside Café, 5905 Sandspit Road, Goleta. Young Alumni Night on the Town: 9-11 p.m., Blush Restaurant & Lounge, 630 State St., Santa Barbara.

Saturday, April 30 Gaucho Gallop Benefit Race: 8-11 a.m., Harder Stadium.

Friday, April 29 Recreation Community and Small Sports Dinner: Noon-3 p.m., Elephant Bar Restaurant, 521 Firestone Road, Goleta. Engineering Reception: 3-7 p.m. Engineering Science Building Courtyard. All Gaucho Athletics Reception: 5:30-8 p.m. ICA Building Golden Gaucho Reunion (classes of 1955-65) TGIF: 5-7 p.m., El Paseo Restaurant, 813 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara. UCSB Alumni Awards Banquet: 5:30-9 p.m., UCSB’s Corwin Pavilion. $90. Queer Alumni Dinner: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Alumni Hall, Mosher Alumni House. Rec Sports Reunion Party: 7-10 p.m., Elephant Bar, 521 Firestone Road, Goleta.

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Women's Soccer vs. Ajax Match: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Harder Stadium. Golden Gaucho Reunion (classes of 1955-65) Luncheon: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Faculty Club Lawn. $35 UCSB Alumni Association members, $40 nonmembers. Rec Sports Hall of Fame Induction: 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Mosher Alumni House. Riviera Reunion: 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Riviera Campus. $35. Daily Nexus Reunion: Noon-1:30 p.m., Mosher Alumni House Living Room. Student/Alumni Softball Tournament: Noon-6 p.m., Girsh Park. Women's Soccer vs. Alumni Match: 12:30-2 p.m., Harder Stadium. College of Creative Studies Alumni Open House Reception: 1:30-3:30 p.m., CCS Art Gallery, Building 494

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Chemical Engineering Reunion - Pizza On The Playa: 2 p.m., Goleta Beach. Men's Soccer Alumni vs. Westmont Alumni Match: 2-3:30 p.m., Harder Stadium. Bridging the Gap with the Black Student Union: 2-4 p.m., Loma Pelona Conference Room. Department Open Houses: 2-4 p.m., various locations around campus. Men's Soccer vs. Young Alumni Match: 3:30-5 p.m., Harder Stadium. Taste of UCSB: 4-6 p.m., Pavilion Gym, Recreation Center. $20 UCSB Alumni Association members, $25 nonmembers. ROTC/Veteran Alumni Barbecue: 6-7:30 p.m., ROTC Building. An Evening with Jim Rome: 7 p.m., Campbell Hall. $19 general and $10 current UCSB students. (805) 893-3535.

Sunday, May 1 Greek & Friends Breakfast: 10-11:30 a.m., Faculty Club. $10. Alumni Authors Meet & Greet: 11 a.m.noon, Mosher Alumni House Sara Miller McCune Library.

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Gauchos Honored for Contributions to UCSB’s Excellence The UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association will honor Michael Towbes as an Honorary Alumnus at the Alumni Awards Banquet on April 29. Honorees will also include UC Santa Barbara Executive Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, ’73, and Robert and Lynn Koegel, Ph.D. ’93, of the Koegel Autism Research Center for their generous work and service to the university. Towbes will be inducted into the ranks of alumni for his philanthropic support of UC Santa Barbara and his service to the UC Santa Barbara Board of Trustees and the Economic Forecast Project. Lucas will be recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus for his visionary leadership

during some of its most difficult challenges, including the Long Range Development Plan. Robert and Lynn Koegel will be honored for their nationally recognized work in the field of autism research. Robert will receive an Honorary Alumni Award and Lynn will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award. The 2010 Alumni Association Awards Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 29 at Corwin Pavilion, UC Santa Barbara University Center. A no-host reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $90. Blue table reservations are $800. Gold table reservations are $1,000. Each table seats eight. To make reservations, register at www.ucsbalum.com/agr or contact Mary MacRae at (805) 893-2957 or e-mail mary.macrae@ia.ucsb.edu.

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The fourth annual Gaucho Gallop will be held 8-11 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at UCSB’s Harder Stadium. Gaucho Gallop races include the Santa Barbara Running Company 10K and 5K Fun Run/Walk, the Dioji Dog Dash Mile, and the “G Kids” Dash. The event will also include a Finish Line Festival and the Dioji Doggie Lounge. Registration and check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. Registration fees are $20 for students and UCSB Alumni Association members; $22 for Moms in Motion and UCSB alumni, faculty, and staff; and $25 for the general public. Registration fees go up $5 on the day of the race. Partial proceeds of the race will go to the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. For more information or to register online for the Gaucho Gallop, go to www.ucsbruns.com/gauchogallop. Attendees also can register at the event.

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UC Santa Barbara Scientists Involved in NASA Discovery of Earth-Size Planets “We were surprised to find the incredibly high level of complexity of the set of Daphnia vision genes,” said

The very first Earth-size planets have been found by NASA and two UC Santa Barbara scientists, Tim Brown and Avi Shporer. Five of the planets are located in a habitable zone (a zone where water could be present on the planet) outside our solar system and are orbiting a star that is cooler than our sun. The team of scientists also discovered an additional six planets orbiting a sun-like star. The discoveries were made using Kepler, a space telescope, and were part of NASA’s Kepler mission. Further observations must be

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made of the planets to determine if they are planetary candidates. The image is part of the sky observed for the Kepler Input Catalog. The brightness of each tiny square tile represents the typical color of the stars found in that tile. The image represents an area of the sky that appears about the size of a paperback book held at arm’s length. The Milky Way runs along the left side and the bottom of the image. Kepler-11 is a sun-like star around which six planets orbit. At times, two or more planets pass in front of the star at once, as shown in this artist’s conception of a simultaneous transit of three planets observed by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. Tim Brown, left, and Avi Shporer at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network in Goleta. Photo: George Foulsham, Office of Public Affairs

Scientists Study Control of Invasive Tree in Western U.S. Simply by eating the leaves of an invasive tree that soaks up river water, an Asian beetle may help slow down water loss in the Southwestern United States. Two scientists from UC Santa Barbara, working with colleagues from the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have published the first substantive data showing water savings that can result from using Asian beetles for the biological control of tamarisk, an invasive tree of western rivers. The study is now published online and in print in the journal Oecologia. Tamarisk, also known as saltcedar, is an invasive tree or shrub from Eurasia that occupies more than 1 million acres of riverside habitat in western North America. It displaces native riparian woodlands, reduces habitat quality for wildlife, exacerbates erosion and sedimentation problems, and is flammable, therefore a wildfire hazard. The tree was introduced into North America over 100 years ago, and has overtaken many Western river systems.

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Alumni Athlete McArthur Honored as a Legend One of the most memorable Gaucho athletes, Eric “The Freeze” McArthur ’91, was inducted as a Legend of the Dome during halftime on Feb. 16. McArthur attended UCSB from 1986-90 and is considered one of the university’s legendary basketball players with 904 rebounds and 249 blocked shots. Presently, McArthur holds the school record as the only player to have 300 rebounds in a single season. He is the third basketball player and seventh athlete at UCSB to receive the Legend of the Dome award.

UC Santa Barbara picked a pretty opportune time to put together its first four-game winning streak of the season. On March 12, the fifth-seeded Gauchos (18-13) beat the No. 1 seed, Long Beach State (22-11), 64-56. It was their fourth consecutive win, the last three of which came at the 2011 ampm Big West Tournament. With its championship game win, UCSB qualifies for the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. Tournament MVP Orlando Johnson scored 23 points, including 18 in the second half. He also made two huge three-point baskets midway through the second half to spark the victory. Jaimé Serna had14 points and eight rebounds and James Nunnally added 12 points and seven rebounds. Both Serna and Nunnally were selected to the All-Tournament Team. UCSB jumped out to a 19-9 lead just over eight minutes into the game, but Long Beach battled back and actually took a 26-25 lead on a three-pointer by Greg Plater with 2:42 remaining in the half. A lay-up by Serna and a free throw and a Robinson free throw made the score 27-27 at halftime. After the 49ers took a brief lead at the outset of the second half, the Gauchos then went on a 10-0 run, the last eight coming on an acrobatic lay-up and back-to-back threes by Johnson, the second coming with 9:19 remaining and pushing the UCSB lead to 45-36. The 49ers wound barely eat into the Santa Barbara lead the rest of the way, coming within six three times, but never getting closer. UCSB made just enough free throws down the stretch (5-of-8) to secure its second straight league crown and NCAA Tournament bid. It marks the first time that the program has advanced to consecutive NCAA Tournaments.

Basketball’s Kristen Mann Named Legend of the Dome Former UC Santa Barbara women’s basketball star Kristen Mann ’06 was named “Legend of the ‘Dome” in a halftime ceremony on Feb. 24. Mann, who played at UCSB from 2001-05, ranks third all-time in school history with 1,700 points and is in the program’s top-10 in rebounds, scoring average, field goals and field goals attempted. After a five-year career in the WNBA she is currently playing overseas in France. Mann was drafted No. 11 overall by Minnesota in the 2005 WNBA draft, the highest Gaucho ever drafted in the league.

UC Santa Barbara Men’s Volleyball Achieves Notable Victories UC Santa Barbara Men’s Volleyball team beat the UCLA Bruins five times this season, making it the first time in Gaucho history to do so. The last win over the Bruins on Feb. 11 was the third victory in Gaucho’s winning streak. These wins were a big confidence booster for the UCSB Gauchos who are ranked seventh in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation; the UCLA Bruins are ranked fifth. The Gauchos beat the UCLA Bruins for the first time in a pre-season game. According to Head Coach Rick McLaughlin, this initial victory set the tone for the rest of the season. 28

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1950s In mid-2009, (J.) Norman Grim, ’56, published a book dealing with his longtime avocation, called To Fly the Gentle Giants. The Training of U.S. WW II Glider Pilots. It is a result of a 29-year association with many of the WW II glider pilots and more than 150 taped oral histories and much other information. Grim is a power and “sport” sailplane pilot. Also, after receiving his 2nd lieutenant commission via the ROTC program at UCSB, he continued for 32 years in the reserves and retired as a colonel. Professionally, he was a professor of biology at Northern Arizona University for 27 years. As a cellular biologist since 1965, he continues to do research and publishes on protozoa that live (are symbionts) in the intestines of marine fish and amphibians.

1960s Bob Kovitz, ‘64, has been elected president of the Tucson, Ariz., local access television board of directors. Mary Jo Guia Holmes, ’68, was named the 2010 Redlands Woman of the Year at the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner. Holmes was recognized for her broad community involvement, including Redlands Area Panhellenic, Redlands Community Foundation, Assistance League,

Dr. Joseph H. Pollock was named an Honorary Alumnus in recognition of his vision and service as a patron of film and media studies at UC Santa Barbara. The UCSB Alumni Association award highlights Dr. Pollock’s commitment and generosity over a decade that has culminated in the Pollock Theater at the UC Santa Barbara Carsey-Wolf Center. The recently completed 300-seat theater is an unparalleled state-of-the-art film, digital video and surround sound facility. Dr. Pollock received the award on Oct. 23, 2010.

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Heritage Auxiliary, Assisteens, Family Service Association, Valley Preparatory School, and Andiamo women’s society. At UCSB, Holmes was involved in Legislative Council, Alpha Phi sorority, Honey Bears, Panhellenic, and a number of other activities. Following graduation, Holmes was a San Franciscobased flight attendant for United Airlines, lived in Germany for three years, moved to Tiburon, Calif., and ultimately back to her hometown of Redlands, Calif. She has been a teacher, dental assistant, and claims adjustor for California. She is married to J.E. Holmes III. They have one daughter, Ashley Anne of Washington, D.C., who will be married in Redlands in September 2011.

1970s Walt Rehm, ’70, was inducted into the San Marcos High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a two-sport athlete in baseball and cross-country. In 1966, Rehm set the San Marcos record for most consecutive wins in baseball with eight wins. In that same year, he had 89 strikeouts in 72 innings pitched, while also batting .375. For his accomplishments, he was named the team MVP and also to the First Team All-Channel League. Rehm moved on to UCSB as a pitcher from 196870. He holds the sixth-best single season ERA of 2.06 from his 1970 season, has the second-best career ERA of 2.31 and holds the record of the fewest career earned runs. In 1970, Rehm pitched a game in which he had 16 strikeouts, which has stood as the UCSB single game strikeout record, only to be tied by Barry Zito in 1997. David Gomez, ’72, superintendent of the Santa Paula Union High School District, has been elected vice president of the Association of California School Administrators. ACSA was established in 1971 and is an umbrella organization for the nation’s school leaders. Gomez has been active with ACSA for more than 22 years. He lives in Ventura with his wife, Kathryn, a fifth-grade teacher, and their two sons. Tony Ventimiglio, ’72, was recently inducted into the Chabot College Football Hall of Fame. Ventimiglio was a two-sport athlete at Chabot, participating in football and wrestling 1969-70. He was All-GGC in football, kicking 12 of 15 field goals with a longest of 47 yards. He received a full scholarship to attend UC Santa Barbara, where he was an All-PCAA first team kicker. He also wrestled at Chabot on the 1970 undefeated championship team. Ventimiglio coached football and wrestling at Quincy High School from 1973-1983 and was the assistant principal at Soledad High School from 2009-2010. He and his wife Lisa have lived in Chico for the past 13 years. John Grant, ’73, was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 770.

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He served previously as the in-house counsel and director of the Packinghouse, Food Processing and Manufacturing Division. UFCW Local 770 represents more than 35,000 workers employed in retail food and drug and food processing and manufacturing industries.

1980s Patricia Clark Doerner, ’80, has been awarded Ojai’s 2010 Historic Preservation award by the city of Ojai. Clark Doerner, a fourth-generation Ojai resident, has been a member of Ojai’s Historic Preservation Commission for 18 years and has been instrumental in helping preserve buildings and historic landmarks in the Ojai Valley. John Pate,’82, was inducted into the San Marcos High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He was an integral member of the 1977 San Marcos High School boys’ golf CIF-Southern Section championship team. He then moved on to SBCC, where he was the No. 1 player in 1978 and 1979. In 1978, he was the Conference Player of the Year. Pate then moved on to UCSB, where he was the No. 1 player in 1980 and ’81, and also earned Academic All-American status. He has won more than 150 amateur tournaments, including six Santa Barbara City Championships. He has also qualified for 16 United States Amateur Championships and Mid-Amateurs, and represented California in the USGA State Team Championship in 1995 and 1999. In 1999, Pate won the highly prestigious Southern Californian Golf Association Amateur Championship, which is one of the nation’s oldest continuously contested amateur championships. In 2000, Pate added to his resume by winning the SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship. Michael Slonim, ’82, has been appointed to the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. The subcommittee provides advice and counsel on issues involving U.S. export control policy as well as other security-related trade and competitiveness matters. Slonim works at Honeywell in Washington, D.C. Louis R. Mauro, ’83, has been appointed as an associate justice in the Third Appellate District Court of Appeal. Mauro, 49, of Carmichael, Calif., has served as a judge for the Sacramento County Superior Court since 2009. He served as chief deputy legal affairs secretary for the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2006 to 2009. Mauro worked

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Jaime Maggio, ’00, has been serving as a sports anchor and reporter for Los Angeles-based CBS-2 and KCAL-9 since May 2010. Her professional background includes being a talent coordinator, operations assistant and production manager for L.A.based Fox Sports Net, a sideline reporter for Fox NFL and a Philadelphia 76ers courtside reporter for Comcast SportsNet. for the California Attorney General’s Office from 1994 to 2006, where he served as a senior assistant attorney general, supervising deputy attorney general and deputy attorney general. Elizabeth Winterhalter, ’84, has joined Bank of the West as a mortgage banker. Winterhalter has more than six years of mortgage lending experience and previously served as vice president of mortgage loans at the Bank of Santa Barbara for the past five years. Winterhalter is president of the board of directors for two local nonprofits, Coastal Housing Partnership and Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons. She is a resident of Summerland. Laura Lollar Wolfe, ’84, has been appointed the interim executive director for the Arts Council of Kern after serving the nonprofit as the development officer. Wolfe said her mission, as well as the Arts Council’s, will be getting the arts into the schools. Wolfe is a native of Wasco, Calif. Lois Phillips, Ph.D. ’86, was honored as Member of the Year and as founding president of the local AWC chapter by the Association for Women in Communication.

2011. She joined her mother, Kathi Foster, in 2004 to work in the family real estate business and start pismohomes.com. A member of the Associate Leadership Committee for Keller Williams Realty Central Coast, she mentors new agents and teaches classes. Boyer worked as a newspaper and magazine editor and as a producer for KSBY before real estate. The incoming president for the Rotary Club of Pismo Beach, she has a 4-year-old son, Jack, and lives in Arroyo Grande. Scott Reed, ’96, who began working with the Music Academy of the West as an intern and went on to oversee fundraising operations, has been named president of the renowned music institution. Reed has been vice president for institutional advancement at the Music Academy, and was selected as president from among more than 50 applicants. Reed earned a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from UC Santa Barbara, where he performed in opera productions, vocal ensembles and solo recitals. Between 1997 and 2004, Reed served as coordinator of alumni and student affairs, major gifts officer and executive manager of the campus long-range facility upgrade campaign. Reed also served as associate director of development at San Francisco Opera for two years, prior to returning to the Music Academy in 2005 to oversee fundraising.

2000s Stephen Lloyd-Moffett, M.A. ’01, Ph.D. ’05, was named one of the Top 20 Under 40 by The San Luis Obispo Tribune for 2011. He has taught at Cal Poly for six years. Lloyd-Moffett grew the religious studies program from one student to 75 and founded Cal Poly Theisms. He earned master’s and doctorate degrees at UC Santa Barbara, and a master of

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Carol Greider, ’83, was named a Distinguished Alumna by the UC

Christine M. Burke, ’94, has earned a master of arts degree in communication studies from CSU Northridge. She graduated from Buena High School in 1986, earned a bachelor’s degree in linguistics in 1994 from UC Santa Barbara, and received a master’s in speech and drama in 2005 from Artemis School of Speech and Drama in West Sussex England.

Santa Barbara Alumni Association on Jan. 22. The Nobel laureate gave a free public lecture at UC Santa Barbara’s Corwin Pavilion titled "How Chromosome Ends Affect Cancer and Age-Related Disease." The event was part of the Frontiers in Cancer Research lecture series that brings prominent scientists to campus to meet with students and faculty members to discuss advances in the treatment and prevention of cancer.

Ashlea Boyer,’95, was named one of the Top 20 Under 40 by The San Luis Obispo Tribune for

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Alumni Authors Check out www.ucsbalum.com/Coastlines for summaries on each book.

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Murder on Mt. McKinley Charles G. Irion, ’74, and Ronald J. Watkins Irion Books LLC

Arctic Sanctuary: Images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Jeff Jones, ’86, and Laurie Hoyle, M.A. ’81 University of Alaska Press

Torn in the South Pacific Jeff Bronow, ’88 Publish America

They Used to Call Us Witches: Chilean Exiles, Culture, and Feminism Julie Shayne, Ph.D. ’00 Lexington Books

Wired Kingdom Rick Chesler, ’98 Variance Publishing

The Book of Santa Barbara Macduff Everton, ’81, M.F.A. ’84, Mary Heebner, M.F.A. ’78 and Pico Iyer Tixcacalcupul Press

theology from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. With Fulbright and Thomas J. Watson fellowships, he conducted research in Greece and monasteries around the world. President of St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church, he strives “for that elusive goal of diversity within unity.” From Seattle, he and wife Fiona have two sons: Basil, 8, and Phineas, 5. Jessica Lee Burch, ’05, and Dane Logan Campbell, ’06, exchanged marriage vows Nov. 5, 2010, at First Methodist Church in Santa Barbara, and a reception was held at Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center. The bride works as a first-grade teacher in Goleta. The groom works as a wine educator for Zaca Mesa Winery in San Ynez Valley. They reside in Santa Barbara. Cami Rouse,’05, was named one of the Top 20 Under 40 by The San Luis Obispo Tribune for 2011. She has been a family advocate for Transitions Mental Health Association since 2009. An advocate for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, she works with Cal Poly’s Pride Center to train Transitions employees in these issues. She has volunteered with LifeBound Leadership Youth Development Program and helped found the county’s Courage Campaign

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Equality Team. From Clovis, she lives in San Luis Obispo with fiance James Statler. Jillian Baucher, ’08, and Noah Farrell, ’05, plan to marry May 14, 2011, at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica. The couple met while attending UC Santa Barbara. The bride-to-be earned her bachelor of arts degree in biological science from UC Santa Barbara and her associate’s degree in dental hygiene from San Joaquin Valley College, and is a registered dental hygienist. The groom-to-be earned his bachelor of arts degree in business economics at UC Santa

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has chosen retired diplomat Marc

Grossman ’73 as the new U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, administration officials said. Grossman previously served as undersecretary for political affairs, assistant secretary of state for Europe and ambassador to Turkey. He replaces Richard C. Holbrooke, who died last December.

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Barbara, and is a risk and business consultant. They plan to reside in Marina del Rey. Nicole A. Archambeau, Ph.D. ‘09, is a lecturer in the History Department and the Writing Program, teaching classes crosslisted with the Department of Feminist Studies and developing a World History course called Plague in the Pre-modern World. Justin Bengry, Ph.D. ‘09, is the Elizabeth and Cecil Kent Post Doctoral Fellow in History at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. April Haynes, Ph.D. ‘09, is currently a Hench Post-dissertation Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society, where she is revising her dissertation, “Riotous Flesh: Gender, Physiology, and the Solitary Vice, 1830-1860,” for publication. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Ph.D. ‘09, has accepted a Visiting Assistant Professor Appointment at Claremont McKenna College.

2010s Paul Sandul, Ph.D. ‘10, has been appointed an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

In Memoriam Agnes “Aggie” B. Hurst, ‘37, died Feb. 12, 2011. She was 96. Hurst was born on Aug. 14, 1914, in Los Angeles and grew up in Willowbrook, Calif. She graduated from Santa Barbara State College (now known as UC Santa Barbara) with a bachelor of arts degree, then returned to her hometown to start her teaching career in the same school district she had attended as a child. She later moved to Bellflower and retired in 1977 after teaching elementary school for 40 years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Don, and is survived by her son, Michael. Jean Ann (Tahajian) Bartholomew, ‘51, died Jan. 3, 2011. She was 81. Jean was born on March 13, 1929, in Los Angeles. She graduated from Corcoran High School, and received a bachelor’s degree and teaching credential from UC Santa Barbara. While at UCSB, she served as president of the American Association of University Women. She earned her master’s degree from Cal State Long Beach in 1961. Bartholomew served as a teacher in Kern, Los Angeles, and Ventura counties before moving to Rubidoux in 1970. She is survived by her sister Miriam; brother Gerald; and sons, John, Bruce, and David. Ronald Buck, ‘75, died Jan. 23, 2011. He was 57. Born Dec. 10, 1953, Buck led his life with strength and determination. He

Denis Laurence Dutton, ‘66, Ph.D. ’73 Philosophy, a distinguished scholar, author, public radio advocate and Internet trailblazer, died Dec. 28, 2010 from complications of prostate cancer in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he had taught philosophy at Canterbury University since 1984. He was 66. Born in Los Angeles on February 9, 1944, to William and Thelma Dutton, he grew up in North Hollywood. In 1961, his parents launched Dutton’s Books, which became one of the best-known independent bookstores in the Los Angeles area before shuttering in 2006. At UC Santa Barbara, Dutton began his education as a chemistry major but switched to philosophy after one year. Dutton held the position of KCSB’s general manager when the station went from AM to FM in the early ’60s. After graduation, Dutton joined the Peace Corps and travelled to India where, among other things, he learned to play sitar from a student of Ravi Shankar. Before returning stateside, Dutton met an Indian couple who wanted to start a school of their own. He gave them a Zenith transoceanic radio, rare and valuable in India at the time. They sold the radio and, with the proceeds, they founded Dutton School. In 1968, Dutton enrolled in the graduate philosophy program at New York University. Finding the tuition too expensive, he transferred after one year to his alma mater, UC Santa Barbara. After obtaining his doctorate, he taught philosophy at the University of Michigan from 1973 to 1984 before going to the University of Canterbury. In 1998, Dutton created one of the first and most influential aggregator sites on the Internet, “Arts & Letters Daily,” pulling together literary essays, reviews, op-eds and more from a wide variety of online sources. The London Observer rated it the world’s top website and, in 2002, the site was awarded the “People’s Voice” Webby Award. Time Magazine, in 2005, named Dutton one of “the most influential media personalities in the world.” In addition to his brothers, Dave, Doug and sister, Dory, Dutton is survived by his wife, Margit, and two children, Ben and Sonia. www.ucsbalum.com

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was a lifelong, avid athlete and enjoyed lacrosse, wrestling, running, tennis and refereeing college volleyball and youth soccer. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in Economics and was, at the time of his passing, the budget officer for the city of Concord. He is survived by his wife, Kim; daughters Stephanie and Amy; father Ron; brother Steve; and sister Pam. Arthur Franklin “Frank” Duncan, Jr., ‘57, died Feb. 7, 2011. He was 88. Duncan was born on June 10, 1922, and graduated from Santa Paula High School in 1940, then attended classes at Santa Barbara State (now known as UC Santa Barbara) before being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942. He was assigned to the 30th Infantry Division as a medical corpsman and his unit landed on Omaha Beach on June 12, 1944. He was discharged in November 1945, and resumed his studies at Santa Barbara State working toward a teaching credential. In the spring of 1947, he was approached about teaching summer school at Juvenile Hall, he wound up staying until his retirement in 1979. Duncan was predeceased by his wife of 58 years, Marie. He is survived by his daughter, Nancy; son, Arthur; and brother, Donald. Anthony “Tony” Wallace Rairden, ‘67, died Jan. 10, 2011. He was 66. Tony was born May 2, 1944, in Seattle, Wash., and raised primarily in Santa Barbara, attending Peabody and Adams elementary schools, La Cumbre Junior High and San Marcos High School, class of 1961. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from UC Santa Barbara. He was a naval aviator from 1969-1977, then spent most of his adult life in Nashville, Louisville and Atlanta working in the marketing and software industries before returning to Santa Barbara. He joined the UC Santa Barbara staff as the integrated marketing communications manager for the College of Engineering and editor of Convergence Magazine, the award-winning magazine of Engineering and the Sciences. He is survived by his wife, Lily Carey; daughter, Lindsay; mother, Martha; and sisters Kathy and Martha. Lee Kent Harrington, ‘68, died Feb. 4, 2011. He was 64. Harrington was born June 21, 1946, in Long Beach, Calif. He graduated on the Dean’s List at UC Santa Barbara, earning a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned his juris doctorate from the USC School of Law in 1975. He was also a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. From 1985 until 2006, Harrington was president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, a nonprofit group that represents local business interests, providing economic research and consulting on land use and infrastructure projects. Harrington is survived by his wife, Margaret; son Ryan; and parents, Barbara and Jack.

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Guy Emerson Orr, ‘74, died Jan. 25, 2011. He was 63. Orr was born in Long Beach, Calif., in March 1947. He graduated from Fillmore High in 1965 and attended Ventura Community College before earning a bachelor’s in History from UC Santa Barbara. In 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served one year in Vietnam. Orr then joined the crew of the USS Sperry stationed in San Diego. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant in 1974 in the U.S. Army and later became Commander of the American Legion Post. He was a broker before retiring in 1996, and is survived by the mother of his children, Patricia; his children, Kym and Samuel; and sisters, Jane and Patricia. Matthew Loyola Voge, ‘85, died Dec. 31, 2010, after a battle with brain cancer. He was 48. Voge was born in Orange, Calif., and was one of nine siblings. He earned a degree in biology from UC Santa Barbara and an advanced degree in physical therapy from CSU Long Beach. Voge worked for Kaiser Permanente for more than 17 years and gained extensive training through Kaiser’s Clinical Residency program, taking on the role of clinical specialist for Kaiser in Santa Rosa. In addition to serving his patients, Voge enjoyed training and mentoring interns. He also enjoyed coaching soccer, baseball and basketball at Santa Rosa High School and served on Santa Rosa American Little League Baseball’s Board of Directors for a number of years. He is survived by his wife, Terese; his sons, Nathaniel and Stefan; his mother, Margaret; and siblings Mark, Amy, Chris, Lisa, Toby, Marta, Nic and Camille. Tom Sizgorich, Ph.D. ‘05, died Jan. 27, 2011. He was 41. Sizgorich’s path-breaking book, Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity: Militant Devotion in Christianity and Islam (2008), catapulted him into the first ranks of a new generation of scholars of early Islamic history. He attributed some of the risk-taking he took with research and his devotion to his students to his atypical academic career. A re-entry student at Cal State Long Beach, Sizgorich graduated cum laude. He received his Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara and helped lay the foundations for the Ancient Borderlands Research Focus Group. He taught at the University of New Mexico and was associate professor of History at UC Irvine and had just received tenure when he died prematurely from a stroke. He is survived by his wife, Nancy McLoughlin, and sister, Rachael.

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