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On Campus and Abroad, Gauchos Focus on Justice UCSB Professors’ Collaboration Puts Lens on Issues of Fairness Peter Bouckaert, ’93, Builds Cases Against Human Rights Atrocities
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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 Richard L. Breaux ’67, San Mateo President Wendy Purcell ’84, Manhattan Beach Vice-President Kim Schizas, ’77, Santa Barbara Secretary-Treasurer Ron Rubenstein ’66, Moraga Regent/Past President Arcelia Arce ’98, Los Angeles Jan Campbell ’74, Santa Barbara 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 Francesco Mancia ’80, Cool Steve Mendell ’63, San Diego Alexandra (Sasha) Meshkov ’79, M.A. ’83, Palm Desert Justin Morgan ’07, Reno, Nevada Jennifer Pharaoh ’82, Washington, D.C. Lisa Przekop ’85, M.A. ’89, Goleta Niki Sandoval Ph.D. ’07, Lompoc Rich St. Clair ’66, Santa Barbara Markell Steele ’93, Long Beach Catherine Tonne ’81, Livermore Linda Ulrich ’83, McLean, Virginia Wenonah Valentine ’77, Pasadena Marie Williams ’89, Ashburn, Virginia Travis Wilson ’02, Santa Barbara Ex Officio Harrison Weber President, Associated Students Beverly Colgate Executive Director, The UCSB Foundation Diana T. Dyste Anzures Graduate Student Association Hua Lee, M.A. ’78, Ph.D. ’80 Faculty Representative Dan Burnham UCSB Foundation Board of Trustees
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UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association Spring 2012 Vol. 42, No. 3
FEATURES 6 Peter Bouckaert, ’93, Chases International Injustices 8 UCSB Project Explores Justice Through Words, Art and Research 11 UC Education Abroad Celebrates its 50th Anniversary Special Section
The 6th All Gaucho Reunion
15 Hall of Fame Inducts Accomplished Gaucho Athletes 17 Taste of UCSB Kicks Up the Flavor 19 Alumni Awards Spotlight Distinguished Gauchos 21 Golden Gauchos Honor Class of ’62 22 Event Schedule for All Gaucho Reunion 25 Gaucho Challenge Takes Gallop to a New Level 27 UCEAP Commemorates Golden Anniversary 29 50 Years of People-Powered Radio at KCSB 31 Check Out the Cutting Edge with TEDx UCSB 32 Sponsors of the All Gaucho Reunion DEPARTMENTS
33 Around Storke Tower 36 Milestones: ’40s to the Present
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UP FRONT Letters to the Editor
A Call for Balance in Environmentalism and Education Dear Editor: After reading Charlie Eckberg’s Letter to the Editor in the Fall 2011 Coastlines, I believe other UCSBC graduates might share in my more balanced concerns for energy sources and protecting the environment. First of all, I am a petroleum geologist, and, secondly, I am a Venoco shareholder. Also, I am a realistic environmentalist. With partners, I participate in drilling and developing oil and gas reserves. We are proud that our mineral owners are pleased with our operations, and that we have not had any complaints about noxious noise or pollutions. The International Energy Agency predicts a 40 percent increase in global energy demand by 2030. If this proves to be correct, then we will need all reasonable renewable and non-renewable energy sources to satisfy this demand. To focus on ending the “dependence on fossil fuels” is an absolute waste of time and energy. The focus should be on developing a spectrum of clean and economic energy sources — solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, etc. — to power our quality of life whether in Santa Barbara, Calif., or Denver, Colo.
UCSBC should have a responsibility to provide a balanced education for all students. To publicize “ending dependence on fossil fuels and stopping offshore drilling” may be the University’s goal, but I seriously doubt that all of the current and former students “buy” this narrow approach to solving the future energy supply. I am not in favor of drilling within the city of Santa Barbara, and if Santa Barbara County doesn’t want offshore drilling along the Santa Barbara County coast, fine with me. However, there are places in Santa Barbara County that permit drilling just the same as in Kiowa County, Kan. I will look forward to future articles in Coastlines reporting on energy research that will help provide our future needs. Louis C. Bortz, ’54
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Bearing Witness, Bringing Justice
Peter Bouckaert, ’93, and Human Rights Watch Serve as Sentinels to the World By Sonia Fernandez ’03 Rapes in Guinea. Violence in the Middle East. Killings in Central America. All mass violations of human rights. All researched and reported by Peter Bouckaert, ’93, emergencies director for Human Rights Watch. The Belgian-born, California-educated human rights advocate and UC Santa Barbara alumnus gave an all-too brief talk about his life and career at UC Santa Barbara’s Social Science and Media Studies building in November, as students and teachers from the Global and International Studies Department peppered him with question after question.
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“I’ve found that the limits we place on ourselves often exist only in our minds,” he said to the audience in the small conference room, where the conversation moved quickly from topic to topic: fact-finding in the world’s most volatile places, the organization’s philosophy on violence, the fall of Libya, the drug cartels in Mexico. It’s Bouckaert’s job to be there in times of conflict, boots on the ground and conducting interviews, sometimes even before the smoke has cleared. The work is never easy, and it’s dangerous at times for him, his team, even the people they interview. To reach his less accessible subjects he would go undercover, posing as a traveling businessman or some other less conspicuous character. He has conducted interviews at the scene of the crime, in little back rooms of churches and other community meeting places. And, sometimes, Bouckaert said, the bad guy is close to home, like Donald Rumsfeld, who Bouckaert called a war criminal for his support of the interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo. Or the perpetrator may be someone ideologically in line with the International Community, like fighters who allegedly executed Gaddafi Peter Bouckaert, ’93, supporters en masse in Sirte during the emergencies director for last days of the Libyan revolution... Human Rights Watch, will Bouckaert documented the 53 receive the UCSB Alumni Association Distinguished decomposing bodies in the Mahari Hotel Alumni Award at 6 garden. Sometimes, he has to confront p.m. April 27 at UCSB’s those who appear to be fighting against Corwin Pavilion. For more human rights abuses. information, see page 19. “They gave a really lame excuse – they said they went out for a couple of hours and when they got back, there were 53 bodies on the lawn,” he said. Eventually, the rebel group became cooperative. And, all the while, the intention is to bring attention to atrocities, whether a dictatorship crushing its own people, the aftermath of civil unrest or invasion, or rampant violence and torture. So while Bouckaert and his team research, conduct interviews, and try not to get killed, they’re also building what must become a bulletproof case should the international community decide to prosecute those responsible for crimes against humanity. He has testified before the United States Senate, the Council of Europe, and at the Yugoslav Tribunal in the Hague. Though his work as an unblinking witness to human rights violations has taken him to a wide range of global settings, it was a different kind of global environment that brought Bouckaert to UC Santa Barbara in 1989 — the ocean. “I loved going for swims in the ocean, it is such a privilege to have a campus right on the most beautiful ocean in the world,” he said. “And I loved how available our professors were to us, in and out of class. UCSB is a really tight-knit community, and that is what college should be like.” Less exciting for him was the realization that he wasn’t quite as into the major he came to study. “I came to UCSB to study marine biology, and discovered I liked the marine part but not the biology part,” he said. With that
realization, he made a switch to a Black Studies and Law and Society double major, and found a home within Black Studies, with its combination of academics and activism. The intellectually stimulating environment with the supportive faculty is where Bouckaert received his education in advocacy as he rose within the ranks of his departments as well as on campus in general. His activism and leadership was instrumental in getting then-chancellor Barbara Uehling to step down amid criticism that she was out of touch with the university’s academic needs. From UC Santa Barbara, Bouckaert went to Stanford for a law degree before starting work with Human Rights Watch. Through his work, he gradually moved the organization’s focus toward more of an active role in preventing human rights violations by stepping into the breach where it can. Bouckaert’s own admiration goes to the people who stand up for their rights and the rights of others, people who have the courage to come forward, and those who fight. Sister Consuelo of Monterrey, Mexico, is one such woman, he said, a “truly amazing” woman who has championed the little people sandwiched between drug cartels and an unchecked military accused of their own heinous acts. She received the Alison Des Forges Award in November from Human Rights Watch for her bravery and effort. “I thought Peter was terrific – he inspired my students – and me – and at least one of my soon-to-be-graduates has written him to pursue a position with HRW,” said Richard Appelbaum, professor of Global and International Studies. For those students who may have the desire, but perhaps not yet the fortitude or the ability to be monitoring fragile human rights situations across the globe, Bouckaert advises starting out at home. Even at UC Santa Barbara, he said, there are human rights issues that need attention, like improving diversity on campus. “I don’t want students to see what I do as extraordinary,” he told Coastlines. “We need leaders for tomorrow, and that means young people have to be willing to step up and lead.” Photo credits: Previous page: Peter Bouckaert, director of emergencies for Human Rights Watch, interviews witnesses displaced by violence inside Syria on the border with Turkey, in July 2011. © 2011 Zalmai for Human Rights Watch This page: Left: Bouckaert, © Human Rights Watch; Peter Bouckaert interviews civilian casualties in the war in Iraq. © 2003 Human Rights Watch
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Collaborative Project Crosses Boundaries to Expand Concepts of Teaching and Learning By Elizabeth Werhane ’00 The photos of the young men were not complete. Third-year Sociology major Amy Martinez had carefully cut out the men’s tattoos, leaving holes in the images. She wanted to challenge assumptions people make about street youth based on their body art. She was simultaneously challenging assumptions about what form sociology research should take. Martinez was one of a few dozen students from the interdisciplinary Justice project who exhibited their work at an evening reception on campus at the end of Winter Quarter. The exhibit was also the culmination of the work of three UC Santa Barbara professors, who collaborated on the Justice program — an interdisciplinary curriculum that challenged traditional department silos and attracted attention from students and even national media. Facing page: Amy Martinez, a third-year sociology major, used images of young men’s tattoos, left, in her Justice program projects. Photo by Amy Martinez. This page: Using old linoleum and a construction steamroller, students in one of Dr. Richard Ross’ classes created this large print, above, which reflects on issues of racism. Photo by Richard Ross
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Dr. Victor Rios, Dr. Richard Ross and Dr. Cissy Ross created the 10-week Justice program, a collaboration that spanned four courses and a six-lecture series. Photography students learned to tell stories with words, not just images. Writing students learned to research and think like sociologists. Sociology students learned to see the world as artists. Students were encouraged to explore an area of justice that interested them. “They’re trying to understand inequality, trying to understand how people experience the negative things in the world that happen to them and how they respond to them,” Rios said. The collaboration between Rios and Richard Ross was a natural fit. Both have in-depth experience with the topic of juvenile justice. In 2011, Rios, a sociology professor, published Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys. Richard Ross created Juvenile-In-Justice, a photo collection documenting juveniles in detention centers across 30 states. The husband-and-wife team of Richard Ross and Cissy Ross, Ph.D. ’08, had previously partnered for writing and photography collaborations. “In the social sciences and humanities, we don’t necessarily cross department boundaries and teach with each other,” Rios said. “It’s a new way of learning.”
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Left, Students celebrate the Justice exhibit with Dr. Victor Rios and his son, Marco. From left, Claire Bodengrad, Marina Chavez, Damon Clark, Marco Rios, Dr. Victor Rios, Amy Martinez, and Miroslava Garcia. Middle and right: Students' research topics included white apathy as well as bias based on body art. Photos by Richard Ross.
students’ work. “This is not who/what/when/where journalism,” said Cissy Ross, who worked as a journalist and editor before getting her doctorate in writing education at UC Santa Barbara. “This is journalism that requires them to do research and be familiar with some prior scholarship about a topic. It’s a very different way of teaching journalism.” It was a different way to teach any course, Rios said. “It’s a risk to let another professor come into your class and teach your students,” Rios said. “It paid off with huge rewards.”
At the March 13 exhibit, the photographers, writers and sociologists viewed each other’s work, discussing injustice and nibbling on sushi and muffins. The walls reflected the interests of a diverse group of students, showcasing photos, artwork, a video, the opening lines of essays and articles, and even sociological analysis represented with printouts of slide presentations. The pieces reflected on workers’ rights to good conditions, animals’ rights to life, women’s rights to orgasm, and everyone’s rights to not be judged for their race, gender or sexual preference. “Students have taken on topics that really challenge me as a teacher,” Cissy Ross said. “You get into talking about topics that are not easy to talk about sometimes.” Richard Ross, with his camera slung over his shoulder, explained that selections of the students’ work have been compiled in a book. The students can have a tangible reminder of the Justice program and a nice addition, or start, to their portfolios. Martinez, who took three of the program’s courses during the quarter, called the Justice program amazing and valuable. The collaboration elevated the professors’ reputations, too. The project caught the attention of PBS Newshour, which ran segments on both Rios and Richard Ross, giving UC Santa Barbara national exposure. Having completed the requirements for her sociology degree, Martinez is eager to use some of her remaining time at UC Santa Barbara to explore more art classes. “If someone doesn’t want to read a 25-page article, I can show them photos and talk about it,” she said. “I feel like I’ve grown as a scholar and a person.”
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Bringing the World Within Reach Setting a Life Course With EAP UC Education Abroad Program Celebrates 50 Years By Anna Davison
When Ellen Raede, ’80, left Santa Barbara in the late 1970s to spend a year studying in Madrid through the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP), keeping in touch with family and friends back home meant dropping a coin into a payphone or a package into the mail. “We sent cassette tapes back and forth,” she says. “They took three weeks to get there and back.” These days, with Skype and email and social media, familiar faces and fond voices may seem close, and the world not nearly as vast, but the experience of studying abroad hasn’t changed all that much, Raede says. “I can ask a student coming off the plane from Madrid where they lived and the name of their Spanish boyfriend, and we have a connection,” says Raede, who now supports the program as a donor and head of the UC Santa Barbara EAP Ambassador Group. “As I look back,” adds UCSB alumna Leslie Zomalt, who in 1962 spent a year at the University of Bordeaux, “I realize the independence, selfconfidence and adventure of that year helped to
form my approach to life.” Zomalt, ’64, Ph.D. ’79, and the 22 other Gauchos who went to France that year were part of the first group of 80 UCEAP participants, launching a strong study abroad tradition at UC Santa Barbara. UCEAP is marking its 50th anniversary this year with celebrations around the globe, including a systemwide Alumni and Friends Reunion to be held on April 28 at UC Santa Barbara, where the program began and is now administratively housed. (See page 27 for more information.) Over the last half-century, UCEAP Alumni thousands of students from Santa Barbara have & Friends studied abroad in dozens of countries. These Reunion Global Gauchos include Carol Greider, ’83, Saturday, April 28 whose research as an undergraduate in Gottingen, Corwin Pavilion Germany, helped lay the foundation for the discoveries that earned her the 2009 Nobel Prize 5:30pm for Physiology or Medicine; and Marc Grossman, ’72, who was named the United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan last year. The UC Santa Barbara campus now sends nearly 1,000 students abroad every year on UC’s systemwide study abroad program — more than any other campus — and hosts more than 300 reciprocal students. The campus’ EAP Director, Juan E. Campo, an associate professor of religious studies who has served as a Study Center Director in Egypt and India, says UC Santa Barbara “is a major pillar for the UCEAP program” and that the energy and innovation of Santa Barbara’s EAP community has helped build UCEAP into one of the finest study abroad programs in the nation. For more, go to www.ucsbalum.com/Coastlines
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On Saturday, April 28, at 6 p.m., the UCSB Athletics Hall of Fame will induct the women’s tennis doubles team of Amelia White, ’97, and Kelly Spencer, ’96, men’s volleyball star Mike Gorman, ’83, standout wide receiver Amahl Thomas, ’92, former women’s basketball coach Mark French, ’73, and former baseball coach Al Ferrer. Also, UCSB Athletics is initiating a biennial award to accompany the Hall of Fame inductions, the Distinguished Gaucho Award, which will be
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support of UC Santa Barbara and his service to the UCSB Department of Economics. He and his wife, Thelma, established an endowed chair and a graduate student fellowship in the Department of Economics. Mead is also on the board of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project. Garcia will receive the Graver Alumni Service Award for her work with student programs at UCSB. Garcia started as a counselor and then became director of the Educational Opportunity Program, which she had benefitted from as an undergraduate at UCSB. After 38 years of serving student programs at UCSB, she retired from the position of assistant vice chancellor for student academic support services. The 2012 Alumni Association Awards Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 27, at Corwin Pavilion, 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. Paul Lee, longtime director of Recreational Sports, will be awarded the Alumni Association’s Honorary Alumni Award for his service to UC Santa Barbara. His dedication has inspired thousands of Gauchos during his tenure at UC Santa Barbara.
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Class of ’62 to be Honored During Reunion Weekend The classes of 1955-1965 are warmly invited to participate in one or more of the events of the Golden Gaucho Reunion. Celebrate your college years during what promises to be a fun-filled weekend. The Golden Gaucho Reunion will kick off at 5-7 p.m. on Friday, April 27, at the TGIF event at El Paseo Restaurant in beautiful downtown Santa Barbara. Come share a glass of wine as well as your college nostalgia with your fellow Gauchos. This is meant to be a low-key event and opportunity to catch up with your longtime friends.
Following Friday’s festivities will be Saturday’s 11 a.m. Golden Gaucho Reunion Luncheon at the Faculty Club. A short program at the luncheon will honor the class of ’62 for their 50th graduation anniversary. Tickets: $35 Alumni Association members/$40 nonmembers. Also taking place on Saturday evening, 6-7:30 p.m., is the ROTC Alumni Barbecue. Alumni veterans are invited to join in on the evening of camaraderie and are encouraged to bring photographs of their personal ROTC experience. The reunion weekend wraps up at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 29 at the Faculty Club with the Greek and Friends Brunch, which is geared toward fraternity and sorority members looking to reconnect. This is a great opportunity to reminisce about a great Gaucho weekend. Tickets: $10. To register for the various Golden Gaucho Reunion events, please visit www.ucsbalum.com/agr
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Welcome to YOUR Mosher Alumni House Considered the cornerstone of the campus, Mosher Alumni House is the perfect place to hold Alumni Reunions, Conferences, Weddings, Holiday Events For room rates and availability, please contact Mary MacRae at (805) 893-2957 or email mary.macrae@ia.ucsb.edu.
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ALL GAUCHO REUNION schedule of events
Schedule Thursday, April 26, 2012 SB Locals Reception: 6-7:30 p.m., Mosher Alumni House. Free. Mark Morris Dance Group Performance: 8 p.m., Granada Theater, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. $38-$48/$20 students. Tickets and info: www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-3535.
Friday, April 29, 2012 All in the...Modern Family Conference: 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Pollock Theater. Free. Info: www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu. All Gaucho Reunion Golf Social: 10 a.m., Santa Barbara Golf Club. $75. Info: gauchosplay.com. Positive Psychology panel: 10:30 a.m.-noon, Education Building 1217.
UCSB Alumni Association Awards Banquet: 5:30-9 p.m., Corwin Pavilion. Tickets: $90. Blue table (seats 8): $800. Preferred Gold table (seats 8): $1,000. Info: Mary MacRae, (805) 893-2957. Joshua Bell & The Academy: 8 p.m., Granada Theater, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. $48-$153/$20 students. Tickets and info: www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-3535.
Saturday, April 28, 2012 Gaucho Gallop: 8:15 a.m. races start, Harder Stadium. Info: www.ucsbruns.com. Little Gaucho Science Fest: 10 a.m.-noon, REEF.
Allosphere Tour: 11:30 a.m.-noon, Elings Hall. RSVP and info: andy@ucsbalum.com. Free.
Recreational Sports Alumni Softball Tournament: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Storke Field. Info: ucsbfootball@gmail. com.
Briner Bowl: Noon-5 p.m., Zodo’s Bowling & Beyond, 5925 Calle Real, Goleta. $20 individual and $100 team of five. Info: gauchosplay.com.
Closing the Achievement Gap panel: 10:30 a.m.-noon, Education Building 1217.
STEM in K-12 Education panel: 1:30-3 p.m., Education Building 1217.
Women’s Soccer vs. Alumni: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Harder Stadium. Info: christina.baglas@athletics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-5372.
Gaucho Baseball vs. UC Davis: 3 p.m., Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Tickets and info: www.ucsbgauchos.com.
Golden Gaucho Reunion Luncheon: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., UCSB Faculty Club. $35 Alumni Association members/$40 nonmembers.
Earth Science Department Graduate Student Research Review: 3-5 p.m., Webb Hall. Free. RSVP: betancourt@geol.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-4688.
Riviera Reunion Luncheon: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Riviera Campus Quad, 2020 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara. $35. Info: Rocio Torres, (805) 893-4140.
TEDx UCSB: 4-8:30 p.m. Join the live streaming of the conference and Twitter feed. Info: www.ted.com/ tedx/events/3225.
Recreational Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony and Luncheon: 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Corwin Pavilion. Free. I nfo: gauchosplay.com.
KCSB Alumni Meet-Up: 4-9 p.m., KCSB studios.
Alumni DJs Live On-Air: noon-4 p.m., KCSB studios.
Santa Barbara Hillel Happy Hour and Shabbat: 5-8 p.m., Santa Barbara Hillel, 781 Embarcadero del Mar, Isla Vista. All Gaucho Athletic Reception: 5:30-8 p.m., Phil Womble Hall of Champions – ICA Building. Free. Info: christina.baglas@athletics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-5372. UCSB Women’s Soccer vs. Cal State L.A.: 5-7 p.m., Harder Stadium. Info: christina.baglas@ athletics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-5372.
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Golden Gaucho Reunion TGIF: 5-7 p.m., El Paseo Restaurant, 813 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara. No-host bar.
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Interviews With KCSB Alumni: noon-4 p.m., KCSB studios. Department of Communication Career Day: 12:30-4 p.m., Phelps Hall Courtyard. Info: www.comm.ucsb.edu/news/annual/career-day. UCSB Gaucho Baseball vs. UC Davis: 1 p.m., Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Tickets and info: www.ucsbgauchos.com.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 continued
Sunday, April 29, 2012
UCSB Men’s Soccer Alumni vs. Westmont Men’s Alumni (over 30): 1-2:30 p.m., 1-3 p.m. barbecue, Harder Stadium. Info: christina.baglas@athletics. ucsb.edu or (805) 893-5372.
KCSB Alumni Breakfast: 9 a.m.-noon, KCSB studios.
EAP Open House: 2-3 p.m., EAP Office, 2431 South Hall.
UCSB Gaucho Baseball vs. UC Davis: 1 p.m., Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Tickets and info: www.ucsbgauchos.com.
Pollock Theater Tours: 2-4 p.m., Pollock Theater. Free. UCSB Men’s Soccer vs. UCSB Men’s Alumni (under 30): 2:30-4:30 p.m., Harder Stadium. Free. Info: christina.baglas@athletics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-5372. Taste of UCSB: 4-6 p.m., Pavilion Gym, Recreation Center. $25/$20 Alumni Association members and students. www.ucsbalum.com/taste UCSB Senior Trip Reunion: 4-6 p.m., Mosher Alumni House. Free. Info and RSVP: http://ucsb.imodules.com/SeniorTripReunion Women’s Club Soccer vs. Pioneer Club Soccer: 4:30-6 p.m., Harder Stadium. Free. Info: christina.baglas@athletics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-5372. KCSB Reunion Dinner: 5-8 p.m., Storke Plaza. Info: info@kcsb.org EAP 50th Anniversary Celebration: 5:30-9 p.m., Corwin Pavilion. $30/$20 2007-2012 UCEAP participants. Info: http//eap.ucop.edu/anniv.
Greek & Friends Brunch: 10-11:30 a.m., UCSB Faculty Club. $10.
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers: 7 p.m., Granada Theatre, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. $43-$128/$28 students. Tickets and info: www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-3535.
For more information and to register, visit www.ucsbalum.com/agr, unless otherwise noted. Schedule is subject to change. Stay up to date by scanning this QR code using your smartphone and link to the All Gaucho Reunion website. Go to http://www.mobilebarcodes.com/ to download a reader for your phone.
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Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony: 6 p.m., Thunderdome Events Center. $95/$35 under age 15. Info: christina.baglas@ athletics.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-5372. ROTC Alumni BBQ: 6:30-8 p.m., ROTC Building. Info: (805) 893-2769.
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spotlight Exercise Your Body and Mind With the Gaucho Challenge The fifth annual Gaucho Gallop, presented by GEICO, invites you to join in the running fun on Saturday, April 28. Bring your family and even your dog for the various race options including: Elite Performance & Rehabilitation Center 5K, Santa Barbara Running Company 10K, and the Dioji Dog Dash. Races begin at 8:15 a.m. We are also proud to announce a new addition to the Gaucho Gallop, the all-new Gaucho
Challenge presented by Santa Barbara Airbus. This challenge is more exciting than your average road race. Inspired by the hit TV show, “The Amazing Race,” teams of two will face physical and mental challenges. Don’t miss out on the competitive fun. Register online at www.ucsbruns.com. Proceeds of the race go to the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.
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Visit the University Center
during the All-Gaucho Reunion! April 27th thru 28th At the UCSB Bookstore — Friday, April 27th and Saturday, April 28th — 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 Root 217, Panda Express, Wahoo’s Fish Taco, Romaines, Subway 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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ALL GAUCHO REUNION spotlight—UCEAP 50th
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spotlight UCEAP 50th: UCEAP Celebrates 50 Years of International Experiences for Students Through the systemwide Education Abroad Program, University of California students have had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel the world while gaining a global education and cultural immersion. This year is the 50th year anniversary celebration of UCEAP, which has
enabled nearly 100,000 students to explore the world and expand their academic horizons. If you catch yourself reminiscing and storytelling about your days while studying abroad, join us in celebrating UCEAP’s half-century on Saturday, April 28, at 5:30 p.m. at Corwin Pavilion. This event promises to bring together enriched individuals to share their stories, current careers, and celebratory attitudes in recognizing this invaluable UC program.
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Tickets: $30/$20 2007-2012 UCEAP participants. For more information, go to http://eap.ucop.edu/anniv.
The Evolution of an Ambassador:
Barbara Bodine
Barbara Bodine, ’70, who studied abroad in Hong Kong while attending UC Santa Barbara, served for 30 years as a diplomat. Bodine’s years in the U.S. Foreign Service were spent primarily on Arabian Peninsula and greater Persian Gulf issues. She was the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen (1997-2001) and also served at posts in Baghdad, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Taiwan, and Tunis, and as Dean of Professional Studies at the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. She now lectures in public and international affairs at Princeton University and is a regular media commentator. “I was lucky enough to spend my junior year in Hong Kong, which was a remarkable opportunity, I think probably the most important step I ever took. It confirmed that I really did like the international world, that I loved living abroad, I loved living in other cultures, and I had the opportunity to get to know the American diplomats at our consulate there and find out what kind of people are these and what is it that they do. By the time I left Hong Kong it was close to an obsession that I was going into the Foreign Service.” — Barbara Bodine
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spotlight KCSB 50th: KCSB Devotes Five Decades to People-Powered Radio Come join in the fun as KCSB celebrates their 50th anniversary as UCSB’s official radio station. There will be tasty food and, of course, music for all ages. It is all happening at Storke Plaza on Saturday, April 28. Founded during the 1961-62 school year at UC Santa Barbara, student-led KCSB is a standout in the world of non-commercial, free-form radio. KCSB has seen some of its alumni, including Jim Rome and Sean Hannity, go on to broadcasting careers. The radio station proves to be educational for both programmers and listeners. Its listeners have enjoyed 50 years of programming that is stimulating, informative and generally unavailable from other local media. KCSB’s programming covers a wide spectrum of expression from traditional to outside-the-box arts and music, which reflects the diverse community of listeners. KCSB has held a series of programs and events throughout the school year, honoring the station’s history and impact. These included archival
re-airings, other special broadcasts, and events both on campus and in the station’s larger broadcast area. The programmer reunion and celebration on Saturday, April 28, during the All Gaucho Reunion will be the finale of the 50th anniversary.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: FRIDAY, APRIL 27 KCSB Alumni Meet-Up: 4-9 p.m., KCSB studios. SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Alumni DJs Live On-Air: noon-4 p.m., KCSB studios. Current DJ interviews With KCSB Alumni: noon-4 p.m., KCSB studios. KCSB Reunion Dinner: 5-8 p.m., Storke Plaza. Info: info@kcsb.org SUNDAY, APRIL 29 KCSB Alumni Breakfast: 9 a.m.-noon, KCSB studios.
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spotlight TEDx UCSB Event: TEDx Comes to UCSB With a Passion Theme UC Santa Barbara will be holding a TEDx conference to explore the theme of passion. TED conferences originally focused on technology, entertainment and design, but now cover a multitude of topics in the spirit of TED’s mission, “Ideas worth spreading.” The TEDx UCSB event, organized by UCSB Regent Scholars, will feature prominent UCSB professors and researchers and their intriguing presentations of “intellectual passion.” UCSB’s reputation as a prominent research university is a product of the enthusiastic passion that professors put into their diverse research. This is a collaboration of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates communicating their ideas as they
bring fresh innovations into the UCSB labs and classrooms. In fostering learning, inspiration and wonder, UCSB’s TEDx event will incorporate traditional TEDx features, such as short presentations, video content, and bias-free programming. The mission is simply to provoke ideas worth spreading in the UCSB community. This event will be Friday, April 27, from 4-8:30 p.m. Seating is sold out. However, alumni are invited to join in the live online streaming and a real-time Twitter feed from their computer or at Alumni Hall in Mosher Alumni House. For more information, go to http://www.ted.com/tedx/ events/3225.
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Protestors Head to Sacramento to Support Higher Education Thousands of UC, CSU and community college students, faculty, and staff rallied alongside lawmakers March 6 outside the state Capitol to protest against continued tuition hikes and cuts to higher education funding. Demonstrators marched from Sacramento’s Southside Park to the Capitol steps and chanted “Hear us out or we’ll vote you out!” at the state’s policymakers. UCSB alumnus and State Assemblymember Das Williams, ’03, attended the protest and met with UCSB student representatives to discuss funding for higher education.
Gaucho Graduates Earning Potential in Top 20 of U.S. Public Colleges UC Santa Barbara is in the top 20 of U.S. public universities in earning potential and in the top 15 of all California schools, according to PayScale, a website that collects salary data. The study found that the median salary for UC Santa Barbara graduates with a bachelor’s degree and two years of experience is $47,300. For mid-career professionals – those with a bachelor’s degree and 15 years of experience it is $91,000. UC Berkeley, UC San Diego and UCLA are also in the top 20 of U.S public universities and top 15 of California schools. http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges
UCSB Among Top 20 Campuses Producing Peace Corps Volunteers UC Santa Barbara has moved up in the 2012 rankings of colleges and universities that send the largest number of volunteers to serve in the Peace Corps. UCSB is ranked No. 16 among all large universities in the nation, according to the rankings released this week. With 70 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, UCSB has moved up from No. 22 in 2011 and No. 28 in 2010. In addition, UCSB is ranked No.12 in the nation among universities that have sent volunteers to the Peace Corps since its inception in 1961, with 1,564 alumni having served.
STEM Grant Supports Partnership Between UCSB and Oxnard College With a $6 million award from the U.S. Department of Education’s Science Technology Engineering Mathematics grant program for Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSISTEM), UC Santa Barbara and Oxnard College are partnering to create additional education opportunities in mathematics, science, and technology for students in the Oxnard Elementary and Oxnard Union High School districts. The goal of the partnership, which is supported by the grant for a period of five years, is to prepare and motivate students to pursue bachelor’s degree programs in STEM fields. The partners will implement innovative STEM programs for Hispanic and other underrepresented students in Oxnard schools and at Oxnard College.
UC’s Original YouTube Channel, UCTV Prime University of California Television has launched a new YouTube original channel, UCTV Prime. Each week, UCTV Prime will debut 15 minutes of fresh content from throughout the University of California at www.youtube. com/uctvprime and www.uctv.tv/prime. UCSB provides roughly 30 percent of UCTV’s programming. www.ucsbalum.com
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Study Jointly Led by UCSB Researcher Supports Theory of Extraterrestrial Impact
UC Santa Barbara Researchers Discover Genetic Link Between Visual Pathways of Hydras and Humans Studying the hydra in both bright and dim conditions, the researchers discovered that bright light actually inhibits the firing of the stinging cells –– possibly because their prey are more active at dusk and after sunset, said Todd Oakley, below, professor in UCSB’s Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology. He suggested that light could be acting as “a daily, rhythmic cue” that tells hydra when, and when not, to sting. The linking of the light-sensitive protein opsin to the stinging cells helps explain how hydra can respond to light despite the absence of eyes, the scientists said, because the sensory neurons also contain the ion channels and additional proteins required for phototransduction –– the process by which light is converted to electric signals. Phototransduction in humans occurs in the retina.
A 16-member international team of researchers that includes James Kennett, below right, professor of earth science at UC Santa Barbara, has identified a nearly 13,000-yearold layer of thin, dark sediment buried in the floor of Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico. The sediment layer contains an exotic assemblage of materials, including nanodiamonds, impact spherules, and more, which, according to the researchers, are the result of a cosmic body impacting Earth. These new data are the latest to strongly support a controversial hypothesis proposing that a major cosmic impact with Earth occurred 12,900 years ago at the onset of an unusual cold climatic period called the Younger Dryas.
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New Study Reveals Gene Expression Networks Underlying Age-Related Macular Degeneration A new study led by scientists at UC Santa Barbara has identified genes whose expression levels can identify people with age-related macular degeneration, as well as genes that distinguish clinical AMD subtypes. “Not only are these genes able to identify people with clinically recognized AMD and distinguish between different advanced types, some of these genes appear to be associated with pre-clinical stages of AMD,” said Monte Radeke, right, research scientist with UCSB’s Neuroscience Research Institute and one of the project leaders. “This suggests that they may be involved in key processes that drive the disease. Now that we know the identity and function of many of the genes involved in the disease, we can start to look among them to develop new diagnostic methods, and for new targets for the development of treatments for all forms of AMD.” 34
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Men’s Basketball Advances to Third Straight Big West Championship Game The Gauchos (20-9) played No. 1-seeded Long Beach State for the championship. It’s the third year in a row the schools have met in the finals and the Gauchos are two-time defending champions. Tournament MVP Casper Ware scored 33 points and handed out six assists March 11 at the Honda Center to lead No. 1 seed Long Beach State to a 77-64 victory over No. 3 seed UC Santa Barbara for the championship of the Big West Conference Tournament and an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The 49ers (25-8) avenged losses in the title game in each of the last two seasons to UCSB (20-10), which got 17 points from both Orlando Johnson and James Nunnally but lost to Long Beach for the third time this season. The 17 points for Johnson pushed him over the 1,800 point mark in his career. The loss is the first by the Gauchos in a Big West Tournament championship game.
Women’s Basketball Triumph in Big West Championships The Gauchos are back where they belong. The UC Santa Barbara women’s basketball team completed its run through the Big West Tournament on March 10 by capturing its 14th tournament crown – easily the most in conference history – with a 63-54 victory over Long Beach State. Santa Barbara continued its typical dominance in March by making an unprecedented run through the tournament, becoming the first No. 6 seed to ever win the title. UCSB (17-15 overall) defeated the No. 7 seed Long Beach State, and is now 5-0 all-time against the 49ers in Big West championship games. Santa Barbara faced top-seeded Baylor at the NCAA Tournament on March 18, and couldn’t push past Baylor’s defense. The Lady Bears’ Brittney Griner scored 14 points in only 22 minutes, and helped the team roll to an 81-40 win over the Gauchos. It was the 14th time UCSB has appeared in the NCAA Tournament while it was Baylor’s 11th time in The Dance. UCSB’s record is now 7-14 alltime in NCAA Tournaments.
Gauchos Come Out on Top at All-UC Track and Field Meet Several of the University of California schools descended upon Anteater Stadium on March 3 for the All-UC Meet, the first Big West Conference meet of the 2012 outdoor season. The Gauchos had an outstanding showing beating UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC Riverside on both the men’s and women’s side — the men’s team dominating the meet with a total of 224 points and the women capturing 185 total points.
Alumni Authors Normality Does Not Equal Mental Health: The Need to Look Elsewhere for Standards of Good Mental Health By Dr. Steven Bartlett, M.A. ’68 Praeger Publishers
Tasting the Good Life: Wine Tourism in the Napa Valley By George Gmelch, Ph.D. ’74, and Sharon Bohn Gmelch, ’69, Ph.D. ’75 Indiana University Press
Virtual Therapy By Dr. Ralph L. Lamson ’71 Amazon Kindle eBook
Trade and Globalization: An Introduction to Regional Trade Agreements By Dr. Dave Lynch, M.A. ’90, Ph.D. ’95 Rowman and Littlefield
The Swan By Jim Cohee, ’67 Indiana University Press
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John Clay Sr., ’63, has joined Crowell, Weedon & Co. Ventura as vice president of Investments. Clay Sr. joins two of his sons, John Clay Jr. and Jason Clay, at Crowell Weedon, representing multiple generations of financial advisors in their family, all within the new Ventura branch. An active member of the nonprofit community, Clay Sr. has served as president of both the Ventura and Oxnard Rotary Clubs, and was a member of the Advisory Board for the Turning Point Foundation.
Thomas Hoberman, ’70, has been elected chair of Southwestern Law School’s Board of Trustees. Hoberman first joined the board in 2002, and prior to his appointment at the Dec. 7, 2011, Board meeting, he served as vice-chair. A partner in the firm of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, L.L.P., in Beverly Hills, Hoberman practices transactional entertainment law. He also serves as co-chair of the law school’s Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute Executive Board.
In Summer 2011, Christy Huddle, ’71, completed an 8,140-mile solo motorcycle trip in four weeks of riding time around the U.S. taking mostly back roads and camping most nights. Midway, she took a week off riding to attend Barrie Walkley, ’67, the Sacramento has been named special traditional jazz representative to the camp in Pollock Great Lakes Region of Pines, Calif., with Africa, which includes the her Buescher Democratic Republic of curved soprano sax Congo. Walkley is a retired (the only sax she American foreign service had that would fit officer with substantial on the motorcycle). experience in Africa. He served as the American ambassador Dr. Diana F. to Guinea and to Sao Tome and Principe. Walkley was Tomback, Ph.D called back to service and appointed Chargé d’Affaires for ’77, has been South Sudan at its independence in July 2011. Walkley holds named to American degrees from the UC Santa Barbara, UCLA and USC. He and Forests’ new his wife Annabelle were Peace Corps volunteers in Somalia Science Advisory from 1967 to 1969. Board. Tomback is a professor (and acting chair) of integrative biology at Tim Carl, ’69, was elected to the Board the University of Colorado, Denver. Her of Directors for Second Harvest Food expertise includes evolutionary ecology Bank of Santa Cruz County. He is also with application to forest ecology and chairperson for the SHFB Nutrition conservation biology. She was the Education Committee, which works with lead organizer and editor of the book schools, nonprofits, and businesses to help children learn and practice healthy Whitebark Pine Communities: Ecology nutrition habits. and Restoration, published by Island 36
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Press in 2001. In 2001, Tomback and several colleagues started the nonprofit Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, which is dedicated to the restoration of whitebark pine ecosystems and educating the public and resource management agencies about the importance of this pine.
1980s Timothy Johns, ’80, was appointed U.S Commissioner, Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific. He is senior vice president of the Hawaii Medical Services Association. Gary Georgeson, ’81, M.S. ’82, Ph.D. ’85, one of Boeing’s leading scientists and a specialist in nondestructive evaluation, was honored with the company’s Special Invention Award. Georgeson, 52, was part of a team that invented a device that images scattered X-rays to see through aircraft walls to provide engineers with a view of hidden structure, much like Superman’s X-ray vision. Georgeson joined Boeing in 1988. Peter D. Weir, ’81, has been named Partner in Charge of Hutchinson and Bloodgood, LLP’s Glendale Office. Weir joined H&B, a leading certified public accounting and consulting firm, in 2005. He has more than 30 years of experience providing clients with high-level expertise in tax planning and compliance, multi-state taxation issues, as well as representation before federal, state and local taxing authorities.
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Meri Glade, ’82, was named chief compliance officer and general counsel of FordDirect. Glade joins FordDirect to oversee all legal affairs of the organization and provide counsel to the executive management team and the Board of Directors. Glade joins FordDirect with more than 22 years of experience, where her practice has focused primarily on corporate, securities, intellectual property, privacy, and data-use law. Still drawing on the principles he learned in the EE program at UCSB, Ken Rose, ’85, recently had his sixth U.S. patent issued, US 2010/0074391. Dr. Lansing McLoskey, ’86, was awarded the 2011 Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. He also won the 2011 International Joint Wind Quintet Project Commission Competition, the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition 2011, and the 2011 Chatham Baroque Composition Prize. He served as the 2011 MacDowell Colony Fellow as well as the composer-in-residence for the 2011 soundSCAPE Festival in Maccagno, Italy. John Cummings, ’89, and Gayle Cummings, ’88, married in 1992 and have two children, Camille and Satchel. The Cummings family resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. John Cummings completed a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology in 2010 and currently has a private practice as a Marriage & Family Therapist. Gayle Cummings completed a master’s in Public Health in 1994 and currently serves as faculty and the assistant director of the Public Health
Program at Touro UniversityCalifornia. Jill Muchow Rode, ’89, has been appointed chief development officer for the American Red Cross, Central Coast Region. She will lead the organization’s fundraising and emergency preparedness awareness efforts across the Central Coast region, including Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. Rode
Fowzia Karimi, ’96, received a 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, given to six female writers who demonstrate excellence and promise in the early stages of their careers. The award was presented with a $25,000 prize on Sept. 22, 2011, in New York City. Karimi is currently working on a novel, Above Us the Milky Way, based on her early childhood in America. Originally from Kabul, she fled Afghanistan in 1980 at the age of 6. Karimi plans to use her Writer’s Award to devote more time to her writing and to visit her larger family, who now mostly live in Germany and Canada. She hopes to capture through interviews and photographs her family stories before they are lost. “I see my current novel as part of a series of books about my family, my ancestors, about their migrations, about the influence of war on their lives.” She lives in Oakland, Calif.
brings 22 years of professional experience to the American Red Cross, having worked with many nonprofit organizations on the Central Coast. She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), having earned her certification in 2000.
1990s Michael Murphy, ’90, has been appointed executive director for the California Coastkeeper Alliance. The
alliance advocates for clean water and healthy aquatic habitats in California through the work of 12 local waterkeepers, which are local grassroots organizations that serve as public advocates for healthy waterways. Jeff Rudich, ’93, has become partner of Windes & McClaughry Accountancy Corp. Rudich has more than 17 years of experience in the accounting profession. He joined Windes & McClaughry in 1999. Rudich focuses on tax planning and compliance for both individuals and businesses. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA).
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Elliot Binder, ’96, has been admitted to the tax partnership BDO USA, LLP. BDO is a leading national professional services firm providing assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to private and publicly traded businesses. Binder has more than 14 years of public accounting experience, providing tax consultation and compliance services to the technology industry. Binder is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
2000s Nick Duggan, ’00, has joined Citrix Online as senior internal communications manager, responsible for global communications, engagement, and feedback programs for 1,400+ employees worldwide. Citrix Online is a Santa Barbara-based division of Citrix Systems, Inc. Melcher Fabi, ’02, wrapped up casting the next installment in the Batman franchise from Warner Bros. Pictures, “The Dark Knight Rises.” He also helped cast the new upcoming seasons for NBC’s “The Voice,” Oxygen’s “Bad Girls Club,” and MTV’s “The Real World.” He is currently associate producing and casting a horror feature film in New York City. Megan Moore, ’04, received a master’s in fine art in printmaking from CSU Chico in December 2011. She has accepted a sabbatical replacement position to teach printmaking at Humboldt State for the Spring 2012 semester. Chuck Haines, ’05, has been appointed UCSB director of Capital Development. In 1989 he began his career at UCSB in Housing & Residential Services, where he has held a number of positions over the years, including resource planning coordinator and, most recently, director of business and financial planning. In
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August of 2010, Haines began serving as the interim director of Capital Development. Jessie Stone, ’05, has been named director of development for UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures. Formerly, she was the development director and event coordinator at Casa Serena. Adrienne Jubb, ’06, and Jonathan Wardman, ’06, married May 14, 2011, in La Jolla, Calif., surrounded by family, friends, and fellow Gauchos. Jon and Adrienne currently live in New York City where Jon is a Ph.D. candidate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Adrienne works in hotel real estate acquisitions. Amy Nabel, ’07, is in the Executive Fellowship Program of the 2011-12 Capital Fellows internship program, which is a yearlong fellowship offering college graduates unique experiences in policymaking and development in California state government. Evan Raleigh, ’08, has joined the UC Police Department as an officer at UCSB. He is a former UCPD administrative assistant. He helped the department with community outreach, access control and live scan. Officer Raleigh recently completed the Allan Hancock Police Academy and graduated top of his class in physical fitness and second in academics.
2010s Karl Obermeyer, Ph.D. ’10, recently joined Northern Colorado-based Numerica Corp. as a research scientist providing trackprocessing support for the United States Missile Defense Agency’s National Team B. Before joining Numerica, Obermeyer developed and implemented algorithms for unmanned aerial vehicle control at the United States Air Force Research Lab in Dayton, Ohio. Obermeyer is published, and is a member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Mukhtar Ali, ’11, is in the Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program of the 2011-12 Capital Fellows internship program, which is a yearlong fellowship offering college graduates unique experiences in policy-making and development in California state government. Hanna Cousins, ’11, exhibited her artwork in the September 2011 show COLORS at Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles. Her artwork mixes fabric, ribbons and paint as a fusion of her Swedish-American upbringing. Upon graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in art, Cousins was nominated and received two Dole Awards from the faculty. Benjamin Parish, ’11, is in the California Senate Fellows Program of the 2011-12 Capital Fellows internship program, which is a yearlong fellowship offering college graduates unique experiences in policymaking and development in California
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IN MEMORIAM Robert Scalapino, ’40, died on Nov. 1, 2011. He was 92. He was born in Leavenworth, Kan., and his family moved to Santa Barbara in 1929. He earned his master’s and doctoral degree in government from Harvard University in 1943 and 1948. Scalapino joined UC Berkeley’s political science department in 1949 and served as department chair from 1962 to 1969. He was a leading expert in Japan studies, and advised three American presidents and numerous governmental groups on foreign policy relating to Asia. Scalapino also edited Asian Survey, the seminal journal of contemporary East Asian politics, from 1962 to 1996. He founded in 1978 the Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), one of UC Berkeley’s largest and best endowed research units, and served as its director until retiring in 1990. He received numerous awards for his work on Asian studies and U.S.-Asia relations. He was married to Dee Jessen until her death in 2005. Survivors include daughters Diane Jablon and Lynn Scalapino. William Rutter, ’48, died Feb. 2, 2012. He was 83. In addition to graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Rutter received a M.P.A. degree from UCLA and a law degree from USC, where he was associate editor of the Law Review. He also served in the Korean War. After being admitted to the Bar in 1955, Rutter spent 15 years in private practice before turning his focus to legal education. In 1979, he founded The Rutter Group, providing legal education publications and programs. In 1996, he received the Bernard E. Witkin Medal for his contributions to the California legal community. Survivors include wife Sally, and children Paul, Joanna, Barry, and Charlie.
John Lee Mehrens, ’57, died on Sept. 8, 2011, in Port Orchard, Wash. Mehrens spent his childhood in Milwaukee. he earned a master’s degree from CSU Los Angeles. He taught science at junior high and high schools in the Los Angeles area for several years. In 1963, he moved on to Merced College, where he taught botany and general science. About 1971, he was appointed dean of instruction at Napa Valley College, where he served until his retirement in the early 1990s. He served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, on active duty and in the reserves. Survivors include Judy, his wife of 15 years; his children, Cynthia Millard (Thomas), Stewart Mehrens (Sandra), David Mehrens (Ellen), Shawn Mehrens, and Jason Mehrens; and stepdaughters, Deana Wendell (Roy), Kate Denny (Kevin), Roni Peterson (Dale), Kara Perry (Don Gonzales), and Alana Witten. Tim Hodson, M.A. ’73, Ph.D. ’76, died Oct. 25, 2011. He was 61. He was born and raised in Santa Ana, Calif.
He graduated from CSU Fullerton, and earned master’s and doctoral degrees at UC Santa Barbara. Hodson was a professor of government and public policy, and taught at USC, Claremont McKenna College and Sacramento State University. He was a longtime California Senate staffer. He was the former executive director of the Center for California Studies, and oversaw the expansion of the Capital Fellows Program. Survivors include wife Ruth HoltonHodson, and son Matt Hodson. Kelly Ryann Dorrell, ’07, of Long Beach, died Dec. 5, 2011, after falling from the Queen Mary. She was 26. Dorrell graduated from Millikan High. She was working toward her teaching credential at UC Irvine in hopes of becoming a Long Beach elementary teacher. Eric Kiser, ’11, died Jan. 2, 2012. He was 25. He was raised in Chico, and attended UC Santa Barbara. After graduation, he moved to Truckee, Calif. He was involved in school sports and outdoor adventure activities, including rock climbing.
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