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On the Cover Fresh food solutions from our alumni ecoentrepreneurs integrate science with business sense to create a better (and more nutritious) tomorrow. Photo illustration: Matt Perko

THE FEATURES

THE DEPARTMENTS

10 SPECIAL ISSUE

5 Around Storke Tower

The Fate of the World On Your Plate

The New Normal After Construction What’s next for the UCSB Library, after the doors open in January

A menu of sustainable solutions for a better food future, served by UCSB alumni entrepreneurs, educators and advocates

9 RESEARCH 20 IV ROUNDUP Isla Vista Food Co-Op Feeds Community A look-back

19 THE LAST BYTE

at a core institution in Isla Vista

On Interrogating Your Food and Why We Are Alive An excerpt from a conversation on

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food with UCSB professor and author David Cleveland

Ward, `15, on Internet stardom

Alumni Gone Viral Artists Demi Anter, `14, and Azeem

30 BUSINESS

28 BUSINESS A Blackjack Legend Who Became A Trading Genius The Blair Hull Story

Managing Microsoft’s Environmental Impact Tamara DiCaprio, `81, explains how Microsoft’s carbon tax helps build a better world

32 SPORTS Diving into Gregg Wilson’s Legacy Bill Mahoney discusses retiring coach’s 40-year career

Gaucho Ice Hockey Team Celebrates New Goleta Rink Looking forward to the team’s home advantage

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Around Storke Tower — Campus Community Newsbits

New library exterior and walkway unveiled late fall 2015 Photo credit: UCSB Library

University Librarian Denise Stephens Looks Forward to the New Normal After Construction When Denise Stephens took the post of University Librarian in 2011, plans for the UCSB Library addition and renovations were well underway. “It took over two decades to get the project finalized and approved,” she said. “The University Librarians before me were actively involved in getting this off the ground. I stepped into intensive planning, preparation and logistics from day one. I have yet to see what normal is, after this project.” Denise Stephens Stephens and her staff kept the Library’s doors open to students, faculty, campus staff and community members throughout the entire construction project. “This was the biggest challenge,” she said. “For two and a half years, we had less space to work in and needed to provide the same services to people. Prior to the project, we had about 2 million

visits a year – and that didn’t drop off too much during construction. For disciplines of diverse needs – those who still require access to the physical shelves and stacks -- this is THEIR laboratory.” Communication was key to balancing the expansion project with the needs of the campus. “In the early parts of the project, we were concerned about the noise, about the inconvenience – it’s hard to overstate how disruptive it is when the center of campus is blocked off by a huge construction fence.” Stephens also discovered how resilient UCSB students were, despite the cramped study spaces. “It was amazing to watch them stretch out wherever there’s a few square feet of empty space – the floor, behind a chair, near the shelves,” she said. “They’re young and adaptable and they had a great sense of humor about it.” Beginning this January 4, the new UCSB Library additions and renovations will be open to the public. Over 150,000 square feet of new and remodeled space will include a new three-story building on the Library’s north side, a complete renovation of the

“It was amazing to watch the students stretch out wherever there was a few square feet of empty space - the floor, behind the chair, near the shelves... They’re young and adaptable, and they had a great sense of humor about it.” original two-story building and a grand Paseo walkway connecting all parts of the Library east to west. One of the most anticipated new areas for students is the 24-hour Learning Commons with two floors of study space, bookable group study rooms, PC and Mac computers and a new Summit Café. “This library is beautiful – just stunning,” said Stephens. “It makes a grand statement. So our challenge now is to live up to the building.”

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UCSB Professor Boycotts Brigham Young Conference Mark Juergensmeyer, a professor at the UC Santa Barbara Department of Sociology, withdrew from a scheduled speaking engagement at Brigham Young University’s annual International Law and Religion Symposium in protest of the school’s policy on religion. BYU currently expels students who enter as Mormons but change or lose their religious affiliation after enrollment. Photo: UCSB Global Studies Department SOURCE: The Current

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The Club to Reopen in 2016

Mark Juergensmeyer, Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies

In 2014, The Club began extensive renovation in partnership with UCSB Housing & Residential Services. The improvements designed by architectural firm Moore Ruble Yudell will feature a 30-room guesthouse expansion, increased dining and meeting space and an outdoor terrace. The Club will reopen in the fall of 2016. SOURCE: The Faculty Club.

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UCSB Reads 2016 Features Bryan Stevenson’s Memoir Just Mercy This January 2016, thousands of copies of Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption will be distributed for free to students as part of the campus-wide UCSB Reads program. Stevenson’s award-winning memoir about racial inequality in the United States will be the subject of UCSB Library public programming on campus and at the Santa Barbara Library System. Now in its 10th year, UCSB Reads brings together the campus and Santa Barbara community with a dialogue about important topical issues spurred by a shared reading experience.

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On-Campus Exhibit Spotlights Student Mental Health The 1,100 backpacks displayed on campus this early fall symbolized the number of college students who take their own lives each year. The backpacks covered the lawn in front of UC Santa Barbara’s resource building as part of the exhibition “Send Silence Packing” sponsored by the UCSB chapter of Active Minds. The national nonprofit engages students to change the conversation about mental health. SOURCE: The Current

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Barbara Endemaño Walker, a director of research development in UCSB’s Office of Research Photo: Sonia Fernandez

NSF Grant Promotes Gender Equity in STEM Professions UC Santa Barbara’s ADVANCE program received part of a grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Center for Research, Excellence and Diversity in Team Sciences (CREDITS). UC Santa Barbara, along with three other Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California, will share the $750,00 grant to increase the representation of women in STEM fields. SOURCE: The Current

UCSB and U.S. Navy Team Up for New STEM Summer Program UC Santa Barbara and the Naval Base Ventura County will bring veterans and underrepresented community college students together for for PIPELINES (Problem-Based Initiatives for Powerful Engagement and Learning In Naval Engineering). Ten community college students and five UCSB undergraduates will be part of a paid, 10-week immersion into real-world Navy engineering design problems during the 2016 summer term. SOURCE: The Current Photo: U.S. Navy

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Research SOURCE: The Current PHOTOS: Sonia Fernandez

NSF grant will fund a video game that trains players to detect deception A research project spearheaded by the UC Santa Barbara Department of Communication received $549,061 from the National Science Foundation to develop a video game that helps players detect when they are being deceived. UCSB professor Norah Dunbar, head of the project, wants to create a game that could be used for training law enforcement and intelligence employees. Called VERITAS (Veracity Education and Reactance Instruction through Technology and Applied Skills), the game will instruct players on how to identify heuristics from credibility assessments and will teach them how to detect deception beyond visual cues. Photo: MACBETH

UCSB neuroscience research program fosters inter-disciplinary collaboration

Bridget Queenan and Kenneth S. Kosik

UC Santa Barbara established a campus-wide program to encourage collaborative brain research under the federal initiative BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innocative Neurotechnologies). Established by the federal government two years ago, the large-scale partnership between public and private research institutions cultivates discovery and innovation in neuroengineering. Neurophysiologist Bridget Queenan, from Johns Hopkins University, is the new UCSB Brain initiative campaign manager. Kenneth S. Kosik, director of the UCSB Brain Initiative, says neuroscience as a field of study requires a campus-wide approach. Queenan hopes to encourage a community of inquiry and innovation that goes beyond the lab.

UC Santa Barbara’s Craig Montell receives $2.5 million Pioneer Award UCSB professor Craig Montell received the 2015 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Pioneer Award worth $500,000 per annum over the next five years. Montell, who serves as the Patricia and Robert Duggan Professor of Neuroscience in UCSB’s Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB), will use the funding for research that could create a solution to reduce the spread of insect-borne diseases. Diseases like dengue fever are transmitted by insects to millions of people every year. Montell proposes to eliminate insect-borne diseases in an environmentally responsible manner by manipulating mosquito behavior.

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The Fate of the World On Your Plate

Every second of every day, someone makes a crucial decision about food. Do we choose organic, farm-bred or grassfed? Why should we buy local? Is that an egg produced by a free-range chicken – and why should we care? Should we stop eating meat? Should we eat insects? And what does sustainability really mean?

Driving Next Millennium Farming with the Gateway Bug

By 2050, there will be 9.1 billion people on the Earth. A 2014 study published by the World Resources Institute says food production will have to increase 60 percent to meet global demand. Currently, 870 million people around the world still go hungry, despite a record increase in food availability reported by United Nations researchers this year. Without stronger policies to prevent climate change-induced shortages around the world, the World Food Programme estimates the risk of global hunger and malnutrition could increase up to 20 percent in 2050. What people choose to put on their plates affects the fate of the planet – and ultimately, the fate of humankind. Food is life – but what kind of life do we want? Our alumni eco-entrepreneurs, advocates and educators want to

Slightly Nutty’s Tyler Isaac, `15, and Megan Miranda,`15, go vertical with crickets

provide the answers -- with a menu of new food production methods, protein alternatives and business philosophies centered on feeding a better future for all.

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The sound of thousands of crickets chirping from the stacked modular farming tanks at Slightly Nutty’s Goleta warehouse is music to the ears of eco-entrepreneurs Tyler Isaac and Megan Miranda, both recent graduates of UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. Isaac and Miranda developed Slightly Nutty as a business model based on raising and processing crickets as a sustainable, all-natural protein to feed to poultry, fish and – yes -- humans. Out of all the six-legged options in the world, the Slightly Nutty team chose crickets as the “gateway bug” to introduce viable insectsas-food options to the American consumer. Most insects, like the black soldier fly larva Isaac first considered for the project, tend to put most Western eaters in a Fear Factor mindset. But the cricket, associated with Disney’s multi-talented Jiminy, is not a scary critter. “You don’t usually find a cricket in rotten food or trash,” said Miranda. “It’s not associated with that ick factor.” Pure cricket powder, Slightly Nutty’s main product, tastes exactly as the company’s name suggests. “We made these cookies for this party with our classmates – a.k.a. our test subjects – and a buddy was eating one,” said Isaac. “He asked if the cookie contained peanut butter. We told him it was crickets. And he said, `Oh, it’s slightly nutty.’” To create their cricket powder, Isaac and Miranda raise and harvest the crickets by hand. They euthanize their insects by freezing them -then roasting them in an oven, without adding any other ingredients. “Then we Cuisinart them,” said Miranda. “This is all 100-percent natural.” When the team presented at UCSB’s Earth Day booth this year, an unlikely demographic came back in droves for seconds of Slightly Nutty’s cricket powder. “We gave kids just powder – no additives, no preservatives, no flavoring,” said Miranda. “They loved it. If you can get that honest audience on your side, that’s pretty good.”

You Are What Your Food Eats What makes Slightly Nutty’s cricket product different from most insects-as-food models is not how the crickets taste. It’s what the crickets eat.

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Most crickets sold on the market as human and animal food are fed with industrial chicken feed. Not Slightly Nutty crickets. “We can provide value by not using soy, wheat and corn-based chicken feeds that use a lot of resources like fertilizer and millions of gallons of water in irrigation,” said Miranda. “By the time animal feed is processed and transported, it becomes more resource-intensive.” Instead of using industrial feeds, Isaac and Miranda reached out to local supermarkets and other food establishments like juicing bars to source organic waste for their cricket food. One of their community collaborators is Santa Barbara’s Fig Mountain Brewing Co., which will be supplying Slightly Nutty with spent brewers’ grains. “We’re feeding them a mixture of organic wastes as the primary feed,” said Isaac. “There are other groups that `finish’ their crickets with certain fresh fruit and vegetables. For example, if you feed them carrots, they’ll turn a little orange. If you feed them mint, they’ll be… minty.” The Slightly Nutty team’s number one priority is to calibrate the nutritional content of different lines of crickets for various applications. “A cricket for a chicken is different nutritionally than a cricket for a fish, or a cricket for a human,” said Isaac. “The nutritional quality can vary based on what the cricket is fed.” “What we do is provide the animals we seek to feed

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then be multiplied and used anywhere. Part of what we’re doing with these tank units is getting them completely wired and automated for data collection and analysis of growth rates and resource consumption.” Maintaining good numbers isn’t just about the bottom line to the Slightly Nutty crew. “When they are in overpopulation, crickets eat each other,” said Isaac, who hopes to raise 1,000 crickets per cubic foot of their operation. It takes one to two weeks for crickets to hatch from eggs, and about a month to two months to become breeding adults with wings. (The wings are what the insects use to chirp.) “We harvest most of them before they become reproductively mature because it takes a lot of caloric energy to develop those extra appendages and produce eggs,” said Isaac. “We want our crickets as nutritious as possible.” The crickets It takes about two months for crickets to become breeding adults in the growing tanks that remain are kept for a few more weeks what they naturally eat,” added Miranda. “If you see a to lay eggs – kicking off chicken scratching in the dirt, it’s not out looking for the cycle again. soybeans, it’s looking for bugs.” Growing animals The main selling point is protein. Crickets are in tanks is something extremely high in protein – 60 to 70 percent in their Isaac has done for dry (cooked and processed) weight. At their fresh most of his life. Since `wet’ weight before roasting, crickets offer 16 to 22 high school, he has grams of protein per 100 grams of biomass. always been a fish Other product nutrients can be dictated by the Crickets offer 16 to 22 grams of protein per 100 grams of biomass guy. “If I didn’t get different types of cricket feeds developed at Slightly into Bren, I would’ve Nutty. This makes their cricket powder a versatile been working on a fish farm in Massachusetts,” he said. After graduating nutritional supplement product. “Crickets can take with a degree in marine science from Boston University, Isaac worked on high levels of omega 3 fatty acids from consuming in aquaculture for the State of Connecticut and in the Bahamas. “I was natural foods like flaxseed,” said Isaac, who uses cricket looking at the feed, how we were feeding wild fish to farmed fish,” he said. powder instead of whey in his daily protein power “We feed valuable fish like sardines and anchovies to the farmed fish shakes. “One hundred grams of crickets contains as and lose biomass in the process. Those fish can feed more people than much – if not more -- iron as an equal-sized portion sustaining a farmed filet of salmon.” of spinach, and the levels of vitamins B6 and B12 are Miranda grew up in Hawaii on her family’s cattle ranches on the Big comparable to a filet of salmon.” They plan to test the Island and on Maui. She provides Slightly Nutty’s agricultural point of effect of cricket protein powder on professionals like view. “Protein is the most environmentally expensive resource, with more fire fighters who are required to be in prime physical impact than oil,” said Miranda, who graduated with a degree in biological condition. anthropology at UC San Diego before she enrolled as a grad student at Bren. “I realized that the core goal of both environmentalists and agriculturalists is the same: if you have a piece of land and if you strip it of its productivity, it is no longer of use to you. Both environmentalists and agriculturalists want the land to remain productive, but their different ways of getting to that end goal causes a lot of friction between the two.” At their Goleta headquarters, Isaac and Miranda Getting to this point in their development, with their own space and designed and built a modular farming unit of breeding creating their product lines, was not easy. “We have come a really long and growout tanks protected and insulated by a heavy way,” said Isaac. “These types of things we are working on – like using plastic tarp, heated at all hours for prime cricket organic waste that isn’t smelly or rotting – this is after a lot of scientific conditions. Just as they continue to invent new feed trial and error.” mixes for their insects, Isaac and Miranda are also “This is a husbandry practice,” said Miranda. “There are little things creating new ways of vertical farming and monitoring about cricket physiology and life cycles that we definitely had to iron out. important data in their tanks. We both farmed other animals, and now we are getting down with the “We have the temperature set and controlled at micro-livestock. Regulations on farming insects for people is still being 86 degrees Fahrenheit,” said Isaac. “We intend to developed in this country, which makes this a really fun space to be in demonstrate the viability as well as the ease and because we’re literally writing the regulations that are going to guide efficiency of operating one of these units -- which can this industry.”

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A Growing Solution at UC Santa Barbara Alumni and students work together to create on-campus farm By Olivia Hayden For many college students, living off instant noodles and a tight food budget is a rite of passage for young adults living away from home for the first time. Yet the inability to access regular meals due to lack of funds is a harsh reality for many students. Last year, over 14 percent of UC Santa Barbara students reported not eating due to a lack of funds. In response, the Associated Students Food Bank formed to combat student hunger on campus in 2011. Since then, over 5,400 students have accessed its services. To provide fresh produce for the Food Bank, the alumni-led Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation, in collaboration with UCSB Sustainability, the AS Food Bank and the Department of Public Worms, created the Edible Campus Project. “Providing opportunities to grow food and learn where our food comes from can inspire healthy eating choices and encourages direct connections with the land,” said Jessica Scheeter, `97, who works as the Foundation’s executive director. Foundation founders Jack Johnson, `97, and Kim Johnson, `97, broke ground on the Project planting two citrus trees at Storke Plaza this past spring. Students will harvest and care for the trees as a beginning model of a student-run campus farm to raise awareness about sustainable local food production,

supplying the AS Food Bank and serving as an outdoor classroom for teachers. The program also received a boost this year from students Maile Hartsook and Nancy Yang. As UC Global Food Initiative Fellows, they each received $4,000 to support foodfocused student research, partnering with the Edible Campus Project to study ways to use underutilized spaces on campus for farming. Jack Johnson ’97 planting citrus tree in Storke Plaza for the Edible Campus Project Scheeter says the college campus is a natural starting point to foster sustainable solutions toward battling food insecurity. “UC Santa Barbara and its community of students, researchers, professors and alumni have created a hot spot for innovation,” said Scheeter. “It is the perfect place to think outside of the box, re-create and redesign for solutions.”

the double energy twins

The Zucker sisters share an identical passion for clean living

Twin alumnae Judi and Shari Zucker, `83, wrote their first health book How To Survive Snack Attacks...Naturally! in high school. They became vegetarians after attending health conventions with their father Irwin Zucker, a trade show publicist. The Double Energy Twins Judi and After their first book, Shari Zucker, `83 their father trademarked the nickname “The Double Energy Twins.” “We learned early on that being a twin attracts attention,” they said. “If we can use that attention to interest people to lead a healthy lifestyle, then we think it is fantastic!” The twins thought they would go their separate ways in college when Judi decided to major in nutrition at UC Davis, while Shari enrolled at UC Santa Barbara. This didn’t last a year. Judi soon joined Shari at UCSB, where they both majored in ergonomics and worked as peer counselors for students with food disorders. After graduating with honors, the Zuckers worked as spokespersons for General Mills’ Nature Valley Granola

products. They continued writing books about plant-based diets and worked the morning talk show circuit, demonstrating allergyfree recipes and clean living tips on NBC’s TODAY Show with Kathy Lee and Hoda, Home & Family and the Better Show. The Zuckers now lecture on health issues all over the country and are regular speakers at UCSB’s Health & Wellness Program. A key focus of their educational mission is encouraging sustainable eating. “The foods that are sustainable usually have higher nutrients and antioxidants too. We know that we are also supporting a more environmentally and socially responsible food system.” Their mother’s struggle with dementia inspired their seventh book The Memory Diet: More than 150 Healthy Recipes for the Proper Care and Feeding of your Brain. “Through our research, we learned what people could do to prevent dementia – from exercising, to avoiding processed foods.” The book will be released in May next year. The twins are now busy mothers, balancing work, health and parenting all at once. They look forward to launching their own food and kitchen product lines, and are developing a health and fitness fitness show for radio and television. “Educating people about living a healthy lifestyle is fun for us,” they said. “Your health is your greatest wealth.” www.ucsbalum.com

A Fresh Convenience Pam Plesons, MA `85, drives door-to-door organic food delivery in Santa Barbara County

A box of goodness: Pam Plesons, MA `85, at Plow to Porch headquarters

Pam Plesons’ son was four years old when they discovered he had Type I diabetes. “There is an epidemic of this disease in children,” she said. “After living with my son’s Type I diabetes, I know how difficult it is to for parents manage the glucose levels and the injections. I had to balance our lives.” Plesons left behind a 17-year career in speech and language pathology to focus on creating a healthier lifestyle for her family. Her organic food delivery company Plow to Porch started as a way to help other families access healthy, local “whole” foods at an affordable price. “I started to think about local eating and what goes into our food from the farm to the table,” she said. “The food we are buying and eating at most stores travels thousands of miles to get to us – that

Sustainable Success

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increases carbon emissions.” One of her guides for selecting produce for her clients is the Environmental Working Group’s Product Pesticide Load featuring a yearly Dirty Dozen list of vegetables and fruits exhibiting the highest levels of pesticides. “These are items we buy at the store and think are fresh and healthy,” she said. After years of word-of-mouth recommendations, the Plow to Porch is now a network of hundreds of clients throughout Santa Barbara County. “We have UCSB students living off campus, looking for healthy alternatives and are unable to get to the farmers markets regularly,” she said. “Parents of students are subscribing for their children, to have the food delivered as a way to help them eat healthy. We also serve families with young children and the homebound elderly.” To build her weekly and bimonthly produce boxes, Plesons works with local farmers within a 100mile radius, like Al Canter Organics, Ojai’s Earth

Salty Girl’s Norah Eddy, `14, on changing the course of store-bought seafood

Salty Girl co-founder Norah Eddy, `14, worked for a few years as a field biologist before heading back to school at UC Santa Barbara. “UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management was the perfect program for me,” she said. “It had all the key components of strong interdisciplinary curriculum, applied research and entrepreneurship courses.” While pursuing a degree in natural marine sciences, Eddy and her project partner Laura Johnson, `14, came up with a creative solution to drive change in an industry inundated with misleading marketing campaigns and mislabeling. At Bren, they developed Salty Girl Seafood, a business providing reliable seafood sourcing from small-scale

fisherman who harvest using sustainable practices. Now in their second year, Salty Girl has become a role model for eco-startups, recognized for their contributions to the seafood industry by the California State Assembly, the California State Senate and Fish 2.0. This summer, they received the Woman-Owned Company of the Year Award from the Pacific Coast Business Times. “As a mission-driven company, the fact that the community has shown such strong support for Salty Girl shows us there is real need for our work,” said Eddy. Salty Girl made its mark as a B2B business connecting fishermen with chefs through an online platform. This May 2015, they launched their Salty Girl product line at select California retailers like Gladdens and Sons Produce, Isabella Gourmet, New Frontiers Market, Plow to Porch and Local Harvest Delivery. “We hope to have national distribution within the year,” said Eddy. “Our brand is recognized all over the country – and even internationally, which is key to having people know Salty Girl as the trusted source for sustainable, traceable seafood. Eddy is proud of Salty Girl’s core team for leading the company to the next phase of their success. “We are

Tribe Farm and Rancho La Familia. She also sources organic foods from Harvest Santa Barbara, a distributor of organic-certified local produce. “I love making our customers happy,” she said. “One of the most fun responses we received recently were from parents who described how their children, who never used to eat fruits and vegetables, now look forward to their weekly Plow to Porch box `surprises.’”

a pretty close-knit team – and all of us our Gauchos!” said Eddy. “All of us are so passionate about the oceans and marine resources – and that passion translates directly into what we are building with Salty Girl.”

Engineering a Natural Solution to Food Waste How monks and rust led James Rogers, `12, to a new way of preserving produce Nearly half of the food produced in the United States ends up in the trash. The National Resources Defense Council reported reducing food loss by just 15 percent would mean having enough to feed 25 million Americans. Right now, one in six Americans go hungry every day. Last year, several U.S. federal agencies called for a dramatic reduction to food waste by 2030. Award-winning scientist James Rogers, `12, and his team at Apeel Natural solutions from a material world: Apeel founder James Rogers, `12 Sciences took on the problem of food waste from an engineering Rogers searched for answers within perspective. “We approached it from a his discipline. “The leading causes of different angle,” he said. “We ask about what spoilage are water loss and oxidation – the surface of food is made of and what does that’s a materials problem solved by the it contain.” With a $100,000 grant received steel industry 100 years ago,” he said. from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, “To make stainless steel you incorporate Apeel Sciences developed a series of all-natural a thin layer that prevents the iron from formulations that -- when applied to fruits rusting. I thought of monks who dipped and vegetables -- prolong shelf life up to 200 and preserved fruit in wax in the Middle percent. The water-based formulations are Ages. Taking from that idea, our product invisible, tasteless and edible – and are derived film redefines the interface between the from 100 percent sustainable agricultural byproduce and the environment using 100 products like peels, stalks and leaves. percent natural, edible materials.” Supported by a National Science Foundation Another Apeel solution in the pipeline Graduate Research Fellowship, Rogers aims to reduce chemical pesticide use graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a on farms. “Instead of using traditional Ph.D. in materials engineering and a masters pesticides to poison an invader, you mask in economics. As a student, Rogers worked the surfaces of produce from pests,” he said. on developing solar cells at the Lawrence “This solution is much more sustainable and Berkeley National Laboratory. “I spent six and applicable, and can improve soil health.” a half years of my life trying to understand one The company continues to grow - in nanometer of the solar paint blend,” he said. “I product scope and size. Since 2012, Apeel did a lot of driving between Santa Barbara and Sciences expanded from a core group of Berkeley, right through produce country.” six to 38. (Rogers is proud to say majority Inspired by the lush farms along his of people on his payroll – 34 employees commute, Rogers started asking questions are UCSB alumni. ) “To those whom much about world hunger and the impact of food is given, much is expected, ” he said. “The waste. “More than 50 percent of produce ends motivation has continued to evolve as our up in a landfill,” he said. “I thought about the technology impacts more people. ” sheer waste -- of how much water is used, all the pesticides and the human capital.” www.ucsbalum.com

LAFF fellows dive into new fisheries management solutions in Latin America

LAFF program manager Jacy Brunkow, `13

The Latin American Fisheries Fellowship Program Bren’s innovative marine resource management program fosters regional solutions

A series of learning moments in Mexico’s Gulf of California led Jacy Brunkow, `13, to dive into what he described as the “deep end of environmental science” as program manager of Bren School’s Latin American Fisheries Fellowship Program (LAFF). Brunkow earned his undergraduate degree in conservation biology and Latin American studies from Prescott College in Arizona. This led to his work as a manager and instructor teaching courses for marine conservation at a field station in the Gulf of California. “All classes took place in the field,” he said. “Experiences like snorkeling through a mangrove ecosystem in such clear water, surrounded by schools of fish and crabs crawling all over below, exposed me to an entirely new world.” Out of the water, Brunkow spent several years learning about the fishing communities along the coast of northwestern Mexico. “The well-being of these coastal communities is directly related to the health of these ecosystems,” he said. After a few years, he enrolled at UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School to pursue a graduate degree in environmental science. “I was lucky to be there in 2011, part of LAFF’s inaugural cohort,” he said. “The program brought in emerging professionals from Latin America -- all these inspirational people from Peru, Chile Mexico and Brazil sharing a dynamic learning area and mission.” Funded by the Walton Family Foundation, LAFF provides more than just tuition and expenses for graduate students looking to become conservation leaders for Latin American fisheries and their dependent communities. The program helps launch the careers of a new generation fostered by LAFF’s interdisciplinary approach. Current LAFF fellows are already creating conversations with big retailers like Walmart. Juliana Hererra, a graduate degree candidate from Costa Rica and Columbia, is working on creating recommendations on seafood sourcing and supply chains for some of the largest retailers in Central America. “That market component has a lot of power on how that food is captured and produced,” said Brunkow. “We look at ways large retailers can come up with metrics to influence policies like purchasing seafood from only traceable sources.” LAFF fellows are also working on advising policies to direct Peruvian anchovy fisheries toward human consumption, versus being used for fishmeal or oil. Another current LAFF project focuses on creating economic diversity for communities in the Galapagos Islands. One of Brunkow’s goals is to create relationships between LAFF alumni and current fellows. “How do we have that synergistic impact?” he asked. “A lot is based on relationships between alumni and fellows, to create that network of supporting each other and collectively moving the dial for sustainable resource management.” After five years in existence, LAFF alumni have become essential resources for the program. “We have a handful of LAFF alumni getting their doctorates at UCSB,” he said. “Their dedicated research provides a deeper sense of the scientific basis and tools used in a lot of the management projects. These PhD fellows join alumni in helping to open new doors to organizations and agencies for other fellows to find a place to express their voice and be heard.”

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Sourcing Superfoods with a Social Conscience Imlak’esh Organics provides economic incentive to indigenous farmers in the Andes

Photos by Philip Richardson ’13

Santa Barbara-based superfoods company Imlakèsh Organics started with a one-way ticket to South America when Tucker Garrison strapped on his backpack and headed to Peru after graduating from UC Santa Barbara in 2012. Seven months later, he returned with a slew of sources for superfoods grown by indigenous communities in the Peruvian jungles and highlands. Named after the Mayan equivalent of the Hindu greeting “namaste,” the company founded by Garrison and fellow alum Philip Richardson, ’13, pays premium wages to South American farmers who grow and harvest the maca, goldenberries, macambo, brazil nuts, sancha inchi and cacao used in Imlakèsh products. “I am a firm believer in having a strong economic incentive for sustainable food,” says Garrison. “The term `fair trade’ is a really important designation to us. We are not a big national brand. A lot of our interactions with farmers are face-to-face, and we pay above market value for everything we source.” Garrison started thinking about superfoods when he decided to become a vegetarian at the end of his freshman year. “I learned how to treat my body as a temple,” he said. His focus on South American tribal cultures guided him to try ancient plant-based medicines and foods. Before he visited Peru, Garrison bought and sold spirulina, a traditional Aztec food source made from bluegreen algae. “It’s full circle to see the food co-op that first gave me access to spirulina now carrying our Imlakèsh spirulina on its shelves,” he said. After kickstarting Imlakèsh with grassroots fundraising, Garrison returned to South America to negotiate direct trade with nearly 1,000 farming households in Peru. “Farms there don’t exist as big commercial operations,” he said. “Their lives are directly affected by what we do. There are sometimes nearly ten people per household with nearly of all of the farming done by hand. This is all human power raising

tree crops and perennials.” Richardson, who now serves as the company’s head of marketing and social media, visited their Peruvian community sources with Garrison Philip Richardson ’13 for the first time this past summer. They documented their latest Andes backpacking trip through a social media story titled “Journey to the Source” highlighting the farmers and beauty of their communities. Imlak’esh founder Tucker Garrison ’12 with farmers The company in Peru continues to grow. Imlak`esh products will soon be selling in the Bay Area and San Diego. “As the company expands, it’s all the more important to make sure everyone – the farmers, our workers, our community – understands the impact of food,” said Garrison. “I truly believe your diet choices have the strongest impact to help change the environment. Organic food is what food should be. This is the way people have eaten from the beginning.” www.ucsbalum.com

In the Mix with Mattole Valley Naturals

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Blending the holistic lifestyle with conscientious business Hawai`i native Blaine Lando, `07, ran his first start-up while he worked toward a business economics degree at UC Santa Barbara. “I was able to take classroom lessons and apply them to real life,” he said. “I was really able to fully appreciate the value of my UCSB education early on.” After working in the clothing industry, Lando was inspired by how his father, Dr. Paul Barre Lando, treated patients with a combination of Eastern and Western medicine. Since 2012, the younger Lando created remixes of his father’s nutritional formulas and has sold multiple lines of herbal greens, protein powders and energy infusions through Mattole Valley Naturals. The Santa Barbara-based company emphasizes clean living, responsible product sourcing and a unique brand of

On Interrogating Your Food and Why We Are Alive

An excerpt from a conversation on food with UCSB professor, human ecologist and author David Cleveland

WEB EXTRA Look out for our eCoastlines Web Special: Food for Thought with Dr. David Cleveland Learn more about his research on the impact of the food system on climate change, his new book on gardening and what he really thinks of chicken nuggets. Environmental Studies Professor David Cleveland Photo by Matt Perko

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He grew up on his grandfather’s farm in upstate New York, where there was no question how food ended up on the plate. Four decades later, Dr. David Cleveland still maintains his close connection to small-scale farming communities. He has traveled the world doing research on sustainable agri-food systems created by indigenous peoples in northeast Ghana, Oaxaca, Mexico, and the Zuni and Hopi of the American Southwest. A professor in UC Santa Barbara’s Environmental Studies program, Cleveland wrote Balancing on a Planet: The Future of Food and Agriculture (2014) and was honored with the first-ever UCSB Sustainability Champion grant in 2009. He is currently working on his next book Food Gardens for a Changing World with his colleague Daniela Soleri, a research scientist in UCSB’s Geography Department.

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spiritual wellness. “We are committed to sourcing only the highest quality sustainable ingredients in our whole food blends,” said Lando. “We are always vigilant in our sourcing of sustainably-farmed foods and strive to work with like-minded companies.” Fellow UCSB alum Maressa Garner joined the MV Naturals team right after she graduated in 2012. “While at UCSB, I took a great interest in food justice and the localization of food systems,” said Garner, who now works as the company’s administrative director. This fall 2015, the MV Naturals team went on a road trip through the Pacific Northwest to meet key suppliers like a family-run goat farm in Washington State. “Majority of our products are, in fact, plant-based,” said Lando. “However, many people do thrive on small amounts of animal protein as a vital micronutrient in their diets. Our flagship product is a lacto-fermented goat milk protein

Coastlines: You gave a talk recently on the relationship between the climate and food systems. Why do you think this is such an important topic? David Cleveland: The effect of our food system on climate change is something that is often overlooked. We focus on how climate is going to affect our food supply, but it’s a circular thing because our food supply has a huge effect on climate. Most of what people tend to focus on, because it’s so well-documented and publicized, is transportation and energy. People talk about fossil fuels and cars, which are important, but by thinking of it in those buckets, we forget how much the food system is responsible for—at least one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions. There’s two things that are really good about that – first, because the food system has such a big impact, it also offers a huge opportunity to reduce greenhouse emissions, and second, it doesn’t require a lot of new infrastructure, technology or research. It does require a change in diet, and that can be pretty difficult. This might require more of an education, though. I do think it would require more education. Research is showing that most people are not aware of the effect of their food choices on the climate. But there’s also huge extra benefits because our diet is making us sick right now. And the foods that are climatefriendly are also good for our health and our communities. For us there might be some struggles culturally or geographically to give up, say, fish… But that’s the key, I think, is not presenting these choices as black and white. There are some who say “well if you’re a real environmentalist, then you have to be vegan.” But that just turns people off. That’s a turn off.

designed specifically to meet this need. We work with a small family that operates according to biodynamic principles and consciously produces their goat milk products in a closed loop format.” Some MV Naturals products use blue-green algae “wild-crafted” from Klamath Falls, Oregon, another road trip stop. Through the Mattole Valley Naturals Sustainable Living Project, Founder Blaine Lando, `07, with administrative director Maressa Garner, `12 the company also collaborates with PrAna’s Chadd Konig and Goal Zero to nurture the first domestic organic cultivation of tonic herbs like Jiao Gu Lan and He Shou Wu. “We believe there is a balance to be struck and aim to work with companies that operate with a healthy biosphere in mind,” said Garner.

Then what can people do to begin making better choices? By asking simple questions. Imagining, while they look at food -how did that get there? How did that frozen broccoli get to be in that freezer in that grocery? Where did it come from? What helped it to get there and how did it get there? Once people begin to interrogate their food, that will lead to a whole bunch of other things. Not only where it came from, but where is it going to go into your body, and what’s it going to do to your body once you eat it. We’ve been discouraged, discouraged, discouraged – from thinking about the social and environmental impacts of how the food gets to us, and of the health impacts to us, once we eat it. The thing is to keep asking those questions and to make small changes. Not to think “Oh I have to totally change my diet!” A new classes I started to teach two years ago is called Diet and Global Climate Change. Students really love it. Climate change is in the air – everyone is talking about it, it’s in the news all the time, it’s in our discussions – and young people are worried. It’s their future being threatened by our lifestyle and by an economic system that doesn’t want to change. This class shows them a big connection between what they do everyday, which is choose food and eat it, and climate change. It gives them a sense of power. That “Yeah, I can do something – I can do something directly, I can talk to my friends about it.” It gives them a hook into the problem and empowers them to change their diets and to advocate for change in society. What are we striving for? What really fulfills us is love and being with people who we like – and helping them and feeling that sense of social connectedness. That’s what makes us happy. That’s what food can do. I ask my class, “What is food for?” And my students say “Well, food is for keeping people alive.” So I ask, “Why are we alive? Am I alive to make money? I want to be happy. That’s what the Buddhists say – everyone wants to be happy, everyone suffers…so we should help each other be happier and to suffer less. And that just seems such a simple formula for making the world a better place to live. And food is a huge part of that. www.ucsbalum.com

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I.V. Roundup Update The continuing series in Coastlines providing updates on community progress towards solving Isla Vista problems.

Popular rapper Snoop Dogg performed during Halloween weekend

Halloween Was Not Very Scary This year’s Halloween in Isla Vista was not only dead, it was almost invisible. This year, despite Halloween falling on a Saturday night, there were only 28 arrests over a two-day period. Sheriff’s officers said that was a below-normal school year weekend.

Parking Remains A Tight Situation Increasing community complaints about parking in Isla Vista led the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission to recommend to the Board of Supervisors to institute a study of parking capacity and possible first steps toward a parking permit program. In more than an hour of testimony Isla Vista residents, from long timers to current students, Photo credit: Susan Yamashiro Milner complained that the current Isla Vista Master Plan did not address the increasing shortage of parking in Isla Vista. Most of the criticism was of a 2013 study that found plenty of parking available in Isla Vista. The issue arose because the county had never submitted its Isla Vista Master Plan for approval by the California Coastal Commission. What had been intended to be a simple process of sending the plan to the CCC was slowed when local residents questioned both the density called for in the Master Plan and the lack of parking solutions. The Master Plan calls for an additional 1,063 housing units in Isla Vista, a plan that has brought criticism from residents who say the community is already overcrowded and that level of building will generate at least 2,000 more cars to an area that already has a parking problem.

Law enforcement officials estimated there were never more than 500 people on the streets of Isla Vista at any one time during Halloween night. Campus officials attributed the quiet weekend to Friday and Saturday night concerts produced by the Associated Students and mostly paid for by university donors. Saturday night featured controversial rapper Snoop Dog and drew more than 6,000 students out of Isla Vista and into the Thunderdome.

UC Santa Barbara police were aided by officers from other UC campuses and the Sheriff’s Department brought in almost 100 officers. Both agencies said they reduced those numbers as it appeared the weekend was going to be quiet.

Isla Vista story: SBF grant

A creative space for young people in Isla Vista

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The Santa Barbara Foundation has announced it will give $20,000 to the Isla Vista Creative Communities for a feasibility study that would lead to a community-wide arts and culture program. The goal is to create a thriving culture center in Isla Vista. To facilitate the planning for cultural development the Foundation will hire the New York-based nonprofit Project for Public Spaces, which will hold a visioning workshop for the entire community in early 2016. The study results from the work of UC Santa Barbara art professor Kim Yasuda, who has spearheaded a number of cultural and

Isla Vista Food Co-op Feeds Community By Lanny Ebenstein ’82

One of Isla Vista’s most vital and venerable institutions, the Isla Vista Food Coop was founded in 1972 in the wake of the Isla Vista riots and the burning of the Bank of America. It was a tumultuous time. People were looking for new ways of doing things. Photo credit Vivian Bui/Daily Nexus The spirit that always animated the Isla Vista Food Co-op -- one of the oldest food cooperatives in California —is providing the healthiest food in the most cooperative way possible. “The Co-op is a core institution of Isla Vista,” said alum Britta Gustafson, `09. “Anyone can walk in and buy food. It organizes and connects the people of IV in a gentle way – which makes IV stronger and more resilient.” There are currently about 1,500 active owner-members in the Isla Vista Food Co-op. There have been almost 20,000 since the co-op was founded. Most members are UCSB students, but member-owners include long-term residents of Isla Vista and UCSB employees. Membership (a full owner share in the Co-op) costs $30 per year for five years. Membership allows voting rights in the co-op. Sales at the Isla Vista Food Co-op have increased substantially in recent years, and are now almost $10,000 per day. Sales vary with season. The Isla Vista Food Co-op is located at the heart of Isla Vista, at 6575 Seville Road, one lot away from Embarcadero del Mar near the top of the loop. As the Isla Vista Community Center opens at the site of the former St. Athanasius Church across from Seville and Trigo Roads, the site of the Isla Vista Food Co-op will become even more central in Isla Vista. A street mural is planned to be painted in the Trigo intersection in 2016. Working with UCSB’s Associated Students, the Food Co-op was able to secure its property in the recent past and completed a crowd-funding project to secure the down payment for the building. Project We Own It included contributions from more than 1,000 people around the world. The Isla Vista Food Co-op is involved with the Isla Vista Youth Projects (IVYP) Healthy School program at Isla Vista Elementary School, where food is distributed to children and families in need through a community resource fair developed and organized by the IVYP. The Food Co-op is also involved with the Associated Students Food Bank and the UC-wide Global Food Initiative. “I love it,” said Gabriel Pagan, a third year student at UC Santa Barbara. “I appreciate the effort they put into making the membership worthwhile.” Once a month, the co-op and the AS Food Bank sponsor the “Grazing Hour” at the Co-op, a community potluck. The store is open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Isla Vista Food Co-op seeks to be the hub of a wider range of community activities than is standard. Based on its program, it’s succeeding.

arts events in Isla Vista over the last year. A resident of Isla Vista, Yasuda said, “This multiagency arts initiative is the first of its kind for Isla Visa and offers a way to engage the leadership of artists and designers in helping Isla Vista reimagine its future as a creative community.” The Santa Barbara Foundation grant comes on the heels of a $43,500 grant from the California Arts Council to underwrite an innovative public art initiative entitled “Lightworks: Isla Vista.” Local and California based artists will be commissioned to crate temporary sculptural installations designed to transform the central parks of Isla Vista into illuminated spaces for art, performance and evening engagement by the community.

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The Co-op is a core institution of Isla Vista…It organizes and connects the people of IV in a gentle way – which makes IV stronger and more resilient.

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Governor Signs Community Service Legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB3 which will allow Isla Vista voters to form a new Community Services District with powers to augment law enforcement, regulate parking and set the stage for a possible area planning commission. In November 2016, Isla Vista voters will be asked to approve the CSD, elect a five member Board, and establish a utility user’s tax of between 5-8 percent. The CSD and Board are elected with majority votes while the tax will require a two-thirds vote. UC Santa Barbara has already pledged $200,000 per year for seven years to the new CSD for mutually agreed upon projects and programs. A utility user’s tax could generate between $300,000 and $600,000 annually. The CSD will also have the power to contract for building code enforcement, landlord-tenant mediation services and graffiti abatement.

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Youth Project Kicks Off Capital Campaign The Isla Vista Youth Project, which has offered day care and after school care for Isla Vista children since 1971, has kicked off a $1.9 million capital campaign to retire the debt on their Children’s Center facility. The campaign funds would also be used to expand services, create an endowment and renovate the Children’s Center. The IVYP serves more than 180 infants, toddlers and preschoolers at its Children’s Center and more than 100 children at Isla Vista Elementary School. It also provides educational programs for more than 1,000 clients in the Isla Vista area. For more information on the campaign go to www.ivyp.org.

The Isla Vista Youth Projects, Inc. has launched!

The Legacy and Vision Campaign! to secure our tenure in the Isla Vista Community!!

Through this campaign, we will:! - Purchase our Children’s Center building! - Renovate and reconﬁgure our 4 sites! - Renovate our outdoor classroom spaces! - Go solar!

The Isla Vista Youth Projects has been ! partnering with UCSB to build a safer and stronger Isla Vista for 45 years. We serve 2,000 families annually through our 4 programs: the Children’s Center, After School Program, Family Resource Center, and THRIVE Isla Vista. !

Consider Making a Donation today at: www.ivyp.org!

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U C S B A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

Statement of Financial Position

Fiscal Situation The Alumni Association continues to be in great fiscal shape. Combined reserves now approach $4 million, while the Association manages a $3.7 million budget. The Family Vacation Center continues to operate with a healthy net income and the

Assets Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Prepaid expenses

241,508 2,616,272 30,617 0

2,888,397

Association is in negotiations to begin a new affinity agreement with Nationwide that will provide a steady income stream over the next five years.

Total Current Assets

Investments and Other Assets Long-term investments Due from Mosher Alumni House fund Furniture & equipment Perpetual income interest In trusts

3,070,094 0 0 0

Mosher Alumni House Use of the Mosher Alumni House by campus

groups continues to increase every year. Discussions by the Board of

Total Assets

5,958,491

Directors have begun to focus on alternative uses for the first floor,

Liabilities and Net Assets Current Liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses Deferred program fees Due to related party

65,403 0 1,406,559

1,471,962

which is currently rented on an annual basis to the University Art Museum. Considerations include making major improvements to turn the space into offices and renting them out to a campus organization, or using a portion of the space to host a student/alumni/faculty business incubator. Scholarships Alumni continue to foster crucial support for the Alumni Scholarship Family of Funds by encouraging Gauchos to collaborate

Total Investments and Other Assets

Total Current Liabilities

Other Liabilities Deferred royalty revenue Loan payable-net current Portion Total Other Liabilities Total Liabilities

3,070,094

0 0 0 1,471,962

Scholarship Program has awarded a total of $262,300 in scholarships to

Net assets Unrestricted â&#x20AC;&#x201C; undesignated Unrestricted â&#x20AC;&#x201C; designated

804,894 3,661,322

183 students. This year, 25 students will receive the UC Santa Barbara

4,466,216

Alumni Scholarship. The UC Alumni Association Board also voted to

Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted

in support of our University and its students. Since 2001, the Alumni

increase the individual award for the Legacy Scholarship, which will be awarded to six students this year. . Alumni Giving This was a record-breaking year for giving at UC Santa

Total unrestricted

20,313 0

Total net assets

4,486,529

Total liabilities & net assets

5,958,491

Statement of Activities Support and Revenue: Program Support and Revenue University support Affinity programs Membership dues Program events Advertising Travel programs

45,269 217,635 238,295 57,165 77,272 17,967

Advocacy The software program CapWiz, which is used to mobilize

Total Support

653,603

alumni across the UC system, was used this past year to gather support advocating for the adoption of AB3, which creates a Community

Other Support and Revenue Unrealized gain (loss) on investments Investment income Other Revenue

182,359 65,849 25,349

Service District in Isla Vista.

Total Revenue

273,557

Reunion The Reunion was headlined in 2015 by musician Jack

Expenses: Program services Administrative expenses

276,804 230,628

Johnson and his wife, Kim, who launched a new healthy food initiative

Total Expenses

498,432

Barbara. Alumni gave $14.3 million, contributing 11 percent of total private support given to the University this fiscal year. UCSB graduates gave 6,700 gifts, making up 48 percent of the donor gifts recorded for 2014-3015.

for the UC budget. On the local level, key alumni played a role in

at UC Santa Barbara. The Reunion had its largest attendance ever with more than 8,000 alumni, family and friends attending events both on and off campus.

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Change in Assests Net Assets at Beginning of Year

428,728 4,057,801

Net Assets at End of Year

4,486,529

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Arts

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I love drag – that glitzy, over-the-top performance style speaks to me.

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For the Love of Bowie

Photo credit: Demi Anter

Before artist Demi Anter, `14, stitched together the life-size David Bowie pillow that went viral all over pop culture sites like Mashable, The Nerdist, Hello Giggles and Dangerous Minds, she expressed her love for the Thin White Duke through fan girl graffiti. “When I was younger, I used to walk around with a marker and write `Bowie’ all over the place,” she said. “I’ve always loved David Bowie, his glam music and performances. I like how he was able to express what people weren’t always comfortable about.” The Bowie pillow came from a flash of inspiration while Anter was putting together her senior thesis art exhibit Demopolous, a tent installation filled with pillows and other fabric-based pieces based on pop culture icons. “I like looking at what grabs people’s attention,” she said. “I made square pillows of Cher and RuPaul, then I found the David Bowie image and wondered if I could blow it up really, really big.” After graduating with a degree in creative studies from UC Santa Barbara, Anter put the pieces from her show up for sale on her Etsy page and at a local gallery in her hometown La Quinta near Palm Springs. She went on to work for Mitchell Kriegman, the creator of Bear in the Blue House and Clarissa Explains It All. Then, one morning, page views skyrocketed on her Etsy page. Reporters started calling. The Bowie pillow, after a mention on the popular site Dangerous Minds site, had gone viral. Orders for the $400 pillow hit like a tsunami. “I was totally blown away and completely exhausted,” she said. For months, Anter was a one-woman operation answering thousands of messages and fulfilling orders while maintaining a full-time job. To meet the demand, she reached out to a manufacturer in Colorado. “Now that it’s become financially viable, the pillow can actually help me pay for grad school,” she said. “It’s worth it to keep the business going.” Anter will be attending film school in Berlin next year. She recently illustrated Kriegman’s Things I Can’t Explain, and hopes to write and produce her own films some day. “I am inspired by people who can do everything,” she said. 24 24

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The Internet’s Favorite Flautist When Azeem Ward, `15, created a Facebook page to invite friends and family to his senior flute recital at UC Santa Barbara this past spring, he had no idea this simple act of online self-promotion would make him an Internet superstar. Ward’s event program promised classical pieces by Devienne, Gaubert, Roitstein and the contemporary Three Beats for Beatbox Flute. He wrote: “You will hear some beatboxing, jazz and may even see some dancing! “ The page included a smiling photo of Ward and his instrument. Something about this combination of details and Ward’s promo picture proved irresistible to British social media. The number of attendees for his recital at the 100-person capacity hall hit 104,000. The majority were from the United Kingdom, where users Photoshopped Ward’s image into humorous memes and edited his YouTube flute videos into hip-hop remixes. “The best thing I could do was remember what my professors had taught me,” he said. The day before his recital, the late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live featured Ward and his fellow UC Santa Barbara music majors. “Being on Jimmy Kimmel was quite surreal,” he said of the webcam interview with the popular talk show host. “It all happened within a matter of 7 hours!” News stations also aired a pop-up performance, produced by UCSB Amplified, featuring Ward and UC Santa Barbara student Timmy Linetsky, a.k.a. DJ Underbelly, at the Pardall Tunnel. After graduation, Ward enrolled at the University of Northern Iowa to pursue a master’s degree in music performance. He deferred his studies for a semester to tour the UK with Linetsky. He plans to record a solo album when he returns to school in 2016. Linetsky and Ward will also be recording a musical collaboration in the near future, creating a fresh approach to classical music and performance by blending electronic and instrumental approaches. “Most classical musicians are thinking in an entrepreneurial sense,” he said. “Being creative and forming vibrant chamber ensembles is the way to go. Everything is becoming more `do it yourself.’”

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Arts Hot Type—Alumni Authors

David C. Forman `66 Fearless HR: Driving Business Results Written by the Human Capital Institute’s chief learning officer David C. Forman, Fearless HR is a professor’s journey through the human resources question. Forman explores how human resources perceptions, opportunities and business results are driven by a clear, articulated focus on building human resources capabilities, strengthening networks, implementing the right levers and demonstrating a fearless mindset.

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Lanny Ebenstein `82 Chicagonomics: The Evolution of Chicago Free Market Economics

Paul Relis, `73 Out of the Wasteland: Stories from the Environmental Frontier

Lanny Ebenstein’s Chicagonomics is the first comprehensive history of economics at the University of Chicago. Readers will learn why Chicago had such influence, and how Chicago tradition, vision and economic perspectives inform current economic and social circumstances. In his tenth book on the history of economic and political thought, Ebenstein explores the personal and intellectual relationships among leading figures in economics at the Unicersity of Chicago, from Jacob Viner and Frank Knight to George Stigler and Friedrich Hayek.

Paul Relis’s compelling Out of the Wasteland is a story about the genesis of Santa Barbara’s environmental movement. Relis, one of the founders of the Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council, shares his journey from his days as a young activist, to working with state government and private institutions as a leader of the movement. His memoir is a treasure trove of personal recollections and complex issues experienced by a man who has committed his life to saving the environment.

Andrea Weir, `83 A Foolish Consistency Andrea Weir’s debut novel explores the complexities of love, grief and family in A Foolish Inconsistency, a story about two former lovers who meet in hospital emergency room during the holidays. After a tough divorce, Callie Winwood thought the company of her dog was enough. But a chance encounter with her ex-college boyfriend -- a widower with two young children -- changes the trajectory of her life.

David H. Reich `73 Am I a Soldier Yet?

While his parents backpack through Europe, Martin Heydekker spends his summer with Uncle Chick at the edge of a lake in Maine. When his friend Suzy starts asking questions about his uncle, Martin isn’t quite sure how to react to her revelations. Conelly’s first novel takes us through complicated questions about sexuality, marriage and family from the point of view of a nineyear old boy.

This wartime romance is based on correspondence between Corporal Bernie Reich and his sweetheart Sylvia. Through a compilation of letters written between 1943 and 1944, Reich reveals a family story about love, forgiveness and freedom from the conditioning of the past.

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William Conelly, `66 Tether’s End

Robert Curry, `67 Common Sense Nation: Unlocking the Forgotten Power of the American Idea Robert Curry’s book reintroduces the 21st century reader to the political ideas of our nation’s founding fathers. In their own words, we rediscover the profound power of American selfgovernance. Curry reclaims the language of liberty and shares with readers a chance to reclaim their personal political power.

Check out our Winter Alumni Authors ONLINE: Featuring more works by Gaucho authors and a special spotlight on John’s Journal, a collection of letters curated by two UCSB alums, in memory of a fellow Gaucho who died in the Vietnam War.

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A Blackjack Legend Who Became A Trading Genius The Blair Hull Story By George Thurlow `73 By his own admission, Blair Hull ’65, did not get much out of his classes at UC Santa Barbara. He regrets it, but also admits that he became a math major because “it was easy and I could spend less time in class.” As a Sigma Alpha Epsilon brother he recalled majoring in “TGIF.” But Hull’s life, his contributions to UCSB and his renowned genius in trading stock options and futures discloses an intellect and a drive that was not all TGIF. Just a few years out of UCSB Hull joined a team of card players—he was working at a cement company at the time, improving delivery systems—that became famous for their ability to beat Las Vegas odds. Chronicled in the book “The Big Player,” Hull and his team employed a combination of card counting, complex math and game playing theory to consistently beat the house. Hull took his winnings and set out for Wall Street. The rest is legend. Using complex algorithms and a systematic approach to investing, Hull built the Hull Trading Company and eventually sold it to Goldman Sachs in 1999 for more than $500 million. Today his newly launched Hull Tactical US ETF is winning kudos from Forbes and other market followers as one of the most successful trading companies in 2015. The attention led to an invitation to ring the opening bell on Wall Street Nov. 3. But if you think Blair Hull is all about numbers, computer algorithms and the acquisition of huge sums of money, you would have to read the first couple of chapters of his amazing life. Driven by his passion for universal health care for America and animosity toward a political system driven by fundraising, Hull ran for U.S. Senate in Illinois in 2004. Political junkies will quickly realize that was the year that a very famous man from Illinois also ran for U.S. Senate. His name was Barack Obama. At the time, he was a state Senator who had lost a bid for a seat in the House of Representatives. Hull was an early favorite to win the general election race. He funded it out of his own pocket -- to the tune of $29 million—and was campaigning against a weak Republican incumbent. But as he now

recalls, Obama was a serious campaigner in the Democratic primary. It was in the Senate race that Obama pulled together some of the same tacticians that would later help elect him to the White House. “The campaign opened my eyes to the political process,” Hull said. To this day he is proud of his campaign and admires much of what Obama has accomplished as president. His one pointed criticism of not only Obama, but of much of the political leadership in the United States, is that they have no management experience. He feels that has hurt Obama during his presidency. Even more intriguing is Hull’s interest in women’s issues. It led him to establish the first endowed chair in Women’s Studies at UCSB—a position now held by Eileen Boris, who combines research and activism around issues of women in the workplace. He points to his mother as the inspiration for the gift. “She worked outside the home,” he recalled. “She was discriminated against in the workplace. It was the 1950s and she was a middle manager at the state employment office.” It inspired him that his mother was one of the few women venturing into the workplace at that time who earned a middle management job. But the discrimination she faced left a mark on him. More pointed is the story he tells of two of his three daughters who played volleyball. Megan was a good enough volleyball player to be recruited to a Division One team. She committed to Brown. As the first season began, Brown announced it was cutting two men’s and two women’s sports --one program being women’s volleyball. Given there were 6 women’s sports and 18 men’s sports, his

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daughter protested the decision because it clearly hurt more women than men. In November 1996, women at Brown University won a ruling in federal court, citing that the University discriminated against women when it demoted its women’s gymnastics and volleyball teams from university-funded to donor-funded varsity status -- and then argued that it was in compliance with Title IX. The court said that Brown violated Title IX and rejected Brown’s challenge to Title IX based on the stereotype that men were more interested in sports participation. The Supreme Court declined Brown’s petition to hear the case, and the women’s teams were restored to university-funded status. Hull recalled what his daughter saw when she returned to campus after the Supreme Court decision. The campus newspaper ran a headline saying, “Megan Hull: How Can You Sleep At Night?” In 1994, Megan Hull testified in front of a Congressional committee studying the impacts of Title IX. She left to play volleyball at Georgetown and then returned to Brown in her senior year, playing on the team reinstated by the courts. Ten years later, Hull’s youngest daughter Courtney went to Brown and played on the volleyball team. They won the Ivy League Championship during her freshman year. “That opportunity would not have existed except for her older sister,” he said. At 73, Hull is not slowing down. Walking through his trading offices next to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago across the street -- and downstairs from the Chicago Board of Trade -- he is excited about this new evolution of online trading. In one half of the modest office floor, programmers are creating code that the traders across the room will implement for future trades. This is the new model of trading. No more yelling across a pit to buy pork bellies. Instead, computer programs will crunch huge amounts of data, use algorithms to determine the best spreads for futures and options, and then, in seconds, will execute buying and selling. Hull is quick to point out that this is not the high-speed trading that was exposed in the recent book, “Flash Boys.” That trading relies on seconds, milliseconds and even nanoseconds to execute trades that make money based on huge volume -and done very quickly to exploit momentary price differentials that may be very small. Hull said his trading is for the long haul because “flash” trading is an “end game.” At some point you can’t move data any faster than the speed of light, so that ends any advantage anybody might have. Instead, Hull’s trading is about using computer knowledge and disciplined execution. As he told Fast Company magazine, “All you need is a mathematical advantage and the controls to ensure you stay in the game. Everything else takes care of itself.” It goes back to his days at the card tables. “You get an advantage and then you stay in the game.” Just like in cards, trading on Wall Street is about discipline not emotion. To this day, Hull leans on the academic world for inspiration and techniques. He cites a long line of researchers of human behavior and market psychology in explaining how he built his systems. He recently published an academic article along 30

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It Was All In The Cards In the Big Player, a breakthrough 1977 book about card counters who beat the biggest casinos in the world, one of the important players was an insurance salesman named Steve Lottier. Lottier was described as a sharp looking, well-dressed math whiz who helped develop the mathematical odds for when a bet had a better than even chance of beating the house. According to the book, Lottier perfected the math formulas on his computer at work. In a recent interview in his Chicago trading offices, financial whiz Blair Hull admitted that he was Steve Lottier and the “Big Player” was about a team he played with from 1971 to 1975. Over that period of time, Hull recalled he spent 50 days a year at the blackjack tables of Nevada playing 800 hands a day. In all, he would play 40,000 hands a year or 200,000 hands over that four year period. Using theories first developed by an academic Ed Thorp, Hull and his team combined card counting with complex mathematical formulas to predict the best odds, and then would bring to their table “the big player” who made the winning bets. The team by their own estimates won more than $1 million until the Sands casino uncovered their whole system and banned them. That signaled the end of “the team.” The Big Player was written by Ken Uston, the man who started the team. Midway through their playing days he describes “Steve’s” ambition in the mid-1970s: “Entering the stock option field by using computer programs to detect exploitable market anomalies, as well as the notion of a computerized racehorse handicapping system.” The racehorse idea went nowhere. As for the “market anomalies,” that was where Hull really beat the house.

with Xiao Qiao titled “A Practitioner’s Defense of Return Probability” and launched an active ETF on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol HTUS. Once a math major, always a math major.

Business Managing Microsoft’s Environmental Impact Tamara DiCaprio, `81, explains how Microsoft’s carbon tax helps build a better world By Renee Lowe, ’15 Using too much paper can be a hazard to the environmenT – but sending out millions of emails a day as a multinational company can be just as damaging to the Earth. Microsoft’s senior director of sustainability Tamara DiCaprio, `81, has made it a priority for the technology company to reduce its carbon footprint. “Some people don’t see Microsoft as a heavy polluter, but we’re turning into a smokestack industry as we go to the cloud,” said DiCaprio. “In order to get emails, everything goes through the servers. Those server farms are energy intensive.” DiCaprio, who graduated with a degree in environmental studies at UC Santa Barbara and has won the 2013 U.S. EPA Individual Leadership Award for her work in creating sustainable business practices, believes

Microsoft needs to own its environmental impact. “As everything Solar project on Nuku Hiva becomes electronic, energy consumption is still happening,” she said. “As we were building more data centers, we needed to do something at least equal to that to help the planet.” Early on, she realized she needed to speak to business people about their environmental impact using business terms. Instead of using greenhouse gas metrics, she measured environmental impact in dollars. This became the premise of Microsoft’s internal carbon tax that charges different departments money for environmental innovation projects. In four years, the carbon tax has funded wind farms and solar panel installations at Microsoft buildings around the world. Microsoft has also

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brought schools and hospitals to developing regions, created forest preservation jobs for those who used to work for poachers, and empowered women to plant trees and create businesses manufacturing organic clothing. Microsoft departments now want to pay more into the carbon tax. “People are excited about the money they’re paying and the impact that they’re able to make,” DiCaprio said. Renee Lowe graduated with a degree in communications studies in 2015.

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Gauchos Run Out of Gas At Clemson The UC Santa Barbara men’s soccer team made it to the Sweet 16 but lost a hard fought battle with Clemson, 3-2, in the NCAA playoffs. On a rainy night at Clemson, the Gauchos were able to score first on a header by substitute Seo-in Kim. The second goal came late in the second half, on a heads up play by Kevin Feucht, who intercepted a headed backpass to the goalie and poked it into the net. UCSB had been seeded 15th in the nation and ended with a season record of 14-7-2. It was the Gauchos’ seventh appearance in the round of 16 since 2011 and their record is now 2-5. Kevin Feucht, pictured, was one of UCSB’s most effective The team players in UCSB’s 3-2 loss to Clemson in the Sweet Sixteen on advanced to the Sunday Photo: Carl Ackerman game with Clemson after a tough overtime victory at Harder Stadium against the University of South Carolina. The game was knotted at 0-0 in regulation. Just over two minutes into overtime, star forward Ismalia Jome hit a right footer into the goal. The Gauchos made it into the NCAA playoffs even after losing the Big West championship game to CSU Fullerton.

Greatest Rivalry in Soccer The rivalry between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in men’s soccer is taking on a record-breaking magnitude. In their final meeting of the 2015 season, the game between UCSB and Cal Poly at Harder Stadium drew 14, 919 fans -- the second largest crowd in NCAA history. (The largest crowd in NCAA soccer history was for a game between UCSB and UCLA.) The matchup between the Blue and Green attracted 13 of the 19 largest soccer crowds in the history of the NCAA. In the past five years, more than 124,000 fans have watched the two teams play. More than 8,000 UCSB students were in attendance for the October 24 Alumni Night game against Cal Poly. The growth in soccer attendance at UCSB has been dramatic. In 2000, UCSB did not break the top 20 in attendance. It has been number one in attendance every year since 2007. The team drew 46,132 fans to its home games this year.

Diving into Gregg Wilson’s Legacy Bill Mahoney discusses retiring swimming coach’s 40-year career By Tanner Warrick After 40 years at the helm of the UCSB swimming program, Wilson announced that he will be retiring by next summer. “Wilson was such a good guy,” said Bill Mahoney, UCSB’s Athletic Director of Communications. “The staff is sad to see him go, but he won’t truly be gone.” When Bill Mahoney met head swimming coach Gregg Wilson in 1984, the athletics offices were located in a series of trailers at the edge of campus. “They were kind of our own little neighborhood,” said Mahoney. It was in this little neighborhood that Mahoney and Wilson would strike up a friendship. Wilson, a coach who earned 39 conference championships throughout his career, taught Mahoney’s daughter how to swim in his backyard pool. Wilson started his career at UCSB by taking control of the men’s program in 1975. In three years, he coached his first team of Gauchos to the conference championship. That win sent the men’s team on a 23-year winning streak within the conference. He also took leadership of the women’s team in 1985 and led them to win 13 conference titles. “His athletes truly epitomized the word team,” said Mahoney. Wilson has recruited and coached many champions like Jason Lezak, `99, who swam anchor leg in the 4x100 relay in the 2008 Olympic games, winning the gold medal in a come-from-behind victory. Wilson also plans to send more athletes to the Olympics before his retirement. “My last head coaching event will be the Olympic trials,” said Wilson in his retirement announcement posted on the UCSB Athletics website. “We’re going to have a great group there.” Wilson changed the game for UCSB swimming. “He graduated from Cal, but he’s a Gaucho at heart,” said Mahoney. “He was able to get athletes here that most coaches couldn’t. His magnetism as a person, as well as a coach, made his program so attractive to athletes. He chose great swimmers – and he made them better.” Tanner Warrick is a fourth year student at UC Santa Barbara majoring in history and psychology. He plans to explore the fields of education and journalism in the future.

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Gaucho Ice Hockey Team Celebrates New Goleta Rink Current members and alumni look forward to the team’s home advantage

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Alumni can spread the word that we have a growing program to players in high school, who are trying to decide where to go to college.

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For four years, making it to ice hockey practice was not easy for the UCSB team. Founding member Matthew Snyder, `11, remembers the 45-minute drive to the Channel Islands Ice Center out in Oxnard. “When I was a senior in 2011, we talked about the plans for the rink in Goleta and our eyes lit up thinking about a home crowd coming out to the games,” he said. “Having the rink close to the school is very motivating and gives a sense of place.” Snyder, fellow alum Jake Wiskel and other Gauchos founded the team back in 2010 by recruiting members of UCSB’s club sport roller hockey team. The core group of 8 roller hockey players became a Division 3 ice hockey club of 16, with a coach and their own uniforms. Snyder negotiated for the use of the Oxnard rink. “We did a lot of the groundwork,” he said. “We found out how much it would cost and asked if we could have a home in their ice facility.” Funding during those early days came from team dues and grassroots promotion, with Snyder driving recruitment on campus by planting signs along the bike paths. The first club members, many who played ice hockey in high school, enjoyed the chance to play on the ice during their college years. David Holmes, UCSB’s financial and academic services manager, was the only grad student on the team back in 2011. “We had a number of solid hockey players, some of whom could have had a shot playing NCAA D-3 if they had chosen to go that route,” he said. “Our top player that year was Travis Noe, who went on to play professional roller hockey in France and is a member of the U.S. national inline hockey team.”

A New Home Advantage This year’s season opens with a new home advantage for the current team participating in the National Collegiate Hockey Association’s Southwestern Conference -- all team practices and home games are now held at the new Ice in Paradise in Goleta. “I can’t begin to tell you how excited we are,” said Alex Wood-Doughty, a Ph.D. student who currently serves as the team’s captain. “Now we can practice twice a week and play actual home games. The facility is amazing and we are so thankful to everyone who helped make it happen.” The team opened its 2015-2016 season at the Goleta location. Due to a generous donation, admission to UCSB ice hockey games this season is free. In large part, this home rink advantage is due to direct private support from local hockey enthusiasts like UCSB trustee Alex Pananides, H `06, and part-time Santa Barbara resident Jack Norqual, a board member of The USA Hockey Foundation. (Norqual was the visionary behind Ice in Paradise

and served as the facility’s campaign chair.) Both Pananides and Norqual see a bright future for student athletes at UCSB who desire to play ice hockey, given the rapid growth of the sport on the West Coast. Right on the ice, alumni support for the UCSB student organization comes from Dr. William “Hod” Dunbar, `96, a Santa Barbara-based orthopedic physician and surgeon who volunteers at home games as the on-site medical contact. Dunbar, who took up ice hockey as a child and continues to play, participated in UCSB’s roller hockey club before the ice hockey team was established. Wood-Doughty and his team are also thankful for the support from the community and from University staff, in particular from their advisor Susan Goodale, UCSB’s director of development for student affairs. “Without her help, and the help of the University, we would not be in the position we are in,” he said. “It was

The UCSB hockey team on the ice

awesome to see the stands full for our opening game.” For both alumni and current students, having a rink close to campus means an opportunity to build the program as a draw for prospective UCSB students. “Alumni can spread the word that we have a growing program to players in high school, who are trying to decide where to go to college,” said Holmes. “And of course, we need to come out to support the team at games both here at home and when they are on the road.” Snyder, who now works as the estates regional manager for Jackson Family Wines, is organizing a reunion weekend for former ice hockey team members on February 5 to 7, 2016, with plans for an alumni game. “We want to meet the kids that play and cheer them on,” he said. “It’s a great time to celebrate success as a team.” For more information about ice hockey at UCSB, contact Susan Goodale at susan.goodale@sa.ucsb.edu or call (805) 893-3530. www.ucsbalum.com

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1960s Malcolm Gladwell quoted Dr. Ralph Larkin, `61, and his research on school shootings in his New Yorker article “How School Shootings Catch On,” published on October 19, 2015. After 45 years working at Wells Fargo, Richard Olson, ’68, announced his retirement. Robert Gunnarson, ’68, retired from his position as Merrill Lynch’s senior vice president. During his 42-year career, he managed the company’s largest offices in Salt Lake City, Cleveland and Dallas. He is moving to Flagstaff, Arizona to hike in the mountains.

1970s After 37 years, Sally Willson Weimer, ’71, retired from her position as sociology, global and international studies librarian at the UC Santa Barbara library. Edward Bishop, ’71, celebrates 10 years of retirement from education. For 25 years,

Bishop taught third grade before working in education technology for the same school district until his retirement in 2005.

and Science exhibit at Solvang’s Wildling Art Museum. Hochberg’s nature prints are on exhibit at the museum until March 21, 2016.

Mariana “Mary Anne” Marin, ’71, retired from her post as an attorney of the Office of the Legislative Counsel.

HKA, Inc. Marketing Communications, founded by former journalist Hilary Kaye, ‘72, won the 2015 National Philanthropy Day Orange County award in the small business category. For 31 years, HKA has taken on reduced and pro bono projects for nonprofits like Susan G. Komen Orange County, and the Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County.

Phyllis Ortega Arias, `71, celebrated the arrival of her new grandchild Diego Mitchell Miller, born to her daughter Mia. M. Arias and her husband David S. Miller, on February 25, 2015 in Southern California. Helena Tanner Cooney, `71, is the president of the Kiwanis Club of Kaua`i. Joan Lindsay Kerr, `71, retired last year from a 30-year career in education. She is president of the California Association for the Gifted. She is also co-author of the CAG publication The Leadership Challenge: A Guidebook for Administrators. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Curator Emeritus Dr. Frederick G. Hochberg, `71, is the featured artist at the Prints from Land and Sea: A Blend of Art

Jeffrey Linzer, ’75, is a professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. He continues to work with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention on the 10th edition of International Classification of Diseases.

Save the Date Class of 1966, 50 Year Reunion April 29, 2016 Welcome Reception April 30, 2016 Dinner and Celebration

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wore a green beanie at Frosh Camp rode the train and sat in the rain at the Camellia Bowl sang at Spring Sing and ran at Push Carts drank the SU’s 10-cent coffee while reading the “El Gaucho”

THEN: You are a “Super '66er”

Send us your photos, memorabilia, or other Gaucho items to be used in our Class of 1966 memory book and showcase. Submit photos to sydne.rennie@ucsb.edu or mail to: UCSB Alumni Association,Attn: Sydne Rennie, Mosher Alumni House Santa Barbara, CA. 93106-1120.

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Robert Pearson, ’76, was honored with the M. Justin Herman Award from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). As CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, he led the organization to create over 3,600 units of low rent housing assistance for lowincome families, seniors and the disabled. Gayle Peron, `76, was appointed to the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. Since 2006, Peron served as a commissioner at the SLO Superior Court. Cheri Gurse, `77, earned her Ph.D. in human development from Fielding Graduate University this year. Jeffrey Bridgeman, `78, is the permanent pastor of El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, California. Bridgeman is currently finishing his term as the moderator of the Santa Barbara Presbytery of the United States Presbyterian Church.

1980s Elisa Robyn, `80, is the academic dean of University College at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Guy Maisnik, ’80, Vice Chairman of the Global Hospitality Group at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Patricia Orena, ’82, retired after teaching for 32 years. Steven Lane, `82, is associate vice president of academic planning and aboriginal initiatives at Vancouver Island University. Before taking on his new post, Lane served for over six years as as dean of arts and humanities. Santa Barbara software company Ecorithm, co-founded by Stephanie Marasciullo, `84, and UC Santa Barbara professor Igor Mezic, won the 2015 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Visionary Innovation Leadership in Advanced Analytics. Ecorithm also recently entered an agreement with GenNext Ventures to bring cutting-edge software technology into India.

Santa Barbara’s Chief Public Defender Raimundo J. Montes De Oca, ’70, was appointed to the Santa Barbara Superior Court. Montes De Oca replaces Judge Frank Ochoa, ’72, who retired in January. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in history, Montes De Oca went on to earn his law degree from the University of Arizona. He then went on to work as a deputy public defender in Pima County. For 32 years, Montes De Oca has served at the Santa Barbara Public Defender’s Office.

Electrical engineering alumnus Ken Rose, ’85, received his sixth US Patent.

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Avago Technology acquired PLX Technology, a company headed by CEO David Raun, `85. Raun looks forward to his next high-tech challenge as an executive officer in the Bay Area.

William Elton Leitch, `90, registered his RIA (Registered Investment Advisory) with the SEC this year. RIA firms required to register with the SEC manage over $100 million. Leitch’s RIA accomplished this milestone after only 4 years in operation.

Keith Boone, `86, is full clinical professor at the department of surgery at the UC Santa Francisco School of Medicine. He is also the fellowship director for the Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgery Fellowship. Jack Meyers, `86, is the director of enterprise architecture at Capital One Financial. Before taking on his new position at Capital One, Meyers had retired as senior vice president of Bank of America after a 28-year career. Jennifer Carey, ’89, is a General Manager for Tunkey Vacation Rentals in Orange County.

Los Angeles advertising agency Battery, co-founded by Chris Hepburn, ’91, won the Ad Age’s Silver Award for Small Agency of the Year. Scott Neel, `91, is director and curator of the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Michelle Mierzwa, `91, is a partner in the compliance division of the western regional firm of Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP. The firm specializes in state and federal regulatory compliance and litigation for the mortgage banking, servicing and collection industries.

Former ambassador Marc Grossman, ’73, was a member of a delegation of investors, baseball enthusiasts and diplomats who recently visited Cuba in hopes of establishing a U.S.-affiliated minor league team in the country. The delegation was led by Lou Schwechheimer, a veteran minor league baseball executive, who won the rights to place a minor league team in Havana. The group is called the Caribbean Baseball Initiative, approved by both Major League Baseball and the U.S. Treasury Department, which oversees trade with Cuba. Grossman’s involvement, detailed in a November 29 New York Times article, is as a member of the Cohen Group, a high powered Washington, D.C. lobbying group founded by former U.S. senator William Cohen. Grossman serves as vice-chair of the company. The New York Times article described Grossman as a “legendary American statesman” and recalled his diplomacy efforts around the world, including Afghanistan and Pakistan. A number of Cuban defectors have ended up in the major leagues, including Los Angeles Dodger star Yasiel Puig.

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Gauchos Are Among Goleta’s Finest UC Santa Barbara alumni dominated the awards field at the annual Goleta’s Finest Awards ceremony at the Bacara Resort in Goleta on November 20, 2015. The awards parade led off with Amy Evans, ’89, accepting the award for Large Non Profit of the Year on behalf of the Devreaux School. Evans is the Executive Administrator and

Audra Lowe, `93, was nominated for an Emmy for her work as host of the Better Show aired in New York. Lowe operates her own production company OMB in Los Angeles, where she also does on-camera work and media training. Martin Boer, `94, is the director of the regulatory affairs at the Institute of International Finance (IIF) in Washington, D.C. Before he joined IIF, Boer served as secretary general of the European Financial Services Round Table (EFR) and also worked for the ING Group in Brussels and Amsterdam.

has worked at Devreaux since her time at UC Santa Barbara. In addition to her role at Devreaux, Evans has a private practice in psychotherapy in Santa Barbara. Brent Daniels, ’83, received the award for Public Servant

Kristi Newton, `94, is the vice president of advancement at the United Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara County. Newton worked as a development professional at the American Heart Association and Santa Barbara County’s United Way.

of The Year for his work on the Goleta City Planning Commission. He was also recognized for his long service as a volunteer working on the Goleta General Plan. Daniels wife, Lisa, ’85, is the Director of Administration in the Executive Vice Chancellor’s office at UC Santa Barbara. Jason Weaver, ’96, received the award for Entrepreneur of the Year for founding DELux LED, a lighting company that produces low cost LED bulbs and fixtures for both residential and commercial enterprises. Weaver holds

James Patrick Rudolph, `97, is now a Franklin Fellow at the United States State Department. Stephanie Harris-Uyidi, ’97, has a television series “The Posh Pescatarian: Appetite for Adventure!” airing on Canadian network The Brand New ONE. Kerry Kops McCarthy, `98, married Orange County attorney and Costa Mesa Planning Commissioner Colin McCarthy, `98. They have son, Brennan Rhys McCarthy, born on July 2010.

12 patents in the area of LED lighting and his company is committed to helping the environment through energy savings.

Jennifer Tobkin, `99, joined the Los Angeles City Attorneys as the deputy city attorney at the Land Use Division.

The show was stolen when Jay Ferro, ’94, the founder of Silvergreens restaurant chain introduced his son, Kyle, a young man with special needs. Ferro received the award for Innovative Business of the Year as a result of his launch of Kyle’s Kitchen, a comfort food restaurant in Santa Barbara. The restaurant is named after Kyle, who took high fives and beamed his appreciation on stage. The new company donates a significant amount of its profits to special needs education programs in the Santa Barbara area. Also recognized was the online news company Noozhawk for Small Business of the Year. Tom Bolton, ’80, a former editor at the Nexus, is the executive editor of the news service.

2000s Virginia Benson Wigle, `00, is a member of the Domestic Violence Solutions Board of Directors. Wigle worked for over 25 years in the Santa Barbara non-profit sector, and also served on the boards of the Carpinteria Lou Grant Parent/Child Workshop and the Carpinteria Education Foundation. Jolene Mallory, `01, participated in Miami University’s Earth Expeditions Global Field Course in Guyana this summer. Mallory works as a middle school science teacher at San Pasqual Union School in Vista, California. Brent R. Avery, `03, is the in-house trial attorney for AIG. Avery represents professional sports teams and national corporations in worker’s compensation and labor cases. Scott Anderson, ’03, is a partner at Sensiba San Filippo LLP, a leading CPA and business-consulting firm in northern California.

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Wilson Printing founder and CEO Dale Wilson, `73, announced his retirement after 41 years providing printing services for the UC Santa Barbara community. Wilson

The UC Santa Barbara Foundation Board elected two alumni leaders as trustees this fall. UBS Investment Bank managing director Michael P. Steward, `91, and Worthe Real Estate Group president Jeffrey M. Worthe, `89, will serve on the Board of UCSB’s principal fundraising organization for the 20152016 academic year.

Printing has won a number of awards for printing excellence from the Printing Industries of America, the National Association of Quick Printers and the National Association of Printers and Lithographers. For four decades, Wilson’s company has donated over $500,000 to organizations like Rotary International, the Lion’s Club, the Kiwanis Club and to his alma mater UC Santa Barbara. Wilson sold most of the assets of his company to Aaron Swaney, `02, who runs SBprinter.com. An alumnus of the UCSB ROTC program, Swaney served in the US Army in Iraq after the 9/11 attacks. Aaron Swaney

Patricia Nguyen, `04, is senior director of diversity programs at UCLA’s Alumni Affairs. Das Williams,`05, welcomed his first child Ya’ash Renee Williams with his wife Jonnie ReinholdWilliams on September, 11, 2015 in Santa Barbara. William London, ’05, co-founded the law firm Kimura London LLP with Joshua Kimura in Irvine, CA. Their firm specializes in business litigation, trusts and estates, and personal injury. Pedro Paz, `08, is a member of the Santa Barbara City College Foundation Board of Directors. Paz is the program and evaluation manager for First 5 Santa Barbara County, and serves on the boards of the Santa Barbara Unified School District and the CAUSE Action Fund. Christopher Flynn, `08, is manager of group and new ticket sales at The Aspire Group’s Georgia Tech Fan Relationship Center. Flynn oversees new ticket sales for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football and basketball programs. Stephanie Timm, `08, has been awarded the Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grant in Urban Development and Planning to Singapore. Timm is a student at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChapman. Miguel Zarate, `09, married Yvette C. Valencia on August 21, 2015. Tess Nunn, `09, married Timothy Eves, ’11, at a small private ceremony in Redlands, California on April 11, 2015.

David Wiener, ’09, received his J.D. from UC Davis School of Law. He also received the Law School Medal for the highest academic achievement in his graduating class. Amy Neustedter Schiller, `10, is an associate at the law firm of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck, LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Jocelyn Gutierrez, `10, married Julio Fortis in Washington, D.C. on October 17, 2015. Gutierrez completed a 3-month internship at the State Department and worked as a full-time staffer at Congress before meeting Fortis. Barlon Melendez, `10, has been accepted into CSUN’s speech language pathology graduate program, Briget Arndell, `11, graduated with a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs from New York University on May 18, 2015. Stephanie Couch, `12, won the 2015 Biotechnology Educator Award from the California Life Sciences Association. She is the Bayer executive director of Cal State East Bay’s Institute for STEM Education, where she works on new approaches to STEM teaching and learning, and creating support systems for students to engage and prepare for STEM college and career pathways.

Corinne Westerhoff Hayhurst, `12, moved from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area this summer. She is now working at Saint Joseph Norte Dame High School in Alameda, California. Elliott Lanam, `12, opened Hidden City Studios in Santa Barbara. Hidden City Studios offers musicians affordable professional recording and sound engineering services. Sam Buck, ’13, is assistant director of alumni relations and development at Laguna Blanca School, a K-12 collegepreparatory school in Santa Barbara. Buck worked as a development assistant at UC Santa Barbara. Sean Nederlof, `13, and Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, `15, performed at the J Chen Project’s The Shadow and The Like at the Ailey Studios in New York this November 21, 2015. The J Chen Project is a New York-based dance company founded by Jessica Chen, `06. Michelle Mak, `14, is the digital marketing coordinator at the UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering. Before accepting her current post at the College of Engineering, Mak worked at the UCSB Office of Academic Programs, UCEAP, the Dream Foundation and Redspin.

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IN MEMORIAM Reynold Costa died on November 9 in Santa Barbara. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, he served as an E6 staff sergeant in the US Army during World War II. Russell Lowell Erikson, ’41, died October 9 in Bakersfield, CA. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Erikson worked a graduate manager before joining the United States Navy. After serving for 32 years, Erikson became the commanding officer of the Navy Reserve in Santa Barbara. Dorothy Muriel (Ayers) Gooden died on October 9 in Ojai, California. After graduating with a degree in art from UC Santa Barbara, she married Robert Gooden in 1949. Arthur James Montgomery, `50, died in Santa Barbara. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, he went on to earn his graduate degree from UCLA. He lived and worked in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City Utah before moving back to Santa Barbara in 2004. Chan Wilcox, ’53, died October 5 in Three Rivers, CA. After graduating with a degree in sociology from UC Santa Barbara, Wilcox joined the Army, where he served as a civilian agent for the Counter Intelligence Corps. He then went on to run his own ranch in Visalia, California, where he raised crops and cattle for over 40 years. Harvey E. Robins, `54, died on August 26 in Stockton, California. Robins went on to earn a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of the Pacific in 1966. He taught at the Stockton Unified School District, where he became president of the Stockton Teachers Association. He also served on the Lodi Chamber of Commerce and on the board of the Lodi Unified School District. Geraldine Olivari Comport, `55, died March 27 in Los Angeles. She worked as a speech therapist at the Los Angeles Unified School District. 38

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Sandra Ferne Lidstone died on August 28 in Sacramento, California. After she graduated from Colorado Women’s College, Lidstone taught elementary school students in Big Sandy before enrolling at UC Santa Barbara in 1957. La Fern Ruth Sally Lee Harris-Cunningham, ’58, died on September 23 in Riverside, California. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, she earned her graduate degrees from Pepperdine University and California State UniversityDominguez Hills. She taught at Department of Defense Dependent Schools in Africa, Germany and Japan. Martha (Lomer) Houtz died August 26 in Draper, Utah. Houtz attended UCSB where she met her husband Roy in 1960. She went on to graduate with a degree in education from San Diego State. Houtz taught at San Diego area elementary schools before moving to Utah where she volunteered for many years at the Intermountain Medical Center.

of Arizona and University of California-Los Angeles, and served as an elected member of the Institute of Medicine. Roberta Stickler, ’67, died on September 18 in Orange County, California. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Stickler went on to earn a master’s degree in education from UCLA. A devoted elementary school teacher, she taught at the NewportMesa Schools District for over thirty years. Spencer Allen Conway, ’70, died on September 17 in Isla Vista, California. After graduating with a degree in geography from UC Santa Barbara, he earned a master’s degree from Antioch University and went on to work for Domestic Violence Solutions and Project Recovery. Conway was the drummer for Alexander’s Timeless Bloozband and opened for bands like The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane.

Ralph A. Pollock, `65, died on November 1 in Charles Creek, `71, died on November 5 in Portland, Oregon. As a music major at UCSB, Salem Heights, Oregon. After graduating Pollock played French horn at the Santa Barbara from UC Santa Barbara, he served as Symphony. After graduation, he went on to play chairman of the Easter Seals in Ventura in the Quebec Symphony, the Traveling Company County. After working at his family’s boatof the New York Metropolitan Opera and the American David Franklin Gorrie, `53, died on October 15 in Olney, Opera. In the late 1960s, Pollock played Texas. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Gorrie began in Las Vegas bands for his professional baseball career in 1953 when he signed on Frank Sinatra, Barbara with the New York Giants. After serving in the US Navy, he Streisand and Elvis continued his professional career by playing for the Kansas City Presley.

Athletics Organization before moving into coaching. Gail Grigsby Harrison, ’65, died on September 5 in Los Angeles. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Gail went on to pursue graduate studies at Cornell University, and earned a Ph.D. in biological anthropology from the University of Arizona. She worked as a professor at University

In 1958, he earned a masters in education from the University of Southern California and went on to join the staff at UC Santa Barbara as assistant football coach. Gorrie served as head baseball coach at UCSB for 18 years, compiling a record of 409-202-11. In 1979, he took the Pepperdine Waves to the College World Series as head coach of their baseball program. He retired in 1988 and worked as a private instructor and volunteer coach until 2009. Throughout his career, Gorrie was honored by Hall of Fame inductions from UC Santa Barbara, Pepperdine University and the American Baseball Coaches Association.

building business, Creek received his law degree from Willamette Law School and went on to work as an attorney for the Self Corporation. Since 2000, Creek served as legislative counsel for the Oregon State Capitol. Sam P. Ryan III, `72, died on November 7 in Santa Barbara. Ryan worked as an electrical engineer at Raytheon before moving on to the Santa Barbara Research Center. Roberta Schmidt died July 28 in Escondido, CA. She attended UC Santa Barbara up to her sophomore year, majoring in English composition and literature. She went on to work for GTE for 26 years before working as a Union Steward for a decade. Tom Ralph Moradian died August 27 in Fresno, CA. After UC Santa Barbara, he went on to become a professor at Reedley College. Michael Morgan Candy, died on September 30 in Solvang, California. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1973 to attend UC Santa Barbara. He went on to earn a degree in marine technology from Santa Barbara City College, and worked as a fisherman diving for abalone and sea urchins off of California’s coast. Winifred Dorothy (Harris) Hennigan, ’76, died on August 8 in Santa Barbara. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, she went on to become a teacher at Monroe Elementary School. Hennigan was also an amateur radio operator and an avid horseback rider. Jesse R. Gonzales, `76, died on October 29 in Larkspur, Colorado. After he graduated with a degree in political science from UC Santa Barbara, he went on to receive a fellowship from Columbia University in New York City. George Triest, `76, died on November 24 in Santa Rosa, California. For 35 years, Triest worked directing human services grants and contracts in special education at the California Institute of Human Services at Sonoma State University and at the Napa County Office of Education. Paul Calderwood, ’81, died on October 1 in Ventura, California. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in

environmental studies and geology, he went on to work as an environmental planner for UCSB and California State University-Channel Islands. Calderwood also worked with the Center for Environmental Education in Washington, D.C. where he helped to create legislation to protect endangered Hawksbill sea turtles. Erik Kargard, `88, died on May 25, 2014 in Grass Belly, California. After he graduated from UC Santa Barbara, Kargard worked as a software engineer. Anne Glenister Crowe died on October 2 in Sunnyvale, California. After earning her bachelor’s degree at UC Santa Barbara, she went on to receive a MBA from the University of San Francisco. She was assistant director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Stanford University. In 2013, her university colleagues honored Crowe with the Anne Glenister Crowe Spirit Award. Michael Waugh Jochim died on November 12 in Santa Barbara. He attended UC Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara City College, where he studied history and political science. An avid traveler, Jochim enjoyed canoeing and camping at the family cabin in Minnesota, as well as spending summers at sites with his archaeologist father in Germany. Stewart Harrison Mills, ’09, died on October 25 in Santa Barbara, California. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, he worked as a sales representative for The Santa Barbara Independent. Aside from working at the Independent, Stewart also worked as a mixologist at high-end restaurants in the Santa Barbara and San Diego areas. STAFF AND STUDENTS Former UC Santa Barbara employee Arnulfo Montoya died September 23. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1970, working at the University and Thelicke Transmissions. UC Santa Barbara staff member Vera Arlene Bridge died on October 5 in Santa Barbara. She worked at UCSB as an administrative assistant for 25 years. A dedicated Gaucho fan, Bridge loved UCSB basketball and often traveled to watch the games.

Marilyn Gevirtz, H ’96, died on September 27 in Montecito, California. Since 1986, Gervitz served a trustee of the UC Santa Barbara Foundation and was also a member of the UC Santa Barbara Gold Circle. In 1996, Marilyn and Don Gervitz received the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association’s Honorary Alumni Award. Gervitz devoted her life to promoting public education. Since 1995, Don and Marilyn Gervitz supported the establishment of the Gervitz Research Center within the UCSB Graduate School of Education. She was also instrumental in creating the Center’s Gervitz Homework Project and served on the national non-profit Girls Inc. In 2000, UC Santa Barbara celebrated the many transformative contributions of Don and Marilyn Gervitz by renaming the Graduate School in their honor.

UC Santa Barbara Andres Esteban Sanchez died on October 11 in Santa Barbara. Sanchez was a sophomore majoring in pre-biology at the College of Letters and Science. Dolores Ann Kreyche died on October 26 in Santa Cruz, California. She worked as librarian at UC Santa Barbara until 1971. Dan Abbot Schwab died in Santa Maria, California on October 18. Schwab worked for UC Santa Barbara for two years before moving on to work at Santa Barbara County’s data processing department. Former UC Santa Barbara OLLI instructor William L. Hamel died on October 21 in Bluffton, South Carolina. After retiring from the Eaton Corp., Hamel volunteered at the LowCountry Institute, the Savannah Wildlife Refuge, SCAN and Deep Well. He also served as president of the Low Country Master Naturalist Association. Sylvia Goren died on October 29 in San Diego. A registered nurse, Goren worked at UCSB’s Student Health Center and at the Samarkand Retirement Community. Barbara Ruth Hagen died this November in Santa Barbara. For 25 years, Hagen worked as an administrative assistant for UCSB’s economics department.

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