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Giving Notes · Philanthropy Newsletter · Fall 2016

Letter from the Executive DirectorDear Alumni and Friends,

All year, I have been on the road visiting our Cal Alumni Association (CAA) Alumni Chapters. From the beautiful banks of the Potomac and the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, to the Pacific Coast’s beautiful Monterey Peninsula, the Cal alumni community continues to grow its ranks. You are full of energy, and your ongoing commitment to the University inspires me. I am motivated by you, our amazing and dedicated alumni.

Our fellow alumni passionately support Cal across the country — Orange County members welcomed newly admitted students; Cal alumni at Wells Fargo evaluated scholarship applicants; the Black Alumni Club welcomed alumni and leaders to campus during Black2Cal 2016; Houston members sought new opportunities to advocate for the University; and Cal alumni at Google, one of our newest partners, grew their Corporate Alumni Committee. I’ve met with the Chinese Chapter, the Japanese American Women Alumnae of UC Berkeley, and the historic Prytanean Alumnae chapter, who are all engaged in great work.

We’ve met together at Hoops Parties, Leadership Retreats, our Alumni Chapter Leadership Conference, and an exciting CALIFORNIA Live! event in Los Angeles — all in an effort to stay connected to one another and to the University. Our work is important and engaging — forging relationships and creating a lasting connection to Cal.

We’re working hard to bring more alumni into this remarkable family of Berkeley’s most avid supporters. It is clear that you see your membership in CAA as richly rewarding. Help us grow by reaching out to alumni who are not currently CAA members and inviting them to join us in this extraordinary network of people who are passionate about Cal. We remain the number one public university in the world through the active engagement of stellar alumni like you. Together, we do great things! I am so proud to be numbered among you.

Fiat Lux and Go Bears!

Clothilde Hewlett ’76, J.D. ’79 Fall 2016

CAAGivingPhilanthropy NewsletterNotes

Hearst Society ($10,000+)Gordon E. Moore ’50 and Betty I. Moore

Gayley Society ($5,000+)Glenn F. Baity ’92Tracy A. Ferron ’92 and Mark FerronRobert D. Haas ’64 and Colleen G. Haas Mary P. Komoto ’78 and Brian K. Komoto

Oxford Society ($2,500+)Christian F. Bellardi, M.P.H. ’69Marianne Stark Bradley ’80 and

Donald E. BradleyMichael R. Doyen ’79 and

Denise M. DoyenBrian J. Duck ’02Fernando Garcia ’86Alexandra S. Glickman ’81Jill Darcangelo Godsey ’90, M.B.A. ’96

and Brian T. Godsey ’85James B. Johnson ’73 and

Nancy D. JohnsonDavid E. Kepler II ’75 and

Patricia A. KeplerDavid J. Kim ’92Mark T. Lewellyn, Ph.D. ’77Lynne Koll Martin ’78 and

Tevis P. Martin III ’78Scott W. Matlock ’88 and

Thao P. Matlock ’88Julie Shin Morgan ’89 and

Bradley P. Morgan Ph.D. ’91Priscilla A. Myrick ’73 and

Thomas J. CutilloPaul D. Nay ’61Kevin M. Perkins ’08Lyle S. Poncher ’67Robert G. Reynolds ’65 and

Rosemarie ReynoldsRobert E. Siegel ’89 and Debbie SiegelThomas Thomson ’67Gayle M. WhittemoreJeffrey R. Williams ’75 and

Patricia A. Williams ’75Heather McCracken Wu ’88 and

Jonathan Wu ’87

Bancroft Society ($1,000+)AnonymousRoy K. Abe, M.S. ’80 and Amy E. AbeKellie A. Johnson Abreu ’83 and

Steve M. AbreuPatricia Haddican Alex ’55Thomas J. Alexander ’62, M.B.A. ’63Melvin T. Andrews ’73 and

Margaret E. Andrews Joseph F. Antognini ’80 and

Bonnie AntogniniDoris Sue Asbill Mel Bacharach ’48Jerrold J. Bagnani ’58 and

Pinuccia BagnaniSharon Wells Banker ’44Edward C. Bartlett ’91 and

Donna HoghooghiChandan Basho ’03Sarah R. Baum ’82 and Jonathan E. Baum Ambassador Frank E. and

Kathrine F. BaxterEarl R. Beeman ’89 and Cindy L. BeemanMary Reitinger Belshe ’76 and

Thomas A. BelsheNancy C. Benjamin ’78, Ph.D. ’88 and

Shantayanan Devarajan, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’81

David G. Berg ’53 and Mary Lou Berg ’52Dana J. Berkeland ’88

Christian Bernasconi ’91Eric B. Bickford ’98 and

Jeanne K. BickfordJames W. Black ’62 and Barbara S. BlackAndrew N. Bloch ’84Sudhangshu Bose, Ph.D. ’78 and

Juthika BoseLawrence R. Brackett ’58 and

Berenice G. BrackettDaniel L. Brelsford ’03John R. Buford ’78John D. Buretta ’93 and

Sharon VolckhausenJay Butterfield ’76 and Susan E. EwertMarc A. Carrasco ’93 and

Linda M. Assante CarrascoCaroline M. Casey ’12Pamela Mills Casey ’81David C. Castagnola ’64Ida C. Chan ’94Anne E. Chiapella ’39Rishi U. Chopra ’03Cathy A. Christian-Farnsworth ’72 and

Robert W. FarnsworthPaul G. Churchill ’82, J.D. ’86 and

Shelly R. RossHoward R. Conant Jr., M.Arch. ’80 and

Pamela R. ConantTuck Coop ’67 and Nancy J. CoopPeter Coster and Kate P. McClintockDavid L. Critchfield ’74, M.Arch. ’82,

M.B.A. ’82 and Catherine L. Critchfield

Geoffrey S. Crouse, M.B.A. ’03, M.P.H. ’03 and Sarah Dorahy

Louise A. Cunningham ’75Viren Dahya ’05Stacey A. De Matteis ’92 and

Joseph M. Cerulli Jr.Keith DeCoster ’76 and

Vicki Lee DeCosterPeter R. Deforest ’64, Ph.D. ’69Carla L. DeSantis, M.B.A. ’99Stephen L. Eastwood ’71 and

Dorne EastwoodLee A. Edlund ’91, J.D. ’94 and

Katherine M. EdlundErnest R. Ehnisz Jr. ’74 and

Roberta V. EhniszWayne R. Ericksen, M.B.A. ’63 and

Sandra F. EricksenPaul J. Fasana ’59, M.L.S. ’60John R. Feliton III ’97 and

Christina FelitonGary M. Ferman ’68 and

Mary R. FermanTerry L. Field ’62Martin L. Fineman ’78, J.D. ’82, M.B.A. ’82

and Ana L. Fineman J.D. ’82Dean L. Flint, J.D. ’70 and Vena P. FlintJean M. Frammolino, M.B.A. ’92 and

Kenneth DrummGraham E. Frye ’55, Ph.D. ’60 and

Irene S. FryeDianne Fukami ’77 and

Gerald S. Nakano ’75Frank F. Gardner ’56 and

Mildred Y. GardnerDaniel H. Garrison, Ph.D. ’68 and

Tina T. GarrisonBruce R. Geernaert and

Daphne G. GeernaertRonald A. Gonsalves Noreen Chiu Greenhalgh ’81Chris C. Griggs ’92 and Stacey GriggsAlexander C. Guo ’89 and

Margaret Lee Guo ’90Monica Whitlock Harley ’80

Mark A. Haslam ’67 and Alexandra N. Haslam ’66

Joel M. Hausman ’80 and Betsy Hausman

Robert C. Herr ’64, J.D. ’67Glenn A. Hofer ’74 and Diana M. PopeJonathan M. Hoff ’78 and Judy L. HoffJames J. Holmes ’59 and

Patricia A. HolmesClaudia Hrvatin ’93Mei-Jung Huang, LL.M. ’08 Paul Huang ’98Michael D. Jay ’99, J.D. ’02Robin Johnson ’58Kenneth E. Jorgensen ’60 and

Susan E. JorgensenJeffrey S. Kaplan ’89 and

Gabriella KaplanErnest W. Kazato ’67Glen C. Keiser ’78, J.D. ’85Jean Fujiwaki Keller, M.A. ’76 and

Terry W. KellerG Allan Kingston ’58 and

Patti Wadsworth Kingston ’60Lisa Hammersly Kirkland ’82 and

Derek G. KirklandElizabeth A. Kleinsorg ’80David L. Knutson ’53Loretta A. Koll ’82Dan B. Kurtz ’02Leonard KurzSau-Wo D. Lam, M.S.W. ’90 Erlyn Z. Langley ’71 and

Peter D. LangleyMartha H. LawrieK. Mark Lee ’77 and Monika P. LeeEkachai Lim Leelarasmee, M.Eng. ’78,

Ph.D. ’82 and Supa LeelarasmeeHarry M. Leippe Karen Leong Clancy ’76 and

Dallan P. Clancy ’76, M.Eng. ’78Jay T. Lewis ’74 and Nina LewisChie C. Lin ’96Lt. Col. Phil Litts ’66 and

Patricia Eichele-LittsZhen H. Liu ’92 and Kam H. Chan ’93Alvin J. Lobo ’03 and Deborah LoboLeonard E. Look ’83 and Laurie A. LookKathryn Bennett Loughran ’69 and

Thomas F. LoughranMarcia E. MacArthur ’68Horia Margarit ’11Eric R. Mart ’70 and Janice N. MartSamuel L. Mayall ’50, M.B.A. ’52Elayne Mautino McCrea ’51Howard A. McDaniel ’65Nancy Lubich McKinney ’82 and

Gregory W. McKinneyRobert B. McLeod ’65 and

Nancy E. McLeodMara Larson Melandry ’66 and

Don MelandryStanley J. Meresman ’68 and

Sharon A. MeresmanSteven J. Merlo ’73 and Lynn D. MerloCharles S. Meyer ’81, M.S. ’82Helen R. Meyer and John D. MeyerPeter J. Mohr, Ph.D. ’73 William B. Morgan, Dr.Eng. ’61 and

Maxine G. MorganShizuko Morita ’49Mark Moriyama ’75Robert P. Muntz, M.S.W. ’73 Constance Murray, M.L.S. ’72Paul S. Nagata ’79 and Susan S. NagataChristopher S. Neubauer ’06Carl F. Neuss, M.Eng. ’78 and

Elaine P. Neuss

Cynthia D. Nevison ’87Richard R. Nye ’66 and Susan A. BrownRoger H. Odenberg Susan Jones Oftedahl ’72 and

A. Lee OftedahlTodd Oppenheimer ’81 and

Anh OppenheimerMaria P. Pappas ’84 and

Kyriakos L. Pappas ’83Steve S. Park ’90Nancy R. Phillips Fred L. Pillon ’73, J.D. ’76Carolee Axline Pimentel ’70 and

Antonio T. Pimentel ’70Michael L. Placencia ’94Carol Catrow Pope ’57Virginia L. Price ’84 and

Walter C. Price Jr.Jinhee PyungMichael P. Radke ’69Roger S. Rasmussen ’83 and

Jayne M. RasmussenThomas J. Robarts ’92 and

Kristil RobartsJanis S. Rovner ’73 and

Brian A. ThompsonPaul S. Saint-Pierre, M.B.A. ’81Louise Adler Sampson Aby Galsky Sandelman, M.B.A. ’09 and

Emily GalskyElliott M. Scales ’09Georgieanna Scheuerman, Ph.D. ’80 and

Richard ScheuermanPhilip G. Scruggs ’86 and

Tracy A. Scruggs ’86Barbara Walker Seeburger ’42Marc M. Seltzer ’69 and

Christina A. SnyderChandran Shanmugam, MD, M.P.H ’88

and Brigette K. ShanmugamBlythe Shelley Carver ’63 and

Robert H. Carver ’63Joseph J. Shen ’91 and Serena Y. ShenJason D. Sherr ’92 and Donna M. SherrChristopher G. Short ’91Kenneth B. Silveria ’55Hilary J. Hatch Skinner ’91 Brian D. Smith ’89 and

Kristina W. SmithAnne Grafft Stewart ’56 and

Albert G. Stewart

Diane Rene Stewart and Stephen R. Stewart

John O. Stewart ’59, J.D. ’64 and Dorothy L. Stewart

Lisa M. Stewart ’78 and Tim CarpenterKaren M. Street, M.S. ’82 Douglas K. Sugimoto ’93Stephanie A. Tamayo-Rivera ’87 and

Ronald E. Rivera ’89Marc E. Tarpenning ’85 and

Erika SchillingerThe Michael B. Woods FoundationArmando Tiscareno Padilla ’93, M.S. ’94Susan E. Tom ’84Sylvia TongTracy P. Tram ’89Francis M. Tran ’99 and

Denise N. Tran ’97Lilian Chi Tsai ’00Peter S. Tung ’88 and Vanessa ToSushil K. Tyagi, M.S. ’90 Jessica R. Uhl ’89 and Michael A. Payne Carolyn J. Vallerga ’69Sriranga R. Veeraraghavan ’97Frank S. Vigilante ’57 and

Diane B. VigilanteArun Vijayvergiya ’09Lenore E. Vogt ’53Amy C. Wang ’95, M.P.H. ’97 and

David C. Liao ’95Tak F. Wang ’87 and Cathy CheungMagnificence B. Wangsuwana ’97 and

Muay WangsuwanaMaryellen Reilly Weber ’47Stuart M. Weiss ’77 and Marla S. WeissRobert M. Wheeler III ’78 Janet Wilson Owens, M.A. ’50 Anne Witty and Derek R. Witty ’89Kirkham B. Wood ’78Rachel Dombro Wysong ’07 and

Andrew R. Wysong ’07, M.S. ’09Eleanor Yee ’71Calvin Young ’79 and Jocelyn YoungLinda Young, M.P.H. ’77

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Born and raised in Oxnard, California, an agricultural community of Hispanic and Filipino immigrants, Cesar Arroyo ’17 did not encounter the idea of a university education in his childhood. Yet, he never doubted his intent to go to college, and his sister helped pave the way. “She helped me to realize the possibility, and my parents were always supportive.”

In high school, Cesar was accepted into

Upward Bound, where he gained the mentoring

needed to sustain his dream. He served as the

vice president of Students Against Animal

Cruelty and as vice president of the French

Club, was co-captain of his wrestling team

and a senior advisor for the California

Scholarship Federation.

Today, Cesar is a business administration

major at the Haas School of Business and a

recipient of CAA’s The Achievement Award

Program (TAAP) scholarship. “The TAAP

Scholarship has been a blessing. If I have worry

about something financially, it has completely

removed that burden,” says Cesar. As a TAAP

scholar, he helped develop a pilot program

for TAAP alumni to mentor current TAAP

scholars. The program identifies students’

professional interests and links them to

alumni in matching fields, where they receive

help in obtaining internships or research

projects and gain access to resources within

the alumni network.

Wells Fargo Cal Corporate Alumni Committee Chair Richard Zhu ’09, a graduate of the Haas School of Business and a classical pianist, believes in building community. “We know there are at least 400 Cal alumni working at Wells Fargo and we want them all to join us.”

Richard and others encourage new Cal

alumni hired at Wells Fargo to join their

corporate committee. “We are forming a more

formal mentorship program,” says Richard.

“It’s important that we support new hires,

more internships, and leverage our networking

potential throughout the Cal/Wells Fargo com-

munity to get more people connected.

“The recent reading event for The

Leadership Award at Alumni House was a great

volunteer effort complete with lunch from Top

Dog, an iconic symbol of our time at Cal,” says

Richard. “Almost 75% of the Wells Fargo Cal

alumni live in the Bay Area. We want to bring

them all together with more opportunities to

build the relationship between Cal alumni and

other Wells Fargo employees.”

Cesar has taught writing courses at Cal’s

branch of Upward Bound, helping first-

generation college students polish their skills.

“People feel sympathy for first-generation

college students, but I look at it with a sense

of pride that I get to be the first person in my

family to attend college.” An active member

of the Latino Business Student Association

at Haas, he encounters other students who

share his passion for serving the community.

He is part of Management Leadership for

Tomorrow, a national program with more

than 200 corporate sponsors who identify and

develop minority talent at universities across

the country.

“My best memory at Cal is when I brought

my family up for their first visit. I was able to

show my siblings that college is something to

aspire to.” Cesar helps his younger brother stay

on track and inspires his cousins toward higher

education. “My goal is to build a Berkeley

dynasty among my siblings.”

Cesar finances his education through his

TAAP scholarship, internships at companies

including Google and Wells Fargo, and the

support of his parents. After graduation, he

plans to work in finance or technology before

returning to school for an advanced degree.

College was never an ‘if’ for Cesar. Thanks

to the generous gifts of alumni and friends

who support TAAP, it is possible for Cesar to

achieve his dreams.

Born and raised in the Bay Area, Richard’s

father was a scientist at Berkeley. He was a

Cal sports fan as a kid, always cheering for the

University. Attending college was a given, and

his interest in business made the Haas School

of Business the obvious choice. The diversity

of ideas and ethnicities was also a factor,

something he found unique at Berkeley.

“Cal teaches you to step out of your com-

fort zone,” Richard notes. “Classes of hundreds

of students taught me to speak in front of large

groups. The smaller classes at Haas helped me

forge close and lasting relationships.” His work

with Net Impact, a Haas organization focused

on corporate responsibility, taught him to

“think beyond myself and make a difference in

my community.”

When asked about his greatest concern

for the future of Berkeley, Richard cited the

rapid increase in tuition. “The cost of higher

education is rising at an incredible rate,” he

says. “Students now question the value of

education. Cost is a huge risk, but without a

doubt, a degree from Cal is the best value for

the money. My four years were some of the

most valuable years of my life.”

As a former CAA Alumni Scholar, Richard

believes “CAA plays an important part in

helping students alleviate the financial

burden.” Through his position as the Chair of

the Cal Corporate Committee at Wells Fargo,

he hopes to engage more alumni in supporting

CAA and the students we serve. “We’re

planning more events that help Wells Fargo

employees rekindle their connection to CAA,”

he says. “It helps employees know and support

one another. A connection to Cal makes

networking a lot easier within the firm. I hope

to see this replicated by CAA throughout the

corporate community.”

(top) Vice President of Structured Products for Wells Fargo Richard Zhu ’09. (bottom) The Wells Fargo Corporate Alumni Committee visited Alumni House to read applications for The Leadership Award. Cal alumni at Wells Fargo formed the first-of-its-kind Cal Corporate Alumni Committee, which hosts networking events and unites fellow alumni interested in career development, volunteering, and lifestyle activities.

The CALIFORNIA Live! lecture series returned this past May with a lively discussion on “Celebrity Politics in the Digital Age” before a Los Angeles audience. Learn more at alumni.berkeley.edu/california-live.

(bottom right) La Cucaracha cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz M. Arch ’92, Variety’s Jim Rainey ’81, Los Angeles Times columnist David Lazarus ’83, and Vicki Haddock (pictured with California magazine Editor-in-Chief Wendy Miller, second from right) shared their thoughts about gender, race, media, and celebrity in the 2016 presidential election. (left) CAA Executive Director Cloey Hewlett ’76, J.D. ’79 took time to catch up with Craig Keys ’92 during the event. (top right) Four-time Emmy Award–winning NBC4 Southern California reporter Kim Baldonado ’87 (center) joined guests for a pre-event dinner.

Members of the Northern C’s alumni chapter gathered for their annual banquet at the McConnell Foundation in Redding, welcoming Mary Brace ’97 (third from right) as their new chapter president.

“My world can be here. I can have an impact. I can play a role.”

“Cost is a huge risk, but without a doubt, a degree from Cal is the best value for the money.”

TAAP Scholar Dreams Big and Achieves

Cal Corporate Committee Keeps Alumni Connected at Work

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