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1 The Grandest of GPC Celebrations

Approaches Discover the fun awaiting you in Palm Springs and register now!

2 From the Archives Pepperdine College joins the

fight against Communism.

4 Pepperdine’s Influence on a Christian

Linebacker Glenn Dill (’56, MBA ’72) recalls Pepperdine’s role in his life’s opportunities.

5 Leapin’ Lena Mr. Francis Herring (’48)

shares a photo from his album and the memories it sparks.

5 Pepperdine in Our Nation’s Capital

See who represented Pepperdine at a special, annual tradition in Washington, D.C.

6 Remembering “Doc Carty”

Fellow alumni and friends share highlights in the life of Dr. William “Bill” T. Carty (’49).

8 Campus Politics Keith Dolan (’50) opts for a

vintage approach to student political campaigning.

8 Sigma Pi Gamma A snapshot takes us back to the

earliest days of this GPC sorority.

9 The Golden Circle Announcing the latest

inductees into this admirable ring

In This Issue

We want to hear from you!The Promenade newsletter needs your stories! If you are an alumnus of George Pepper-dine College, please consider submitting an article about your personal memories of days at the original campus at 79th and Vermont. We are also interested in hearing the interest-ing stories of your activities since graduation. Share these precious memories with your fellow alumni by sending your story of anywhere between 300 and 900 words to the GPC Alumni Affairs office at the following address:

Please also send along any photos you have to complement your story. We will gladly scan the photos and, upon request, will mail the originals back to you upon completion of the publication. Please include brief explanations or descriptions of each photo, in-cluding the first and last names of anyone appearing in them (if known).

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By e-mail: gpc@pepperdine.edu

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Editor • Matt Ebeling (’99)

Graphic Designer • Matt Mosher (interior), Lizabeth Waldvogel (’05) (cover)

Production Manager • Jill McWilliams

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On the CoverThe Biltmore Hotel luncheon event during the second annual Pepperdine College Freedom Forum in 1960, billed as a “seminar to prepare leadership for American resistance to the spread of Communism and Socialism.” Read more on page 2.

Copy Editor • Vincent Way

Contributing Writers • Chad Quiñones, Kevin C. Miller, Glenn Dill (’56, MBA ’72), Francis Herring (’48), Jon Washington (’63), G. Keith Dolan (’50), Norma (Wade) Mahaffey (’61), Jerry Bray (’60), and Matt Ebeling (’99)

9 In Memoriam Remembering fellow alumni

recently passed

BACK COVER Upcoming Events A look ahead at opportunities for alumni to stay connected to Pepperdine

Palm Springs, CaliforniaGrand PePPerdine Celebration

George Pepperdine College Alumni Affairs

MARCH 13–15, 2015MARCH 13–15, 2015Join us down memory lane...Join us down memory lane...

See you in Palm Springs!See you in Palm Springs!

GPC VI is approaching!You won’t want to miss out on this reunion planned especially

for you, our alumni from George Pepperdine College. Log on to pepperdine.edu/gpc6 to view the schedule of

events and to register for this memorable reunion weekend!

The Saturday evening entertainment will delight you with

sounds from Steve DiTullio and his Rat Pack Pals!

Contact Chad Quiñones with any questions at chad.quinones.edu or 310.506.4348

Another opportunity to get together with new friends.

—Harry Nelson (’50)

I’m really looking forward to seeing my sorority sisters.

—Lorraine Brinton (’60)

I wouldn’t miss it for anything.

—Bob Andrew (’58)

It just brings back all the memories and the good years you had going to Pepperdine.

—Don Aston (’61)

I want my fellow alumni to come.

—Susan Giboney (’62)

From the ArchivesJohn Wayne, the actor and longtime friend of Pepperdine University, called it “a picture which should be seen by every American citizen.” The year was 1961. The film was Com-munist Accent on Youth, the first in a series of anti-commu-nism films produced by Pepperdine College at the height of the Cold War. Combining newsreel footage and scripted narration, the film sought to expose the threat of Soviet-based communism to capitalism and free societies around the globe. Stark, black and white images of mob violence and unrest interspersed with the stern admonitions of grim-faced narrators soundly delivered the message: “Many youth and student groups in the nation today are totally unaware of the extent to which they can be victimized and exploited by communism.”

Perhaps some of our alumni remember crowding into a Monday chapel in October of 1961 to view a campus screening of Communist Accent on Youth. Certainly any

reader who attended Pep-perdine College in the 1950s and 60s will remember the climate of anti-communism

and U.S. patriotism on campus, and may further recall the many initiatives spearheaded by Pepperdine College to combat communism through education. In addition to the film series, these efforts included the weekly Speaker’s Bu-reau, the annual Freedom Forum, and various citizen edu-cation and teacher training programs.

The earliest of these initiatives was an annual, three-day seminar designed to promote and defend American values, variously referred to as the California Freedom Forum or the Pepperdine College Freedom Forum. The model for the Freedom Forum grew out of the National Education Pro-gram developed by George S. Benson, president of Hard-ing College. At Pepperdine, president M. Norvel Young carried the idea forward, hosting the first Pepperdine Col-lege Freedom Forum in 1959. Billed as a “seminar to pre-pare leadership for American resistance to the spread of Communism and Socialism,” the event featured talks such as “Communism’s Invisible Weapon—Brainwashing” and “What Socialism Has Delivered in Europe.” The featured speaker that first year was U.S. senator from Arkansas John L. McClellan, who delivered the keynote “Can American

Pepperdine College Joins the Fight Against Communism

By Dr. Kevin C. Miller, Librarian for Digital Curation and Publication

Senator Barry Goldwater holds up the Pepperdine College flag at a luncheon during the 1961 Freedom Forum. Businessman Jamie Smith and President M. Norvel Young are on the left and right respectively.

Senator John McClellan delivering his keynote speech at the first annual Pepperdine College

Freedom Forum in the Biltmore Hotel.

Don McCulloch presenting on “Communism’s Invisible Weapon—Brainwashing” at the 1959

Pepperdine College Freedom Forum.

Dr. Robert Peterson, educator and former prisoner of war, presenting at the 1961 Freedom Forum.

The program booklet for the inaugural Pepperdine College Freedom Forum in

1959 featuring Senator McClellan.

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ities within the United States. Straddling the period of the Cuban Missile Crisis, these films offer an excellent example of the anti-communist discourse typical of this critical mo-ment in Cold War history.

William J. Teague, vice president of Pepperdine College, oversaw the Crisis for Americans film series, and appeared in three of the four films. Doyle T. Swain, Pepperdine’s director of business relations, was, like Teague, a staunch opponent of communism, and served as consultant on the films. Through the films, Pepperdine officials hoped to emphasize, once again, the important role of education in combating communist ideology and propaganda. Pepper-dine sold and distributed hundreds of copies of the films, which also appeared as television broadcasts across the na-tion. Although the original plan called for at least a dozen titles, Pepperdine officials felt satisfied with the series after the fourth film in 1965, and terminated the series due to growing concerns over costs.

All four Crisis for Americans films can be viewed online in Pepperdine Digital Collections alongside supplemen-tary archival materials about the films, including internal memos, correspondence, scripts, and newspaper clippings. Our archives also hold extensive material on the Pepper-dine College Freedom Forum, including photographs, pro-grams, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and speeches, much of which is also available online in our digital collec-tions. To find these collections, search the words “Pepper-dine Digital Collections” in your favorite search engine or link to pepperdine.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm.

If you have any stories or recollections of Pepperdine Col-lege’s anti-communism activities, we’d love to hear them. Feel free to contact me at: kevin.miller3@pepperdine.edu. We’d love to hear from you! †

Freedom Survive?” before a packed house of 800 California business leaders in the ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel.

By featuring Senator McClellan—who only a few years ear-lier had gained notoriety for leading a Democratic walkout in protest of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s “witch-hunting” practices—Pepperdine College was perhaps signaling its own brand of patriotic conservatism in a post-McCarthy era. Over the next decade, the Freedom Forum continued to leverage the power of education in the ideological fight against communism and socialism, often tying the issue to calls for a smaller federal government, fiscal responsibility, and greater national security.

In addition to the National Education Program, Pepper-dine College took advantage of other national anti-com-munist initiatives, such as the Coe Foundation Program. Established by American Studies pioneer William Robert-son Coe, this program allowed educators to attend summer programs at institutions such as Stanford, Yale, Tulane, and Pepperdine College to study American history, ideals, and principles. In establishing the fund, Coe stated that his goal was to support “a positive and affirmative method of meet-ing the threat of communism, socialism, totalitarianism, and other ideologies that threaten American freedom.”

The four-part, Hollywood-produced film series was easily the most ambitious and far-reaching of Pepperdine’s efforts to fight communism. Titled Crisis for Americans, the idea for the series grew out of the Freedom Forum. In turn, the films describe how communism preys on susceptible youth (Communist Accent on Youth, 1961), spreads through vio-lent aggression (Communist Imperialism, 1962), and cloaks itself behind the discourse of “peaceful coexistence” (Com-munism and Coexistence, 1963). The fourth film, The Ques-tions and the Answers (1965), argues for the necessity of congressional investigations that root out communist activ-

This political cartoon by Graham Hunter appeared in the Graphic

newspaper on May 4, 1962.

In this publicity photo for Pepperdine College’s first Freedom Forum in 1959, President M. Norvel Young stands with a beaming Pat Boone and businessman

Emerson B. Morgan. Boone sang the “Star Spangled Banner” at the forum, as he’s done for so many Pepperdine events.

Senator Robert Dole delivering his speech “Redeeming the American

Promise” at the final Freedom Forum in 1971 at the Los Angeles Hilton.

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I graduated from Fremont High School, which was very close to the old Pepperdine campus. In fact, when I was growing, I used to play football on Pepperdine’s athletic field. After high school graduation, I got a job at an aircraft plant by LAX and met a guy who was quitting his job to go back to El Camino College where he played football. I began to dream about playing football again, though I was not even a starter on my high school team. The company al-lowed me to switch to the swing shift schedule, from 5 PM to 2 AM, and I started school at El Camino.

I did surprisingly well and became a starting linebacker on a junior college team that was rated number two in the country. I met a young song leader named Barbara who was a Christian, and we started dating. She kept asking me to go to church with her and I did. During my freshman year at El Camino College, I became a Christian through the witness of this young song leader and Homecoming queen who would later become my wife of over 58 years.

When I became a Christian, I wanted to be a witness to the team but I wasn’t sure if I had been until after my second year when Coach Norm Very called me in and said that a couple Pepperdine coaches had paid him a visit and were looking for a “Christian Linebacker.” He told them about me and they asked for some of our game films to see how I played. They came back a few days later and offered me a full scholarship to Pepperdine.

This meant that I could continue going to school, an option that I did not think would be possible. I played for Pepper-dine in 1954 and 1955 and graduated in 1956.

In 1953, during the Korean War, I got drafted by the army. During the pre-induction physical, the corpsman taking blood samples missed the vein in my arm, causing a real problem with bleeding under my skin. On the way back to El Camino College, I noticed a Marine Corps recruiting station and stopped. I showed them my arm and asked if

they could do a better job of taking blood. They said they did and I signed up. During the interview I said that I was going to college and they told me of an officer candidate program that could lead to my becoming a second lieuten-ant in the Marine Corps after graduating from college.

After Pepperdine giving me a full scholarship, I was able to finish college, be commissioned in the Marine Corps, and marry the UCLA grad who led me to the Lord. Subse-quently, I retired from the Marine Corps with the rank of colonel and then retired from 24 years of teaching in Biola University’s School of Business.

These great careers and experiences that I have enjoyed would not have happened if Pepperdine hadn’t gone to El Camino College looking for a “Christian linebacker.” †

By Glenn Dill (’56, MBA ’72)

CHRISTIAN LINEBACKER

Pepperdine’s Influenceon a

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I attended George Pepperdine College for two years (1946 to 1948) as a freshman and sophomore, then graduated in 1950 from Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas. My ma-jor was in biblical studies and I was able to serve in the ministry in California congregations of the Church of Christ in Taft, Tulare, Wasco, and La Puente for varying pe-riods of time. I lived in Baxter Hall (upper floor, west end) and have some pleasant memories of my roommates, Howard By-bee (’49, MA ’70) and Bernard Howell (’50), and my suite-mates, Carl Mitchell (’49, MA ’63) and Bob Rowland (’47).

I like to say that my claim to fame is that I have known some people who have done some pretty important things. My brother, Lester, recently sent me this photo of me in

“Leapin’ Lena,” my Model A Ford I had during my two years as a Pepperdine student. There is a Kenny Hahn (’42) bumper sticker on the front from when he was first running for county supervisor. He was my history teacher

that year. Of course he won the election and served in that po-sition for about 40 years or so.

One of my most vivid memo-ries of campus life was those great weekend football games with Darwin Horn (’49) charging down the middle of the line to pick up first downs and Terry Bell (’50) carrying the ball at lightning speed for a lot of touchdowns.

After a career in the minis-try combined with assorted sales work, I currently live in Chico, California, with my wife, Grace. We are a few weeks short of our sixth wedding anniversary after having both lost our first spouses of many years.

On Thursday, February 6, 2014, Pepperdine University president Andrew Benton had the opportunity to attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., a traditional forum for political, social, and business leaders worldwide to build

relationships and celebrate the freedom of religion our nation enjoys. President Benton is pictured here with U.S. congresswoman Janice Hahn, her daughter and Pepperdine alumnus Katy Yates (’00), and vice chancellor Sara Young Jackson (’74).

Leapin’ Lena By Francis Herring

PEPPERDINE IN OUR

NATION’S CAPITAL

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William T. (“Doc”) Carty (’49), a man of care, love, humil-ity, and Christian faith, passed on to eternal life with Jesus on May 1, 2014 at the age of 87.

Bill graduated Pepperdine College with a double major in psychology and physi-cal education in 1949 and started his teaching career at Inglewood Elementary School. He earned his mas-ter’s degree and doctorate at USC in 1950 and 1958, re-spectively, served as a princi-pal in the Inglewood Unified School District, and taught in the USC School of Education until moving to Carpin-teria, California, as superintendent of schools in 1960. His postgraduate work at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) earned him a personnel services credential, and he continued to teach in Santa Barbara County both at UCSB and West-mont College in Montecito after retiring his Carpinteria post in 1986.

At a gala dinner in Carty’s honor in 2013, he spent his stint on the microphone expressing his love for his wife of nearly 68 years, Daphne.

“This is a man who would die before he would talk about him-self and the things he did,” daughter-in-law Marybeth said.

Bill was honored as Carpinterian of the Year in 1989. He cofounded the Carpinteria Rotary Club, Carp Beautiful, and the Carpinteria Education Foundation, and he served as president, elder, and director of Christian education at Faith Lutheran Church. His active participation in the Carpinteria Community Pool Advisory Committee, Lions Club Building Association, and the Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the Scholar-ship Foundation of Santa Barbara, and the Land Trust of Santa Barbara County is noteworthy and indicative of his

commitment and civic pride. He joined the Santa Barbara County Board of Education in 1989 and was most recently honored by the Carpinteria Noontime Rotary Club with a lifetime achievement award.

Carty postponed marriage and college, serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was stationed on a mine sweeper in the Pacific and was awarded a Battle Star and a naval commendation for bravery. To use longtime NBC-TV newscaster Tom Brokaw’s phrase, he was a member of the “greatest generation”— a generation of men and women who grew up in the Great Depression, fought for their country, and then came back home to build a better society and a more prosperous nation. Said Louis Panizzon, a longtime Carpinteria schoolmate of mine, “Doc Carty would make a choice, find a cause, and dedicate his life to it. Whether it was marriage, family, career, church, or community, he was all about commitment. He was the longest-ever tendered school superintendent in California, a member of the Faith Lutheran Church for more than 50 years, and he lived in the same Concha Loma neighborhood for 54 years. He was committed. He stayed the course he set. He made people around him and the places he settled in better.

“He also was a builder, literally. Under his lead-ership, Carpinteria High School was built, as well as the district office and the early childhood center at Canalino Elementary School. In 1961 he built, if you will, the Carpinte-ria Unified School District (CUSD) by guiding the trustees into unifying the high school and elementa-ry districts. Those of us in

Concha Loma knew him as a builder of homes that began as a family venture and turned into the livelihood for his sons Martin and Gregg.

By Jon Washington (’63)

Remembering “Doc Carty”

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“The following words are synonyms of mentor: coach, counsel, lead, guide, pilot, shepherd, show, and tutor. Dr. Carty did all of these,” Panizzon concluded.

Another of my Carpinteria classmates, Tony Perez, said of Dr. Carty, “His door was open to everyone. He listened to parents, teachers and, perhaps most importantly, students, and accomplished many amazing things. I came to respect the man for the benefits to his adopted community that he manifested in his humble and quiet way: establishing the beach volleyball courts at main beach; Carpinteria Beauti-ful; assisting anyone who approached him; by setting ex-amples of family and clean living; and for always being ap-proachable and doing all things with a smile! He was a role model extraordinaire. It was my privilege to have known this rock star of examples, a genuine pillar of society.”

The Cartys all liked to bike and to fix up broken bicycles to give away to less-fortunate kids. “If you are going to ride a bike,” Bill told his family, “you have to learn how to fix and repair them.” It was always an uplifting treat for Carpinte-rians seeing the Carty family coming down the street on bikes, doing things as a family, all smiling, all in unison.

As Carpinterian Amber Sanders Amlie texted to Coastal View News, Carpinteria’s award-winning weekly newspa-per, “I will miss seeing Bill and Daphne every day riding

their bicycles past my house to get damaged cans of food from local stores to give to the less fortunate. Mr. Carty always had a smile and a kind word.”

Along with collecting food, the Cartys, in their old pick-up truck, picked up old bedding and discarded furniture, which they provided to citizens in need, often after repair-ing the items themselves.

Despite all his school and civic involvement, Bill never let up his practice of practical jokes. One time, Panizzon’s VW went missing from his garage. Without his car, Lou couldn’t get to work on time—a tardiness that was met with a memorandum of admonishment from the super-intendent, who stressed the importance of punctuality. Later, Panizzon learned his superintendent neighbor was the culprit. There were also stories of lawn furniture on rooftops, and it is said that Carty’s pranks peaked around Halloween.

Despite all his accomplishments, and occasional foolish-ness, Bill always denied he could walk on water, but due to gymnastics lessons as a youngster, he could walk on his hands. Just another amazing skill from a very skilled man.

A note from the writer: “I grew up in Carpinteria, a quiet beach town between Santa Barbara and Ventura, and gradu-ated from Carpinteria High School in June 1959. Bill came to Carpinteria in January, 1960, and it wasn’t long before he and I became acquainted and enjoyed wonderful conversations about Pepperdine. I’m grateful for the privilege of honoring him here.” – Jon Washington (’63) †

Bill with his wife Daphne. They lived in Pepperdine’s Normandie Village in 1948-1949 or so, having been high school sweethearts.

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The democratic ideals of our nation always prevailed dur-ing the student body elections at Pepperdine, and in order to widen the field of candidates, Beta Tau Delta usually selected one of its own to run for office. During my junior year at GPC (1948-1949), I became the cam-paign manager for Ken Davidson (’49). As students, we had limited funds for entering political life, but we did the best we could to support our candidate.

We utilized the usual political tactics and one which caused a ripple among the students. We rented a 1910 vintage auto (complete with driver) which we drove down the famous and beautiful promenade one late afternoon to meet the students who were still on campus.

Davidson and I accompanied the driver in or-der to greet them as they gathered around the car. While Davidson introduced himself to the students who did not know him, we both distributed a campaign card with an attached

The following photo, sent to us by Gerald “Jerry” Bray (’60), captures the scene of Sigma Pi Gamma sorority sis-ters and their dates for a dinner event at Llona (Elford) Fennel’s (’61) home in Whittier, California, in fall of 1959.

Llona’s dad, Chet Elford (’43) (featured in the fall 2013 is-sue of the Promenade), was the first alumni president in the ’40s, so Llona was a second-generation student.

Gammas were the newest sorority on campus in 1958-1959, and Ellen (Boros) Brandt (’61) was the first presi-dent. All of the above women were charter members with their respective dates, and this was one of the first formal social events as a new sorority. In the late ’50s and early ’60s, they had social events in homes rather than expensive restaurants, saving those nicer venues for spring presents, banquets, and office installations.

stick of gum. As the afternoon turned to evening and the throng began to wane, we reluctantly drove away to return the auto to the driver’s home.

Davidson did not win the office of student body president but became well-known enough to later garner the position of treasurer of his senior class. His campaign motto had been “Man with Ideas,” which proved to be an omen of the future. He had a sterling career in the insurance business and was also a part owner of a California basketball team. †

Campus PoliticsBy G. Keith Dolan (’50)

Appearing in the photo (left to right): Gerald Bray (’60); Verda “June” (Falls) Bray (’57-’59); Dr. Martin “Marty” Craven (’55); Beverly (Muller) Matthews (’64); Phil Pen-nington (’58); Norma (Wade) Mahaffey (’61); and perhaps a bit too dark to recognize, Peggy (Zorko) Vander-Weide and Sid Vander-Weide (’64).

The New Sorority, Sigma Pi Gamma

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We take this time to remember those Waves who have recently passed, and we celebrate the impact they made on fellow alumni and the world around them.In Memoriam

As you learn of the passing of George Pepperdine College alumni, please contact GPC Alumni Affairs at 310.506.4348 or gpc@pepperdine.edu.

Rev. Everett Andrew (’56)Mr. Ralph E. Baker (’49)Dr. Calvin H. Bowers (’60)Mr. L. Vance Carruth (’59)Dr. William “Bill” T. Carty (’49)Paul W. Clement, Ph.D. (’62)Mr. John J. de Vries (’47)

Mrs. Ellen (Murphy) Garland (’68)Mr. Howard A. Geiger (’48)Mrs. Evelyn A. Herring (’45)Lt. Col. Monte W. Lefton (’50)Ms. Burnace E. Mortensen (’49)Mr. Bruce E. Murdock (’50)Mrs. Doris J. (Allen) O’Neal 1965*

Mr. Joy D. Pace (’48)Mr. Jack Paris (’49)Mr. Robert G. Sherrill (’49)Mr. Robert S. Taylor (’59)Ms. Edith (Upton) Tucker 1939*Mr. L. Arnold Watson, Sr. (’44)

Mr. George W. AgnorMr. John W. ArnoldMrs. Jeanette (Reeser) AstonMs. Karen (Shaden) BarrettDr. Bruce K. BoazMr. John P. BrooksMr. Dale A. BrownMr. William H. BuckinghamMr. William BynumDr. Dale S. CannonMrs. Elizabeth (Hill) CannonMr. Alonzo S. CarrollProfessor Christopher J. ChetsangaMrs. Joyce (Gallaher) ClasenMrs. Lola (Smith) ConatserMr. Barry T. CravenMr. James D’AmoreMr. Robert W. DeitrickMr. Harry DinnelMrs. Lorene (Kirk) DuganMr. Tice ElkinsMr. James FendersonMrs. Sherry (Beckett) FinkMr. Garland W. FloydMr. James J. FosterMr. John F. GejerMs. Carol E. GoolerMrs. Madeline (Reddick) HaffeyMr. Melbert L. Hamilton

Mr. Jamie M. HatlerMr. Morris L. HawkinsMr. Kenneth L. HeadonMrs. Carol (Andreason) Heinz-DooleyMr. Fred HendersonMrs. Jennie (Free) HenmanMrs. Caroline (Shaeffer) HopkinsMr. James M. HuckabyMr. Douglas IngallsMrs. Barbara (Alexander) IngramMrs. Marilyn JackeMrs. Rosazetta (Dobbs) JacobsMrs. Grace (Hopkins) JohnsonMr. Wallace B. JonesDr. Laurence C. KeeneMrs. LaPhonia (Lee) KnappMrs. Carolyn (Copeland) KnoxMrs. Anita (Deeter) LandisMs. Betty J. LangpapMrs. Jean (Marquis) LanningDr. Walter S. LeeMrs. Patricia (Kyle) LeeMrs. Linda (Athey) LinnMs. Neola M. LippoldMr. Fred J. LocarniniMr. Gregory W. LoganMrs. Judith (Reynolds) MarleyMr. Frederic E. MarseeMrs. Aletha (Pearson) MarshallMr. Ernest R. MartinezMrs. Helen (Cox) McBeeMr. Jerry B. McBeeMrs. Sara (Smith) MeadowsMr. Kerry L. MerschMr. Richard Meyer

Mrs. Nina (Fielder) MichaelsMrs. Judith (Randolph) MittenMr. Arlen G. MusserMr. Philip H. NashMs. Norma M. NursallMr. Willard T. OharaMr. Steven PalmerMr. Robert D. PearsonMr. Roger A. PembrokeMr. Hank PiligianMrs. Linda (Davies) PoundsMrs. Juanita (Light) ProfferMrs. Caye (Cannon) RandolphMrs. Gail (Nuckols) RevlandMr. Gary SabellaMr. Shigeo SaitoMrs. Delores ( Jones) SalcidoMr. Philip G. SchultzMr. Richard H. SchultzMr. Alonzo SimmonsDr. Gerald SolkMr. Clinton L. StormMs. Georgette ToddMrs. Charlene TrainorMrs. Sandia (De Waide) TuttleMr. Ernest WaldenDr. John E. Ware, Jr.Mr. Jimmie R. WhiteMrs. Yvonne (Gilliam) WoodsMr. Don R. WoodsonMrs. Kay (Mangum) WrightMr. John C. WyattMrs. Linda (Fok) YangMr. Ken Young

Congratulations to you all! A complete listing of all Golden Circle members can be found at seaver.pepperdine.edu/alumni/goldencircle.

Each year, we recognize a class of George Pepperdine College alumni as they celebrate an impressive milestone—being alumni for 50 years! Please join me in recognizing this year’s inductees into the Golden Circle from the Class of 1964.

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For additional information on these and other alumni events and opportunities, contact us at gpc@pepperdine.edu or 310.506.4348.

OCTOBER10/17-10/19

Waves Weekend (Malibu campus) – The largest annual gathering of Pepperdine alumni will return this October to feature reunions, recreational activities, and a lively concert in Alumni Park—great for the entire Pepperdine family. pepperdine.edu/wavesweekend

NOVEMBER11/3

Pepperdine Wave Classic Golf Tournament (Thousand Oaks, California) – For more than a decade, the Wave Classic at Sherwood Country Club has provided support for student scholarships, academic enrichment, career-preparation programs, and the men’s and women’s golf teams. Be a part of it! seaver.pepperdine.edu/waveclassic

DECEMBER12/2

Pepperdine Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony (Mul-lin Town Square) – Now in its sixth year, this special tradition unites the entire Pepperdine community of stu-dents, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends in a celebration of Christ. Help us ring in this blessed season with fellow-ship, treats, scripture reading, singing, and of course, the lighting of a beautiful Christmas tree in our town square.

JANUARY1/27

M.I.T.A.Y. (Long Beach, California) – GPC alumni gather each January for adjacent men’s and ladies’ luncheons in celebration of another year of enduring friendship. Advance registra-tion is required. Please contact us for more in-formation.

MARCH3/13-3/15

Grand Pepperdine Celebration (GPC VI) (Palm Springs, California) – Spread the word and make plans to attend this GPC alumni-exclusive reunion weekend. A great schedule of nostalgic storytelling, hymn sings, a dinner celebration, and entertainment awaits! The reg-istration fee is only $50 per person! For more information, visit pepperdine.edu/gpc.

3/21Songfest (Smothers Theatre) – The continua-tion of the beloved “Spring Sing” GPC musical tradition, hundreds of Seaver College students flood the stage each March for this song-and-dance competition. A pre-show alumni recep-tion is included in the registration cost.

MAY5/2

Seaver College Graduation and “Waves of Success” Luncheon (Alumni Park, Malibu campus) – Come welcome the newest Waves to join our alumni family, and be a part of our special alumni tradition of presenting new grads with their own alumni pin during our Waves of Success luncheon. seaver.pepperdine.edu/alumni/connected/wavesofsuccess

5/5-5/872nd Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectures (Mali-bu campus) – Gather in Malibu with thousands from across the country and internationally for soul-lifting programs, fellowship, and to study and celebrate God’s word through lectures, worship, and discussion. More information can be found at pepperdine.edu/biblelectures.

During the Bible Lectures, join us for a Pepper-dine alumni pie reception hosted by Seaver Col-lege and George Pepperdine College Alumni Affairs on Thursday, May 7, at 8:30 PM in the Weisman Museum.