The last run of the Sacramento Northern Railway was in 1957. We think this picture was taken sometime before then, and that the young man reaching up is, indeed, DeWitt James Robbeloth 58, shown in his senior yearbook picture.

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LETTERS

Saint Marys magazine is about voices. Add yours to the mix. Do you have a Viewpoint, a Recollection, a burning question for Roundtable? Write to us at magazine@stmarys-ca.edu.

THE OLD SAINT MARYS TRAIN STATIONI was just reading the fall 2013 Saint Marys magazine and was taken by the photo-graph on page 2. It seems as though you are suggesting that the photograph is of Lionel Holmes 41, but the photo looks much too familiar to me, although I could be mistaken. I think it may have been taken in the 1950s and that the student shaking the hand of the locomotive en-gineer is DeWitt James Robbeloth 58. The train at that time no longer carried passengers, but it still ran by the campus but ended just about when those of us in the class of 1958 were about to end our time at SMC. DeWitt and I were both on The Collegian under the editorship of Alf Collins, and when I saw that photograph many memories came flooding back.

Please check the files of The Collegian and see when that photo was actually taken, who took it, and who the student is.

Thanks,MICHAEL MASE 58,

Portland, Ore.

WOW, HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGEDYouve all made this voice of SMC into a most interesting publication.

The article WOW! Beginning With a Bang in the fall Saint Marys magazine made me think back to my campus ar-rival as a freshman in 1951. I was from Ferndale270 miles north of Moragabut when I was accepted to attend, I put my faith in the Christian Brothers that indeed the college existed, for I had never seen it. In those days, campus visitations by high schoolers were pretty much limited to campuses close by, or perhaps colleges near relations that you might visit on holidays. I originally planned to attend Humboldt State College, 20 miles from Ferndale. But Joseph Bertain 51, a senior from nearby Scotiaas convincing a Gael as ever I would meetchanged my mind. (A scholarship helped). Long after being accepted at Saint Marys, I took a July trip to the Bay Area to look over what I had chosen for my next four years.

A bus took me from the San Francisco YMCA, where I stayed, to Orinda. I then walked from Orinda to the campus in the heat of a July day that parched my throat and feet. I recall meeting the then Dean of Students, Brother Cassian, and must have been given food and drink. A return trip by foot to Orinda had no appeal, and for the first time in my life, I hitchhiked.

WOW! described todays almost her-culean task of moving freshmen, with their many boxes containing the neces-sities of life, into their new Gael digs. It took me back to an August day in 1951, when my friend Hugh Bower, a junior Gael from Rio Dell in Humboldt County and my chauffeur (juniors and seniors could have cars), pulled up to the back of Augustine Hall, then housing both fresh-men and sophomores of the 250 male student campus. He opened the trunk, and I pulled out my one suitcase and headed into the spartan quarters where not even a radio was allowed. Telephones? One on each floor in a central booth. Television? One set in the lounge of De La Salle Hall, the dorm for juniors and seniors. But the education? It couldnt have been better.

I went from SMC to UCLA for graduate studies, gaining the chemistry doctorate in 1959. Always wanting to be a teacher, I found an opening in the enemy camp, with the Jesuits at St. Peters College in Jersey City, N.J., where I worked for 20 years. First I taught chemistry and later became academic dean, the first non-Je-suit in that role at the college. In 1981, I went to Western Connecticut State University in Danbury as dean of arts and sciences for six years, then acquired a library degree and remained at WCSU as a librarian until retirement in 1999. I am now deep into those retirement years, what Italians call la terza vita. Its been good so far.

Thanks very much.JAMES PEGOLOTTI 55

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CCONTENTS

STAFFPUBLISHERHernan Bucheli

EXECUTIVE EDITORJ. Elizabeth Smith

EDITORJo Shroyer

CREATIVE DIRECTORKaren Kemp

POETRY EDITORBrenda Hillman

CONTRIBUTORSJoel BahrTeresa CastleGreg ClarkeJudy JacobsJosephine Kirk 14Alex Kummert 15J.G. PrestonGinny PriorMichelle Smith

The Saint Marys College of California experienceinspires learning that lasts a lifetime. The Collegesrigorous education engages intellect and spirit while awakening the desire to transform society. We are all learners heretogether, working to understand and shape the world. For more information,see stmarys-ca.edu.

Saint Marys magazineis published three timesa year. Please send comments to magazine@stmarys-ca.edu or call(925) 631-4278. Pleasesubmit name and addresschanges to info4smc@stmarys-ca.edu or writeSaint Marys College, 1928 St. Marys Rd., PMB 4300, Moraga, CA94575-4300.

4 NATURALA Home in Sleepy Hollow

6 ARCADEAn Opera Great Inspired by Service Events Happiness and Poetry New Rec Center Takes Shape New Beginnings West Coast Premiere Shines The Best Ever Season Making Saint Marys History in Tennis Maybe It Is Personal 75 Years of Giving Triumph and Challenges Who Is Jerry Brown? Distinguished Professor Award Honoring Those Who Served Beer Culture Service With DIRT New MFA in Dance Power to the Pink

7 SEMINARMultiplicity: Nuance in Antigone(s)

12 COMMENTARYiPhobias

14 TASTINGSBeer Culture

16 ROUNDTABLE

36 QUADDine with Alums: Magic! Art for the Ruggers Welcome New Board Members New Leadership for Alumni Board Everyman, Labor Leader Adventure in Her Blood Living the Mission

37 POEM

39 IN MEMORIAM

40 GLIMPSES

44 VIEWPOINTKeeping death away from the heart

FEATURES

19 Liberal Arts and Technology

30 The De-Evolution of Wellness

34 Jane Purinton

24 Technology and the Human App

With all the information on health and fitness, are we any better off?

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The liberal arts have a unique role to play in a digital world focused on jobs.

It may be time to get a grip on the effect digital technology has on our lives.

The wife of Saint Mary's new president describes the enlightening journey her life has taken.

ALaura Jacqmin is a Chicago-based

playwright who has won numerous awards,

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Learn more about the beam signing and progress on the new recreation center: stmarys-ca.edu/beamsigning.

West Coast Premiere Shines

NEW BEGINNINGSPresident James A. Donahue with best friend and grad school roommate, Peter Schmidt, at the dinner following inaugura-tion on October 11. The evening included toasts from Jim Wood, president of the Board of Regents, J. P. Musgrove, chair of the Alumni Board, Brother Dominic Berardelli, among others.

NEW STUDENT REC CENTER TAKES SHAPEOn a gloriously sunny day in January, the Saint Marys Board of Trustees hosted a Gael Beam Ceremony to acknowledge and thank the generous benefactors who are making the new Joseph L. Alioto Recre-ation Center possible. The new state-of-the-art student fitness facility is scheduled to open in the spring of 2015.

The paradox of intelligence is that as we mature mentally, we ask more questions, only to find fewer answers. Playwright Laura Jacqminwho came to Saint Marys in November for Perform-ing Arts West Coast premiere of And when we awoke there was light and lightpopulates her play with such tough questions and complicated characters.

The play, set in Evanston, Ill., centers on the relationship between Katie, an ambitious high school senior, and David, a Ugandan citizen on the run and running out of time. After form-ing an online friendship with Davidbecause its the right thing to do and also because it might give her an edge on her college applicationsKatie learns that he had been a child soldier. This revelation calls everything into question and threatens their friendship.

Katie, played by Kentaley McCurdy 16, is forced to make deci-sions with people pulling her in different directions. Whether its her mom and dad, played by Hayley Leitman 14 and Joseph Klink 14, or the lighthearted complexity of her English teacher, played by Oliver Reyes 15, all the characters find themselves and their own decisions impacted by the choices that Katie makes. This chain reaction all begins with a character shrouded in mys-tery and distance, David, played by Paul Nnaoji 14.

Jacqmin doesnt make it easy for the characters or for the audi-ence. Its about the surprising, but inevitable, she said. I love to create work that lives in that place. I refuse to tie a neat bow. I dont think our own narratives are as clean as that, and thats what I want to convey. Art is when its not always black and white, but lives in that gray space in between. Alex Kummert 15

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LLets get this out of the way first. What youre reading is not a rallying screed for Luddites.* Were cool with technol-ogy and everything it does to improve our lives. But were not alone in think-

ing its time to get a grip on how digital technology is affecting the human app.

The human app? Thats how educator Abbe Blum refers to the conscious biological entity known as the human being. She taught a Saint Marys Jan Term course called The Human App: Transforming Com-munication in a Post-Human World. The title, which she chose only partly in jest, refers to the work of Duke University Professor N. Katherine Hayles, whose specialty is the relationship between science, literature and technology. Hayles describes the post-human era as a time in which there is no essential difference between our old familiar corporeal existence and a computer simulation, between the human organism and cybernetic mechanisms, or between robot teleol-ogy and human planning. Whoa! Are we there yet?

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The Pew Research Internet Project found that 91 percent of American adults have a mobile phone, 55 percent own a smart phone, and 44 percent of all cell users have slept with their phone so they dont miss a message.

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Anyone watching news from the Consumer Electron-ics Show in Las Vegas in January might have thought so, with all the buzz about wearable devices that hint at the human/cyber alloy science fiction writers predict: smart socks that map how a runners foot strikes the road, chip-implanted clothing that scans brain waves and heart rate, and ear buds that track your every move. Its probably too soon to count on humans embracing these often-clunky devices, because they can peg you as something less than hip.

Besides, we have enough problems with the technology we carry around with us today, Blum said. Mobile devices, in particular, present a distraction and a fire hose of information that can get in the way of our being compassionate listeners, skillful communicators and mindful participants in the world, she explained.

Look around. People are increasingly navigating a crowded world with their eyes glued to a mobile device, according to a study by Flurry Analytics, which has been measuring our use of such devices since way back in 2008, when the iPhone was a precocious one-year-old. They found that Americans spend more than two and a half hours a day look-ing at their smart phones or tablets. Advertising Age reported recently that American adults now spend more time per day using digital media than watching traditional television, averaging some five hours with their various devices. The fact that more people are watching television programs on their devices than on TVs may qualify that statistic, but never mind.

The important issue may not be what we watch or how much time we spend glued to mobile devices,

but rather, how and when we use them, and what we are sacrificing in the process.

Anthropology Professor Dana Herrera 97 teaches an undergrad-uate course in the Anthropology of Digital Cultures, part of the new digital literacy minor at Saint Marys. Her students last semester focused on what technology is doing to human relationships.

Everything from day-to-day interactions with people, to how we craft our personas online, what it means to be female or male, and how age impacts how we benefit from and engage with technology.

Herreras students also had heated debates over whether its OK to break up with someone by texting. We just dont have an accepted social norm for doing this, said Herrera. Remember the Dear John letter? We havent figured out how to do the tough stuffhumanely delivering bad news, for examplemuch less how to incorporate new tech-nology into every aspect of life, Herrera observed.

Blum devised her Jan Term course to specifically challenge students to think deeply about how to balance the exigencies of modern life with some pretty important, timeless needspaying sustained attention, listening carefully and being heard. Thats always been a difficult art, and I think its more difficult with the technology we have today.

So much so, said Professor Linda Saulsby, that its difficult to separate ourselves from our devices and just take quiet, contemplative time to think, she said. So, Saulsby and James Wood 70, a former litigation attorney and the president of the Board of Regents, created a Jan Term course in which they and their students would do the unthinkabledisconnect, power off and unplug completely for

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an entire month. Through journaling and con-templative outings, they dug deep into that scary unconnected world of the self. If they caught them-selves using, a term Wood suggested, the students understood they had to journal about it and share with the class their thoughts on the experience.

And was it difficult? Absolutely, Saulsby said. But it went amazingly well. We saw 17 students

develop into people who will now question the balance in their lives between technology and humanism.

She and Wood hope this exercise will have a long-term effect on their students appreciation for and cultivation of solitude, something we all need to consider, Saulsby said. Were just too caught up with the screens in front of us.

Weve all seen it. People together in a crowd, but alone with their devicesat a restaurant, in class or in a living room full of relatives. We put ourselves into emotional silos, Wood said. Doing everything we can to fill our time with distractions and, in the process, mess up the idea of intimacy.

In fact, a University of Essex study published by The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships found that the very presence of mobile phones, not even in use at the moment, could inhibit the develop-ment of interpersonal closeness, trust, empathy and understanding, particularly when the conversation is personal and meaningful. Other studies point to the extremely close relationships people form with their devices, an idea played out in the recent Spike Jonze movie Her, about the heart- and hard drivefelt relationship that develops between a lonely man and an advanced, intuitive operating system named Samantha.

Hold the phone! It appears that societal anxiety over digital absorp-

tion is ramping up, bringing much needed attention to choices we all need to consider, said Blum. I think we are at a thoughtful point where we can still figure out what we need to do to manage our lives.

We can start by carving out a little time, even five minutes, Saulsby said, to put everything aside and just be still, be quiet. Or call a friend or a family member; say hello to someone you dont even know. This stuff seems really simple, she said. But its hard to do if youre always looking down at your phone or wearing earphones.

From an anthropological standpoint, humans rely on a deeply rooted face-to-face template that is still in effect, Herrera said. It serves cooperation, social cohesion, bonding with each other and strengthen-

ing those bonds. Over the years, every technological innovationfrom transportation to telephones, air-conditioning and televisionhas threatened to take us away from our template, she said. People dont like change, and technology has a particular ability to tweak us, which might explain some of the angst we feel about our digital environment, said Herrera. She would rather take a more holistic view of cultural change. People want to jump at the easy answer, the latest boogeyman, to explain social dissonance or violence, she said, when its really combinations of multiple factors that create societal reality.

So, is all this the fault of the iPhone and its imita-tors? Probably not. Blaming everything on devices doesnt relieve us of our responsibility to take con-trol of our own lives and make intelligent choices about the things to which we give our conscious attention, Herrera said.

And while its too late to turn backtechnical progress doesnt work that way, and why would we want to, with so much to be gainedit is up to us to figure out how to bring balance to the relationship between technology and the human app, Blum said.

It begins with deciding who is leading whom, said Kirthi Nath, a filmmaker, artist and entrepreneur who also taught a Jan Term class with a related theme.

Are you on autopilot or are you part of the navigation? she asked.

Balance is of particular interest to Nath. She looks at technology as a welcome tool for creative work, but recognizes both its promise and its limitations.

The ability of technology to connect people across miles and cultural differences is particularly valu-able, she said. For those of us who are do-gooders, humanitarians, change agents, artiststechnology can be a beautiful canvas for making the world a better and brighter place.

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idea that technology starts revolutions, Nath said. Its just a tool. We are the force that brings change, that energizes and opens perspective. Her courseCreative Presence: Cultivating Creativity in the Age of Informationfocused on storytelling techniques through various media, combined with mind-body toolslike meditation, visualization and movementthat support creative practice.

Nath finds creative inspiration in social media, in text message exchanges with friends, and incorpo-rates it into her art. And she views as a positive the ability of artists to share their work with others, unhampered by traditional gatekeepers.

However, our tendency to make ourselves con-stantly available because of smart phones doesnt serve us, our creative work or the people around us particularly well, Nath observed.

James Wood pointed out that all great art, all great inventions, begin in solitude. Not a state of being lonely, but being present with yourself, your thoughts and your ideas. Daring to take the risk of

solitude creates the opportunity to make something significant, he said.

Nath credits her awareness practice with keeping balance in her life and her work, but acknowledges that it can sometimes feel challenging. She pointed to the juicy conversations going on at Wisdom 2.0a series of conferences, workshops and meet-ups that address what the organization calls the great challenge of our age: to not only live con-nected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our own well-being, effective in our work, and useful to the world. Wis-dom 2.0 brings together a whos who list of technical leaders, capitalists and entrepreneurs with experts in meditation and yoga to discuss how to live with greater wisdom, purpose, and meaning, while also using technology to build a healthy society.

Technology is neither good nor bad, Nath said. Its how we use it to nourish and support us in our lives, and how we understand when its healthy to disengage.

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A survey by Educause found that 58 percent of todays college students, who grew up with digital technologies, owned at least three Internet-capable devices.

Jane Purinton: Always Learning, Always Teaching The wife of Saint Marys new president describes the enlightening and unpredictable journey her life, career and passions have taken

Its a lot easier to plot your life story if you know who you are. At least thats what Jane Purintons journey seems to demonstrate. Married to Jim Donahue, Saint Marys new president, Purinton says she has had the opportunity to reinvent herself multiple times as the couple moved from west to east and back again in pursuit of ways to serve in higher education. But at the core of these

transformations lies a solid sense of self.We met for coffee at Cafe Louis, where

she seemed completely at home. Saint Marys reminds Purinton, who grew up in Maryland, of her early years at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. Thats where I was really given permission and encour-agement to seek and expand, she said. College opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about the world. Thats what I

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love about Saint Marys.NYU, where Purinton transferred as

a junior during the waning years of the Vietnam War, was another eye-opener. A wild and wacky place, as she put it. Kind of a rude awakening in those tender years. For example, they didnt have fire drills in their building, Purinton recalled, with a wry smile. We had bomb scares. One night after three bomb scares in a row, everybody, in their pajamas, just went around the corner to a bar. There wasnt going to be any more sleeping that night!

What remained the same for her at both schools, though, was the influence of teachers and mentors who made a profound difference in her life. They didnt penalize me for my navet, she said. They thought enough of me to just be supportive and encouraging. Having those adults in my world made all the difference.

Its obvious that the role of teachers and mentorsincluding her parents occupies a big space in Purintons heart, and the progress of her life and career illustrates that.

It was a mentor in the small but intimate Religious Studies Department at NYU, where Purinton double majored in religious studies and English, who influenced her to apply someday to the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Mutual friends at GTU would later introduce Purinton and Donahue.

Purinton isnt shy about describing a rough patch in her life in which she found herself suddenly a single mother of a two-year-old, without a job or means of support. She decided to go back to school, studying computer science and math at Merritt College in Oakland. There, she met a cadre of other women students returning to school and careers whose inspiring stories and friendship have stayed with her to this day, and where she met another influential mentor. If it hadnt been for Mr. Olson, I dont know how any of us would have made it through, Purinton said. Olson took time with his students, who stood in line outside his office door with stacks of code, Purinton said. We

re-entry women adored him, and kept up with him for the rest of his life.

Her computer training eventually led to a position at the Town School for Boys in San Francisco, where she did database work but after two years became the director of development at the school. By 1984, she had met and married Jim Donahue, who was teaching at Santa Clara University. When Donahue got a position at Georgetown University, the family moved cross-country and stayed there for 15 years. Purinton worked at Georgetown doing alumni relations and fundraising, participating in a major capital campaign, andsomething she is particularly proud ofshe worked on the Alumni College program, taking faculty on the road to offer seminars for alumni.

After three years at Georgetown, a job opening at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., attracted Purinton. In addition to all her other experi-ence, she had been a weaver, working in a studio and managing a textile store in Berkeley. It was almost as if the ad said, Jane, this is for you. And it was. I spent 11 happy years there with a boss who, again, was a really great mentor.

Purinton also volunteered at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and served as a mentor to George-town political science students in a bitter dispute with neighborhood residents over voting rights. She has enjoyed watching those student activists go on to build successful political careers. Another passion for Purinton has been politics and justice.

When Donahue was named president of GTU, the family returned to the Bay

Area. Purinton was looking for some-thing to do, when one of the women she had met at Merritt asked her to teach technical education classes at the College of Alameda. My work there for 10 years was the most rewarding of my life, Purinton said. Her students were people who had seen some difficulty in their lives, and Purinton hoped she could be helpful. Because Id been a single mom, I could relate to some of their struggles, she said. And I knew that an extra five minutes, just looking a student in the eye and saying, This is really good, I can tell that you tried,and something as simple as a smile, could really mean something.

Purinton considers those students her mentors, too. Her passion for teaching, mentoring and justice has informed the interesting, winding road that has been her career path, a journey that she

says she wouldnt change if she could.

The world is a very complex organism, changing all the time, and there are a lot of ways in which we can help each other get through that complexity. Ive been in a position to fill a need when I see it, making sure, of course, that its a need that wants to be filled, and that I do it in the right way, without imposing on someone my own ideas about whats right.

These days, Jane Purinton works

one day a week as a writing coach for ninth graders at El Cerrito High School. Shes weaving again, and she travels often to Maryland to visit her mother and to Washington, D.C., to see her two sons. Luke, the eldest, and his wife recently had a baby. Im trying now to focus on being a good daughter and grandmother.

College opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about

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IN MEMORIAM

ALUMNICharles H. Andrus, Jr.

43Thomas J. Austin

M.B.A. 80Stephen C. Bellicini

M.B.A. 79Mindy M. Birkett 92Sharon Anne (Allan)

Borre 75, sister of Professor James M. Allan

Henry P. Buckingham 48, parent of Andrew Buckingham 84

Richard J. Davies 54, parent of Gerald Davies 79

Mary Elena DochtermanWilliam M. Gallagher

43Patricia H. Hartman

MA 92, parent of Amy Souza, EMA, ECR

Philip S. KennyMilo W. MacKin 43Warren J. MacLellan 55Francis J. Mahoney 44,

parent of Joan Mahoney 87

Antoinette C. Moran MA 95

Donna I. Preckshot 85George S. Runyan 52Stephen L. Story 64,

ECR '85Joseph L. Waltner 52Alfred C. Williams, Sr.

52, parent of Robert Williams

August E. Zipse 43, parent of Mark Zipse 77, Michele Zipse 80

FRIENDSGuido Addiego, parent

of Susanna Brooks 92, Frank Addiego 98

Marjorie Banducci, parent of Janet Amador 85, E 93

Mrs. Angelo Boschetto, parent of Michael Boschetto 80, Paul Boschetto 76

Aldo P. Guidotti, parent of Joanna Jensen 74

Carol J. Ozanich, parent of James Ozanich 83

Anna M. Siler, parent of Joseph Siler 62. John Siler 63, Kenneth Siler 64

Louis S. Solari, parent of Robert Solari 88

A Brilliant, Charismatic ManThe life of Ronald McArthur 49 serves as a testament to faith, philosophy and the furtherance of knowl-edge. A former Saint Marys professor and founder of Thomas Aquinas College, he left his mark not only on generations of students but on the landscape of Catholic higher education.

A monumental man, McArthur stood six-foot-six-inches tall, had a booming voice that could be heard several classrooms away and was a profound thinker with a zany sense of humor.

He was a very charismatic character, said Jack McClenahan 66, a former student of McArthurs who became director of college relations at Thomas Aquinas College. He was a man on a mission, and an unusual missionthe preservation of the perennial philosophies and the intellectual traditions of the Catholic Church.

McArthur accomplished his mission through the cre-ation of Thomas Aquinas College, a Catholic liberal arts college of 350 students near Santa Paula, Calif. With a curriculum based on the Great Books and Seminar, the college has been heavily influenced by Saint Marys. Its three presidents and several other key administrators and faculty were Saint Marys graduates.

Establishing a college can be a nearly impossible endeavor, and Thomas Aquinas was no exception. After accepting its first freshman class of 33 students in 1971, with McArthur as its founding president, it struggled to survive both physically and financially in the early years.

But survive it did and not only became a success-ful school in its own right, but has inspired a host of other small Catholic liberal arts colleges such as Christendom College in Front Royal, Va., and Wyo-ming Catholic College in Lander, Wyo.

These colleges, along with Thomas Aquinas Col-lege, owe their existence to the determination of McArthur, a man held in awe by many, including Dennis Koller 66. Koller lived in the McArthur household while attending Saint Marys and served as vice president of development at the College and director of admissions and financial aid at Thomas Aquinas College.

Dr. McArthur loved teaching. He loved students, Koller said. He was by far the smartest guy I ever met, and Ive been around education my entire life. He was a brilliant man, a holy man. He was a saint.Judy Jacobs

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19712 Dennis Patrick Wood (pictured on-board USS Nimitz) has been a clinical psy-chologist for the past 35 years, consulting with the Virtual Reality Medical Center in San Diego since 2006. He is also affiliated with the Crownview Medi-cal Group in Corona-do. Most recently, he has worked with U.S. Marines and sailors di-agnosed with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), using a form of ex-posure therapy that employs virtual reality, computer technol-ogy, meditation and biofeedback. Dennis retired from the U.S. Naval Reserves in April 2005. He and Joan still live in San Diego.

1979Paul Stich has been appointed CEO of Ap-pthority, the leader in App Risk Management. Paul served as president and CEO of Dasient, an Internet security company that was acquired by Twit-ter in January 2012. Before that he was president and CEO of Counterpane Internet

Security, which was acquired by British Telecom in 2006. Paul has also held senior executive positions with IBM, KPMG and McAfee.

1983Louis A. Lotorto, Jr., appeared in Dont Dress For Dinner at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in Sonora from Sept. 629.

3 In October, Sean Mullen was promoted to the position of risk coordinator for Alameda Countys Risk Management Unit and is involved in all aspects of the countys self-insured program. Prior to that, he worked as a senior management analyst with Santa Clara Countys Risk Man-agement Department since 2005.

1989Geoff Callan recently starred in Betas, an Amazon original series. He worked alongside Tyson Ritter, lead singer of The All-American Rejects.

1966To celebrate their 44th wedding anni-versary, Bob and Joan Cone walked El Cami-no de Santiago. The 509-mile trail took them from the French Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in Spain in 30 days. They also attended the 50th anniversary March on Washington, com-memorating the event in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous I Have a Dream speech. Bob was at the Aug. 28, 1963, march and remembered the spirit of that day.

19701 Michael Tucevich is approaching retire-ment from his career as a federal administra-tive law judge. He lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., with his 18-year-old daughter, Morgan (pic-tured). The two trav-eled to Thailand this past summer and spent three weeks there.

19934 Rich Aguirre is get-ting ready for the up-coming Gael basketball season with nephews Austin Calos 17 and Brandon Calos 15, as well as Richs sons Kylan and Brydan (future Gaels).

19945 Jim Prescott ECR graduated from the School of Education in 94 with teaching credentials, after a 30-year career with AT&T. He taught in San Mateo for several years and in 2005 was elected to the San Bruno Park Elemen-tary School District School Board, where he served for eight years. Calif. State Sen-ator Jerry Hill (left), met with Jim (shown to right of Mrs. Kathy Prescott) on Nov. 20 and presented him with a state resolution honoring him for his years of public service in support of educa-tion, students and the community. It wouldnt have happened with-out Saint Marys.

Degree KeyECR Education CredentialEdD Doctor of EducationEE Extended EducationEMBA Executive MBAHON HonoraryMBA Graduate BusinessMC CounselingME Graduate EducationMFA Fine ArtsML LeadershipMLS Liberal StudiesMS ScienceN NursingP Paralegal Certificate

1996Phil Gomes and his wife, Leticia, wel-comed their second child, Dom, into the world in August. Their daughter, Zara, was born in 2009. Phil works as a senior vice president at Edelman, the worlds largest public relations firm, where he focuses on digital media, online communities and crisis communications. The family lives in Chicago.

1998After five years as galleries manager at the San Francisco Arts Commission, Aimee Le Duc has accepted the position of executive director of the Berke-ley Art Center.

20016 Kate Antosik- Parsons and her husband, Eoin Par-sons, live in Dublin, Ireland with daughters, 5-year-old Olivia and 7-year-old Clodagh, and son, 14-month-old Conall. After graduating from Saint Marys, Kate went backpacking around Europe with Julie Cotter and Carolina Gonzales-Villar. Her

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intention to work for a brief time in Ireland was radically altered when she met Eoin, and they married in 2004. Kate held her first solo exhibition, Identity, in 2003. She completed an MA in womens studies (2006) and a PhD in art history (2012) at University College Dublin, where she cur-rently lectures in art history and Irish stud-ies. From 20102013 Kate was an editor of Artefact: The Journal of the Irish Association of Art Historians. Her poetry contribution to a migrant writers anthology led to an opportunity to take tea with the president of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, in December 2012. (kateap.com)

After nine years at The Sentinel in Hanford, Calif., Jennifer Fawkes has taken a position with the Napa Valley Register in Napa. As the sales & market-ing manager, she is responsible for the circulation and inside classified departments.

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2002Mark Maffey 03 and Erin (Ma-noukian) Maffey 02, ECR 03 were married in 2005 and reside in Las Vegas. They have twin boys, Peter and Nicholas, and two daughters,

Alessandra and Johanna. Mark works in the fam-ilys construction business. After five years of teaching, Erin is happy to stay home with the children.

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Andrew Moreno has been a project manager at the Eco-nomic Vitality Corp. of San Luis Obispo County since 2012. He previously served as a grants manager at RM Associates, a specialized civil engi-neering and commu-nity development firm. Andrew was appointed by the governor to serve as a member of the California State Board of Vocational Nursing and Psy-chiatric Technicians and has also been a member of the city of Fresnos Personnel Board. Andrew holds a masters degree in leadership studies and communication from Gonzaga University, as well as a masters degree in environ-mental management and sustainability from Harvard University.

20069 Marissa (Nichols) Skog and Jon Skog 05 welcomed their first child, Ethan Clark Skog, on May 12.

George Rafal married Ashley (formerly Mc-Dannel) in an intimate ceremony at her fam-ilys Lafayette home on Dec. 29, 2012. George is a senior paralegal at Minami Tamaki LLP in San Francisco and earning his MBA at UC Davis. Ashley is a senior therapist at Step-

ping Stones Center for Autistic Spectrum Disorders and recently completed her MA in psychology with a dual concentration in counseling and in-dustrial organizational psychology at Golden Gate University. They reside in Emeryville and share a commit-ment to providing advocacy for mentally disabled adults.

200710 In May, Michael Murphy EE gradu-ated with an MBA from Rice University. With the support of his wife, DeeAnn, and three kids, 15-year-old Katie, 12-year-old David and 11-year-old Jordan, this accomplishment was a team effort! 2008Linda Hua success-fully defended her dissertation on the topic of team diversity, conflict and perfor-mance in October 2013, completing her PhD in organizational psychology at Alliant International Univer-sity. She has recently been promoted to a full-time program associate, special-izing in organizational development at Re-source Development Associates in Oakland. In addition, she is a part-time leadership coach and manage-ment consultant. Hua

also recently became engaged to fellow alum, Zack Farmer, who proposed at their five-year class reunion in July 2013.

11 Sharon Kehoe and Michael Tomasik were married in the SMC Chapel on Nov. 16. Presiding was Fr. Mike Russo. The wed-ding party included Stephanie Tews 08, maid of honor; Jessica Parfitt 07, ECR 08, bridesmaid; Michaels brother, Christopher Tomasik, best man; and Michaels best friend, Jared Paris, groomsman. Sharon and Michael reside in Concord.

12 Lisa (Layton) mar-ried Jeff Berndt 09 on Sept. 21 at Sea-scape Beach Resort in Aptos. Their bridal party included seven fellow SMC Alums: (left to right) Serena Lee, Alex Nadeau, Danielle Egan 05, Gina (Lenardon) Coughlin, Chris Dowdy, Ray Egan 05 and Nick Gionfriddo. Lisa and Jeff honey-mooned in Cancun and now live in Scotts Valley.

200913 Shana (Dhillon) married Jaipal Nijjar in a Sikh ceremony at the San Jose Sikh Gurdwara on July 20. They met the year after graduation, and despite the fact that Jaipal is an SCU Bronco, they made it work. They are happily married and reside in Santa Clara with their Dalmatian, Marleau.

14 Vanessa Snyder became engaged to Josh Bobbitt in May in Cambria. They met while teaching in Mis-sissippi with Teach for America and married in July in San Jose, where they both work in education.

201015 Amanda (Gourley) 10, MA 12, and Ivan Pantaleon 07 were married on June 22 at Saint Mary of the An-gels Catholic Church in their hometown of Ukiah, Calif. Ivan is an agent with Carol and Jerry Myer State Farm Agency, and Amanda is a marriage and family therapist intern with Tapestry Family Ser-vices. Their bridal party included multiple SMC alums: Lacey Olson 10, Kaitlyn Glenn 10, Whitney Wright 10, Nicole Adler 03, Anthony Butler 07, Michael Herman 07, Shane Keane 07 and Randy Lopez 11. Other SMC alums who

attended included: Argenis Rubio 07 and, Nora Amaral 07, Christina Hamilton 07, Mark Gilson 07, David Lenser 07, Fa-bien Zadno 11, Matt Hensley 11, Alex Stillings 08, Megan Colin 12, Noemi Cocone 12 and Jerry Myer EE 98.

2011Elias A. Chahin used the skills he learned at Saint Marys to take his familys mattress business, Foam de Honduras, to the next level by forging an alliance with worldwide bedding giant Tempur Sealy. He and his com-pany were featured in the September issue of BedTimes magazine. Read the article at: http://bedtimesmaga-zine.com/2013/09/foam-de-honduras-launches-sealy-col-lection.

G To see additional Glimpses photos, visit stmarys-ca.edu/glimpses.20047 Megan (Bartleson) and Daniel Quinn welcomed their first child, Cardon Henry Quinn, on April 25. They love being parents to their happy little boy.

8 Scott Michael Nor-berg of Santa Rosa, was among the 266 graduates awarded the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Philadelphia College of Osteo-pathic Medicine at the schools 122nd commencement. The ceremony was held at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on June 2. Scott will continue his medical training in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.

2005 Ben Frey has writ-ten a screenplay titled Mexico or Bust, in which a college graduate travels along the West Coast, road tripping in an R.V. and picking up his alumni friends on the way to an extraordinary adventure in Mexico. If you would like to donate to help make this movie happen, please e-mail Ben at jaminjamesiii@gmail.com. Any donations are greatly appreci-ated. Go GAELS!!!

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