THE NEWS OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES SUMMER 1998

CAL STATE L.A.

CelebratingFifty Years ofExcellence

Technology:Building the Universityof the 21st Century

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Team Spiritpon receiving my Winter1998 edition, I was dumb-

founded to see my college roommate,Don McLaren, on the cover. Althoughhe is not mentioned in the text,Don was certainly in the “teamspirit” mode during the time heattended.

Don held many student government offices,including membership on the Executive Council,co-editor of the Pitchfork [yearbook], and president of thegraduate class, in addition to cheerleading. I am sure he wouldbe honored to have his picture in Cal State L.A. TODAYalmost 50 years after his graduation. Thanks for bringingback old memories.

—Bob Sutton, Class of ’51

Editor’s note: Bob writes that the photo of Don McLaren is“circa 1950, when the campus was on Vermont Avenue andenrollment was incredibly small.”

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The News of California State University, Los Angeles

published three times a year foralumni and friends of the University

EditorCarol Selkin

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Campus News

he Honorable Edward R. Roybalwas selected by the Trustees of

the California State University andCal State L.A. to receive an HonoraryDoctor of Laws degree at Cal StateL.A.’s 51st Commencement Exercises.The honor recognizes Edward Roybal’slegacy to the people of the City ofLos Angeles, the State of Californiaand the nation.

Throughout his 50-year career inpublic service, Roybal has been apioneer in the fields of civil rights,education, and health and humanservices. In 1949, he became the firstMexican American to be elected to theLos Angeles City Council. His electionto the 9th Council District affordedMexican Americans significant politi-cal representation in Los Angeles forthe first time in the 20th century. Heserved the Council for 13 years asits only minority member and wasa strong advocate for fair housing,voting rights, and equal educationrights for all groups in the city.

In 1962, Roybal became the firstHispanic U.S. Representative ever tobe elected from California. He servedon the powerful Appropriations Com-

mittee and chaired many subcommit-tees. He was a major catalyst in theestablishment of the House SelectCommittee on Aging, which he chairedfor 10 years.

As a congressman, Roybal was ableto obtain the first funding specificallydedicated to AIDS research, the first to

President Rosser (l) and Chancellor Reed (r) confer the hood of Honorary Doctor of Laws on Edward Roybal.

obtain funding for Alzheimer’s Disease,and was instrumental in the creationof the National Institute on Aging.He has been called “unrelenting” inhis support for funding educationalprograms, specifically bilingual edu-cation, and his work on immigrationlegislation is legendary.

Letters from Alumni

Congressman Roybal’s quest toestablish a center dedicated to training,research, community services, andprograms in gerontology became areality on this campus in 1993 as theEdward R. Roybal Institute for AppliedGerontology. He remains extremelyactive in promoting and developingInstitute activities and maintains anoffice on the premises. He is presidentof the Edward R. Roybal Foundation,which provides eight scholarships eachyear to deserving Cal State L.A. students.

“Edward Roybal has devoted his lifeto improving the quality of life of allpersons, and his life’s work embodiesthe ideals of the California StateUniversity,” said CSU Trustee WilliamHauck, as he, President James M.Rosser, and CSU Chancellor CharlesB. Reed conferred the honorary degree.Congressman Roybal’s daughter,Lucille Roybal-Allard, a distinguishedCal State L.A. alumna who representsthe 33rd U.S. Congressional District inthe House of Representatives, waspresent at the event along with othermembers of the Roybal family.

Au Revoir to Mary BakerAfter six years as executive director of Alumni

Relations, following four years as director ofOrientation, Mary K. Baker resigned her position withthe University on April 30. Staff, faculty and alumniwho worked with Dr. Baker will certainly miss her,and wish her, her husband Bob, and her daughter Katiebest wishes in their new home and best of luck in futureendeavors. In honor of her outstanding efforts on behalfof the Alumni Association, the Board of Directors hasextended to her the distinction of an honorary lifemembership and has designated a scholarship in hername to be presented at the annual Alumni Awards.

Cal State L.A. in Westlake Village?t’s expected that most graduates of a given universitymove out to the hinterlands to spread their expertise

and knowledge. However, given the scenario at WestlakeHigh School in Ventura County, one would suspect they allmoved out together! It seems that with a staff of 70, eight ofthe instructors are graduates of California State University,Los Angeles. Lunchtime discussions just recently uncoveredthis fact, despite the close group’s sharing breakfast andlunch daily. —Janice Somple ’68

Alumni at Westlake High are: (top l-r) Glenn Whitney (B.A. ’74 Art), Gary Norwalt (B.S. ’89 ElectricalEngineering), Harvey Allen (B.A. ’59 Education), Gary Salazar (B.A. ’67 Industrial Arts), (bottom l-r)Carol Fogel (M.A. ’86 Business Education), Judy Morrow (B.A. ’65 Home Economics), and JaniceSomple (B.A. ’68 Journalism). Not pictured: Joyce Parks (M.A. ’78 Education).

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A Student Reminiscesgraduated from the University in June 1958, and receivedan M.S. in 1964. Mine was among the first classes on

the present campus in 1956. Your winter 1998 publicationbrought fond memories of campus experiences. I received manybenefits in my life as a result of my graduation. [As a student,]I was employed full-time with a family and graduated theuniversity (L.A. State College), had professors who cared butinsisted on hard work and excellence in your achievements.Grades were important, but application to your field wastop . . . My journey at CSULA was pleasant and fruitful.

—Randolph L. Myers ’58

Editor’s note: Mr. Myers, a business major, also fondlyremembered former faculty members Leonard Mathy,Laird Allison, (active Emeriti members), and the late JohnCox, Gene Tipton, George Francis, Mary Murphy andFloyd Simpson.

In this issue, we go to press for our last of three 50th Anniversary “special editions.” With their focus on Cal State L.A.’spast, present and future, these issues have elicited many (often nostalgic) responses from former Diablos and Golden Eaglesalike. We love hearing from all of you—please keep the letters coming!

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Hector Becerra

When he graduated from Los An-geles’ Roosevelt High School, HectorBecerra wasn’t planning on a career injournalism. Briefly considering an eco-nomics major in his freshman year atCal State L.A., the avid reader switchedto English. Then, providentially, hesigned up for a journalism class taughtby the then-new faculty adviser,Berkley Hudson, himself a workingjournalist and “the most important in-fluence on my journalistic life,” saysBecerra. This year, after graduating,Becerra began a prestigious internshipat the Los Angeles Times, one of the

al State L.A.’s 51st Commence-ment Exercises, resonating with

the accomplishments of five decades ofacademic excellence, served as a festiveceremonial event that closed theUniversity’s year-long 50th anniversarycelebration.

Delaine Eastin, California’s recentlyreelected State Superintendent for Pub-lic Instruction, gave a stirring and inspi-rational commencement address. TheHonorable Edward R. Roybal was pre-sented a CSU/Cal State L.A. HonoraryDoctor of Laws degree at this 50th anni-versary event (see article, p.2). More than20,000 people attended this year’s gradu-ation to witness the conferral of morethan 900 master’s and 3,000 bachelor’sdegrees, and four joint doctorates.

Presented here are a few of themany outstanding Cal State L.A. stu-dents who received degrees this year.

Yuri Ogawa

Yuri J.A. Ogawa, a returning stu-dent, wife, caregiver and mother of five,was honored this past March as the firstrecipient of the Cal State L.A. AlumniAssociation’s Outstanding SeniorAward. She graduated this year with aB.S. in Nursing and a perfect 4.0 GPA.In May, she also completed the certifi-cate program in Gerontology throughCal State L.A.’s Roybal Institute.

Ogawa holds an A.A. in Nursingfrom San Joaquin Delta College, whereshe also graduated with a 4.0 GPA andhigh honors. Since 1966, she has beenlicensed as a registered nurse in theState of California. In 1997, she receivedthe National Outstanding Senior Stu-dent scholarship from Golden KeyHonor Society. That same year, a schol-arship from the Japanese CommunityHealth, Inc. honored her as an out-standing bilingual college student.

Clearly up to meeting challenges,Ogawa has worked full-time for 26years for Cedars-Sinai Health System.She is a spokesperson on the speakers’bureau of the Alzheimer’s Association,a board member of the UCLA-NationalInstitutes of Health Project SWAN, andan educator-adviser for the Japanese/Japanese-American community ongeriatric health issues.

Her academic and community ser-vice achievements are more amazingstill, when one considers Ogawa’s per-sonal challenges. She and her husbandJames, a disabled World War II veteran,have raised five daughters, whom theyhelped put through college, and aregrandparents of three. For 18 years,Ogawa was also the primary caregiverto her ailing and eventually paralyzedmother, who passed away in 1997.

In the late ’70s, Ogawa’s engaging“can-do” spirit and radiance helpedher begin a still-active secondarycareer in films, television series, andcommercials. She is matter-of-factabout her success in films, whichincludes appearances with Pat Morita(Karate Kid II) and Tupac Shakur, and (cont. on page 4)

on TV (she had a recurring role asDotty, the crisis nurse, in BeverlyHills 90210). “I needed to find a part-time job to help put five daughtersthrough college—I didn’t know thatacting was supposed to be difficult!”she says, voicing a philosophy thathas served her most of her adult life.She credits her youthful vigor to anabundance of “endorphins” (hormones,found primarily in the brain, thatreduce the sensation of pain), whichshe says come from frequent contactwith her grandchildren.

The well-being of family and serviceto the community are clearly Ogawa’stop priorities. This summer, she beganher studies at Cal State L.A. toward amaster’s degree in Nursing, with anemphasis on Gerontology. Workingwith her mentor, Kim Miller, anassistant professor of Nursing, Ogawamay be involved in the RoybalInstitute’s project to bring health careto the elderly in Los Angeles’ Asiancommunity.

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51st Commencement is Grand Finale of Cal State L.A.’s50th Anniversary Year

nation’s leading newspapers.“Hector is the ‘Solar Eagle’ of Cal

State L.A. journalism,” says Hudson,invoking the symbol of national cham-pionship at the University. “He’s on hisway to becoming one of the brightestvoices in today’s emerging generationof 21st century journalists,” he contin-ues, adding, “As a former L.A. Timesstaffer, I can say that it is not insignifi-cant that he’s been chosen as a Timesintern—a position coveted by journal-ism students all across America.”

The former editor of Cal StateL.A.’s award-winning, student-runnewspaper, the University Times,Becerra was one of only 44 student jour-nalists nationwide to be awarded aChips Quinn Scholarship in 1997.Through this scholarship, he was se-lected to intern at the major daily news-paper, The Nashville Tennessean, dur-ing the summer of 1997. The scholar-ship included a trip to Arlington, Vir-ginia and Washington, D.C., attendanceat a journalism conference sponsored byThe Freedom Forum, and a $1,000

n June 13, a group of students graduated from CalState L.A. at the age when many of their peers are

completing high school. They are part of Cal State L.A.’sfast-growing Early Entrance Program—in place since 1983and the only one of its kind in the nation. Familiarlycalled “EEP,” the program admits extraordinarily giftedyoungsters—some as young as 11—directly into collegeand provides the early entrants monitored evaluation,regular counseling sessions, and the opportunity to studywith like-minded peers.

Accepted to Northwestern, UCLA, Columbia andUniversity of Michigan law schools, political sciencemajor Hyongsoon Kim chose Columbia because of itsproximity to Juilliard School of Music, where he hopesto co-enroll in his second year. A pianist, he has beenperforming since the age of four and took second place atthe Oberlin International Piano competition when he was16. This year, he traveled to Miami, where he won firstplace in the classical instruments section of the ArtsRecognition Talent Search, sponsored by the National

Foundation for Advancement of the Arts. He lists hiscareer goal as “U.S. District Attorney” and says he canalso picture himself as a federal judge—just as long as hehas time to play the piano. Suzanne Vega, a criminaljustice major with pre-law, political science and Englishminors, also is planning to enter the field of law.

Looking toward careers in medicine are biology majorsBilly Chen, Naomi Cheung, Artur Prejna and SagarVaidya—who lists his career path as “medical scientist.”Accepted to USC, Dartmouth, and University of Chicagomedical schools, Billy has chosen the Boston UniversityM.D./Ph.D. program; Naomi will be going to AlbanyMedical College; Artur will begin studies at the U.S.Naval Academy; and Sagar will enter that of theUniversity of Pennsylvania—the fourth highest- rankingmedical school in the United States.

Psychology major Liz Gayed will be doing graduatework at the California School of Professional Psychol-ogy; English major Adam Witthuhn plans to take the

Early Entrance Program: Class of 1998

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(L-r) Back row: 19-year-old Hyongsoon Kim (political science), 19-year old Naomi Cheung (biology), 19-year-old Sagar Vaidya(biology), and 18-year-old Artur Prejna (biology). Front row: 18-year-old Billy Chen (biology), 17-year-old Suzanne Vega (criminaljustice), 17-year-old Kathy Kuo (English), 18-year-old Adam Witthuhn (English), and 17-year-old Liz Gayed (psychology). Notpictured: 18-year-old Stephanie Nicole Anne Spehar (anthropology) and 20-year-old Charlly Kao (biology).

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Margaret D. Clark says she benefitedfrom the joint doctoral program’s“shared emphasis of teacher education

and research.” She adds, “The supportnetwork, teacher supervision, and thepractical teaching experience offeredhere through the program is one of thebest.” Adding a bit of adventure to herstudies was Clark’s trip to Madrid, whereshe presented a paper, in collaborationwith a faculty member, that com-pared the techniques of Guatemalanand American teachers. Clark is cur-rently a part-time faculty member in theCal State Northridge Special Educationdepartment. She looks forward to anacademic career with an emphasis oneducation and research.

Susann Terry-Gage can now adda Ph.D. in Special Education to heraccomplishments, which already

include three teaching credentials. Shewas recently elected as a member ofthe California State Delegation to theNational Teachers’ Association

Education department. In her capacityat Pomona Unified, she provides teachertraining and family-student advocacyand works with schools in the districtto support children with disabilities ina public school setting. Her doctoraldissertation is titled, “Predictors ofNormalized Work for Adults with DownSyndrome.” Adams says that she wasmost attracted to the joint program’s“excellent reputation for preparingeducators to support students withdisabilities in an inclusive setting.”

Paula J. Arvedson has forged a solidconnection to Cal State L.A. She earnedboth her bachelor’s and master’s degrees

here and chose the joint doctoral programbecause it allowed her to develop herparticular focus—a special interest inmath development for preschool children.She praises her Cal State L.A. professorsas “respectful, knowledgeable andencouraging to students” and has beenteaching Child Development coursespart time at the University for severalyears. Even her family has its Cal StateL.A. ties—her husband Peter earned abachelor’s degree in biology and ateaching credential here, her older sonChristopher is a geology major, and,though not a Cal State L.A. student, herson Paul has volunteered as a stage crewmember for the University’s Faculty-StaffVocal Extravaganza. As for the future,Arvedson says her goal is “to become afull-time, tenure-track professor.”

award when the program ended.Last year, Becerra won a national

prize for journalism in the AssociatedCollegiate Press/College Media Asso-ciation-Los Angeles Times Story of theYear competition. He accepted theHonorable Mention award in theNewspaper Feature category at a specialceremony in Orlando, Florida. In 1996,he was the recipient of the ChicanoNews Media’s 1995-96 Joel GarciaMemorial Scholarship and was awardeda $3,000 Scripps Howard FoundationScholarship for student journalists. Inthe 1996 California Intercollegiate Presscompetition, Becerra garnered threeprizes—one for his feature story, “Mexico:Tough Road to Democracy.”

In addition to his classes, Becerrais employed in the University’s WritingCenter as a one-on-one writing tutor.“He’s a very popular and highly-ratedtutor,” says John Edlund, director of theCenter, who adds “he’s clearly a youngman who’s going places.”

Cal State L.A./UCLA jointdoctorates in Special Education

Patricia B. Adams, Jr. has success-fully juggled the responsibilities offamily (husband Tom Falconer and

children T.J., 6, and Tyler, 5), a full-timejob, and “life” as a doctoral student. Sheis currently a program specialist for thePomona Unified School District Special

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51st Commencement (cont. from page 3)

CBEST exam and hopes to substituteteach before going on for a Ph.D. Twoof the teen-agers will take a year off,academically: Kathy Kuo, a self-pro-claimed “prodigious raconteur” whowants to be a professor of comparativeliterature, may travel to Taiwan; An-thropology Department “student of theyear” Stephanie Nico le AnneSpehar , a research volunteer workingwith chimpanzees at the L.A. Zoo, plansto study at the world-famous CordonBleu cooking school in Paris.

Liz says the EEP “provided astimulating learning environment,”and Billy says it helped him “focuson his goals.” Naomi says it helpedher “get a head start in life,” andHyongsoon says it helped him“mature.” All the young graduatesgive credit to EEP Director RichardMaddox and say they owe a lot to thespecial program that let them followtheir interests on a university level.

conference in July. She notes that herfamily—husband Donald and children,Courtnee, 11, Joshua, 7, and TaylorMarie, 3—is surely one of her successes.Terry-Gage enjoyed the “balance” of thejoint Ph.D. program and praises “thecourse work and the practical, hands-onexperience that Cal State L.A. provided,and the research and theoretical[segment] from UCLA.” During theprogram, she also taught some graduatecourses for UCLA Extension. Terry-Gage has accepted a part-time positionwith the University Affiliated Programat USC/Children’s Hospital.

EEP: Class of ’98 (cont. from page 3)

n May 14, an exhibition ofartwork by children currently

enrolled at the University’s Anna BingArnold Children’s Center heralded thecenter’s 30th birthday. Presented in thenew Alumni Lounge of the renovatedUniversity-Student Union, the exhibit,“Young at Art,” was taken seriouslyenough to be curated by workingartists Irene Carranza and JessieHernandez. The “artists’ opening,”attended by many campus families andtheir children, as well as what seemedto be the entire campus community,also served to announce the Center’splans for expansion and fundraising.

The very first child care center in theCalifornia State University system, theAnna Bing Arnold Children’s Centerwas established at Cal State L.A. inSeptember 1968. It moved to its presentsite in 1984.

In addition to its much-sought-after services forelementary school childrenup to 8 years old, theCenter’s proposed newaccommodations andprograms will make itone of the most inclusive

Children’s Center Celebrates 30 Years, Plans Expansion

children’s centers in SouthernCalifornia.

Plans include building four newclassrooms with play areas, adding officeand teacher workspace, developing acentral meeting area for parents andteachers, and developing a much-neededprogram for infants as young as fourmonths and children with special needs.“We’re working to have new programsand expanded facilities in place by theyear 2000,” said Pam Kisor, executivedirector of the Center.

Opportunities now exist to sup-port the Center by donating to the“Helping Hands” project, in whicheach $50 contribution allows donorsto have their names inscribed on aceramic tile that represents a child’shandprint. The tiles will be incorpo-rated into the “Helping Hands” wall

on the exterior of the newbuilding addition. For infor-

mation about ways to sup-port the Anna Bing

Arnold Children’s Cen-ter, call (213) 343- 2473.

At the opening of “Young at Art.” (l-r) Marisol Rivera and Norma Velasco, Associated Students, Inc.; Marie Harvey, directorof the Center, 1968-1988; Pamela Kisor, current director; and Diego Crespo, artist.

Robin RhodenB.S. ’82, M.S. ’89—NursingNational director of managed health care

practice, Price Waterhouse

“A national consultant onmanaged care systems, Ms.Rhoden provided excellentbackground concerning theimpact of managed care onthe delivery of health care in

today’s market to a senior-level class in nurs-ing case management.” –Judith Papenhausen,chair, Department of Nursing

Frank RomeroAttended ’59-’66—ArtArtist/muralist

At the same time that hiswork was on exhibit in theLuckman Fine Ar tsGallery, Frank Romero–Cal State L.A.’s 1988Alumni Award of Merit

recipient–worked with liberal studies andchild development majors studying to beteachers to create a portable mural for theUniversity’s 50th anniversary. The muralreflects some of the many culturesrepresented on campus and is currentlyinstalled on the outside (south) wall of theLuckman Fine Arts Gallery.

Frank M. SaitoB.S. ‘79— Business Administration/AccountingPrincipal, Lee, Sperling, Hisamune/

Accounting Corporation

“We appreciated his takingthe time to talk to us. It’sinspiring to see someonefrom our campus succeed.”–Jorge Jauregui, undergraduatestudent, Finance 305 class

Gary SnyderB.S. ’64—Civil EngineeringChief Engineer, Metropolitan Water District

“Gary Snyder is one of ourmost successful alumniwho has risen to a top-levelmanagement position inthe state of California. Ourstudents benefited greatly

from his talk about recent developments inhydraulic engineering and the excitingprojects he’s working on.”–Young Kim, chair,Department of Civil Engineering

Linda ThorM.S. ’80—Public AdministrationPresident, Rio Salado College

“It was wonderful to return tocampus after so many years tofind innovative new programs,a passion for community ser-vice, and an exciting vision forthe future. ”–Linda Thor

Edgar VivancoB.A. ’68, M.S. ’72—MicrobiologyPresident, Coulter Company

“Ed Vivanco gave a greatoverview of career choicesand how to handle them.His lecture was very ben-eficial to me as a studentbecause it was a ‘life lesson,’

rather than straight academics.”–Karen Leung,biology graduate student

Dale S. ZuehlsB.S. ’81—Business Administration/AccountingPartner, KPMG, Peat Marwick

“My experiences at CalState L.A. were memorable.I now truly appreciate thededication, knowledgeand commitment of myinstructors.”–Dale Zuehls

I n honor of Cal State L.A.’s 50thAnniversary, the Alumni Relations

Office, in cooperation with the six aca-demic schools and the CSLA Foundation,were pleased to introduce the AlumniProfessor for a Day program. Since Janu-ary, the 25 successful alumni picturedbelow have presented guest lectures tohundreds of students throughout thedisciplines. The Alumni Associationplans to continue this exciting program,with several alumni already scheduledto participate in the fall. Thanks to themore than 800 alumni professors, facultymembers and students who have helpedmake this program a success.

Gisselle Acevedo-FrancoM.A. ’83—Special EducationDirector of corporate communications

and public affairs, MediaOne

Ms. Acevedo-Franco’sperspective on the future ofspecial education, fromher position as an advocatefor persons with dis -abilities, was stimulating

and enlightening.

William AntonB.A. ’52 M.A. ’54—EducationRetired superintendent, Los Angeles

Unified School District

“I had a wonderful time,and enjoyed talking to thestudents and answeringtheir questions,” said BillAnton, who spoke to aclass of educational ad-

ministration majors on the topic, “Educa-tional Leadership for the 21st Century:Challenges and Perspectives.”

William BamattreM.S. ’86—Political ScienceChief, Los Angeles City Fire Department

“The large crowd of politi-cal science, public admin-istration and fire protectionstudents benefited fromChief Bamattre’s luciddiscussion of fire depart-

ment administration in the complicatedenvironment of Los Angeles politics.”–GregAndranovich, associate professor, Department ofPolitical Science

David R. BarclayB.A. ’61—Physical EducationRetired vice president for workforce diversity,

Hughes Electronics Corporation

“I was impressed by Mr.Barclay’s speech. He mademe realize that, for humanresources professionals,making decisions within alegal context is a tough

game.”–Antonia Akritidi, graduate student

Billy BartyAttended ’49 and ’75—Journalism’95 CSU/Cal State L.A. Honorary Doctor

of Humane LettersActor, entertainer and advocate for people

with disabilities

“Professor Barty, Cal StateL.A.’s 1975 OutstandingAlumnus, was an inspira-tion and a joy to listen toin our beginning actingclass. He was a tremendous

source of film industry insights.”–José CruzGonzález, associate professor, Department ofTheatre Arts and Dance

Stephen CooleyB.A. ’70—Social ScienceHead deputy district attorney,

City of Los Angeles

“Our students were de-lighted that Mr. Cooleywas willing to contributehis time and share his con-siderable expertise withthem.”—Karen Johnson, asso-

ciate dean, School of Health and Human Services

Renee de Leon MartinezB.A. ’72—Home EconomicsDean, Academic Affairs, East L.A. College

“The standing room-onlyaudience was clearly in-spired by the fact that some-one who had walked intheir shoes had accom-plished so much. Many stu-

dents commented that they never knew therewere so many opportunities available forpeople with training in child development.—Kaveri Subrahmanyam, assistant professor, Childand Family Studies

Cliff De YoungB.A. ’68—Theatre Arts and DanceActor

“The advanced acting stu-dents immediately con-nected to this engaging andapproachable kindred spiritwho had once been a stu-dent–sitting, probably, in

their very seats. Mr. De Young’s visit helpedthe students understand that the jump fromtheir course of study to an actual career inthe arts is not such a wide gap.”–TheresaLarkin, associate professor, Department of TheatreArts and Dance

Donald FifeB.S. ’87—Business Administration/AccountingManager, Biggs & Company

“All the students werefascinated by Mr. Fife’slecture on bankruptcyaccounting and enjoyedhearing his firsthand ex-periences in the Lincoln

Savings crisis. Several students had a lengthydiscussion with him after his talk.”–RickHayes, professor, Department of Accounting

Raymond P. GleasonB.A. ’77; M.A. ’79—Speech CommunicationExecutive-in-residence/adjunct professor of

business strategy, George Fox University

Gleason’s outstanding pre-sentation galvanized theaudience; he immediatelyreceived more than 30e - mail messages. “Youblew me away,” wrote one

student; “[the talk] was a lifetime oppor-tunity,” wrote another–“I will never forgetyou or what you had to say.” Gleasonreceived the 1997 Distinguished AlumnusAward for the School of Arts and Letters.

Andrew KrinockB.A. ’62—Business Administration/AccountingRetired partner, Arthur Andersen

Andy Krinock’s provoca-tive presentation offeredthe students an opportu-nity to experience firsthand the natural conflictsthat sometimes exist be-

tween the fields of accounting and law.

John S. LeungM.B.A. ’81—Business AdministrationChairman and CEO, Titan Group

Mr. Leung is “one of themost influential businesspeople in the San GabrielValley. His knowledgeand passion inspired thestudents to look forward to

being as successful as he.”–Mohammad Ala,professor, Department of Management

Pervaiz LodhieB.S. ’71—Mechanical EngineeringPresident, Ledtronics, Inc.

“I was pleased to be able toshare some of my practicalexperience from the field ofelectro-mechanics with avery attentive group of engi-neering students. I’ve found

great success in this field, and I want them toknow that the American Dream is alive andwell in Southern California.”–Pervaiz Lodhie

James LottB.A. ’79—SociologySenior vice president for policy development

and advocacy, Health Care Association ofSouthern California

“Universities talk aboutdedication to excellence ineducation; I’m proud to be analum of one whose facultyand staff are resolutely com-mitted to this goal.”–Jim Lott

Bernard LuskinB.A. ’61—EducationPresident, Luskin International, an

educational media company

“This was a wonderful expe-rience. It helped me remem-ber that Cal State L.A. is myhome–the place where every-thing connected with mywork started.”–Bernard Luskin

Elinora MantovaniB.A. ’77—Political ScienceSenior counsel for Apple Computer

“For junior pre-law students,career decisions are importantand a bit intimidating. Ms.Mantovani gave me greatinsight into two differentworlds of a lawyer–an in-house

attorney and a partner in a law firm.”–ColleenContreras, junior, political science/pre-law

Sharon Hutson MorrisB.A. ’76—Home EconomicsInterim general manager, Department of

Animal Regulation, City of Los Angeles

Morris’ career spans postswith the U.S. Departmentof Housing and UrbanPlanning, Southern Cali-fornia Gas Company, andthe City of Los Angeles

Mayor’s Office. She was honored as Cal StateL.A.’s 1997 Outstanding Alumna.

Thomas A. NassifB.S. ‘65—Business AdministrationChairman and CEO, Gulf International

Consulting, Inc.

“This 1997 DistinguishedAlumnus for the School ofBusiness and Economicstraced his career from CalState L.A. to his pioneeringefforts as a labor relations

attorney, his ambassadorship in Morocco, totoday, as he helps create a new city in themiddle of a California desert. He proves thatgreat success from humble beginnings is stillpossible to achieve.”–Hugh E. Warren,acting dean, School of Business and Economics

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“I now truly appreciate the dedication, knowledge andcommitment of my instructors.”–Dale Zuehls

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50th Anniversary

Celebrating a Banner Year!

Alumni from the ’50s at the Sil-

ver & Gold Gala included (back

l-r) Ruthe Busch Gluckson, Marty

Halperin, Ray Angona, David

Strauss. (Front l-r) Billy Barty,

William Anton.

Cutting the cake at the Festival 50

campus celebration are (l-r) alumna

Florence LaRue, President Rosser,

Associated Students, Inc. President

Abel Calderon, Alumni Association

President Linda Wah, Academic Senate

Chair Rosemarie Marshall, Emeriti

Association President Frieda Stahl, and

39-year staff member Dorothy Gang.

Alumna Florence LaRue, member of the

Grammy Award-winning singing group,

The Fifth Dimension, serenaded hun-

dreds of Cal State L.A. and local high

school students at Festival 50.

Luckman audiences packed the

house and gave standing ovations for

Broadway-quality Finian’s Rainbow,

an historic 50th anniversary collabo-

ration among University students,

faculty, staff and alumni, and the L.A.

County High School for the Arts.

onstruction crews intruded anddisappeared, earth was moved and

landscaping was renewed, and–at last–the campus reappeared, refreshed andbeautifully green, just in time for springand the finale of our 50th anniversaryyear. Throughout the year, notedalumni and guests appeared on campusin record numbers, and students setrecords, winning national and regionalmarketing, engineering, jazz andresearch awards. Cal State L.A. 50thanniversary banners graced ColoradoBoulevard in Old Pasadena andFremont Avenue in Alhambra,reminding the world of our “50 Yearsof Excellence,” compliments of thePepsi Cola Co. and East West Bank.Pictured here are a few of the manyhighlights of a banner year.

The Pat Brown Legacy Award was presented to

UCLA Chancellor Emeritus Charles Young (c),

shown with Provost and Vice President Mar-

garet Hartman and President Rosser at the 7th

annual Pat Brown Institute Awards Dinner. Con-

gresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, Angela Oh,

member of the President’s Panel on Race, and

Los Angeles public affairs consultant and civic

activist David Abel were also honored.

Cal State L.A.’s Solar Eagle II solar car

was on display when the new Califor-

nia Science Center opened in Los An-

geles. The third-place winner of

Sunrayce 93 is part of the Transporta-

tion exhibit.

Assistant U.S. Secretary for Aging,

Jeanette Takamura, spoke at the Roybal

Institute for Applied Gerontology in May.

The Academic Senate invited noted

American essayist and editor Joseph

Epstein to campus for the 50th Anni-

versary Lecture.The address was carried

on C-SPAN.

A forum on the genesis and heritage of

the Chicano movement by noted

community leaders and activists was a

50th Anniversary offering. Shown here,

on the panel, are alumna and LAUSD

Board member Victoria Castro (l) and

Cal State L.A. assistant professor of

Social Work Rita Ledesma.

Linda Griego, best known for her

leadership of Rebuild L.A. (RLA),

received the School of Business

and Economics 1998 Distinguished

Executive Award.

Sidney Ribeau, president of Bowling

Green University, spoke about intercul-

tural communication to more than 2,583

outstanding students at the annual Hon-

ors Convocation.

The Charter School of Education

presented 10 Golden Apple Awards to

its student teachers who demonstrated

exceptional performance during the year.

Students in engineering (and three in

math, physics and business) brought

home the gold from the Mini-Baja

West competition, conquering student-

built, off-road vehicles from 58 other

universities.

The 13th annual Jean Burden Poetry

reading featured Donald Hall, poet lau-

reate of New Hampshire and student of

Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.

Nobel Laureate and MacArthur

Prize-winning physicist Douglas D.

Osheroff delivered the 1998 Leon

Pape Memorial Lecture.

“50 Years of Faculty Scholarship and

Creativity,” a library exhibit of memorabilia

and publications of faculty achievements

and contributions from 1947 to present,

was on display during the campus’ 50th

anniversary year.From a compilation of informal remi-

nisces and anecdotes from his own

experiences and those of his colleagues,

Donald O. Dewey (Dean Emeritus and

Emeritus Professor of History) wrote and

edited That’s a Good One—Cal State L.A.

at 50. The book, now available at the

University Bookstore, commemorates

the University’s 50th anniversary.

Photo by Phillip Channing

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Building the Universityof the 21st Century

he conclusion of Cal State L.A.’s51st Commencement brings us

close to the start of a new century. TheUniversity’s 50th anniversary year hasgiven us the opportunity to take pridein our history and take stock of ouraccomplishments. So it is fitting thatwe begin to focus on the University’snext 50 years with the spirit andstrength of five decades of achievement.

We know that in the 21st century,Cal State L.A. students will continue tolearn from exceptional professors whoare teaching in innovative programs at acampus community that is, like theworld, stimulating in its diversity.

Much of our progress into the nextcentury will require that the Universityprovide the technology for faculty,students, and staff to access and createnew information. In the first year of anew strategic plan, half of the fundsallocated to 16 initiatives are dedicatedto a “baseline” goal that is part of theCalifornia State University IntegratedTechnology Strategy (ITS). Cal StateL.A.’s strategic plan defines the BaselinePlan as a starting point at which allfaculty members will have access topowerful computing resources, and allstudents will have access to the campuscomputing network 24 hours a day.

This summer, 11 new Smart Class-rooms are being wired for Internetaccess and equipped with media andvisual display equipment, and seven com-puter classrooms are being upgradedto Pentium-level computers. And, by thefall quarter, “all of the University’sfive open access labs [computer labsdedicated for student use] will be at orabove the Pentium and PowerMac level,”says Vice President for InformationResources Management DesdemonaCardoza, adding that the Pentium PCswill be installed with Windows NT.

“We’ve documented a markedincrease in the use of these labs overthe past two years,” Cardoza says, “andwe’re committed to meeting thosestudent needs.”

“New students automaticallyreceive an account that gives themaccess to a variety of softwareapplications, e-mail, the Library on-linepublic access catalog, and Internetresources,” notes Cardoza. “Onehundred seventy-five new modem linesallow our commuter and residentialstudents—whether they’re using WorldWide Web resources to research a paper,just checking their e-mail or taking anon-line class—to fit on-line activitiesinto their work and family schedules.”

Technology has also revolutionizedstudent services at Cal State L.A.“STAR” touchtone phone registrationhas been in place since 1990; applica-tions for admission have been on-linesince 1996; computers in Cal StateL.A.’s Financial Aid of fice allowstudents to apply on electronic forms;Library card catalogs—long a thing ofthe past—have been replaced by com-puters; and Golden Eagle “One Cards,”that can be used as Library and IDcards, will soon be activated for usein copiers, vending machines, andparking permit dispensers.

The University has pioneered “OnCourse,” a computer-based advisementand student records tracking systemthat reduces time-to-graduation and im-proves advisement for students. Now,

along with other major universities, CalState L.A. is helping PeopleSoft—amajor developer of computer soft-ware—to create the next generation oftechnological applications for inte-grated University and student services.

Upgrades at Cal State L.A. have notbeen limited to computing advancesalone, however. During the past twoyears, heavy construction machinery,excavations, and chainlink fencebarriers were evidence of a virtual“rebuilding” of campus facilities andinfrastructure.

A multi-million dollar thermalenergy storage (TES) project resulted ina chilled-water plant, an efficientcampus air conditioning system, andreduced utility costs. A tunnel, builtunder the Main Walkway, connects 16major campus buildings to the TEStower at the south end of campus [andhouses centralized electrical wiring aswell]. The construction also included

campuswide lighting and seismicretrofitting and a new 1,200-spaceparking structure adjacent to theLuckman Fine Arts Complex.

An $8 million renovation of theUniversity-Student Union, completedthis past spring, has been more than justa face-lift. New interior areas includethe Maxwell performance space/movietheater, the Alumni Lounge, the 52–computer UnionLink open access lab,and Café L.A.—an inviting cyber-cafe that offers a selection of coffeesand snacks, scheduled live entertain-ment, and six computers hooked upto the Internet.

As early as 1994, a $23 million finearts complex established the Luckmanas the cornerstone for a 21st centurycenter for the arts at Cal State L.A.Currently the only major theater/finearts complex on Los Angeles’ eastside,it will be complemented by aninnovative, combination intimate

theater/distance-learning facility in thenear future.

Current renovations to the Engi-neering and Technology building (seep.10) will result in major advances toteaching and learning at Cal State L.A.

New and remodeled distance learn-ing facilities in Continuing Educationand in other University divisions anddepartments make possible the deliv-ery of Cal State L.A. classes throughinteractive T.V. and other media acrossthe state and around the world.

In every area of University life,technology supports services andlearning at Cal State L.A. Theseachievements have placed the Uni-versity in a position of leadershipwithin the California State University.ITS vision of the future: “a networkeduniversity, connecting learners andteachers, researchers and resources,unhampered by the boundaries of placeand time . . .”

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ower Mac G-3s, Pentium II-233s, Multi-Media PCs (some with built-in CU-SeeMe video), NeXT, Lightworks, Silicon Graphics, and Quantel stations,

even a computer that guides an automated weaving machine—you’ll find thetechnology to meet the 21st century at Cal State L.A. Here, students have accessto modern computer labs that include five large open-access labs, two traininglabs, 35 classrooms with networked computers for each student and instructor,and 16 other “smart” classrooms with networked computers and integratedprojection systems for the instructors. Specialized laboratories exist in everyarea of the University: the commercial music electronics lab, a robotics lab, thegeography and biology GIS labs, the TV broadcasting studio and AVID editinglab, computer-assisted design (CAD) labs, state-of-the-art biotechnology labs,and a 4-MeV Van de Graaff particle accelerator are only a sample. The current$31 million renovation of the University’s Engineering and Technology buildingwill provide some of the most advanced engineering technology labs in the nation.

The labs and electronic instructional spaces shown here demonstrate theintroduction of technology into a variety of academic disciplines. The University’scommitment to sophisticated technology at all organizational levels points toits prominence among academic institutions preparing for the future.

Technology at Cal State L.A.

Blueprint for the

Virtual FlyLab: Since 1995, professorsRobert Desharnais (biology) and GaryNovak (geological sciences) have maintainedthe Cal State L.A. Electronic Desktop Projectas a center for virtual applications within theCSU (http:// vflylab.calstatela.edu). In VirtualFlyLab (pictured), a genetics teaching tool, stu-dents learn genetics by mating fruit flies in on-screen experiments. In the last year, the website was accessed over 10 million times.Novak and Desharnais have also designedthe popular Virtual Earthquake, now accessedby beginning science and non-science majorsaround the world.

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Van de Graaff Accelerator lab: The Vande Graaff accelerator is capable of producing ahigh current particle beam of up to 4 millionelectron volts. The facility, located in the PhysicalSciences building, is available for Cal State L.A.students to study nuclear interactions, atomicstructure, and space radiation damage onelectronic devices.

UnionLink: With more than 50 computerworkstations, UnionLink Stations is the gate-way to the information superhighway forstudents with an NIS account. Open Mondaythrough Saturday, this student computer labprovides access to research libraries, wordprocessing applications, spreadsheets,e-mail, Netscape and other software for bothMacintosh and IBM compatible computers.UnionLink Stations, a joint effort by theUniversity-Student Union and InformationResources Management, is located on thethird floor of the University-Student Union.

Faculty lab: The new Faculty InstructionalTechnology Support Center (FITSC), locatedin Fine Arts 138, provides technologicalassistance to enhance the teaching, researchand productivity of Cal State L.A. faculty. TheCenter also provides one-on-one instruction,telephone and e-mail hotlines, on-line andprint resources, and workshops and seminars.

Rapid Pro lab: A grant from the NationalScience Foundation enabled the School ofEngineering and Technology to acquire aFused Deposition Model FDM 1600 RapidPrototyping Machine. This high tech piece ofequipment is able to build 3-D models andwill be one of many exciting technologiesavailable to our mechanical engineering andtechnology students in the Manufacturing andRobotics Laboratory, in the newly renovatedManufacturing Wing. This laboratory willhouse several industrial robots, a completeComputer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)cell and computer hardware and softwaresupporting CAD/CAM (computer-aideddesign/computer-aided manufacturing).

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GIS labs: GIS labs in Geography and Biologyare used by students and professors to displayand analyze geographical information on a widevariety of subjects. Here, a GIS map shows thedistribution of Cal State L.A. alumni throughoutLos Angeles County.

Computerized loom: In the Art Department’sFashion and Textiles program, a computerlinked to one of the world’s oldest manufacturingtechnologies keeps students up to date withcontemporary industry innovations. This is oneof the many uses of computers throughoutthe visual and performing arts at Cal State L.A.

Quantel Video Paintbox: Alumnus andpart-time faculty member, Ron Kriss, takes timefrom his art directing job at GTE MainstreetInteractive Television in Santa Monica to teachstudents the fine points of creating graphicdesigns, special effects, and visual communi-cation directly on video in “real time” usingthe Quantel Video Paintbox system.

Fiber Optics labs: The backbone of theinformation superhighway, fiber optics isan efficient way of using light, rather thanelectricity, to carry signals. In recentlyestablished optics research labs, studentsgain firsthand experience in the emergingfields of fiber optics and nonlinear optics.

Teleconference: The power of moderncommunication technologies is usedextensively to bring administrators face to face.Here, President Rosser and his colleaguescollaboratively wrestle with issues, exchangeinformation, and figure out solutions viaCODEC—a two-way video and two-way audiodistribution system—which has the capacityto link all CSU campuses into a single “virtualconference room.”

Space telescope: A major grant from NASAenables electrical and mechanical engineeringstudents to design and build a test-bed for asegmented space telescope—one made withseveral separate mirrors. Students areconducting simulation studies of such atelescope to test their concepts.

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Engineering a Change

of the 1998 fall quarter. Wings A andB–on which renovation will begin at thestart of the 1999 winter and spring quar-ters, respectively–are targeted forcompletion by the end of fall quarter1999. Students will have access to reno-vated spaces immediately after eachphase of the project is completed.

The total cost of the renovationincludes $5 million for the purchase ofnew, state-of-the-art equipment andrefurbishment of some existingequipment.

The building’s new computer wingwill give students access to threecomputer classrooms, complete withPentium-II computer workstations. Therenovation also includes an additionalCAD/TRAD lab and a VLSI image pro-cessing lab. Renovation will result in alarger open access lab for student useand will include multiple and net-worked computer systems. Networkedcomputers will allow communicationwithin and outside the facilities.

With new equipment designed tomeet the needs of students in nearlyevery instructional lab, Cal State L.A.engineering and technology graduateswill be highly competitive and well-pre-pared to meet the challenges of the nextmillennium.

gainst the backdrop of the majorrenovation to the Engineering and

Technology building and its instruc-tional spaces, recent gifts of softwareinstalled in engineering and technologylabs will allow Cal State L.A. studentsaccess to the leading edge informationtechnology tools used in industry today.

Through a donation arranged in 1997by Cal State L.A. Northrop Grumman En-gineering Endowed Chair Michael Kelly,and the president and chief operating of-ficer of Parametric Technology Corpora-tion, Parametric has agreed to providefree site licenses of their popular Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/MECHANICA de-sign software–one of the leading com-puter-aided design (CAD) software pack-ages used in industry–to all 23 campusesof the California State University for aperiod of ten years. The arrangement al-lows the state-of-the-art software to beused for instructional and related degree-granting research only.

Cal State L.A. was asked, and hasagreed to serve as, the “fulfillment cen-ter” for the donation—arranging for thesite licensing, receipt and distribution of

the software and documentation. As thefulfillment center, Cal State L.A. alsowill process the annual renewals, up-grades, and additional orders for the CSUsystem over the 10-year period of the gift.

Under each site license, a campusmay install the software on up to 500computers (each computer loaded withsoftware is considered a “seat”). Atpresent, roughly 100 computers are be-ing configured at Cal State L.A.

Additional CAD/CAM/CAE soft-ware and computer donations are cur-rently being negotiated with DassaultSystems, IBM, and other companies.CAD/CAM/CAE (Computer-AidedDesign/Manufacturing/Engineering)software helps users create three-di-mensional models that simulate thedevelopment of a product from designthrough production.

In addition to recent CAD/CAM/CAEsoftware gifts, a recent donation desig-nated specifically for Cal State L.A. re-sulted in 12 seats for Saber design andsimulation software from Analogy, Inc.Saber software allows students to incor-porate nonelectrical, magnetic, mechani-

cal, hydraulic, and thermal elements intotheir designs and simulations. This pastspring, at the request of the School of En-gineering and Technology, 50 additionalseats were provided to Cal State L.A.

In addition to the above design soft-ware, Cal State L.A. recently receivedgifts of software from the MicrosoftCorporation through a proposal submit-ted by the Hispanic Association of Col-leges and Universities (HACU). Do-nated software includes: Windows NTWorkstation 4.0; Office Professional 97;Client/Server Software; Backoffice;Encarta 98 Reference Suite; FrontPage98; Publisher 98; Project 98; and VisualStudio 97 Professional. The gift, valuedat more than $460,000, is part of a $1million grant awarded to only four uni-versities in the nation. The donatedsoftware will be used to add specifictechnology subjects to undergraduateand graduate curricula and enhancecourse offering and research capabili-ties for computer science, engineering,management information systems andother majors.

Taken together, these gifts provide apowerful framework for engineeringand technology majors. With this back-ground, says Michael Kelly, “Cal StateL.A. graduates will be among the bestprepared to ‘hit the road running’ asthey enter the job market.”

Multi-Million Dollar Gifts from Software Manufacturersto Cal State L.A. Benefit Students Statewide

he long-awaited $31 million reno-vation to the Engineering and

Technology building has begun! InMarch 1996, the passage of Proposition203 gave Cal State L.A. the resourcesneeded to completely refurbish a majorcampus structure that houses a num-ber of offices and classrooms, includingthose serving the English, Philosophyand Child Development departmentsand the School of Engineering andTechnology.

The goal of this project is the com-plete renovation of the building, includ-ing every electrical, mechanical, HVAC,and elevator system and every instruc-tional space (labs and classrooms). Aswell, the building will undergo seismicretrofitting for earthquake safety.

Of the building’s “residents,”Engineering and Technology occupiesthe greatest amount of space, and it ishere that physical changes will have themost impact. When renovated, thebuilding will house one of the mosttechnologically advanced and student-centered engineering and technologyfacilities in the nation. The new facilitieswill include:

• a new high-tech computer wing• a state-of-the-art manufacturing wing• a new environmental engineering lab• a comprehensive graphics

communications facility• a model technology education lab• an upgraded strength of materials lab• an expanded electronic

communications lab• a new controls lab• expanded research facilities• a new special projects lab• an energy lab

Each of the building’s three wingsrepresents one phase of this ambitiousproject. Renovation of the C-Wing—begun during the 1998 winter quarter—is expected to be completed by the end

Renovations to the Engineering and Technology building will allow students access to one of the most technologicallyadvanced and student-centered engineering and technology facilities in the nation.

Michael Kelly talking with engineering students about therecent donation of Pro/ENGINEER and pro/MECHANICAsoftware.

(L-r) top: president James M. Rosser, Raymond P. Gleason, Alumni Association President Linda Wah, Barry Gordon, LuisP. Villareal, Martin G. Brodwin. Front: Toni Spagnola, Thomas A. Nassif, Sharon Hutson Morris, Eleanor M. Vargas, andCarl D. Haase.

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Silver and Gold Gala: Alumni Awards Eventa Shining Success

n March 3, the Alumni Associa-tion celebrated, in grand style, the

University’s 50th Anniversary and the25th Anniversary of the Alumni Awardswith the Silver and Gold Gala. Held forthe fourth time at the beautifulLuckman Fine Arts Complex on cam-pus, the ceremony hosted a record 450guests.

Named 1997 Outstanding Alumnawas Sharon Hutson Morris ’76, interimgeneral manager, City of Los AngelesDepartment of Animal Regulation andformer deputy mayor for neighborhoodand community affairs (see p. 5). Recipi-ent of the 1997 Alumni Award of Meritwas Toni Spagnola ’72, founder andCEO of The Music Source, a Pasadena-based entertainment agency. Distin-guished Alumnus/a Award recipientsincluded Raymond P. Gleason ’77, ’79,School of Arts and Letters (see p. 5),Thomas A. Nassif ’65, School of Busi-ness and Economics (see p. 5), MartinG. Brodwin ’69, Charter School of Edu-cation, Carl D. Haase ’65, School ofEngineering and Technology, EleanorM. Vargas ’78, ’81, ’86, School of Healthand Human Services and Luis P.Villarreal ’71, School of Natural andSocial Sciences.

The Alumni Association was alsoproud to add two Outstanding StudentAwards to this year’s program. Theywere awarded to senior Yuri J.A. Ogawa’98 (see p. 3 profile) and graduate stu-dent Susan R. Demarest ’98. FifteenAlumni Scholars—reflecting a 20% in-crease over last year—received scholar-ships for spring quarter fees. Thanks toDavid R. Barclay ’61, Terry Solis ’82 andthe Robert A. Hohmann ’59 MemorialAlumni Association Scholarship fundfor their support of four of our scholars.

Barry Gordon ’86, past president ofthe Screen Actors Guild and 1988 Out-standing Alumnus, served as master ofceremonies for the festivities. Alongwith Gordon, 19 other past AlumniAward recipients in attendance wererecognized: William Anton ’52, ’54,David R. Barclay ’61, Billy Barty ’95,Gary Best ’61, ’65, Victoria Castro ’73,Fermin Cuza ’72, Frank DeSantis ’57,’72, Robert Fintland ’70, ’73, James D.Hornbuckle ’64, Lillian Y. Kawasaki ’72,’80, Kuen Hung Lee ’71, Carol Numrich’68, Ron Okum ’70, ’63, Lamar Mayer’63, Michael Lucki ’78, George Pla ’72,Richard Roberto ’61, and Dan Towler.

Alumni, campus, and communitysupport contributed greatly to the suc-cess of this special anniversary awardsceremony. Thanks to Dessert SponsorFirst USA Bank; Golden BenefactorsGTE, Mattel, Inc. (Fermin Cuza ’71)and UCICAMP; Eagle Sponsors Asso-ciated Students, Inc., Automobile Clubof Southern California (ThomasMcKernan ’81, ’85), the Boeing Com-pany (Bob Kelly ’64), the Cal State L.A.Charter School of Education, theSchool of Natural and Social Sciences,Pacific Bell, Thomas A. Nassif ’65,University Auxiliary Services, Univer-sity-Student Union, and Western Badgeand Trophy (Wesley Ru ’78); and Spe-cial Friends David R. Barclay ’61,Henrietta Bovitch ’73, ’94, Dennis andVicky Cook, Mary Levin Cutler ’55,’59, James ’64 and Linda Hornbuckle’64, Metropolitan Water District,Parsons Brinckerhoff, Mike andDianna Spagnola, and Ned ’61 andCarol Van Rensselaer.

Students were recognized at the Silver and Gold Gala. (L-r) top: Janneke C. Verhoeven ’99, Sumanta K. Pal ’98, EdgarMercado ’00, Edwige (Vanessa) Ngakeng ’98, Raul F. Rodriguez ’99, President Rosser, Jennifer B. Reyes ’98, Robert J.Rivoli III ’99, Alumni Assocation President Linda Wah, Barry Gordon, and William Stone ’98. Front: Maria A. Velasquez ’98,Lin Jin ’99, Hung Pham ’98, Benjamin P. Jefferson ’98, Susan R. Demarest ’98, and Yuri Ogawa ’98. Not pictured: LatoshaR. Guy ’98, Lloyd Ligayo ’99, and Cuong (Kenny) Lu ’01.

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The efforts and support of all of thesealumni, campus and community mem-bers truly made this event, in the wordsof Distinguished Alumnus ThomasNassif, former deputy chief of protocolin the Reagan White House, “a firstcabin event.” Special thanks to theAlumni Association Board of Directors,Programs Committee, and AwardsCommittee, whose tireless work behindthe scenes made the evening a memo-rable one.

Profiles:

Sharon Hutson Morris1997 Outstanding Alumna

Appointed by Mayor Richard J.Riordan to serve as interim generalmanager for the Department of AnimalRegulation for the City of Los Angeles,Sharon Hutson Morris is responsible forthe agency’s enforcement of state lawsand city ordinances regulating the care,custody, control and prevention of cru-elty to animals in the city. She directs astaff of 176, manages the agency’s $7million budget, and oversees thedepartment’s permit system, animal li-censing operation, and six animal ser-vice centers, which house and care formore than 80,000 animals annually.

Morris’ career in public service be-gan in 1978 when she worked as a com-munity planning and development rep-resentative for the U.S. Department ofHousing and Urban Development in

Los Angeles. In 1980, she accepted thejob of legislative analyst with the Of-fice of the Chief Legislative Analyst forthe City of Los Angeles. In 1983, Mor-ris moved to the Southern CaliforniaGas Company in the capacities of leg-islative analyst, district manager, andcommunity outreach coordinator. In1990, she became director of intergov-ernmental affairs, directing the SouthCoast Air Quality Management District(AQMD) legislative program.

In 1994, Mayor Riordan spotted hertalent and has since kept Morris busyworking for the City of Los Angeles. Sheserved first as a commissioner on theBoard of Public Works and, in 1996, asthe deputy mayor for Neighborhood andCommunity Affairs. As deputy mayor,Morris was called upon to use her ideasand skills to build bridges between gov-ernment and neighborhoods. She cre-ated the mayor’s Targeted Neighbor-hoods Initiative and served as themayor’s chief advisor on homeless, wel-fare reform, and AIDS-related issues.

The beneficiaries of her communityservice over the years are too numer-ous to list, but currently includethe boards of directors of the CaliforniaLeague of Conservation Voters and theEthnic Coalition of Southern Califor-nia. Morris graduated from Cal StateL.A. with honors in 1976 with a B.A. inHome Economics and a minor in PanAfrican Studies. She went on to com-plete her M.A. in Urban Planning atUCLA. She has also completed the

Mediation Training Program at UCLAExtension and the City Focus Programat the Coro Foundation, Los Angeles.Morris was recognized as one of 50Notable Alumni in the 50th Anniver-sary Edition of Cal State L.A. TODAYand has supported and participated inseveral on-campus programs.

Morris and her husband, John H.Morris ’76, live in Los Angeles and havetwo adult daughters, T. Hutson Morris-Irvin and Nicole Morris, M.D.

Toni Spagnola1997 Alumni Award of Merit

CEO and founder of The MusicSource, a Pasadena-based entertainmentagency, Toni Spagnola represents morethan 300 talented musicians and vari-ety entertainers in the metropolitan LosAngeles area. However “entertainmentconsultant” is only one hat worn bythis dynamic and talented woman —others include musical director,conductor, pianist, composer, teacher,member and volunteer.

After receiving her B.A. in Musicfrom Cal State L.A. in 1972, Spagnolawent on to earn her California stateteaching credential from PepperdineUniversity in 1978. She has put it togood use as a summer faculty memberco-directing musical theater at MayfieldSenior School, where she premieredOliver at the new Pike Auditorium. Shehas also taught in San Gabriel, Los An-geles, and Alhambra city schools in cho-ral and general music, at the Neighbor-hood Music Settlement in BoyleHeights, and as a part-time lecturer inthe Cal State L.A. Department of The-atre Arts and Dance.

She has composed numerous pub-lished works including Woyzeck andThe Patriots, performed at Cal StateL.A. She has countless performances toher credit as both musical director/con-ductor and pianist. Highlights includeHello Dolly with the Cal State L.A.musical theater, Threepenny Opera andCabaret with Pasadena City College,Oklahoma, Brigadoon, and The MusicMan with the West Coast Opera The-atre at the McCallum Theater in PalmDesert. Other credits include TheFantasticks with the Annenberg The-ater and Guys and Dolls with SanMarino High School. From 1995 to1997, she was executive director of thePasadena POPS Orchestra.

Her service to Cal State L.A. istruly meritorious, most notably withthe Friends of Music support group.She began her service in 1977 as a boardmember, became secretary in 1979 andpresident from 1981 to 1983. In 1983,she chaired the Friends of Music GalaTribute to Ira Gershwin at the DorothyChandler Pavilion. From 1989 to 1995,she was a pianist for the Cal StateL.A. biennial Faculty-Staff VocalExtravaganza, and she has played atseveral faculty and staff retirementdinners. She was also pianist andcommittee member for the Cal StateL.A. Dodger Wives Celebrity Benefit in1982. Other notable community serviceefforts include co-founding the SanGabriel Community Hospital HealthEducation Promoters.

Spagnola and her husband, StewartUndem, also a well-known and busySouthern California musician, areresidents of Pasadena.

Mary Nalick (’69 B.A. English) isthe recipient of the 1997 Spirit of Hope

Awards. Mary has devoted her profes-sional life and the major part of herpersonal life to working with individu-als who are HIV positive or have AIDS.A former administrator and director forthe City of Angels Hospice, the AIDSService Center, Hospice Services atAIDS Healthcare Foundation, and theChris Brownlie Hospice, she now isdeputy director of programs for theJeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinicat the Los Angeles Gay and LesbianCenter. She is a lawyer, a clinical socialworker, and a registered nurse.

Janice Somple (’69 B.A. Journalism)received her M.A. in Secondary Educa-tion at CSU Northridge in 1979. She isa master teacher at Westlake HighSchool (Conejo Valley Unified SchoolDistrict) where she has taught for 19years. She also was the school’s WASCaccreditation coordinator. She haspublished various magazine articlesand professional pamphlets, presentededucational workshops, was named aNational Endowment for the Humani-ties Fellow at Princeton University, andis a testing consultant for the State ofCalifornia. As a union representative,she will be a National EducationAssociation Representative Assemblymember at the national convention inNew Orleans this summer. (See p. 2)

Steven P. Erwin (’70 B.S. BusinessAdministration) has been appointedexecutive vice president and CFO forFoundation Health Systems, Inc. forwhich he formerly was banking execu-tive to oversee financial operations.

William (Bill) J. King (’70 B.S. Busi-ness Administration and B.A. PhysicalEducation), a senior partner with thelaw offices of Graves and King, ownsand operates four Auntie Annie’s SoftPretzel franchises. He lives in Glendale.

Mark Singer (’71 B.S. Engineering)reports that considerable controversyhas arisen in Laguna Beach over the de-signing and remodeling of houses, butthat he is one of the architects who hasbeen successful in participating in thispromising change.

Craig Cutner (’76 B.A. TheatreArts) has been appointed senior vice

president for Nationwide Sales andMarketing for Safeco Select InsuranceServices.

Thomas DeMarco (’72 B.S. Busi-ness Administration–Finance) is vicepresident for marketing at AON Enter-tainment, Ltd. in Universal City.

Joe Love (’73 B.A. Sociology) is amotivational speaker and the author ofHandcuff Your Mind, and Jail YourBody.

Mario Luppi (’90 B.S. Business Ad-ministration) is a senior accountantwith Transamerica Life Companies indowntown Los Angeles.

Joseph M. Chapuk (’91 M.A., ’93M.F.A. Art) will be showing his artworkin “Selection ’98” at Moore College ofArt in Philadelphia next September.

Lorraine Gallegos (’92 B.S. Busi-ness Administration–Accounting) isthe controller for TELACU, Inc. inSanta Fe Springs.

James Peiris (’92 B.S. Business Ad-ministration–Finance) is the corporatecontroller for Lambert Smith Hamptonin Beverly Hills.

Victoria J. Sebanz (’92 B.A. Art) wasone of several persons honored as 1996Volunteer of the Year by the County ofLos Angeles for work on the EdelmanChildren’s Court (located across the free-way from Cal State L.A.). She paintedand designed five mural walls. She is alsoin her fifth year of teaching dance at the32nd Street-USC Visual and PerformingArts Magnet. She is working on paint-ings for a gallery show later this year.

Sammy Chow (’93 B.A. Economics)is the proprietor of Chow’s Meats inVernon.

Shelly Cotellesse (’93 M.B.A.Business Administration) has beennamed marketing director for the La-guna Hills Mall.

Luis J. Franco (’93 B.A. TheatreArts), an actor, playwright, and activistfor veterans’ rights and Hispanic civilrights, received the Golden Eagle Awardfrom Nosotros, an organization of His-panic actors and actresses, for his con-tributions to the community. As aWorld War II Army Air Corps POWhimself, Franco has been a tireless ad-vocate on behalf of Vietnam War POWsand MIA from all wars.

Jeeda Gabriel (’93 B.A. Psychology,’97 Special Education credential) has beenteaching special education classes for thepast four years. She is a resource special-ist and is implementing the inclusivemodel of education at Walter Reed MiddleSchool in North Hollywood.

Olivia Glauber (’93 B.S. BusinessAdministration) is self-employed as thecontroller of the Glauber ManagementGroup in Pasadena.

Julia Hook (’94 M.S. Health CareManagement) is the CEO of ManagedCare Innovations, Inc. in Seal Beach.

My-Linh Trinh (’94 B.S. Business Ad-ministration) is president of Ailin Cos-metics, Inc. in downtown Los Angeles.

Marco S. Zambrano (’95 B.A. Soci-ology) began his second year of lawschool at UC Hastings College of Lawafter working as a summer associate atSanchez and Amador, LLP in Los An-geles. He also was appointed to theHastings Communication and Enter-tainment Law Journal for 1997–98.

Allan C. Tuazon (’96 Criminal Jus-tice) recently received his commissionas a naval officer after completing Of-ficer Candidate School (OCS) inPensacola, FL.

Levik Yarian (’96 B.S. CriminalJustice) was a semifinalist for theoralist title in the Southwestern Uni-

versity School of Law 1998 IntramuralMoot Court competition. He competedin a field of more than 280 first-yearlaw students.

Oralia Michel (’77 B.A. Journalism)is a principal in marketing and publicrelations for OMMPR, which has an-nounced the signing of the J. Paul GettyTrust to its client roster. OMMPR willprovide public relations and market ser-vices to ethnic markets.

Thomas Peterson (’77 B.A., ’79M.A. Psychology) has taught courses inpolice psychology part time for CalState L.A.’s Department of CriminalJustice since winter 1998. He alsoteaches at the California Graduate In-stitute in Westwood.

John S. Leung (’81 M.B.A. BusinessAdministration–Management) is chair-man and CEO of Pacific Place in ElMonte. He holds a California Profes-sional Civil Engineer certificate, a Cali-fornia Real Estate Broker license, and ageneral contractor’s license and serveson several boards of directors, amongthem the San Gabriel Valley Metropoli-tan Water District (and as its represen-tative to the San Gabriel Basin WaterQuality Authority board) and the SanGabriel Valley Commerce and CitiesConsortium.

Edward A. Trimis (’83 B.A. Music,’90 M.A. Music–Music Education, ’92M.A. Educational Administration) is inhis 15th year of teaching music in in-ner city Los Angeles schools. He is mostnoted for building the Music Depart-ment at Huntington Park High School–where he is department chair–from 70to 500 students in four years (1991–1995). In addition, he presents work-shops and conferences related to teach-ing throughout the country. Several ofhis articles have been published in suchprofessional journals as Bandworld andMusic Educators Journal.

Erica von Studnitz (’86 M.S. Psy-chology) was promoted to clinical re-search manager at NeurobiologicalTechnologies Inc. in Richmond, CA.

Juanita Millender-McDonald (’88M.A. Educational Administration) re-ceived a Gordon Atkins OutstandingWhitehead Alumni Award from theUniversity of Redlands Alumni Asso-ciation. She represents the 37th Con-gressional District in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives. Before entering poli-tics in 1990, Millender was a teacherand administrator for the Los AngelesUnified School District.

Cheri Doyle (’89 M.A. Anthropol-ogy) has become curator of the Wheel-wright Museum in Santa Fe, NM, afterworking for 12 years at the SouthwestMuseum in Los Angeles.

Glen S. Thompson (’89 Business In-formation Systems, ’95 M.S. BusinessAdministration) is an MIS project leaderfor the BIG 5 Sporting Goods UnitedMerchandising Corporation.

Jack Gee (’90 B.S. Business Admin-istration–International Business) ispresident of Options Auto Salon inGlendale.

Javier Gonzales (’90 B.A. Spanish)is among 150 recipients of the 1997Milken Family Foundation NationalEducator Award, an honor that carrieswith it not only public recognition andan opportunity to join a network of1,170 outstanding educators around thenation, but an unrestricted financialaward of $25,000. He is the chairmanof the mathematics department at Pio-neer High School in Whittier.

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Sheldon H. Kovarsky (’58 B.A., ’70M.A. Education), former superinten-dent of the American Falls School Dis-trict in Idaho, is a part-time adjunct pro-fessor at Idaho University.

Charles R. Bluemel (’59 Engineer-ing–Electrical) recently retired from thecity of Riverside Public Utilities De-partment after 37 years as an electricalengineer. He lives in Riverside, CA.

George (’59 M.A. Education) andAnne Novinger (’69 B.A. Health andSafety Studies, ’77 M.A. Biology) haveretired from careers in education and arethe founders/proprietors of Apple Shed,a bakery, deli, and country store inTehachapi, CA.

Bernard J. Luskin (’61 B.S. BusinessEducation) is chairman and CEO ofCelestial Based Communications. Heearned an M.A. at CSU Long Beach anda Ph.D. at UCLA, and has been presi-dent of Orange Coast College andCoastline Community College. Luskinwas president and CEO of several For-tune 500 companies, including PhillipsMedia, Jones Interactive, and Knowl-edge TV. He also has produced manyaward-winning television programsand CD-ROMs.

Myrna G. Speckton (’63 M.A.Education, M.S. ’67 RehabilitationCounseling), who retired in 1996 after38 years as a high school teacher andrehabilitation counselor with theTorrance Unified School District, is inprivate practice as a psychotherapist.She writes that in 1975, as a singleparent, she adopted two girls, ages 9 and11, through the Los Angeles CountyAdoption Agency, and now has “fourlovely grandchildren.”

Ronald M. Montgomery (’65 B.A.Social Science) retired from lawenforcement after more than 30 yearsof service and is an adjunct professor ofadministration of justice at SierraCollege in Rocklin, CA.

Joseph P. Carpenter (’67 PoliceScience and Administration) heldvarious posts in the U.S. Army, includ-ing that of military policeman andspecial agent, and writes that he retiredin 1989, “after 21 years, three monthsand seven days of honorable active dutymilitary service.” He worked for morethan five years with the Social SecurityAdministration and has completed hisninth year as a tax preparer and officesupervisor with H&R Block.

Bruce Leeds (’68 B.A. History) is ex-port/import adviser for the Hughes Air-craft Co., a General Motors subsidiary.He is also a lawyer and holds a customsbroker license (from his seven yearswith the U. S. Customs Service). Leedsis the author of the article, “The RollerCoaster Ride to Global Satellite Mar-keting,” which appeared in the Winter-Spring 1995 issue of Business Forum,the quarterly, refereed journal of theSchool of Business and Economics.

Joel S. Leventhal (’68 Biophysics)has taken early retirement after 23 yearsof employment with the U. S. Geologi-cal Survey in Denver to pursue miner-als and environmental consulting inLakewood, CO.

Earl S. Washington (’68 B.S. Busi-ness Administration) was named to thenew position of senior vice president,marketing and communications, forRockwell Corporate Marketing andCommunications.

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Volunteer Recognition Dinner

he Alumni Association celebrated 47 years of volunteers with a special Boardof Directors Reunion at the annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner last

December. Over 100 current and past volunteers attended this reception, dinnerand awards ceremony, including eight past presidents of the Association Robert L.McDermott ’81, ’93, Carlton Blanton ’58, ’69, Larry Bordan ’49, Eva Grant ’66, ’72,’82, Cynthia Joe ’79, Donald Moore ’74, Clemencia DeLeon ’75, and Larry Adamson’74. Special recognition goes to Larry Bordan, a founding board member and theAssociation’s second president, who traveled from Carmel to join us.

Sacramento Eventearly 700 alumni and supporters from 22 CSU campuses gathered in ourstate capital in March for a gala reception, sponsored by the CSU Alumni

Council, to honor two individuals who have made significant contributions tothe state of California and the CSU system. Governor Pete Wilson was given aLifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to and support of highereducation and the CSU. Senator Bill Lockyer received the Council’s “Friend ofHigher Education” award. The fifth annual Alumni Legislative Days reception,which was held at the Capitol Club in Sacramento, also brought together a recordnumber of Cal State L.A. alumni who live in the greater Sacramento area. Formore information about the Sacramento alumni network, contact the AlumniRelations Office at (323) 343-4980.

GradFair ’98n its new home at the Eagles’ Nest Gymnasium, GradFair ’98—the University’sthird annual “one-stop shopping” day for graduating students held April 7—

offered them the opportunity to make all of the arrangements and purchases neededto participate in Commencement activities. Sponsored by the Alumni Associationand hosted by the Honors Convocation and Commencement Committee, the eventenabled more than 2,000 students to purchase caps and gowns and class rings, obtaintheir tickets for Commencement Exercises, sign up for test prep courses and cellularphones, and more. One lucky student, Miguel Garcia ’98, left the fair with a 19"color TV, our grand prize, donated by Fedco, Inc. Thanks to all the alumni, staff andfaculty volunteers who made this day special for our alumni-to-be!

Lillian Rollo (’63 M.A. Education),October 6, 1996, after a brief illness,at age 88. Rollo, who earned a B.A.from Whittier College and a two-yearMinnesota teaching certificate fromDuluth State Teachers College, receivedher master’s degree at Cal State L.A. atthe age of 50. She taught in northernMinnesota for 14 years and in the ElRancho Unified School District for 19years, and was retired for 23 years.

Maurice J. Colwell (’58 M.A.Sociology), March 1998. Colwell wasteaching at CSU Northridge.

Dennis (Rex) Bunde (’60 B.S. Busi-ness Administration–Basic Business),April 1998. After serving in the Viet-nam War, Bunde left the U.S. Army andpursued a career in advertising. He wasthe founder of AADDCO Advertising.

Alumni News

Alumni Certificate of Honor Awardedt the Honors Convocation on April 24, the Alumni Association was proudto once again present the Alumni Certificate of Honor for outstanding

academic achievement to more than 160 students. These students, pictured below,and their families joined Alumni Association board members and volunteers at aspecial reception on the Luckman Fine Arts Complex Street of the Arts before theconvocation.

Careers in Health Services panelists (l-r): Nick Alenkin, Kathleen O’Keefe, and Albert Hermogeno.

In Memoriam Ellis Irvin Asper (’71 B.S. CriminalJustice), January 1998. Asper was a re-tired police lieutenant who worked aneighborhood beat long before commu-nity-based policing was in vogue.

Joan Weiss Hollenbeck (’73 M.A.English), January 1998. A writer andcommunity college educator, shetaught English, creative writing, andother subjects at Coastline CommunityCollege, Saddleback College, and Irvine

Alumni Association presidents at Recognition Dinner (l-r) : Bob McDermott (1995-96); Carlton Blanton (1969-71); Larry Bordan(1951-56); Eva Grant (1991); Cynthia Joe (1993); Donald Moore (1983); Clemencia DeLeon (1980); Larry Adamson (1994).

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Valley College. Hollenbeck wrote eightbooks, five of them for children.

Mary L. Stewart (’89 M.S. Nursing),April 1998. A registered nurse, Stewarttaught in-service training courses for 10years at Los Angeles Children’sHospital. For nearly 30 years, she taughtnursing at Los Angeles Valley College,Los Angeles City College, and East LosAngeles College.

Alumni Career Panel Serieshe Alumni Association and Student Alumni Association recently completeda successful six-workshop Alumni Career Panel Series, which was introduced

last fall. Thank you to the following alumni who volunteered their time to sharetheir experiences and advice with students and fellow alumni.

Careers in Engineering and Technology, April 21, 1998: Karen Conmy ’80 B.S.Biology/Biochemistry, ’84 M.S. Electrical Engineering, project engineer, BoeingNorth American; Robert Fintland ’70 B.S., ’73 M.S. Civil Engineering, vicepresident, Brown & Root, Inc.; Derrick Hamilton ’91 B.S. Mechanical Engineering,regional manager, Network Operations Los Angeles, Pacific Bell; Victor Romero’81 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, region engineer, Southern California GasCompany; and Mat Rosauro G. Talag ’94 B.S. Civil Engineering, transportationengineering assistant, L.A. Department of Transportation.

Careers in Education, April 28, 1998: Esther I. Castruita ’57 B.A. Education,principal, Theresa Hughes Elementary School, LAUSD; Edwin D. Follick ’56 B.A.Social Science, ’61 M.A. Education, Secondary Teaching, dean of education andchaplain, Cleveland Chiropractic College, Los Angeles; Rozanne M. Haege ’86M.A. Educational Administration, bilingual specialist, LAUSD; Dan Ross ’86 B.A.History, ’92 M.A. Special Education, mentor teacher, Fontana Unified SchoolDistrict; and Carl Totton ’78 B.S., ’80 M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling, schoolpsychologist/licensed educational psychologist, Alhambra School District.

Careers in Health Services, May 19, 1998: Nick Alenkin ’96 B.A. SocialWork, homeless outreach worker, Verdugo Mental Health Center; AlbertHermogeno ’84 B.A., ’93 M.S. Health Care Management, director, DiagnosticImaging, Kaiser Permanente-Baldwin Park; and Kathleen L. O’Keefe ’81 B.A.Health and Safety, director, Health Information Services/Risk Manager,Hollywood Community Hospital.

Sacramento alumni join President James Rosser (seventh from left), Mary Baker, executive director, Alumni Relations(second from left), and other Cal State L.A. and CSU representatives.

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al State L.A. head baseball coachJohn Herbold was inducted into

the American Baseball Coaches Asso-ciation (ABCA) Hall of Fame at a cer-emony held on January 3, 1998, at theABCA’s national convention at the SanDiego Marriott Hotel and Marina.

Regarded as a coach with a long-standing reputation for developing pro-fessional caliber talent, Herbold beganhis 15th year with the Golden Eaglesthis season. In terms of post-collegiatebaseball success, Cal State L.A. hasranked among the nation’s Top 25schools — irrespective of division —whose players go on to professionalbaseball careers. Herbold is a contrib-uting factor to this success.

Herbold has recorded 11 20+ win-seasons and has guided his team to twoconsecutive California Collegiate Ath-letic Association (CCAA) championshiptitles (1997 and 1998). Most recently, theGolden Eagles received their first bidinto the NCAA Tournament since the1977 season as a Division I participantand 1968 as a Division II participant.

Herbold came to Cal State L.A. aftera very successful 28-year career coachingin the high school ranks. In fact, he is theonly living coach to win CIF baseballchampionships at two different schools(Long Beach Poly in 1963 and LakewoodHigh in 1970 and 1974). As a prep coach,Herbold compiled an impressive .728winning percentage (483-176).

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Golf Tournament Raises More Than $54,000for Scholarship Fund

ith the help of title sponsorsMichelob and Pepsi, and major

sponsors Eagles Print N Post, theUniversity Bookstore, UniversityAuxiliary Services and the University-Student Union, the XIX annual GoldenEagle Golf Tournament raised morethan $54,000 for the Athletics Schol-arship Fund. Held May 11 at the ViaVerde Country Club, the tournamentwas sold out for the fifth consecutiveyear with 163 golfers and 200 dinnerguests. In addition, the tournamentfeatured 47 “hole” sponsors.

“I am extremely delighted by theturnout and support for this year’s tour-nament,” said Director of IntercollegiateAthletics Carol M. Dunn. “The generos-ity displayed by the participants and spon-sors will enable many student-athletes toachieve their goal of earning a degreeand participating in collegiate athletics.”

The evening’s program includeda live and silent auction, an awardspresentation, and a drawing for anAcapulco vacation and a color televi-sion. On the course, the foursome ofSteve Soliz, David Soliz, Jay Gibbonsand Joe Marron captured the men’stitle, while Linda Dawson, Bill Batch,Art McClure and Al Tompkins won themixed division crown.

(L-r): Bill Batch, Linda Dawson, Al Tompkins, Art McClure.

(L-r): Jay Gibbons, Joe Marron, Steve Soliz, David Soliz.

BASEBALLFor the first time in 21 years, the

Cal State L.A. baseball team earned aberth in the NCAA Division II WestRegionals after clinching its second con-secutive California Collegiate AthleticsAssociation (CCAA) championship tro-phy with a league record of 20-12.

Several players earned postseasonhonors, including All-West Region andAll-CCAA kudos. First Team All-WestRegion and All-CCAA recipients in-clude: Jay Gibbons (first base), Greg Ienni(outfield), Jesse Joyce (outfield), AuvinSierra (pitcher) and Pitcher of the YearJeff Verplancke. Pitcher Auvin Sierraearned Second Team All-Region andFirst Team All-CCAA honors, and thefollowing student-athletes earned all-conference recognition: Albert Ambriz(third base), Matt Lucas (catcher), SilvioPaz (outfield), Eddie Russell (pitcher) andRon Leos (pitcher).

TRACK AND FIELDSeven Golden Eagles’ men’s track

and field athletes represented Cal StateL.A. at the Outdoor National CollegiateAthletic Association (NCAA) Track andField Championships on May 21-23 inEdwardsville, IL. Leading the way forL.A., which finished fifth nationally,was three-time national championJonathan Jordan. A seven-time All-American, Jordan won the 1996 indoorand outdoor NCAA triple jump eventsand currently posts a personal best of55’11”. This year, he retained his na-tional title in the triple jump, winningthe event with a 54-1.25 effort. He fin-ished second in the long jump with aleap of 25-6.75 and was a member of thefourth place 4x100m relay team. Jordanred-shirted the 1997 season. Four-timeAll-American Thomas Farnbach im-proved upon his national finishes froma year ago in the 100m (10.84) and 200m

(21.65) races, finishing fifth in the 100m(10.69) and third in the 200m (21.00).Making their first appearances at nation-als were Ray Butman (steeplechase),Ronald Stewart (long jump), ChrisMerced (shot put), Deywine Adams andGene Shepherd (4x100m relay).

On the women’s side, Kirran Mossfinished fifth in the shot putand seventh inthe hammer tocollect her thirdand four th All-American accolades.Moss is the defend-ing indoor NCAAchampion in the shotput with a meetthrow of 47’-6.25”.

National champion Jonathan Jordan.

TENNISThe men’s tennis team was denied

a fourth consecutive attempt to advancein the NCAA West Regional champion-ships when Cal State L.A. lost to CCAArival UC Riverside 6-3 to end its 1998season. However, on the women’s side,the Golden Eagles advanced into regionalplay, but lost a first round match-upagainst Hawaii-Hilo.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLThe Golden Eagles women’s basket-

ball team qualified for the California Col-legiate Athletic Association’s (CCAA)postseason tournament, but lost in thefirst round to Cal Poly Pomona. Cal StateL.A. finished with an overall record of 10-15 and a conference clip of 5-5.

Leading the way for L.A. was two-time Kodak All-American HonorableMention honoree Lukieya Coachman.Coachman, a 6-2 junior center, alsopicked up Datronics All-West RegionSecond Team kudos, as well as FirstTeam All-CCAA accolades. She finishedthe 1997-98 season ranked among theconference’s Top 10 in five statisticalcategories: 1st in rebounding (11.5 rpg),2nd in scoring (13.7 ppg), 3rd in field goalpercentage (.489, 111-227), 4th in steals(2.4 spg) and 5th in free throw percent-age (.620, 80-129). Coachman ranks asCal State L.A.’s 4th all-time leadingrebounder with 590 boards and 7th all-time in scoring with 925 points.

Jenny Tanaka and Babita Singh alsogarnered All-CCAA honors. Tanaka, a5-6 sophomore guard, is a repeat SecondTeam selection. She led the GoldenEagles in steals (46) and in three-pointers (27). She averaged 8.8 pointsand 2.5 assists per game. Singh, a 5-8senior guard, is a two-time HonorableMention pick. She played in all 25contests and averaged 8.1 points pergame. Singh also had the lowest numberof turnovers among players whoaveraged more than 20 minutesper game.

MEN’S BASKETBALLThe men’s basketball team earned its

first postseason invitation into the NCAATournament since the 1994-95 season.The West Regionals were held at UCDavis, and the Golden Eagles defeatedleague nemesis Grand Canyon Universityin the first round, 58-53, to advancewithin the bracket. Cal State L.A. thenfaced the No. 1-seeded Aggies of UCDavis (the eventual national champions),but lost 53-51. The Golden Eagles fin-ished the season with an 18-11 overallrecord and a 6-6 conference mark.

Senior forward David Rickenbackerwas named to the West Region all-tour-nament team, and his accolades contin-ued to accumulate. He was chosen for theNational Association of BasketballCoaches (NABC)/Chevrolet-Chevy all-district team, as well as the All-Califor-nia Collegiate Athletic Association(CCAA) First Team. He finished the 1997-98 season as the team’s leading scorer(12.7 ppg) and rebounder (7.4 rpg).

Joining Rickenbacker on the All-CCAA teams were seniors DerrickBarnes, Curtis Ganes and Makeul Will-iams. Barnes, a 6-0 guard, led the teamin three-point field goal percentage (.355,39-110) and steals (41). Ganes, a 6-7 cen-ter and a preseason All-American, aver-aged 11.2 points and 5.0 rebounds perg a m e . Williams, a 6-6 forward/c e n t e r, was the team’smost ac- curate shooter,hitting 64% (106-165) ofhis shots. He also posteda team-high 24 blocks.

Senior forward David Rickenbacker. Sophomore guard Jenny Tanaka.

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GROVER LEE BROOKSLibrarian, from 1981-1994

Grover Brooks died on June 14,1997,in Dayton, Ohio after a long battle withHodgkin’s disease. He was 53. Brooksserved as a reference librarian and thebibliographer for the School of Educa-tion during his years at the University.He also was the bibliographer for thedepartments of Chicano Studies, PanAfrican Studies, Latin American Stud-ies, and Modern Languages. He was ac-tive on campus with the Teacher Edu-cation Subcommittee and the Caucusof African American Faculty.

Fluent in both Spanish and French,Brooks volunteered as an interpreter forseveral community organizations. Amemorial service was held in theKennedy Memorial Library on campuson October 14, 1997.

JOHN TOWNLEYProfessor of Education, from 1968-1992

John Townley, professor of educa-tion, died after a long illness on Febru-ary 18, 1998. Prior to his appointmentat Cal State L.A., he served as assistantsuperintendent of the Palo Verde Uni-fied School District in Blythe.

Townley’s specialized in secondaryeducation, primarily secondary teach-ing. In his early years at Cal State L.A.,he team-taught methodology classeswith Morris Better. As these classeswere held on high school campuses inthe Los Angeles area, this constitutedan early on-site department program.

Townley helped to develop, andtaught, courses in mainstreaming aspart of the credential program and wasthe department’s master’s degree ad-viser. He was very active in accredita-tion efforts, served as a member of manyreview teams for the Western Associa-tion of Schools and Colleges and chairedmany review teams of Californiaschools. In 1981, he chaired a WASCaccreditation team that traveled to In-donesia and Malaysia for site visitationsof schools in the East Asian RegionalConference of Schools.

WILLIAM EMMONS LLOYD, SR.Publications Manager/Professor-Administration, from 1959-1977

Bill Lloyd died February 21, 1998, inSouth Pasadena, California, at age 87.During World War II, Lloyd served onthe communications staff of Admiral C.Nimitz. He worked as a reporter andeditor for the Petersburg Progress Indexand the Richmond News Leader; estab-lished the office of school-communityrelations for the Richmond publicschools (the first in the southeasternU.S.); wrote and edited publications forthe American Association of SchoolAdministrators in Washington, DC; andspent the last 18 years of his career atCal State L.A. Following his retirementfrom the University, Lloyd became ac-tive in the Emeriti Association, forwhich he was the founding editor of thenewsletter, The Emeritimes.

In addition to his professional activi-ties, Lloyd participated in many civic or-ganizations and was very active in SouthPasadena Little League, which he servedfor many years as a manager and coach.

In memory of Lloyd, a fellowship forCal State L.A. students of history andgovernment has been established by theEmeriti Association.

DONALD BUTLER KINSTLERProfessor of Education, from 1957-1980

Donald Kinstler passed away on Feb-ruary 22, 1998, in Hilton Head, SouthCarolina because of a heart problem andemphysema. He obtained an M.A. fromL.A. State College in 1954 and a Ph.D.from the University of Southern Cali-fornia in 1959. This was followed bypostdoctoral studies at USC in 1959-60and at the Washington University Medi-cal School in 1970.

Starting as an assistant professor ofeducation specializing in audiology,Kinstler was promoted to professor in1967 and served as director of the cam-pus Hearing Clinic for many years. Heserved as consultant in hearing to au-diological diagnostic institutions, in-cluding the Los Angeles Unified SchoolDistrict, and was director of audiologicservices for Pomona Valley HearingSociety and Hearing Conservation Ser-vices. He was editor of The Voice from1966 to 1968 and was the author ofseveral journal articles on speech dis-orders, especially those of children.

On retirement, he and his wifemoved to Loomis, California, wherethey raised Arabian horses.

In Memoriam:Faculty and Staff

Calendar subject to change without notice.

ART — Gallery Exhibitions. On-going through July 18. Fine Arts Gal-lery. Gallery hours: Tues., 1:30-4 p.m.;Wed., 12 noon-5 p.m.; Thu., 2-5 p.m.

Back Gallery: “War Songs” is a col-laborative exhibition between poetGrady Harp and sculptor Stephen Freed-man, featuring a selection of vesselsinscribed with poems inspired by theVietnam War.

Front Gallery: An exhibit of recentoil painting on canvas and board by L.A.artist Alfredo de Batuc. Also featuresrecent acrylic paintings on plywood byL.A. artist Frank Gutierrez. Call LaMonte Westmoreland, Fine Arts Gal-lery, at (323) 343-4040.

ART — “Interior/Exterior Landscapes.”Ongoing through Sept. 23. JFK Memo-rial Library, Second Floor Bridge. Fea-turing works by artist Manuel S.Mendez, director, Fine Arts Dept.,University Complutense in Madrid,Spain. The exhibition includes ap-proximately 40 abstract expressionistpaintings. The medium is acrylic onpaper. Call Patricia Woodlin, ArtDept., (323) 343-4010.

ART — Virtual Library Exhibit. On-going through Sept. 23. JFK MemorialLibrary North, first floor. An on-lineexhibition featuring the University’sVirtual Library, entitled “The Libraryof the Future: Will it be Real or Virtual?Will the Library be a Building, or aDatabase gateway on the Internet?”The exciting topic is showcasedon www.calstatela.edu/library/libfuture.htm.There is also aparallel REAL exhi-bition about thesame topic in thelibrary building. CallSylvia Velasquez,(323) 343-3990.

local and international performers.Luckman: (323) 343-6600. For tickets,call TicketMaster at (213) 365-3500.

EVENT — The Fourth Annual Part-nership Conference of A New Begin-ning. Thu., Oct. 22, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.L.A. Convention Center. Conferencewill address issues on child abuse andneglect. Sponsored by the Los AngelesSuperior Court, Juvenile Division, andCal State L.A. Open to the public. Call(323) 343-4832.

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DANCE — Luckman Season —Dance Kaleidoscope 1998. Fri., Jul. 17& Sat., Jul. 18, 8 p.m. LuckmanTheatre. L.A.’s leading dance showcasecelebrates 10 years! The Lester Hortonpremier dance awards will be givenbefore the opening night program, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Luckman Theatre.Other performances: Fri., July 24, 8p.m., Japan America Theatre, and Sat.,July 25, 10 a.m. & 8 p.m., John AnsonFord Amphitheatre. Luckman: (323)343-6600. For tickets, call TicketMasterat (213) 365-3500.

EVENT — L.A. County Arts OpenHouse. Sat., Oct. 3. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. loca-tions to be announced. Call the Schoolof Arts and Letters, (323) 343-4001.

DANCE — Luckman Season — FiveWomen Dancing. Sun., Oct. 11, 3 p.m.Luckman Theatre. New works and out-standing solo repertories are performedby five of the Southland’s most compel-ling and “in demand” female contempo-rary choreographers—Loretta Livingston,Karen Goodman, Winnifred Harris,Nancy Collahan, and Claudia Lopez.Luckman: (323) 343-6600. For tickets, callTicketMaster at (213) 365-3500.

EVENT — 1998 Retailer of the YearAward Luncheon. Tues., Oct. 13, 11:30a.m., Century Plaza Hotel. Honoree:Romeo Cefallo, general manager and ex-ecutive vice president, Southern Califor-nia Division, Lucky Stores. Organized bythe Institute for Retail Management.Call Judy Asazawa, School of Businessand Economics, (323) 343-2800.

MUSIC — Luckman Season — VivaKlezmer. Sun., Oct. 18, 2 p.m. LuckmanTheatre. Boyle Heights — once the cen-ter of Jewish culture and now the cen-ter of Latino culture in L.A. — inspiredViva Klezmer. Enjoy this afternoon ofmusical fun and tradition that blendsthe two societies with exciting mariachiand Klezmer music performed by both

EVENT — Dia de los muertos. Fri.,Oct. 30, time and location to be an-nounced. Call Chicano/Latino StudentResource Center, (323) 343-5047.

LECTURE — Lloyd Ferguson Distin-guished Lecture. Fri., Oct. 30, 1 p.m.Roybal Center (Salazar Hall C120).Speaker: Billy Joe Evans, professor ofChemistry, University of Michigan.Call Chemistry and BiochemistryDepartment, (323) 343-2300.

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Commencement ’98

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n May 19, Cal State L.A. celebrated its 50th anniversarywith the campus community. Alumna Florence LaRue—

vocalist with the Grammy Award-winning singing group, The5th Dimension—was there to inspire and entertain ourstudents, faculty and staff, and hundreds of visiting high schoolstudents. Alumnus Fermin Cuza, senior vice president ofinternational trade and government relations for Mattel, Inc.,was there to unveil the Mattel Hot Wheels replica of the

Hot Wheels!University’s award-winning, student-built Solar Eagle III—thefirst Hot Wheels solar race car. In June of 1997—just at thestart of our half-century celebration—the North Americanfirst-place win of the Solar Eagle III brought national attentionto the caliber of Cal State L.A. students and faculty. In 1998,Mattel, Inc. has contributed to making Cal State L.A. ahousehold word across America!

President James Rosser (l) and Fermin Cuza (r) unveil new Solar Eagle III Hot Wheels.