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ESPRIT DE CORE

Chapman University’s historic core campus is finallycomplete, and what better way to celebrate than with ahand-clapping, ribbon-cutting, confetti-flying celebration?The festivities marked the ceremonial opening of James L. and Lynne P. Doti Hall — the finishing piece in the core plan and a source of much-needed classroom space on campus. Joining President Doti and Professor LynnePierson Doti, Ph.D., the David and Sandra Stone Professorof Economics, at the February opening are, from left, Kris Eric Olsen, vice president of campus planning andoperations; Phillip Case, Chapman trustee; Bob Murrin,architect; Teresa Smith, City of Orange mayor; DonaldSodaro, Chapman emeritus chair; and Doy Henley, Boardof Trustees chairman. Doti Hall is designed in theneoclassical style of architecture to complement the fourother buildings on Bert C. Williams Mall, all built from 1913 to 1921. The new 15,000-square-foot structure includesnot just classrooms but seminar space and faculty offices.

Photo by John Saade

UP FRONT2 President’s Message

3 First Person: The Incredible Dancing Dr. Limpet

CHAPMAN NOW5 State of the University

7 Hearts are Full and Voices Strong at DeanWilliam Hall’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

9 The Janes Financial Center Gives a Boost to Students of Finance

FEATURES16 Even in an Academic Community Filled with

Classical Passions, Guitar Love Stands Out

21 War Letters: A Collection of Eloquence andPoignancy Finds a New Home at Chapman

30 Jobs of the Future: Technology’s a Driver, ButFlexibility and Creativity Will Help Win the Race

DEPARTMENTS10 Chatter

11 Seen and Heard

12 Undergrad Research: Educating Teachers for More Than the Show

13 Ask the Experts: What’s Jealousy Among “Unfriends”?

20 Sports: Chapman Women Lead the Way

29 Bookshelf

38 In Memoriam: Huell Howser, Monte Smith,Leon Leyson

ALUMNI NEWS40 Dr. Richard Pitts ’70 Adds Photography

to his Educational Journey

42 Class Notes

48 Panthers on the Prowl

48 Friends We Will Miss

I N T H I S I S S U E

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Board of TrusteesOFFICERS

Doy B. Henley Chairman

David A. Janes, Sr.Vice Chair

David E.I. PyottVice Chairman

Scott ChapmanSecretary

Zelma M. Allred Assistant Secretary

TRUSTEES Wylie A. AitkenDonna Ford Attallah ’61 Raj S. BhathalJames P. Burra Phillip H. Case Irving M. ChaseArlene R. CraigJerome W. CwiertniaDr. Zeinab H. Dabbah (J.D. ’12)Kristina DodgeJames W. EmmiH. Ross EscaletteDale E. Fowler ’58 Barry GoldfarbDavid C. Henley

Roger C. HobbsWilliam K. HoodMark Chapin Johnson ’05Jennifer L. KellerParker S. KennedyJoe E. KianiJoann LeatherbyCharles D. MartinJames V. MazzoJoel P. MoskowitzSebastian Paul MuscoFrank O’BryanHarry S. RinkerJames B. RoszakThe Honorable

Loretta Sanchez ’82 Mohindar S. SandhuJames Ronald SechristRonald M. SimonRonald E. SoderlingGlenn B. StearnsR. David ThreshieEmily Crean VoglerKaren R. Wilkinson ’69 David W. Wilson

EMERITUS CHAIRSThe Honorable

George L. Argyros ’59 Donald E. Sodaro

EMERITUS TRUSTEESRichard BerteaLynn Hirsch BoothJ. Ben CrowellLeslie N. DuryeaRobert A. ElliottMarion KnottJack B. LindquistRandall R. McCardle ’58

(M.A. ’66) Cecilia PresleyBarry Rodgers Richard R. Schmid

EX OFFICIO TRUSTEESMarcia CooleyReverend Don DeweyJames L. DotiKelsey C. Flewellen ’05 Judith A. Garfi-PartridgeReverend Stanley D. Smith ’67Reverend Felix VillanuevaReverend Denny Williams

Board of GovernorsOFFICERSJudith A. Garfi-Partridge

ChairMelinda M. Masson

Executive Vice Chair

Thomas E. MalloyVice Chair

Douglas E. Willits ’72Secretary

GOVERNORSGeorge Adams, Jr.Marilyn AlexanderLisa Argyros ’07Margaret BaldwinMarta S. BhathalDeborah BridgesKathleen A. BronsteinMichael J. CarverEva ChenRonn C. CorneliusRico GarciaKathleen M. GardarianLula F. HalfacreRebecca A. Hall ’96Stan HarrelsonSinan Kanatsiz ’97 (M.A. ’00)Elim Kay ’09Sue KintScott A. KistingJohn L. KokulisDennis KuhlStephen M. Lavin ’88Jean H. Macino

Richard D. MarconiBetty Mower Potalivo

EMERITUS GOVERNORSGary E. LieblJerrel T. Richards

EX-OFFICIO GOVERNORSSheryl A. BourgeoisJames L. Doti

President’s CabinetNicolaos G. AlexopoulosJulianne ArgyrosJoyce BrandmanHeidi Cortese ShermanLawrence K. DodgeOnnolee B. Elliott (M.A. ’64) Paul FolinoDouglas K. FreemanFrank P. GreinkeGavin S. HerbertSteeve KayGeneral William LyonThe Honorable Milan PanicLord Swarj PaulJames H. RandallThe Honorable Ed RoyceSusan SamueliRalph SternDavid Stone

A Legacy Uploaded with JoyWhen California television icon and recent friend of our university Huell Howser first set foot on campus, he was so struck by the

Chapman University spirit — the palpable excitement for life and learning — that he instantly knew he wanted Chapman to be the

home for his legacy, the Huell Howser California’s Gold Archive.

Interestingly, I had a very similar experience when I first came to campus as a professor of economics nearly 40 years ago. There’s

just something special — dynamic, entrepreneurial, passionate — about Chapman’s students, alumni, faculty, staff and the many

friends who come to invest in our university’s future.

Huell embodied the spirit of Chapman in many, many ways — his genuine enthusiasm and love for

life and everything around him, his tenacity in envisioning an innovative new television series and making

California’s Gold one of the most beloved shows in our state, and especially the ideology he lived by, that each

and every person is important and worthy of being treated with dignity and respect. The real “California’s

Gold” to Huell was California’s people, in all their wonderful, eccentric, passionate diversity.

Huell devoted the last two years of his life to assuring that people all over the

world — particularly students, teachers and children — would always be able

to access his life’s work, by generously donating it to Chapman University. All

900-plus episodes of California’s Gold and his other shows are now available

online for free public viewing through the dedicated work of our own Panther Productions.

It is an immense privilege for Chapman to have been entrusted with Huell’s life legacy.

I believe it gave Huell great comfort in his final days that his legacy will endure forever at

a university that he described as “a very comfortable place for me and my work.” I invite

you to take a moment to enjoy one of the most important, comprehensive historical

records of our lives and times at www.HuellHowserArchive.com.

Regards,

James L. Doti

CHAPMAN president ’s message

“The real ‘California’s Gold’

to Huell was California’s

people, in all their

wonderful, eccentric,

passionate diversity.”

Huell Howser with ChapmanUniversity President Jim Doti

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CHAPMAN first person

These experiments were messy and awkward, but the subjects

responded beautifully. Victorious limpets soon developed strong

territorial behavior. The vanquished ran away just as we had observed

in the field. These findings became a chapter of my dissertation.

Behavioral ecologists and neuroethologists are interested in aggression

from an evolutionary and neural perspective. My findings found

a place in that literature.

After hearing me detail my research, Robin described how

dance could illustrate it. And the dance of the limpets was born.

Over the next few weeks, I described limpet behavior, she

described dance and narrative. Robin’s students were recruited to

perform the dance, and after

some rehearsal we were

ready to film. One of the

requirements of the “Dance

Your Ph.D.” process (it’s

kind of a contest, sponsored

by the journal Science) is

that the author actually

be in the dance. I was,

but oh how clumsy it felt.

My clumsiness aside,

the dance process was

riveting. Even though we

didn’t win the contest, I

think the piece catches the

behavior of these amazing limpets really well. And nobody gets wet!

Originally, I thought of this “Dance Your Ph.D.” exercise as a

collegial, fun thing to do, but I didn’t think I would learn much.

I was wrong. If you look at the dancers’ smooth, beautiful

movements, and my awkward, albeit earnest, ones, you actually

see a metaphor of science. These dancers are nature, in all her

grace and beauty. That beauty is in stark contrast to the clumsiness,

even silliness, of scientists like me, as we attempt the inquisitive

dance to reveal how nature works. Indeed, the greatest testimony

to nature’s grace is that every now and then she allows our clumsy

efforts to reveal her hidden truths.

That leap came just last April, when Chapman dance professor

Robin Kish asked me to collaborate with her in making a dance

out of my Ph.D. research. A dance? Really?

Combating my skepticism, she sent me a URL from a TED talk

by scientist and author John Bohannon that implored scientists —

ALL scientists — to abandon PowerPoint talks and instead use

dance to explain their science.

Wow. Robin and her sidekick, Chapman alumnus and adjunct

dance professor Jenny Backhaus, came over for dinner, along with

Michael Nehring from the Department of Theatre (an old friend

who suggested me to Robin in the first place). To kick off the

discussion, I described the

plight of the blind, territorial

limpet, how it can plow

intruders off its territory with

surprising ferocity, and that

sometimes small limpets can

“raid” the territory of larger

rivals, then turn on a dime and

high-tail it back to their home

rock without a confrontation.

I further explained how

a friend and I devised tests

to investigate how these

behaviors formed in the

first place. How did the little

limpet know it was intruding and needed to flee? How did it

know it was on its home scar and needed to fight to protect it?

We guessed that they “learned” these behaviors, and to test

that hypothesis, we sought to train the limpets. We brought them

into the lab and gave each a small territory on a “water table.”

Each time we touched our subject with another limpet, we waited

for the subject to fight or flee. Once it chose a behavior, we gave

it one of two experiences. “Victory” meant letting the subject

push our bait limpet right off its territory. “Defeat” meant that

we pushed against our subject with the bait limpet as similarly

to natural territorial behavior as we could muster.

WHEN I WAS A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY

THREE DECADES AGO, MY ACADEMIC WORLD STARTED REVOLVING AROUND

A TINY CREATURE OF THE INTERTIDAL ZONE — THE LIMPET. NOW THAT I’M A

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, I NEVER EXPECTED THAT THESE ENIGMATIC

SEA SNAILS WOULD ALSO BECOME MY PARTNERS IN INTERPRETIVE DANCE.

THE INCREDIBLE DANCING DR. LIMPET By Bill Wright

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William Wright, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Science at Chapman’s Schmid College of Science and Technology.

For links to the Bill Wright “Dance Your Ph.D.” video and anothershowing his limpet research, visit www.chapman.edu/magazine.

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Golden Moments

For the second year in a row, Chapman Magazinehas won gold in its category of the District VIICASE Awards of Excellence. Also honored withtop prizes by the Council for Advancement andSupport of Education were the 150th anniversarycommemorative book Chapman University:Celebrating the Past, Shaping the Future and theChapman news blog Happenings, selected bestdigital internal audience periodical.

Starting with this issue, we provide a peek inside our process of choosing a cover for Chapman Magazine. At left are four covers we considered and rejected for this issue, all pertaining to the Center for American War Letters being launched

at Chapman. Editor Dennis Arp offers insights on the decision-making process atwww.chapman.edu/magazine.

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��� ‘The Best Ever’Chapman Magazine keeps getting better andbetter with each issue. The winter issue was the best ever! Great read on all thewonderful happenings at our beloved almamater. Keep up the outstanding work!

PAT ELLIOTT ’60 (M.A. ’74)

Support for Afghan Scholars Praised“Veiled Voices of Justice” by Dennis Arp and President James L. Doti’s message in thewinter 2012 issue of Chapman Magazine poignantly illustrate the courage of MuniraAkhundzada and Shamsi Maqsoudi — Afghan lawyers who are pursuing advancedlaw degrees at Chapman University. Chapman’s role in supporting the efforts of theseAfghan women should also be congratulated. Chapman’s leadership among U.S. academicinstitutions and its support for the rule of law in Afghanistan is simply superb.

Every year the U.S. State Department’s PublicPrivate Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistansponsors 10 to 12 Afghan legal scholars/lawyers for a one-year LLM program in the United States.Institutions like Stanford, Harvard and Chapmanhost one or more scholars, but no law school does a better job of integrating their scholars into theacademic community as does Chapman. PresidentDoti, School of Law Dean Tom Campbell andProfessor Ron Steiner have made it their personalmission to ensure that Munira, Shamsi and thescholars before them have the housing, cultural andacademic support to enable them to thrive while at Chapman. In doing so, Chapmanis contributing to the overall interests of the United States in establishing the rule of law in Afghanistan. It was the absence of the rule of law that allowed the Talibanand Al Qaeda to flourish in the Petri dish for terror that existed in Afghanistan priorto 2001. Educating and supporting dedicated and courageous young scholars such as Munira and Shamsi plants the seeds that form the nucleus of a society committedto the rule of law, human rights and the suppression of terror.

THOMAS J. UMBERG, partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP and co-chair of the U.S. State Department’s Public Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan

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‘A Chapman Grand Slam’To all the staff, what an amazing issue. Every issue of ChapmanMagazine is outstanding, but winter 2012 is a Chapman “GrandSlam,” from a couple of alums who have seen them all. Thanks for continuing to make us very proud to be Chapman alums.

BARBARA ’64 AND BILL PARKER ’52

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President Sheds Lighton Chapman’s Strides

Thanks to a chance meeting and conversation with PresidentJim Doti during an event in Huntington Beach, an OrangeCounty couple visited Chapman University and was moved

to commit $10 million for need-based scholarships.Doti announced the “Christine and Lon Cross Scholars” fund

during his annual State of the University address in February.Christine Cross of Orange made the bequest commitment, whichis named for herself and her husband.

“Of all gifts that a donor can bestow upon a university, nothinghas more impact on students thanscholarships,” said President Doti. “We are immensely grateful.”

The announcement was a highlight ofthe State of the University address, duringwhich the president painted a picture of a vibrant university with numerousprojects and initiatives under way.

Doti cited Chapman’s donors, students,faculty, alumni and friends as sharing inthe work that has brought the universityto where it is today. Evoking commentsby the late Huell Howser, who gifted the university with his archives andestablished an endowed scholarship, Doti said that the collective efforts of the Chapman community help preparestudents who are emblematic of“California’s Gold.”

“You are all part of this puzzle —interlocking, entrepreneurial, tenacious,spirited people, all devoted to a noblecause, and that is educating thisgeneration and future generations of Chapman students,” Doti said.

An example of that commitment was celebrated after thespeech. That’s when the Memorial Hall audience moved out to the Bert C. Williams Mall for the official dedication of James L. and Lynne P. Doti Hall as the final piece in the university’s

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long-planned completion of the historic core campus.The hall, designed to reflect its historic counterparts built

from 1913 to 1921, is also a metaphor, said Doy Henley, chairman of the university’s board of trustees.

“That’s what universities do. They fill in what wasn’t therebefore,” he said.

Henley’s message dovetailed with the president’s address, which showcased several projects that will help drive new academicprograms. The president shared news and architectural renderings

of some of the new and plannedfacilities, including a digital arts centerand tennis complex planned for the west campus along Palm Avenue, wherethe former Anaconda Wire & Cable Co. once stood. He also presented aconstruction update for the Marybelleand Sebastian P. Musco Center for theArts, as well as an architectural renderingof the planned state-of-the-art sciencecenter to be built on the main campus.

Doti also spoke to the quality ofChapman’s programs, which areattracting national and internationalattention, he said. That interest isevident in the number of studentsapplying to Chapman. The universityreceived 14,000 applications for fall2013, which marks a four-fold increasesince 2000.

In addition, the president noted that U.S. News & World Report ranksChapman No. 1 in student selectivity

among master’s-level universities in the West.“When you can bring to the campus really well-prepared

students who are dedicated to learning, it makes the environmentthat much more vibrant,” he said. “In short, it makes for a great university.”

“You are all part of this puzzle – interlocking,entrepreneurial, tenacious, spirited people,

all devoted to a noble cause, and that iseducating this generation and futuregenerations of Chapman students.”

JAMES L. DOTI

A podcast of the address is available at the State of the University website. A link to the site is at www.chapman.edu/magazine.

“A Chapman education is too important and toovaluable to be available only to those who havethe means to attend,” said Christine Cross, shownat the State of the University address with herhusband, Lon. Her $10 million bequest commitmentwill establish the “Christine and Lon Cross Scholars”fund at the university.

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To say that two great vocal artists hailing from Chapman Universityare the tops might seem like a bit of a cliché. But this spring, aChapman sophomore and an alumnus were just that as they

simultaneously performed at the highest levels in singing competitions.Within a two-week time frame, baritone Efrain Solis ’11 was one

of 10 singers to make it into the elite finals for the National CouncilAuditions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Aubrey Cleland’15 sang her way into the hearts of millions as one of the top 10 femalecontestants on Fox’s blockbuster hit American Idol.

Solis, who studied under Professor Peter Atherton in the College of Performing Arts, won a series of regional auditions to make it to thefinal competition, held on the stage of the Met’s legendary New YorkCity opera house. He sang two selections in the finals: Hai già vinta la causa from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) andTirannia gli diede il regno from Handel’s Rodelinda.

Cleland captivated American Idol celebrity judges with her version of Beyonce’s Sweet Dreamsin the show’s “sudden death” round, becoming one of the 10 remaining women semifinalists. JudgeNikki Minaj said she was “obsessed” with Cleland, while Mariah Carey called her “limitless.”

Solis and Cleland didn’t make it to the top rung of their respective contests, but as Cleland noted on Twitter, it was “an amazing journey.”

And we’re sure that this is not the last we’ll hear from these two Chapman University performers.

From its opening-night premiere of The Last Stand, writtenby Chapman alumnus Andy Knauer (MFA ’06) andstarring Arnold Schwarzenegger, through its award

ceremony and closing reception, the Busan West Film Festival at Chapman University bridged cultures and genres.

“This year in particular we focused on transnationalconnections between East and West,” said Nam Lee, assistantprofessor in Chapman’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts,which hosted the festival in March at Marion Knott Studios.

Lee, an expert in Pan-Asian film, was programmer for thefestival, selecting primarily from features in Korea’s BusanInternational Film Festival — known as the Cannes of Asia.New this year to Busan West was a competition that included20 short films, which were screened alongside acclaimedfeatures from five countries: China, Korea, Taiwan, Singaporeand the U.S.

Honored on opening night with the festival’s Icon Awardwas Korean director Kim Jee-woon, who introduced The Last Stand, his U.S. debut. After the film was screened, thefilmmaker joined in a moderated discussion with Schwarzeneggerand Knauer, who earned a master’s in screenwriting from Dodge College.

Although he has long known that he wanted to write action films,Knauer said he never expected that a character he created would beplayed by Schwarzenegger, an icon himself. For his part, the formerCalifornia governor said he was drawn to the project by the chance to work with Kim and by Knauer’s “terrific story.”

Schwarzenegger is no stranger to Chapman. He was on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony at Knott Studios in 2004.

During a panel discussion at Busan West, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wasdrawn to The Last Stand in part by screenwriter Andy Knauer’s “terrific story.”Knauer, left, is a Chapman alumnus.

CROSS-CULTURAL CONNECTIONSHighlight Busan West Festival

NOT JUST IDOL TALK: Singers Impress on Grand Stages

Sophomore Aubrey Cleland ’15made it to the semifinals onAmerican Idol.

Baritone Efrain Solis ’11 sang inthe elite finals of a MetropolitanOpera competition.

Photo by David Sno

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Among the alumni helping Dean William Hall,center, celebrate his 50th anniversary at Chapman

are, from left, Darci Dembik ’96, Rose Mendoza ’96,Carl Pike ’02, Michael Skidgel ’94, Carrie Pike-Nash’98, Heather Redfern-Kerr ’97 and Bruce Sledge ’94.

They roasted him and toasted him.They sang his praises and sang for him. And throughout the

two-day January celebration of his 50thanniversary at Chapman University,William Hall, DMA, founding dean of the College of Performing Arts and nowdean and artistic director of the MuscoCenter for the Arts, gave as good as he got.He ribbed, teased and hugged the 500alumni who turned out for his reunionroast, choir practice and gala dinner.

But at the conclusion of the celebration,the dean was nearly speechless when it was announced that the Conservatory ofMusic he helped build was being named in his honor, thanks to the generosity of Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco.

“I’m overwhelmed,” Hall said.President Jim Doti made the announce-

ment at the Jan. 19 dinner held in the SandhuConference Center.

“Our Conservatory of Music, now andevermore, will be known as the William D.Hall and Marybelle and Sebastian P. MuscoConservatory of Music,” the president said.

The announcement capped off thecelebration that began with a Friday eveningroast at a nearby restaurant and was followedby a two-hour Saturday morning alumni choirpractice. There, alumni from the past 50 yearspolished up their singing voices for a stunningperformance during Saturday’s dinner.

At the roast, a variety of alumni joinedProfessor Donald Booth, Ph.D., in lightheartedjesting about everything from the old schoolbus named “Clyde” that Hall used to take theoriginal Madrigals Singers on tour, to theathletic record he holds at his undergraduatealma mater, Whittier College.

“He still holds a school record for mostconsecutive losses — 32,” Booth said, earningroars of laughter from the audience.

Driving Clyde as a student that firstyear back in 1963 was an adventure

Ron Bright ’64 said he’ll always treasure.“Bill taught me how to drive

Clyde. And all the tours we did in northern California and

Arizona, I drove Clyde. I worked on it andrepaired it when it broke down. I had a very,very good time,” said Bright, who drove in from Scottsdale for the reunion event.

Throughout it all, the tributes andconversations returned to Hall’s talent andleadership qualities and how he influencedgenerations of music educators in building theChapman’s award-winning music programs.

“To me, personally, he’s the biggestinfluence on my musicality,” said JaclynJohnson ’04, a music teacher now workingon her doctorate. “He’s absolutely the mostmusical person I have ever met. The way he can shape a two-bar phrase is unlikeanyone I’ve ever seen to this day. The faiththat he has in all of us really pushed us to be the musicians we are today.”

Now Hall is looking forward to shapingthe future of the new $64 million, 1,100-seat Musco Center for the Arts, set to openon campus in 2015.

“It has been my pleasure and joy to haveserved Chapman University as a musicdirector and dean these five decades,” hesaid. “And I can tell you that I don’t intendto slow down yet — there is far too much to do as the opening of the new MuscoCenter for the Arts approaches.”

By Dawn Bonker

From good-natured ribbing to richly textured singing, it’s all musicto the ears of a Chapman icon celebrating his golden anniversary.

SHEBANGTHE HALL

A video from the 50th anniversary celebration is at www.chapman.edu/magazine.

The honorees unite before the naming announcement of the William D. Halland Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Conservatory of Music.

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Her Post-Magic PeriodAuthor Maxine Hong Kingston now takes thelong view on peace as she helps veteransheal through writing.

It was 2003 and author Maxine Hong Kingston was in jail,singing like a bird.

After standing in front of the White House to protest theimpending Iraq War, she and two dozen protesters, includingPulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, were arrested anddeposited in a Washington, D.C., holding cell. They puffed upwith pride. “We sang songs. We were very exuberant, so happy.Because we had created some peace and saw it for real.”

But they hadn’t and it wasn’t. Within days the United Statesinvaded Iraq.

“That was all just magical thinking,” said Kingston, whospoke on campus in February as part of the John Fowles LiteraryForum, Chapman University’s premier series featuring acclaimedauthors. Kingston is a National Book Award winner and widelyregarded as one of the major authors of contemporary Americanliterature. Her hallmark book, The Woman Warrior, published in1975, caught the world’s attention with its artful blend of auto-biography and myth. She weaved the story of her childhoodgrowing up in Stockton, Calif., with a retelling of the fabled girlwarrior Fa Mu Lan — or Mulan, as Disney fans know her.

Speaking to a large audience of students and faculty gatheredin Memorial Hall, Kingston said the unstoppable march to warback in 2003 dampened her spirits, but it didn’t stop her questto find new ways to inject the pacifist view into the nationalconversation. She asked herself: “So what are we going to do?”

The answer for her was to keep writing and to help others do likewise, especially veterans. She had led writing workshopsfor veterans, encouraging them to use writing as a tool to healthe hidden wounds of war. For years they had poured theirtoughest and most painful memories into poetry, fiction andmemoir. It was time their voices were heard. Kingston assembledtheir work, and in 2006 Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace waspublished. The anthology won top reviews and was the subject of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.

In those veterans’ writing is truth and that, says Kingston, is one way to peace.

“I think less magically now,” Maxine Hong Kingston told a large audience in Memorial Hall. “You can’t stop war 10 or 12 days ahead of time. We have to work for peace always and build community.”

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JOHN FOWLES LITERARY FORUMReadings: April 15 – Karen Yamashita,

2011 California Book Award goldmedalist for her novel I Hotel

April 22 – David Matlin, author of China Beach, How the Night is Divided and 2012’s A HalfMan Dreaming

When: 7 p.m. in the Henley Reading Room of Leatherby Libraries

More info: www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/john-fowles-center

In this, Chapman President Jim Doti's second book based on his childhood,little Jimmy knows what he wants to say, but sometimes the words come out wrong, and the other kids laugh at how he says them. Then he gets cast in a play. How will he ever speak in front of an audience?

Kirkus Reviews calls the story “touching” and “charming,” and the illustrationsby Lisa Mertins “delightful.” “Parents may find this book useful for discussingissues of shyness or speech problems with their own children,” it adds.

Jimmy Finds His Voice, from Jabberwocky Press, is available at Amazon.com.

ALL OF THE AUTHOR’SROYALTIES GO TOSUPPORT THECOMMUNICATIONSCIENCES ANDDISORDERS PROGRAM IN THE COLLEGE OFEDUCATIONAL STUDIES AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY.

“JIMMY FINDS HIS VOICE”

“I think less magically now,” she says. “You can’t stop war 10 or12 days ahead of time. We have to work for peace always and buildcommunity. … Then we can prevent the war 100 years from now. If we take our experiences and turn them into art, then somehow I think we can affect and change history and make peace.”

Jordan to Lead College of Pharmacy

Adistinguished educator and leader in the field ofpharmacology has been named founding dean ofChapman University’s new School of Pharmacy.

Ronald P. Jordan, R.Ph., FAPhA, assumed his new role in February and will establish the first pharmacy school in Orange County. The school’s home will be at Chapman’snew Health Sciences Campus in Irvine when renovations are completed.

Jordan previously served as dean of the College ofPharmacy at the University of Rhode Island and as executivesecretary of the Rhode Island State Crime Lab Commission.At URI, he oversaw completion of construction on hiscollege’s $75 million research and teaching facility. The URI College of Pharmacy ranked among the top research-oriented colleges of pharmacy in the U.S.

“Dean Jordan comes to Chapman with a remarkable record of innovation andleadership in the interdisciplinary development of health professionals, and pharmacists in particular,” said Daniele Struppa, Ph.D., chancellor of Chapman University.

Under Jordan’s leadership, the URI College of Pharmacy was awarded one of thefederal government’s highly competitive Center for Medicaid and Medicare Innovationgrants, totaling more than $14 million over three years.

Jordan currently serves on the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Medicare ModelGuidelines Expert Panel, and the national advisory committee for the Alliance for Safe Biological Medicines.

“Pharmacists practicing in the very near future will face challenges in medicationmanagement and delivery that are impossible to envision clearly today,” he said. “We will prepare our students for a continually changing profession whose boundaries are growing almost day by day.”

During Ronald P. Jordan’stenure at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, enrollmentincreased by 45 percent.

JANES CENTER A BOONfor Students of Finance

With the February opening of the Janes Financial Center,students and the entire Chapman University communitynow have access to sophisticated financial information

and state-of-the-art technology for portfolio management. Housed in Beckman Hall, the trading-floor-like center is equipped

with 12 Bloomberg terminals, the industry standard for detailedfinancial data and analysis. The center also has an interactive marketwall with large LCD screens for displaying dynamic market data,video and customized information, including 76 feet of full-colorLED stock tickers.

“Argyros School students who graduate with experience usingBloomberg terminals will enjoy a significant advantage in the jobmarket,” said Jack Broughton, immediate past director of Chapman’sHoag Center for Real Estate and Finance.

Under the new leadership of Fadel Lawandy, the Janes Centerconsists of a main instructional facility and a conference room. Theprimary facility is used as a classroom for investments and portfoliomanagement courses, as a lab for students involved with the school’sstudent managed investment fund, and as a venue for events.

The Janes Center was made possible by a generous gift fromDavid A. Janes, vice chairman of the Chapman University Board of Trustees, and his wife, Donna, as well as the earnings of theStudent Managed Investment Fund.

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Hewitt Named to WASC Post

Harold HewittJr., ChapmanUniversity’sexecutive vicepresident and chiefoperating officer, hasbeen elected chairof the AccreditingCommission forSenior Colleges andUniversities of the

Western Association of Schools and Colleges(WASC), one of the six regional accreditingauthorities in the United States.

“They could not have selected a betterleader,” said Chapman President Jim Doti.“Harold’s election further proves that Chapmanincreasingly is seen as a leader itself in highereducation.”

Hewitt joined WASC’s Commission forSenior Colleges and Universities in 2009, and has been a WASC volunteer for more than20 years.

“As an advocate of regional accreditation, I am delighted to accept and to serve in thisimportant role,” Hewitt said.

Harold Hewitt Jr.

With its state-of-the-art Bloomberg terminals, the Janes Financial Center willbe home to Chapman’s portfolio management course, which is the vehiclefor overseeing a $1 million-plus portfolio.

The recent opening of Doti Hall and how it seamlesslyslid in to complete the historic core of Chapman’s campusinspired student Emma Diener ’13. Her entry, developedin Art 430, Advanced Graphic Design, won the annualcontest to become the university’s fourth commemorativeposter. Diener’s concept of buildings as puzzle pieces, at left, was realized in part due to her passion forpatterning and typography. Thanks go to Ryan Clark ’00and his company, Direct Edge Media, for printing theposters, which are available for $15. To order, emailRandazzo@chapman.edu or call (714) 997-6729.

Most new collegegraduates would consider themselves lucky to score a decentcouch off Craigslist. Turner Jacobs ’12answered an audition ad and landed a spot on a Norwegian reality TV show in which hesearches for the woman of his Nordic dreams. “My friends were all prettyjealous,” says Jacobs, whohas Norwegian ancestry.The Bachelor-like series,called Sons of Norway,forced him to crisscrosscultures. In one episode,

he blushingly explains to Norwegians what it means to“get to first base.” Ultimately he has to choose a winnerfrom a field of seven dating candidates. Episodes are still airing, so he’s mum on the outcome. A link toepisodes is at www.chapman.edu/magazine, but it helpsto understand Norwegian. Meanwhile, Jacobs, who hasdegrees in television production and European history, is back home in Santa Cruz, applying to grad schools.But he counts his Norwegian experience as more than a lark. “It was interesting to see the whole televisionprocess from in front of the camera,” he said.

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It’s true what they say. “When your name is called, time really does stand still.” So reports Carlos Lopez Estrada ’11, who along

with his creative colleagues, all Dodge College alumni, won a Latin Grammy for their music video Me Voy (I’m Leaving) at the November

ceremony in Las Vegas. Lopez Estrada, pictured second from left,directed the video for the singing duo Jesse & Joy, and he was jubilantly joined on stage by, from left, animator Cameron Clark ’09, producer Christian Heuer ’09 and production designer Tyler Jensen ’10. Director of photography Niko Wesinet ’11 also was part of the team that worked five weeks of 14-hour days. The video features stop-motion animation using thousands of paper cutouts, creating the effect of a pop-up book come to life. A link is at www.chapman.edu/magazine. So what was in Lopez Estrada’s acceptance speech? Apparently what they say about that is also true. It really is all just a blur.

GRAMMY GOES TO …

PIECE PLAN

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FROM OSLO, WITH LOVE

READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UPOh, the magic of Hollywood. How else to explainChapman University standing in for a smalltown in Minnesota on an 81-degree day inJanuary? The cast and crew of NBC’s Parksand Recreation filmed scenes in front ofMemorial Hall on Martin Luther King Jr.Day, when classes weren’t in session. ButPresident Doti was on campus and shared amoment with stars Amy Poehler and AdamScott. In the episode scheduled to air April 4, Memorial Hall played the part of a cityhall in the hometown of Scott’s character. Avoiding being typecast, the venerablebuilding has also flashed its understated elegance in other roles, including as the siteof a military tribunal in the 1995 film Crimson Tide and as a college administrativebuilding in the 2006 movie Accepted. OK, the latter of these wasn’t exactly astretch, but as they say, there are no small roles, just small buildings. Andultimately, we suspect, what Memorial Hall really wants is to direct.

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“My editor said that not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, but a lot of people want more freedom, which I agree with.”

Chris Guillebeau, author of The Art of Non-Conformity and The $100 Startup, speaking to entrepreneurship students in Beckman Hall

Seen Heard&

“Whatever it is you want todo, taking a risk and makinga chance for yourself iswhat’s going toget you there.”Hilary Duff, actress, singerand entrepreneur, speaking to Chapman’s student chapterof the National Society ofLeadership and Success

{“I was the ambassador to hell, but also the ambassador to hell and back. In my more

optimistic moments I thought of myself as a carpenter of war crimes tribunals.”David Scheffer, the first U.S. Ambassador at Large for War CrimesIssues, speaking at theChapman School of Law

“THE BEST WAY TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE

IS TO GET RID OFUNMOTIVATED PEOPLE.”Dennis Kuhl, chairman of the Los Angeles Angels

of Anaheim, addressing students as part of the Argyros School’s Distinguished Speaker Series

“WHEN I WANTED TO GET INTO MOVIES, THEYSAID IT’S IMPOSSIBLE. YOU HAVE AN ACCENTAND AN OVERDEVELOPED BODY. AND YOUHAVE THIS NAME – SCHNIZEL-WHATEVER-IT-IS. BUT I ALWAYS SAY WHAT NELSONMANDELA SAID: EVERYTHING IS ALWAYSIMPOSSIBLE UNTIL SOMEBODY DOES IT.”Arnold SchwarzeneggerSpeaking after a screening of The Last Stand during the Busan West Film Festival in Marion Knott Studios

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By the time students arrive in college, they’ve watcheddozens of teachers in action, tackled numerous projects,taken mountains of quizzes and loved and hated

countless reading assignments.So those who major in education surely know what’s involved

in a teaching career, right?Hardly, says Roxanne Greitz Miller, Ed.D., the Donna Ford

Attallah Professor in Teacher Education at Chapman University’sCollege of Educational Studies. They’ve only seen “the show,” or those classroom hours when direct instruction is under way.

But thanks to a variety ofopportunities to participate insignificant research alongsideMiller, Chapman students get the rest of the story. As they assist with projects that range from curriculum development inneighboring public school districtsto federally funded researchevaluating reading instructiontechniques, Chapman students seeand help shape the big picture.

“It’s about giving themsomething they can’t experience in a classroom. In education theydon’t see the behind-the-sceneswork unless they engage in somefacet of a research project,” Miller says.

Since 2005, Miller has secured more than $3.5 million for her public education research, conducted with help from her undergraduate and graduate student teams at Chapman.Students from many disciplines have participated in dataanalysis, formal classroom observation, classroom videotapingand the grading of thousands of writing samples.

Miller says she relishes the enthusiasm and follow-throughstudents bring to research tasks. But the biggest winners are the students themselves, she says.

“When they read in a newspaper that this particular methodor that strategy helped students outscore other students, theyunderstand the complexity of what went into finding that result.They find out it is not quick. It is not easy. It involves a tremendousnumber of participants and also stake holders,” Miller says.

The lion’s share of Miller’s research has focused on how toimprove K-12 students’ skills at mastering subject content and

connecting it to literacy and language arts skills. One majorundertaking was Project SMART, a four-year grant from theCalifornia Postsecondary Education Commission that taught K-2 science teachers how to use their subject matter as a vehicle for reading instruction. International student Liz Paxton ’12 assisted with that research and says it continues to influence her work now that she’s on the job at a privateschool in Panama.

“The research experience demonstrated the value of givingevery student an integrated education from a young age, which

persuaded me to choose theplace I work. This is a commonpractice in my school, as weconnect several subjects in onelesson and also teach uniqueclasses, such as values andleadership,” Paxton says.

Working with faculty and taking on substantialresponsibilities helped hermake the leap from student to colleague, Paxton adds

“We have the opportunity to learn so much from aknowledgeable faculty anddelve into specific areas ofinterest that are more

interactive than classroom learning,” she says.Much of Miller’s research is shaped by her own experience

as a middle and senior high school teacher. This school yearMiller and a Chapman student are developing a curriculum and teacher’s guide that uses novels and autobiographies to teach middle school language arts and social sciences. Last year Miller returned to the middle school world as aprofessor-in-residence. She was tasked with a variety of jobs,from developing methods of pinpointing students who needmath intervention to mentoring a first-year band teacher.

That in-the-trenches year opened her eyes to the newchallenges facing today’s teachers. And now she has lots of new ideas for research projects.

“I would like to look more deeply at the home-schoolconnection in the middle school environment,” she says.

No doubt there will be student researchers who can help with that.

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CHAPMAN now INQUIRING

MINDSUndergrad Research

AT CHAPMAN

CLASSROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTEducation students toil behind the scenes so ‘the show’ can succeed. By Dawn Bonker

Photo by Da Zhang

Research assistant Annie Brown ’14, an integrated educationalstudies major, updates Professor Roxanne Greitz Miller, Ed.D., on her progress with a curriculum development project.

Roxanne Greitz Miller

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Jealousy has confounded humans for eons and inspired poets for ages. Shakespeare

called it the green-eyed monster. Reality television churns with it. Maybe John Lennon

said it best when he wrote Jealous Guy with these lyrics: “I was feeling insecure …

I was shivering inside.”Now the little green gremlin is making hay on social media. Yes,

Facebook, we’re talking about you and your endless look-who-likes-who news feed. The advent of Facebook has given social scientists likeJennifer Bevan, Ph.D., an associate professor of communication studies at Chapman University and widely published jealousy expert, a newenvironment in which to study this human behavior. Some of her ownresearch has examined the phenomenon of Facebook “unfriending.” And in her new book, The Communication of Jealousy (Peter Lang Publishing,2013), she offers the first theory that emphasizes how individuals expressjealousy. We asked Bevan to share some of those insights.

One of the first points you make in your newbook is that jealousy is not to be confused with envy. How are they different?

This is a common mistake. Jealousy occurs when you

are in danger of losing a relationship that you already

“possess,” such as when you think that someone is

flirting with your significant other. Jealousy is also

exclusively about the relationships that we have with

others. Envy occurs when we want something that we

don’t have, be it a relationship, an object such as a car

or a house, or even an abstraction or emotion such as

love or freedom.

What are social scientists learning aboutjealousy from watching it play out in social media?

Researchers have identified “Facebook jealousy”

as a form of mediated jealousy that arises from

specific aspects of this popular social network,

including being able to have former romantic partners

or potential rivals as Facebook friends, the public

nature of interactions on Facebook that could induce

jealousy, and the ability to “snoop” on a partner’s

Facebook page to see who they are interacting with.

This snooping, which researchers call surveillance,

is an appealing way to express jealousy via social

media. Social media surveillance has been found to be

a more common and more acceptable way to express

jealousy than other forms of partner surveillance such

as searching through their things or checking their

phone to see who has texted or called.

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I think it definitely can be. Many individuals in our

study reported that they were unfriended by a former

romantic partner or friend, and I suspect that one

motivation in those situations is to prevent jealousy. In

other words, the former friend or romantic partner might

not have wanted to know what their former partner was

doing on Facebook, so they unfriended that individual

to not be jealous, or because they had seen something on

Facebook that may have made them jealous. I am very

interested in linking Facebook jealousy with unfriending

in a future study to examine these possibilities.

Why can jealousy get such a grip on people?

Jealousy can be overwhelming. It involves our thoughts,

emotions, actions and how we communicate, as well as a

variety of physical symptoms such as an increased heart

rate and stomach pain. Most societies frown on jealousy,

too, so people in the grip of it have the added burden

of struggling with cultural expectations.

Can jealousy sometimes be helpful?

Absolutely. Jealousy can be a sign that you really care

about your partner. Most importantly, how jealousy is

expressed to your partner is crucial. Despite its negative

reputation, if jealousy is communicated honestly and

calmly, without anger, violence, or furtiveness, it can

actually enhance a relationship. Or at least not make

things worse!

AskTHE EXPERTS

What’s Jealousy Among ‘Unfriends’?

Jennifer Bevan

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f Huell Howser could have been on Chapman University’s campus Feb. 8 during a celebration of the late host’s California’s Gold legacy, he might have smiled and voiced

one of his trademark phrases — “Amazing!”Nearly 2,000 fans of the legendary broadcaster poured onto the campus for

an open house celebrating the life and work of the man whose folksy charisma charmed generations of public television viewers. Memorial Hall filled with people eager to see longtime cameraman Luis (“Louie”) Fuerte accept an honorary doctorate on Howser’s behalf. A line of admirers snaked across Attallah Piazza to view memorabilia and artifacts from Howser’s working office and personal collection of “found art.” Inside Hutton Sports Center, visitors met some of the memorable folks featured in California’s Goldepisodes and enjoyed treats made famous by Howser, from Pink’s Hot Dogs to Fosselman’s Ice Cream.

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An open house

celebrating the Howser

archive and scholarship

takes its cue from

Huell, spotlighting

the extraordinary

in the everyday.

By Dawn Bonker

THE G LD ALL AROUND US

Longtime cameraman Luis Fuerte accepted Howser’s honorary doctorate.

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CHAPMAN now

Portrait by David Lobenberg

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During his 30-year career, Howserdeflected attention from himself, insteadpointing the camera of Huell HowserProductions at everyday people, whose stories he so enjoyed telling. But the peoplecouldn’t help returning the love.

“It’s such a joy to see so many people wholoved him be here,” said Slater Barron, alsoknown as “The Lint Lady” and the subject ofan episode of Visiting with Huell Howser. Barronchatted with Howser fans and displayed herlatest handiwork — lint crafted to look likesushi. “The best part is we’re sharing about a man who meant so much to us.”

Over the past several years, Howser forgeda bond with Chapman President Jim Doti andthe rest of the Chapman community. He sharedinsights with students and made generousdonations, including an endowed scholarship,

show memorabilia, papers, two houses, hiscollection of art and tapes of all 900 episodes ofCalifornia’s Gold and associated shows (Visiting…With Huell Howser, California’s Missions,California’s Golden Parks and more). His wishwas that the university digitize the episodesand make them available online. Following a yearlong project, Chapman has launchedwww.HuellHowserArchive.com, where thepublic can view Howser’s shows for free.

The open house was both a launch of thearchive and reunion of some of the Californiansprofiled by Howser. Joining Slater were otherCalifornia’s Gold stars, from “The WhistlingDiva” to the founders of The Bunny Museum.

Most of the attendees, though, were the sort of regular folks Howser might have snagged for an interview as he walkedthrough a state park or a sauerkraut factorywith his ubiquitous hand-held microphone.Local optometrist Alex Romero closed hisoffice in Old Towne Orange for two hours

In Memoriam: Huell Howser is recalled for his broadcasting achievements. Page 38

Inaugural Scholar: Meet Mayra Gonzalez, the first California’s Gold honoree. Back cover

to visit and was touched “to look around and see how many people are here, and everyone is very happy. It’s not a sad event.”

Because of a California’s Gold program they saw on efforts to shore up the western bluebirdpopulation, Dick Merritt of Mission Viejo and his wife, Pat, have built and placed 30 bluebirdboxes in Orange County. “How could you not be a Huell Howser fan?” Dick Merritt said as the couple waited in line for Huell Dogs.

Kit Berini of Canoga Park had a shirt made for the occasion, printed with a photo of himself and Howser during a book signing event in 1998.Berini was also inspired to pen a tribute he called“The Teacher.” Berini said it embodied what he took as the underlying message to all Californians:“Love the place you live in, love the people who live in it, and love the life you have.”

What better ode to the legacy of California’s Gold?

Nearly 2,000 fans of Howser waited in line outside Leatherby Libraries to see photos and mementos from his extraordinary life. They also mingled with “stars” of California’sGold in Hutton Sports Center, below, and got a chance to see pieces from Howser’s personal collection of found art in Beckman Hall. Among the attendees were Beverly, left,and Gloria Pink, of Pink’s Famous Chili Dogs, who proclaimed Huell “top dog.”

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Even in an academic

community full of classical

passions, there’ssomething specialabout guitar love.

Story by Dennis Arp

Photos by Jeanine Hill

ATTACHED

Daniel de Arakal ’10 says of his cedar topclassical made by luthier Robert Vincent,

“I protect it, I baby it. Because it is my baby.”

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In the grand arc of a career, all were special, but ultimately each was little more thana dalliance. None compares with the cedar top classical built by Robert Vincent that de Arakal first held in April 2009, when it practically sprang from the wall at Trilogy Guitars in Playa del Rey and landed squarely in the lap of his life.

“Lights went on and the heavens opened up,” de Arakal remembers of the moment. “It was like the words were written: It shall be mine.”

As it was written, so shall it be. For as is known by anyone who becomes passionateabout playing the guitar, there’s no fighting a love that flows clean and pure, from headstockto soundboard, tugging at your heartstrings every fret of the way.

It’s certainly true that all serious musicians develop an attachment to their instruments,whether stringed, brass, woodwind or didgeridoo. However, there seems to be somethingmore profound, more enduring about guitar love. B.B. King felt it so strongly that in 1949,he ran into a burning building to rescue his first Lucille, a $30 Gibson. Willie Nelson didthe same for his Martin N-20 Classical — the one he named Trigger, after Roy Rogers’ horse.

“It’s now part of me,” Nelson has said of the iconic instrument, all battered and tattyfrom four decades of use, the wood actually worn through in one place.

De Arakal, a classical guitarist and adjunct faculty member at Chapman University,understands the sentiment, but he would never let his Vincent fall into such disrepair. “I refuse to let anyone I don’t think is qualified play it,” he said. “I protect it, I baby it.Because it is my baby.”

or Daniel de Arakal ’10,

memory conjures a string

of heartfelt attachments. First

was Veronica, a bass that boldly

welcomed him to a new

adventure. Later came Irene,

a steel-string with a rich,

melodious nature; followed by

Charlotte — ah, yes, Charlotte —

a Fender Stratocaster packing

sonorous power. And who can

forget Carmen, a Cordoba

acoustic with a Spanish cedar

neck, silky to the touch?

Jeff Cogan, director of guitar studies and music technology atChapman, spent two years on a waiting list to get his guitar by legendary French luthier Daniel Friederich.

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A fter playing pop and folk in his teen-age years, de Arakal crossed over toclassical guitar at Chapman, where he played in ensembles that won awards in competition. The Chapman guitar program succeeds, even though like de Arakal many students arrive without classical experience.

How did de Arakal make the transition? Passion, discipline and “a fair amount of butt-kicking by Professor Cogan,” he said.

Jeff Cogan is director of guitar studies and music technology at Chapman’s William D. Hall and Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Conservatory of Music. He has performedthroughout the U.S. and Europe, including for the Spanish master Andres Segovia. In addition, he has adjudicated competitions in Austria and France and directed theGuitar Foundation of America (GFA) international competition.

But his first influence was the Beatles, and when he started playing at age 11 it was with a black-bodied electric he ambitiously converted to a 12-string with help from his dad.

“I loved that (12-string) sound but couldn’t afford a new guitar,” he said. “We got it working, though it didn’t last. I was so sorry to see it go. I wish I still had it.”

Cogan still has 13 guitars, which represent his evolution as an artist. Among them may be his best example of true guitar love — his classical acoustic made in Madrid by

Photo top: Cogan introduced deArakal to classical guitar at Chapman,

where they now both teach in a program that has developed

award-winning ensembles.

Photo right: “It felt right as soon as I picked it up,” Kira Roden ’12

says of her guitar by Spanish luthier Amalio Burguet.

To view an interview withclassical guitarists Jeff Coganand Daniel de Arakal ’10 and

see them perform, visitwww.chapman.edu/magazine.

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luthier Jose Ramirez, featuring Indian rosewood with a cedar soundboard and extra long strings.

“With this style, I think you can build a deeper, morepenetrating sound,” Cogan said. “I immediately loved that guitar.”

Then in 2003, he heard a Daniel Friederich guitar,played by the winner of a GFA competition. His head wasturned, and his ear had wandered. “I loved that sound,” he said. “I had no idea how legendary Friederich was.”

He found out when he got on the list to acquire aFriederich. Sometimes it takes as long as five years to get an instrument made by the French luthier, now in his 80s and only making a few a year. In 2005, Cogan got his new performance guitar, with Indian rosewoodsides and back, but a spruce top. “The same spruce theyuse to box Camembert cheese,” Cogan said with a smile.

It wasn’t a case of mad love at first strum.“At first, it was kind of a thin love,” Cogan said.

“You don’t know what a guitar is capable of until you play it. A new guitar can teach you things about

yourself as an artist. There’s a period of discovery, of questions. You try things. Does this sound better? How about this?”

So began a period of courtship.“Sometimes you may be enthralled at first, and

after a while you might not be as sure,” he said. “Othertimes, it changes to love over time as you relate to theinstrument. If you’ve spent a lot of money, you can getimpatient: ‘What did I do? What did I commit to?’”

Over the years, Cogan’s Friederich “has aged quitenicely,” he said. And so has the love.

“Ultimately, I had to find my voice in this guitar,” he said. “It sounds very good when you learn to coax out its depth.”

Now you might have noticed that guitarists use adifferent naming protocol when they talk about theirclassical instruments. Once de Arakal became a classicalmusician, he stopped naming his guitars after women

and started referring to them by their maker. So it’s now“my Vincent,” or in Cogan’s case, “my Friederich.”

There are other differences, of course. You hear farfewer pop guitarists talk about “the timbral and dynamicpossibilities” of their instrument. But there is also plenty ofoverlap. When they talk about their guitars, both popularand classical players use words like obsession, elegance,allure, grace, power and, yes, love.

And lest you think that this guitar love thing is just a male affectation, we asked guitar performance graduateKira Roden ’12 to talk about “her Burguet,” made bySpanish luthier Amalio Burguet.

“It felt right as soon as I picked it up,” said Roden,who started as a psychology major at Chapman and thenwent on to win awards performing in guitar duos, triosand quartets. “I baby it, I polish it, because I want it tolook its best. And when it gets bumped, it’s a horriblesound. It feels like it hurts you or someone close to you.”

No apology necessary. Because as in life, guitar lovemeans never having to say you’re sorry.

You don’t know what a guitaris capable of until you play it. Anew guitar can teach you thingsabout yourself as an artist. There’sa period of discovery, of questions.You try things. Does this soundbetter? How about this?JEFF COGAN

Junior guard Kimi Takaoka sparked the Panthers to a 21-6 record, averaging 18points per game and earning Capital One Academic All-America honors.

In 2003, the Panthers celebratedan NCAA national title (upperright). As the 10th anniversary of that championship approaches,baseball coach Tom Tereschuk said of the 2003 team, “To dowhat those guys did day in andday out was just a tremendousachievement.”

PANTHER WOMEN LEAD THE WAY

CHAPMAN sports

The women’s basketball team finished the regular season with an eight-game winning streak thatsent them to the postseason tournament with a 20–5 record and the No. 2 seed. A thrilling come-from-behind victory at home over Redlands in the semifinals sent the team to its first SCIAC championship, where the Panthers fell to Cal Lutheran.

Coach Carol Jue’s 200th career coaching victory wasone of several highlights for a team with two players named to

the All-SCIAC First Team. In addition, junior Kimi Takaoka becamejust the third Chapman women’s basketball player in school historyto earn Capital One Academic All-America recognition.

In the pool, the women’s swimming and diving team set six school records — all at the SCIAC Championships at Splash! La Mirada in February. Junior Julie Case became the first Chapman athlete to win an individual SCIACchampionship, taking first in the 1,650-meter freestyle.

The Chapman men’s swimming and diving team also performed well in its first season of varsity competition.Senior Hayden Boal set three school records in the SCIAC Championships.

In basketball, a young men’s team fought through the ups and downs of a 13–12 season — the 20th consecutivewinning campaign under coach Mike Bokosky.

ANNIVERSARY GIFTBaseball team draws inspiration from 2003 national title.

Get the latest on Panther sports at chapmanathletics.com.Become a fan on Facebook and follow @ChapmanSports

on Instagram and Twitter for behind-the-scenes photos, updates and giveaways.

Tom Tereschuk knew what he wasgetting into. The Chapman Universitybaseball team had a tradition of success,and when he was named head coach

in 2003, he faced pressure to win immediately. All coaches should enjoy their first year

so much.Tereschuk and the 2003 Panthers not only

won, they won it all — an NCAA Division IIInational championship. Now, as the 10thanniversary of that title approaches, the Chapmancoach and his players are taking on a newchallenge: rebounding after a year of struggle.

Last season the Panthers fell out of playoffcontention early, finishing 20-20. It was just thesecond time Chapman missed the Division IIIplayoffs in 16 years.

“This is a fresh team, a fresh start and a great group of guys,” says Tereschuk, Chapman’sall-time winningest coach. “Our freshman

recruiting class was really outstanding and ishighly talented.”

The 2013 Panthers don’t have to look far to find inspiration. The 2003 team set thestandard for excellence.

“That team had a tremendous amount ofcharacter,” Tereschuk said. “The biggest thingwas their perseverance and the ‘never say die’attitude. They had a lot of fun, and neverseemed to feel the pressure.”

As the current Panthers face the rigors ofconference play with hopes of returning to theNCAA tournament, they still have a mountainof tradition to lean on, Tereschuk said.

“I’ve always known about Chapman baseballand knew the reputation it had,” he said. “To be the head coach at Chapman is a great honor,and I feel very fortunate. I feel like we’ve done agood job to carry on that tradition and continuethis great program.”

The winter sports season belonged to the Chapman women, who climbed to the upper echelon of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in their first

season as full members. By Ryan Cavinder ’08

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By Dennis ArpWAR STORIES

WHEN AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN ANDREW CARROLL FIRST LAUNCHED AN

ARCHIVE OF LETTERS FROM THE FRONT LINES OF AMERICAN HISTORY, HE

NEVER EXPECTED IT TO GROW 90,000 STRONG. NOW THE MASSIVE COLLECTION,

FULL OF ELOQUENCE AND POIGNANCY, STARTS A NEW LIFE AT CHAPMAN.

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Three months after the bloodiest dayin American history, Antietam stillchafed against the sensibilities of

Civil War nurse Clara Barton. Memorieswere as close as her sleeve, which had been pierced by a bullet as the “Angel ofthe Battlefield” tended one of the 23,000casualties. On Dec. 12, 1862, Bartonbraced for a new conflagration — theUnion’s assault on Fredericksburg, Va. —and as she sat down to rest in a moonlitcamp, surrounded by the sprawling Armyof the Potomac, she couldn’t help butanticipate the next round of bloodletting.

Like so many who have served at thefront lines of American history, she stole amoment of peace and shared her thoughtsin a letter.

“The moon is shining through the softhaze with brightness almost prophetic,” she wrote to her cousin Vira. “For the lasthalf hour I have stood alone in the awfulstillness of its glimmering light gazing upon

the strange sad scene around me striving to say, ‘Thy will Oh God be done.’

“The camp fires blaze with unwantedbrightness, the sentry’s tread is still butquick — the acres of little shelter tents are dark and still as death, no wonder for as I gazed sorrowfully upon them, Ithought I could almost hear the slow flapof the grim messenger’s wings, as one byone he sought and selected his victims for the morning sacrifice. …

“Already the roll of the morningartillery is sounding in my ears. The battle draws near and I must catch one hour’s sleep for tomorrow’s labor.

“Good night darling cousinand Heaven grant you strengthfor your more peaceful and lessterrible but not (less) weary days than mine.

“Yours in love, Clara.”

STAMP OF HISTORYFrom Bunker Hill to Appomattox, Iwo

Jima to Fallujah, the Enola Gay to the USSAbraham Lincoln, the history of America,to an extent both grand and tragic, iswritten across the pages of war. During thecolonists’ fight for independence, thosepages were parchment or linen. On aJapanese POW ship during World War II,Lt. Tommie Kennedy’s farewell message to his parents was scribbled with a stubby pencil on the backs of cherishedphotographs. On a peacekeeping missionin 1996, Major Tom O’Sullivan used anArmy-issue computer to tap out an email to his son, Conor, whose birthday he wasmissing. He apologized for not being ableto shop for a toy. Still, he told Conor, aspecial gift was on its way.

“It is a flag. This flag representsAmerica and makes me proud each time Isee it. When the people here in Bosnia seeit on our uniforms, on our vehicles, orflying above our camps, they know that itrepresents freedom, and, for them, peaceafter many years of war. …

“This flag was flown on the flagpoleover the headquarters of Task Force 4-67Armor, Camp Colt, in the PosavinaCorridor of northern Bosnia-Herzegovina,on 16 September, 1996. It was flown inhonor of you on your seventh birthday.Keep it and honor it always.

“Love, Dad.”

For 15 years, author and historianAndrew Carroll has collected thesewindows to history, amassing more than90,000 letters and emails, representing thethoughts and emotions of service membersin every conflict involving Americantroops. By now, this treasure trove ofwartime correspondence is making a2,700-mile journey from nondescriptstorage units in Washington, D.C.,

to its new home: a restored three-bedroomhouse a few blocks from the Orange campusof Chapman University.

Two bedrooms are being converted to house the letters — some to be stored in a dust-free, temperature-regulated, UV-protected space — with the third bedroomreserved for Carroll. When he’s not on the road doing research or speaking toeducators, he’ll be at his new home,helping students, scholars and others gain insights from an archive that is beingrelaunched the Center for American WarLetters at Chapman University.

The hope is that eventually funds willbe raised to display the most prominentletters in a large exhibition space that will be open to the public year-round,Carroll said.

“I’ve been collecting and maintainingthis archive essentially as a lone volunteer,”Carroll said. “I’m so excited that now, withthe support of the Chapman community,we will have the resources to catalog,digitize and make accessible to people allover the world this archive of war letters.”

Carroll views this moment astransformational for the archive. The90,000-letter figure is really just a roughestimate; the number could well be morethan 100,000. And since he is no archivist,the true scholarly potential of the archive isstill largely untapped. Only a fraction of the

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While serving in Anzio, Italy,in 1944, Pvt. John P. McGrathwrote this letter to a highschool friend, then stuffed it in his backpack. Before he could mail the letter, abullet ripped through it andthe pack. McGrath himselfwas unharmed.

Clara Barton

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letters have been featured in documentariesand publications, including the threecritically acclaimed anthologies Carroll has edited from the archive.

Carroll also wants everyone, butespecially the Chapman community, toknow that the center is actively seekingletters from all eras of Americaninvolvement in wars. When a parent orgrandparent dies, it’s not unusual for lovedones to come across letters stashed in acloset, attic or basement. If those lettersaren’t seen as historically important,sometimes they get tossed into the trash.That’s a tragedy, Carroll said.

“I know there are students at Chapmannow who served in Iraq and Afghanistan,”he said. “I hope the launch of the centeropens the flood gates of new letters, emailsand DVDs, because they deserve to bevalued and protected.”

SHARED JOURNEYChapman theatre professor John

Benitz sees not just historical importancebut human drama in the archive. In 2010,he read an article about the letters inNational Geographic and reached out toCarroll in hopes of developing a play based on the letters. The two hit it off and began collaborating on If All the Sky Were Paper, which premiered three years ago in the Waltmar Theatre on campus.

Benitz was impressed with Carroll, and Carroll was impressed with Chapman.

“I just fell in love with the university,”Carroll said. “There is a great spirit on the campus, and the actors who presentedthe letters in the play showed enormousrespect for the material and a passion for bringing it to the stage.

“It became clear to me that this was the place the letters were meant to be.”

When Carroll suggested the idea of donating the archive to Chapman,Chancellor Daniele Struppa “immediatelygot it,” Carroll said. “Not just for the letters’scholarly value but to honor the sacrificesand memory of those who served, Danielesaid, ‘How do we make this happen?’ That’s what sealed the deal for me.”

Struppa was struck by the universalityof the stories in the letters, as well as theirability to unify those who read them.

“Ours is a very divided society, andthese days we tend to demonize eachother,” he said. “Some of us may be hawksand some may be doves on war. But we all can recognize those who sacrifice greatly for us. And especially within ouruniversity community, we all can find value in studying these living, vibranthistorical documents.”

Struppa sees great potential for thearchive as a teaching tool in a wide rangeof disciplines — history, political science,literature, theatre, peace studies and more.History Professor Jennifer Keene, Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert onWorld War I, has already brought lettersinto her classroom during Carroll’s previousvisits to Chapman.

“The students are blown away,” Keenesaid. “There’s something about seeing actualartifacts. They see how people wrote, thestationary they wrote on. It becomes easierto start re-creating the world in which (the letter writers) lived.”

Next year will mark the centennial of the beginning of World War I, andKeene said that the occasion will offerChapman “a test run” for including thearchive in both a scholarly and publiccommemoration.

The letters add texture and helppersonalize a subject of immensecomplexity, she noted. A centennial

Andrew Carroll shares war letters from the archive with Chapman students during a previous visit to campus. Among the most poignant letters is one written on Adolf Hitler’s personal stationery by an American G.I. who found himself in Hitler’s Berlin apartment just days after the dictator’s suicide. “The paper alone makes the letter valuable,” Carroll says, “but the fact that he wrote about thehorrors of Dachau on Hitler's stationery makes it all the more priceless.”

Letters reprinted with permission of AndrewCarroll and the Center for American WarLetters at Chapman University.

For more information on the center and to learn how to donate letters, visitwww.hereiswhere.org.

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1862MAJOR WILLIAM CHILD

In 1945, 21-year-old Lt. Tommie Kennedy of Maricopa, Calif., scribbled this final letter to his parents on the back of the family photo at left, knowing that he was about to die on a Japanese POW “hell ship.”

symposium, lectures, a traveling exhibit of images and manuscripts, and lessonplans developed for a wide range ofeducators are among the possibilities.

But more than public events, Keenecan’t wait for Chapman students to get their first chance to really dig into the archive.

“We’ll definitely have something to sink our teeth into,” she said.

Equally excited is Professor MarilynHarran, Ph.D., holder of the Stern Chair in Holocaust Education and the foundingdirector of the Rodgers Center forHolocaust Education and the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust MemorialLibrary at Chapman.

Harran sees the center as a catalyst for collaboration.

“At Chapman, we’re developingarchives with great depth, and they mayconnect with each other in ways we don’t even know of yet,” Harran said, citing the Huell Howser California’s Goldcollection as well as the photographs andartifacts of Holocaust survivor and rescuerCurt Lowens.

The war letters archive includes thereflections of soldiers who liberated Nazideath camps. Alongside the testimony of survivors, it’s powerful to present thevoices of service members writing withimmediacy about “something beyond their worst nightmares, something forwhich even combat couldn’t prepare them,”Harran said.

A surgeon with the Fifth Regiment New HampshireVolunteers, Child cared for many of the soldierswounded at Antietam, the bloodiest battle in U.S.history. Overcome by the sheer immensity of theCivil War suffering, Child appealed to his wife andfamily back home for emotional comfort and support.

U.S. General Hospital at Smokestown nearSharpsburg Md.

My Dear Wife:It is now evening. I am very much better than

I have been, but am yet as yellow as an orange.There is nothing of interest here to write unless I give you some of our hospital operations. Howmany patients we have I do not know — probablyfour hundred and fifty certain. The wounds in allparts you can think, but seven tenths of all havesuffered amputation. Many die each day. Some are doing well. No one can begin to estimate theamount of agony after a great battle. We win agreat victory. It goes through the country. Themasses rejoice, but if all could see the thousandsof poor suffering (dying) men their rejoicing wouldturn to weeping. For days our wounded after thelast great battle lay in and about old barns and inthe yards on straw. It was impossible to take careof them all for three or four days — and were not all removed from the barns for three weeks.Now many will recover to live a poor maimed oldsoldier — while others are fast going to the grave.

When I think of the battle of Antietam it seemsso strange. Who permits it? To see or feel that apower is in existence that can and will hurl massesof men against each other in deadly conflict —slaying each other by the thousands — manglingand deforming their fellow men is almostimpossible. But it is so and why we cannot know.

But I must go to bed. I think of you every dayand dream of you every night.

Tell Clinton to be a good boy — be kind to hisma-ma and his sister. You must let him go up tohis grandfather and his grandmother — and UncleHazens. Keep him well clothed this fall and winter— and Kate — kiss her for me. Tell her pa-pa hasnot forgotten his “daughter.” Oh what I would notgive to see you all. Well we will patiently wait. Timewill soon pass away and we shall meet again and Ihope to be able to live in our own happy home. …

Good night. Kiss the babes for me.Write soon and often and tell others to do so. …God preserve us all.

As ever, Wm

Major Child eventually made it home to his familyafter the war.

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Some of the most eloquent letters were writtenduring the Civil War, but contemporary warcorrespondence can be just as moving, Carroll says.

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“Seeing the intersections and thedifferences in memory is like having many threads of one fabric,” Harran added. “When they interweave, it makeshistory real and deep and personal.”

It’s incredibly exciting to have the war letters collection, she noted, “but it’s also exciting to have Andy himself. He is so impassioned about making sure that memory is not lost.”

FROM A LOSS COMES INSPIRATION

Spend any time with Carroll and that passion is apparent. In May, he’llembark on a 50-state tour to promote the center and encourage Americans to donate letters. At the same time, he and Benitz will oversee readings of theletters and performances of their stagecollaboration inspired by the archive.

“This is a labor of love,” Carroll said.“It’s something I want to do for the rest of my life.”

Interestingly, Carroll didn’t come to thatpassion with obvious connections. He hadlittle interest in history growing up, and noone in his immediate family served in themilitary. Then just before Christmas 1989,during his sophomore year as an Englishmajor at Columbia University, Carroll gotthe news from his father that the family’shome had burned down. Among the losses

were cherished letters, including one froma friend who was in Tiananmen Squareduring the Chinese crackdown.

Later when he was sent a letter by anelderly cousin, detailing what he had seenat the Buchenwald concentration camp in1945, Carroll thought about what a tragedyit would be to lose such an account.

“That planted the seed,” he said. In 1998, Carroll was working with the

American Poetry & Literacy Project whenhe became aware that war letters werebeing lost to indifference all across thecountry. So he started spreading the word

The death of Cpl. Carl C.Saunders, who served with theAmerican Expeditionary Force in World War I, was doublytragic; it came just as the war was ending and was theresult not of combat but of aprolonged illness. A Frenchwoman who had cared for the young man put a mother’s care into her message to Cpl. Saunders’ mom.

Vals-les-Bains, FranceDear Madam,

It is a mother who is writing to you, amother who has been with your dear child inhis last days; and it had seemed to me that to tell you a little of his last acts and gesturesmay soften the bitterness of your grief.

His comrades were admirably devoted andcared for him as no nurse would have done.He was for them a little brother, whom theypetted and spoiled to quiet his pain. He wasnever left alone day or night and when theysaw him depart, they wept like children. …

An hour before he left, my husband and I went up to seehim and I kissed hisforehead in hismother’s name, thencut off this lock of hairas a last remembrance,but he noticed nothing.

Well, one thingcertain is that thoughyour son was deprivedof his mother’s care

he did not know the commonplaceness of ahospital bed and so long as he was conscioussaw about him the faces of devoted friends.The chaplain came to see him before he left.

The American authorities had his bodybrought back to the cemetery of Vals-les-Bains, where he rests beside several of his comrades.

When I go to see the graves of my ownfamily, I assure you, Madam, that he will have a visit for his mother’s sake.

If I can be of any service to you I amentirely at your service. With all my sympathies,I am yours,

Mme. J. Armand, Hotel de Paris, Vals-les-Bains, Ardéche

1918MME. J. ARMAND

Red Cross volunteers gather letters from WorldWar I service members beginning the first leg of their journey to Europe.

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The Frank Mt. Pleasant Libraryof Special Collections atChapman includes the WorldWar I letters of Capt. C.Stanley Chapman, the son ofuniversity namesake CharlesC. Chapman. Capt. Chapmanfought in every major battleinvolving U.S. forces.

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Two decades before Richard Luttrell wrote a transcendent

letter that bridged cultures and generations, he was just

another 18-year-old soldier doing a gritty job in the

Vietnamese jungle. In 2010, it was sophomore Matt Gallenstein’s

job to portray Luttrell, and the opportunity “shook me to my

core,” he said.

“I had an overwhelming feeling of empathy for him and

his story,” said Gallenstein ’13, now a Chapman University

senior double-majoring in English and screen acting.

Such is the power of If All the Sky Were Paper, the war

letter-inspired production that premiered three years ago

at Chapman and is now being readied for performances

nationally. Chapman theatre professor John Benitz worked

with Andrew Carroll to develop the play and has directed

each production. When Benitz uses terms like “life-

changing impact,” it’s clear he’s not exaggerating.

“The experience has given me more of a

recognition that life is sacred,” he said. “And

there’s a dignity to service that I wasn’t aware

of before.”

If All the Sky Were Paper tells the stories of

service members and others affected by war

as seen through their eyes and captured in their

letters. The play, written by Carroll based on

his New York Times best sellers War Letters

and Behind the Lines, premiered in 2010 at

Chapman’s Waltmar Theatre and was performed

there again in 2012.

The play was also selected for performance at the Los Angeles

Theatre Center as part of the Kennedy Center American College

Theater Festival.

Katie Gunderson ’11 played multiple roles in the first

production and developed a deep connection with the character

of Mrs. Myatt. In 1940, the Englishwoman and her husband

sent their 9-year-old daughter, Beryl, to live with relatives in

Canada to keep her safe from the German Blitzkrieg. The parents

mailed two letters to Beryl so they would be waiting for the

child when she arrived in Winnipeg.

But as Mrs. Myatt wrote the second missive, Beryl was

already dead, one of 89 children who perished when the

passenger ship City of Benares was torpedoed by a

German U-boat and sank in the north Atlantic.

Determined to honor Mrs. Myatt with her

portrayal, Gunderson dived into background

research on the family and the World War II

practice of evacuating children overseas.

“She learned things about the story that

I didn’t know,” Carroll noted. Among

her finds was the form letter the

British government sent to the Myatts,

telling them of Beryl’s passing.

“It was so curt,” Gunderson said.

“It shows that death was at everyone’s

doorstep.”

Even with all her research,

Gunderson couldn’t hope to fully

IMPACT OF ‘SKY’ WITHOUT LIMITS

Matt Gallenstein ’13, center, and KatieGunderson ’11, in photo below, say thatperforming in If All the Sky Were Paper washugely rewarding. Pictured with Gallenstein are Elyse Russell ’12 and Conor Brown ’12.

Luttrell wrote this heartfeltletter of reconciliation to asoldier he killed in combatin the Vietnamese jungle in1967. He left the letter at theVietnam Veterans Memorialin Washington, D.C.,alongside a photo of thesoldier and his daughter.Luttrell had carried the photo for 22 years.

Dear Sir,For twenty two years I have carried your

picture in my wallet. I was only eighteen yearsold that day that we faced one another on thattrail in Chu Lai, Vietnam. Why you did not takemy life I’ll never know. You stared at me for solong armed with your AK-47 and yet you didnot fire. Forgive me for taking your life, I wasreacting just the way I was trained, to kill V.C. or gooks, hell you weren’t even consideredhuman, just gook/target, one in the same.

Since that day in 1967 I have grown agreat deal and have a great deal of respect for life and other peoples of the world.

So many times over the years I have staredat your picture and your daughter, I suspect.Each time my heart and guts would burn withthe pain of guilt. I have two daughters myselfnow. One is twenty. The other one is twentytwo, and (God) has blessed me with twogranddaughters, ages one and four.

Today I visit the Vietnam VeteransMemorial in D.C. I have wanted to comehere for several years now to say goodbyeto many of my former comrades.

Somehow I hope and believe they will know I’m here. I truly loved many of them as I am sure you loved many of your former comrades.

As of today we are no longer enemies.I perceive you as a brave soldier defendinghis homeland. Above all else, I can now

respect the importance that life held for you. Isuppose that is why I am able to be here today.

As I leave here today I leave your picture and this letter. It is time for me to continue the life process and release my pain and guilt.Forgive me Sir, I shall try to live my life to the fullest, an opportunity that you and manyothers were denied.

I’ll sign off now Sir, so until we chance to meet again in another time and place, rest in peace.

Respectfully, Richard A. Luttrell, 101st Airborne Div.

1989RICHARD LUTTRELL

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grasp the sense of loss Mrs. Myatt experienced. “But I was honored to give her a

voice,” she said.

Gunderson’s father was a Navy SEAL, and during her childhood in Oregon he

tended to downplay his service, she said. However, since performing in If All the

Sky Were Paper, “I’m constantly reminded of how thankful I am for him,” she said.

“And I never see service members without thanking them for their service.”

For Gallenstein, the experience of playing a Vietnam veteran in search of peace

and reconciliation was an enormous challenge. Like Gunderson, he found that

research brought insights.

He read accounts and watched footage that documented the journey of Luttrell,

who in 1967 killed a Viet Cong soldier, then found and kept a photo the man had in

his pocket. The photo was of the soldier and his daughter. Luttrell stashed the picture

in his wallet, where it stayed for 22 years, until Luttrell left it along with a letter at

the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The letter is to the Vietnamese soldier he killed. It speaks of the guilt and pain

Luttrell carried with him for decades and of his need to close the chapter and get

on with his life. That letter accompanies this story.

The photo and letter were found by the National Park Service and included

in a publication called Offerings at the Wall. When Luttrell saw the book in 1996,

the pain of memory was so strong that he knew his journey wasn’t finished.

He had to try to return the photo to the daughter of the slain soldier.

With embassy help, Luttrell persuaded newspapers in Hanoi to publish the

photograph alongside an article, and against all odds in a nation of 80 million,

the woman in the photograph saw the story. Several days later Luttrell received

her translated message, in which she was identified only as Lan.

“Dear Mr. Richard, the child that you have taken care of, or through the

picture, for over 30 years, she becomes adult now, and she has spent so much

sufferance in her childhood by the missing of her father. I hope you will bring

the joy and happiness to my family.”

Luttrell immediately asked if he could visit Lan in Vietnam, and she agreed.

So in March 2000, Richard Lutrell completed his journey. When the two met,

Lan burst into tears and embraced Luttrell. “I’m so sorry,” he said, his own

tears flowing.

Lan offered her forgiveness, and the photo now sits on a small altar in her home.

Three years after he first portrayed Luttrell and read his letter on stage, Gallenstein

is still moved by the experience.

“As an actor, you try to inhabit the character and believe what he believes,” he said.

As he prepares to pursue a career in acting, Gallenstein is faced with a new

challenge: finding opportunities as powerful and meaningful as his roles in If All the

Sky Were Paper.

“There was definitely a feeling in the air,” he said. “We felt a singularity of purpose.

I’ll always be connected to that.”

WHAT: A staged reading of notablecorrespondence from the Center for American War Letters at Chapman University

WHEN: Wednesday, May 22WHERE: Brentwood Theatre

in Los Angeles

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A READING OF LETTERS

MORE INFORMATION: Email warletters@chapman.edu or call (714) 744-7055

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In this letter from Vietnam to his wife, Joyce, Allen shared emotions he could not express to anyone else.

July 10Dearest Wife,

There are many times while I am out in the field that I really feel the need to talk to you. Not so much about us but what I have on my mind. … Many times like tonight— I am out on ambush with eleven men & a medic — after everything is set up andin position I have nothing to do but lay there and think. … Why I have to watch a mandie or get wounded — why I have to be the one to tell someone to do something thatmay get him blown away — have I done everything I can do to make sure we can’t gethit by surprise — are we really covered from all directions — how many men should I let sleep at a time? …

Babes, I don’t know what the answer is. Being a good platoon leader is a lonelyjob. I don’t want to really get to know anybody over here because it would be badenough to lose a man — I damn sure don’t want to lose a friend. … But as hard as I try not to get involved with my men I still can’t help liking them and getting close to a few. … Some letter, huh! I don’t know if I have one sentence in the whole thing. I just started writing.

July 11It got so dark I had to stop last

night. … Writing like that doesn’treally do that much good becauseyou aren’t here to answer me ordiscuss something. I guess it helps a little though because you are theonly one I would say these thingsto. Maybe sometime I’ll even try totell you how scared I have been oram now. … If I had prayed beforeor was religious enough to feel likeI should — or had the right to praynow I probably would say oneevery night that I will see the sunagain the next morning & will get

back home to you. Sometimes I reallywonder how I will make it. My luck is running way too good right now. I just hope it lasts.

I have already written things I had never planned to write because I don’t want youto worry about me anyway. Don’t worry about what I have said these are just things Ithink about sometimes. I am so healthy I can’t get a day out of the field and you knowI’m too damn mean to die. Now I better close for now & try to catch a few Z’s. It willbe another long night.

Sorry I haven’t written more but the weather is against me. You can’t write out here when it rains hour after hour. I love you with all my heart.

All my love always,Dean

Soon after sending the letter, Allen, a recipient of the Bronze Star, Air Medal and Purple Heart, stepped on a landmine during a search-and-destroy mission. He died of his injuries.

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of the need for an archive, including tosyndicated columnist Dear Abby, who rallied her readers to the cause.

“I thought we’d get a couple of hundred letters and move on,” he said.

Instead, he got 15,000 — both originalsand copies. He started giving talks atveterans’ halls and military bases, leading todocumentaries on the History Channel andPBS, a Time magazine cover, and eventuallyCarroll’s best-selling book War Letters:Extraordinary Correspondence from AmericanWars. What he then dubbed the LegacyProject was off and running.

In more recent years, he has also traveledto dozens of countries on five continents in search of more war correspondence, the best of which he has detailed in twosubsequent anthologies.

Meeting veterans and championing the cause of preservation have inspiredCarroll, but no more so than the lettersthemselves. He has spent countless hoursreading them, finding that in addition to the details of everyday life, they are full of eloquence, selflessness and even humorunder the most trying of circumstances.

“I had no idea the extent of the sacrificetroops make during wartime,” he said. “It goes beyond injury and casualties. It’s about not being there when a child isborn; it’s about the stress on relationships;it’s about the psychological impact of seeing horrific things.”

With the archive at more than 90,000letters, it’s easy to imagine that all of thepowerful stories already have been told. Not so, Carroll said.

“Every time I think we’ve exhausted the subject matter of love, fear, courage,someone sends me a letter that’s unlike any I’ve read before.”

And what has him most excited is hisexpectation that this new chapter in thearchive’s history will be its most vibrant.

“I really feel like we’ve just scratched the surface of what’s out there and what’spossible,” he said.

Continued from page 25

Read more letters from the archive at www.chapman.edu/magazine.

How has war correspondence evolved over the sweep of U.S. history? Andrew Carroll offers insights atwww.chapman.edu/magazine.

1969 DEAN ALLEN

1918 LEWIS PLUSH

During World War I, the airplane was a brand new tool ofwarfare, and many young aviators struggled to becomecombat pilots. Lt. Lewis Plush was a first-class pilot, earningthe Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism in aerialcombat. But others he tried to teach weren’t so skillful. On Feb. 10, 1918, Plush wrote the following letter fromFrance to his parents in Pomona, Calif., finding humor in some of the struggles suffered by trainees.

Dear Father and Mother,

I just came in from the flying field where several of thecadets are taking their first solo flight. The first trip alone is always a great event and furnished plenty of thrills andamusements for the others on the field.One fellow, in taking his first flight alone, had great

difficulty in making a landing. He circled around once andtried to land. He missed the field by a quarter of a mile. Hemade another circle and tried it again. This time the field wasso crowded with machines that he was afraid to try it. Thenext time he dove at the ground at a steep angle, hit on hiswheels and bounced up in the air about fifty feet. He openedthe throttle and made another circle. We thought perhaps we would have to shoot him down to keep him from starving to death up in the air. He made three or four more attemptsand finally made a good landing. We found out afterwardsthat he had run out of gasoline and had to come down.Since this incident took place, I have heard rumors of

a very important invention. It is military information of astrictly confidential nature. I have been unable to secure anydetailed information, but this much I know, according to therumors: a biscuit gunis being designed to shoot biscuits to starving aviators who are unable to land.You know what happens when an auto gets loose by

itself and goes tearing down a street or jumping sidewalks?Well, try to imagine what a runaway airplane can do. Such a thing happened near here some time ago.Engine trouble forced the pilot to make a forced landing

near a little village where airplanes are an unusual sight. Thewhole populace turned out to welcome the American visitor.The pilot repaired his engine and picked out half a dozensturdy peasants to hold the plane while he started theengine. He forgot and left the throttle about half open. The engine started with a bang and roar. The peasants ran for their life and left the plane to take care of itself. The plane chased the pilot. Then the pilot chased the plane.It performed remarkable feats all by itself. It started directlyfor a group of frightened peasants, swerved to one side,chased a dog for a hundred yards, jumped a ditch, andstarted up in the air. It banked to one side and barely missed a corner of a stone wall and smashed squarely into a largetree. An airplane without a driver can never be trusted. It is apt to do almost anything. Funny incidents and incidents that ar not so funny

happen on the field every day.

With love, Lewis C. PlushU.S. Air ServiceAmerican Expeditionary Force,France, Via New York

2003 SHARON MCBRIDE

The daughter of a Vietnam veteran who was killed on active duty, Sharon McBridejoined the U.S. Army herself to repay the military for covering her college expensesand taking care of her. (McBride was 3 when her father died.) After spending 14 months in the Middle East in support of both Operation Enduring Freedom andOperaiton Iraqi Freedom, Staff Sgt. McBride returned to the U.S. and was assignedto Fort Richardson, Alaska. There, she faced a new challenge: pregnancy and the probability of raising the child alone, because she and the child’s father hadseparated. Two months before her daughter was born, McBride wrote this letter.

Dear Baby:As you grow inside me, I have been thinking more and more of what it means

to be a mommy in the U.S. Army.Let me be the first to tell you, though, that we have a rough road ahead of us,

kiddo. The life of a soldier isn’t an easy one. Already in the seven years that I’ve been in the Army I’ve spent a lot of time away from home. It’s very rare that I get tospend holidays with my family. And more and more I see my friends and comradesdeparting on deployments tht send them far away from the families for extendedlengths of time. And I have a feeling that life isn’t going to get any easier, sweetie.And although we have been given a reprieve of sorts, I have a feeling it won’t be

too long after you are born that I, too, will be asked to go away — again.It seems, my dear, that there are too many nasty people in this world that feel

like they need to oppress, suffocate and stamp out human pride and freedom amongtheir fellow man.Why, sweetie? I don’t know. But these men seem to be everywhere. Every day

when I turn on the news, there’s a different man in a different part of the world who’s making life unbearable for others.As a soldier, I have given my word that if the call comes for me to do my part

in making the world a better place to live, I’ll go. No hesitation. No questions asked. That call was a lot easier to answer when I didn’t have you — when I just had

myself to think about. Now, as a future parent, I can see why some single mommieschoose to get out of the Army, but my resolve is true.I know, baby, this is going to be hard for you to understand. You’re going to

want your mommy and she’ll be far, far away.I’m going to miss a lot of important things — perhaps many of your firsts:

birthdays, holidays, you know, all the good stuff. But I am a soldier. It’s a professionthat few choose, but one that the many don’t hesitate to call when there’s trouble to be fixed. That’s our job, our mission in life: to help others that can’t seem to help themselves. But take comfort in the fact that there are going to be other children that will

not only be missing their mommies but daddies too. Many families have gone downthis road before us. … So if they can do it, surely we can do it too. While we are together, though, I promise to hold you a bit longer, read the story

about the purple dinosaur as many times as you want, fix your favorite food fordinner, kiss you a lot, hold your hand and take as many photos of you as possible.Memories of these things have to sustain us while we are apart.Just take heart that being an Army baby won’t be all bad. There will be sweets

to go with the sour. You’ll get to travel and see other cultures that other kids won’tget to see. There will always be food on the table and clothes on your back. If youget sick, you will always have medicine to make you feel better Some children in the world don’t even have shoes. I know, because I’ve seen them.So, as you grow stronger and bigger inside me, I can only hope and pray that

you remember the lessons I will teach while we are together and that they will helpyou when we are apart: Always share your cookies, never call names, remember to say “I’m sorry” if you are wrong, wash behind your ears and brush your teeth, and say “I love you” every chance you get.Lastly, don’t forget to pray for Mommy and the other parents that often have to

be far away from their little ones. We don’t want to leave, but sometimes duty calls.

Love Forever, Mommy

On Feb. 6, 2004, McBride gave birth to a healthy 8-pound, 12-ounce girl, whom she named Lyssa Bree. Two years later, McBride received orders to deploy overseasonce again.

Following is his mother’s letter.

Today is May 30, 2005, Memorial Day. You have been gone for almost 7 months. Sometimes I still don’t believe it. I never really understood what Memorial Day was until this weekend. I wasbrowsing through the mall and felt so angry that the stores weretaking advantage of this holiday to push their sales. I wish I was still naïve and could celebrate as though it were a “holiday weekend.” I will never look at this weekend the same. Today I share in the griefthat many other families have known since losing someone they lovefighting for their country. Your name has been added to the Garden of Remembrance in Seattle. There are many more than 8,000 nameslisted on this wall since WWII. I am very proud to see your name instone among so many other American Heroes. I want you to know that seeing your name in stone will never replace the real memories I have of you. I will always miss your crooked smile, your red cheeksand freckles, your smell and most of all I will miss never being able to hug you again.Since you have been gone I have been in contact with some of

your fellow Marines. Your friend Derrick has adopted your father and I to be grandparents of his wonderful boys. Derrick and his wife had a baby boy on February 16, 2005. They thought so much of you thatthey now have a Nathan of their own. We will enjoy watching Nathanand his big brother Trent grow up. Jacob and his wife Priscilla willsoon be having a child of their own. Garret too is doing well. Hisparents call us often to see how we are doing.Anne Larson, Nick’s mother, and I email often. She too is taking

the loss of her son just as hard. We do take some comfort knowingthat you and Nick died together. I have recently been in contact withMichael’s mother, Karen. I am hoping that someday we can all gettogether to share memories of our brave sons.Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you. I never knew that

love could hurt so much. There are so many things that spark amemory of you — a song, a boy in a baseball cap and baggy pants, a skateboarder. I wish I could spend another summer at the cabin with you. I know that when you were there you were in heaven. When I think of you now I know that you are on the lake fishing with your friends and I know that someday I can join you. Until then, little man, I love you and I hold you close to my heart.

Love, Mom

Nathan’s father wrote the following:

To my son, my hero, Nathan R. Wood,

With memories of a little boy who brought me such happinessplaying in the yard with his dog, playing catch in the back yard and trying his best to help his father in anyway he could.To the little boy who wore my shoes and gloves that were

five times the size of his own hands and feet trying to be like me.One who would ride with me in the mountains of Montana on mymotorcycle and spend all day with me just being happy to be inthose mountains and do a little fishing and talking.As you got older, into your teens I lost you because I couldn’t

seem to remember what it was like to be a teenager and we grewapart. You became your own man and became a Marine. On thatday of graduation at MCRD I felt so proud of you, you made it and you knew you would, you were a true Marine.As I told you on the phone while you were in Iraq, it is strange

how the farther away you are the closer that we seem to be getting. Ilonged for the day that you would come back home so that we couldstart again and be close once again but that day will never come.Today as we stand in front of this memorial wall with your

name etched into it, I feel a great emptiness inside knowing that I will never get to tell you I love you and to thank you for all thatyou have done. You have given the greatest sacrifice for yourfamily and your country. You have given more in your short lifethan I will ever be able to give in my entire lifetime and that, son,is why you are my hero.When I see the pain and loss in your mother since your

passing I would gladly change places with you so that she couldhug you and smile once more. I will never forget you and I hopethat you are in a better place. I miss you.

Dad

2005 DEETTE AND REX WOOD

U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Nathan Wood, 19, was shot and killed in November 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq, where he was conducting a door-to-doorsweep through an apartment complex. On the first Memorial Day after the young man’s death, both of his parents wrote letters to their late son after visiting the Garden of Remembrance in Seattle.

Every armed conflict packs plenty ofhuman drama, but for Americansthere seems to be something deeper

and more resonant about the stories thatconnect them to the Civil War. Even thepenmanship in soldiers’ letters of that eraappears to carry more gravitas.

However, best-selling author andhistorian Andrew Carroll takes exceptionwith this perception. He contends that no particular war has a copyright onpoignancy or eloquence.

“Fighting has gone from hand-to-handduring the Revolutionary War to door-to-door in the Iraq War, but the emotions aresimilar for the combatants,” said Carroll,who directs the Center for American WarLetters at Chapman University. “There’s afeeling that the writings from Afghanistanor Iraq are just emails, so they can’t be thatsignificant. We want people to know thattheir thoughts and concerns — theirwritings — are just as important now as in 1861 or during any period of conflict in American history.”

In the 15 years since he startedcompiling an archive of letters from everywar involving U.S. troops, Carroll hasdiscovered some universal truths aboutwartime correspondence. For instance, hesays, most of what’s written isn’t dramaticprose or lyrical poetry; it’s far moremundane. Still,there’s plenty for historians topore over in thechronicles ofeveryday lifeduring wartime.

Anotherwartime truth: Even during themost harrowing ofcampaigns, manyservice members findhumor in their experiences. Like theAmerican Navy pilot flying combatmissions over Afghanistan in 2002 whoconsidered the various options for bladder

relief at 32,000 feet. The possibility ofwearing Depends was quickly dismissed,he said.

“We were all in agreement that theimage of a downed Navy fighter pilot inAfghanistan paraded in front of the camerasof CNN wearing diapers would only serveto heighten the fighting spirit and resolveof the Taliban and Al Qaida,” he wrote in

an email to his family. Then there’s the

World War II soldierwhose lettersconsistently arrivedhome with largesections snippedfrom the pages.Carroll assumedthat the Army hadcut out sensitivematerial — until

he interviewed the brother of the G.I.It turns out that the soldier really didn’tlike to pen letters but still wanted credit for writing. So he’d compose a greeting anda goodbye, then excise everything in themiddle, as if he were the victim of censors.

One thing that has changed over theyears is the technology of communication.Carroll says he collects lots of electronicmessages these days, and he’s happy to get them in any format possible. During a visit to Iraq, he was given a DVD full of a soldier’s writings, which he was thrilled to receive. Still, he couldn’t helpthinking about the enduring qualities ofhandwritten letters.

“Ten years from now, no one will beable to play that DVD, and it will have to be converted to whatever the newtechnology is,” he said. “Meanwhile lettersfrom 1861 are just as accessible as the daythey were written.”

Happily for Carroll, some servicemembers do still handwrite letters. Duringa visit to Kuwait, he came across one suchsoldier, who said that this is actually thebest time to write letters, precisely becausethere are so many other choices.

“He said that it means even more to therecipient when you do write a letter,” Carrollrelated. “That’s the message he wanted tosend to his mom — that she’s so important tohim that he would take the time and effort.”

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE …THOUGH THE TECHNOLOGY OF WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUES TO

ADVANCE, THE SUBJECT MATTER AND SENTIMENTS BRIDGE GENERATIONS,

ANDREW CARROLL SAYS.

of the letters about a dozen times now, and they still give me

goose bumps.

Perhaps the most visually arresting letter in the archive is the

one Pvt. John P. McGrath wrote in Anzio, Italy, in 1944. Before

he could mail the letter, a bullet ripped through it, leaving a hole

and singe marks. But while the letter is unmistakably striking,

when the creative artists at Noelle Marketing Group, our page-

design partners, used it to create a cover, the impact wasn’t as

strong as we had hoped. We used the image of the letter on

the first page of our spread inside the magazine, but for the

cover we needed to regroup and search out

other alternatives.Noelle’s Kris Elftmann and I started scouring

online photo libraries and other sites by thehundreds, seeking images of service members in the field, preferably reading or writing letters.To our surprise, we found a host of choices,several of which we turned into mock covers.

The team that ultimately chooses the Chapman

Magazine cover includes Sheryl Bourgeois, executivevice president for University Advancement; MarkWoodland, vice president of Strategic Marketingand Communications; and Mary Platt, director of Communications and Media Relations. We allagreed that one cover stood out.

It shows a lone World War I soldier at theedge of a bunker, rifle at his side, pen and paper in his hands,knees pulled up to provide a writing desk of sorts. For me, thephoto captures the stark existence of the frontline service memberas he steals a precious moment to reconnect with loved ones and a life he hopes one day will be his again.

In many ways, the image couldn’t be more different from thatof the underwater dog. Instead of the bright blue of the water,there is the gray of the bunker; ethereal exuberance is replaced by the weight of history. But we think this cover is just ascompelling and impactful, if not more so.

What do you think? Please share your own reflections byemailing magazine@chapman.edu. And we look forward tokeeping this conversation going as we launch new issues ofChapman Magazine.

Perhaps you remember the cover in question. It shows agangly black Lab plunging into a swimming pool, lookingotherworldly underwater, eyes as big as quarters, nose

seemingly headed straight for your face. Around here it’s knownsimply as “the underwater dog cover,” and for us it’s a point ofdemarcation. With that fall 2012 issue, we dived into a newdynamic that now guides us as we choose a cover for each issue.

That shot was captured by Chapman University alumnus

Seth Casteel ’03, whom we profiled in the fall issue. Casteel

made an international splash in February 2012, when his series

of underwater dog photos so captivated Web

users that the images went viral overnight.

Chapman Magazine readers were just as taken,

as the magazine traveled far outside the

university community, and the cover image

was posted on blogs and Facebook pages,

with hard copies taped in windows and

pinned to cubicle walls. A star — and a style

— were born.

Since then, we have labored to unearth a

single image with similar impact to display

on each of our covers. We look for a photo so

distinctive and compelling that it requires no

cover headline or description; something that

demands readers’ attention, all but daring

them not to open the magazine to see what’s

inside. We acknowledge that it’s a rather quixotic quest, but we

pursue it with all the buoyant zeal of that soggy black Lab. Sink

or swim, we are motivated by him and we owe it to Chapman

Magazine readers to invest our best efforts.

For the spring 2013 issue, we wanted the cover shot to link

with our eight-page feature spread on the new Center for American

War Letters at Chapman. Over the past 15 years, historian and

author Andrew Carroll has amassed an archive of more than 90,000

letters representing every conflict in U.S. history that has involved

American troops.

After interviewing Carroll and reading the letters in his three

books compiled from the archive, I became particularly attached

to the content and determined to make sure that our magazine

stories and images did justice to the new center. I’ve read some

INSIDE THE QUEST FOR A COMPELLING COVER

By Dennis Arp • Editor, Chapman Magazine

YOU KNOW THAT EXPRESSION ABOUT THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG?

WELL, THESE DAYS AT CHAPMAN MAGAZINE, WE ARE BEING WAGGED BY A DOGGEDLY

MEMORABLE COVER, AND TRUTH BE TOLD WE WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

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The Aylesford Skull (Titan Books)

James Blaylock, professor of English

One of the founding fathers of thesteampunk movement releases a new novel featuring the famous ProfessorLangdon St. Ives, brilliant but eccentricscientist and explorer. In the story, a steam launch is taken by pirates and the professor encounters an old nemesis,the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo.

The Gospels of the Marginalized(Cascade Books)

Marvin Meyer, Ph.D., Griset Chair in Bible and Christian Studies

This work by Meyer, who passed away Aug. 16, provides an exciting new study of three of the most maligned figures in the New Testament story of Jesus: Thomas,Mary Magdalene and Judas Iscariot. Thebook uses the Gospels of Thomas, Mary,

and Judas to reexamine their place in the Jesus movement.

Presidents and the American Presidency (Oxford University Press)

Lori Cox Han, Ph.D., professor of political science

Here the focus is on the study of the presidency through anexploration of both the political institution and the men who have held the office. The book moves beyond purely theoreticalanalysis to examine the real-life, day-to-day responsibilities andchallenges that go with the job.

Contexts & Choices: A Guide toPractical Writing (Kendall Hunt Publishing)

Doug Sweet, director of undergraduate writing,Department of English

Especially in this challenging economy,students need to find an edge on thecompetition. Effective business writing is crucial to success. This textbook offerspractical advice on how to effectively write for business.

The Big Drop: Homecoming (Black Hill Press)

Ryan Gattis, adjunct professor of English

After killing a yakuza in self-defense, an ex-military translator owes a debt that is payable only one way: by taking the dead man’s placesearching for a missing woman in Little Tokyo. Fusing gritty yakuzaaction with elements of classic noir, the novel smashes Johnny Baninto a rarely explored corner of L.A., sending him in search of hislong-buried Americanness and his first love — a Japanese woman up to her neck in trouble.

Health Communication in the 21st Century (Wiley-Blackwell)

Lisa Sparks, Ph.D., professor and director,Health and Strategic Communications Program

This text is revised and updated in a secondedition that incorporates recent research and boasts new material on topics such as crisis communication, social disparities in health and systemic reform.

The Communication of Jealousy (Peter Lang Publishing Group)

Jennifer Bevan, Ph.D., associate professor of communication studies

Much of the focus here is on jealousy research, taking an academicapproach to consider jealousy from an interpersonal communicationperspective. The book develops a theory that advances the state of jealousy expression research.

Voces Shiwilu: 400 Años de ResistenciaLingüística en Jeberos (PCUP – Fondo Editorial)

Pilar Valenzuela, Ph.D., associate professor of languages

Exploring the history of the Shiwilu peoplefrom Western Amazonia, from their firstencounter with the Spaniards to the present,Valenzuela seeks to understand the causesthat led to the almost complete displacementof their native language in favor of Spanish.

The book contains the first published texts in the Shiwilu language.

Communication for Families in Crisis (Peter Lang Publishing Group)

Fran C. Dickson, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Communication Studies

In this first book-length work to address effective family communicationduring times of crisis, leading researchers provide in-depth discussionsof communication theory, exploring specific scientific analysis offamilies in crisis.

From Moscow to Beirut: The Adventures of a Foreign Correspondent (Chapman University Press)

David C. Henley, Chapman University trustee

After serving as a journalist and foreigncorrespondent for more than 60 years,Henley shares some of his favoriteexperiences. Pulitzer Prize-winningphotojournalist David Hume Kennerly calls the book a “Raiders of the Lost Ark

class of adventure story.” Among Henley’s exploits: being roughed up by bodyguards of a military coup leader in Fiji, getting tossed out of a Moscow reception after knocking over a tray of drinks nearSoviet leader Nikolai Bulganin, and narrowly escaping injury or death while walking in a minefield on the Israeli-Egyptian border.

B O O K S H E L FCU

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By Scott Martelle

A NEW CLASSOF CREATORS

Scott Martelle, a Chapman journalism instructor, is the author most recently of Detroit: A Biography.

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Remember, by now we were all supposed to be flying around with our own jetpacks.

Predicting the future is, at best, a fool’sgame, but that doesn’t mean we don’t still try to do it. And we live with the consequences.

But predicting our future jobs carries extraweight, and extra risk. When I first startedworking on newspapers in the mid-1970s,nothing seemed more stable. In fact, it seemedstable right up until a few months before my Los Angeles Times staff writing job was cut (alongwith a few hundred others) five years ago as thenewspaper industry crashed. Steelworkers inPittsburgh and autoworkers in Detroit sufferedthrough similar jolts, as did Southern Californiadefense industry workers in the 1990s.

So while we’re distracted by the fast-shiftingtechnology of the day, the jobs and careers that look stable now might not be so stable in 10 years. Key to thriving amid that kind of uncertainty is to recognize that technology is the ever-progressing tool through which we will do our jobs. If Iwere writing this articlewhen I first started outas a journalist, I’d betyping it on a Royalupright with sticky andclattering keys. Instead,I’m writing it on alaptop from notes keptin electronic files. Inanother 20 years,maybe the piece will type itself just by me thinking up the sentences, no keystrokes needed.

But in the end, it’s still a story. And dataanalysis by a graduate from the Argyros Schoolof Business and Economics is still data analysis.An animated short at Dodge College of Film andMedia Arts is still an animated short, and a legalbrief drawn up by a School of Law graduate is alegal brief. They will just get done with different,and newer, tools, fresher knowledge, and basedon fast-evolving changes in industry standards.

So what are the jobs of the future? Thefederal Bureau of Labor Statistics points to

office and administrative support workers as the likely largest pool, followed closely by salespeople, health care workers and food preparers— a mark of the evolving service economy.

But there also will be opportunities for morespecialized workers. New consumer technologydevices will be imagined and created bydesigners and engineers. Entrepreneurs will continue to strike out on their own with fresh concepts. There will be increaseddemand for architects and engineers, educatorsand restaurateurs, communications experts and lawyers.

Reality, though, trumps prognostication.“Very often you may project something, but

that projected thing doesn’t quite happen theway you thought it would happen,” says JoelKotkin, Distinguished Presidential Fellow inUrban Futures at Chapman University andauthor of The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050. “If you look at demographics today,who would have predicted the major drop off in immigration from Mexico?”

Specific careersrequire specific skills,but the tools of a giventrade change rapidly. Fiveyears ago, few foresaw 3-D printers that canchurn out plastic modelsof computer-designedproducts. Yet they are agrowing part of today’stechnology world.

So how does a Chapman student, or a recent Chapman graduate, position for thefuture? What education best prepares someonefor a career that could morph in an instant?Academics across a spectrum of specializationspoint to general attributes that will be crucial to thriving in a fast-changing work world,including: flexibility; curiosity; understandinghow things work, from statistics to softwareprograms; and a broad foundation ofknowledge, including history. It’s hard to see the future without understanding how the present came to be.

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“What’s really important is thatcuriosity and imagination are rooted in anunderstanding of things,” says Kotkin, whoteaches an honors course called “History ofthe Future.” “In the class, people will comeup with ideas, but they’re not rooted in anykind of reality. There’s a difference betweenfantasy and educated prognostication. Thebiggest deficiency of kids coming out ofhigh school and even college today is theirlack of basic historical understanding.”

In entertainment law, attorneys mustboth understand the fast-evolvingtechnology and sense how new formatsmight affect old rights issues, says Kathy

Z. Heller, executive director of Chapman’sEntertainment Law program.

“They need to be able to understandwhat their clients are doing, and they needto be able to foresee the future,” Hellersays. “They need to see what the clientdoesn’t know could happen.”

At the same time, evolution inentertainment means evolution in lawpractices. “Often you create a job,” Hellersays, adding that a few years ago the videogame music industry barely existed.

To succeed, lawyers need an intimateunderstanding of the business itself, whichHeller says the Entertainment Law program

does through an initiative in which studentlawyers work directly with filmmakers insecuring rights and other legal aspects of film production.

“The law doesn’t change as fast as the technology does,” Heller says. Futurelawyers “need to be able to represent” clients“but protect them, as well. Those lawsdon’t change, but the way you implementthem for clients requires foresight.”

Similarly, those entering business andfinance need a grounding in how thoseworlds work, but to thrive they needflexibility and vision to take advantage ofwhat Argyros School Dean Reggie Gilyardcalls “opportunity in times of ambiguity.”Whatever the point of the business at hand— design, manufacturing, consulting — itneeds to be able to focus on a core mission,assess unforeseen opportunities within that framework, and respond quickly withknowledge and confidence.

Gilyard says the Argyros School preparesits students in part through “modeling,” a concept he wants to expand.

“I want them to be able to see modelsof strategic thinking, and models oforganizational behavior, that show how you deal with ambiguity and ambiguousenvironments,” says Gilyard, a HarvardMBA who joined Chapman last fall afterworking as a partner and managingdirector of The Boston Consulting Group’sLos Angeles office.

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By the Numbers

5.7 million – the number ofhealth care and social assistance jobsexpected to be added nationally, reflectingthe ongoing shift from manufacturing toservice jobs in the economy. Pictured:The recently acquired Chapman UniversityHealth Sciences Campus, which will initiallyserve graduate students in the SchmidCollege of Science and Technology.

25 percent – rate of growth in pharmacy jobs, including in physicians’offices, outpatient care centers and nursing homes.

“By 2014, six of the top 10 drugs used in the U.S. will be biologics,made by actual living cells. Ourfuture pharmacists will need to be the expert sources of deepscientific knowledge on how these drugs work.”RONALD P. JORDAN, FOUNDING DEAN

OF THE NEW CHAPMAN SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

190,700 – the number of newaccounting and auditing positions, owing in part to stricter regulations in the financialsector. Pictured:Michael Koll ’11, who won thehighly selectiveElijah Watt SellsAward afterachieving a nearperfect score on the UniformCPA Exam.

To succeed in the jobs of the future, students will need to turn good data into great storytelling,says Professor Lisa Sparks, director of graduate studies for the M.S. in Health and StrategicCommunications at Chapman University.

Gilyard also wants to add morecourses on financial and quantitativemodeling using Excel and other databaseprograms as tools “for laying out forecastswhen you have incomplete data. In someof the courses we’re adding, studentswill get the opportunity to learn how to deal with ambiguity and deal withuncertainty,” which he sees as “a criticalskill for business leaders.”

Not all the critical skills, though,involve databases. Gilyard’s academicbackground — as an undergraduate, hestudied math and operations research at the U.S. Air Force Academy — washeavy on numbers-crunching andengineering, and light on the humanities.

“I felt there was somethingintangible that was missing from mygame,” Gilyard says of his Harvardexperience, which reinforced in him the value of liberal arts study.

One of the biggest growth areasalready is heath care, propelled by thetwin forces of demographics — agingbaby boomers requiring more medicalcare — and the new federal AffordableCare Act. That means an increaseddemand for professional healthcommunicators to translate medspeakinto English.

Lisa Sparks, Ph.D., directs graduatestudies for Chapman’s Health andStrategic Communications Department,

and is the Foster and Mary McGawEndowed Professor in BehavioralSciences. Sparks believes that “thecompetencies that students need comingout are statistical knowledge and publicspeaking” — understanding how datacan tell a story, or aid analysis, and theability to convert that knowledge intoeasily understood information for others.

The issue is critical because lives can hang in the balance.

“Eighty percent of medical errors are due to communication breakdowns,”says Sparks, co-author of the leadingtextbook Health Communication in the21st Century. “Health communication is about creating shared meaning about heath care and conditions. …Creating shared meaning is not that easy to do, and creating it aboutsomething as complex as health careand health conditions, it can be reallycomplicated.”

Yet those skills can be taught. More important, she says, are the traits that the students — and potentialemployees — carry with them.

“A lot of that is attitude,” Sparkssays. “That means being able to buildrelationships, being able to show thatyou’re valuable to the organization, that you’re a credible person, an honest person of integrity.”

And no jetpacks are needed for that.

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For an international contest, two ChapmanUniversity students had to envision theproduct market of 2050 and develop

something perfect for the times. They chose an innovation with sticking power.

They imagined a world in which soybyproducts get a new life as a resilient adhesivewith “off-on” properties, making it especiallyvaluable in a hospital setting. Their futuristicthinking helped them become the only collegeteam from North America chosen to compete in the finals of the Henkel Innovation Challenge.

MBA candidate Elise Drakes ’13 and MBA/M.S. food science candidate Greg Yudin ’14,pictured above, traveled to Shanghai on March 17to compete against 25 other teams from aroundthe world. Their challenge was to prove to Henkeljudges that their product, which they’ve dubbed“Pattex Hercules,” is the most sustainable andvaluable idea out there and could be marketready by 2050. The grand prize is a trip aroundthe world worth 10,000 euros (about $13,000).

The Chapman students’ idea was borne out of their respective backgrounds. Drakes worksfor an architectural firm specializing in meetinghealth care needs, such as safely securingwheeled equipment.

“This would protect people from things thatcould harm them in an earthquake,” Drakes says.

As a food science student, Yudin hasresearched emerging technology targeting theeffort to make a powerful soy-based adhesive.

“The technology is not theoretical,” Yudin says.But true to the Henkel challenge, the two had

to give their product a next-step futuristicapplication. Enter the “on-off” idea. Theyenvision their adhesive having elements thatwould somehow be responsive to a smart device.Click once and the equipment is anchored; clickagain and it’s mobile.

Now, what might a smart device look like in 2050? Well, that’s a whole other challenge.

11 – the number of the 20 fastest-declining job sectors that areconnected to labor and production. Among the sectors with the biggestlosses: Shoe machine operators, postal service mail sorters,fabric and apparel patternmakers.

471 – The number of credited artistsworking on visual effects for Iron Man 3,slated for release in May. Pictured: DodgeCollege Professor Adam Rote, who inaddition to the latest in the franchise starring Robert Downey Jr. recentlycompleted visual effects work on theSuperman reboot Man of Steel.

(Projections are for the period 2010–2020. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

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At the intersection of computational science and visual storytelling is a $68 billion industry with lots more room to grow.

Game Changers

By Dawn Bonker

ook at that kid sitting in the restaurant lobby, absorbed in asilly game on his mobile phone, little thumbs flying, oblivious

o to his family’s antsy ways as they wait for a table.That’s what a $68 billion industry looks like.And there’s nothing silly about it. Such video games, be they

spinoffs from a superhero blockbuster film or an original creationengaging players by the millions, are increasingly the lifebloodof the entertainment industry. Films may be the glamorousswans, but games are the ducks on the entertainment pond,steadily — and splashily — paddling all the way to the bank.

And with its culture of interdisciplinary cross-pollination,Chapman University is uniquely equipped to train students towork in an industry where collaboration among storytellers,artists and computer geeks is just another day at the office.From the filmmaking dreamer to the computational sciencemastermind, or the English major who picks ups a minor in

game development, it’s game on for students.“I can’t think of a university that offers a better opportunity

to network with people who do voice acting, cinema, music,creative writing and computational work. All of the tools thatyou need are here. That’s the beauty of an interdisciplinaryinstitution. We have so many folks who work in so manydifferent areas,” says novelist Ryan Gattis, who teaches “Writingfor Video Games” in the Department of English. “Video gamesare a culmination of so many different art forms.”

Mix in the university’s location in the hub of SouthernCalifornia’s entertainment industry, including the growingpresence of Orange County game studios, and you’ve gotan ideal playing field, says faculty member andscience librarian Doug Dechow, Ph.D., whoteaches “Computing for the Humanities,” a companion course to Gattis’ class.

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While at Chapman, Liz Fiacco ’12 helped create the mobile gameAxle. Now she and Jessica Kernan ’12 are developing the game for release as they work at Obsidian Entertainment and prepare to launch their own start-up, Fallstreak Studio.

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“Chapman students just couldn’t be better positioned to participate

in this world,” Dechow says.It’s smart job planning, too.

Video game profits often trumptraditional box office. Avatar, the

highest-grossing movie in history, took 16 days to hit the $1 billion sales mark.The game Warfare 3: Call of Duty hit that

mark in 15 days. The film version of HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 racked up

$350 million in its first month. The role-playing fantasy gameSkyrim captured $650 million in sales its first month.

Not that all games are million-dollar hits, but there are amillion of them out there and they’re adding up — especiallythe mobile games on all those smart phones and fueled byonline pay systems.

“Mobile games are exploding,” says Dodge College of Film and Media Arts Assistant Professor Adam Rote, who teaches visual affectssupervising and “Introduction to the Game Industry.” “There’s moremobile gaming now than anything.It’s quick, it’s easy. They sell more units quicker.”

So what’s it like to work in an industry making thevery things that your parentsnagged you to put away?

“It’s my dream job,” saysLiz Fiacco ’12, who workswith Jessica Kernan ’12 atObsidian Entertainment inIrvine, a major game studiowith Star Wars and South Parkimprints among its productlines. Fiacco was hired as an areadesigner and Kernan is a characterartist. Something they were told tobring to work? Nerf guns. Yeah, it’s prettymuch awesome.

The only thing better, the women say, would belaunching their own game studio. So they’re doing that, too.Their fledgling Fallstreak Studio has completed a successfulKickstarter campaign to support the development of Axle,a whimsical game featuring a spunky little gear who mustsurmount big problems in the steampunkish world of a gear-crushing toy factory. The concept and early version of themobile game created with fellow Chapman students last yearwon the team first place in the 2012 Intercollegiate ComputerGame Showcase. Now the crew is fine-tuning Axle’s details and marketing plans — with help from the entrepreneurialincubator program eVillage supported by the Argyros School of Business and Economics.

And while Fiacco and Kernan graduated from DodgeCollege with the minor in game development offered in the Schmid College of Science and Technology, members of their team hail from a variety of disciplines, from music to computational sciences.

“There’s such collaboration,” Kernan says.Indeed, it’s an industry that works a little differently than its

traditional counterparts, says Rote, whose film creditsinclude Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel. Game-

creation teams tend to work better withpeople who have more than one tool

in their kits.“They have to be a generalist

in my class,” Rote says.It takes a lot of creative

minds to conjure the contentneeded for the new role-playing and story-drivengames. With the strength of its screenwriting andcreative writing programs,Chapman is well-positioned

to train students who caninfuse new games with dramatic

narrative and story arcs.“There are just so many darn

choices that need to be made,”Gattis said. “The plot could go here,

or the player could go there. The playercould make three different choices in any

given area. And that is completely opposite of being a fiction writer and being in a café and getting every little detail right.”

In the early development phases of a big, splashy spectaclemovie, writers and game designers are often in the same room.Sometimes they even have little battles over which bit of thestory will go into the film and which into the game or even into the spinoff novels to follow.

“It’s a different take on story,” Dechow says.In other words, it takes the sort of nimble creativity and

collaboration that Chapman emphasizes. And it looks to be a game in which Chapman scholars, students and alumni will be the major players of the future.

ConsoleComeback?

Just when you thought it was all about the future,

something from the past comes roaring back to life.

Which is why video game industry insider Liz Fiacco ’12,

co-creator of the smart phone game Axle, is excited about a new

take on what some might consider a lumbering old lummox —

the console. Fiacco says to watch for Steam Box, a new video

game console from Valve that will be tested with select consumers

in a couple months. Steam does evoke the bygone days of

Nintendo and Playstation, but it will be quieter, promote

titles from other software creators and offer enhanced

biometrics capable of reading players’ reactions.

Could a revival of Pong be just

around the corner?

Creating story-driven games takes creativity and collaboration, says novelistRyan Gattis, who teaches “Writing for Video Games” at Chapman.

Photo by Katie Kland

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Sometimes it takes a TV commercial to put things in highdefinition. That’s why Janeen Hill uses a particular 30-second spot to help explain the growing impact of Big Data and computer analytics on business, science and just about everything else in our lives.

In the ad, a woman who owns a bakery talks about how shemakes operational decisions. By analyzing reams of data, she learnsthat the buying habits of her customers are tied directly to theweather — on sunny days they tend to buy certain kinds of sand-wiches, and when it rains they crave sweet confections. So she plans — and bakes — accordingly.

“Whether we’re talking about a small retail shop or big bankingsystems, quality intelligence can help predict the future,” said Hill,dean of the Schmid College of Science and Technology. “That leads tobetter investment strategies, better pricing and greater overall success.”

By definition, Big Data consists of information sets so massivethat they defy processing by traditional tools and methods. Thesedays, many organizations are rolling in such data. Brake for a stoplightand sensors in your car record your driving habits, to improve autodesign and help determine insurance rates. Order on Netflix andcomputers collect information on your interests, the better to marketto your tastes. Buy the right (or is it the wrong?) kind of products and Target might know you’re pregnant before your family does.

With all this information at the ready, what’s desperately neededare people with the skills to develop database management tools and data processing applications that can turn this mountain of raw info into analysis that makes it useful.

PREDICTIVE MODELSAt Chapman, Hill and her colleagues are working across

disciplines to prepare students for a future largely defined bypredictive modeling.

“It’s kind of the perfect place for the business and science schools to get together,” says Ken Murphy, Ph.D., associate professorof operations management and assistant dean of undergraduateprograms at the Argyros School of Business and Economics.

From credit lines to environmental planning to cream-filledcupcakes, the numbers don’t lie when the right computational tools are put to work.

“We’re working to provide students with a tool set to writeprograms, establish systems and mine data at sophisticated levels,”

THE RISE OF BIG DATA

Beyond crunching numbers,the victors will be those whocreate business intelligenceout of raw information.

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Hill said. “When we think aboutscience tools, we think about theprofound effect the microscope has had on biology. That’s the kind ofimpact computation will have on so many industries.”

For marketers, the jobopportunities are obvious. Targetedanalytics can lead directly to spikes insales. But Chapman’s undergraduate,master’s and Ph.D. programs incomputational science are alsopreparing students to make the most of genome data, other bioinformatics,experimental economics results and more.

“Any company, any endeavor that seeks to take advantage of Big Data is now a potential client of ours,” says Michael Fahy, Ph.D.,professor of mathematics and computer science and associate dean at Schmid College.

EDUCATED RISKSFor Hesham El-Askary, Ph.D., assistant professor of remote sensing

and earth system sciences at Chapman, a leap forward in computeranalytics can do more than impact lives. It can save them.

El-Askary and his graduate-student researchers at Chapman studynatural events like dust storms and hurricanes, using data collected by everything from ground monitors to sensors in the hydrosphere.Better predictive modeling means better disaster planning.

The professor points to the two computers on his desk.“That one has two terabytes of data, and that one has two more,”

he says. “Can you imagine what it would be like if you had to openthose files one by one? That’s why we need an automated way to filterthese massive files and turn it into meaningful predictive analytics.”

Across industries, “we need talented people able to think critically,communicate clearly and learn rapidly,” says El-Askary, who in Marchwas preparing for an April 4–6 conference at Chapman on Big Data and analytics — the 44th Symposium on the Interface of Computing and Statistics.

Like conference attendees, analysts of the future will need a deep understanding of technology. But they will also benefit from an entrepreneurial bent, the professor said. Because it’s those who takeeducated risks who will spark breakthroughs in understanding.

And those job opportunities Hill mentioned? El-Askary pulls out a folder filled with a stack of letters from high-profile employers likeLaurence Livermore National Laboratory and Jet Propulsion Laboratory,as well as environmental-modeling start-ups like ATMET, LLC.

“Things are pretty wide open,” Fahy says. “There’s a lot of space for start-ups.”

The letters offer internships and other opportunities for Chapmanto link the employers with motivated students who are the problem-solvers of the future.

“That tells us what we’re doing is the right thing for now and for tomorrow,” El-Askary says.

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Every year, Jacob Sudek ’14 would start witha gleeful case of March Madness, only toend up in the dumps, clutching a losing

NCAA basketball tournament bracket sheet. His gut instincts were getting him nowhere.

“Now I’m teaching my gut,” he said.To do that, the business administration major

has immersed himself in computer analytics and turned his obsession with a perfect bracketinto a Chapman University research project.Teaming with Argyros School of Business andEconomics Professor Ken Murphy, who has a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon in operationsresearch, Sudek has amassed 900,000 datapoints covering everything from obscurestatistics to coaching tendencies.

“There are aspects of our approach we think are novel,” Murphy said.

The two are building an algorithm andpredictive models designed to take theguesswork out of picking winners. Of course,there are so many variables in basketball thatthey can’t possibly hope to get all the gamesright. After all, the odds of filling out a perfect68-team bracket are calculated at 9.2 quintillionto 1. That’s a 9.2 followed by 18 zeros.

“I know it’s possible,” says Sudek. “With the right model, anything is possible.”

Last year he and Murphy got 83 percent of their picks right, and this year Sudek wasconfident they’d at least end up in the low 90s.Ultimately, they hope to have a model they canmarket to pro or Division I college teams seekingan edge on their opponents. Sudek also thinksanalytics can be a ticket to a coaching job.

For now he’s just glad to have a bracket sheet that makes him feel good.

In his gut.

Hesham El-Askary

BRACKETOLOGY TO THE NTH DEGREE

Jacob Sudek ’14

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CHAPMAN in memoriam

adoring fans who had traveled along with Howser as armchair

adventurers poured onto the campus to enjoy talks, displays

and even “Huell Dogs” from Pink’s Famous Chili Dogs.

At Chapman, Howser’s legacy will endure for generations.

Howser donated copies of all the episodes of California’s Gold

and his other public television

shows to Chapman University

for digitization, so they could

be put on the Web and made

available for free to a worldwide

online audience. More than

700 are already digitized and

available for viewing at

www.huellhowserarchives.com.

A home he gave to the

university, the Volcano House, a

Midcentury Modern structure that

sits atop an ancient cinder-cone

volcano deep in the Mojave Desert,

will be the site for study tours

and projects by Chapman faculty

and students of environmental

science, astronomy, film and other

disciplines. Most of his personal

art collection also came to

Chapman, much of which is

displayed in the new James L.

and Lynne P. Doti Hall.

In addition, he endowed

the California’s Gold Scholarship,

which will be given to Chapman

students who display a positive

outlook and seek to improve

society.

“It is an immense honor,”

Doti said, “for the university to

have been entrusted with Huell

Howser’s life’s legacy, for our students to have had the chance to

meet and hear and learn from him, and for Chapman to be able

to offer the California’s Gold Scholarship through his generosity

and foresight. His passing leaves a California-sized hole in our

hearts, but his legacy will always live on here at Chapman.”

Legendary broadcaster Huell Howser came to Chapman

University in the later years of his life. But in his typically

enthusiastic fashion, he quickly made up for lost time. He

visited the campus often, met with history and journalism

classes, absolutely wowed an overflow audience of adoring fans

in Memorial Hall, endowed a

scholarship and donated his

life’s work and personal art

collection to the university.

So when he passed away

Jan. 6, it was not just the loss

of a California legend that

Chapman University

mourned, but the passing

of a cherished friend.

“It has been a real

privilege in these past few

years to become his friend

and to share in his immense

enthusiasm for life and for

everything around him,”

President Jim Doti said.

“He loved California so very

much, and above all he loved

people: their life stories, their

interests, their passions. And,

of course, people adored him

with equal intensity.

“When Huell spoke on

our campus in October 2011,”

Doti recalled, “he packed

Memorial Hall, and countless

more people waited outside

for him to come out, just for

a chance to talk with him and

tell him how much they loved

him. And he stayed out there,

just chatting and signing autographs, and they stayed, until well

after 11 p.m. that night. It was, as Huell would say, amazing!”

Such affection for the charismatic TV host was profoundly

displayed again during a California’s Gold open house event on

campus in February to celebrate his life and work. Nearly 2,000

HUELL HOWSER

Donations in Howser’s memory may be made online to the California’s Gold Scholarship

or the California’s Gold Archive and Collection. Link from www.huellhowserarchives.com or call (714) 744-7623.

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LEON LEYSONOne of the youngest children on the legendary Schindler’s

List, who in his later years recounted his Holocaust experience

for countless Chapman University students, Leon Leyson, died

Jan. 12 after a lengthy battle with lymphoma. He was 83.

The world knew him as very possibly the youngest

Schindler’s List survivor. As a child he had to stand atop a box

to reach the machinery in the factory of the German industrialist

who saved 1,100 Jews from the Nazis by claiming them to staff

his factories. But at Chapman, Leyson was also a friend and

teacher who poured out his story and memories of Oskar

Schindler so that others might learn what ordinary people

can do in extraordinary situations.

“Chapman was one of the

very first places where Leon

told his story. He always

spoke without notes with

total genuineness, unaware of

how compelling a speaker he

was,” said Professor Marilyn

Harran, Ph.D., director of the

Rodgers Center for Holocaust

Education and a friend of

Leyson. “Leon educated

young people around the

nation and in Canada by

sharing the story of ‘little Leyson,’ as Schindler called him.

He contributed more to our Chapman University program

in Holocaust education than I can ever describe.”

Born Leib Lejzon, Leyson and his family were living in

Krakow, Poland, when the Germans invaded and ordered the

city’s Jews into ghettos. He was 13 when his father brought

him into the factory of Schindler.

After the war Leyson immigrated to the United States, served

in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attended college and

went on to become a teacher at Huntington Park High School,

where he taught industrial arts and was a guidance counselor.

Only after a Los Angeles Times reporter searched him out

following the 1993 premiere of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning

film Schindler’s List did Leyson begin to speak publicly of what

he and his family endured.

“The standing ovations he routinely received left Leon

stunned and humbled,” Harran said. “He never thought he

deserved them; he always did.”

Leyson received an honorary doctorate from Chapman

in 2011. A memorial service celebrating his life was held

Feb. 17 in the Fish Interfaith Center, Wallace All Faiths

Chapel. Donations in his memory may be made to the

Leon Leyson Memorial Scholarship Fund.

MONTE SMITHA trailblazing faculty member who started Chapman

University’s Athletic Training Education Program, Monte

Smith passed away Dec. 10. He was 82.

Ky Kugler, Ed.D., associate dean in the College of

Educational Studies, first met Smith when the two served

as volunteer athletic trainers for the U.S. Olympic Training

Center in Colorado Springs. He described Smith as a natural

and gifted educator.

“He had the innate ability to make students feel comfortable,”

Kugler says. “The ultimate respect for an educator is that

students want to be around you and want to learn from you,

and that was Monte.”

A gymnast in college, Smith was forced to abandon the

sport when he broke his neck. He studied exercise science

and kinesiology and went on to become the head athletic

trainer at the University of Colorado until 1972, when he

joined Chapman. Later he was tapped to develop Chapman’s

Athletic Training Education Program, which he led until his

retirement in 1992. In 2009 he was inducted into the

Chapman Athletics Hall of Fame.

Bill Parker ’52 said Smith’s vision for the ATEP program

was foundational to its stature today.

“He changed the institution,” Parker says. Under Smith’s

guidance Chapman’s ATEP “became a respected and admired

program with national recognition.”

Parker said friends, family and students were often

reminded of Smith’s gymnastic background because he

frequently quipped: “Remember to point your toes! A lot

of mistakes can be forgotten with a pretty ending.”

Parker is survived by his wife of 63 years, Bernadine,

and children Vickie Williamson, Vana Surmanian, Valori

Egan and Michael Smith. Memorial donations may be made

to the Chapman University Monte Smith Endowment Fund

and sent to One University Drive, Orange, Calif., 92866.

Monte and Bernadine Smith

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C H A P M A N M A G A Z I N E

A passion for photography helpsphysician Richard Pitts ’70 expandhis educational journey.

PGracing the walls at Leatherby Libraries

are large, stunning photographs in vivid

colors — people, plants and flowers.

But a favorite of Dean Charlene Baldwin

is a romantic shot of Maui at sunset,

a personal gift to her by the

photographer, Dr. Richard Pitts ’70.

Pitts isn’t a professional with the camera;by trade, he is a physician, specializing inemergency medicine. But photography hasbecome an obsessive hobby, reflecting hisbelief that education is a lifelong journey of exploration.

In his case, he didn’t stop the journey afterChapman, nor after becoming a physician,nor after earning specialty certifications, norafter getting a Ph.D. He notes that his lifeis richer because he has reached beyond the sciences into acting and photography.

“I encourage everyone — students andgraduates — to expand their minds beyondtheir own expertise,” he said.

Pitts’ latest mind-expanding experiencecame in the Sichuan province of China and the Jiuzhaigou Valley of Tibet, whichhe explored with Colleen, his wife of 34 years. They were joined by good friend and fellow Chapman alumnus Fred Ma ’71, Ph.D., and his wife, Joanna. Fred has a successful electronics companyin Shanghai.

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Pitts has loved his career inmedicine, but there is a particularmoment that stands out. He describedit in a 2009 Commencement addressat Quincy College in Plymouth, Mass.

It was extremely busy in thehospital emergency room whensuddenly someone shouted from the doorway: “We need a doctoroutside! Now!”

A woman in the backseat of a car was about to give birth, and notonly was the baby premature, but theumbilical cord was wrapped aroundthe baby’s neck — twice. The babycame out blue, without a heartbeat.Pitts placed the boy — the size of a submarine sandwich

— inside his shirt. “Warmth,” heexplained, “can be more critical in a newborn’s life than oxygen.”

After he ran inside the emergencyroom, a team of doctors workedfuriously to save the baby’s life.

“What happened next seemed like a sunrise in the dead of night,” Pittssaid. A small area of pink appeared

on the baby’s chest, then the headbecame pink, then the stomach.

Six months later, the womanreturned with her robust, healthy baby and heaped thanks on Pitts forsaving the boy’s life. He couldn’t stophis own flood of tears.

The baby is one of about 100,000patients Pitts has treated over theyears, “and I have loved every minuteof my life as a physician,” he said.

He is now a supervisor for Kaiser-Permanente in Anaheim and is on the faculty at UC Irvine, both inemergency and occupational medicine.

Pitts calls himself “a person whokeeps evolving.” He took up voice-

over acting to improve his skills as a public speaker andwound up playing World War Imedic Godfrey Anderson in the 2008 award-winningdocumentary Voices of a Never Ending Dawn. “Hisperformance was alive andriveting,” said producer/director Pamela Peak. Shedidn’t know until later thathe was also a distinguishedphysician.

Richard has shared his life in medicine withColleen, who has a master’s

degree and is a registered nurse. Thetwo have traveled the world, bothprofessionally and on vacation, andthese days Pitts’ D800 Nike cameragoes everywhere they do.

Photography, he says, is a way tocapture your own history. It’s also apretty good way to expand your ownhorizons, as Pitts has shown during hisongoing journey of lifelong learning.

Dr. Richard Pitts ’70, right, and his wife, Colleen, recently visited China, where they met

up with Chapman friends Fred Ma ’71, Ph.D., left, and his wife, Joanna. The four explored Tibet

and the Jiuzhaigou Valley.

“We were unprepared for not onlythe visual beauty but also the beauty ofthe people and their culture,” Pitts said.

He’s just as effusive whendescribing his academic exploration at Chapman.

“Spectacular! And tough. Very, verytough,” he said.

Though Pitts’ interest was always in medicine, an important mentor was Professor Ron Huntington, whotaught in religious studies and was co-director of the university’s AlbertSchweitzer Institute. “He really set the standard for me,” said Pitts.

As for science classes, Pitts said that the most stringent were with bio-chemistry professor Fred Kakis, Ph.D.

“I can remember in medical schoolthere was an important exam. All I hadto do was review my notes from one of Professor Kakis’ classes and I wasready,” he said.

Pitts found a special way to saythank you — by funding the KakisReading Room at Leatherby Libraries,which includes a wall oftribute to the late professor.

“I don’t need to promotemy own name,” Pitts said.“Recognizing the people whohave been important to me atChapman means more to me.”

Another example of hisgenerosity: Pitts provides theresources for a student travelfund in the name of VirginiaCarson, Ph.D., now in her 40thyear as a professor of biologicalsciences. Carson was notteaching when Pitts attendedChapman; he met her years lateron one of his visits to campus.They became such good friends thatfor decades he has taught in many of her classes.

“The students love him,” Carsonsaid. “I remember one time when hebrought in two Orange police officersto talk about rape. It was an amazingexperience for the students.”

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E-mail your news and photos to alumni@chapman.edu or mail to: Alumni Engagement, One University Drive,

Orange, Calif. 92866. Any pictures received by mail will be scanned and returned. Class Notes are subject

to editing due to space. To post Class Notes and photos online, visit www.alumni.chapman.edu

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1990s

Torben Aaskov, B.S. business administrationand economics ’91 and MBA ’93, was recentlyappointed by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark as honorary consul in Los Angeles. The RoyalDanish Consulate in Los Angeles assists theDanish government and the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C., with commercial, political,consular and cultural issues. Torben owns and runs Tradeworks LLC, which promotesEuropean food and beverages to retailers in the U.S. market. He lives in Tustin with his wife, Melinda (Zaccagnino) Aaskov, B.A.psychology ’92 and M.A. psychology ’96, and their two children, Ella and Jonas.

Paul Anderson, B.S. business administration’96, was elected to the Nevada State Assembly.Paul started AndersonPC, a technologyconsulting company, the same year he graduated from Chapman. The company serves clients in Las Vegas, Reno, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Sacramento and Seattle. “My experience at Chapman University gave me the foundation and education I needed, fostered my entrepreneurial spirit to succeed and strengthened my desire to serve my community,” said Anderson.

Gustavo Arellano, B.A. film and television ’99, spoke at the University of Houston inNovember, launching the school’s Food forThought Lecture Series. Arellano discussed his new book, Taco USA: How Mexican FoodConquered America (as featured in the summer2012 issue of Chapman Magazine). Arellano’ssyndicated “Ask a Mexican!” column has a circulation of more than 2 million in 38markets. He is an adjunct journalism professorat Chapman and executive editor of OC Weekly.

Jennifer Backhaus, B.A. communications and dance ’94, received an MFA in dance from the Hollins University/American DanceFestival program in fall 2012. Her company,Backhausdance, which is celebrating its 10th season, was presented by the Carpenter

1960s

Jon Dyer, B.A. political science ’62, contributed a leadership gift that helped establish the Class of 1962 Legacy Scholarship. The first studentrecipients of this new scholarship fund will beannounced this year. After graduating fromChapman in 1962, Jon earned an M.A. in history from USC and then served for 5 ½ years as an Air Force intelligence officer. In 2000, Jon retired from Pfizer Inc., where he worked for 31 years. He now lives in his hometown of Palo Alto, Calif.

Barbara Parker, B.A. art ’64, and Bill Parker,B.A. sociology ’52, recently welcomed their 37th

great-grandchild. Barbara serves on the ChapmanUniversity Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Barbara Post, B.A. mathematics ’65, and husband,Ted, welcomed granddaughter Annika Kaiya Post on Feb. 6. Annika was born to parents Mike (who attended Chapman from 1989–1991)and Junko Post in Osaka, Japan, where Miketeaches English.

1970s

Candace Vickers, B.A. communicative disorders’75 and M.S. communicative disorders ’78 (Ph.D.education ’08), gave an invited presentation at theAmerican Speech Language Hearing AssociationConvention in Atlanta on Nov. 17. She was also program co-chair of the California SpeechLanguage Hearing Association’s March 2013convention in Long Beach.

1980s

David Tenenbaum, B.S. businessadministration ’89, and Heidi Ainscow, B.A.sociology ’90, were college sweethearts atChapman and have remained friends over the past 25 years. David is founder and owner of the Rocky Mountain Spice Company in Denver.Heidi is a charter school teacher in Sacramento.

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Performing Arts Center inFebruary. Performing at the center“is a very substantial endorsementof our growth as a company and of our artistic quality as well as our presence on a national level,”Backhaus said. Backhausdance isalso in residence at the OrangeCounty Great Park in Irvine.

Eleazar “Zondo” Elizondo, B.A.political science ’95, and wife,Aimee, welcomed a son, SebastianIgnacio, on Dec. 5. Sebastian joinssiblings Mikel, 13, Eleazar, 3, and Layla Rose, 17 months. Zondo serves on the ChapmanUniversity Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors.

Gabriel E. Serrato-Buelna,B.A. English ’97, owner of thepublic relations agency Serrato+Co.in Laguna Beach, has signed ArthurHanlon, an American pianist,songwriter and arranger widelyregarded as the best-knowninstrumentalist in the Latin musicrealm. Serrato-Buelna will lead ateam of colleagues as they preparefor solo concerts on both coasts inthe spring. Gabe was also recentlyselected to be featured as one ofRiviera magazine’s 2013 Men ofStyle. The issue hits newsstands in April.

2000s

Adrienne (Kimble)Ainbinder, B.A. communicationsand dance ’01, and husband, AdamAinbinder, welcomed a daughter,Cara Aubrey Ainbinder, on Sept. 4.

Sam Argier, BFA film andtelevision and broadcast journalism’03, and wife, Lauren, areexpecting a son, their second child,in May. Daughter Katie is almost 2 years old. Sam and Lauren live in Sammamish, Wash. Sam is the

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evening meteorologist for KIRO 7, the CBS news affiliate serving theSeattle area.

Sarah Barton, B.A. liberal studies ’06, founded Accountable in Action, a non-profit, post-collegiate peernetwork designed for women topursue personal excellence, cultivateleadership and discover careerpotential, with six others fromChapman: Shana Makos, B.A.communication studies ’10; LindseyHamilton ’07; Nicole Santo, B.A.public relations/advertising and BFAgraphic design ’07; Nicole Madonia,B.A. kinesiology ’04 and DPT ’07;Katherine Searing, B.A. politicalscience ’06; and current student,Amee Frodle, B.A. communicationstudies ’13.

Julia Melehan Beaton, B.A.organizational leadership ’07 andM.A. human resources ’10, marriedRobert Beaton, B.S. businessadministration ’05 and MBA ’07, on Feb. 18, 2012, at St. Francis ofAssisi Church in La Quinta, Calif. The reception was held at IndianWells Country Club. The couple metand began dating as undergraduatesat Chapman. Chapman alumni fromgraduating classes spanning morethan three decades gathered in LaQuinta for the wedding festivities.Among the guests were several ofJulia’s Delta Gamma sorority sistersand Robert’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternitybrothers. Julia and Robert reside inBeverly Hills. Robert co-owns ServeFirst Solutions, a merchant servicescompany in Orange County.

Brandon Budde, B.S. businessadministration ’08 and MBA ’11, was elected vice president ofeducation for his local Toastmastersgroup, Articulate Athletes. Brandonwill be working on programdevelopment, club goals andmentoring opportunities for new and existing members.

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The Art of Lifelong Learning

During his earlier academic journey atChapman University, Tom Springston’94 (MBA ’96) took art classes and

found that he had talent. But then life got in the way, “and my art fell by the wayside,”he said. “I’ve regretted it ever since.”

Now Springston has no time for regret.He’s too busy enjoying an experience he calls“manna from heaven” — studying painting in Professor Michael Dopp’s Art 123 class atChapman. Springston, 67, is among a growingnumber of older alumni taking classes throughChapman’s Lifelong Learning Program.

Alumni can attend selected classes free oftuition, mostly in the humanities and socialsciences, but now also in film, business andlaw. The idea is to strengthen bonds and tofoster a lifetime connection to learning, saidJillian Gray, director of alumni engagement.

In many classes, alumni attend lectures andparticipate in discussions without taking testsor receiving grades. It’s all the learning withoutthe pressure, said Springston, who startedcollege in the 1960s in the Northwest beforefinishing at Chapman three decades later.

He says the opportunity to return is “like a gift.”

“I have a teacher and a class to help meover the stumbling blocks, and I have aschedule that doesn’t let me procrastinate. It really has been a wonderful experience.”

Learn more about Chapman AlumniLifelong Learning by calling (714) 744-7045or at www.chapman.edu/alumni.

Tom Springston ’94 (MBA ’96) says his LifelongLearning art class opportunity is “like a gift.”

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(Bennett, 3, Zach, 8, and Jacquelyn,5) for the past eight years. Chrisstarted a hotel managementcompany that operates NewparkResort & Hotel. Melissa is a full-timemom and is actively engaged withthe local school system, volunteeringat both the public elementaryschool and as an administrator for the Shining Stars School.

Brittney Fowler, B.A. Englishand journalism ’07, married MatthewFink at the Turnip Rose in NewportBeach, Calif., on Nov. 11. Alumni inattendance included Mary Plummer,B.A. English and journalism ’07,and Alborz Kamalizad, BFA filmproduction ’09.

Jackie (Newman) Gandenberger,B.A. sociology ’08, married GuyGandenberger in August 2011 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in San Jose.The couple live in San Jose, whereJackie is a production controlplanner at Micrel SemiconductorInc. and also works as a travel agentfor Ticket to Travel and JusCollege.

Jeremy Gantz, BFA film production’04, was nominated for an AmericanCinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awardin the Best Edited Non-ScriptedSeries category. This is Jeremy’sthird consecutive nomination. He won in 2011 for his work on the MTV program If You Really Knew Me. He is nominated this year for his work on A&E’s BeyondScared Straight.

Angela Guajardo, B.A. publicrelations/advertising ’08, and Andy Armstrong, B.S. businessadministration ’08, got engaged in December.

Bernadette (Zita) Guerrero, BFAtheatre performance ’07, marriedDamien Guerrero in October in Corona del Mar, Calif. Thecouple are expecting a baby boy in March.

Tianna (Avalos) Haradon, BFAtheatre and dance ’01, was recentlypromoted to assistant to theassistant vice president in UniversityAdvancement at Chapman.

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Becky Campbell, B.A. music ’07and M.A. education ’12, completedher master’s degree at Chapman’sCollege of Educational Studies inDecember.

Devin Chang, B.S. businessadministration ’05, and MichelleMedeiros, B.S. accounting andbusiness administration ’09, gotengaged in October with plans to marry in 2014.

Tracy Clifton, BFA theatre anddance ’02, married MichaelAndrew Pierce in a children’sbook-themed wedding Oct. 20 at The Vineyards in Simi Valley,Calif. Chapman alumni inattendance included April Wade,BFA theatre and dance ’03; LiraKellerman, BFA theatre and dance’02; Kristin Quinn, BFA theatreand dance ’03; Shaun-MathieuSmith, BFA theatre and dance ’01;and Kristy Chavez, BFA theatreand dance ’01. The bride waswalked down the aisle by AlyssaBradac, daughter of Professor Tom Bradac.

Jeff Cole, BFA film and televisionproduction ’01, was hired as aproducer at Chapman University’sPanther Productions. He serves onthe Chapman University AlumniAssociation Board of Directors.

Colin Druce-McFadden, B.A.theatre and dance ’05, got engagedto Katie Chadwick. The coupleplan to marry in summer 2014.Colin recently published a novel,The Unshorn Thread, which hedescribes as fantasy mixed withsteampunk. He began the firstdrafts of what ultimately becamethe novel in an undergraduatecreative writing class at Chapmanwith Professor James P. Blaylock.The Unshorn Thread is the first in a planned trilogy and can befound on Amazon.com.

Chris Eggleton, B.A.economics and B.S. businessadministration '02, and Melissa(Powell) Eggleton, B.A. sociology'01, have been living in Park City,Utah, with their three children

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Life with BettyBy Sarah Van Zanten ’11

What could be better than workingwith one of the greatest televisionactresses of our time? “Nothing,”

said Matt Jekowsky ’12, who is building on the skills he developed at Dodge Collegeof Film and Media Arts in his new job as aproduction assistant for NBC’s Betty White’sOff Their Rockers.

During his senior year and after graduationJekowsky worked at a marketing agency butstayed in touch with friend Jamie Reiff ’11, when the two collaborated on projects. One day Reiff called Jekowsky to offer him a position with the show.

“At first, I had to say no,” explainedJekowsky. “I was really excelling at theagency, but I loved working with Jamie.”After some coaxing, he finally said yes,deciding that “it was just great timing — theperfect opportunity to try something new.”

Working with White is as amazing as he imagined.

“She is unbelievable. You can truly see the love and passion she has, and that is why she has enjoyed doing what she does for so long,” he said.

His favorite day of work was the episodewith Gangnam Style sensation Psy on set.“Seeing Psy do his dance was definitely thehighlight.” he said.

Jekowsky confirms, “Betty White really is America’s Grandma.”

Working with Betty White on her NBC show is asamazing as he imagined, says Matt Jekowsky ’12.

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Jennifer Heatley, B.A.psychology ’07, and Charles Ruby,B.A. psychology ’08, are engaged.Jennifer is the developmentassistant for Chapman’s College of Performing Arts and College of Educational Studies.

Michael Hudson-Medina, B.A. arts administration ’00, co-foundedthe Boyle Heights Youth Orchestra,which was recently featured in theLos Angeles Times. The programprovides free music instruction tochildren ages 6 to 12 who live inthe Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. After a long careerin the arts as a performer and anadministrator, Michael discoveredthat he finds the greatest joy inteaching children.

Alicia Jessop, J.D. ’09, is a sportsbusiness contributor to Forbes andThe Huffington Post. In February,she traveled to New Orleans tocover the Super Bowl. Alicia notedthat Bryan Ziebelman, BFAtelevision and broadcast journalismand B.A. communication studies’11, works as a video operationsassistant for the San Francisco49ers and was also at the SuperBowl. “I think it’s safe to say thatwe are both proud of our almamater and happy to represent the values of a Chapman student at the Super Bowl,” said Alicia.

Lori E. Johnson, B.A. French andsocial science ’02 and MBA ’11,works as a customer experiencemanager for Branding Personality, a digital marketing firm indowntown Fullerton. She is also on the Board of Directors for theRedlands Shakespeare Festival.

Jeff Levering, BFA broadcastjournalism ’05, was hired as the newradio broadcaster of the PawtucketRed Sox, the AAA minor-leagueaffiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

H Danielle (Townley) Lozano, B.S.business administration ’07, marriedAlexander Lozano, B.S. accountingand business administration ’07, atthe Turnip Rose in Newport Beach,Calif., on May 27.

Adrienne Malena, BFA theatreand dance ’03, is engaged to JeffreyCleveland. The couple are gettingmarried in Maui in April. Jeffreyproposed to Adrienne at the top ofEiffel Tower on Thanksgiving in 2012.Adrienne is working in the entertain-ment industry in Los Angeles, dancing,choreographing and teaching.

Kehau (Kashnig) Martinez, B.A. communications ’09, andJon Martinez, B.A. businessadministration ’11, celebrated theirfirst wedding anniversary on Nov. 12.The couple met at Chapman in 2006and five years later were married inBrea, Calif. Jon recently became aMarine aviator, while Kehau is anAADP-certified holistic health coach,specializing in thyroid and adrenalhealing for women.

Traci Mueller, B.A. theatre and dance ’01, began a new position inChapman’s University Advancementdepartment as assistant to theassistant vice president of operationsand special projects coordinator.

Amy Munoz, B.A. psychology ’08,got engaged to her boyfriend of nine years, Zachery Sanchez, in November.

Lindsay Newman, BFA televisionand broadcast journalism ’08, isengaged to Nicholas Zimmer. Thecouple will marry in December.

Archna Patel, MBA ’06, is co-ownerand designer of The Little Humming-bird, a children’s apparel line based in Orange County and Los Angeles.Each year, the clothing line supports a different non-profit organization.

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A Healing VoiceBy John Brian Pierce ’13

The day Vivian Sisskin ’79 stepped into her first undergraduate psychologycourse she knew her future had been

decided. It is this certainty that led her tograduate work at Chapman University and helpedshape her 30-year career in speech pathology.

Recently Sisskin received the prestigiousFellowship of the Association award at the American Speech-Language-HearingAssociation Convention, recognizing her formajor contributions to the discipline as ateacher, pathologist, researcher and advocate.

The joy is “making lives better for thosewho fear speaking up,” says Sisskin, “I want to give them confidence, give them a voice.”

Sisskin’s spirit for clinical service grew as she achieved her graduate degree incommunicative disorders at Chapman. Shegained valuable field experience working at local clinics and schools.

“The countless opportunities I wasexposed to in the local community allowedme to develop a passion for working withpeople and to pursue a career that wasclinically focused,” she said.

Sisskin is a lecturer and clinical supervisorat the University of Maryland, where sheconducts research and has made TV appearancesshedding light on the media’s false portrayal of stuttering. She also stays involved withdirect clinical service, and has even workedwith the children of her former students.

“I’ve truly learned as much from myclients as they’ve learned from me,” she said.

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Nov. 11 and raised funds forLivestrong, which providesresources, programs and supportto cancer survivors. Jason is thefounder of the Team Shaka dancegroup at Chapman. He is workingas an occupational therapist at St. Jude Medical Center andCentra Pediatric Therapy and as a karate instructor for childrenwith special needs.

Emily (Boyd) Wickline, B.S.biological sciences ’07, graduatedfrom the University of PittsburghMedical School with a Ph.D. incellular and molecular pathologyin January. Her dissertation wastitled: “The story of redundantcatenins and their roles in cell-cell adhesion in the liver.”

Ben Willits, BFA film andtelevision/broadcast journalism’02, and Laura (Berberich)Willits, B.A. communications’04, welcomed a daughter,Gracyn Ellen Willits, on Dec. 20. Gracyn was born inAnaheim. Doug Willits, B.A.communications ’72 and member of Chapman’s Board ofGovernors, and Susie Willits,B.A. physical education ’71, areproud grandparents.

Alison Wills, BFA theatreand dance ’02, and her husband,Tim, welcomed a son, CadenMitchell Wills, born Nov. 28.

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Hannah (Thomas) Aldridge,B.A. communication studies ’11,married Kyle Aldridge, B.A.communication studies ’11, onJuly 7 in Waimanalo, Hawaii.Included in the bridal party were:Sean Aldridge, B.S. businessadministration ’09; Ikaika Pidot,BFA graphic design ’11; BillyMiller, B.A. communicationstudies ’11; and current student,Carlene DeCoite ’13. Severalother Hawaii-based Chapmanalumni joined the couple on Oahu for the celebration.

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Peter Pazmany, B.S. businessadministration ’07, married Nicole(Macey) Pazmany on Sept. 15 inMenlo Park, Calif. Greg Gomez,B.S. biological sciences ’07;Michael Matuz, B.S. businessadministration ’07; and JosephPazmany, B.A. leadership andorganization studies ’10, were groomsmen.

Ashley Plotkin, BFA theatreperformance ’08, who is knownprofessionally as Ashley Gianni, is starring in and co-producing the short film Moving Milliewith Shane Salk, BFA theatreperformance ’08. The film beganshooting in February. Plotkin and Salk plan to hit the festivalcircuit with Moving Millie.

Ashley (Redmann) Rickman, B.A. dance ’05, andMark Rickman, B.S. businessadministration ’02 (MBA ’09),welcomed daughter Isabella Grace Rickman on Sept. 2 atVirginia Hospital Center inArlington, Va.

Kevin Staniec, BFA film andtelevision production ’01, isengaged to Janet Kim. The coupleare getting married in June at theFullerton Arboretum. Kevin alsorecently started Black Hill Press,an independent publishing housededicated to the novella.

Brian Stevens, B.A. economics’08, will be starting the full-timeMBA program at the Haas Schoolof Business at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, in August.Brian works at the CaliforniaPublic Utilities Commission inSan Francisco.

Crystal Marie (Maurer)Stone, B.M. music education and music performance ’08,married Garrett Alvin Stone onAug. 4. Crystal teaches music in San Diego.

Jason Tse, B.A. kinesiology’04, finished his first IronmanTriathlon in Tempe, Ariz., on

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Shifting Disasterinto ReverseBy Laurie Swain ’13

The word disaster makes most peopleflee, but Patrick Hardy ’04 is drawn tothe challenge. He’s helping to advance

the field of disaster preparedness and response,developing new ways for businesses to surviveand even thrive.

“We never use the word recovery; we use‘reversing disaster,’” said Hardy, who was apolitical science and honors major at ChapmanUniversity. “We see the disaster as anopportunity to improve relationships withclients, with communities, with employees.”

Launching his own company calledHytropy, Hardy has helped companies likeGoogle and Merck plan for calamities, and he has assisted with major disasters likeHurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill andSuperstorm Sandy.

For the BP spill, he acted as an intermediarybetween the clean-up crews and state and locallaw enforcement. Most recently he served as a private-sector representative to FEMA,advising federal officials on how to help smallbusinesses cope and rebuild after disasters.

At Chapman, he was an award-winningcaptain of the speech team, and he once gave apresentation atop the Tower Bridge in London,pitching to corporate executives and the host ofthe British version of The Apprentice.

With experiences such as these, it’s no wonderthat Hardy feels like he’s ready for anything.

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Kyle is a firefighter and EMT and Hannah works in collegeadmissions. The couple reside in Laguna Hills and enjoy surfingand hiking together.

Travis Cross, B.A. communicationstudies ’10, began a new job inOctober with Innocean USA as adigital account executive on theHyundai account.

Liz Ficken, B.A. European history’11, presented her senior thesis,“Save One Life, Save the WorldEntire,” to the Gulf Coast Center for the Holocaust and HumanRights Education in Mobile, Ala.Liz, a high school social studiesteacher in Greenville, Ala., alsointroduced Alabama educators to Chapman’s annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest and as a result, three Alabama schoolsparticipated in this year’s contest.

Laura Figge, M.S. healthcommunication ’12, and Marc Lu,BFA graphic design ’10, are engaged.

Robert Fraijo, B.A. philosophy ’11, and wife, Theresa, launched a new business, Veggie Mama. The company makes frozen fruitand vegetable snacks that arenatural and organic.

Robert Graham, B.A. legal studies’11, is the graduate businesscouncil president of the SimonGraduate School of Business at the University of Rochester inRochester, N.Y., where he ispursuing an MBA. He was alsoelected vice president, NorthAmerica, of the President’s Network for the Graduate BusinessForum, a global network of currentand former student leaders fromthe world’s top graduate businessprograms. Michael Malenitza, BFA film production ’11, alsoserves on the executive team of

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Katharine Jacobs, B.A. English ’10,and Aaron Keigher, Class of ’07, got engaged in Novemberand plan to marry in August.

Michael Jones, B.S. businessadministration ’11, is performing in a band, The Brevet, whichrecently signed with a licensingcompany. The Brevet will be featured in a Chapman graduatethesis film and is releasing an album this year. Its music can befound on iTunes and Spotify.

Tim Kressin, B.A. public relations/ advertising and BFA film production ’12, and KevinNeynaber, BFA film production’12, are traveling the globe through Join the Lights, a creativemedia non-profit that uses film to shed light on compassionateorganizations. Learn more about Join the Lights and Tim and Kevin’s travels at jointhelights.org.

Jaime Kuntz, B.S. businessadministration ’10, and KurtYacko, B.S. business administration’11, got engaged.

Sheri Lehman, B.A. dance ’11, is pursuing an M.A. in leadershipdevelopment at Chapman’s Collegeof Educational Studies.

Kelsey Lounsbury, BFA graphicdesign ’11, and Robert Starr, B.S.computer science and businessadministration ’11, are engaged.

Katie Mathewson, B.A. screen-writing ’11, recently began a positionas an editor for Wonderwall, MSN’sentertainment news site.

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Clinic of Smiles

The 8-year-old girl had a decayed fronttooth, discolored almost to the gumline. In the African city slum where

she lived, the disfigurement was essentially a curse that would repel marriage suitors and crush her prospects for a hopeful future.

Then the dentists arrived, led by SeanVreeburg ’09 (M.S. ’10). They treated andrestored the tooth. The girl smiled and hermother wept for joy.

“I haven’t ever seen somebody hystericallycry with joy after dental work like that,”Vreeburg said.

It’s just one of many profound memoriesVreeburg and his classmates at the OstrowSchool of Dentistry at USC brought homefrom their weeklong humanitarian dental trip to the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya.As co-manager of the trip, Vreeburg helpedput 51 dental professionals and support staffon the ground. It took 10 months to organizeand is believed to be the largest such dentaloutreach in Kenya’s history.

“It turned out to be the biggest, mostintensive thing I’ve ever done,” says Vreeburg.

The lion’s share of the details, includingtranslators, power sources, security andinsurance fell to Vreeburg and his felloworganizers. Back home, Vreeburg reflected on his ability to pull off such a project. It had its beginnings at Chapman, he says.

“The experiences I had there really helpedme become successful at this level,” he says.“It was a fantastic experience.”

Sean Vreeburg ’09 (M.S. ’10), right, shares a momentwith clinic co-manager Marco Savittieri in Kenya.

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Panthers on the ProwlMonica Mordaunt, BFA dance performance’12, was involved with a project with themodern dance company Nugent Dance. The performance Yes is Not Passive and Other Stories made its Los Angeles debut in January. She is a company memberof Vox Dance and an apprentice withBackhausdance. Since graduation, shestudied with Doug Varone and Dancers, a professional dance company in New York City.

Katie Parsons, B.A. public relations/advertising ’12, was hired at Essence Digitalin December as an associate project manager.In her new role, she will deal with mediaplanning, media strategy, trafficking andreporting mobile advertisements as well as project management.

Courtney (Heard) Prouty, B.A. liberalstudies ’11, and Matt Prouty, BFA filmproduction ’10, married in October.Courtney is an admission counselor at Chapman University.

Matthew Ralston, MBA ’11, andAmanda (Blake) Ralston, MBA ’11,welcomed a son, Isaac Blake Ralston, on Dec. 4, in Seattle.

Justin Riley, BFA television broadcastjournalism ’11, and Joy Willis, BFA dance performance ’11, started a blog,www.lovejays.com, that offers advice to young people about relationships, dating and friendship.

Tori Rose, BFA television and broadcastjournalism ’11, was recently hired as the script coordinator for ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

Ivan Van Norman, BFA film production ’11, is competing on the TBS competition showKing of the Nerds.

Sarah Van Zanten, B.A. public relations/advertising ’11, began a new position as an assistant account executive at Idea Hall, a marketing and public relations agency in Costa Mesa, Calif.

Zech Wilson, B.S. biology ’10, ispursuing an M.D. at the University ofNevada, Reno.

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Guillermo “Billy” Flores, B.A. legal studies ’06, passed away on Dec. 20 at age 30. Billy was amember of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He opened a Crossfit gym in Costa Mesa with fellowChapman alumnus and fraternity brother Tate Worswick. Billy is remembered as a proudbrother, loving son and a faithful and true friend. In lieu of flowers, the family recommendssupporting the Los Angeles Dream Center (www.dreamcenter.org) in Billy’s honor.

Lois (Swanson) Gangnes, B.A. home economics ’65, passed away Jan. 15 in Encinitas, Calif.She enjoyed traveling, boating, golfing, charitable activities and socializing with family andfriends. Lois is survived by her husband of 66 years, Al Gangnes, her three sons anddaughters-in-law as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Sharon (Shyrock) Pearson, B.A. elementary education ’58, passed away on July 19 at age 76.Born in Orange County, Sharon became an Alaska resident in November 1996. She was alifelong member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She is survived by her husbandof 48 years, Carl Pearson, of Anchorage.

Susan Rowe Tucker ’91 passed away Dec. 21 in Hilo, Hawaii. Susan was a social worker for many years and a strong supporter of the Salvation Army and Goodwill Industries. Sheenjoyed doing arts and crafts and swimming at the local YWCA.

Friends We Will Miss

The celebration commemorating Dean William Hall’s 50th anniversary at Chapman University (see page 7)sent us into the “Prowl” archives, where we found this photo (above left) of Hall waving the Chapmanbanner on the Great Wall of China in 2002. More recent prowlers include Rodney Reeves ’59 and his travelcompanion, Loraine Chapman, who explored Ireland in October. Reeves displayed his Panther pride (aboveright) at a castle in County Shannon. Meanwhile, two dozen students from the Argyros School of Businessand Economics took a moment between winter meetings with Wall Street executives to pose for the photoabove. Joining the students and Professor Terry Burnham was Argyros School Dean Reggie Gilyard, left.

ALUMNI NEWS AND CAMPUS EVENTS

Chapman alumni enjoy a newbenefit: access to EBSCO LibraryResearch Databases, includingbusiness book summaries and full-text information in many businessand academic fields of interest.

Visit www.chapman.edu/EBSCO tobegin searching through thousandsof business book summaries andfull-text articles. To log-in, you’llneed your alumni ID number. Use the password chapmanrocks. If you don’t know your ID number,contact alumni@chapman.edu.

LIBRARY RESOURCE

Maintain your connection withChapman and with your fellowalumni by liking the ChapmanUniversity Alumni Association page on Facebook, following@ChapmanAlum on Twitter andbecoming a member of the ChapmanUniversity Alumni Association groupon LinkedIn. Check back often tolearn about career and networkingopportunities, find out about alumnievents, news and happenings, and maybe even score free tickets to Chapman events.

STAYING CONNECTED

Keep an eye out for a brand newChapman University Alumni websiteand monthly e-newsletter, bothlaunching in spring. To ensure youreceive the e-newsletter, send yourupdated contact information toalumni@chapman.edu.

ALUMNI.CHAPMAN.EDUThe 2013 Alumni Directory is comingthis summer. This comprehensivedirectory lists alumni not onlyalphabetically but also by class year,city and employment industry, tohelp you connect with old friendsand network with others in your areaor profession. To order your copy,call Publishing Concepts Inc. at (800) 395-4724.

NEW DIRECTORY

We want your voice on the Alumni Association Board ofDirectors. To apply or learn more,visit alumni.chapman.edu or call the Office of Alumni Relations at (714) 997-6681.

ALUMNI BOARD

Wednesday, June 12, 20137:30 a.m. registration and continental breakfast, 8:30 a.m. conference

Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa MesaIndividual tickets are regularly $150, but Chapman alumni are eligible for a discounted rate of just $50 per ticket. The special rate is good for one ticket per alumna/alumnus, as a career development and networkingopportunity. To register with the $50 alumni rate, contact the Office of Special Events at (714) 628-2750. For more event information, visit www.chapman.edu/economic-forecast.

ECONOMIC FORECAST UPDATE

Events Calendar and Contact Info

For more information and a list of all university events, please visit www.chapman.edu/calendar.

General alumni information: visit www.alumni.chapman.edu or call (714) 997-6681.

Chapman Family Weekend, Oct. 4–6, 2013All members of the Chapman Family (alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends) are invited to join us for this fun, action-packed weekend.• Chapman/Toyota of Orange 5K Run/Walk• Chili Cook-off• Faculty master classes• Homecoming football game• Chancellor’s coffee• Reunions• Parent/student lunch and lawn games• Big Band Champagne Brunch• And so much more!

TEDxChapmanU, Tuesday, June 4Building on the theme of “Icons, Geniuses & Mavericks,” this year’s eventcelebrates the concepts bold risk-takers pioneer. Join us and be inspired by these“ideas worth spreading.” More information is at www.tedxchapmanu.com

SAVE THE DATES

PARTING SHOTHer mother is one of 21 children and her father one of eight, but Mayra Gonzalez ’14 still stands out in a crowd. Shown at the desk of the late Huell Howser

in a re-creation of his office on campus, Gonzalez is the first California’s Gold Scholar at Chapman University. Howser, the legendary host and producer of the

California’s Gold TV series, established the endowed scholarship to assist Chapman students who display a positive outlook and seek to improve society. Gonzalez,

a junior double-majoring in public relations/advertising and Spanish, with a minor in graphic design, plans to pursue a career in international marketing after

she becomes the first in her family to earn a college degree. “I’m going to do all I can to reflect credit on California’s Gold and all it means to those who love Huell

and the series,” she says.(Photo by Scott Stedman ’14.)