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THE NEWS OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES WINTER 1998

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The News of California State University, Los Angeles

published three times a year foralumni and friends of the University

EditorCarol Selkin

Contributing EditorMary Kacmarcik Baker

Contributing WritersJacqueline Mejia

Margie Yu

Copy EditorLinda Trevillian

Design/GraphicsDavid F. McNuttYuri Watanabe

PhotographyStan Carstensen

Editorial Board

Mary Kacmarcik BakerExecutive Director of Alumni Relations

Carol M. DunnDirector of

Intercollegiate Athletics

Carol SelkinDirector of Public Information/

Editorial Services

David F. McNutt , Executive Director,Publications/Public Affairs

Kyle C. Button , Vice Presidentfor Institutional Advancement

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Campus News

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New Faces and People in New Places

n April 1997, Kyle C. Button wasappointed vice president for

Institutional Advancement, afterserving as acting vice president forInstitutional Advancement sinceSeptember of the previous year. Hejoined the University as executivedirector of Development in April 1996.

Button earned his bachelor’s degreein Psychology and English at ColgateUniversity and his master’s degree inPublic Administration at New YorkUniversity. He previously was develop-ment director and director of Corporateand Foundation Relations at CSU LongBeach, development associate for theCalifornia Institute of the Arts, grantscoordinator for the New Jersey StateCouncil on the Arts, and program de-velopment associate for the New YorkState Council on the Arts and has con-sulted for the CSU Chancellor’s Office.

As vice president for InstitutionalAdvancement, Button oversees day-to-day operations of the Division ofInstitutional Advancement, whichcreates and implements the University’sadvancement program through theefforts of the University Development,Publications/Public Affairs, and AlumniRelations offices. The advancementprogram comprises overall fundraisingefforts, which include planned givingand capital campaigns, directed by theUniversity Development Office, andensures a strong, positive image withUniversity and external constituenciesthrough the Office of Publications/Public Affairs.

In his capacity as vice president,Button is also executive director of TheCSLA Foundation.

Kyle Button NamedVice President for

Institutional Advancement New CSU Chancellor

he CSU Board of Trustees hasappointed Charles B. Reed

chancellor of the California StateUniversity. Reed will begin his newduties on March 1, 1998. His prede-cessor Barry Munitz, who held thepost for six years, has recently as-sumed leadership of the J. PaulGetty Trust as president and chiefexecutive officer. Munitz and JuneCooper, senior vice chancellor andinterim chief of staff, will shareoversight of the CSU through Feb-ruary 1; Cooper will serve as interimchancellor through March 1.

Charles Reed earned hisbachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral de-grees at George Washington Univer-sity in Washington, DC, and servedon its faculty for seven years. Aschancellor of the State UniversitySystem of Florida since 1985, he hasbeen the chief executive officer ofthe Florida Board of Regents, which

oversees ten public universities.Reed previously was deputy chief ofstaff, chief legislative advisor, andeducational policy coordinator forFlorida governor (now U.S. senator)Bob Graham and an administratorin the Florida Department of Edu-cation for eight years.

“What attracted me to the CSUis that it has the opportunity to beone of the most important economicengines for the state of California bypreparing its workforce — both at theentry level and through retrainingthose already employed. In addition,the CSU is the vehicle that will beable to improve all of public educa-tion in the state,” Reed said.

Commented Chancel lorMunitz: “There could be no greatercompliment to the California StateUniversity system, or any strongerreason to believe that its extraordi-nary momentum will continue,than to have Charlie Reed as mysuccessor. He has been a wonderfulcolleague and good friend and oneof my mentors and heroes in highereducation for many years. Since heis currently responsible for Florida’sequivalent of both CSU and UC, andhas built extraordinary relation-ships with that state’s corporate andpolitical leadership while leadingtheir wonderful faculty and presi-dents, he is the perfect choice forCalifornia.”

ollette Rocha joined the Univer-sity as assistant vice president

for University Development on Sep-tember 15, 1997. In this capacity,Rocha works with the vice presidentfor Institutional Advancement andmanages a staff of ten to oversee ex-ternal development to raise funds forthe University’s educational, research,and community service programs.

Collette Rocha, AssistantV.P. for Development

Dean Appointed forSchool of Health

and Human Services

n September 1997, Cal State L.A.welcomed James J. Kelly as the

University’s newest dean. His appoint-ment as dean of the School of Health andHuman Services followed the retirementof Ruth Wu, now dean emerita.

Most recently, Kelly was the direc-tor of, and a professor in the Departmentof Social Work at CSU Long Beach. Be-fore that, he taught at San Diego StateUniversity and the University of Hawaii.

Kelly received his doctorate inSocial Welfare from the Florence HellerGraduate School of Policy, Planning andAdministration at Brandeis University.A licensed clinical social worker, hecompleted a predoctoral clinicalfellowship in psychiatry at UCLA/Sepulveda Veterans’ AdministrationMedical Center between 1977 and 1979.He is a fellow of the GerontologicalSociety of America.

Kelly serves on the CommunityAdvisory Council for the County ofLos Angeles Department of Children’sServices and the Senior Care ActionNetwork Health Plan Board of Gover-nors. From 1994 to 1997, he was presi-dent of the California Association ofDeans and Directors of Schools of So-cial Work. He is currently president ofthe National Association of Deans andDirectors of Schools of Social Work andpresident-elect of the Chapter of theNational Association of Social Workers.

In 1987, Kelly was named U.S.Social Worker of the Year by theNational Association of Social Workers.He received the 1981 Award of Meritfor Outstanding Achievement for hisresearch and publications in the area oflesbian and gay aging. He is the editorof the Journal of Gay and LesbianSocial Services and on the editorialboard of the Journal of Women andAging. He has worked internationallyfor the United States and the Taiwangovernment and is the externalreviewer for the Chinese University ofHong Kong.

Rocha comes to Cal State L.A. fromCSU San Bernardino, where she was ex-ecutive director of University Devel-opment. She has been director of devel-opment and director of major gifts forthe School of Medicine at the Univer-sity of Southern California, executivedirector of the Foundation for the LosAngeles Community Colleges, and as-sistant dean of research and developmentfor Los Angeles Southwest College.

Rocha’s connection with the CSUdates back to her undergraduate days asa student at CSU Long Beach, where sheearned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology.She holds a college instructor credentialin Public Administration from UCLAExtension.

Editor’s Note

We are tremendously proud topublish the second in a series ofthree Cal State L.A. TODAY 50thAnniversary issues, with specialcolor covers and inserts thatcontinue a focus on the history andlegacy of one of the nation’s premierurban universities. Our last issueinformed you about eminent alumniand recent graduates who arebeginning to make their mark on oursociety, locally and globally. Thenext issue will examine some ofthe technological initiatives theUniversity will be undertaking tomeet the challenges of the future.

This issue pictures many of theUniversity’s outstanding and award-winning faculty and introduces youto the most recent recipients of itsOutstanding Professor Award. In thisissue, we also include more L.A. State“originals” — 1954 alumnus MartyHalperin, an original cheerleader, and1951 alumna Ruthe Busch Gluckson,our first homecoming queen.

If there are articles youparticularly enjoyed—or subjectsyou’d like us to include in the future,we’d appreciate hearing from you.Fifty years strong, California StateUniversity, Los Angeles continues itshalf-century anniversary celebrationthis year with special events for ourstudents, alumni, staff, and friendsin the community. Keep in touch!

— Carol Selkin, editor

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Campus News

President’s DistinguishedProfessor Award

Stanley M. Burstein

Professor of History

Stanley M. Burstein holds B.A.,M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from UCLA. Hejoined the Cal State L.A. faculty in 1968and is chair of the Department of His-tory. An internationally-known scholarof ancient history, especially the Hel-lenic and Hellenistic periods, Bursteinhas done extensive research on the his-tory of Greece and its relations withEgypt and Nubia. He has published ninebooks to his credit, including AncientAfrican Kingdoms: Kush and Axum,which was published in November,1997. He is president of the Associationof Ancient History and the CaliforniaClassical Association-Southern Sectionand was a Cal State L.A. OutstandingProfessor in 1992-93.

Burstein was recognized for hisdevotion to his students, his willingnessto spend long hours in both scholarlyand academic advisement, and the highquality of his instruction. Current andformer students have praised Bursteinfor the clarity of his teaching as well ashis “informative and entertaining”lectures.

An incident, recounted by DaleCarter at the awards ceremony, exem-plifies Burstein’s outstanding attributes

1996-1997 Outstanding Professor Award Recipients

as an educator. One of a very few Ameri-can experts in his field, Burstein hadagreed to direct the doctoral disserta-tion of a student at a “large Easternuniversity,” after the death of thestudent’s adviser. An excerpt from a let-ter by that student—today a successfulscholar—testifies to Stanley Burstein’sdevotion to teaching and learning andechoes endorsements he has receivedfrom numerous students: “From thestart, Professor Burstein proved to be anincredibly gifted mentor. He knew thescholarship better than anyone I hadknown and understood clearly what hadto be done. He was generous with histime, but very exacting and forthright.. . . His personal impact on my life andcareer is a strong measure of his con-cern for teaching, research, and service.No student ever had a better mentor,and no university ever had a more out-standing professor to honor for a life-time of service.”

Francisco E. Balderrama

Professor of Chicano Studiesand History

Francisco Balderrama earned hisM.A. and his Ph.D. at UCLA. He beganteaching at Cal State L.A. in 1984 andwas chair of the Chicano Studies De-partment from 1984 to 1993. A Chicanohistorian with interest in the AmericanWest, California, and Los Angeles,Balderrama has focused his research onthe Mexican-American communityduring the early 20th century, with par-ticular attention to its relations withMexico. He has received several re-search grants and professional awards,including the Senior Fulbright Lecture-ship in American Immigration at theUniversity of Rome. He has consultedfor the Ford Foundation, the WesternAssociation of Colleges and Universi-ties, the Fund for the Improvement ofPost Secondary Education, and the Edu-cational Testing Service and recentlycompleted a term as managing editorof Ethnohistory, the journal of theEthnohistory Association.

In 1966, Balderrama received theGustavus Myers Center for the Studyof Human Rights in North Americabook award for co-authoring, withRaymond Rodríguez, Decade of Be-trayal: Mexican Repatriation in the1930s. This prestigious award isgiven annually to the best scholar-ship on the subject of intolerance inNorth American.

Balderrama’s “student and peerevaluations place him consistentlyamong the best in his school,” com-mented Dale Carter. Students havecalled Balderrama’s teaching “excellent,totally informed” and “outstanding.” “Ihope my grandchildren may have theopportunity to hear ProfessorBalderrama’s lectures and read hisbooks,” wrote one student.

Martin G. Brodwin

Professor of Education

Martin G. Brodwin, a Cal State L.A.alumnus, who earned his Ph.D. at Michi-gan State University, is well-known forhis work in rehabilitation counseling.Since joining the faculty in 1988, Brodwinhas served as coordinator for theUniversity’s undergraduate program inrehabilitation services and graduate pro-gram in rehabilitation counseling. In1996, he and a Cal State L.A. colleaguereceived a $750,000 four-year Depart-ment of Education grant for a trainingprogram directed toward rehabilitationcounseling and special education gradu-ate students.

Brodwin received the 1996 Outstand-ing Rehabilitation Educator Award fromthe National Association of Rehabilita-tion Professionals in the Private Sector.He is president of the California Reha-bilitation Counseling Association, amember of the executive council of theCalifornia Association for Counselingand Development, and serves on the edi-torial board of several professional coun-seling and rehabilitation journals. Histextbook, Medical, Psychosocial, and Vo-cational Aspects of Disability, publishedin 1993, has been used in more than 70colleges and universities.

After arriving at Cal State L.A.,commented Dale Carter, Brodwin “wasable within three years to make [reha-bilitation counseling] among the stron-gest programs in his school.” Repeat-edly referring to him as “an excellentprofessor,” students write: “It is clearthat he really loves what he does; hehas much respect for his students.”“This professor is the best I have everhad. He loves his work in this field, andit shows.”And finally, “How can any-one improve on perfection?”

Terry R. Kandal

Professor of Sociology

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UCBerkeley, Terry R. Kandal went on toearn his M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology atthat institution. His areas of specializa-tion are classical sociological theory ofthe 19th century and early 20th century,Marxian theory, theories of social changeand revolution, sex and gender role is-sues, and the sociology of knowledge andscience. A leading sociologist, Kandalhas published widely in his field. He hasauthored and edited four books, includ-ing The Woman Question in ClassicalSociological Theory, co-edited Studies of

Development and Change in theModern World, and published essays,“Revolution, Racism and Sexism: Chal-lenges for World-System Analysis,” and“Gender, Race and Ethnicity: Let’s NotForget Class.” For 10 years, he waseditor of The California Sociologist,a professional peer-review journalpublished by Cal State L.A.’s Depart-ment of Sociology, and continues toserve it and six others as a referee.

Throughout his 29 years at Cal StateL.A., Kandal has served as principalundergraduate adviser, associate chairand graduate studies committee chair forthe Department of Sociology. He is amember of the American SociologicalAssociation, an honorary member ofGolden Key National Honor Society,and is listed in Who’s Who AmongAmerica’s Teachers.

“The professor was special,” said astudent, who praised Kandal for“bringing to life” subject matter thatwas “difficult” and potentially “lessthan scintillating.” Said other students:“His general knowledge of the subjectis amazing” and “He is quite possiblythe best overall professor I’ve had theopportunity to work with in all mycourses in sociology. He also was veryinfluential in my deciding to continueat Cal State L.A. for graduate school.”

Nancy L. McQueen

Associate Professor of Microbiology

Nancy L. McQueen earned her B.S.in Microbiology at Cal Poly Pomonaand her Ph.D. in Microbiology andImmunology at the UCLA School ofMedicine. She completed a postdoctoralfellowship at the Beckman ResearchInstitute at City of Hope. Her researchareas include cloning, medicalmicrobiology, pathogenic bacteriology,hematology, and virology. Since joiningthe Department of Biology andMicrobiology in 1989, McQueen hasreceived over $650,000 in grants for herresearch and has been extraordinarilyactive in faculty governance at thedepartment, school, and Universitylevels . She has held numerousadministrative positions within thedepartment and has been a mentor tomany graduate students. A CaliforniaRegistered Medical Technologist,McQueen is a member of the AmericanSociety of Microbiology, the AmericanSociety of Biochemistry and MolecularBiology, the American Association forthe Advancement of Science, and theAmerican Society of Clinical Pathology.

McQueen’s “performance as teacherand adviser . . . makes her stand out evenin this select company,” said DaleCarter, adding, “her student evaluationswere among the very best that thecommittee members had ever seen.”Students’ comments consistently referto McQueen’s “compassion,” “under-standing” and commitment of personaltime in the interests of teaching.

ne of the most highly antici-pated events at the start of the

new academic year is the announce-ment of the Cal State L.A. Outstand-ing Professor Awards. Five distin-guished recipients for 1996-1997were honored at the annual Fall Fac-ulty Day program and at a specialreception hosted by President Rosserand the Academic Senate.

Each year, a selection commit-tee of former recipients is chargedwith choosing a maximum of fourOutstanding Professor Award (OPA)recipients and one President’s Dis-tinguished Professor. All full-timefaculty are eligible for nominationby faculty, students, and alumni.This year’s selection committeechair was Dale Carter (Modern Lan-guages and Literatures).

The highest academic honor theUniversity bestows, the OutstandingProfessor Award is granted for con-tinuing excellence in teaching, re-search, and contributions to highereducation. The President’s Distin-guished Professor Award, formerly theCSU Outstanding Professor Award,recognizes previously selected OPArecipients who have continued to dis-tinguish themselves through superla-tive teaching and exceptional commit-ment to students, service to campusand community, and outstanding pro-fessional accomplishments.

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Gift Advances California Teaching Reform

With the further support of DeanMori and Cal State L.A. President JamesM. Rosser, the University became Will-iams and Sved’s primary guide and ad-vocate through the process of applyingfor charter status. (An LAUSD chartergrants policy and fiscal independence toa public school, but demands greater ac-countability for outcomes.)

In September 1994, The Acceler-ated School opened its doors at the tinySt. Stephen’s Church, establishing itselfas the only school with a charter inSouth Central Los Angeles and the onlycharter school in the country to em-brace the Accelerated Schools approachto education. (The Accelerated Schoolsmodel treats all students as gifted, chal-lenging them to excel in academics.)

Cal State L.A. faculty membersfrom the Los Angeles AcceleratedSchools Center, operating in the Char-ter School of Education, continued tocoach teachers, parents, and staff, andhelp them implement the Accelerated

At the gifting ceremony: (l-r) Simeon Slovacek; Allen A. Mori; Kevin M. Sved; Johnathan X. Williams; an Accelerated School student; Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis; Pamela Erwin;Lynda Guber; Carole Little; Hekima Jaliwa; Leonard Rabinowitz; James M. Rosser; and CSU Chancellor Barry Munitz.

Schools model. The new public schooladministrators and University facultyworked together to create innovativecurricula, prepare grant proposals, anddevelop contacts for corporate support.The University contributed financialand in-kind resources that, amongother things, helped pay the salary of afundraising professional.

The results were noteworthy. Overthe first two years, parents volunteered arecord number of hours, corporations andfoundations committed funds, and theschool showed measurable increase instudent reading and math performance.

An important contact at this timewas established with Lynda Guber,former president of EDUCATIONFIRST! and a teacher herself. Guber,wife of film producer Peter Guber anda friend of Leonard Rabinowitz, wasimpressed with the energy, vision, anddedication of Williams and Sved andthe strong commitment of Cal StateL.A.’s Charter School of Education.

Cal State L.A. Charter School ofEducation helps develop an accel-erated school in South CentralL.A. and facilitates a $6.8 millionsite donation from Carole Little’sCalifornia Fashion Industries.

n September 25, 1997, a $6.8million gift to the Cal State L.A.

Foundation formalized an historicpartnership among higher education,the K-12 public school system, andprivate enterprise that moves Californiaeducation reform a giant step forward.

The gift is the sprawling SouthCentral Los Angeles site that was for-merly the administrative headquartersand warehouse of California FashionIndustries (CFI). Donated by CFI co-presidents—fashion designer CaroleLittle and her business partner LeonardRabinowitz—the facilities at Main andMartin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard arenow the permanent home for TheAccelerated School , a unique LosAngeles public charter school.

The unprecedented donation alsounderscores the role of Cal State L.A.and its Charter School of Educationas a leading force in education reformefforts to improve California’s pre-K-through-12 schools.

Cal State L.A., The AcceleratedSchool, the Los Angeles businesscommunity, educators, parents, andstudents will develop the four-acre,five-building site as a preschool-through-high school learning centerand teacher professional developmentcenter.

“The new buildings will accom-modate major on-site and distancelearning facilities for Cal State L.A.faculty research and teaching, as wellas intensive hands-on classroom expe-rience for undergraduate, graduate, andcredential program candidates,” saysAllen Mori, dean of the Charter Schoolof Education. Plans include renovationand expansion of the already-substan-tial facilities so it can function as acommunity resource center afterschool hours and on weekends.

From 1994 to this past September,The Accelerated School (profiled in theWinter 1997 issue of Cal State L.A.TODAY: “Learning to Change, Chang-ing to Learn”) occupied temporaryquarters not far from its present loca-tion. In September, 140 kindergarten-through- sixth grade students began theacademic year in the CFI complex, bythen complete with outdoor playequipment, in addition to its fully-linked computer lab and state-of-the-arts stainless steel cafeteria. “We arethrilled that Larry Ellison, presidentand CEO of Oracle, has pledged net-worked computers for every classroomin the new school,” comments KyleButton, Cal State L.A. vice presidentfor Institutional Advancement.

In the early 1990s, the passion oftwo young L.A. Unified School Districteducators for a place of learning thatembodied the new education reformmovement was ignited by the work offaculty members from the CharterSchool of Education. Already active inestablishing the first Southern Califor-nia, and second national, elementaryschool based on the Accelerated Schoolsmodel at the 99th Street School, pro-fessors Sabrina Mims and SimeonSlovacek (Educational Foundationsand Interdivisional Studies) sparkedthe interest of teachers Johnathan Wil-liams and Kevin Sved.

Guber connected The AcceleratedSchool and Cal State L.A. withRabinowitz, who had been looking fora substantial way to repay the commu-nity that had protected his propertyduring the Los Angeles riots. Finally, thegift was made to the Cal State L.A.Foundation, with a $1-per-year leaseagreement to The Accelerated School.At this time, in addition to Cal StateL.A.’s long-term commitments, exten-sive program, curriculum, architectural,funding, and organizational commit-ments have been made by each of theother partners in this endeavor, and acapital campaign is planned.

“This is more than a simple lease-for-space or student-teacher arrange-ment,” reflects Dean Mori, “and it couldnot have happened without the directsupport of the CSU Chancellor, thePresident of Cal State L.A., and the aca-demic leadership of this campus.Leonard Rabinowitz and Carole Little’smajor gift engages our institution in oneof the most extensive public/privatepartnerships in education, merging Uni-versity research and campus life withbusiness, media, and a grassroots com-munity public school on the south sideof Los Angeles. There is no doubt in mymind that The Accelerated School willhave a profound and enduring positiveimpact on our children and on publiceducation, leading the way for the real-ization of education reform in Los An-geles and the nation.”

Lynda Guber and Lieutenant Governor Davis watch as students demonstrate the computers in the Accelerated SchoolACCESS Center lab.

Touring the Accelerated School.

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M students because they knew how tomanage their time.”

Marty Halperin ought to know. Hecontributed mightily to campus lifethrough top student government posts,and founded L.A. State’s first integratedfraternity (Kappa Phi Sigma). But Martywas most visible (and audible!) when hewas helping to put a little pep in thestudent body at various L.A. State ath-letics events, as one of the college’soriginal cheerleaders.

“By the time L.A. State wasc rea ted on the L.A. City Collegecampus, a bunch of us, including ourrally commissioner, Billy Barty (’52),were putting on terrific pep rallies. Wehad top-notch entertainers, like SaraVaughan. The rally would be packed.Then we’d have the game, and, to oursurprise, very few people would showup. We finally figured out that thosewere all City College students at the peprally—they were enjoying theentertainment, but didn’t care at allabout L.A. State’s teams!”

A radio fanatic “since the age offive,” Marty had a taste of radio life asa page for NBC during high school.Drafted shortly after he entered LACCas a broadcasting major in 1945, Martywas “educated” in the medium throughthe Armed Forces Radio Services—beginning what would become alifelong career as a recording engineer.

arty Halperin (’51, ’54 M.A., Edu-cation) is definitely one of the top

candidates to embody our University’s“team spirit.”

“I was going for my master’s ineducation in 1953-54,” said Martyrecently. “Dr. Floyd Eastwood suggestedI research the topic of whether the gradepoint averages of college students sufferif they’re very active in studentgovernment or involved in campus extracurricular activities or sports. I surveyedabout 200 students and discovered thatit was just the reverse—the ones thatwere active were generally the successful

After the army,while working for theArmed Forces Radio Servicesas a civilian, he resumed hismajor at LACC but found nocorresponding field of studyopen at L.A. State on entering.

Although Marty majored ineducation, with a minor inEnglish, and received histeaching credential, he nevertaught in elementary orsecondary schools. However,he notes, “in 1956, while Iwas working for NorthAmerican Aviation doingsound for films, I got a callfrom LACC asking me toteach evening classes.”The experience agreedwith him, and he woundup teaching broadcasting at LACCduring the evenings for 37 years whileworking in the field during the day.

Marty’s love of radio has never di-minished. He’s shared his talent withsome of the greatest names in the busi-ness and now sits on the boards of Pa-cific Pioneer Broadcasters and the BigBand Academy of America, alongsidemany broadcasting notables. Today,among his many projects, he workswith syndicators and radio stations,mastering old radio programs fromdisc to tape. In case you’re wondering,

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Through Megaphone or Radio,the Message is Still “Team Spirit”

Alumni News

Ruthe Busch Gluckson:Our First Homecoming Queen Teaches Us That Life Shouldn’t Stand Still

raised three children, “all of whom”she says, with understandable pride,“received degrees in education!”

Ruthe’s interest in dance (she stud-ied with Anne Barlin, a student of therenowned Charles Weidman and LesterHorton) impelled her to combine her

knowledge of education pedagogy withdance and movement techniques. Dur-ing the 1960s, she led encountergroups, was a substitute teacher, andtaught adult education. By the 1980s,she had studied mime with noted mas-ters Marcel Marceau and Antonin

yes, he is involved inthe KNX Drama Hour’s

old-time broadcasts, forwhich he does all the

mastering.Last year, in prepara-

tion for Cal State L.A.’s50th Anniversary, DavidSigler, special collections li-brarian at the University’sJohn F. Kennedy Library,discovered some originalradio discs of L.A. State’sfirst Homecoming (bas-ketball) game. He con-tacted Marty, who hadoriginally arranged tohave the game re-corded and broadcastinternationally by theArmed Forces Radio

Service. Marty volunteered to put theoriginal recording on tape for theUniversity’s archives. The tape includesmuch of the pivotal game against thePepperdine Waves for the league cham-pionship (sorry— the Diablos didn’twin), an interview with Marty as cheer-leader, and announcement of the crown-ing of the first Homecoming Queen,Ruthe Busch, (see article below).

It’s clear that with Marty Halperin’steam spirit, the University will always bethe winner!

Hodek, and psychology with FritzPerls, co-founder of Gestalt Therapy.

Combining dance therapy and psy-chotherapy, she has taught classes forchildren with severe behavior disordersand developed movement classes forthe limited-movement elderly. An ad-vocate of dance as a means to expandthe self, she coauthored, with AnneBarlin, Teaching Your Wings to Fly, aguidebook for teachers who want tobring dance into the classroom.

With seemingly inexhaustible en-ergy, Ruth continues to educate, withthe accent on movement. She currentlyteaches a class (called Moving Experi-ences) at the Creativity Center in La-guna Beach. Over the last 20 years, shediscovered a talent for helping non-swimmers learn to swim. Two books—one, “an accumulation of my experi-ences teaching,” and the other abouther swimming teaching style—are inthe works.

“You know,” says Ruthe, “I’m nota painter—I can’t even draw—but I be-lieve there is artistic expression in allof us. And I know my art is teaching.”

1951 Homecoming Queen Candidates: (l-r) Ruthe Busch;Marian Pittman; judges, Carol Wallenburg of Rose MarieReid bathing suits, and Tex Benecke, band leader; NancyBaum; Dorothy Lister; Irma Tadini; Earl Dunstan, alumnus.

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The crowning of Lucifer’s Lass, 1951 HomecomingQueen Ruthe Busch, in the men’s gym.

uthe (Busch)G l u c k s o n

(’52) had just re-turned from a visitto her daughter inNew Zealand whenwe called her for aninterview. Althoughshe hadn’t evenunpacked her bags, she was as gracious,charming, and fascinating as she musthave been 46 years ago, when she wascrowned “Lucifer’s Lass,” L.A. State’sfirst Homecoming Queen, in 1951. Aneducation major, the former “Ruthie”Busch was involved in many aspectsof campus life, holding office in LasDamacitas, the official L.A. State host-ess organization; Tri Alpha, a social andservice organization for kindergarten-primary education majors; the Schol-arship Society; and CST, the Califor-nia Student Teachers Association. “Ialso helped found the first integratedsorority on campus, Tau Sigma Nu,”Ruthe recalls.

Ruthe’s husband, Leonard, whomshe married soon after graduation, wasa psychiatrist who, she sadly reports,passed away seven years ago. She

Marty Halperin, with his college memorabilia, at thearchives of Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters in Los Angeles.

Martha E. Lujan (’88 B.S. Rehabili-tation Counseling ’91 M.S. Counseling)is a program clinical coordinator of theadolescent day treatment program forthe Margarita Mendez Children’s Men-tal Health Center, Plaza CommunityCenter/College Hospital in East LosAngeles. She has seven children andsix grandchildren.

Paul Yalnezian (’89 B.S. BusinessAdministration–Entrepreneurship) re-cently was inducted as president of theCalifornia Association of Mortgage Bro-kers, San Gabriel Valley chapter.

Harrison Lapahie, Jr. (’90 M.S.Electrical Engineering) is a programmeranalyst at USC.

Dean Gatons (’92 M.S. Health CareManagement) is an area account man-ager for managed health care withWyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. He wasmarried in December 1996 and lives inHighland, CA.

Arthur P. Johnson, Jr. (’92 BusinessAdministration) is an associate in theInvestment Banking Group for SalomonBrothers Inc., New York, NY.

Braulio Paiz (’92 B.S. ComputerScience) joined the Navy in 1991. Herecently returned from a six-month de-ployment to the Mediterranean Seawith Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squad-ron 3, aboard the aircraft carrier USSJohn F. Kennedy.

Carmen R. Torres (’92 CriminalJustice) received her Juris Doctor (J.D.)degree from University of West LosAngeles School of Law in June 1997.

Glen J. Barbee (’93 Biology) is afourth-year medical student at theMedical College of Pennsylvania andHahnemann School of Medicine inPhiladelphia. This past year, he wasstate chair of the Pennsylvania Medi-cal Society. He plans to return to LosAngeles soon to begin a residency infamily medicine or pediatrics.

Jon Palmer (’93 Theatre Arts) re-cently played Major Robbie Ross in theColony Studio Theatre’s production ofOur Country’s Good. His televisioncredits include Gabriel’s Place,Matlock, D.E.A., Murder She Wrote,Who’s the Boss, General Hospital, Daysof Our Lives, Highway to Heaven, NewAdam-12, Winds, F.B.I., Untold Stories,L. A. Law, and a recurring role on TheBold and the Beautiful.

Joe Shaw (’94 B.A. Journalism) iscommunications coordinator of theAIDS Service Center in Pasadena, oneof the country’s largest providers of di-rect free services to men, women, andchildren with HIV/AIDS.

James J. Zboravan (’94 CriminalJustice) was one of the many membersof the LAPD (North Hollywood Divi-sion) who were involved in, andwounded at, the February 1997 Bank ofAmerica robbery. He has spoken abouthis experiences throughout SouthernCalifornia, particularly at schools andfor police departments.

Daniel J. Geary (’63) passed awaylast year. He was a former presidentand adviser to theCal State L .A.chapter o f thenational socialf r a te r ni ty PhiSigma Kappa.

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Sam V. Curtis (’50 Social Science’61 M.A. Education), a former RialtoCity Councilman and school boardmember, recently was honored at aground-breaking ceremony for a $16million elementary school in Rialtothat will bear his name.

Richard G. (Dick) Frohnen (’54 B.A.Journalism) is a consultant for institu-tional advancement in the Seattle area.He is a retired university professor andadministrator, Marine Corps colonel,and newspaper reporter and editor.

Frank J. De Santis (’54 ’72 M.S.Business Administration) is president of

the Harbor-UCLA Research and Educa-tion Institute in Torrance, CA. He re-cently was elected national president ofthe Order of Sons of Italy in America atthe organization’s 45th biennial na-tional convention in Palm Beach, FL.

Frank Soyejima (’57 B.S. Engineer-ing–Mechanical) is retired and living inMililani, HI.

Donald J. Zuk (’61 Psychology) ispresident and chief executive officer ofSCPIE Holdings, Inc., and a member ofthe board of directors. He has been withSCPIE (a health care professional liabil-ity insurer based in Beverly Hills, CA)since 1989.

Lily Rivera (’63 Education) recentlycompleted her Ph.D. in Education at UCRiverside.

Franklin Benjamin Robinson III(’63 Art) is an artist/collector who

specializes in oil paintings. His gal-lery, Franklin Studios, is located inAzusa, CA.

Jerry Gaines (’64 Business Educa-tion) was appointed a commissioner forthe City of Los Angeles Charter ReformCommission whose members arestudying how to streamline and im-prove city government.

Timothy W. Lancey (’64 B.S. Engi-neering–Mechanical) was named a Fel-low of the ASME International (Ameri-can Society of Mechanical Engineers).

Class Notes

He is a professor of mechanical engi-neering at CSU Fullerton.

David B. Riles (’64 Psychology) re-tired after 29 years as an administratorat Cal State L.A.

Carolyn Fox (’65 B.S. Business Ad-ministration–Accounting), owner of aCPA firm in Encino, CA, received anaccounting award from the U.S. SmallBusiness Administration.

Thomas Debley (’67 B.S. Journal-ism) has been appointed director ofmedia relations for the California Di-vision of Kaiser Permanente, the larg-est nonprofit health maintenance orga-nization in the U.S.

William H. McFarland (’67 M.B.A.)recently was named president and chiefexecutive officer of Irvine ApartmentCommunities.

Bev W. Morant (’67 Industrial Edu-cation) recently retired after teaching forthe past 25 years at John Muir HighSchool.

Richard R. Orosco (’67 B.S. Busi-ness Administration–Accounting) is aprincipal consultant for PriceWaterhouse in Los Angeles. He is aformer district director for the IRS inLos Angeles, Austin, TX, and Boise, ID.

Dean P. Collins (’68 B.S. BusinessAdministration) is completing hismaster’s degree at CSU DominguezHills while working at Boeing Aircraftin Long Beach, reports his mother,Thelma Brown (’66 Sociology).

Lloyd Wood (’68 ’71 M.S. PoliceScience), a former chief of the Pomonaand Azusa police departments, was ap-pointed by Governor Pete Wilson asinspector general of the CaliforniaYouth and Adult Correctional Agency.

John Crowe (’69 B.A. Journalism,’85 American Studies) is senior associ-ate dean of external relations for USC’sMarshall School of Business.

Ray Lyon (’69 Business Education)recently had his 70-page handbook,“How to Make a Bad Letter Good,”published. He has taught businesscommunication at East Los AngelesCollege for 30 years.

Nick Sternad (’69 Art) has beenemployed by U.S. Bank for 28 yearsand is vice president of businessbanking. He recently became a grand-father and is a certified instructor inkarate/kung fu.

Elena Loredo Velarde (’69 Music ’79Education) is a teacher with the LosAngeles Unified School District and isan arts volunteer for the Los AngelesCounty Music Center and About Pro-ductions Theater Company.

Randall L. Carter (’70 IndustrialArts) is a senior show producer and di-rector for Walt Disney Imagineering andhas spent the past 24 years designingtheme park attractions in France, Japan,Florida, and California.

Alan Paul Haskvitz (’70 M.A.American Studies) is a teacher atSuzanne Middle School in Walnut, CA,and recently was inducted into the Na-tional Teachers Hall of Fame as part ofNational Teacher Day in Emporia, KS.

George Nakano (’70 Mathematics’79 M.A. Education) was confirmed asan alternate representative on theMetropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)’s13-member board of directors. He alsoserves on the regional council of South-ern California Association of Govern-ments (SCAG). He is a four-term citycouncil member from Torrance, CA.

Herman Sanders (’70 M.S. Educa-tion) is an education consultant, lec-turer, and writer whose book, DaddyWe Need You Now!–a primer on Afri-

can-American male socialization–waspublished recently.

Linda Blanton-Treydte (’73 Sociol-ogy), a resource specialist for PalomaElementary School in Temecula, CA,recently was nominated as Teacher ofthe Year for the Temecula UnifiedSchool District.

Ruben Zacarias (’73 M.A. Educa-tion–School Administration and Super-vision) was named superintendent ofthe Los Angeles Unified School Districtin May 1997.

John Bernardi (’74 B.S. Engineer-ing–Civil) recently retired after spend-ing 30 years in public life as a city engi-neer, public works director, and citymanager. He recently became a real es-tate broker and purchased the Century21 Office in Colton, CA.

Victor H. Okumoto (’75 M.S. Elec-trical Engineering) recently was ap-pointed general counsel for CredenceSystems Corporation, a leading manu-facturer of automatic test equipment forthe semiconductor industry.

Yoshiko Fong (’76 B.S. BusinessAdministration–Accounting ’89M.B.A.) is the director of accounting forthe Los Angeles School District and amember of the board of directors of theLos Angeles School Classified Employ-ees Federal Credit Union.

James B. Griffin (’77 B.S. IndustrialTechnology–Printing Management) isan account executive with SuperiorLithographics in Los Angeles. Hefounded the American Single ParentsNetwork (ASPN), a nonprofit member-ship group dedicated to serving singleparents and their children.

Richard A. Naylor (’77 B.A. English,’81 M.A. Music) is a practicing licensedmarriage-family-child counselor, andpast president of the Ventura Countychapter of the California Association ofMarriage and Family Therapists(CAMFT), and the chapter’s legislativeliaison. He is writing a crime novel setin Hawaii.

Andrea Fuchs Sumiyoshi (’77 B.A.German) is founder and president of theAF International School of LanguagesInc. in Westlake Village, CA. Aftergraduating from Cal State L.A., she re-ceived a Ph.D. at UCLA and an M.A. atCal Lutheran University.

Stephen R. Marsh (’79 B.A. Eco-nomics) writes that after losing threeyoung daughters to unrelated medicalconditions, he started a “Web Ring” ofparents whose children have died. Hishome page address is: http://adrr.com/living/index.htm.

Rose M. Davis (’80 M.A. BusinessEducation) has retired from the LosAngeles Unified School District. Ownerand executive producer of RM DavisProductions/Dilyle Records, she is seek-ing talent for the annual new artistmusic expo held at the Los AngelesConvention Center.

John W. Andrews (’80 M.A. Educa-tion), founding provost of the Norcocampus of Riverside Community Col-lege, will become provost of RCC’sMoreno Valley campus.

Gerry Gaba (’82 B.A. IndustrialArts) lives in Singapore and is a man-ager of technical operations for ChryslerInternational of Southeast Asia.

Pamela L. Murphy (’82 Nursing)joined the Navy in 1983 and recentlyreturned from a six-month deploymentto the Western Pacific and IndianOceans and the Persian Gulf. While ondeployment, Murphy visited Australia,Bahrain, Malaysia, Oman, Singapore,and Thailand.

In Memoriam

1950S

1990S

1960S

1970S 1980S

AKE SANDLERProfessor of Government/PoliticalScience from 1949-1980

In the summer of 1949, when Istarted as a part-time instructor in thenonexistent department of political sci-ence, I was allotted “office space” in adrawer of a desk that belonged to theman who recruited me, RaymondRydell, chair of the new department ofhistory and, much later, the executivevice chancellor of the whole universitysystem of some 22 institutions. Wewere then located on the Vermont cam-pus . . . . it was an exciting time, and Ialways look back on it with nostalgia.

But my most vivid memories are ofPresident Howard S. MacDonald . . . .My most dramatic “encounter” withMacDonald was one day on the newcampus on Eastern Avenue when I washeading for the library, and he chargedme like a bull, red-faced and angry, wav-ing a paper in my face. At first, I didn’tcomprehend why he was so angry andwhat the paper was he was practicallythrowing in my face. It was a petitionmy graduate students had signed, ask-

in the division, so each of us had to teach afew courses in which we had little back-ground. Exercise physiology was myspecialty. I was L.A. State’s first baseballcoach in Spring 1950. Opposing teamswould scoff at us because the players per-formed in gray sweatsuits, baseball caps,and baseball shoes but no regular uniforms.

In 1955 or 1956, the division officemoved from an old brick building closeto the campus incinerator to a bunga-low on Berendo Street, just north of theLACC campus. I shared an office with[coach] Sax Elliot. In the autumn of1957, the division finally located on theRamona campus with our faculty of-fices on the second story of the Fine Artsbuilding. I remember teaching golf on apatch of grass just north of the build-ing. The present gymnasium was com-pleted in 1958, so we began the fall se-mester in the new facility . . . .

The first football team was formedin Fall 1951 with Leonard “Bud” Adamsas its coach. Its first victory was the defeatof La Verne College . . . . the team’s onlyvictory that year. I was the second golfcoach, from 1953 to 1963. In 1957, the

men’s team defeated USC in a dual golfmatch at Annandale Country Club—a firstfor any [L.A. State College] sports team.

VERNON LEIDIG

Professor of Music from 1950-1982In the 1950s, the objectives of the

Los Angeles State College were to servethe needs of business, industry, and edu-cation. In September 1950, four new fac-ulty members joined the L.A. StateMusic Department: Hugh Mullins,theory; Maurine Timmerman, musiceducation; Francis Baxter, choral mu-sic; and me, instrumental music edu-cation. The department had three othermembers. I taught my classes in aQuonset hut on the corner of Vermontand Normal where the H car turnedaround to go south on Vermont—noisy!The LACC campus was surrounded byQuonset huts for the L.A. State classes,including the library. The rooms werehot in summer and cold in winter, withlow ceilings, no acoustical treatment,and no air conditioning . . . .

ing for permission to smoke in my semi-nar. MacDonald must have thought itwas my idea. The petition had beenhanded to Mort Renshaw, dean of stu-dents, who had put it on MacDonald’sdesk. I had not the slightest inkling whatmy students were up to; I guess theythought it a reasonable request, notknowing MacDonald’s fanatic positionon smoking.

While I read the petition, which hefinally handed me, he harangued mewith statistics about the dangers ofsmoking—how they had caused fires,how schools had burned. I was made tobelieve L.A. State might have burnedto the ground if the petition had beengranted. I still have it, for anybody tosee and read. Across it in red ink, thepresident had written “ABSOLUTELYNOT!” and signed it. You might say Ilearned my lesson the hard way, but weremained friends till the day he left.

WARREN E. REEVES

Professor of Physical Education andRecreation from 1950-1982

We only had a few faculty members

The Founding Faculty Reminisce

Our offices were usually in two-story flats offcampus that were formerly private homes. I canremember hearing a secretary inform a studentthat he could find Dr. Shroyer in the “frontupstairs bedroom.” — Mary W. Huber

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John M. Austin

Vernon Leidig

Warren E. Reeves

Mary W. Huber

Ake Sandler

Sidney P. Albert

Carol J. Smallenburg

T wenty years ago, a group ofretired professors from the

variously-called Los Angeles StateCollege of Applied Arts and Sci-ences-“L.A. State”-California StateCollege at Los Angeles-“Cal StateL.A.” and, finally, California StateUniversity, Los Angeles, became asingle force to be reckoned with.

On February 9, 1978, after morethan a year of planning initiated byprofessor of philosophy SidneyAlbert, who had not yet retired, theCal State L.A. Emeriti Associationwas officially established. The fledg-ling organization played a significantrole in establishing a voice for re-tired faculty in the University’sAcademic Senate and reformingUniversity policy to create strongties between the University and itsretired faculty members.

Clearly ahead of its time, thecampus-based association was thefirst such major organization in theCalifornia State University system.As pioneers in the emeriti move-ment, leaders of the Cal State L.A.Emeriti Association helped to foundassociations on sister campuses, andwere instrumental in the foundationof the statewide Emeritus andRetired Faculty Association (ERFA).

At Cal State L.A., retiredprofessors who are nominated bytheir academic department —withapproval from their school dean, theprovost and vice president of AcademicAffairs and the president—areawarded the status of emeritus oremerita professor. Of nearly 400faculty members who currently holdthe emeritus designation, about 200former faculty members belong to theEmeriti Association at Cal State L.A.Today, emeritus professors continueto bring recognition to the Universityand are active in all phases of campusacademic and cultural life. Theirprofessional activities are regularlyreported in the University’s faculty/staff monthly newsletter, UniversityReports, and in their own publication,The Emeritimes.

Below are the memories ofsome of our earliest faculty mem-bers, excerpted from a larger series ofreminiscences published recently inThe Emeritimes.

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Cal State L.A. Salutes

1965-1966Eugene Benedetti (Education)William G. Byron (Geography)Eugene H. Kopp (Electrical

Engineering)Samuel McSeveny (History)Paul M. Zall (English)Robert G. Cathcart (Speech

Communication)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Nominee

Hudson Roysher (Art)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1966-1967Arthur A. Attwell (Education)Robert G. Cathcart (Speech

Communication)Harold Goldwhite (Chemistry)Joseph A. Sacher (Biology)

Frederick Shroyer (English)Milton Stern (Music)William Leary (English)—

CSU OutstandingProfessor Nominee

1967-1968Georgia S. Adams (Education)Allen P. Bristow (Criminal

Justice)Leslie Cromwell (Electrical

Engineering)Gilbert Geis (Sociology)Evelyn J. Malkin (Nursing)Fred H. Marcus (English)

1968-1969Gerhard Albersheim (Music)Anthony Fratiello (Chemistry)Richard G. Lillard (English)Francis E. Lord (Education)

Thomas P. Onak (Chemistry)Leon Pape (Physics)Harold Goldwhite (Chemistry)—


1969-1970Anthony J. Andreoli (Bio-

chemistry)Henri Coulette (English)Norman Fruman (English)Caro Hatcher (Education)Thomas McEnroe (Political

Science)Arthur L. Smith (History)Joseph Casanova, Jr. (Chemis-

try)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1970-1971No campus awardsNorman Fruman (English)—


Gilbert Geis (Sociology)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1971-1972No awards

1972-1973Butrus Abd al-Malik (History)Walter M. Askin (Art)Robert L. Douglass (Speech

Pathology)Delwyn G. Schubert

(Education)Richard J. Vogl (Biology)Allen Bristow (Criminal

Justice)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Nominee

1963-1964Donald A. Bird (English)Joseph A. Casanova, Jr.

(Chemistry)Vernon F. Leidig (Music)Marvin Laser (English)—


Solomon Diamond(Psychology)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1964-1965Marvin Laser (English)William G. Leary (English)Herman J. O. Loether (Sociology)Joseph G. Phelan (Psychology)

or more than half a century at California State University, Los Angeles, some of the mostgifted and honored educators in the nation have given students the benefit of their expertise

and wisdom. Undergraduates and graduate students pursuing degrees have been guided in theirspecific disciplines while learning critical thinking skills from the prominent scientists, scholars,and artists who teach at Cal State L.A.

Faculty at Cal State L.A. involve students in their research projects in a way rarely found at theprivate and larger public universities. Whether in the laboratory, the dance studio, or the elementaryschool classroom, whether collecting data for surveys or gathering oral histories in the community,students have been able to work side by side with these experts—among the most honored professorsin the California State University system.

We take this opportunity to recognize the excellence of all Cal State L.A. faculty members andsalute those who have been especially honored by the University and the CSU over the years.

Listed here are recipients of Cal State L.A.’s Outstanding Professor Award, as well as thoseprofessors who have received the CSU Trustees OPA, the CSU/CSLA OPA and the President’sDistinguished Professor Award. They have written major books and textbooks, ledinternationally-honored research projects, or served on national committees or as editors ofsignificant journals in their fields. All have been active on the many committees that exist atthe University. But first and foremost, they are outstanding teachers—honored for their devotionto students and to the communication of knowledge. Because of them, we can approach thenext century with confidence in our University’s mission to provide excellence in education.

1973-1974Daniel Crecelius (History)Leonard F. Heath (Art)Sigmund Jaffe (Chemistry)Jean Utley Lehman

(Education)Lloyd N. Ferguson (Chemistry)

—CSU OutstandingProfessor Nominee

1974-1975Matilde O. Castells (Foreign

Languages—Spanish)Robert D. Kully (Speech

Communication)Jane S. Lewis (Home Economics)Stanley H. Pine (Chemistry)William Leary (English)—


1975-1976Donald O. Dewey (History)David Lindsey (History)Margaret McWilliams

(Home Economics)Leon Schwartz (Foreign

Languages—French)Marian E. Wagstaff (Education)

1976-1977Demetrius J. Margaziotis

(Physics)Rolando Santos (Education)Robert Strassburg (Music)Helen D. Truher (Education)Jane Sanford Lewis (Home

Economics)—CSUOutstanding ProfessorAwardee

1977-1978Richard Dean Burns (History)

SamuelMcSeveney

65-66

Robert Cathcart

66-67

Arthur Smith

69-70

Ronald Silverman

77-78GilbertGeis67-68;70-71

LeonardHeath73-74

Arthur Attwell

66-67

DonaldBird

63-64

DelwynSchubert

72-73

NormanFruman

69-70

David Lindsey

75-76

MatildeCastells74-75

WilliamLeary64-65

HermanLoether

64-65

Eugene Kopp

65-66

Marian Wagstaff

75-76

JoanJohnson77-78

HelenTruher76-77

Gerhard Albersheim

68-69

EugeneBenedetti

65-66

Robert Strassburg

76-77

JeanLehman

73-74

WilliamByron65-66

HudsonRoysher

65-66

Harold Goldwhite

66-67; 77-78

Fred Marcus

67-68

Georgia Adams

67-68

RichardLillard68-69

Henri Coulette

69-70

AllenBristow67-68

Anthony Andreoli

69-70

Caro Hatcher

69-70

Sigmund Jaffe

73-74

Walter Askin

72-73

Lloyd Ferguson

73-74;80-81

Daniel Crecelius73-74

Demetrius Margaziotis

76-77

RolandoSantos

76-77

Robert Kully

74-75

Alice Thompson

77-78LeonSchwartz

75-76

Margaret

McWilliams75-76

Marcella Oberle

78-79

Barbara Clark

78-79

SolomonDiamond

63-64

VernonLeidig64-65

Marvin Laser

63-64; 64-65

JosephSacher

66-67

PaulZall65-66

JosephPhelan64-65

MiltonStern66-67

Frederick Shroyer

66-67

Francis Lord

68-69

EvelynMalkin67-68

Leon Pape68-69

Richard Vogl

72-73

Thomas Onak

68-69; 93-94

Anthony Fratiello

68-69

LeslieCromwell

67-68

Robert Douglass

72-73Jane Lewis

74-75;76-77

Stanley Pine

74-75

Donald Dewey

75-76

C. Lamar Mayer

79-80

Donald Paulson

78-79; 95-96

Butrus

Abd al-Malik

72-73

Thomas McEnroe

69-70

Joseph

Casanova63-64;69-70

Mary Conroy

78-79

Sin Fong Han

79-80

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Joan D. Johnson (PhysicalEducation)

Ronald H. Silverman (Art)Alice C. Thompson (Psychology)Anthony J. Andreoli (Biochem-

istry)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Nominee

Harold Goldwhite (Chemistry)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1978-1979Barbara J. Clark (Education)Mary Conroy (Physical

Education)Marcella Oberle (Speech

Communication)Donald R. Paulson (Chemistry)Margaret McWilliams (Home

Economics)—CSUOutstanding ProfessorNominee

1979-1980Saralyn Daly (English)Sin Fong Han (Geography)Wilmer O. Maedke (Business

Education and OfficeAdministration)

C. Lamar Mayer (Education)

1980-1981Phoebe Dea (Chemistry)Edward C. Forde (Art)Martin S. Roden (Electrical

Engineering)John H. Weston (English)Barbara Clark (Education) —


Lloyd N. Ferguson (Chemistry)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1981-1982Gerald A. Beer (Mathematics)Alan N. Crawford (Education)Stewart M. Venit (Mathematics)Anthony J. Andreoli (Biochem-

istry)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Nominee

1982-1983Gary A. Best (Education)William A. Cohen (Marketing)Lawrence K. Hong (Sociology)Elaine Osio (English)Donald R. Paulson (Chemistry)


1983-1984Carlos G. Gutierrez (Chemistry)Hendrik Keyzer (Chemistry)Rosemarie Marshall (Microbi-

ology)Malcolm McClain (Art)Barbara Clark (Education) —


1984-1985Charles E. Borman (Art)Linda Evans (Health and

Safety)Edward M. Goldberg

(Political Science)Eui-Young Yu (Sociology)Butrus Abd al-Malik (History)—


1985-1986Roger R. Bowers (Biology)Rosemary L. Hake (English)Byong-Kon Kim (Music)David R. Perrott (Psychology)

1986-1987Mary A. Falvey (Education)Margaret Jefferson (Biology)David Laird (English)Jagdish Prasad (Mathematics)Hendrik Keyzer (Chemistry)—

CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1987-1988G. Roy Mayer (Education)Alan Muchlinski (Biology)Elba R. Torres de Peralta

(Foreign Languages—Spanish)

Olga Termini (Music)Alan N. Crawford (Education)


1988-1989Derek K. Chang (Mathematics)Kazumitsu Kato (Foreign

Languages—Japanese)Yuen-Sang (Philip) Leung

(History)Betsy Peitz (Biology)

1989-1990E. Dale Carter, Jr. (Foreign

Languages—Spanish)Dorothy L. Keane (Education)John Y. Lee (Accounting)Janet A. Seaman (Physical

Education)Olga Termini (Music)—

CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1990-1991Theodore Anagnoson (Political

Science)Roberto Cantú (Chicano

Studies)

Ann Garry (Philosophy)Teris Schery (Communication

Disorders)Byong-Kon Kim (Music)—


Phoebe Dea (Chemistry)—CSU OutstandingProfessor Awardee

1991-1992Marilyn Friedman (Nursing)Jeanine Gaucher-Morales

(Foreign Languages—Spanish/French)

Richard D. Roberto(Mechanical Engineering)

Timothy Steele (English)

1992-1993Peter A. Brier (English)Stanley M. Burstein (History)Janet C. Fisher-Hoult

(Education)Kon Sun Lai (Economics and

Statistics)Rosemarie Marshall

(Microbiology)—CSUOutstanding ProfessorAwardee

1993-1994Barbara Ann Boyer (Art)Young C. Kim (Civil

Engineering)James H. Wiebe (Education)Robert Gene Zahary

(Accounting)Martin S. Roden (Electrical

Engineering)—CSUOutstanding ProfessorNominee

Thomas P. Onak (Chemistry)—CSU Outstanding

Professor Awardee

1994-1995Mohammad Ala (Management)Helen R. Boussalis (Electrical

Engineering)Judith Hamera (Speech

Communication)Carole Srole (History)William A. Cohen (Marketing)

—CSU/CUSLAOutstanding Professor

1995-1996Marilyn R. Elkins (English)Ricardo J. Gomez (Philosophy)Madhu S. Mohanty (Economics)Barbara Peterson Sinclair

(Nursing)Donald R. Paulson

(Chemistry)—CSU/CSULAOutstanding Professor

1996-1997Francisco E. Balderrama

(Chicano Studies/History)Martin G. Brodwin (Education)Terry R. Kandal (Sociology)Nancy L. McQueen (Microbi-

ology)Stanley M. Burstein (History)—

President’s DistinguishedProfessor

NOTE: CSU Outstanding Pro-fessor Awards are listed underdates effective; nominations weremade at Fall Faculty Day of theprevious academic year. Archivephotos do not necessarily datefrom year of awards.

Its Faculty!

MalcolmMcClain83-84

Kon Sun Lai

92-93

JagdishPrasad86-87

Linda Evans84-85

Elba R.Torresde Peralta

87-88

Martin Roden

80-81

JohnWeston

80-81

Gary Best

82-83

WilliamCohen82-83;94-95

Charles Borman

84-85

Alan Crawford

81-82Elaine Osio

82-83

Mary Falvey

86-87

Lawrence Hong

82-83

Edward Goldberg

84-85

Eui-Young Yu

84-85

RogerBowers85-86

Margaret

Jefferson

86-87

David Laird86-87

G. Roy Mayer

87-88

Alan Muchlinski

87-88

Olga Termini

87-88; 89-90

KazumitsuKato

88-89

David Perrott

85-86

John Lee89-90

Janet Seaman

89-90

Derek Chang

88-89

Yuen-Sang

(Philip) Leung

88-89

BetsyPeitz

88-89

Teris Schery

90-91

RichardRoberto

91-92

Marilyn Friedman91-92

StanleyBurstein92-93;96-97

RicardoGomez95-96

Helen Boussalis

94-95

Jeanine Gaucher-

Morales91-92

Timothy Steele

91-92Carole Srole

94-95

Mohammad Ala

94-95

Judith Hamera

94-95

Gerald Beer81-82

StewartVenit

81-82

RosemaryHake85-86

Young Kim93-94

MarilynElkins95-96

RobertZahary93-94

BarbaraSinclair95-96

Rosemary Marshall

83-84; 92-93

Dorothy Keane

89-90

E. Dale Carter, Jr.

89-90Theodore Anagnoson

90-91

Ann Garry90-91

Peter Brier92-93

JamesWiebe93-94

Janet Fisher-Hoult

92-93

Francisco E. Balderrama

96-97

Martin G.

Brodwin96-97

Terry R. Kandal

96-97

Nancy L. McQueen

96-97

Roberto Cantú

90-91

Saralyn Daly

79-80

Richard Dean Burns

77-78

Barbara Boyer

93-94

Madhu Mohanty

95-96

Carlos Gutierrez

83-84

WilmerMaedke

79-80

Phoebe Dea

80-81; 90-91

Edward Forde

80-81 Hendrik Keyzer

83-84; 86-87

Byong-Kon

Kim85-86

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Even with our questionablefacilities, the students in the ’50s wereoutstanding in scholarship andmotivation. Many were Korean Warvets. A number of the students becamewell-known professional people, suchas supervisors in education, professors,and L.A. Philharmonic members. Oneof our graduates was Lennie Niehaus,who writes the music for ClintEastwood movies and recently wrotethe music for the made-for-TV movie,Titanic. Another was Irving Bush,trumpet soloist and later personnelmanager of the L.A. Philharmonic.Others were Robert Delwarte andJames Ostrem, professors of music atCal State Northridge.

CAROL J. SMALLENBURGProfessor of Secondary Education from1950-1985

Equipped with fresh G.I. Bill ofRights-access to college, post-World WarII veterans were impatient to activatetheir programs. Often from or to a swingor graveyard shift in industry, they filedinto class. Many wrestled with multiplefrustrations: returning to civilian life,managing finances, balancing familypressures, and saving scant time forstudy. They were a conglomerate ofnationalities and cultures. Men andwomen from various occupationalbackgrounds were eager in theirstruggle toward degrees, credentials, andfutures. Among the unforgettable wasthe G.I. who hung his paratrooper bootson the bulletin board so his studentteaching class would know how toughhe could be. There was the student whohad driven his family out of Beirut duringa barrage of shell fire covering the onlyroad to escape. A Japanese man servedas a spy in numerous Asian locales sohis military unit could reunite with themain force; his student teaching classpleaded for anecdotes during Fridayshare-and-tell time . . . . Many of theyoung people who had been instructorsin the service discovered that the wigglypupils “under their command” were notas easy to control as their service-classroom counterparts had been.

Sights and sounds from all over theworld turned up in the classrooms ofSouthern California, thanks to theenterprise of those pioneer studentteachers. A young woman’s flight fromSoviet Russia via the Trans-Siberianrailroad lent vividness to Europeanhistory lessons. Another woman’schildhood years in Indonesia andmigration to South America beforesettling in Southern California broughtinternational and intercultural meaninginto the classroom student. Diversitywas a hallmark of those early years atLos Angeles State College of AppliedArts and Sciences, and it continues tobe a distinction of today’s CaliforniaState University, Los Angeles.

MARY W. HUBERProfessor of Speech from 1952-1971

Members of the Speech staff wereactually part of the Language ArtsDivision. Those who taught speech or

speech pathology classes consisted of asmall group: Robert Douglass, LouGuardemal, James Stansell, and me.Others came soon after. Douglass and Ispecialized in speech disorders, butsince the program was limited at thattime we also taught voice and dictionclasses. At the time, we were on theLACC campus, although most of uscarried on our duties in what werereferred to as barracks or Quonset huts.Our offices were usually in two-storyflats off campus that were formerlyprivate homes. I can remember hearinga secretary inform a student that hecould find Dr. [Fred] Shroyer in the“front upstairs bedroom.”

Many of our students were youngmarried couples working full or parttime, some with children of preschoolage. Often, one would baby-sit a childin the car while the spouse attendedclasses, then trade places while theother went to class. Some evenbrought their children to class. Oneevening, in a voice and diction classin which students were assigned smallinformative speeches, a seven-year-old announced that he had a speechto share, also. The offer was accepted,and he gave a very detailed expertise,“The Breeding of Hamsters.”

I enjoyed our students and still amin touch with quite a few of them.

SIDNEY P. ALBERTProfessor of Philosophy from 1956-1979

The year 1996 marked an unnotedand uncelebrated anniversary: ourUniversity’s completion of 40 yearson its present campus. When Iarrived at Los Angeles State Collegein 1956, I discovered that—likeGaul—it was divided into three parts:the untransferred remnant at LosAngeles City College, the new Ramonacampus on the present site, and theabout-to-be-launched San FernandoValley campus (now CSU Northridge)to which the faculty who so desiredcould migrate as its initial cadre.(LACC faculty had sought to becomea four-year institution by appendingan upper-level state college on itspremises, only to learn to their chagrinthat their fledgling tenant—not they—could attain that status.)

The Ramona site, which overlooks—or, in its other sense, tries to—theintersection of two freeways, at thetime had no buildings, only prefabbungalows. That accounted for noillustrated campus literature havingbeen sent to me in advance of myarrival. It was the second time that Ifound myself teaching in makeshiftclassrooms. All the while, much groundshifting was taking place. A hill at thenorth end of the grounds was flattenedas earth movers noisily raced across thecampus, transporting its soil to thesouth end to produce a level playingfield for athletics and physicaleducation.

North (now King) Hall was amongthe first permanent classroom buildingsto be erected. A faculty committeeactively contributed to the planning,

onald O. Dewey (DeanEmeritus and Emeritus

Professor of History) was dean of CalState L.A.’s School of Natural andSocial Sciences (and before that, theSchool of Letters and Sciences) for35 years—longer than any otherdean at the University. Relying onhis expertise as a historian andjournalist, Dewey has written andedited That’s a Good One!—CalState L.A. at 50, a compilation ofinformal reminiscences andanecdotes from his own experiencesand those of his colleagues, in fact,from “every Cal State L.A. citizenwhom I could reach,” writes Dewey.Illustrations were provided by

That’s a Good One!

Walter Askin (Emeritus—Art).“Universities are solemn and

scholarly,” says Dean Dewey inhis preface, “but they can also befun and funny—sometimes mostnotably when they are being sol-emn.” Besides anecdotes on un-usual art projects (a room-sizedpizza, for instance), or stories ofthe basketball team’s incredibleescapades or a biology professor’sencounter with a boa constrictor,the book contains lists of out-standing alumni and faculty, andvaluable information on the devel-opment of the University. Thebook is available at the UniversityBookstore, (213) 343-2500.

Founding Faculty (cont. from page 7)

which may explain why the result seemsto epitomize what might be expectedfrom an edifice designed by a committee.The faculty doubted that any otherclassroom building would beconstructed, so they wanted it to becapable of meeting every conceivableneed . . . . The only convenient mode ofpassage from one floor to another is anescalator, so narrow as to be able toaccommodate on each rung one facultymember or two intimate students.Moreover, normally the escalator can beexpected to be out of order between onefloor and another . . . .

Ere long, it became necessary todesignate a Philosophy Departmentchairman. James Wilson, the seniormember, had no interest in assumingthat post. Gabriel Zimmerman, mypredecessor, proposed to me that he fillthe position for three years, after whichI would succeed him. I agreed to thearrangement.

John M. AustinProfessor of Education from 1960-1982

The state colleges were under theDepartment of Education, and I satin on the planning and organizing ofthis rapidly-developing system inSouthern California [Austin had beenemployed by the California StateDepartment of Education for aboutthree years, in 1949].

My boss, Frank Lindsay, chief of theBureau of Secondary Education, askedme to deliver some course proposals andoutlines to Howard MacDonald, newly-appointed president of Los AngelesState College . . . . There wasconsiderable indecision about [the newcollege’s] structure: would the existingjunior college add on two more yearsand become the four-year institution itwas hoping to be? Would the statecollege coexist with the junior collegeand thus bring in the third and fourthyears to complete the new college? Inthe end, a search was begun for anentirely new campus with its own lowerand upper division, as well as graduate,

years. A major stipulation was that thenew college should serve the LosAngeles metropolitan area.

The administration of the newcollege was housed in an old two-storyhome near the community collegecampus. Dr. MacDonald treated me asif I were the superintendent of publicinstruction himself. After a pleasantdiscussion, he invited me to meet hisfaculty. There was a room in the houseset aside for a faculty lounge, and about12 faculty members gathered for aninformal discussion. I recall Ed Neale,Gerald Prindiville, and Don Mortensenbeing in that group. Roy Simpson, statesuperintendent of instruction, was veryimpressed with the early organizationof Los Angeles State College.

I didn’t get back to L.A. State rightaway, having been hustled back to activeduty with the Air Force during theKorean conflict. By 1958 I, was homeagain and on permanent assignment tothe Air Force Reserve Training Center,headquartered at UCLA.

Marian Wagstaff called on me to beher personal guest at a culminatingbanquet for a summer workshop onaviation education she had beenconducting. “And John, be sure to weara uniform!” she instructed. By thattime, L.A. State was in temporaries onthe spot known as the Ramona campus.The function was held in a beautifullydecorated cafeteria. I was seated acrossthe room from the speakers’ table nextto the only other uniformed personthere, a striking Air Force colonel whohad served in the Pentagon during thewar. The commanding officer in his AirForce Reserve Training Center wasJimmy Stewart. We exchanged warexperiences, and the colonel spentmuch of the evening describing theinteresting assignment he now had atL.A. State. His name was Fred C.Rhodes. By 1960, Marian Wagstaff, FredC. Rhodes, and I were working togetherin an ever-expanding Department ofSecondary Education at L.A. State.

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his past summer, the Cal StateL.A. Annual Fund made its way

onto campus. A staff of 12 Cal StateL.A. students began phoning alumniand friends to bring them back intouch with campus and ask them tosupport Cal State L.A. with a gift tothe Annual Fund.

The funds raised by the AnnualFund are unrestricted dollars that theUniversity will use in the areas of great-est need. Because the total cost of stu-dents’ education is greater than tuitionalone, the Annual Fund can help defraythe additional costs. Money contributedthrough the Annual Fund may becomeavailable to support scholarships, topurchase special equipment, to beawarded as grants for specific projects,and for other special needs of the cam-pus community. We also are able to pro-vide on-campus jobs to help current stu-dents subsidize their own education.

The student-callers did an out-

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standing job: as of December 18, 1997,they had received over $124,000 inpledges, putting the Annual Fund wellon the way toward the 1997-98 goal of$250,000. The success of the AnnualFund has been directly related to thetelephone work of these exceptionalstudents. Student-callers include ReneeBarrow (broadcasting); Andrea Pearson(business administration),Tony Smith(speech communication), and MatildeVerbera (art), who have accumulatedover $10,000 in pledges each so far onthis campaign.

Calling is scheduled to continuethroughout the year to reach ouralumni, friends, parents, faculty, andstaff. We want to thank all of you whohave graciously aided this effort, andlook forward to the support of those wewill be calling in the future. Witheveryone’s help, we will make the ex-perience of all Cal State L.A. studentsbetter than ever.

50th Anniversary Series at the LuckmanJames Newton Big Band featured; Stevie Wonder makes surprise appearance

lumni and friends gathered on October 25, 1997, for a unique AlumniNight at the Luckman with the James Newton Big Band performing the

music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The event kicked off theLuckman’s 50th Anniversary Series, part of its 1997-98 season, whichcommemorates the University’s half-century mark with performances by notedalumni. The audience was treated to a surprise when music great Stevie Wonderjoined Newton on stage as a guest performer. Alumni ticket-holders enjoyedmeeting the artist, alumnus James Newton (B.A. ’81 Music), and Stevie Wonderafter the performance.

(L-r) President James M. Rosser, Stevie Wonder, Luckman Executive Director Clif Harper, and flutist/composer/band-leader James Newton, at the Alumni Reception after the performance. Photo by Guy Fadollone.

Student callers (l-r): Lorena Ramirez, Jermaine Junius, Matilde Verbera, Andrea Pearson, and Juan Loaysa.

Football Team Reunion

n July 26, 1997, 100 former football players, coaches, and a number of spousesgathered at Mijares Restaurant in Pasadena for a milestone reunion. It had

been 20 years since the last gathering! The first team (1951) was well representedby ten players and a coach. According to one of the players, “Although our bodiesmay be slower and eyesight not as sharp, it was still easy to recognize formerteammates and coaches.Of course, name tags werea big help.” Former play-ers were overheard remi-niscing about that “bigplay,” the “famous prank,”and especially how great itwas to see each otheragain. Players came fromall over to attend—even asfar as Tennessee and Penn-sylvania. The general feel-ing was, “this was so muchfun, let’s do it again—butsooner!”

Eating with Eagles—Dining with Diablos

n the occasion of the University’s 50th anniversary, the Alumni Associa-tion and the Student Alumni Association have initiated an exciting new

program, designed to bring together alumni, students, and faculty. As part of thepilot program of Eating with Eagles–Dining with Diablos, six alumni have alreadyhosted students and faculty for dinner in their homes.

In Spring 1998, we will expand this program and hope to reach our goal of 25dinners. Alumni hosts (who host dinners in their homes) and co-hosts (who assistwith dinner cost and preparation) are needed to make this goal a reality.

If you enjoy meeting new people, like to cook, or just want to share yourexperiences—at or after— Cal State L.A., call your Alumni Relations office at(213) 343-4980.

40-Year Reunion a Hit for the Classes of ’57 and ’58

olden Eagles and Diablos alike danced it up the Alumni Association-spon-sored 40-Year Reunion on June 14 at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel. Grads and

guests came from as far as Hawaii, Arizona, and Oregon to join in the fun.Thanks to all of the reunion planning committee volunteers who made the eveningsuccessful. Forty-year reunion-goers plan to meet again. Call the Alumni Rela-tions office for the latest information!

Members of the Classes of ’57 and '58 pose for a group picture during reunion festivities. Students, faculty, and alumni enjoy dinner at the home of Frank Saito ’79. (L-r) faculty members William Cohen andSunil Sapra; students Gerado Gallegos, Matilde Verbera, and William Rivera; and Frank Saito.

(L-r) Fred and Chris Gillett, Ray and Bonnie Grieshaber, and Dennis Vick (ourTennessee alumnus!).

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he Alumni Association’s Silver and Gold Gala, set for Tuesday, March 3,1998, marks a special double celebration—the 25th anniversary of the alumni

awards ceremony and the University’s 50th anniversary. At that time, the Asso-ciation will bestow the University’s highest alumni honor on eight recipients dur-ing a reception and program at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex. For the firsttime, the Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Association will presentawards for Outstanding Senior and Outstanding Graduate Student.

This is a perfect time for all alumni to visit the beautiful Luckman complex,learn more about Cal State L.A.’s great progress over the last half-century, andshare their memories with faculty, staff, administrators, and some of theUniversity’s most outstanding alumni. Guests will enjoy a strolling dinner andgala reception in the Luckman Gallery and then proceed to the Luckman Theatrefor the awards program. The evening will conclude with a dessert reception on theLuckman Theatre stage.

This year’s honorees include 1997 Outstanding Alumnus, Sharon HutsonMorris, ’76 B.A., Interim General Manager, City of Los Angeles, Department ofAnimal Regulation.

The Alumni Award of Merit recipient will be Toni Spagnola, ’72 B.A., CEOand Founder of The Music Source, an entertainment agency.

At this event, each of the academic schools honors a distinguished alumnusor alumna. The 1997 recipients are:

School of Arts and LettersRaymond P. Gleason (’77 B.A., ’79 M.A Speech Communication)Executive-in-residence/and Professor ofBusiness and Economics,George Fox/University; Chairman, eMedia Inc.

School of Business and EconomicsThe Honorable Thomas A. Nassif (’65 B.S.

Business Administration)Chairman and CEO,Gulf International Consulting Inc.

Charter School of EducationDr. Martin G. Brodwin (’69 M.S. Counseling)Associate Professor of Education,Division of Administration and CounselingCalifornia State University, Los Angeles

School of Engineering and TechnologyCarl D. Haase (’65 B.S. Engineering-Civil)Executive Officer, Energy Services,Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

School of Health and Human ServicesEleanor M. Vargas (’78 B.A. Child Development,

’81 M.A. Special Education, ’86 M.A.Educational Administration)

Resource Specialist,Murchison Street Elementary School, LAUSD

School of Natural and Social SciencesDr. Luis P. Villarreal (’71 B.S. Biochemistry)Professor, Department of Molecular Biology

and BiochemistryUniversity of California, Irvine

Join Us at the Silverand Gold Gala ore than 125 students, alumni, and faculty attended our first three programs

and gained practical and valuable knowledge about career options and trendsin their major and field of interest. Students who participated received a free busi-ness card holder and business cards for the networking part of the panel program.

Three additional pan-els, “Careers in Engineeringand Technology,” “Careersin Education,” and “Careersin Health and Human Ser-vices,” will be offered thisspring. For more informa-tion, call the Alumni Rela-tions office at (213) 343-4980. The Alumni Associa-tion thanks the followingalumni for participating aspanelists in the first threeworkshops of the newAlumni Career Panel Series.

Careers in Business and Economics (pictured above): Javier F. Bitar (’84 B.S.Business Administration–Accounting), senior vice president, Maguire Partners;James H. Fletcher, CFA (’68 B.A., ’69 M.A., ’85 M.S. Business Administration–Finance), senior vice president, Institutional Investment Services Dept., SmithBarney Co.; Ona Jones, (’71 B.S.) Business Administration–Marketing, independentinsurance agent; Mikael Kinell, (’95 B.S.) Business Administration–Marketing,marketing manager, Cloetta USA, Inc.; Juan Salguero (’94 B.S.) ComputerInformation Systems, network engineer, Deep Space Network, NASA/AlliedSignal; Grace White (’84 B.A. Theatre Arts, ’94, M.B.A.), manager, ProjectAdministration, Hill International, Inc.

Careers in Natural and Social Sciences: Jackie Hams (’84 B.A. Geology, ’87M.S. Geology), environmental practice specialist, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP; Rob-ert L. McDermott (’81 B.S. Physics, ’93 M.S. Health Care Management), medical ra-diation physicist, Southern California Permanente Medical Group; Jill Russom, M.D.(’84 B.S. Biology, ’90 M.S. Biology), coordinator of medical data, Childhood CancerSurvival Study, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and researcher, Comprehensive SickleCell Center, USC School of Medicine; Lisa T. Morales (’91 B.A. Geography), projectmanager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Branch; Linda J. Spilker (’83M.S. Physics), Cassini deputy project scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Careers in Arts and Letters: Paul Gomez (’88 B.A. Journalism), supervisor,Broadcasting and Publications, Los Angeles Dodgers; Aurora M. Johnson, APR(’88 B.A. Speech Communication), president, AMJ Communications; Tony Pinto(’91 M.F.A. Art), art director, Grey Advertising; Norma Roque (’92 B.A. Journal-ism), reporter, KMEX Channel 34; Laurentino Méndez Zárate (’87 B.A., ’92 M.A.Spanish), teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District.

Alumni Career Panel Series - A Hit With Students!

Juliuo Guzman ’92Debra L. Hicks ’93Wanda Houchin ’69 ’89John Huerta ’65George R. Hulbert ’69Laura P. Kan ’97Frank Takeshi Kawashima ’67Willard C. Kearney ’58 ’65John T. Kelleher ’71James J. KellyPhillip King ’89Charles Lloyd ’57Miriam F. Lubet ’71 ’82Richard J. Luciano ’72Dolores B. McDavid ’71Robin Merlo ’82 ’94Richard M. Meza ’86 ’90Mark Miller ’70 ’74John and Sharon Morris ’76David Musil ’74Victor J. Naylor, Jr. ’55Judy Ng ’94

Larry Adamson ’74Pamela S. Avila ’74Paula J. Banda ’71 ’6Daisy Barrero ’90Brandon K.J. Boyce ’95Danna B. Campbell ’76Roland Carpenter ’50Mr. & Mrs Timothy Cleath ’79Daniel P. Coffman ’79John Cole ’79James R. Deboard ’75Ruth Doddy ’66David A. Dusenbury ’70 ’76A.B. Epstein ’87America Espinosa ’76James Flether ’68 ’69 ’85David Godoy ’72Alfredo G. GonzalezGlenn Gregory ’73 ’84Lora Jones Griffin ’57Ernest E. Guerra ’80Rosemary Gutierrez ’80 ’84

Kathleen M. Omeda ’84Gina Orozco-Mejia ’91Pamela Payne ’81 ’90Michelle F. Perlman ’86Richard D. Roberto ’61Winifred T. Salinas ’81Valerie Siu ’93Debra Steward ’79 ’90David Strauss ’52Marianne Stutz ’76William V. Tascher ’63Thomas N. Tayamori ’77Diane Truly ’68Sandra Tufts ’69Francois and Debra Ann Verin ’92Jon and Arline Veteska ’60 ’59Gerald L. Wasson ’86Raymond Williams ’91Ronald N. Williams ’86Mark K. Witherspoon ’74Vincent L. Wong ’91Sara Yeung ’94

Lifetime Membership— The Best Way to Endorsethe University’s Golden Anniversary

Current annual Alumni Association members who wish to upgrade their mem-bership to lifetime status can do so now by submitting $225 to the Associationor–when their annual membership expires–may join for a one-time fee of $250.

The Alumni Association welcomes the following alumni who joined the other720 life members during Fall 1997. By becoming life members, these friends of theUniversity are helping form a strong foundation on which the future of Cal StateL.A. and our students will rest.

50th Anniversary Membership CampaignFor the first time in its history, the Cal State L.A. Alumni Association has em-

barked on a major membership recruitment campaign. During October 1997, the As-sociation contacted all alumni who were included in the 50th Anniversary AlumniDirectory and asked them to join the Association in honor of our alma mater’s 50thanniversary. We believe that joining the Association is easy and inexpensive and oneof the best ways to support the University! We are pleased to report that so far morethan 700 alumni have joined the 4,000-plus alumni who are already members.

Join Us!Alumni Association Membership and Information Form

Membership:

Membership is open to anyone who attended Cal State L.A. two quarters or more and to University administrators,faculty, and staff.

New or RenewalAnnual membership .................................................... $25 Current student ........................................................... $10Senior (60 or over) ..................................................... $15 Life member .............................................................. $250Joint membership ....................................................... $40 Joint Life membership .............................................. $350Chapters .................................................. (additional $10)

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Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) Division I golf championships.In 1965, Cal State L.A. had its best

showing ever, finishing second in thenation behind All-American and CalState L.A. Athletics Hall of Famer ArneDokka. For the next five years, Faurot’steams finished within the Top 7 pro-grams nationally and produced severalmore All-Americans, such as KenEllsworth and Bob Clark. In 1970,Faurot received Coach of the Yearhonors for his outstanding coachingefforts. League championships alsoaccumulated as Faurot collected threetitles (1966, 1969-70) and four runner-up trophies (1964-65, 1968, 1971). In all,he finished with an 126-51-8 match-play record versus other universities.Currently, Faurot is a professor ofphysical education at Cal State L.A.

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he Cal State L.A. Athletics Hallof Fame will grow by three mem-

bers with the induction of Rod Faurot(golf), John Tansley (track and field) andWalt Williamson (coach/athletics direc-tor) at an awards ceremony on Wednes-day, February 11, 1998.

The 1998 honorees will be inductedat a banquet at the Tower Restaurantin the Transamerica Building, down-town Los Angeles. Tickets are $75 eachand may be purchased through the CalState L.A. Division of IntercollegiateAthletics, (213) 343-3080.

Since its inception in 1985, CalState L.A. Athletics has honored 78 menand women — including Wimbledonand U.S. Open champion Billie JeanKing, three-time track Olympian and1954 Sullivan Award-winner MalWhitf ield , two-time Green BayPackers Super Bowl participant JimWeatherwax, and 1984 Olympics swimcoach Don Grambril — to highlightjust a few.

Here’s a closer look at our 1998award honorees:

ROD FAUROTFaurot began his Cal State L.A.

coaching career in 1959 as an assistantfootball and baseball coach. However,he received his greatest accolades as theschool’s varsity golf coach (1964-71).During his tenure, Faurot guided histeams to eight consecutive National

n recognition of Cal State L.A.’sAthletics Hall of Fame inductees

and in celebration of the University’s50th anniversary, the Division ofIntercollegiate Athletics is hosting a“Reunion Celebration.” This event willbe held in conjunction with the 1998Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies onWednesday, February 11, 1998, at theTower Restaurant in the TransamericaBuilding in Los Angeles.

The festivities will include acomplimentary dinner for pastinductees (including a guest) , acelebration gift, and a special editioncommemorative program. Additionally,

country teams from 1985 to 1990. Infact, Tansley guided the Golden Eaglesmen’s track and field teams to four con-secutive California Collegiate AthleticAssociation (CCAA) conference titles(1986-89). He also helped his teams tofive Top 5 nationally-ranked finishesat the National Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NCAA) outdoor champi-onships and four Top 9 indoor crowns.In cross country, Cal State L.A. was atwo-time West Regional champion(1987-88) and four-time NCAA Top10 finisher. In all, Tansley coached60 All-Americans. Among his other

accomplishments, Tansley is a South-ern California Coaches Hall of Famehonoree, a member of the InternationalTrack Coaches Association board ofdirectors (Atlanta Olympics, 1996), anda lead instructor for the AmateurAthletic Foundation for USA Trackand Field. Currently, he is involvedwith the national high school trackand field coaching education program.

WALT WILLIAMSONWilliamson held a variety of posi-

tions while at Cal State L.A., includ-ing: assistant football coach, assistant

track and field coach, head track andfield coach, associate athletics director,athletics director, and physical educa-tion instructor. In 1978, he coached CalState L.A. to its only national champi-onship trophy in any sport — men’strack and field. For his efforts, he waschosen the nation’s “Coach of theYear.” From there, he led L.A. to threeTop 7 national finishes at the outdoorchampionships (1977—3rd place;1979—7th place; 1980—2nd place).Since his departure from Cal State L.A.,he has been selected as the 1994 headtrack and field coach for the BahrainAsian Games in Hiroshima, Japan, andhas been a two-time Malaysa strengthand conditioning coach in the SouthEast Asian Games. He is now an in-structor and coach at the AlabamaSchool of Mathematics and Science.

Reunion Celebration and Scholarship FundHighlight Athletics Hall of Fame Event

there will be a memorabilia board withphotos of all past induction ceremoniesand honorees displayed.

During the “Reunion Celebration,”an announcement will be made aboutthe “Hall of Fame Inductees ScholarshipFund” which is being established in thename of all Golden Eagle inductees. Thenamed scholarship will be presented atthe dinner and will be used to assist CalState L.A. student-athletes.

For ticket information, to attendthe induction ceremonies, or to contrib-ute to the scholarship fund, please callthe Division of Intercollegiate Athlet-ics at (213) 343-3080.

he Division of IntercollegiateAthletics (DIA) has developed a

business relationship with variouscorporations in the Los Angeles areafor the purpose of providing moreopportunities for student-athletes toreceive a quality education while par-ticipating in an athletics atmosphereof national caliber.

All dollars raised through the“Corporate Partnership” campaignbenefit scholarships for student-athletes,while helping corporations achievetheir marketing and business goalsthrough advertising and promotion.

The DIA wishes to thank all of itscorporate partners: U.S. Navy, U.S.Marine Corps, USC University Hospi-tal, Southern California Edison,Sheraton Rosemead, Monterey ParkGolf Course, Los Angeles Department

Corporate Partnership in Full Swing With Athletics

of Water and Power, Holiday Inn,First USA Bank, Felix Chevrolet,Carl’s Jr., Cal State L.A. FederalCredit Union, Cal State L.A. Resi-dence Life and Housing Services, andthe University Bookstore.

Based on their contribution, anamed scholarship has been estab-lished for Southern California Edison,Carl’s Jr., the University Bookstore,and the USC University Hospital (inthe name of the Dr. Marshall SchiffMemorial Fund).

he Division of IntercollegiateAthletics has developed a pro-

gram, “Let’s Read With the GoldenEagles,” to help motivate elementaryschool children to read.

“We are very excited about thisnew program because it is a perfect wayfor our student-athletes to show young-sters that success in the classroom isjust as important as success on the play-ing fields,” said Carol M. Dunn, athlet-ics director. “These young adults provethat education and athletics can go handin hand.”

The program aims to promote com-munity service, to enrich the lives ofstudent-athletes by involving them inefforts to help others, and to support lo-cal teachers’ and administrators’ effortsto develop the learning skills of our el-ementary school children.

Each month, two student-athletes,accompanied by their respective sport’shead coach, spend time reading to chil-

Reading is Fun With the Golden Eagles

dren at a local elementary school (Fre-mont Elementary School in Alhambra).

The program began in Octoberwhen members from the women’s trackand field team went to Fremont andread stories such as Billy Goat’s Bluffand Five Little Monkeys.

“It was good for our young peopleto give a little back, and they were re-ally excited when the children re-sponded to them,” said women’s trackand field head coach Tony Veney. Stu-dent-athlete Rashida Green added, “Ihad a lot of fun...it was interesting tosee the kids interact with us.”

In addition to this interaction, eachchild receives tickets to a Cal State L.A.sporting event. Below is the scheduleof student-athlete volunteers atF r e mont: December 16-Baseball;January 27-Women’s Soccer; February25-Vol leybal l ; March 31-Men’sSoccer; April 29-Men’s Basketball;May 26-Men’s and Women’s Tennis.

Play Ball . . . andOther Sports!

olden Eagle alumni who partici-pated in volleyball, soccer, and

basketball recently have been enjoyingfriendly, competitive encounters withcurrent student athletes in their sportsand “meet-and-greet” receptions withall the trimmings at Cal State L.A. Weinvite all Golden Eagle alumni to ourupcoming receptions: February 28-Men’s and Women’s Track and Fieldand Tennis. For more information, call(213) 343-3080.

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EVENT—Chicano/Latino StudentResource Center Fifth AnniversaryEvent. Tue., Feb. 24, noon-2 p.m. Secondfloor, U-SU. Free. (213) 343-5047.

LECTURE—Faculty Colloquium.Tue., Feb. 24, 3:15-5 p.m. UniversityClub. Free. Qingyun Wu (ModernLanguages and Literatures): “ Same-SexLove Among Chinese Women.” (213)343-3820.

LECTURE—Physics and AstronomyColloquium. Wed., Feb. 25, 4:30 p.m.PS 306. Free. John Fang (Cal PolyPomona): “On the Law of Force.” (213)343-2100.

LECTURE—Seminar: “RetirementPlanning: Don’t Wait for YourRetirement . . . Plan for It.” Wed., Feb.25, 6:30 p.m. U-SU. Third of a seriesfrom B&E Alumni Chapter-sponsoredfinancial planning seminars. Reservationsrequired. (213) 343-5262.

EVENT—Symposia of StudentResearch, Scholarship and CreativeActivity. Fri., Feb. 27, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., U-SU. For the sixth consecutive year, CalState L.A. undergraduate and graduatestudents across the disciplines will givepresentations and display posters ontheir research. Winners compete in theCSU statewide research competition.Graduate Studies and Research, (213)343-3820.

THEATRE/MUSIC—Iolanthe. Feb.27-Mar. 1. State Playhouse. Fri. & Sat.,8 p.m., Sun., 2:30 p.m. Fairies take overthe English parliament in this delightfulGilbert and Sullivan operetta. A jointproduction with Cal State L.A.’s OperaTheatre. Directed by René Aravena.General: $10, Students/Seniors: $5.Tickets: (213) 343-6600.

ATHLETICS—50th AnniversaryEvent—Men’s and Women’s Tennis:Alumni vs. Alumni. Sat., Feb. 28, 9a.m.-game; noon-reception. TennisCourts. (213) 343-3080.

ATHLETICS—50th AnniversaryEvent—Men’s and Women’s Track &Field/Cross Country: Alumni Barbecue.Sat., Feb. 28, 5 p.m. Jesse OwensStadium. (213) 343-3080.

DANCE—Cal State L.A. 50thAnniversary Series—Danza FloricantoUSA with Loretta Livingston. Sat., Feb.28, 8 p.m. & Sun., Mar. 1, 3 p.m.Luckman Theatre. Two award-winningchoreographers, Cal State L.A. alumnaGema Sandoval and Loretta Livingston,team up for the first time tocommemorate the universality of themessage of Cesar Chavez. Luckman: (213)343-6610. TicketMaster: (213) 365-3500.

EVENT—50th Anniversary Event—Optimistic Child Conference. DateTBA. Cosponsored by Young andHealthy. (213) 343-2470.

EVENT—Women’s History Month.Kick-off: Tue., Mar. 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Free Speech Area/U-SU Walkway. Free.Co-sponsors include Women’s ResourceCenter, ASI. (213) 343-3770.

EVENT—50th Anniversary—Silverand Gold Gala Alumni AwardsCeremony. Tue., Mar. 3, 6 p.m.-reception; 7 p.m.-program. LuckmanTheatre. Celebrating the University’s50th anniversary and the 25thanniversary of the Alumni Awards, thisannual ceremony honors alumniand friends of the University, twooutstanding students, and 15 alumnischolarship recipients. This year’s eventwill also feature a silent auction. (Seearticle, pg. 12.) (213) 343-4980.

MUSIC—Small Jazz EnsemblesConcert. Tue., Mar. 3, 8 p.m. MusicHall. Paul De Castro, director. Tickets:$5. (213) 343-4060.

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ART—Leonardo da Vinci’s CodexAtlanticus. Ongoing through (the end ofWinter Quarter) Sat., Mar. 21, LibraryNorth, first floor. Mon.-Thu., 8 a.m.-10p.m.; Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-5p.m.; Sun., noon-8 p.m. Free. A magnifi-cent 12-volume facimile edition, theCodex Atlanticus is the largest collectionof Leonardo’s papers ever assembled. Itcontains Leonardo’s most spectaculardrawings of technological innovations,weapons and fortifications, hydraulicdevices, flying machines—encompass-ing the full range of the artist’s life from1478 to his death in 1519. The Codexhas had a remarkable history of chang-ing ownership; today, the original re-sides in the Ambrosiana Library whereit made its last stop in 1815. John F.Kennedy Library, (213) 343-3974.

ART—50th Anniversary Event—Exhibition: 50 Years of FacultyScholarship & Creativity. Ongoingthrough Sat., Jun. 13. Library Bridge,second fl. Free. Faculty achievements andcontributions from 1947 to the presentare presented in this exhibit ofmemorabilia and publications, curated byMary Gormly (Emerita—Library) withthe help of Carol Smallenburg (Emerita—Education) and Leon Schwartz(Emeritus—Modern Languages andLiteratures). Sponsored by the CalState L.A. Emeriti Association. (213)343-2109.

EVENT—Retirement Party. Sun.,Feb. 1. Brookside Country Club, 5:30p.m. cocktails, 6:30 p.m. dinner, 7:30p.m. program. Honoring Jo Ann Johnson,former acting dean of the School ofHealth and Human Services and chairof Nursing. (213) 343-4600.

EVENT—Black History MonthCelebration. Kick-off: Mon., Feb. 2,noon-2 p.m. Los Angeles Rm., U-SU.Free. Pan African Student ResourceCenter, (213) 343-5131.

LECTURE—Philosophy ClubLecture. Mon., Feb. 2, 2-4 p.m. MaxwellTheatre, U-SU. Free. Susan Finsen(CSU San Bernardino): “Discriminationand Morally Relevant Differences: IsSpeciesism Defensible?” PhilosophyDepartment, (213) 343-4180.

ART—Black PhotographersExhibition. Feb. 2-Feb. 28, Fine ArtsGallery. Mon.-Thu. & Sat., noon-5 p.m.Free. Recent work by 19 emerging, mid-career and established photographers,curated by LaMonte Westmorland.(213) 343-4023.

LECTURE—Faculty Colloquium.Tue., Feb. 3, 3:15-5 p.m. UniversityClub. Free. Daniel Crecelius (History).“The Assault by Fundamentalists onthe Egyptian Regime.” (213) 343-3820.

LECTURE—Executive Speaker Se-ries. Tue., Feb. 3, 7 p.m. Alhambra Rm.A, U-SU. Daniel Willick, Ph.D., J.D.,Healthcare attorney: “Legal Issues inHealth Care.” Sponsored by the studentchapter of the American College ofHealthcare Executives and the HealthCare Management Institute. AlumniOffice, (213) 343-5262.

LECTURE—Physics and AstronomyColloquium. Wed., Feb. 4, 4:30 p.m.Physical Sciences 306. Free. Antonio H.Castro Neto (UC Riverside): “New Elec-tronic States of Matter: The Physics ofStrongly Correlated Systems.” (213)343-2100.

LECTURE—Science Series. Wed.,Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Physical Sciences 158.Free. Wayne Tikkanen (Chemistry):“Werewolves and Vampires: An Intro-duction to Metabolic Diseases.” Phys-ics and Astronomy Department, (213)343-2100.

MUSIC—Faculty-Artist Recital: TheAnderson Quartet. Fri., Feb. 6, 8 p.m.Music Hall. An evening of chambermusic by this international award-win-ning ensemble, the quartet-in-residenceat Cal State L.A. General: $10, Stu-dents/Seniors: $5. (213) 343-4060.

MUSIC—Luckman Season—DieFledermaus. Sun., Feb. 8, 3 p.m.Luckman Theatre. The Los AngelesConcert Opera presents Strauss’ hilari-ous comedy, the pace setter for theGolden Age of the Viennese operetta.Conducted by Todd Helm, this semi-staged concert version in English fea-tures the Los Angeles Performing ArtsOrchestra and an award-winning cast.Luckman: (213) 343-6610. Tickets:TicketMaster, (213) 365-3500.

ART/EVENT—Black HistoryMonth—African Art Display and Per-formance. Mon., Feb. 9, noon-2 p.m.display: Alhambra Rm., U-SU; perfor-mance: Los Angeles Rm., U-SU. Free.Pan African Student Resource Center,(213) 343-5131.

LECTURE—Executive Speaker Se-ries. Tue., Feb. 10, 7 p.m. Alhambra Rm.A, U-SU. Free. James Barber, MPH,President and CEO of the HealthcareAssociation of Southern California:“The Future of Health Care.” Sponsoredby the Student Chapter of the Ameri-can College of Healthcare Executivesand the Health Care Management In-stitute. (213) 343-5262.

MUSIC—Black History Month—Gospel Fest. Tue., Feb. 10, 11 a.m.-3p.m. Maxwell Theatre, U-SU. Free. PanAfrican Student Resource Center, (213)343-5131.

EVENT—Homecoming 1998—Kick-Off Event. Tue., Feb. 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Union Walkway. Free. Featuringmusic, games, student club fair, andbarbecue. Center for Student Life, (213)343-3390.

EVENT—Homecoming HappyHour—Tue., Feb. 10, 4-9 p.m. BabyDoe’s Restaurant, Monterey Park. ASI,(213) 343-4780.

LECTURE—Tupac Enrique. Tue.,Feb. 10, 6-8 p.m. Los Angeles Rm. A,U-SU. Free. Co-sponsored by Chicano/Latino Student Resource Center andMEChA. S*U*P*E*R, (213) 343-5110.

LECTURE—Physics and AstronomyColloquium. Wed., Feb. 11, 4:30 p.m.Physical Sciences 306. Free. DouglasMills (UC Irvine): “Designer Materials:Magnetic Superlattices as an Example.”(213) 343-2100.

EVENT—Homecoming 1998—Athletics Hall of Fame InductionCeremonies and Reunion Celebration(See page 13). Wed., Feb. 11, 6 p.m.Tower Restaurant, TransamericaBuilding. Intercollegiate Athletics,(213) 343-3080.

EVENT—Career Center OpenHouse. Thu., Feb. 12, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.Career Center. Free. Guest alumni, businessrepresentatives, tours, refreshments, andprizes. (213) 343-3237.

EVENT—Homecoming 1998—Thu., Feb. 12, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. UnionWalkway. Free. Featuring wackyOlympics, shopping carts parade, andstudent talent show. Center for Stu-dent Life, (213) 343-3390.

EVENT—Homecoming 1998—Doubleheader Basketball Games.Thu., Feb. 12, Eagles’ Nest Gym.Women’s vs Grand Canyon: 5:30p.m.; Men’s vs CSU San Bernardino.Tickets: Athletics, (213) 343-3080.

MUSIC—Black History Month—Poetry and Jazz with the AndersonQuartet. Thu., Feb. 12, noon, MaxwellTheatre, U-SU. Free. Pan African Stu-dent Resource Center, (213) 343-5131.

LECTURE—”Science and Practice ofSport Psychology.” Thu., Feb. 12, 4:30p.m. Los Angeles Rm. A, U-SU. Free.Presentation by Robert Singer, chair,Department of Exercise and Sport Sci-ences, University of Florida. P.E. Dept.,(213) 343-4650.

EVENT—Homecoming 1998—Mardi Gras and Golden Eagle PepRally. Fri., Feb. 13: Mardi Gras, 6-10p.m.; Pep Rally, 7 p.m. Program Area,2nd fl. U-SU. Student and one guest:free. Additional guests: $5. Sponsoredby Athletics and ASI. (213) 343-4780.

THEATRE—Luckman FamilySeries—A Winnie-The-Pooh BirthdayTail. Sat., Feb. 14, 2 p.m. LuckmanTheatre. An enchanted trip to theHundred Acre Wood through the tal-ented hands and voices of deaf andhearing actors. Luckman: (213) 343-6610. TicketMaster: (213) 365-3500.

EVENT—Homecoming 1998—Doubleheader Basketball Games and50th Anniversary Receptions. Sat., Feb.14. Eagles’ Nest Gymnasium. Games:5:30 p.m.-women’s basketball vs. CalPoly Pomona; 7:30 p.m.-men’s basket-ball vs. Cal State Bakersfield. Promo-tion: “Pepsi/Golden Eagle $1,000 Shoot-Out.” Eagles’ Pride Award winners (cur-rent designation for Homecoming Kingand Queen) will be announced. Recep-tions, hosted by Intercollegiate Athlet-ics and Alumni Association will takeplace at halftimes and after each game.Reservations for receptions needed:(213) 343-4980. Game tickets: (213)343-3080.

EVENT—Homecoming 1998—Home-coming “After” Party. Sat., Feb. 14, 10:30p.m.-1 a.m. Program Area, 2nd fl., U-SU.Homecoming Spirit Awards will be pre-sented. Call ASI, (213) 343-4780.

MUSIC—Luckman Season—American Youth Symphony Concert.Sun., Feb. 15, 8 p.m. Luckman Theatre.Free with reservations. In Los Angelesfor 32 years, this youth trainingorchestra—directed by the illustriousMehli Mehta—will present a fullconcert of classical music performed bysome of Los Angeles’ most talentedyoung performers. Tickets are free,but must be reserved. Luckman: (213)343-6610.

MUSIC—Composers’ Forum. Tue.,Feb. 17, 8 p.m. Music Hall. John M.Kennedy, director. Tickets: $5. (213)343-4060.

LECTURE—Physics and AstronomyColloquium. Wed., Feb. 18, 4:30 p.m.PS 306. Oscar Bernal (Cal State L.A.):“Kondo Disorder in Electron-CorrelatedAlloys.” (213) 343-2100.

MUSIC—Chamber Winds Concert.Thu., Feb. 19, 8 p.m. Music Hall.Thomas Verrier, director. Tickets: $5.(213) 343-4060.

MUSIC—Cal State L.A. 50thAnniversary Series—Jazz with B Sharpand Lennie Niehaus Octet. Sat., Feb.21, 8 p.m. Luckman Theatre. B Sharp isone of the best of Los Angeles’ youngpost-bop bands; Lennie Niehaus is anaward-winning jazz soloist and filmcomposer. Luckman: (213) 343-6610.TicketMaster: (213) 365-3500.

MUSIC—First Chair Honor Band andSection Leader Honor Chorus Concert.Sun., Feb. 22, 3 p.m. State Playhouse.Free. Thomas Verrier and William Belan,conductors. (213) 343-4060.

EVENT—Engineering and TechnologyWeek Events. Mon., Feb. 23-Fri., Feb. 27.Times and locations: TBA. Keynotespeaker: Donna Shirley, manager, MarsExploration Program, Jet PropulsionLaboratory. E&T Career Day: Feb. 26.(213) 343-4500.

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LECTURE—Physics and AstronomyColloquium. Wed., Mar. 4, 4:30 p.m.PS 306. Free. Edward L. Wright(UCLA): “Darkness at Dawn: DarkMatter and the Origin of theUniverse.” (213) 343-2100.

LECTURE—Science Series. Wed.,Mar. 4, 8 p.m. PS 158. Free. Oscar Bernal(Physics and Astronomy): “The Use ofMagnetic Resonance from Metals toBiological Imaging.” (213) 343-2100.

MUSIC—L.A. Symphonic Camerata.Wed., Mar. 4, 8 p.m. Luckman Theatre.David Buck, conductor. General: $10,Students/Seniors: $5. (213) 343-4060.

EVENT—InterCultural ProficiencyProject Spring Conference. Mar. 5 & 6.Burbank Hilton, times TBA. (213)343-4631.

MUSIC—All-Day Jazz Festival. Sat.,Mar. 7. Luckman Theatre. JeffreyBenedict, director. The 8 p.m. concertfeatures the Clayton Hamilton JazzOrchestra. (213) 343-4060.

M U S I C — L u c k m a n S e a s o n —Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.Sat., Mar. 7, 8 p.m. Luckman Theatre.Bassist John Clayton, band’s arranger,is emerging as the finest jazz creatorin America; “drummers don’t stick itany better than Jeff Hamilton; andalto sax players can’t touch JohnClayton,” according to reviewersand fans. Luckman: (213) 343-6610.TicketMaster: (213) 365-3500.

ART—Graduate Exhibition. Mon.-Thu., Mar. 9-21, noon-5 p.m. FineArts Gallery, Art Building. Free. Anexhibition of works by graduatestudents in studio art and design. (213)343-4023.

Please note that your name, address, phone number, school, and year of graduationmay be used by California State University, Los Angeles, for the development ofUniversity-affiliated marketing programs. If you do not wish to have this informationused, please notify the campus by writing to: Cal State L.A. Institutional Advancement,5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032-8502.

Key to cover1 – Eleanore Wilson2 – Louis Gardemal3 – Bernard Epstein4 – George Francis5 – Ben Gmur6 – Bertha Gregory7 – Richard Whiting8 – Raymond Pitts9 – Cameron Deeds

10 – Patti Schliestett11 – Virginia Hoffman12 – Charles Wang13 – Charles Clark14 – Frieda Stahl15 – Keith Gummere16 – Kenneth Sweetnam17 – Barbara Osborn18 – Eugene Dvorin19 – Thelma Graves20 – William Plumtree21 – Walter Beaver22 – Clarence Sandelin23 – Mary Bany24 – Leonard “Bud” Adams25 – Laird Allison26 – Leonard Mathy27 – Hugh Bonar28 – Lydia Takeshita29 – John Rathbun30 – John LaMonica31 – Kenneth Courtney32 – Louis DeArmond33 – Jessie Gustafson34 – Rudolph Sando35 – Anthony Hillbruner36 – Betty Blackwell37 – Charles Beckwith38 – James Williamson39 – Robert Ewald40 – Maxine Miller41 – Gene Tipton42 – George Mann43 – John Cox

EVENT—Sev-enth Annual Chi-nese Poetry Recitation Con-test. Mon., Mar. 9, 2-5 p.m. MaxwellTheatre, U-SU. Free. Registrationdeadline: Mar. 8. Call ProfessorQingyun Wu (Modern Languages andLiteratures). (213) 343-4242.

ART—Women’s History Month—International Women’s Day Display.Mon., Mar. 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. FreeSpeech Area/Union Walkway. Free.Sponsored by the Women’s Re-source Center. (213) 343-3770.

LECTURE—Seminar: “Advance-ment Investment Strategies: TakingYou Beyond the Basics.” Wed., Mar. 11,6:30 p.m. U-SU. Last in a series of B&EAlumni Chapter-sponsored financialplanning seminars. Reservations re-quired. (213) 343-5262.

MUSIC—Symphonic Band and WindEnsemble Concert. Wed., Mar. 11, 8p.m. State Playhouse. Thomas Verrier,conductor. General: $8, Students/Seniors: $5. (213) 343-4060.

THEATRE—Arena New WorksFestival. Thu., Mar. 12-Sat., Mar. 14,7:30 p.m. Music Hall. Five short, one-act scripts presented by Theatre Artsand Dance play writing students: ACoffee Shop on Destiny’s Road by KaraBrock, Going to California by RobinWilcox, Danny’s by Chris Dulace, LoveTriangle: The Third Side of the Storyby Eli Vitalle, and a script by FrancineFerrara. General: $8, Students/Seniors:$5. Tickets: (213) 343-6600.

MUSIC—Concert Choir andUniversity Chorus Concert. Fri., Mar.13, 8 p.m. State Playhouse. Thomas

THEATRE—Cal State L.A. 50thAnniversary Event—Finian’sRainbow. Fri., May 8; Sat., May 9, 8p.m.; Sun., May 10, 3 p.m. LuckmanTheatre. Cal State L.A. theatre arts,dance, and music majors; LosAngeles High School for the Arts;and Cal State L.A. faculty, staff, andalumni star on the Luckman stagein this lively Broadway hit musicalthat premiered in 1947—the sameyear that marked the founding ofL.A. State College! Make a datewith your old classmates or newfriends on May 8, 9 or 10, as aleprechaun, a magic pot of gold,dazzling dancing and the beguilingsong, “How Are Things in GloccaMorra?,” make this classic a high-stepping celebration to remember.Luckman: (213) 343-6610. Tickets:TicketMaster, (213) 365-3500.

ART—Cal State L.A. 50thAnniversary Event—Works byFrank Romero.Sat., May 16 -Mon., Jun. 22,1998. Luck-man Fine Arts

Gallery. Mon.-Thu. and Sat., 12noon-5 p.m. Free. Opening recep-tion: Sat., May 16, 5-8 p.m. If FrankRomero’s paintings look familiar,they should—Angelinos pass hismural each day as they drivethrough downtown L.A. eastboundon the 101 Freeway. The mural,commissioned for the 1984 Olym-pics on the freeway’s north retain-ing wall between Los Angeles andAlameda Streets, is known as oneof the city’s few public monumentsto the automobile. Cal State L.A.alumnus Frank Romero is one of thefounders of “Los Four,” the groupof artists that sprang from the earlyChicano movement and gainedfame with a landmark exhibition atthe Los Angeles County Museum ofArt in 1973. Romero was born inEast Los Angeles, and his painter’s“vocabulary,” which includes cars,hearts, palm trees, and skeletons, re-

flects his Hispanic roots andhis love of Los Angeles.

L u c k m a nGallery, (213)343-6604.

And — mark your calendars . . .

Miyake, director. General: $8, Students/Seniors: $5. (213) 343-4060.

DANCE—Luckman Season—Universal Ballet of Korea. Swan Lake:Fri., Mar. 13, 8 p.m.; Shim Chung(Korean folktale): Sat., Mar. 14, 8 p.m.& Sun., Mar. 15, 3 p.m. LuckmanTheatre. Luckman is the only LosAngeles-area stop on the UniversalBallet’s world tour. Shim Chung wascommissioned as an original ballet in1986 for the Asian Games in Seoul.Luckman: (213) 343-6610. TicketMaster:(213) 365-3500.

MUSIC—Golden Eagle SingersConcert. Sun., Mar. 15, 3 p.m. MusicHal l . Wil l iam Be lan , d i rector.General: $8, Students/Seniors: $5.(213) 343-4060.

DANCE—Luckman Season—BalletHispanico. Sat., Mar. 21, 8 p.m.Luckman Theatre. Ballet Hispanicopresents the West Coast debut of IdolObsession , a story about Tejanosuperstar Selena. Luckman: (213) 343-6610. Ticket-Master: (213) 365-3500.

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W ith a theme of dreams becoming reality—the University-Student Union reopened after a major $7.4 million

remodeling project. Clowns, balloons, and festivities on January15 and 16 culminated in a grand-opening, ribbon-cutting programand reception and a sold-out performance by comedian PaulRodriguez. Alumni are welcome to drop in at the newly-redesigned second floor Alumni Lounge—or visit the friendlystaff in the Alumni Relations suite on the U-SU fourth floor.

California Dreamin’

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Cal State L.A.’s 50th Anniversary HomecomingMonday, February 9 - Saturday, February 14

Celebrate!With our 50th AnniversaryHomecoming approaching, theCal State L.A. TODAY staffdecided to look for alums whoembodied “team spirit” — andwe found the perfect people —see page 5.

Queen RutheBusch, 1951

Queen JannetteSanchez, 1991

Queen CherylMiller, 1978

Queen MarthaKhatchatooriantz, 1988

Queen MicheleLogan, 1962

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