Category: Alumni

2012

2011

• December
  • Site-Specific Performance Class Brings Artful Surprise to Everyday Interactions on Campus
  • Los Angeles School Named for Julian Nava '51
• November
  • Four Sagehens to be Inducted Into Pomona-Pitzer Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 12
• October
  • Slideshow: Pomona Community Gathers to Celebrate Opening of New Residence Halls
• September
  • The Pomona College Board of Trustees Names Two New Members
  • Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Edward Malan '48
• July
  • Emily Arnold-Fernandez '99 Interviewed by SF Examiner About Her Organization, Access Asylum
• June
  • From the Magazine: Bus Number 3
  • From the Magazine: The Dad Who Knew Too Much
  • From the Magazine: Warm Embrace
• May
  • Video: Daring Minds Lectures From Pomona College's 2011 Alumni Weekend
  • All in the Family: Dr. Moses Chao Honors His Mother With Donation to Pomona College
  • Summer Undergraduate Research: Finding a Passion, Making a Difference
  • Video: Griffith Observatory Director Ed Krupp '66 on Mayan End Times Calendar Follies
  • Alumni Weekend 2011 in Photos
• April
  • Pomona College Honors Service and Innovation With Its Annual Alumni Awards
  • Pat Newton '51 Honored With the Alumni Distinguished Service Award
  • Alumni Return to Campus for Alumni Weekend Thursday Through Sunday
  • Jane Chen '00 Wins Inspirational Young Alumna Award for Innovative Incubator Invention
  • Hashim Djojohadikusumo '76 Receives Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award for Commitment to Education and Giving
  • Dr. Robert Tranquada '51 Receives Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Irving "Sonny" Brown '56 Receives Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award for Years of Rotary Service
  • Carlos Guangorena '76 Receives Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Banking Efforts
• March
  • Isaac Jenkins '10 Wins UK Fulbright Grant to Study Refugees and Forced Migration
  • Alumna Film Featuring South African Artists to Premiere This Weekend in Los Angeles
• February
  • Alumna Killed by Somali Pirates
  • Magazine: How Katie Pollard '95 Finds the Infinitesimal Genome Differences Between Humans and Chimps
  • Magazine: Assistant Prof. Michael Teter '99 Researches the Future of the Filibuster
  • Magazine: The Medical Crusade of Dr. Emil Kakkis '82
  • Magazine: Kathleen Supove '73 Is Exploding the Staid Piano Recital

2010

• October
  • From the Magazine: Puzzling Future
  • From the Magazine: Mystery Man
  • From the Magazine: In Search of the Perfect Nerd
• September
  • Director of Alumni Relations Nancy Treser-Osgood '80 Quoted in "L.A. Times" Article on Alumni Tours
  • Alicia Freese '10 Named Among Top 30 for 2010 NCAA Woman of the Year
• July
  • Drew Hedman '09 to Make Debut at Fenway Park
• June
  • Nik Tyack '10 Goes on Another Canoe Voyage in Massachusetts, Bringing Along Some Pomona Friends
  • Revisit Commencement 2010 With Videos, Photos and More
  • From the Magazine: Alumni Leave the Mainland for Island Lives
• May
  • Daniel Martin '04 Featured in "Capital City Weekly" for His One-Man Artisinal Bread Company in Juneau
  • Linda Alvarado '73 Featured in "The New York Times" for Her Boundary-Busting Career
  • Alumni Weekend Photos Available for Viewing
• April
  • Maia Sophia Campbell '01 Wins Inspirational Young Alumni Award
  • R. Stanton Hales '64 Wins Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Peter and Sandy Briggs '64 Win Alumni Distinguished Service Award
  • Tracy Westen '62 and Robert Stern '66 Win Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award
  • "The Losers," a New Movie by Sylvain White '98, Released Today
  • 2010 Alumni Award Winners Announced
• March
  • Judge Kimberly Mueller '81 Nominated to Federal District Court by President Obama
• January
  • Gumby Creator Art Clokey Dies at 88

2009

• December
  • Pomona College Group Heads to UN Climate Change Conference as Official Observers
  • Chris Ballard '95 Finds Journalistic Inspiration in the Details of Basketball and Writes "The Art of the Beautiful Game"
• October
  • Michelle Moran '00 Delves Into History for Her Best-Selling Novels
  • Theatre on the Fringe
• September
  • Cruz Reynoso '53 Awarded Prestigious Witkin Medal for His Ground-Breaking Legal Career
• June
  • Terril Jones ’80 Offers New Photographic Perspective on Tiananmen Square Tank Protestor 20 Years Later
• May
  • Lily Muldoon '07 Profiled in Denver Daily News
  • Photographer and Artist Stephen Marc '76 Wins Prestigious Southern Art Award
  • James Turrell '65 and "Skyspace" Mentioned in New York Times Travel Article
  • Mary Schmich '75 Pens Profile of Alix Coupet '09 for the Chicago Tribune
• April
  • Esther Brimmer '83 Confirmed for White House Position as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
  • Paul Efron Elected Chair of Pomona College Board of Trustees
• March
  • James Hueter '48 Retrospective Showing at the Claremont Museum of Art
  • Bill Block '71 Wins 2009 Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Pomona Museum Assistant Director Steve Comba Comments on James Hueter '48 Retrospective
  • Lee '48 and Claire '47 Kingman McDonald Awarded the 2009 Alumni Distinguished Service Award
  • Melvin Yee '00 Awarded the 2009 Inspirational Young Alumnus Award
• February
  • Chris Burden '69 Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Torrey Olson '09, Brendon Randall-Myers '09 and Kiyomi Parish Griffey '97 Honored with Track and Field Awards
• January
  • Forbes Favorably Mentions Pomona College's Charitable Annuity
  • Catherine Porter '62 Elected President of the Modern Language Association
  • Andrea Schweitzer '90 Organizing a Year of Astronomy

2008

• December
  • Ray Chuan '44 Recognized for Community Work in Hawaii
  • Patricia Yarrington '77 Named CFO of Chevron
• November
  • Jay Buckingham '79 Featured in "The Oregonian"
  • Leeshai Lemish '05 Profiled in "The Epoch Times"
• September
  • The Garden of Ronald L. Fleming '63 Featured in Boston Globe Article
• August
  • Linda Alvarado '73 Profiled on Signonsandiego.com for Her Company's Lead role in Construction for the Democratic National Convention
  • Linda Alvarado '73 Heads Renovation Efforts for Democratic National Convention
  • Poolside with Former Record-Holding Swimmer, Olympian and Biology Professor Marilyn Ramenofsky '69
• July
  • Artist Chris Burden '69 Interviewed by ARTINFO.com
  • Profile of Rabbi Jerry Brown '71 Featured in The Santa Ynez Valley Journal
  • Memoir by Ved Mahta '56 Chronicling College Years Reviewed by "The London Times"
  • Darin Leong '99 Builds His Slack-Key Musical Reputation in Hawaii
  • Two Alums, Two Brothers, Two Books
  • Hillary Park '92 in the Running for National Teaching Award
• June
  • Richard Preston '76 Interviewed by "USA Today" About Latest Book
  • New Sculpture by Chris Burden '69 Featured in ArtDaily.org
  • M. Frederick Hawthorne '49 Honored With Prestigious Chemistry Award
  • Film by Jennifer Phang ’96 to Show at L.A. Film Festival
• May
  • Jeffrey S. Baker '77 Named Faculty Master at Binghamton University
  • Skyspace Installation Reviewed by Arcspace
• April
  • Clarence Lee '57 Designs 2008 Summer Olympics Postage Stamp
• March
  • 2008 Inspirational Young Alumna: Janelle Lin '00
  • 2008 Alumni Distinguished Service Award: Robert Herman '51
• February
  • Artist Milford Zornes '34 Passed Away February 24

2007

• October
  • New Book Chronicles the History and Architecture of Pomona's Arches-and-Ivy Campus
• September
  • Douglas Preston '78's Latest Thriller Hits New York Times Bestseller List
• August
  • Pomona College Celebrates James Turrel's First Publics Skyspace in Southern California
• June
  • Former Pomona-Pitzer Basketball Coach Gregg Popovich Leads San Antonio Spurs to Fourth NBA Championship
• May
  • Claremont Colleges Transfer Bridges Auditorium Ownership to Pomona College
• April
  • IT Building Will Be Named for Family of Jim C. Cowart '73, Pomona's First Computer Science Major
  • The Long Run: Crosby Freeman '06 and Will Leer '07 Broke Records and Froged a Friendship
• March
  • 2007 Inspirational Young Alumna: Maria Luz Garcia '01
  • 2007 Alumni Distinguished Service Award: John Fisher '67
  • Peter Shelton's Striking, 30-Foot-High Sculpture, "gandhiG", Is the Latest Artistic Addition to Pomona's Campus
• January
  • Winter Wonderland: Laurel McFadden '06 Carries on Year-Long Arctic Adventure
  • Director Sylvain White '98's "Stomp the Yard" Stays Atop U.S. Box Office

2006

• December
  • Hip for the Holidays: Brendan Milburn '93's Alternative Musical "Striking 12" Hits the Big-Time in New York
• November
  • As L.A.'s Famous Griffith Observatory Reopens, the Media Discovers Edwin C. Krupp '66
• September
  • Carolyn Bartel Lyon Memorial Service Set for Sept. 30, 2006
• August
  • Pomona College Research Shows Beating the Stock Market May Be Easier Than Investors Think
• March
  • 2006 Inspirational Young Alumna: Emily Arnold-Fernandez '99
  • 2006 Alumni Distinguished Service Award: Byron Hayes '56
• February
  • Los Angeles Times Profiles Award-Winning Fashion Brand Started by Josia Lamberto-Egan '00
  • Jim Taylor, Academy Award Winning Screenwriter, to Speak at Pomona College
• January
  • KSPC Celebrates 50 Years of Community Service and Eclectic Music

2005

• December
  • Pomona alumnus Richard N. Frank puts some meat into Rose Bowl rituals with 50-year "Beef Bowl" tradition
• April
  • Pomona College Holds 112th Commencement on Sunday, May 15
• March
  • 2005 Inspirational Young Alumna: Enriqueta Ramirez '00
  • 2005 Alumni Distinguished Service Award: Bruce and Carolyn Prestwich
• February
  • Civil rights attorney John Payton '73 to speak about Supreme Court rulings on diversity.
  • Jim Taylor, Class of '84, wins the Oscar for Sideways screenplay.
  • Local Star Science Teacher Enriqueta Ramirez Earns Pomona College Inspirational Young Alumni Award for 2005
  • Alumna Gives $10 Million to Pomona College For Construction of Two New Buildings

2004

• November
  • Kris Kristofferson, Class of '58, Wins Spot in Country Music Hall of Fame
• October
  • Five Pomona-Pitzer Athletes to Join Hall of Fame on Oct. 16
• September
  • Docto and Filmmaker Gretchen Berland Named a 2004 MacArthur Fellow
• June
  • Two Named to Board of Trustees of Pomona College
• May
  • Pomona College Announces 11 Winners of Avery China Adventure Program Grants
• March
  • 2004 Inspirational Young Alumnus: David Holmes '97
  • Accomplished Foreign Service Officer Named Inspirational Young Alumnus at Pomona College
  • Actor Richard Chamberlain to Lecture at Pomona College
• February
  • World Premiere of Student Film "Erasure" at Pomona College
• January
  • R. Carlton Seaver Named to Pomona College Board of Trustees

2003

• October
  • Alumni Athletes Inducted Into Pomona-Pitzer Athletic Hall of Fame
• July
  • Pomona Alumnus Bill Keller '70 Named to Lead "The New York Times" Through Troubled Times
• March
  • 2003 Inspirational Young Alumna: Cuc Vu '92