Bridge to the Future
Holy Names University Annual Report
2007–2008
This 2007-2008 Annual Report reflects a year in which we enrolled our largest
student body in history — over 1100 undergraduate and graduate students, made
key investments in faculty, reviewed and revitalized our academic programs,
received heightened contributions by alumni and friends and deepened our financial strength. I am both awed by our achievements together and humbled in
the many ways that you have given your time, your resources and your talents
to bring your Holy Names to this position of excellence and vitality.
O
ur Strategic Plan 2007–2012 continues to
be our map for the future and our metric
for accountability. I am pleased to inform
you that we are making progress toward our target
thanks to a growing donor circle and increased
alumni participation (Goal VI). We continue to
build the value of a Holy Names University education for the 21st century, while deepening the
imbibed much of her values and spirit through her
experiences at College of the Holy Names — her belief in the highest goals for herself and others and
in achievements beyond our own comfort levels
as well as her passion for making a difference that
will positively change the future for others. These
are the intangibles that our students and graduates
tell us they learn and become at Holy Names. Eva
not only lived these in her deeds, she became these
in all ways and in all that she demanded of others,
especially those for whom she cared the most. On
her passing in October 2007, Eva left her alma mater
a bequest of over $2 million. This is our largest
bequest in history. However, the legacy of her life,
million. We are deeply grateful to all of you who
have already contributed to this important project
and are committed to raise the remaining $330,000
by June. This project is critical to achieving our
enrollment goals and to offering outstanding 21st
century services in assuring student success, as well
as maintaining our momentum forward in difficult
and complex economic times.
As we reflect on a year marked by tremendous
advances, we realize that we are immersed in an
era of significant world-wide economic challenges
in the midst of experiencing a historic national
election. We know that these dynamics are dra-
BUILDING BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE
of enrolling 600 semester undergraduate students
(Goal II); recently added a concentration in business in Sports Management and a bilingual track in
Education (Goal I); hired five new faculty members
who bring exceptional talent and expertise and
have increased the diversity of our faculty to 25%,
above the national norm (Goal V); enhanced the
breadth of opportunities for our students to participate in experiential learning, which includes
research, internships and civic engagement (Goal
III); completed an extreme makeover of our Dining
Hall, Sky Room and Tobin Gym (Goal II); and
made significant strides in fundraising in support
of faculty advancements and facilities renovations
HNU
TOP TEN
FACTS
1 Long Tradition of
Excellence
Holy Names University
is celebrating the 140th
anniversary of its foundation by the Sisters of the
Holy Names of Jesus and
Mary in 1868 on the shores
of Lake Merritt. We moved
our campus to the Oakland
Hills in 1957.
2 Largest Enrollment
in History
Fall 2007 and Fall 2008
mark our largest enrollments in history — over
1100 students. There are
2 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
hallmarks of academic quality and service for positive change that mark our tradition of 140 years.
her vision, her passion and her deeds are even more
powerful than her overwhelming generosity.
At our opening Academic Convocation on September 17th, 2008, six of our HNU alumni, each
from a different decade, spoke to the theme: “What
defining moment for you at Holy Names changed
your life story?” Their reflections were powerful
and inspired our students of today to choose the
heights of all that they can become. Every decade
is a link to the past and a bridge to the future. Eva
McLean, HNU ’50, led a seemingly ordinary life
as an elementary school educator that made and
continues to make an extraordinary difference. She
True to Eva’s legacy, we are continuing our positive
momentum forward at Holy Names. At our December 2008 Board of Trustees meeting, our Board
voted to move forward In June on the reconstruction of the first floor of Brennan Hall into a full
service Student Center that incorporates part of the
St. Francis Courtyard and includes an internet café,
Health Services, a Center for Civic Engagement and
an enhanced learning and Tutoring Center. We
have already raised over $920,000, approximately
75% of the total cost of this project, which is $1.25
350 students in residence
on campus, filling to capacity our residence halls.
3 Ranked #1 in Campus
Diversity
The 2008 edition of US
News and World Report’s
America’s Best Colleges
ranks Holy Names Number
One in Campus Diversity
among all institutions in
the West. Over 70% of our
students are from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds and our student
body represents 36 nations.
4 Highly Talented
Faculty
This Fall we added five new
faculty members to the
ranks of our highly dedicated faculty who are committed to and personally
engaged in each student’s
success.
5 Small Class Size
Our student/faculty ratio is
11/1 and our average class
size is 13, providing a highly
personalized and supportive
learning environment.
6 Dedicated to Civic
Engagement
Consistent with the Sisters
of the Holy Names mission
of making a positive difference for others, opportunities for community service
and other social justice
learning experiences are integrated into each student’s
education. Each spring break
25 students participate in
the Mother Marie Rose
Seminar, building homes in
Tutwiler, Mississippi with
Habitat for Humanity for
the people of Tutwiler.
matically impacting each one of you. As much as
we are challenged in these complex circumstances,
we are also blessed with the values of faith in our
God, love for others and a persistent passion for
truth that are the foundation of Holy Names University. These are the values that not only sustain
us throughout our struggles and concerns; they
also bind us together as a family united in hope
and belief. We pray with you that our God bless
you with strength in all that you encounter, hope
in all that we together can become and gratitude
for the priceless blessings that are the deepest part
of your life.
7 Received Maximum
Years Granted by
Accreditation
Association
The Western Association of
Schools and Colleges granted Holy Names a ten year
reaffirmation of accreditation, the maximum granted
and seldom awarded.
8 Winning Athletic
Teams
Holy Names was among the
institutions that established
the NAIA California Pacific
Conference in 1996. In 12
years, HNU has won 33 Cal
Pac Championships. This
fall our men’s soccer team
is undefeated (11-0) in the
Cal Pac.
9 Generous Giving by
Alumni and Friends
HNU recently received
several significant bequests
— two of the largest
include $2 million from
an Alumna and $1 million
from a Regent. The Science
Facilities Reconstruction
Campaign raised $5.4
million, exceeding its goal
of $4.9 million. A Trustee
recently gave $250,000 for
President Nassif kicks off Homecoming with
Honorary Chair, Rosaleen Kelly ’55 and Alumni
Executive Board President Julie Echaniz at the
2008 CoHoNa Ball
faculty enhancement and
development of the new
student center.
10 Committed to
Affordability
Every student receives
some form of HNU
scholarship or talent award
in addition to any Federal
or state aid for which he or
she qualifies. Our graduates
leave with an average student loan that is below the
national average for higher
education (public
and private) institutions.
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 3
HNU Leaders
recognized on HNU’s
special anniversary
Building Community Leadership
National and I nst itut ional Honor s and A wards
Presented to Members of the Class of 2008
2008 Founders’ Medal
Recipient
Ryan John Jacobelli
Fitzpatrick
Nominated To Membership In Kappa Gamma Pi
(National Postgraduate Honor
and Service of Catholic Colleges;
membership based on scholarship
and leadership)
Margarete Maria Engel
Ryan John Jacobelli
Fitzpatrick
Tiffany Sue Jen Ho
Stephanie Ivette Jiménez
Emma Lynn Madison
Victoria Jean Thompson
(Left to right) Regent Cornell Maier, Corinne Mohrmann, Trustee Justice Carol Corrigan ’70, Emeritus Trustee Neil McDaniel, Barbara McDaniel ’96
S
Kappa Gamma Pi
San FranciscoEast Bay Chapter
St. Catherine
Medal Recipient
aturday, May 10, 2008 culminated in several historic
moments. Holy Names University welcomed 292 new
alumni at commencement, celebrated to the day, its
140th Anniversary, and recognized two special community
leaders. During the 82nd Annual Commencement Ceremony
the Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters was bestowed
upon Trustee, Jane Logan and the Durocher Award was presented to Regent, Cornell Maier.
Dr. Logan along with fellow honoree
Cornell Maier celebrated with President
Nassif, fellow Regents and Trustees,
university staff, faculty and administrators, Holy Names sisters and students.
Among the students was the current
Logan scholar, junior, Jennell Jimenez
and her family.
In recognition of their awards, the momentous day in Holy
Names University history was celebrated at a special luncheon in the Valley Center for the Performing Arts hosted
by Dr. Jane Logan.
Holy Names University is grateful for the dedication of all university Regents and Trustees and proud of all the ways they
continue to build bridges between Holy Names University and
the community.
4 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
Andrew Michael Wilson
Dr. Jane Logan and the current
Logan Scholar Jennell Jimenez
Sigma beta delta
(National Business Society)
B ac h e l o r s ’
Marquis Kevin Chapman
Katherine Jo Clark
Kintina Nadeige Edouard
Anika Chalon Hardy
Suezhen Hong
Sacha Chicole Jacobs
Kimberly R. Reed
Erin Kathleen Twomey
Elizabeth Anne Widgren
Andrew Michael Wilson
Masters’
Yi Altschull
Shayda Behbahani
Mycile Amoguis Cahambing
Tobin David Costen
Tamika L. Edwards
Lisamarie Nicole Gibson
Valerie O. Haynes
Hai-Yang (Ocean) Sun
Kenneth Woods
Sigma Theta Tau,
Nu-Xi Chapter
Masters’
B ac h e l o r s ’
Miriam Magarro Barretto
Claudia Pineda Benton
Geraldine Marie Berkvam
Gabriela delaRiva
Rita N. Imah
Julie G. Kliewer
Christine McCaffrey-Johns
Mary Elizabeth Medina
Juliette K. Pringle
Nying Chien Saephanh
Kimberly Janese Scott
Ann K. Soloway
Charletta Latrice Stewart
Barbara Dean White
Margarete Maria Engel
Joel Andrew Schlader
Victoria Jean Thompson
Sister Antonia
Marie Byrne
Perseverance Award
Kina S. Jones-Evans
(International Nursing
Honor Society)
Spirit Of Nursing Award
B ac h e l o r s ’
McKenley Muchell
Tina Marie Bray
Angelika V. Grazutis
Victoria Sales Jacinto
Victoria S. Marzan
Christine N. Matara-Gatua
McKenley Muchell
Nanette Linton Schrader
Jeffrey Martin Smith
Sister Eucharia Mitchell
Award In Nursing
Victoria S. Marzan
Psi Chi
(National Psychology
Honor Society: Continued
next column)
Masters’
Lauri M. Boyer
Morgan Brunton-Knowles
Dena Mari Masuda
Tiffany Lynn Robbins
Marlene M. Roney-McDowell
DeShauna Marie West
Life Membership In
Pi Gamma Mu
(International Social Sciences
Honor Society)
Katherine Jo Clark
Joel Andrew Schlader
Selena Annette Wilson
Alumni Of Tomorrow
Alpha Delta Award
Recipients
Katherine Jo Clark
Ryan John Jacobelli Fitzpatrick
Tiffany Sue Jen Ho
Stephanie Ivette Jiménez
Jennifer Rose Teresa Perkins
Martha Marie Spivey
Victoria Jean Thompson
Andrew Michael Wilson
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 5
Alumni Bridge Back to HNU
H
omecoming 2008 welcomed back over 300 alumni and friends to the
tradition of the CoHoNa Ball, the University campus and the Lake Merritt founding site! Seven decades of alumni came together to celebrate
Holy Names University 140th Anniversary at Homecoming this year.
The weekend began on Friday, September 5, with the return of a beloved
tradition — the CoHoNa (College of the Holy Names) Ball. The annual
Holy Names event from the 1950’s and 1960’s was resurrected this year at
the Claremont Country Club. The Alumni Association is grateful to Honorary Chair, Rosaleen Kelly ’55 and her husband, Trustee, Jim Kelly for their
support and generosity in ensuring that the Ball returned with all the class
and splendor of years past.
(Top Left) 2008 Alumni Award
Recipients, Jane Best White ’85,
Carmen Lamalfa Gilson ’62, Dr. Jim
Conlon, Dr. Marcia Frideger snjm, ‘69
(Above) Catherine McCormick ’49
and Al Gallardo enjoy another
CoHoNa Ball
(Above far right) HNU’s mascot
Mo the Hawk chats with
Claire Canning and other
members of the Class of 1948
Homecoming events returned to campus
on Saturday where the honor classes and
the 2008 Alumni Award recipients were
recognized during special breakfasts, mass
and a lovely luncheon. Congratulations to
this year’s alumni award winners — Jane
Best White ’85, Carmen Lamalfa Gilson
’62, Father James Conlon, Ph.D., Director of the Sophia Center and Sister Marcia
Frideger ’69, Ph.D., Chair of the Business Department.
Special thanks go to the Class of 1958 for their coordination of the Homecoming liturgy and to Homecoming
Chairs, Julie Echaniz ’75 and Michael Mosby ’88 for their
never ending contributions.
(Right) Ricardo Marquez ’07 and
Tiffany Ho ’08 enjoy their first
CoHoNa Ball
On Sunday, September 7 we joined with Holy Names
High School at the Kaiser Center Roof Top Garden to mark
BUILDING COMMUNITY ACROSS GENERATIONS
the exact date 140 years ago when classes began on the
shores of Lake Merritt at the Convent of Our Lady of the
Sacred Heart. Steve Borg ’86, gave a powerful testimony
to the value of a Holy Names University education.
Sr. Rosemarie summed up the event perfectly, “The
entire event was both moving and confirming of the
tremendous legacy that is ours to continue.”
Save the Date for Homecoming 2009 October 9, 10, & 11!
(Above left) Bishop Vigneron joins Sr.
Joan Saalfeld to celebrate Holy Names
University’s 140th Anniversary
(Above right) Steven Borg ’86 addresses
the crowd on Sunday, September 7th
(Bottom right) Members of the Class of
1958 gather back on campus to celebrate
their Golden Reunion
6 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
The Bridge from Student to Alumni
C
onvocation 2008, “Turning Education into Action,” officially opened the academic year and truly built community across generations. Over the next few years many
new traditions will be created for alumni and current students
to interact with one another. The first new tradition took place
at this past Convocation where an alumni representative from
each decade was selected to speak to the HNU community.
Alumni, Violeta Herrera Mielich ’55, Diane Zennie Gilfether
’63, Carol Corrigan ’70, Michael Mosby ’88, Kim Mayfield ’94
and Bora Kara ’06, shared their personal journeys and reflected
on how they have turned their Holy Names education into
action throughout their lives. “My favorite part of the whole
experience was listening to the various alumni speakers discuss
their individual experiences” reported freshman Christian
Hough. “I also had the opportunity to talk with faculty and
trustees at my table and receive their encouragement for my
decision to become a teacher. I felt the whole experience was
not only interesting, but also rewarding in countless ways.”
Profiles of each alumni speaker can be found in the Honor Roll
of Donors section of this report. During her address, President
Nassif shared the SNJM journey aboard SSUnreasonable and
challenged all to be ‘unreasonable’ in their own journeys.
The Holy Names University community is very enthusiastic
about this new academic year and looks forward to many
tremendous opportunities for collaboration between our students and alumni.
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 7
Marie-Rose Durocher Legacy Society
Holy Names University is honored to acknowledge those who, with
special generosity and foresight, have included Holy Names University in
their estate plans. Legacy Society members include individuals and families
who have created a provision in their estate plans to benefit Holy Names
University and who have informed the University of their commitment.
Frances Paganini ’74
A Woman of Faith and
a Faithful Alumna
If you have included Holy Names University in your estate plans and would like to be listed as a
member of the Marie-Rose Durocher Legacy Society, please contact Carol Sellman, snjm, Director of
Planned Giving, by phone at 510.436.1265 or by email at sellman@hnu.edu. If you would not like to
be listed, we will respect your wishes to remain anonymous, and would welcome the opportunity to
thank you for your generosity.
By Sr. Carol Sellman ’69, ’78 MM
BUILDING THE LEGACY SOCIETY
F
rances Paganini ’74 was a woman ahead of her time. In
her late 50s, Frances returned to college as a sophomore
at Holy Names College and completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Therapy. And she came to Holy Names by way
of Stanford University and the University of California!
After graduating from high school Frances attended Stanford
University for one year. At her mother’s request, she left
Stanford and worked in the business world in San Francisco.
Fourteen years later she returned to Stanford for five quarters
and completed most of her general education courses.
By this time, Frances had married Newell Cummings, who
was in the Navy. Their travels took them to places such as
Long Beach, California, Washington, D.C., New York City,
and Bad Godesberg, Germany, and in 1962 they settled in
Marietta, Ohio, where Newell was named the Controller at
Marietta College.
When she and Newell moved to Berkeley, California in the
1960s, Frances was ready to think about completing her college degree. She attended an extended education course at
the University of California which encouraged the students
to “think” on paper. These “thoughts” led her to her desire to
complete her college education and to the well-established
Speech Therapy program at Holy Names College where she
worked with Sr. M. Paul Francis, her advisor and mentor.
According to Frances, she “fell in love with the nuns” and
she particularly remembers her English classes with Sr. M.
Claire Madeleine and statistics with Sr. M. Madeleine Rose.
These were happy times until Newell died unexpectedly and
very suddenly of a massive heart attack one year after Fran-
8 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
ces started at Holy Names. After completing her degree in
1974, Sr. Paul Francis introduced Frances to Revilla Wright,
the Director of the audiology and language department at
Children’s Hospital. Frances worked for Revilla, assisted with
testing the children, and joined others who held fundraising
events for the Hospital.
Nearly three years after Newell’s death, Frances re-connected with
a long-time friend, Bud Paganini. They were married, moved to
Marin, and in 1979 Frances was confirmed as a Catholic. With
this marriage she “inherited” a wonderful family: her step-son,
David, and her granddaughter, Gina, both of whom have treated
Frances as their own mother/grandmother.
In 1999 after Bud died, Frances was encouraged to establish
a Charitable Remainder Trust. As she reflected on potential
beneficiaries for the trust, her thoughts were drawn back to
her alma mater and her happy experiences at Holy Names.
Because she desired to give back to the institution that gave
so much to her, Frances named then-Holy Names College as
a beneficiary of her Trust. Frances recognizes the importance
that a college education played in her life and she desires to
become a partner with Holy Names University in providing
for the University’s long-term financial planning and ongoing success. As a member of the Marie-Rose Durocher Legacy
Society Frances is helping to ensure that a new generation of
students will be fully prepared to enter into the world they
have inherited and to change it for the better.
We thank you, Frances, for your loyalty to your alma mater,
for your deep faith, and the example that you have set for so
many others throughout your life.
Mary Vinson Anderson ’44
Anonymous (9)
Maria Elena Armanino-Lawbaugh ’63
Rose Batori Bertolero ’38 †
Gertrude Blackstock ’32 †
Steven Borg ’86 and Betsy Fabro-Borg ’86
Lucillia Bezerra Boyd ’42
Kathryn Wrona Brooks ’70
Fannie Garrett Brown ’69 †
Anthony and Andrea Brearcliffe Bryant ’60
Dorothy Walsh Buckley ’33 †
Norma Caldera Cabral ’42
Ross and Lillian Cadenasso
LoEtta Fredinburg Cadman ’57
Claire McAleer Canning ’48
Mary Ruth Carleton
Carmelo Carone †
Kathleen Agnes Connelly ’64
Flo Ann Hackim Connors ’46
John W. and Mary McDonald Coykendall ’48
John N. † and Rosalyn M. Demling †
Lucina A. Dineen †
Marguerite Cunningham Dobbins ’31 †
Eva Lohmann Dodd ’48 †
Cari Dominguez
Nancy Langan Edmonds ’51 †
Patricia W. Engstrom †
Dawn Evans Erdelatz ’50 †
Helen Trahan Farschon ’65
Rita M. Felix ’62
John J. and Anne Sanchez Fleming ’59
Dr. Joyce Galeno ’53 †
Mabel W. Goode †
Elana Hunter Hall ’60
Rosemary N. Hallum
Mary B. Harley †
Shirlese Hayes ’96
Grace N. Heisler †
Jeanne Poe Henderson ’62
Geraldine T. Hobgood ’48
Linda Bellini Howson ’64
Jean L. Hunter
Mary Louise Hynes †
Dr. Elinor R. Ives ’25 †
Lois Akers Johnson ’53
Wesley L. Jones and Martha Frank-Jones
Mary M. Joyce ’58
Maura E. Kelly Koberlein ’84 and Derril L.
Koberlein ’84
Olive S. Kinley †
Inger Marie Kroman ’32 †
Don and Charlene Robbins Kunitz ’83
Patrick H. † and Iris Montano Leonard ’33 †
David E. and Nadine Burrell Lipson
James Loebl †
Rock † and Jane Gilmer Logan
Marty Loquvam
Aileen Mackie ’64
Alice Macrae ’37 †
Cornell C. Maier
Sharon Hawn Mata ’67 †
Marna Maynard ’56 †
Lu McCabe ’50 †
Howard † and June Hardy McFaul ’44
Patricia McGuigan ’54
Eva Rita McLean ’50 †
Margaret Mealey ’33 †
Jani MacGregor Medeiros ’83
Sandra Judicini Miraglia ’63
Loretta Connors Morgan ’39 †
Joseph and Sheila Perkins Moura ’51
Eileenmarie Bay Mueller ’43 †
Kathrine L. Butterfield Murphy ’67 †
Maxine Murray †
Mary K. O’Leary ’38
A. Kathleen Oliver ’61
Frances Hart Cummings Paganini ’74
Frank † and Eldora Perry Peters ’40 †
Betty Powell †
Mary Ann Bareilles Stainback Quittman ’55
Ann Leary Ragus ’29 †
Virginia Robles ’88
Louise † and Ron Rosequist
Irene Sargent †
Patricia Johnson Savage ’69
Gary J. and Joan Corey Semonella ’67
Albert T. Shine, Jr. †
Shirley L. Silvani ’55 †
Loretta Reilly Smith ’87
Elizabeth Anne Sousa ’42 †
Robert Summers †
Robert and Lorena Fragley Thorup ’51
Mary Tigh ’55
Cecelia Tutt ’62
Donna Erickson Vercesi ’68
Vivien Fiske Wake ’89
Carolyn Wall
Dolores Meader Walters ’51
Barbara Church Wickhorst ’49
Beth Noia Wiseman ’48 †
Richard J. Woodward, Jr. †
Michael ’86 and Diane Zumbrunnen
† Deceased
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 9
BUILDING AC ADEMIC STRENGTH
HNU Welcomes Five New Full-time Faculty
By Anne Dunlap-Kahren ‘88
A
t Homecoming 2007, President
Nassif announced a generous gift
of $140,000 from the estate of
Marna Maynard ’56 for the University’s
Faculty Transformation Initiative (FTI).
One of the most critical components of
the University’s strategic plan, the FTI
aims to hire 12 new faculty members in
the next five years to offset the effects of
retiring Sisters and ensure the integrity
of academic programs given increasing
enrollments.
To support this effort, HNU Trustee
Ann Reynolds and her husband, Jon,
contributed a leadership gift to accelerate the hiring of high caliber full-time
faculty. They note, “We believe that the
primary goal of a university education is
to stimulate students to want to learn for
the rest of their lives. It takes outstanding inspirational professors to awaken
students to this life of learning.”
“We believe that the primary goal of a university education is to
stimulate students to want to learn for the rest of their lives. It
takes outstanding inspirational professors to awaken students
to this life of learning.”
—Ann and Jon Reynolds
her coming to HNU was meant to be.
“It’s no accident why I’m here.” She
says she was drawn to HNU’s focus on
social justice as part of its mission, and
the University’s commitment to educate
students who might not otherwise pursue degrees. “HNU prepares teachers for
urban schools. It’s a civil right to learn,
to know, and to participate fully in a
democratic republic. We need teachers
to get students there.”
The five new faculty members demonstrate remarkable achievements and interests that fulfill this promise already.
One worked on energy issues as a diplomat in Paris for two years. One has been
integrally involved in the development
of three Asian film festivals. Another
worked closely with civil rights activist
Rosa Parks. One is developing an undergraduate program in Exercise Science.
And the last has done extensive research
on methamphetamine addiction and
high functioning autism.
Julie A. Henderson, Ph.D.,
Stanford University,
Assistant Professor, Education
The new director of Single Subject
Programs Dr. Henderson is a strong
proponent of systemic bilingual and
multicultural reform, and she believes
Dr. Julie Henderson and Rosa Parks
Before pursuing her doctoral studies, Dr.
Henderson worked as the grants manager
for the Detroit Institute of Art. There she
met Rosa Parks, who became her mentor and friend. “We worked together for
three years,” she says. “She wasn’t only
inspirational in her heroic leadership in
the civil rights movement, she was also
passionate and supportive of public education, and the responsibilities each of us
‘ordinary’ people has in the promotion
of social justice through quality education that ensures each child has ample
opportunity to fulfill his/her potential
as a global citizen.”
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HNU was recently authorized to award
the bilingual credential for K-12. “This
is huge. Stanford doesn’t have this option.” Dr. Henderson sees strong bilingual education as a precursor to strong
multicultural education and looks forward to moving the University’s already
excellent teacher education program to
the next level.
Kate L. Isaacson, Ph.D,
University of California, Davis,
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Dr. Isaacson was also drawn to HNU
because of its dedication to social justice and deep commitment to student
development both inside and outside
the classroom. As a graduate student in
social psychology, she studied attachment theory while doing research on
social-personality correlates related to
methamphetamine addiction and high
functioning.
“In my final years of graduate school,”
says Dr. Isaacson, “I began to teach upper division courses, and I discovered a
passion for college teaching. My aim is
to impart to my students a real understanding of the many roles psychology
plays in our world. I am excited to be
establishing a Psychology Research and
Learning Laboratory where I will work
with and train students to conduct scientific research on attachment theory
and social psychology. Research skills
provide the foundation and capacity for
creative innovation, as well as the basis
for analytic problem solving. These are
skills for a lifetime, and will not only
empower our students to ask their own
questions and act as leaders in the pursuit of answers, but also will contribute
to the legacy and strength of the Holy
Names tradition.”
(Left to right) Dr. Kate Isaacson, Dr. Paolo Ricci and Dr. Jennifer Sherwood
Paolo Ricci, Ph.D.,
Drexel University, Professor, Business
Dr. Ricci is an expert in probabilistic
decision analysis applied to the environment, energy choices, and technological innovation. His degrees include a
doctorate in Engineering and Sciences
from Drexel University, an MPA from
Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, an LLM in European Union Law
from the University ofLeicester, and an
MA in Economics from Temple University. He is an honorary professor at the
University of Queensland and a guest
professor at Xiamen University in Fujian
Province, China.
But one of his most favorite cities is
Paris, where he worked for two years
as a diplomat serving as head of the
Technology Clearinghouse of the IEA/
OECD, the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development. His
research foci are environmental health,
environmental economics, and applied
decision making.
“HNU is a fertile ground for applying
both sound theory and sound practice.
For students, it’s a fertile ground for
developing ideas about the environment, business and economics and
energy-related issues. This is what I’m
looking forward to working on with my
students.”
Chiho Sawada, Ph.D.,
Harvard University,
Assistant Professor, History
Dr. Sawada has expertise in the field of
historical justice and reconciliation. Before joining the HNU faculty, he worked
at Stanford University on a study of the
public history of war in the 19th and
20th centuries across five countries: the
United States, Japan, China, Taiwan,
and South Korea. He refers to his work
as ‘communicative history’—looking for
comparisons to encourage more dialogue. “It’s building a shared vision of
the past and present, with goals for the
future across cultures,” he says.
Dr. Sawada is
enthusiastic
about film
and its impact on popular historical
culture. With
his students
at the UniverDr. Chiho Sawada
sity of Texas
at Austen, he
founded the Austen Asian American
Film Festival. He’s also co-director of
the Taiwan Film Festival for the Western United States and a consultant for
the San Francisco International Asian
American Film Festival.
“I’ve always felt it important to be engaged in collaborative research with
top scholars in a field while also doing
programming for public events. I invite
scholars, policy makers and film makers
to share their insights and research for
a public audience.” One recent conference featured Clint Eastwood talking
about his 2006 films Flags of Our Fathers
and Letters from Iwo Jima.
HNU’s commitment to experiential
learning also appeals greatly to Dr.
Sawada. One opportunity for service
learning for HNU students may be a
mini-Peace Corps program he founded
for summer volunteers to work in Papua
New Guinea, India, and East Timor.
Jennifer J. Sherwood, Ph.D.,
Marquette University,
Professor, Biological Science
Dr. Sherwood is a specialist in physiology, biophysics, exercise and nutrition.
Growing up on a farm in Michigan she
says prepared her well for working with
students from diverse backgrounds.
“I felt like an outsider,” she says. “No one
in my family knew any scientists, or anyone who was interested in science. The
process of always explaining to my family what I was doing honed my skills for
teaching. Then they got excited when I
got excited. It’s very fun, very creative.”
Dr. Sherwood uses various pedagogies to
teach students with diverse learning styles.
“Some of my students are fresh out of
high school; some are returning after
years in the workforce. In considering
how my students learn, I came to realize that they are accustomed to the fastpaced, colorful presentations of computers, cell phones, and video games. I am
faced with the opportunities and challenges of incorporating these methods
into presenting the course material.
“My students require me to do more
than merely explain the workings of the
human body. With each course, I work
to connect my students to the subject
and lead them in dissolving barriers to
their academic and personal successes.
Ultimately, long after they have left my
classroom and forgotten the details of
protein digestion in the small intestine,
I hope to have catalyzed their life-long
passion for learning and nurtured their
skills to grow with this passion.”
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 11
BUILDING STUDENT SUCCESS
Holy Names University’s New
Student Center is Key to Future Growth
B
rennan Hall’s first floor, the
heart and hub of the HNU
campus, will undergo a
major transformation next
year as we aim to create a
much-needed student
center that integrates
and expands student
services while improving campus life. The
unique venue will be
designed to promote
academic, social and
civic engagement for
all our diverse student populations. To
date, HNU has raised
$921,478 towards this
$1.25 million project.
Thank you to the donors
who have joined the Student
Success Circle of Friends at a variety of levels.
Our alumni have expressed great commitment to the project and are confident
it will impact future recruitment and retention efforts. Eileen Brosnan Weston
’62, a Holy Names University Regent and
Advancement Committee member, is very
excited to see how positively this new
space will benefit our growing student
population. “Holy Names University is
celebrating our largest enrollment in history! In Fall 2007 and Fall 2008 over 1100
students were enrolled each year demonstrating consistency in our enrollment
strategies. HNU students are an interesting, energetic, enthusiastic and exciting
group and we can all be proud of them.
Attracting students of this caliber puts us
in stiff competition with other colleges
and universities.
12 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
As we all know, our campus is in a fantastic location and has outstanding programs, but is in need of upgrades. After
a survey of students, staff, faculty and
trustees, it was determined that the most
immediate need was for a central place for
students to gather and to obtain needed
services. Plans for a wonderful renovation
of Brennan Hall with a creative use of the
existing courtyard have been developed. It
will provide students with a central location for student services, a social gathering
place, a place to study as well as expanding classroom and office space. It will send
a message to prospective students that
HNU is a school that cares about their
needs, academically and socially.”
Everyone can contribute to this project.
Eileen encourages all of us to help provide
our students with the facilities and services
so essential to their growth. “We have all
benefited from the wonderful education
we received at Holy Names and for many
of us friendships that developed during
those years have endured. Let’s show our
students, present and future that we care
and provide them with the same opportunity. Show your support and make
the campaign a success by helping Holy
Names University raise the remaining
$330,000 to help reach our goal.”
Stu
Transformational
Leadership Circle
$100,000 +
The Bill Hannon Foundation
Cornell C. Maier
Joan A. Payden
The Y&H Soda Foundation
The Whalen Family Foundation
Civic Engagement
Circle
$50,000-$99,999
James and Rosaleen Kelly ’55
Dr. Neil and Barbara McDaniel
Ann and Jon Reynolds
The Sisters of the Holy Names of
Jesus and Mary
FAITH LEGACY Circle
$10,000-$49,999
The Fremont Bank Foundation
Rosemarie Nassif, SSND, PhD
The O’Shea Foundation
Loretta R. Smith ’87
CULTURAL UNITY Circle
$1,000-$9,999
Agnes Anderson ’46
Anne Cole ’48
Clara Felix George ’63
The Intel Foundation
Derril Koberlein ’84 and Maura Kelly
Koberlein ’84
Naomi Matsuda Levenson ’68
Ronald V. Rosequist
Eileen Brosnan Weston ’62
Stephen and Theresa Rush Woo ’85
COMMUNITY-BASED
LEARNING Circle
$500-$999
Mark C. Arnzen ’89
Steven Borg ’86 and
Betsy Fabro-Borg ’86
Mary Nusbaum Duncan ’77
Julie M. Echaniz ’75
Dan and Joann Delafranc Finnegan ’53
Luis Guerra ’02 and Maria Panesi-Guerra
Richard K. James ’98
Paula Srsen McKee ’63
Julia Morrell ’48
Michael Mosby ’88
Barbara E. Patterson-Hope ’88
SOCIAL JUSTICE
ADVOCACY Circle
$100-$499
Kathy Abler ’68
d
ent
Success Circle of Fri
Gilbert and Cathryne Keys Allan ’48
Elizabeth Arden Allen ’63
Maria Elena Armanino-Lawbaugh ’63
Louise G. Bacigalupi ’53
Marylouise Bailey ’68
Carmen Rocha Bergmann ’68
Shirley and Richard Biava ’53
John A. Biberdorf
Betsy Ratto Bongiovanni ’58
Marilyn Bouterious ’68
Bettye Hornsby Burns ’72
Georgette Bynum ’93
James and Margaret Bendorf
Callahan ’48
Sunae Chandler ’98
Sharan T. Cherbak ’63
Diana I. Fei Chia ’88
William and Kathleen Coit ’66
John and Jennifer Cooper ’03
John and Mary McDonald
Coykendall ’48
Sharon Gay Dean ’68
Therese Joyce Dunleavy ’63
Helen Erlwein Fauria ’43
Rita Taylor Figari ’41
Anne Sanchez Fleming ’59
Eric B. Fox
Joe and Nonette Franek
Marie Frisbie ’58
Barbara Witt Garcia ’73
Anita Garnier ’68
Diane M. Gilfether ’63 and
Jerry Kidd
Judith L. Gonzalez-Massih’98
Andine Hadfield ’48
Timothy J. Hart ’07
Jackie McAuley Hayes ’51
Catherine A. Hughes ’50
Maureen Sullivan Jacobs ’58
Edith Jenkins-Weinrub, EdD
Claudia Harshner Johnson ’58
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Johnson ’53
Teresa Ward Jung ’70
Mary Kelly ’68
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kitt ’63
Patricia Rago Lometti ’68
Cecilia and Andrew F. Low ’51
Jan Renee Marcoux ’68
Colleen and Peter Marelia ’53
Mary C. McCarthy ’53
William and Mary McInerney ’48
Patricia Mihalic ’03
Sandra Miraglia ’63
Maureen Mitchell-Wise ’73
Carol Flatman Montoya ’72
Mary Burke Morris ’62
Sheila and Joseph Moura ’51
Dolores Maribo Murphy ’48
Barbara Owen ’68
Regina Paulus ’67
Ronald A. Perotti ’93
Patricia A. Pimentel ’58
Karen and Robert Profet ’58
John D. and Virginia Moran Rarig ’48
Nancy Schroth Rasmussen ’78
Bebe Faas Rice ’53
Suzanne Avitabile Roberts ’68
Peggy Boldizsar Schatz ’52
Susan Schnieders ’68
Barbara Wisnewski Smith ’62
Joan Canty Smith ’58
Nancy Zabriskie Smith ’58
Sana M. Soudi ’83
Sheryl A. Springer ’99
Kevin and Susan Szeto ’03
Rose M. Tassielli ’58
Ronda M Theisen ’73
Patricia Thomas ’93
Katie Joe Tom ’58
Bette Gallagher Tunney ’43
Dr. and Mrs. Hikmet Ucok ’74
Edward and Martina Urquides ’76
Margot C. Villa ’73
Mildred W. Williams ’73
Joanne Wu ’73
Student Empowerment Circle
Up to $99
Nafeesa Ahmad-Bey
Ann and Carl Alemania ’69
Marsha G. Anderson ’81
Mercedes Avila ’07
Norma E. Bacchus
Angela Campbell Backman ’58
Annette M. Baker ’63
Phyllis A. Bazzano ’63
Sr. Martha Bendorf ’43
Rose Bertelsen ’44
Annette M. Bohrer ’88
Owenia A. Boykins ’98
Lulu Brigham ’78
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Brooks ’83
Katherine L. Brown ’97
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bucci ’43
Vladimir Bulanin ’08
Patricia L. Calloway ’95
Claire M. Canning ’48
Joan M. Casey ’58
en
ds
Nancy Pekkari Charlson ’65
Janet and Michael Cogorno ’63
Sandra Colombo ’68
Jo Jo and Jonathan Conroy ’72
Mabel Costa ’48
Ann W. Crawford ’98
Jody Marie Day ’98
Jenifer A. Delk ’93
Richard Dickinson ’81
Pamela and Kirk Dietz ’93
Laurie F. Donegan ’53
Joe Anne Doyle ’53
Suzanne McCall Duff ’66
Norman and Kathleen Dunlap ’60
Sherry Eastwood-Falls ’75
Dolores Erbentraut ’53
Denise Murry Eberhard ’75
Sabrina D. Estell ’03
Judith Manion Gregory ’68
Alexandra Guliano ’88
Sr. Paul Gerard Gustafson ’48
Mary L. Girard ’73
Linda S. Hammons ’08
Thomas Henderson ’93
Tiffany S. Ho ’08
Edward and RamonaHodges ’80
Patricia A. Holzknecht ’53
Kim R. Hyde ’93
Anne Coakley Jamison ’62
Margaret A. Johnstone ’03
Mary B. Jordan ’03
Marilyn J. Kane ’58
Rochelle Frost Kaven ’58
Lois Elissamburu Keenan ’53
Herman and Doret Kollerer ’58
Teri LaPata ’68
Denise Wong Lee ’73
Miftah J. Leath ’96
Suzanne Richard Leonardich ’73
Fatmata DwumfuohLongstreth ’03
Tina and Jerry Lowden ’97
Rosemary J. Machado ’61
Richard and Marti Wright Martin ’64
Ricardo Marquez ’07
Regina Tabacco Mastrantonio ’53
Marietta A. Matto ’65
Elizabeth Rankin McClure ’63
Nancy V. McCormick ’68
Shiela Curtis Millhollon ’58
Mary Lagomarsino Minton ’57
Patricia F. Mooney ’53
Annette M. Moore ’63
Hanorah Morasci ’48
Mary Jane Morgan ’63
Stephanie L. Most ’92
Jeanne Mulgrew ’59
Eileen Mulligan ’07
Nancy Munton ’58
Suellen G. Noland ’81
Marguerite Smith Oates ’63
Audrey J. O’Brien ’43
Barbara Borba O’Neill ’53
Mary Oppedahl ’68
Elizabeth Orozco ’73
Suzanne M. Palmer ’88
Dorothy Carija Paquette ’63
Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Patsch II ’88
Mr. and Mrs. Giancarlo
Penninella ’89
Marilyn and George Perry ’67
Lucy Atkinson Persons ’60
Joan and Paul Petruzzelli ’59
Geraldine A. Poels ’43
Carol A. Porter ’68
Ann M. Rader ’68
Nanna FredrikssonRassu ’53
Louise D. Ridsdale ’03
Gina Robinson ’03
Nancy Roell ’60
Terry R. Ruscoe ’93
Mary Gilpatric Russell ’51
Jesus G. Salcido ’78
Elisa A. Sciaroni-Mathez ’93
Carol L. Seuferer ’82
Ann Derse Sexton ’73
Jeanine Sims ’88
Anna Turner Stephens ’58
Deborah L. Stephenson ’94
Carolyn Sugars ’53
Lillian F. Sullivan ’43
Susan Temple Swartz ’74
Sharon Swearington ’83
M. D. Switzer ’73
Mr. and Mrs. Blair Thompson ’68
Marylynne Thompson ’87
Janice Thorpe ’90
Sr. Alice Tobriner ’43
Mr. and Mrs. Terry N. Trevathan ’03
Melodee A. Tuxen ’03
Helene Twyford ’59
Janet Vann ’72
Celia Vollov ’73
Colleen F. Wahl ’99
Kathleen M. Walsh ’43
Wendey Walsh ’83
Joan A. West ’73
Annelise M. Weston ’96
Patricia Crampton Wochnick ’56
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 13
Alumni Endowment builds
a Solid Foundation for
Student Success
By Susan Eggett ‘02
W
hen the class of ’51 gathered
in 2000 to begin discussions
for their 50th reunion they
thought back to their days as students.
Margaret Houlihan Focha ’51 recalls the
discussions, “When we were students one
of the very important traditions during
homecoming was the honor class gifts.
They decided that the recipient be an
undergraduate single parent, who displayed financial need, maintained a 2.5
GPA and was from one of the nine Bay
Area counties. These women understood
the struggle of single parents. They understood that when adding the stresses of
academic work to the many responsibilities associated with parenthood it is often
difficult to maintain a GPA high enough
to be eligible for scholarships. They also
Scholarship drive
celebrates another
stellar year
scholarship has given me even more motivation to succeed.” Members of the class
of ’51 who attended the luncheon with
Michelle remarked, “Michelle is like our
daughter. We take great pride in seeing
her succeed!”
The class of ’51 continues to gather 3 times
per year. As a class they are dedicated to
keeping their class engaged and investing
in their endowment. In just 7 short years
the scholarship they created has grown
from $15,000 to over $60,000 thanks to
continued contributions from the class
and investment appreciation.
Gifts like endowed scholarships provide
a level of security and flexibility to the
university as HNU makes plans for the
future. Other classes can empower future
generations of Holy Names University
students like the Class of ’51 has done.
Two time Honorary Chair and University Trustee Jim Falaschi
joined forces again with tournament co-chairs and trustees
Matt Heafey and Steve Callaway to raise over $90,000 for
the Mission Scholarship Fund. The University trustees are
exceptionally devoted to HNU students and their soaring
possibilities. The University awards more than $5 million
in unfunded aid annually to nearly 400 students in need of
financial support. On behalf of our students we extend heartfelt gratitude to Jim Falaschi, Matt Heafey, and Steve Callaway
for driving the tournament to another stellar year.
way to connect with community members, sponsors, alumni
and students.
Save the date and hit the links with us for the 8th Annual
Red Rose Invitational Golf Tournament on Monday, April
27, 2008 at the Claremont Country Club in Oakland.
Top (left to right) Dan Cushing, Joe
Falaschi, Darryl Davis, Nik Dhawan,
Jim Falaschi (Honorary Chair) and
Robbie Bendorf
The Seventh Annual Red Rose Invitational Golf Tournament,
on May 19, 2008 at the Sequoyah Country Club, was not
only a perfect day for a round of golf but also a valuable
(Left to right) Co-chairs Matt Heafy
and Steve Callaway
BUILDING FUNDS FOR OUR FUTURE
Each honor class made some kind of contribution to Holy Names. We decided that
the creation of an endowed scholarship
could provide the most value for future
students. The commitments we witnessed
from the early graduates inspired us, and
we hope that other classes will now follow
our example.”
The class of ’51 is a class that leads
by example. Among the women who
graduated from the College of the Holy
Names in 1951 are four Past Presidents
of the Alumni Association and eight
Alumni Award recipients (more than
any other class in the history of Holy
Names University!) The class of ’51
endowed scholarship was established
through generous gifts from 33 members of the Class of 1951 to assist students who met very unique criteria. It
was important to this group to create a
scholarship that could benefit students
who may be ineligible for most other
scholarship monies.
wanted to support students who, after
graduation, would use their education
and give back to Bay Area community
through their careers. Members of the
class of ’51 feel that the scholarship they
created continues to build a bridge to
Holy Names University because it is a
way they can continue to make a difference in the lives of the students today.
Members of the class of ’51 scholarship
committee had the chance to meet their
current scholarship recipient, Michelle
Edwards, at the 2008 Scholarship Luncheon. Michelle, a nursing major, is 34
years old and a single mother of a 13
year old daughter with sickle cell anemia.
Deeply committed to her education she
commutes 2 hours to and from Oakley
to class every day.
Michelle remembers the day she was
notified about this scholarship. “I felt
as though my hard work was being recognized, by these women and now this
14 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
Please contact Sister Carol Sellman by
calling (510) 436-1048 or sending an
email to sellman@hnu.edu to receive
more information about creating an endowed scholarship.
Holy Names
University gratefully
acknowledges the
following sponsors
and contributors
Major
The Class of ’51
Scholarship Committee
Barbara Hammel Alderdice
Helen Bilse Cox
Martha Cruz Engbrock
Margaret Houlihan Focha
Liz McCrory Frei
Jackie McAuley Hayes
Sr. Patricia Kenny
Pat Murphy McCormick
Sheila Perkins Moura
Marie Boeddeker Richard
Gloria Hartsook Russell
Kathy Burke Stevens
Margaret Ann Martin Shaw
Lorena Fragley Thorup
Dolores Meader Walters
Fremont Bank Foundation,
Alan Hyman
Championship
Emerald Packaging, Inc., Jim Kelly
Jim Falaschi
Rosemarie Nassif, SSND, PhD
Ann and Jon Reynolds
Tournament
Brandywine Realty Trust
Diamond Janitorial Services
Matt and Margaret Heafey
WestCallawayStotka
Insurance, Steve Callaway
University
Alta Alliance Bank
ePaperless Professional
Services IT
HNU Alumni Executive Board
McGuire and Hester
Stuart Koop
Neil McDaniel
Plant a Seed/Woodland
Stairs, Steve Brown
RECO Electric, Dan Pitcock
Frank and Loretta Smith ‘87
Steinberg Architects and
BBI Construction
The Men’s Wearhouse,
George Zimmer
Jim Vohs
Red Rose
The Most Reverend John
S. Cummins
Rick Barbieri
Doug Bartman
Carol Corrigan ‘70
Paul Cortese
David Fullerton
Stephen Grant
Phil Javete
Tom and Mary Johnson
Don Kennedy
Arnold Lim
Corinne Mohrmann
Martha Rolley
Ms. Brock Settlemier
Damon Shrive
Tom and Sue Smegal
Richard and Sandra Totten
Vartain Law Group,
Michael Vartain
Auction and
Other In-Kind
Donors
Arrowood Vineyards
and Winery
Café Rustica
Steve and Sharon Callaway
CALM A Salon, Devon Chaconas
CCT Technologies Inc.
Claremont Country Club,
Matt Heafey
Contra Costa Country Club,
Dave Minolli
CT Corporation
Custom Recognition, LLC,
Chris Adams
Susan Eggett ‘02 and
Ricardo Marquez ‘07
Epicurean
Jim Falaschi
Dave and Jackie Fenton
Fit Lite, Alex Lara ’03 MBA ‘05
Green Valley Country Club,
Mark Sherman
Matt and Margaret Heafey
HNU President’s Cabinet
Hood & Strong LLP
Greg Hutton
Il Porcellino
Inamorata Women’s
Boutique & Beauty Bar
Glenn and Gaby Isaacson
La Fonda Resort and Spa
Live Art Design, Tamara Ralston
Jane Logan
Lyal Nickals Florist, Inc.
Mira Vista Country Club,
Steve Callaway
Montclair Golf Club
Montclair Wine Shop
Oakland Zoo
Peet’s Coffee
Pelago
PGA Design
Polish on Piedmont
Ann and Jon Reynolds
Richmond Country Club,
Steve Callaway
Saint George Spirits
San Ramon Country Club,
Jim Collins
Martha Scholz
Sequoyah Country Club,
Steve Callaway
Silverado Country Club
Southern Wine and Spirits,
Dave Minolli
Sr. Carol Sellman
Taqueria Las Comadres Inc.
Viv and Ingrid Jewelry,
Robyn Burnaford ‘04
Judy Wainwright ‘65 and
Jim Mitchell
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 15
Bridge to Student
Empowerment Continues
By Greg Coleman ’07
H
NU’s mission to transform and liberate lives is reflected in the stories of these two Holy Names men.
Both Michael James Malinowski’93 and Adam Simon
are graduates of the Raskob Institute and then went on to
continue their education at Holy Names University. Adam
is currently a junior at HNU and Michael graduated from
Holy Names in1993.
Upon arriving at Holy Names University, Adam and his family worked with Professor Julia Smith and the Associate Dean
of Student Affairs, Laura Lyndon to devise a learning plan
that would work best for him. Mr. Aaron Simon, Adam’s
father, notes that the process has been one of collaboration.
“We have all worked together to determine how Adam would
best learn.”
BUILDING FUNDS FOR OUR FUTURE
The Ellen K. Raskob Learning Institute opened in 1960 and
continues to serve the needs of children, who in spite of average and above average intelligence, have learning disabilities.
The Raskob Institute’s outreach to serve students with learning
disabilities is continued at the collegiate level by the staff and
faculty at Holy Names University who continue to provide
the services and support necessary
for all students to thrive.
The education Michael received at
Holy Names provided him with the
support necessary to overcome the
challenges he faced as a student with
dyslexia. Michael and his family
found that the individual attention
and dedication from faculty and staff
Michael Malinowski and his wife
at both Raskob and at Holy Names
were very empowering. Michael’s mother Judi Malinowski ’89
observed how cohesively the faculty and staff worked together
to meet all of his needs. “Michael blossomed at Holy Names.
Many things contributed to his success, including small class
size and amazing faculty who always challenged him, but who
also spent the extra time necessary to empower him.”
Adam Simon and his family can attest first hand to Holy
Names University’s tradition of supporting students through
their personal challenges. Adam Simon came to HNU in 2007,
a decision which was prompted by his familiarity with the
HNU campus, and Holy Names University being listed in a
directory of institutions that offer support services to students
with disabilities.
16 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
After graduating from Holy Names Michael
went on to found the Student Advocacy
and Mentoring program and coordinated
the PSU Disability Advocacy Cultural Association at Portland State University. Judi
is certain that “the supportive and exciting
learning environment Michael had had
both Raskob and Holy Names led to his
Adam Simon
kindness and supportive treatment of others.” Michael recently passed away from an aortic vein aneurism he suffered while advocating for the rights of persons with
disabilities. In his own way, Michael continued the mission of
Holy Names University through his work.
Adam is currently pursuing a self-designed degree, related to
Biological Sciences, which he plans to use in a professional
career in zoology. In recognition of the excellent support Adam
has received at HNU, and to support the University’s ability
to continue this type of empowering education his parents
have made contributions to the Annual Fund. “It is with a
strong sense of gratitude and appreciation for this wonderful
institution, that we make this gift to your school” wrote Mr.
Simon with his recent contribution.
Both Michael and Adam’s stories represent the HNU experience,
an experience that educates the whole person through personal
transformation. Their stories are inspiring, but not unique, as
they are shared by many HNU Alumni. Alumni consistently
share their stories about how they have been supported and
empowered by the HNU community to overcome their own
personal challenges and to reach educational goals.
Answering Their Call
“I
never imagined that working at the Annual Fund
would allow me the opportunity to do something
great for the school. I feel very proud to know that
I am helping those in need of scholarships.The alumni
are very generous and willing to help out our future
HNU students.”
— Ruth Manzo ‘12
The Phonathon is a major program of the Office of
Annual Giving. Each year, student callers reach out
to our alumni, parents and friends of the University in an effort to fund critical, unrestricted areas
of HNU – library resources, faculty recruitment/
development, technology upgrades and student
scholarships.
The University awards annually more than $6 million dollars to deserving students, usually from
under-represented backgrounds and the majority being first-generation college undergrads. This
year, 90% of our students received some type of
financial aid.
“As a scholarship recipient and a student caller at the
HNU Phonathon, I thoroughly enjoy getting to talk to
older alums. They all seem to really enjoy HNU and
always have a good story to tell.”
— Natasha Koolmees ‘11
Student callers are the link to the many members of
our HNU family. They are responsible for updating
biographical information, inviting our alumni and
friends to return to campus, report news and events
about Holy Names, all while encouraging support
for the Holy Names Annual Fund. Take a moment
to speak to one of our student callers when they
contact you and see why this is one of the most
important on-campus jobs a student can hold.
The Alumni Executive Board says
thank you to the Phoneathon callers
with a special dinner party before
their night of work on the phones
“It is a pleasure to see so many alumni support HNU
because it demonstrates the circle of giving. HNU
provided our alumni with a quality education and in
return, they are giving back to help other students.”
— Darnecia William ’12
Your gift helps solidify the support needed that carries the weight of all those crossing over the bridge
from student to alum. Have you made your gift
this year to the HNU Annual Fund? It’s easy and
there are several ways to make your contribution
count. Simply send a check in the enclosed reply
envelope, go online to www.hnu.edu and click
on the “Donate Now” link, or call Aaron Castillo,
Director of Annual Giving at 510.436.1014.
Thank you to all those who contributed over
$550,000 to the Annual Fund in 2006-2007!
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 17
BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR FUTURE
HNU L IFE M EMBERS
HONOR ROLL
Recognizing gift totals of $100,000 or more during their lifetime
The Adams Family
Agnes V. Anderson ’46
Harold † and Mary T. Vinson
Anderson ’44
Anonymous
BankAmerica Foundation
Gertrude M. Blackstock ’32 †
The California Endowment
California Postsecondary
Education Commission
Clorox Company Foundation
Carol A. Corrigan ’70
S. H. Cowell Foundation
Paula Deluca †
John N. Demling † and
Rosalyn Demling †
Dawn M. Erdelatz ’50 † and
John S. Erdelatz
William E. Figara
The Fletcher Jones
Foundation
Fremont Bank Foundation
Margaret G. Sweeney
Gardiner †
Jules and Barbara Carlin
Glaser ’47
Mabel W. Goode †
Adolphus E. Graupner, Jr. and
Margaret Stuart Graupner †
Bill Hannon Foundation
The Heafey Family
William Randolph Hearst
Foundation
HEDCO Foundation
Michael and Maureen Hester
Foundation
William & Flora Hewlett
Foundation
Geraldine T. Hobgood ’48
Humanitas Foundation
Jean L. Hunter
Alan Hyman
Independent Colleges of
Northern California
The James Irvine Foundation
The William G. Irwin Charity
Foundation
Mary M. Johansen †
Kaiser Permanente
W. M. Keck Foundation
James and Rosaleen Collins
Kelly ’55
Gerry and Howard Korth
Kresge Foundation
Noelle Leca and Michael
Moradzadeh
Dean S. † and Margaret L.
Lesher †
David E. Lipson and Nadine
Burrell
Rock H. † and Jane G. Logan
J. M. Long Foundation
The Thomas J. Long
Foundation
Cecilia Lucas †
The MacGillivray Family
Alice Macrae ’37 †
Cornell C. Maier
Margoes Foundation
Rose Adelle Marsh ’35
Marna A. Maynard ’56 †
Neil and Barbara McDaniel ’96
Glenn E. † and Eva Rita
McLean ’50 †
Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
Ursula M. Moran ’30 †
Loretta P. Morgan ’39 †
Edward † and Barbara
Morrill †
Grace E. Murphy †
Rosemarie Nassif, SSND, PhD
Oliver O. † and Lucille E.
Orrick †
Joan A. Payden
Dolores H. Raskob † and
Dudley R. Kennedy
James B. and Elizabeth M.
Rettig
Ann and Jon Reynolds
Laurance Rockefeller
Ronald V. and Louise †
Rosequist
Irene † and Charles R.
Sargent †
Raleigh and Claire Ahern Shaklee
Albert T. Shine, Jr. †
Frank N. Sim †
Sharon and Barclay Simpson
S. H. Cowell Foundation
Sisters of the Holy Names of
Jesus and Mary
Loretta R. Smith ’87
Y & H Soda Foundation
The Sweeney and Gardiner
Families
Nancy Seeliger Sweetland
Eugene † and Catherine
Trefethen
Upward Bound
Wayne and Gladys Valley
Foundation
James A. Vohs
Carolyn Wall
The Whalen Family
Foundation
Agnieszka Winkler ’67 and
Arthur Lund
Beth Noia ’48 † and Richard
Wiseman
Richard J. Woodward, Jr. † and
Irene Campbell Woodward †
George and Lorri Zimmer
2006 BORA KARA
Bora (left) is pictured here with the Chair of Math
and Sciences at HNU, Dr. Duygu Demirlioglu, after
presenting Dr. DD his 2007 Alumni Award.
Bora Kara ’06 (Business Management) grew up in Istanbul, Turkey. Bora traveled to the US in 2000
to pursue his education and, after some eccentric English lessons, transferred to Holy Names University in the Fall of 2003. “When I arrived in the United States I began watching American sitcoms
to help with my English vocabulary. I learned some of my first conversational English lessons from
watching Seinfeld!” Bora is currently pursuing his MBA in Finance at Santa Clara University while
working as a financial coordinator for Cohn and Wolfe Worldwide Public Relations Agency in San
Francisco. “HNU gave me the opportunity to work with an extremely diverse group of people both
in and out of the classroom. Because of my experiences in diversity I am able to be the problem
solver who values ideas other than my own and who can work with everyone.” Bora was involved
in nearly every leadership opportunity available to students. “Holy Names helped me to discover
the type of leader I wanted to become. Now, I lead with integrity and a positive spirit, and I use my
leadership to make a difference in my work and in the community.” Bora strongly encourages HNU
students today to get involved in campus life. “What you do at HNU has the power to help you for
the rest of your life!”
18 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
Mother Marie Rose Society
($250,000 +)
Eva R. McLean ’50
Ann and Jon Reynolds
Mother Marie Rose Society
($100,000 to $249,999)
Gertrude M. Blackstock ’32 †
Jane G. Logan
Cornell C. Maier
Marna A. Maynard Trust
Joan A. Payden
Y & H Soda Foundation
Daniel and Katherine Whalen
Mother Marie Rose Society
($50,000 to $99,999)
Humanitas Foundation
James and Rosaleen Kelly ’55
Neil and Barbara McDaniel ’96
Rosemarie Nassif, SSND, PhD
Sisters of the Holy Names of
Jesus and Mary
Mother Marie Rose Society
($25,000 to $49,999)
Fremont Bank Foundation
Mary Harley †
Joseph R. McMicking Foundation
Aaron H. Simon and
Laura M. Lee
Frank and Loretta Reilly
Smith ’87
Mother Marie Rose Society
($10,000 to $24,999)
Mary Vinson Anderson ’44
Stephanie Veselich Enright ’47
James and Theresa Falaschi
Margaret and Matt Heafey
Joseph and Mary Hester
Wesley Jones and Martha
Frank Jones
The J. C. Kellogg Foundation
Rose Adelle Marsh ’35
The Morris Stulsaft Foundation
Tom and Carole O’Hare
Rogers Family Foundation
Julia T. Santos
Founder’s Society
($5,000 to $9,999)
Patricia C. Barnett
Carol A. Corrigan ’70
Helen Trahan Farschon ’65
William E. Figara
Robert and Marie Damrell
Gallo ’57
Derril ’84 and Maura Kelly
Koberlein ’84
Stuart M. Koop
The MacGillivray Family ’66
Mangold Family Foundation, Inc.
Nikki Maziasz ’01
Mona L. McDaniel ’37
Maxine E. Murray †
Ronald V. Rosequist
The Schaeffer Family
Agnieszka Winkler ’67 and
Art Lund
Regent’s Circle
($2,500 to $4,999)
Mary Elizabeth Negro
Bent-Rooney ’47
Rose M. Bertolero ’38 †
Brandywine Realty Trust
Ross and Lillian Cadenasso
Steven A. and Sharon Callaway
Eric C. Cranston
Davorka K. Cvitkovic
John and Joyce Grippi
Don and Dolores Grupalo
Luis Guerra ’02
Hood & Strong LLP
Michael P. and Linda Lee Kress
Plant A Seed Foundation
James B. Rettig
Mrs. Nancy S. Sweetland
Robert and June Thayer †
Tides Foundation
Elizabeth Brennan Wade ’47†
President’s Circle
($1,000 to $2,499)
Bank of America
Rick Barbieri
Lisa Bedell
Ernest Blakley
Steven Borg ’86 and Betsy
Fabro-Borg ’86
Dr. Jean C. Born
Geraldine O’Brien Breeding ’45
Andrea Brearcliffe Bryant ’60
Claire M. Canning ’48
Barbara F. Chase ’56
Katherine Chesbrough
CMP Media, LLC
Mary Conley ’51
Daniel Cushing
Terry A. Dale
Diamond Services & Supply Co.
Mary Ann Dombrink-Kurtzman
PhD ’60
Julie M. Echaniz ’75
ePaperless, LLC.
Kathleen M. Eyre
Kirsten I. Findlay
Anne Sanchez Fleming ’59
Elizabeth and John Frei ’51
Marianne Gagen
Clara Felix George ’63
Susan Burke Gonsalves ’62
David Green and Abigail Shaw
Elana H. Hall ’60
Joanne Archibald Hawke ’62
Robert C. Henderson
Marguerite McKinnon Hill ’52
Catharine E. Holt ’94
Janyce A. Hoyt
Intel Foundation
Ann Iversen
Mary Margaret Joyce ’58
Donald S. Kennedy
Gerry and Howard Korth
Lynette C. Ley
John and Mary Marinshaw
McGuire and Hester
Steve and Patricia McLoughlin
McMahon ’64
Mary Van Valkenburgh
McNamara ’53
Margaret D. McPhee Reich ’39
Michele and Eric Merrill
Sheryl D. Michels
Dolores ’74 and Carl Monismith
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G.
Moore ’64
Sheila ’51 and Joseph Moura
Mary Alice Muellerleile PhD
David P. Myers ’94
Shawn M. O’Connor
Rita Olsen Pister ’47
LaJoyce L. Porter
Mary Ann Quittman ’55
Roberts Electric Inc.
Kim Rhinehelder
Virginia A. Robles ’88
Ruth B. Ryan-Hanlon ’44
Betty Scanlon Sammon ’47
Larry and Monica Jepson
Satterthwaite ’70
Marie T. Schwan
Marlene and Brock Settlemier
Barbara Wisnewski Smith ’62
Marian Rago Smith ’60
Mary Dwyer Spellman ’53
Thomas C. Thatcher
Sally Truitt
Cecelia J. Tutt ’62
Michael J. Vartain
Ronald J. Vincent
Susan M. Vinella-Brusher ’91
James and Eileen Vohs
Wells Fargo Community
Support Campaign
Ron and Eileen Brosnan
Weston ’62
Betty Woo ’78
Stephen and Theresa Rush
Woo ’85
Stephen Zavell
George and Lorri Zimmer
Adele Keys Gibson Club
($500 to $999)
American Center for
Philantropy
Mark C. Arnzen ’89
Carol A. Sousa Avery ’87
BBI-CON, Inc.
Mona C. Bernstein
Maryanne Bertram ’62
Marice Bezdek ’62
Marilyn Bouterious ’68
Robert W. Brasiel
Mary R. Brearcliffe
Christine and David Burns ’70
The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund
Kathleen A. Connelly ’64
Mary and John Coykendall ’48
Dale Craven
Mary-Florence Crowley ’54
M. Kathleen Dobbins ’60
Sandra Duffy ’57
Mary J. Duncan ’77
John P. Erreca ’87
Darlene J. Fahmie ’79
Susan Schmoll Fitts ’66
Gerald and Arlene Senger
Fox ’57
Robert and Rita Galindo
Marcia E. Gallo ’95
Steve Golden
Susan H. Goldthwaite
Patricia T. Ham ’54
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 19
BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR FUTURE
Adrienne D. Harley ’66
Shirlese M. Hayes ’96
Alicia M. Herrera ’70
Kathy Kusters Herrington ’64
Bill Holland
Terri L. Hupfer
Doris ’86 and Chiaki Ishii ’85
Naomi Matsuda Levenson ’68
Nathalia Lie ’72
Terry L. Liebowitz
Peggy Ball Liskey ’46
Kathleen Kosiorowski Lovell ’69
Maureen Lubben
Lyal Nickals, Inc.
Aileen Mackie ’64
Carol Costa Mahoney ’69
Mike Major
Felicia Mak ’01
Lana Martinez
Patricia Murphy McCormick ’51
Marisa A. McDonald, OSF ’78
Donald A. McQuade
Margaret Claire Melanephy ’54
Peggy J. Miloslavich
Mary Burke Morris ’62
Marcia Nance
Barbara Domyancic Ruane ’62
Sandra Russell
Cynthia Ebbesen Savell ’61
Mary Louise Schuster ’62
Perry Seto
DarleneSmith ’87
Steinberg Architects
Hiroshi Tajima ’84
Rose M. Tassielli ’58
Maria E. Tira ’55
Richard S. Totten
Theresa Towey ’55
Vartain Law Group
Emerson Whatley
Todd York
Clara McGary White Club
($250 to $499)
Doris D. Ach
Frances Pahl Alling ’67
Theresa Andrews
Corinne Arthur ’58
Linda Babin
Angela Campbell Backman ’58
Douglas K. Bartman
Michael Benson
Dorothy Letcher Bentley ’69
C. Jean Bigelow
Corwin and Caroline Booth
John ’07 and Val ’95 Bowman
Dorothy W. Buckley ’33 †
Judith Botelho Cain ’64
Michaele Powell Call ’64
David E. Cannon
Roseanne Chamberlain ’72
ChevronTexaco
Barbara Ruddy Ciccarelli ’61
Robin G. Cipolla
William and Kathleen Coit ’66
Connexus, Inc.
Pat and Julie Wellington
Contestable ’61
Judy and Paul Cortese
Christian E. D’Andrade
Debra and Michael Delaney
Kathleen M. Doerr ’68
Maureen M. Dunn ’70
Gayle Engle ’05
Catherine Enos
Donna R. Ervin ’04
Henry Espinal
John L. Fahey
Joan Maloney Filice ’50
Margaret Houlihan Focha ’51
Roberta Fogerty ’72
Diane S. Fort
Joe and Nonette Franek
Agnes and Edward Freeman ’69
Meline A. Giannini ’67
Margie Gordillo ’92
Betty Moffitt Grady ’43
Stephen Grant
Rose V. Gregoratos ’42
Laura K. Hanashiro ’87
Eva Ennis Healey ’51
Rebecca M. Hinkley ’96
Betty Jean Bloom Hopkins ’61
Mary Hould ’55
Dr. Mattie Ignacio ’72
Maureen Sullivan Jacobs ’58
Jean (Emma Jean) Matula
Jardim ’62
Michele C. Javier-Poma ’04
Grace E Jenkins ’02
Edith Jenkins-Weinrub, EdD
Edgar E. Johnson
Elizabeth G. Johnson ’95
Marily F. Johnson
Jack and Colleen Corcoran
Johnston ’57
Teresa Ward Jung ’70
Darrell † and Josephine Kale
Kathleen Grandi King ’67
Ed and Kathleen Kovach ’83
Karen A. Lavell ’92
Susan E. Lawrence ’66
Cynthia LeBlanc ’70
Nancy J. LeBoeuf
Stacy Leier-Valentine ’04
Zelma Lewis ’87
Victoria E. Logan ’95
Jose G. Lopez ’08
Judith Ann Lutenske ’79
Sheila Masterson Presto ’70
Mary Jean McLaughlin ’72
Corinne M. Mohrmann
Laura Mendes Moore ’69
Mary A. Moore
Chris Woods Moulson ’69
Lynn B. O’Hara ’92
Maureen O’Neill ’62
Janice Ornellas ’96
Jane M. Parrish ’69
Sheri L. Paulo ’84
Julianne ’86 and Thomas
Richardson
Barbara A. Rogers ’78
Martha E. Rolley, SNJM, EdD ’72
Elizabeth Sarina ’57
Peggy Boldizsar Schatz ’52
Leda R. Schulak
M. J. Sconza
Elizabeth Mullen Selfa ’57
Beverly Lagorio Sereda ’55
Kenneth and Christine
Shackel ’71
Theresa Shackelford ’71
Robert G. Slyker
Carol L. Zamora Small ’64
Patricia Walsh Smith ’52
Kathleen and Richard Soublet ’94
Karen M. Spencer
Charles R. Stevens
Christina Sullivan ’68
Ruby Y. Tam ’02
Polly Tangora ’69
Patricia L. Taormino ’64
Richard R. Thorpe
Rosemary Randall Trei ’66
Verizon Foundation
Ann Feyen Walsh ’66
Patricia Willis ’71
Niki Yoshinaga ’69
Ann Rowland Young ’58
Lynda Zarsky
Patricia Canty Zavadil ’57
Cupola Club
($100 to $249)
Kathy Abler ’68
Anthony Ach
Jonathan J. Ach
Mary V. Silva Ackerman ’45
Elizabeth Arden Allen ’63
La Verne V. Allocci ’61
Melanie ’65 and Michael
Andersen
Barbara J. Anderson
Carl and Kay Andre
William Andrews
Josephine Anthes ’60
Alan and Helen Appleford
Ms. Gemma P. Arguelles ’92
Maria Elena Armanino Lawbaugh ’63
Ramona Y. Arnold
Evelyn A. Ashcroft
Marilyn King Astore ’64
Joan Atkinson ’49
1988 MICHAEL MOSBY
Michael (left) is pictured here with the Deputy
Director of the Lawrence Livermore Lab, who
awarded Michael for his leadership and service
to the Lab.
Michael Mosby ’88 (Business Administration) serves as Vice President of the Holy Names University
Alumni Executive Board. Michael describes his Holy Names education as an empowering experience. “First,” he says, “through the Liberal Arts education, I am able to communicate critically.This has
set me apart from many of my peers in the workplace and allows me to tackle global challenges
that require global solutions. Second, HNU’s ideal of service permeates to the core of my being. It
fuels my desire to make the world a better place. Third, and most importantly, HNU widened by
spiritual capacity. HNU opened my heart to the presence of God in each breath of my life.” Michael
currently works as a Senior Business Analyst at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and
describes how the skills he gained as a student at HNU continue to help him in his work today. “In
a practical sense, I use them to uncover challenges and opportunities within the workplace. Once
uncovered, they can be measured and examined for relevance. Once examined, targeted solutions
can be created to address them with pinpoint accuracy. I learned the precursor of these skills in my
Junior and Senior seminar classes at HNU, where I had direct access to professors and professionals
working in and knowledgeable of the business world.”
20 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
Mercedes Avila ’07
Mary Escobar Baca ’61
F. Louise Baczuk ’67
Helen Ballerini ’50
Patricia Balue ’47
Chris Bankard
Mary Frances Corcoran
Barranti ’66
Mary L. Baur ’51
Donna McNeill Baylor ’64
Betsy Sullivan Bazdarich ’71
Jeremey L. Bedford ’65
Montel E. Beeson ’79
Robert and Elaine Benoit ’64
Col. and Mrs. George C.
Benson ’43
Mary Ann Benson
Janet M. Bernstein
James and Marcia Berryman
Adam Betta
John A. Biberdorf
Leah Bigalow ’50
Mimi Tieburg Bini ’65
Melanie Blaha ’64
Elizabeth Davis Blasius ’71
Alberta M. Boschetto
Lucillia Bezerra Boyd ’42
Betty Harvey Boyle ’52
Bill and Diane Bozzini ’62
Helen Breck
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Breuer ’53
Kathy Wrona Brooks ’70
Marilyn V. Brouette ’83
William H. and Lena M.
Brownell
Al and Rita Bucher ’54
Nancy Moran Buckley ’54
Robert S. Bushyhead
Barbara Butko ’75
Susan Kroske Bystrom ’66
LoEtta Fredinburg Cadman ’57
Dorothy Siri Callaghan ’69
Margaret ’48 and James
Callahan
Carol H. Callaway
Rick Callaway
Frank and Grace Campbell ’68
Marcia J. Canning ’70
Richard Carll
Joan M. Cattalini ’63
Patricia Ceely ’57
Judith C. Chan ’94
Nancy Pekkari Charlson ’65
Julie N. Charters ’06
Helen B. Chase ’50
Armando Chavez ’95
Monica T. Choy
Patricia M. Christensen ’71
Marge Clennon ’50
Deborah Cline-Monaco ’64
Philip T. Coates
Janet and Michael Cogorno ’63
Marion E. Coit ’55
Kathleen Rebello Collins ’68
Maureen J. Collins ’50
Sandra Colombo ’68
Flo Ann Connors ’46
Ms. Agnes C. Conrad ’39
Helen L. Conroy
Alfred J. Cooper ’69
James Cooper ’73
Shirley May Cooper ’56
Candis Cousins
Bette and Martin Covington
John F. Coyle ’78
Judy A. Craig ’66
Ann W. Crawford ’98
Burton W. Crist ’89
Elizabeth Cuellar
Most Reverend John S.
Cummins
Francine R. Cunneen ’61
Frances Gowen Curry ’48
Valentine L. D’Souza ’90
Terry Dadasovich
Barbara Dale ’64
Sakti and Maya Das
Dean Daskarolis
Sharon P. Davis ’94
J. Kent and Susan Galasso
Davis ’64
Mary J. DeCarlo ’97
Marcelus A. Decoulode
Iris E. Delnevo ’95
Barbara Heeg DePaoli ’57
Mary Ellen Severance DeSilva ’75
Barbara M. Dillmann ’67
Debra Doble
Cari M. Dominguez
Laurie F. Donegan ’53
Heidi Ehrman Donner ’71
Jenifer Doyas ’87
Bennett Dubiner
Suzanne McCall Duff ’66
Patricia Joan Dugoni ’54
Kathleen Dunlap ’60
Mark ’88 and Anne Dunlap
Kahren ’88
Susan Eggett ’02
Catherine Osias Endo ’77
Roselyn Eng ’77
1970 CAROL CORRIGAN
Justice Carol Corrigan ’70
Carol Corrigan ’70 (Psychology and Sociology) was appointed to the California Supreme Court in
2006. Upon her appointment Governor Schwarzenegger described Justice Corrigan as someone of
“unimpeachable character, thoughtful, quick-witted and who brings a deliberate, detail-oriented approach to the law. She will bring honor to California’s high court and serve the people with dignity
and integrity.” Justice Corrigan credits her Holy Names education as the catalysts that prepared her
for a career in law. What she has accomplished is a result of the confidence and skills she gained
while a Holy Names student. With a long and distinguished career in the law, including 30 years in
public service, she has served on the California Court of Appeal, Superior and Municipal Courts,
and was a trial lawyer in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. Justice Corrigan currently
serves as a member, and former chair, of the Board of Trustees for Holy Names University. This role
gives her opportunities to meet with HNU students, to hear their stories and impart small bits of
wisdom. She always encourages them to use their personal history to create their future. “Don’t
ever forget where you come from, but don’t ever let where you came from get in the way of where
you’re going. Most importantly, don’t ever let where you’re going become more important than who
you become along the way.”
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 21
BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR FUTURE
Martha M. Engbrock ’51
Denise Mezek Epes ’64
Emilia Erickson ’52
Marcia Murry Ewers ’71
Claudia Galliand Fairbanks ’68
Amy E. Faltz
Helen Erlwein Fauria ’43
Elaine Sherwood Feeley ’57
David W. Fenton
Rita Taylor Figari ’41
Azlyn J. Finch ’04
Teresa C. Fiorentini ’61
Gloria S. Fischer
Ann Gerarda Fitzgerald ’87
Ann Dunlap Foley ’55
Byron Fong
Foothill Discount Liquors
Carolyn S. Foster
Eric B. Fox
Michel Frey ’75
Marlene C. Frothinger ’02
Jody E. Fuller
David and Pamela Fullerton
Lorraine Furay ’66
Blair Furbush
Alfred K. Gales ’87
Mark N. Galetto ’80
Colleen Gallagher
Sue A. Gallagher ’81
Anita L. Gandolfo ’46
Cynthia Lynn Gardner ’87
Janet L. Garin
Margaret Humbracht Garner ’75
Catherine Meister Garrison ’70
Susan Gaylord
Kathleen Gerner ’61
Laura Catherine Laub
Ghidini ’59
Phillips ’73 and Sheila Gibson
Mary L. Girard ’73
Mrs. Gloria F. Giuffre ’45
Marianne Frances Glaspey ’87
Karolyn Gomes ’01
Anna Giannelli Good ’83
Lydia Gough ’73
Ben Grace ’76
Peter C. Grauert
Patricia E. Gray ’90
Margaret Cone Greco ’65
Sydney Ann Mitchell Gregg ’63
Melanie A. Gregor
Marianne K. Griffin ’52
Sheila Griffin
Sheila Hughes Gronemeyer ’62
Gloria and Philip Grosso ’71
Selma L. Guerrini ’63
Frances Salel Guilford ’43
Marie C. Gutterres
John Hadsell
Boyd Clifford Hamilton
Megan M. Harmon
Bianca L. Harpel
Rosemary Knight Harrar ’58
Beverly and Jack Harrison ’69
Timothy J. Hart ’07
Brad Hatton
Rita R. Haugner ’91
Joan Elissamburu Healy ’56
Carl and Monica Heller ’56
Jacqueline Henzie ’51
Eileen L. Hesch ’67
Terry and Claire Hill ’60
Ann Hinton ’77
Jo-Ting Ho ’72
Beth Harris Hoenninger ’88
Betty Carlsen Holmlund ’75
Diana I. Huang ’88
Carol A. Hubert ’59
Roger Huddlestone
Kathy R. Huebner ’80
Marion K. Hufen ’56
Teresa Martinucci Hurlbut ’75
Mary Sexton Hutton ’47
Li Hwan Hwang ’68
Kiptiatu M. Iscandari ’03
Mary Frances Jacobs ’60
Barbara Bradley Javandel ’66
Philip Javete
Adelaide ’41 † and Gilbert Jenike
Sheri Jennings Jtwros
Claudia Harshner Johnson ’58
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Johnson’53
Alicia Graham Jones ’64
Nancy M. Jones ’05
Sam I. Jones ’96
Marge Jordan ’65
Marilyn Kadota
Marjorie J. Kane ’84
Patricia Keeley ’75
Lois Elissamburu Keenan ’53
Mary L. Kelley ’62
James M. Kelly
Nora Cloherty Kelly ’62
Lillian S. Kenney
Peggie Singleton Kenney ’56
Ms. Marianne T. Kentzel ’56
Patricia M. Kinney ’46 †
Pamela Dresen Koehler ’70
Angela Maffeo Korpela ’85
N. K. Kunkel
Mrs. Li-Lin Wang Kuo ’97
22 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
Jacqueline Lafitte ’89
Alejandro C. Lara ’03
Mary Jeanne Larrabee ’65
Ida M. Larrieu ’62
Merton and Claire Chong
Lau ’54
Maureen A. Lavengood ’64
Miftah J. Leath ’96
Ophelia Lee
Anne Leenknecht ’54
Louise Finello Lehman ’65
Leis Co., Inc.
Gaye Lenahan
Sharon Bastiani Levaggi ’59
Michele McCormick Lewis ’62
Arnold Lim
Oscar Limon
Louis and Erma Pinnick
Lindeman ’71
Wendy and Redford
Lindmark ’73
Karen V. Lingard
Rosita Lo ’66
Joyce L. Locke ’94
Myrn A. Lockerby-Perry ’88
Alex Lopes
Jeanne Lovi ’65
Gertrude Raab Lucia ’51
Ms. Lorraine J. Lynch ’55
Sheila Johnson MacDonell ’60
Joan M. MacIntyre ’54 †
Margaret Macy
Ivan and Ruth Majdrakoff
Elaine Ernst Malone ’45
Ms. Hilda Man
Nancy L. Marcotte
Dorothy Jean Martin ’41
Jennifer Martin ’67
Maureen Wrin Marty ’61
Frances Souza Matarrese ’49
Trudie J. Mathiesen ’69
Marietta A. Matto ’65
Rita M. McCann ’55
Christie and David McCarthy ’63
Christopher McCarthy
Marilyn McNab McCarthy ’55
Mary C. McCarthy ’53
Sally McEachen ’70
Elenore E. McGorty ’39
Patricia A. McGuigan ’54
Nancy McInnis ’58
Kathryn McKown ’65
Judith Jakobs McLaughlin ’66
Mrs. Paula L. Meader
Jani MacGregor Medeiros ’83
Jon Michels
Sheila McGinty Michels ’69
Charles E. Miller
Jeff Miller
Shiela Curtis Millhollon ’58
Veronica K. Mitchell ’66
Russell E. Molari
Maureen Cramton Monahan ’62
Carol Flatman Montoya ’72
Allene Branco Morales ’66
Michael O. Mosby ’88
Jason C. Mosher ’96
Judith Farnsworth Moyer ’67
Dolores Maribo Murphy ’48
Patti Murphy-Pattenson ’74
Ruth Redding Murray ’62
Allan K. Nagel ’00
Catherine J. Nagler ’05
L. Natkins
Pamela D. Neal
Pennie Needham ’74
Maureen H. Newlin ’96
Judith E. Nguyen ’99
Barbara Nicolini ’50
Adriana M. Nieman ’70
Jeanne Nixon ’66
Barbara M. Norris ’71
Elvira and Don Nothdurft ’53
Irene O’Brien ’58
George and Judith A. O’Brien ’51
Joan M. O’Connor ’62
Seana M. O’Shaughnessy ’95
Ellen and Gerald Oicles ’64
Myrtle N. Olien
Crystal M. Olivarria ’06
Audrey Olsen
Sukui Ono ’07
Mary Oppedahl ’68
Elizabeth A. Ostermann ’84
Ethel J. Paap
Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm Co.
Cynthia C. Pal ’93
Kimberley Hand Pannke ’75
Paula M. Pardini ’67
Elza L. Paul ’61
Sharon M. Pavelda ’06
Patricia Perez ’70
Kathleen Peroff ’69
Michael J. and Marilyn M.
Phalen
Adrienne L. Pierucci ’71
John Pillsbury
Patricia Pinnick ’54
Antoinette M. Pipkins
Catherine Plocki ’62
Vivian M. Prater ’96
Gail M. Priestley ’69
Cindy Walker Puppione ’69
Edward Quinnan
Judith Radovcich ’63
Ana M. Raphael ’89 and
Terrence Scott ’87
John and Maria Raphael
John D. and Virginia Moran
Rarig ’48
Nanna Fredriksson Rassu ’53
Miriam Ravnik ’63
Rosalie Bracco Reberg ’71
David and Kathleen Faherty
Recupero ’64
Yvonne Regan ’57
Marisa A. Reom ’05
Bebe Faas Rice ’53
Viola W. Riebe ’70
Delphine D. Rigoli ’64
Ernie Rivas
Suzanne Avitabile Roberts ’68
Alma R. Rose
Mary Gerken Roslansky ’49
Kit and Anne Haviland
Ruona ’64
Tina M. Ryan ’92
Janet Saalfeld ’95
Patricia Sabo ’72
Ana Santana ’66
Raymound Saunders
Dan and Maureen Scannell ’56
Patricia O’Hara Schmidt ’57
Barbara Hayes Schmitz ’59
Walter and Rita Schneider ’44
Martha C. Scholz
Eleanor Dobbins Schooley ’59
Mr. and Mrs. James F.
Schultz ’72
Mrs. Aileen K. Scully ’56
Maria Rosa Serrano ’92
Gloria Seward ’82
Ann Derse Sexton ’73
Carol Booth Sharon ’70
Carol Anderson Sherrill ’61
Terry and Jessie Shields ’62
Louise Shoff ’46
Damon A. Shrive
Rita Bedoya Shue ’79
Francesca Simon-Windy ’65
Sisters of Saint Dominic
Thomas and Susan Smegal
Joan Canty Smith ’58
Sylvia Snider ’67
Mona C. Sorrell
Yvonne Viguie Spears ’54
Leland Spencer
LaVerne Cardoza Spotorno ’63
Trisha Stanionis ’70
Claudette Starr ’60
Moshe and Ella Sternberg
Jeanne and Andrew Stevenson
Mary Jane Stolte ’72
Linda Story ’64
Maleada M. Strange ’53
Patricia Streblow ’50
Carol A. Strohmeier ’85
Lillian F. Sullivan ’43
Patricia Conrado Sullivan ’39
Peter Sullivan
Patricia White Sunseri ’52
Elizabeth Susman
Carol Taliaferro ’86
Adeline F. Tamaro ’90
Judith Cessar Tankersley ’67
Cheryl D. Taylor ’96
Mary Hawkins Taylor ’50
Mary L. McPherson Taylor ’42
Larry and Margaret Telles ’98
Tesoro Companies, INC.
Frances L. Thompson ’97
Suzanne Thoreson ’62
Janice Thorpe ’90
Mary Tigh ’55
Kathleen M. Tobin ’68
Shirley A. Mamiya Tokunaga ’57
Cecilia A. Tonsing ’61
Denise Travis ’70
Jean and Charles O. Triebel, Jr.
Mary † and Walter A. Truxler
Gail Kirschling Tsuboi ’70
Melodee A. Tuxen ’03
Helene Twyford ’59
Dr. and Mrs. Hikmet Ucok ’74
United Way of the Bay Area
Kathryn M. Valdivia
Joyce L. Valencia ’61
Jodie Van Slyke
Maura Vanderpoorten ’80
Carrie S. Vawter-Yousfi ’97
Paul Vinella ’73
Margaret K Vinson ’69
Bettie Erichson Violich ’46
Amy K. Walker ’07
Wendey Walsh ’83
Gloriah M. Walsh Zavell
Dolores Meader Walters ’51
Margaret Foley Ward ’55
Donna Bellows Wehner ’66
Tracy Y. Wei ’04
Wells Fargo Foundation
Joan A. West ’73
Stephanie A. Whalen ’66
William and Patricia
Wiegmann ’59
Helen Y. Williams-Bayne ’95
Daryl B. Wilson
Pat Lundy Wipf ’64
Mary N. Wissenbach ’66
Joanna Maze Woelffer ’57
Marcia Cook Wozniak ’75
Wanda A. Yamaguchi
Judy Sherrill Yarbrough ’56
Shirley Y. Yee
Pamela A. Yetunde ’07
Dorothy Bergman Young ’45
Jean Wright Young ’66
Robert Zirkle
Chapel Bell Tower Club
(Up to $100)
Belinda Ach
Richard A. Ach
Kathleen A. Adleman ’68
Barbara Affolter ’58
Nafeesa Ahmad-Bey
Ann T. Alamania ’69
Camilo P. Alcomendras ’07
Cathryne Keys Allan ’48 and
Gilbert Allan ’48 †
Patricia A. Allegretti ’68
Federico Amador
Rudolph Amouroux
Eileen Burke Anderson ’40
Marsha G. Anderson ’81
Katherine Andrews
David Angulo
Anne Benassini Aranda ’75
Angelina Archie
Carolyn Ellery Armour ’46
1994 DR. KIMBERLY MAYFIELD
Dr. Mayfield (right) is pictured here with Marion
Marshall, Associate Professor of Education, during the 2008 Commencement Ceremonies.
Dr. Kimberly Mayfield ’94 (Multiple Subject Credential) earned all of her degrees (including her Special Education Credential and EdD) while teaching Special Education classes in the Oakland School
District. She joined the Education Department at Holy Names University as a full time professor in
Special Education in 2001 and now in 2008 she becomes the first African American professor to
receive the status of tenure. Dr. Mayfield sees HNU as a place where students learn their passion
and teachers practice compassion. “I encourage all students to identify what they are passionate
about, to set goals to live that passion and as Sister Rosemarie says, to ‘be unreasonable’ in reaching
them! Through my work at HNU I am able to affirm and acknowledge who my students are while
still holding them to high academic standards.” In addition to her role as professor she also currently
works as part of the Effective Teachers for Oakland Task Force where she and other community
leaders work closely with Major Dellums and the Oakland School District. Thanks to contributions
from Task Force members like Dr. Mayfield the Oakland School District is making headway in addressing the teaching shortage in Oakland and ensuring youngsters have access to diverse and effective teachers. Many of whom are being educated by Dr. Mayfield right here at HNU!
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 23
BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR FUTURE
Kathreen F. Arscott ’02
Anita L. Artis ’85
Sabina J. Aurilio
Norma E. Bacchus
Dorothy Rossick Bachand ’47
Margaret A. Bader ’53
Isabelle Bailey
Eileen M. Baiocchi
Lorna M. Baird ’96
Cathy Baker
Janis M. Baker ’55
John and Micaela Mena Baker,
JD ’68
Catherine Bareilles Ball ’60
Ila S. Bansil ’07
John B. Barron ’90
Donna Bartolone
Helen Andre Baumgartner ’56
Phyllis A. Bazzano ’63
Alice B. Bell ’47
Marilyn F. Benemann ’63
Carole Angeli Benjamin ’62
Carmen Rocha Bergmann ’68
Louise R. Berman ’79
Isabelle O. Bernal
Jan Des Laurier Berry ’70
Rose Bertelsen ’44
Sheila Bickerton ’59
Frances E. Biles
Louise Zanardi Birch ’62
Sara O. Bledsoe
Deni Bluestein
Mary Helen Schuette Boex ’57
Louise Bond ’66
Mrs. and Mr. Jeffery Bott ’02
Grady Bouchard ’66
Phyllis P. Boyle ’78
Barbara L. Brady
Nola Brannum
Dr. Margaret S. Branson ’62
Eileen Brennan ’74
Rosemary O’Connor Brennan ’65
Susan A. Bret ’73
Steven E. Bridges ’06
Lulu Brigham ’78
Remonda Britton ’72
Mary Ellen Brody, RSM ’01
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brooks ’47
Katherine L. Brown ’97
Marion White Brown ’34
Marrisa S. Brown ’06
Martha C. Brown ’84
Nancy Adamo Brucker ’71
Claudia Brunsvold ’79
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bucci ’43
Bettye Hornsby Burns ’72
John Busher
Dorothy E. Caldwell ’46
California College Umpires
Elizabeth A. Camara ’87
Camozzi Carpet Corp
Marjorie A. Cannon and Hugh
Moore ’70
Joan M. Canty ’51
Roger and Sue Ella Caputi ’77
Helen S. Cardiff
John W. Carlson
Verlie Carmack-Collins ’89
Bobby J. Carney ’95
Odette A. Carothers ’63
Marjorie I. Carroll ’90
Joan M. Casey ’58
Sharon Casey
Karen and Ronald Cassano ’81
Carolyn Girard Cassayre ’66
Aaron R. Castillo
Elizabeth Cavallero ’75
Patricia Sincich Cavanaugh ’67
Elizabeth M. Chadwick ’42
Melissa J. Chan ’02
Kathleen Ching Chang ’71
Karin Chang-Bagot ’90
Aurelio Chapa ’97
Laurie L. Charkins
Daisy M. Chavez-Sanchez ’07
Limin Chen ’02
Theresa Chen ’68
Fiona Cheng ’90
Carole Chicoine ’65
Martin Chin
Mary G. Chinchillas
Patricia Cipriano ’68
Dorothy Clark ’77
Ann Nunes Coakley ’62
Angelo and Eileen Colapietro
Sandra Cole
Gregory D. Coleman Sr.
James A. Conlon
Jo Jo and Jay Conroy ’72
Continental Western
Corporation
Marie B. Converse ’65
Marnie Cordero
Saloma Guesnon Cordero ’62
Tammy and Gil Cotter ’65
Elizabeth Scott Cox ’77
Esther Shiras Cox ’62
Helen Bilse Cox ’51
Dennis Criteser
Enedina D. Cuellar
Fotine Cuellar
Mary Cunningham Bryant
Bonnie M. Danielson ’62
Iris Leonard Davey ’62
Charlotte Marie Davis ’68
Jackie Ferreira Davis ’66
Johnetta H. Davis ’07
Sheila Ryan Deering ’67
Gabriela Dela Riva ’07
Nancy Delaney ’86
Mary L. Delbridge ’03
Charleen Silva Delfino ’62
John and Darlene Marich
Delucchi ’65
Robert C. DeMello ’90
Fernande Deno ’87
Kip and Randy Dettmer ’73
Barbara Zimmerman Dev ’61
Anne T. Devaney ’01
Kathryn Devereux ’69
Ann Marie Martinovich
Devine ’47
Jacqueline and Wilbert Diaz ’01
Murad Dibbini ’05
Frances Dibble ’80
Richard Dickinson ’81
Joanne Hartenstein Dickson ’70
Bruce Dobey
Mary Domonoske Doherty ’56
Kathleen J. Dombrink ’67
Marilyn Dougherty ’50
Martha Carasali Dougherty ’54
Nicole E. Douglas ’07
Sheila T. Dowd ’47
Lorenzo S. Draculan ’06
Remedios L. Dris ’07
Peter Duffy
Sharon Martini DuFrane ’60
1963 DIANE ZENNIE GILFETHER
Diane Zennie Gilfether’63
Diane Zennie Gilfether ’63 (Music), understands the struggle of many of Holy Names University’s
students today. A dedicated student, Diane worked hard for the scholarships she received that made
her Catholic school education possible. She also worked each day of her college career to cover the
additional costs of her education.Throughout her time at HNU Diane practiced her passion – music.
After she received her degree in music Diane embarked on an illustrious career as an opera singer.
“HNU provided me with musical opportunities, that resulted in a long and marvelous career in the
world of Opera, taking me all over the world to sing for audiences on which dreams are made.” For
four consecutive years, Diane was named as the “California Arts Council Touring Artist,” an award
and designation given, at the time, to only two classical singers in the state of California. Following
her operatic career as a lyric coloratura soprano, she founded the Blackhawk Chorus. It has grown
to include 140 members and has performed internationally, including at the Vatican in 2005. She currently works as the owner and broker of the Blackhawk Real Estate Company and she was named
the 2007 Realtor of the Year by the Contra Costa Association of Realtors. “I value every second I
spent at Holy Names University and everything that I have achieved in the world because of it.”
24 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
Aimee Duquette-Luter ’95
Billiejean McElroy Durst ’49
Earlene Faye Dutton ’60
Karlyn K. Ehrhardt ’94
Betty M. Eklund
Ann Bradley Eliassen ’60
Mary L. Ellis ’81
Rosemary Hibel Emmerling ’67
Don and Antoinette Cardinale
Ericksen ’68
Kathleen M. Erickson
Julie Daigle Esterlin ’55
Sonia Estrada ’04
Martha E. Evans-Holm ’85
Mr. and Mrs. Primo E.
Facchini ’54
Nora L. Faraone RN ’81
Elaine M. Fauria ’79
Rita M. Felix ’62
Mary Ann Seidler Felton ’60
Muffie Pennisi Fendler ’89
Dr. Norman A. Fernandes ’82
Diane M. Fernandez ’85
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M.
Filice ’52
Barbara Finkle
Jerome and Carol Fischenich
Father William J. Fitzgerald
Kevin J. Fitzsimmons ’95
Jane Flannigan
Sr. Mary Christine Fleitz
SNJM ’38
Melissa A. Flores
Ellen V. Florey ’00
Iris Flowers ’90
Folsom OK Tire Stores, Inc
Inez Fort ’69
Dennis R. Fortna
Moni J. Fox
Patricia Francoeur ’67
Art and Jimilee Frazee ’91
Rosemary Trodden French ’36
Catherine Fuston ’86
Doris Gallemore ’70
Jean A. Gamboa
Barbara Witt Garcia ’73
Leslie Garcia ’87
Mary Garvin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Geldman
Kay Brown George ’63
Barbara J. Gerber ’97
Lois A. Getschow ’60
Ms. Bita Ghasemian ’04
Kenneth L. Giannotti
Sally Yeager Gibson ’61
Camille Giglio ’57
Debra M Giusto ’98
Judith Goff Roveda ’66
May Belle Golis ’79
Kathryn J. Gomes ’71
Michelle O. Gomez ’94
Donna L. Goodman ’98
Sue A. Goodnow ’72
Eve M. Gordon
Shirley Earley Gray ’75
Judith Manion Gregory ’68
Marshall Griffin
Yolanda Griffin
Jean F. Groth ’73
Luz M. Guerra ’60
Alexandra Guliano ’88
Ellen Davis Gustie ’71
Edith Gutterres
Laura A. Guttormsen
Naomi Guttormsen
Andine Hadfield ’48
Sandy I. Hall
Rachel and Nathan Hallanger
Mary G. Hamadeh ’72
Doug Hammerstrom
Theresa D. Handis ’07
Sally Hankins ’97
Diane Hanney ’92
Rina Harjati ’06
Judy Onufrak Harvey ’78
Geri M. Haslett ’07
Carolyn Hathaway ’62
Evelyn Priest Hatheway ’43
Patricia N. Havel ’88
Kaitana Q. Hawkins
Kristen L. Hawkinson ’06
Jackie McAuley Hayes ’51
Kathleen Hays ’63
Dr. Kathleen A. Hazer PhD ’68
Mary M. Hearns ’06
Frances E. Heaton ’69
Joan Lamasney Henderson ’56
Thomas Henderson ’93
Tim Henning
Ellen Barron Henrikson ’65
Mark P. Henriques ’85
Katharine Heumann
Ivan and Donna Hung Ho ’75
Michael A. Ho ’92
Heather W. Hodge ’92
Lillian G. Hollier
Lorraine Holton ’62
Patricia A. Holzknecht ’53
Linda Bellini Howson ’64
Charlotte Hoyt
Maria Huezo ’69
Jean Hunter
Susan Stockle Hupp ’70
Ian and Sarah Jones Hussey ’86
Mary Agnes Meader Huston ’62
Greg Hutton
Darcy Illg ’04
Sally Ingham ’78
Tamea Lee Conyers Isham ’66
Debbie Ivazes
Marguerite Bargiachi
Jacklich ’62
Anne Coakley Jamison ’62
Janis Chew Jang ’74
Judy Jensvold ’79
Erika Woods Jimenez ’92
Sharon Jobson
Deborah M. Johnson
Margaret A. Johnstone ’03
Lorraine C. Jolivet ’95
Charles A. Jonas ’03
Dr. Doreen Jones ’67
John W. Jones
Lana J. Jones
Mary Ellen Jones ’71
Clay and Kathi Cummings
Jordan ’64
Robert C. Jost ’01
John and Mollie-O Shanley
Judge ’50
Mary Anne Kaarto ’58
Alan Kadota
Nathan Kadota
Stanley S. Kahn
Marilyn J. Kane ’58
Sarah E. Kaplan
Mary F. M. Karne ’76
Ann Kasameyer
Kathy Kaser
Rochelle Frost Kaven ’58
Francis Kearney, OSU
Ruth Keef
Alice M. Keller
Elizabeth Teresa Kennedy ’70
Vera Kerekes ’71
Colleen Kern ’62
Judith Lusk Kerstiens ’54
Paul R. Kimball ’88
Gail M. Kimmel ’90
Mary Meagher King ’67
Eugenia T. Kirchner ’06
Kristie and Fredrick Knoll ’97
James B. Koeppen ’67
Almarose Kohles ’43
Eleanor Schroer Koplan ’44
Maxine L. Kowalski ’75
Alexandra E. Krider ’97
Richard Kroneder
Judy B. and W. D. LaFear ’92
Ingrid Lai
Mariane Pedersen Lammon ’47
Barbara Lampe ’63
Ruth C. Landefeld ’56
Joan D. Landsberg
Robyn L. Lang ’06
Carol L. Larkin ’65
Elda DalBroi Larson ’61
Evelyn M. LaTorre ’64
Colleen A. Laubinger
Ms. Joan O. Lautenberger ’78
Mary Louise Lavin ’58
Clive and Sheila Pope
Lawrence ’87
Carolyn L. Harrison Lawrence Murphy ’65
Marlen E. Lawson
Van-Anh Le ’80
Timothy J Leary ’94
Clare Lee ’98 †
Denise Wong Lee ’73
Shirley O. Lee
Suzanne Richard Leonardich ’73
Paul T. Leong
Luciann M. Leraul ’72
Jim Lewandowski
Ruth Lipscomb ’90
Virginia Gibson Lobeck ’71
Joan Pessagno Lopez ’69
Rich Lopez
Carol Lorenz ’76
Carolyn Cranston Lott ’72
Tina and Jerry Lowden ’97
Gloria M. Lowe ’84
Helen Wong Lum ’53
Robert R. and Clarice Luther ’68†
Young O. Maccarone ’90
Jim and Irene MacDonald ’87
Kristen D. Machado
Rosemary J. Machado ’61
Mrs. Virginia Maffeo
Joseph M. Makokha
George Malpass
Arlette D. Manders ’59
Manibog Chiropractic Center
Patricia J. Manoli ’99
Donna C. Manuel ’69
Gayle Marie ’92
Mary Ann Marich Marinak ’57
Ricardo Marquez ’07
Marion Marshall
Amy C. Martin ’84
Maria G. Martin ’07
Richard and Marti Wright
Martin ’64
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 25
BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR FUTURE
Louis and Carolyn Martinez ’59
Kathleen Martinez ’91
Heather S. Mason ’67
Regina Tabacco Mastrantonio ’53
Paul A. Matteoni
Tommie Mayfield ’71
Mrs. Catherine E. McCormick ’49
Gertrude McCulloch
Andrea McEvoy
Gertrude J. McEwen ’77
Rosemary Schwartz
McFadden ’54
Margaret Schmitt McGovern,
RN, MSN ’70
Barbara A. McKean ’96
Carol Melka McKinstry ’67
Marianne M. McLaughlin ’71
Martha McLean
Mary McManus ’72
Peggy McQuaid ’71
Barbara Lepak McReynolds ’66
Jane Meagher ’70
Verna L. Medeiros
Laura Brown Meiser ’67
Armando Melero
Madeleine Melo
Gail Meyer
Margie Meyer
Patricia B. Meyer ’47
Patricia Michelini ’57
Diane Zinsky Middaugh ’67
Violeta M. Mielich ’55
Dorothy A. Miller
Michael Miller
Neil M. Miller
Trudy A. Minkler ’92
Mary Lagomarsino Minton ’57
Sandra Miraglia ’63
Kathy A. Miranda ’90
Kathleen A. Mirch ’53
Michelle A. Mitchell ’01
Sandra L. Mitchell ’77
Maureen Mitchell-Wise ’73
Margaret A. Mitzel ’52
Evelyn E. Miyata
Lori R. Molhook ’06
Patricia F. Mooney ’53
Annette M. Moore ’63
Bea Auza Moore ’64
Joan Jordan Moore ’64
Lisa Mora
Jacqueline Blanquie Moran ’47
Thomas † and Janet DeLuca
Moran ’67
Hanorah Morasci ’48
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Moreira
Mary Jane Morgan ’63
Thekla W. Morris ’51
Mr. and Mrs. James Moura
Jeanne Mulgrew ’59
Carol J. Mullane ’66
Joan M Mullen ’61
Mildred Simon Muller ’54
Eileen Mulligan ’07
Laura and Sean Mulligan ’92
Nancy Munton ’58
Jo Murdach ’89
Diane Hastings Murphy ’55
Judy A. Murphy
Mary Ann Murphy ’76
Michelle F. Murphy
Pauline J. Murphy
Diana L. Murray ’79
Marnie Evans Musser ’81
Elizabeth M. Muth
Frances Flaherty Nachtsheim ’55
Judy Nadrowski ’74
Anne Gosen Nakai ’76
Angie Nakamoto
Michele N. Nakata
Dennis R. Neal
Helen S. Nelson ’80
Laura L. Nelson
Marjorie A. Newton ’68
Dianne M. Nixon ’67
Catherine R. Nobe
Megan C. Norwood ’01
Maureen L. C. O’Brien ’83
Delia J. O’Hara
Barbara Borba O’Neill ’53
Marguerite Smith Oates ’63
Joseph M. Oesterle ’98
Ogunremi Ogunlana ’07
A. Kathleen Oliver ’61
Cecilia Olkowski ’82
Ann Connolly Olson ’00, ’03
Scott Orey
Mrs. Peter P. Orlando ’54
Francisco M. Ortiz
Suzanne L. Oswald and Alan
Mowry ’81
Anet Overby
Geo E. Owens
Dolores R Padilla ’95
Kathleen Page ’01
Young M. Pak
Dani Jo Parker ’66
Ragni Pasturel
Roberta Paul ’66
Regina Paulus ’67
Carlene R. Peat ’69
Joyce Palm Pedersen ’91
26 LIBERATING MINDS • TRANSFORMING LIVES • SINCE 1868
Marie M. Pedersen
Katherine Donovan Perez ’71
Elaine R. Perry
Lucy Atkinson Persons ’60
Leslie Pierce
Kathleen Pillon ’67
Patricia A. Pimentel ’58
Jane T. Pippart-Brown ’79
Carol A. Porter ’68
Wendy K. Portolos ’05
Marcia Pratt ’91
Lily Preiner ’62
Jon R. Presley
Ruby Pryor
Margaret Ann Puccioni ’55
Tom and Mary Maguire Pult ’67
Angela Musco Putkey ’54
Patricia A. Quick ’82
Joyce Ramacciotti Quinn ’64
Deanne M. Radel ’63
Marlene Raine
Maria Ramirez ’01
Oteria Randall ’04
Judy Ranieri ’03
Betty Jane Rank ’45
Rashaun Raymond ’81
Carole Rebeiz ’61
Elaine Carbone Regalia ’50
Kathleen Bone Reidy ’70
Mary Reiser ’57
Claire Rennick
Dorinne Ricci ’54
Marie Richard ’51
Christina Rios ’06
Katharine Kruse Robertshaw
Anne Robinson ’61
Sheryl B. Rodgers ’99
Nancy Roell ’60
Catherine L. Rowe ’72
Janet S. Rubin ’67
John and Gloria Hartsook
Russell ’51
Angela C. Salem ’05
Cesira Piva Salvestrin ’49
Cristota Samson
Jane Hecker Sandstrom ’79
Pauline Sanger ’79
Lucille Rinna Santi ’59
Lucille Almeida Saumell ’43
Joan F. Saumur ’70
Diana C. Sawin ’62
Lillian Schmidt ’66
Kristin Schnieders ’67
Susan Schnieders ’68
Ellen Frederich Schnur ’62
Laurie Schrader ’83
Karen M. Schroeder
Helen Schulak
Diane D. Schulz
Joanne Cabitto Sciaroni ’52
Stephanie E. Scordelis ’72
Jeanine Seeds ’66
Dr. Susan Seeley ’73
Sergio I. Segura ’02
Janet A. Seibel ’71
William R. Sellman †
Joan Corey Semonella ’67
Nestor and Tanya Sempf
Agbayani ’91
Linda J. Serdahl ’74
Margaret Anne Martin Shaw ’51
Earnest L. Sheldon
Susan Giannotti Shelton ’65
Maureen C. Sheridan Scott ’65
Thomas T. Shikibu
Iris Shiver ’95
Victoria Y. Sibayan ’90
Silver Palace Restaurant
Lisa C. Simpson ’90
Ramona Simpson ’57
Bob and Judy Kempe Singler ’67
Gerda Siple ’57
Coral Morris Siverson ’54
Julie A. Skow
Joan Arri Slattery ’64
Ms. Audrey C. Small ’69
Ginger M. Smith ’03
Judy L. Smith ’74
Nancy Zabriskie Smith ’58
Patricia A. Smith
Ana W. Solomon ’91
Joyce Souza
Dori A. Sproul
Dorothy Stabler Stabler Sweeney ’47
Joanne L. Stainberg ’06
Nicole D. Start ’05
Constance Ryan Stefani ’57
Janet J. Steffani ’54
Kathleen R. Stevens ’51
Mary E. Stevens
Pat Tobin Stevens ’69
Marianne E. Stickel ’90
Joslin Stonewell ’69
F. O. Street
Marilyn Stubblebine ’01
Joy Osborn Stuchlik ’50
Barbara R. Sumner ’88
Helen Sutton ’67
Irene Cesa Sutton ’66
Thomas J. Swartz ’76
Larry F. Sydnor ’03
Clayton and Eleanor Metrulas
Sylvester ’84
Jennifer A. Taelour
Bert K. Takita
Yvonne Tallerico ’58
Dianna Tangen ’91
Jack and Barb Tardieu ’48
Marlene M. Teel-Heim ’65
Deborah A. Temple ’07
Nancy Wilbur Theis ’65
Norman R. Therkelson ’77
Nancy Thomas
Marylynne Thompson ’87
Mary P. Thornton
Robert and Lorena Fragley
Thorup ’51
Theresa Eagan Dignan Thut ’71
Margery Tipper ’72
Louise M. Todd Cope ’95
Anne Smith Togneri ’72
Diane Osgood Torp ’55
Sandra Volpone Traverso ’70
Gretchen Maeshner Trent ’55
Mary Rose Maxwell Triplett ’47
Mary Evelyn Tucker and
John Grim
Daniel and Elizabeth Turner ’92
Diane Twomey ’75
Carson Tyree
Daniel K. Tyree
Kathryn L. Utke ’06
Sarah Valdes ’96
Marcos Valerio ’06
J. F. Van Slike
Mary Joan Vera ’66
Jane Hunt Verzic ’51
Jean M. Vetro ’77
Leticia Victorio
Lorna M. Vierra ’95, ’02
Marcy J. Villa ’72
Eric W. Vincent ’07
Judith Vinci ’62
Rita M. Wainwright ’66
Lawrence D. Walker
Patricia Walsh
Diane Johnston Wassmann ’57
Nance E. Wedge
Edmund Weingart
Jeanenne Marie Weis SNJM ’53
Jane Best White ’85
Judith Moore White ’67
Tekla White ’80
Carrie C. Wiesenmeyer ’02
Mildred W. Williams ’73
Nicole Bracewell Willis ’76
Inez M. Wilson
Sadie B. Wilson ’94
Michele Winter ’87
Patricia Crampton Wochnick ’56
Karen S. Wong
Craig T. Woodbury
Alice Bernice Woodhead ’76
Sally Wright ’43
Regina McAdoo Wrin ’50
Sala G Wyman ’99
Carol Finger Zell ’90
Gayle H. Zimmerman ’50
Patricia M. Zonca ’51
In-Kind Donations
Arrowood Wineries
Robyn Burnaford
Café Rustica
Steve and Sharon Callaway
Calm-a-Salon
CCT Technologies, Inc.
CT Corporation
Custom Recognition
Epicurean Group
Susan Eggett ’02
Jim Falaschi
Dave and Jackie Fenton
Fit Lite — Alex Lara
Green Valley Country Club —
Mark Sherman
Matt and Margaret Heafey
HNU Golf Team
Hood & Strong LLP
Greg Hutton
Il Porcellino Restaurant —
Corrado Vannini
Inamorata Women’s Boutique
& Beauty Bar —
­ Arabella
Ablaza
Glenn and Gaby Isaacson
La Fonda Resort & Spa
Live Art Design
Jane G. Logan
Lyal Nickals Florist, Inc. —
Debra Delaney
Ricardo Marquez ’07
Dave Minolli
Robert Mondavi Winery
Rosemarie Nassif, SSND, PhD
Oakland Zoo
Peet’s Coffee and Tea
PGA Design­—Cathy Garrett
Polish on Piedmont
Ann and Jon Reynolds
Richmond Country Club —
Frank Adlash
San Ramon Golf Club —
Jim Collins
Martha Scholz
Carol Sellman, snjm
Sequoyah Country Club
Frank and Loretta Reilly Smith
St. George Spirits
Studio D — Tamara Ralston
Taqueria Las Comadres
Judy Wainwright and Jim Mitchell
Tributes
Gifts have been received in honor
of the following:
Class of 1967
Eileen L. Hesch
Eunice Chee
Helen F. Lum
Sister Francesca Cabrini
Anne C. Dunlap-Kahren
Sister Mary Christine
Evelyn A. Ashcroft
Sister Marguerite Kirk
Mary B. Harley
Neil McDaniel
Leta and Robert S. Bushyhead
Ed Raphel
Lillian S. Kenney
Julia Smith
Myrtle N. Olien
Gifts have been received in
memory of the following:
Frances Porter Andorka
Dolores M. Travis
Denise Travis
Noël Brearcliffe
Mary R. Brearcliffe
1955 VIOLETA HERRERA MIELICH
Violeta Herrera Mielich ’55 (Biology), was inspired by her high school physics teacher to do something very unusual for women of her time. She was inspired to dream of higher education and a
career in science. Violeta reflected on her first year as a Holy Names student, “In my freshman year
I realized I had chosen the right place and that I could achieve my goal. The classes were small and
the teaching staff was outstanding and supportive.” A member of the “Commuters Club” in the
early 50’s Violeta traveled by bus, street car and train (on the Bay Bridge) from San Francisco to the
Lake Merritt campus each day. She didn’t mind the travel time because she says, “It gave me more
time to study!” After graduation she proceeded to do research at the UC Medical Center in San
Francisco where she was involved in pioneer work in heart and liver transplants. She then began
her career in the Clinical Science Lab at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose where she continues
to work as a clinical technician. With her Holy Names degree she began a family tradition. Her son,
Steve, and daughter, Katy, both attended Holy Names and her granddaughter, Breanna, began her
first year at HNU this fall.
Violetta Herrera Mielich ’55
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BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR FUTURE
Sister Mary Baptista Dean
Mary Ann Dombrink Kurtzman
Sister M. Rose Emmanuella
Joan B. Atkinson
Eva Mascarenas Ennis
Eva D. Healey
Ann Wright Farias ’55
Gretchen Trent
Geraldean Healy
Janet L. Garin
Eve M. Gordon
Mary P. Thornton
Sally Truitt
Emanuel Hein
John A. Biberdorf
Peter Liebowitz
Jane Flannigan
Philip T. Coates
Edward J. and Ruth G. Malley
Grace E. Jenkins
Sister Christina Maria
Barbara M. Dillmann
Sister Ethel Mary
Anne C. Dunlap-Kahren
Rita R. Haugner
Angela M. Korpela
Paula Pardini
Mary A. Russell
Barbara C. Schmitz
Eva McLean
Anne S. Fleming
Kenneth L. Giannotti
Patricia Mesplay
Anne S. Fleming
Marjorie Moher
Marilyn V. McCarthy
Gerald F. and Grace Murphy
Grace E. Jenkins
Catherine McGovern
Nagy ’44
Mary A. Coykendall
Michael and Kimberly
McCaffrey Nelson
June, Pat and Frances Kearney
Corinne Hermanns Noonan
Jacqueline C. Hayes
Gertrude C. Lucia
Alice Riggio
Anne S. Fleming
Dr. William Sellman
Fremont Bank
Anne S. Fleming
Timothy J. Hart
George E. and Matilda Owens
Karen M. Schroeder
Diane Dunlap Smith
Ann M. Foley
Raymond James Sontag
Lawrence D. Walker
Geraldine Spietz
Francis Kearney
Carly Dawn Stowell
Eileen M. Weston
Mary Patricia Truxler
Walter A. Truxler
Beatrice Sullivan Viguie
Mary A. McNamara
Grace Anne Walsh
June, Pat and Frances Kearney
Karmen Ward ’69
Jane M. Parrish
Shereen Wilson
Martha McLean
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CONTRIBUTIONS
The Legacy of
Eva McLean
From July1, 2007 through June 30, 2008
SourceUnrestricted
We have allocated a small portion of Eva’s gift to upgrade the chapel. Members of the campus community
have been invited to view suggested changes that would
improve the acoustics, eliminate the “squeaky” flooring,
unify the seating areas for daily and Sunday liturgies,
and restore the wall and stained glass renderings behind
the tabernacle to their original colors. Following input
from the various campus constituents, we will begin this
transformation.
As Eva gave others the tools to transform their lives, we
are grateful that she has given her alma mater the ability
to transform this sacred space named in memory of Eva
and her husband, Glenn. Your gift continues to enliven
our faith community, Eva, and we are most grateful!
Totals
Alumni
$ 256,708
$ 76,899
$333,607
Trustees and Regents
$ 94,169
$965,267
$1,059,436
Friends, Parents, Faculty
and Staff
$ 99,180
$193,772
$292,952
Foundations, Corporations
and Organizations
$
$ 315,349
$324,414
Events
$ 91,893
$ 91,893
Estates
$936,085
$255,432
$1,191,517
Total Contributions
$1,487,100
$1,806,719
$3,293,819
9,065
14%
17%
The legacy of Eva McLean ’50 lives on as we begin to
refurbish and renovate the McLean Chapel. To date we
have received nearly $2 million from Eva’s estate.
According to the directives of the HNU Board of Trustees,
a minimum of 50% of sizable bequests is to be directed
to the University endowment fund.
Restricted
6%
4%
7%
18%
36%
7%
63%
57%
1%
6%
53%
11%
UNRESTRICTED
••
•
•
••
Alumni
RESTRICTED
17%
Trustrees and Regents
6%
Friends, Parents, Faculty
and Staff
7%
Foundations, Corporations
and Organizations
1%
Events
6%
Estates
63%
••
•
•
••
Alumni
EXPENDITURES
4%
Trustrees and Regents
53%
Friends, Parents, Faculty
and Staff
11%
Foundations, Corporations
and Organizations
18%
Events
0%
Estates
14%
••
•
Education and General Purposes
57%
Financial Aid
36%
Facilities Related
7%
2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 29
2007–2008
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
THIS ANNUAL REPORT
Ronald V. Rosequist, JD, Chair
Martha E. Rolley, SNJM ’72, EdD
Robert W. Summers †
Attorney, Reed Smith Crosby Heafey, LLP
Director, K-12 Marketing,
Apple Computer, Inc.
Public Affairs Manager (Retired),
The Chevron Companies
This Annual Report is directed
and published by the Office of
Institutional Advancement.
Kathleen Ross, SNJM, PhD
Marie de Porres Taylor ’76, MA
President, Heritage University
Director of Community Based Services,
The Catholic Young Organization,
Archdiocese of San Francisco
Executive Editor
James P. Kelly, MBA, Vice Chair
Chairman, Emerald Packaging Company
Mary L. Brown
Community Leader
Steven A. Callaway
President and CEO,West/Callaway/Stoka, Inc.
Loretta R. Smith ‘87
Community Leader
Nicki Jean Thomas, SNJM ’71, MA
Eileen M. Weston ’62
Principal, St. Mary’s School
Assistant to the President, Pacific School
of Religion
Co-Director, Next Step Learning Center
Daniel A. Whalen
Agnieszka Winkler ’67
Carol A. Corrigan ’70, JD
President, The Whalen Family
Foundation
Cynthia Canning, SNJM, ’68, MA
Justice, California Supreme Court
James D. Falaschi
Managing Principal,
Jack London Square Partners
Matthew W. Heafey, MBA
Realtor, Grubb Company Realtors
Barbara E. Hood ’70, MPA
President and CEO, Northern California
Presbyterian Homes & Services, Inc.
Alan Hyman
Jayne Williams
Emeritus Trustees
† deceased
Graphic Designer
Senior Vice President and Regional
Manager (Retired), Wells Fargo Bank
Printer
President, McDaniel & Associates
We apologize in advance for any
unintentional oversight or misspelling
of any donor’s name. Please contact
Ricardo Marquez, Development Coordinator
at 510-436-1245 or marquez@hnu.edu to
discuss any corrections. Thank you.
Margaret J. Mealey † ‘33
Executive Director (Retired), National
Council of Catholic Women
Regents
William Criswell
President, Criswell Associates
Debra Delaney
Jo Jackson
St. Croix Press, Inc.
Neil W. McDaniel
Chairmen (Retired), Kaiser Foundation
Health Plan, Inc.
Maureen (Nikki) Maziasz ‘01
Greg Coleman ’07
Anne Dunlap-Kahren ’88
Susan Eggett ’02
Ricardo Marquez ’07
Sr. Carol Sellman ’69, ’78 MM
Design and
Production Team
Mary LeRoy, SNJM ’68
Community Leader
Contributing Writers
and Editors
Chief Administrative Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, Summit Bank
James A. Vohs
Jane G. Logan
Cornelius M. Ziemann
Vice President for Institutional
Advancement
Managing Principal, Meyers Nave
Chairman of the Board, Fremont Bank
Consultant
Chairman, ValueStorm, Inc.
Dav Cvitkovic
President Nassif, Oakland’s Bishop Emeritus John S. Cummins, HNU
Trustee Loretta Smith ’87, and Board of Trustees Vice Chair James
Kelly prepare for the 2008 Commencement Ceremony.
University Officers
Rosemarie Nassif, SSND, PhD.,
President
Dav Cvitkovic,
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Stuart Koop,
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Partner, Lyal Nickals
Lizbeth Martin,
Vice President for Academic Affairs
President, Holy Names University
E. Glenn Isaacson, JD
Edwin E. Raphel
Chief Executive Officer and Principal,
Conversion Management Associates, Inc.
Michael Miller,
Vice President for Student Affairs
Rosemarie Nassif, SSND, PhD
President, Edwin E. Raphel & Company
Ann S. Reynolds, MS
Community Leader
Cornell C. Maier
Chairman and CEO (Retired), Kaiser
Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Carol Sellman, SNJM,
Vice President for Mission Effectiveness
Alumni Executive Board President
Julie Echaniz ’75
Past Presidents Board Chair
Maura Kelly Koberlein ’84
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2007 – 2008 | CONTRIBUTORS TO EXCELLENCE 31
B r i d g i n g G e n e r at i o n s
As President of the Alumni Association Bettie Violich ’46 pictured far left and far right, presented a plaque to commemorate the Lake Merritt
Kaiser Center as the original site of Holy Names University. On September 7, 2008, Bettie brought her granddaughter to see the plaque that
still marks the site during Holy Names University’s 140th Anniversary Celebration.
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