Class Notes
Alumni Weekend 2006
Alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends celebrated Pitzer College’s 2006 Alumni Weekend. Highlights from the weekend included the Welcome Back Dinner hosted by President Laura Skandera Trombley and her family, the Presentation of the Third Annual Distinguished Alumni Award to Jenniphr Goodman ’84, the Twelfth Annual Alumni College, a special breakfast with Professor Emerita Agnes Moreland Jackson and a 3-College wine tasting with Scripps and Harvey Mudd alumni.
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Grant Chang '93 of the Korea Times spoke at the Fourth Annual Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS) Student and Alumni Dinner on April 7. The CAPAS Dinner honors the accomplishments of our graduating Asian Pacific American seniors. |
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Michele Siqueiros '95, associate director of the Campaign for College Opportunity, was the keynote speaker for the Seventh Annual Chicano/Latino Student and Alumni (CLSA) Dinner on April 25. The CLSA Dinner celebrates the achievements of our Chicano/Latino community at Pitzer. |
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Poseidon Film Benefit |
 Members of the Pitzer community enjoyed a special pre-premiere screening of the film Poseidon on May 11. All proceeds from the film benefit went toward the Pitzer College Annual Fund. A special thanks to the Pitzer College Board of Trustees for donating their tickets to members of the Claremont community, including Claremont High School, Claremont City Hall, and Mt. San Antonio Gardens. Many thanks to Marc Broidy ’95 and Bruce Corwin for their involvement with this event.
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| 100% Participation in the Senior Gift |
The entire graduating class of 2006 at Pitzer College, that’s right, 100 percent, contributed to the senior gift, the highest number in the College’s history. The feat brought the coveted “pig” from the Claremont Colleges for attaining the most participation among the 5-Colleges.
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At left, Dean of Students Jim Marchant pledged that if the seniors reached 98 percent participation he would get a tattoo of the Pitzer tree. True to his word, Dean Marchant got his permanent memento on his upper left arm on May 11. |
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Senior Gift Committee members included, from left, Tim Russell, Gracie Vargas, Matt Turzo, Portia Boni, Assistant Director of Annual Giving Molly Weinstein ’04, Miri Plowman and Kat Rorke. |
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The Claremont Alumni Network (CAN) hosted a Speaker Series in April featuring famed Hollywood producer and Pitzer College parent Lynda Obst P’02. The event was a tremendous success with alumni from the Claremont Colleges gathering to network and hear the “inside scoop” from one of Hollywood’s top producers. The CAN is a network of alumni from the Claremont Colleges who share business referrals, resources and information. For information: 