WHAT WAS YOUR “ BRUSH WITH GREATNESS ” ON
CAMPUS ?
Hearing Maya Angelou speak .
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MANAGING EDITOR Malinda Danziger ’ 00
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Paula Thomas ’ 87
STUDENT INTERNS Savannah Muñoz ’ 20
Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts — he ’ s a giant ! Also Greg Louganis at Canyonview pool — stunning performance .
Armin Afsahi ’ 90 Brian Baumgartner ’ 09 Charles Bergan ’ 87 , MS ’ 88 Karen Bergan ’ 88 Paul Bergman ’ 92 Annamarie Bezzerides ’ 91 Robert Brownlie ’ 85 Hui Cai , MBA ’ 07 Casey Eades ’ 05 Sheldon Engelhorn ’ 72 Jeff Fenton ’ 80
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mario Aguilera ’ 89 Katherine Connor Cynthia Dillon Katie E . Ismael Tom Kertscher Robert Monroe Ioana Patringenaru David Silverberg
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Sam Knight ’ 73 Bosco Luján , MBA ’ 12 Jerri Malana ’ 86 Gabriela Manriquez ’ 89 , MPIA ’ 97 Michelle Molko ’ 05 Honorable Richard Monroy ’ 85 Matt Newsome ’ 91 Luis Pineda ’ 84
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Erik Jepsen ’ 10 , UC San Diego Publications
Meeting VP Al Gore , the great communicator of climate change .
UC SAN DIEGO ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Jeff Belk ’ 83 Kimberley Phillips Boehm ’ 82 Diana Fakhrai ' 01 , MPIA ' 04 Ping Yeh ’ 99 , MS ’ 01 Neville Billimoria ’ 82 Ed Lee ’ 85 Jarrod Hammes ’ 00 , MBA ’ 08 Ed Lee ’ 85
Then : A class with Sally Ride . 2 years ago : The Dalai Lama . Handshake . Epic .
Elvis , in 1998 .
Trisha Rassatt ’ 09 Wayne Rong ’ 02 Barbara Sawrey , PhD ’ 83 Alex Schafgans ’ 05 , MS ’ 07 , PhD ’ 11 Samantha Shaya ’ 00 Mark Stickel ’ 02 Mark Suster ’ 91 Carl Tsang ’ 05 Alonzo White ’ 76
Contributors
“ Our undergraduate engineering students never cease to inspire me ,” says Jacobs School of Engineering writer Katherine Collins . “ Not only do they work on complex , challenging technical problems , but they see the bigger picture — that teamwork , knowledge and ethics are just as important as technical feats .”
Katie E . Ismael from UC San Diego ’ s Qualcomm Institute spoke with engineer , explorer and triple alumnus Albert Lin ’ 04 , MS ’ 05 , PhD ’ 08 , and wondered : Just how many lives can one person lead ? “ Any one of Albert Lin ’ s lives would be epic . But when you put all of them together , it ’ s almost hard to grasp the scope of all he ’ s seen and done . His energy , his spirit and his optimism are boundless — and infectious .”
Triton ’ s student writer , Savannah Muñoz ’ 20 , spoke with former UC San Diego Athletic Director and Title IX advocate Judy Sweet . “ Learning about Judy Sweet ’ s fight for gender equity and Title IX made me appreciate the hard work that made it possible for me to have a fair chance not just in sports , but in all facets of life at a university .”
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Triton magazine WINTER 2020 , Volume 17 , Number 1 . Triton magazine is published by UC San Diego Alumni , Price Center East , 9500 Gilman Drive , La Jolla , CA 92093- 0083 , ( 858 ) 534-9468 . Any opinions expressed herein are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the editors or the position of UC San Diego . POSTMASTER : Send address changes to UC San Diego Alumni , Price Center East , 9500 Gilman Drive , La Jolla , CA 92093-0083 . Class notes , news , obituaries and other editorial material can be sent to Triton magazine , UC San Diego Alumni , Price Center East , 9500 Gilman Drive , La Jolla , CA 92093-0083 or via email at classnotes @ ucsd . edu . Advertising : Contact ( 858 ) 534- 9468 . Visit us online at tritonmag . com .
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