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WHAT ARE YOUR MOST MEMORABLE CAMPUS ROOTS ? ( SEE FEATURES STARTING P . 22 )
Transfer Student Housing in the Marshall Lower Apartments . Miss you , B Building ...
CHANCELLOR Pradeep K . Khosla
ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR Alumni , Annual Giving & Pipeline Development Cheryl D . Harrelson
SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR , ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT Natalee Ellars
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jarrett Haley tritonmag @ ucsd . edu
So many great memories in Frankfurter Hall ! # TeamWarren
In reporting on wastewater COVID screening , Heather Buschman , PhD ’ 08 , assistant director of communications for UC San Diego Health Sciences , found herself standing outside labs where she herself once studied infectious diseases . But instead of a petri dish , she was looking at a bottle of toilet water . “ It ’ s one of those moments when you think , ‘ How did my career lead me here ?’ But that ’ s what I love about what I do , and why I ’ m proud to do it here , on the forefront of technology .”
MANAGING EDITOR Malinda Danziger ’ 00
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Matt Hale Janet Howard Laura Margoni Matthew Nagel Paula Thomas ’ 87
ADVERTISING Malinda Danziger ’ 00 mdanziger @ ucsd . edu
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Paul Saltman was a true gentleman . He lived across the street from my godmother and was always happy to answer any questions . He was down to earth and humble and a great mentor to many .
Erikk Aldridge ’ 91 Neville Billimoria ’ 82 Hui Cai , MBA ’ 07 Adan Chavez ’ 18 Ellen Chen ’ 95 Gloria Corral ’ 93 Lakshya Datta ’ 11 Kelly Du ’ 12
Shout out to the Muir Residence Halls and Pat D / A , an institution at Muir for 40 years who sired many a leader , and put me across the hall in Tioga from Barb , my better half !
STUDENT WRITERS Savannah Muñoz ’ 22 Nilou Shahbandi ’ 23
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Heather Buschman , PhD ’ 08 Dolores Davies Lauren Fimbres Wood ’ 01 Erika Johnson ’ 11
UC SAN DIEGO ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Kimberley Phillips Boehm ’ 82 Brian Baumgartner ’ 09 Jeff Belk ’ 83 Karen Bergan ’ 88
DIRECTORS
Sheldon Engelhorn ’ 72 Diana G . Fakhrai ’ 01 , MPIA ’ 04 , JD Janet Fisher ’ 76 Melody Gonzales ’ 02 Dylan Kelly , MS ’ 05 Sam Knight ’ 73 Chau Lai ’ 97 Philip ( PJ ) Loury ’ 13
I practically lived in building 2A ( now AP & M ) during my upper division years . Punch card machines , printed and paper tape binary results , and the vending machines in the basement with delightfully “ tasty ” sandwiches .
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Erik Jepsen ’ 10 , UC San Diego Communications
ART DIRECTION Traina Design
Love the sunset views from Tioga !
Jarrod Hammes ’ 00 , MBA ’ 08 Gabriela Manriquez ’ 89 , MPIA ’ 97 Carl Tsang ’ 05 Alonzo White ’ 76 Ping Yeh ’ 99 , MS ’ 01
Central library of course ! Spent many days and nights studying in that spaceship . Experienced an earthquake there too — took the stairs down and didn ’ t return for weeks !
Bosco Luján , MBA ’ 12 Michelle Molko ’ 05 Luis Pineda Jr . ' 84 Trisha Rassatt ’ 09 Wayne Rong ’ 02 Denise Whisenhunt ’ 90 Jennifer Winward ’ 06 , MA ’ 09 , PhD ’ 14
As a freshman , I lived in Challenger , first floor . One day , my folks came to visit and we picnicked outside while my cousins took naps in my room . My friends came by and thought I had opened a day care !
When Dolores Davies learned about the new Craft Center last year , she was ecstatic . As a longtime staff member at UC San Diego , now retired , Davies joins the many alumni who have warm and fuzzy feelings about the original Craft Center and its Grove Gallery . “ Besides taking art classes , I spent many a lunch hour perusing exhibits and sales at the gallery , and made numerous purchases of objets d ’ art over the years . Some 25 years later , I still admire and treasure these beautiful objects .”
Student writer Savannah Muñoz used to walk by campus “ halls of fame ” every day , but now attends class remotely . “ Working on this story alongside our Triton editors gave me a greater appreciation for the purpose behind our building and street names , and the history we might forget about in the everyday hustle and bustle of campus .”
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Triton magazine WINTER 2022 , Volume 19 , 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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