Page 13 - Priorities #21 2003-January

Philip Beh, class of 1987, attended Whittier College for two years and then transferred to University of CaliforniaatIrvinewhilelivinginNewportBeach,CA. AftergraduatingfromUCIheworkedforEquitable,a largeNewYorkfinancialplanningcompany. Hestartedhisownfinancialplanningbusinesstwoyearslaterand throughthatmethisfuturewife,Heidi. Theyhavebeenmarried7yearsandhavethreechildren,Joshua(6), Alexa(4),Brendan(3),andareexpectingtheirfourthchild,agirl,theendofApril. ThefamilylivesnearLaguna BeachinsouthOrangeCounty. Hestillsurfs3to5timesaweek,lovesOrangeCountyandisveryactiveinallit has to offer.
Salvador Garcia, class of 1991, has moved from London to Madrid. He was married in September to a “CatalanHeadhunter”namedCarla. Heleftthefinanceindustry(equityderivatives)andsaysheloveshisnew project, a company that provides child care services for corporations.
Tinyee Hoang, class of 1995, has changed his program of study from a MS of Food Science to Ph.D. in Food Science at Washington State University.
Nathan Williams, class of 1996, is attending law school at DePaul University in Chicago. He is now in the middle of exams and seems to think they went well even though the first year is meant to be the “killer”. Young Bae Lee, class of 1997, is currently working for an information technology company focusing on virtualreality,Web3Dandimagesolution. ThecompanyispartnerswithanothercalledZoomify,whichis locatedinSantaCruz. YoungLeewillbetravelingtotheUnitedStatesonbusinessandplanstobeinthePriory area.
Suzi Kovacs, class of 1998, graduated from USF in December 2002 and has a job in San Francisco as administrativeassistantofaprivateadvertisingoffice. SheisalsostudyingGermanandItalian. After graduationshewentskiinginColoradoandatLakeTahoe(duringChristmasbreak). Sheissecretaryand member of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Association of San Francisco, and also a member of their International Diplomacy Council.
Mike Hon, class of 2000, is currently a junior at Pitzer college. He is looking forward to spending the springsemesterabroadinEcuador. Hisfourmonthsofstudyandcourseworkwillincludeone-weekstaysin theGalapagos,theruralAndesandotherinterestingsites. WhenhereturnstoPitzer,Mikeplanstocompletea business degree, then earn a teaching credential at Claremont.
Tina Campbell, class of 2001, is preparing for a trip to Tahiti (specifically the island of Moorea) to do statistical work. She is working on a web site for information on French Polynesia and Moorea, though it isn’t up andrunningyet.Sheishopingtobescubacertifiedbytheendofthesemester. Lastsummershespentamonth inNorwayandreallyenjoyedvisitingfjords,farmsandsmallcommunities. Shesaidthatitwasamazingtosee peoplestillusingold-fashionedtoolsforfarming. Thehillspreventtheuseoftractors.
Roxanne Lundin-Crittenden, class of 2001, is attending Colorado College, where she is a resident assistantinthefreshmandorm. Sheisworkinghardwithotherstudentsintheenvironmentalgrouponcampus tolearnaboutsustainablearchitectureandbuilding. BythebeginningofAprilthegrouphopestohave proposalsandgrantsreadyfortherenovationofahousethathasbeengiventothembytheschool. Thiswill providehousingfor15-20membersofthesustainablelivinggroupbeginningnextyear. Thissummershe,along with a CC biology professor and three other students, will be studying Flammulted Owls (a relative of the Screech Owl) in the Rockies.
13