1. Chancellor Birgeneau (left) speaks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his January visit to India.
2. Members of the Class of 1955 and the Library Advisory Board toured The Bancroft Library renovation project to review naming possibilities for the class’s 50th reunion class gift. Pictured (from left) are Bob Leslie ’55, J.D. ’60, Lila Rich ’55, Rosemary Mein ’55, Cred. ’56, Camilla Smith, Dick Melbye ’55, J.D. ’58, and Professor Watson “Mac” Laetsch.
3. Author Chitra Divakaruni Ph.D. ’84 and 4. Richard Blum ’58, M.B.A. ’59, businessman and chairman of the UC Regents, were honored at the International House Annual Gala, held in April.
5. The Industrial Engineering & Operations Research department gathered in January to celebrate the appointment of Andrew Lim (far right) as the Coleman Fung Professor of Financial Modeling. With Lim are department chair Ilan Adler (left) and donor Coleman Fung ’87.
6. Bernard and Barbro Osher (center) with Cal Performances Director Robert Cole (right) and his wife, Susan Muscarella (left), enjoy a luncheon at Zellerbach Hall at the Cal Performances Centennial Campaign Celebration. The event marked the successful conclusion of the $16 million capital campaign. More than 200 guests were on hand for a recent Benjamin Ide Wheeler Society women’s basketball pre-game luncheon at Haas Pavilion, which included remarks from Coach Joanne Boyle and Athletic Director Sandy Barbour.
7. (From left) Oski, Professor Stephen Chun ’70, O.D. ’74, Helen Chun, Morrison Chun ’43, M.S. ’48 and Dr. Doris Sze Chun get ready for the game.
8. (From left) Betty ’50 and Jim ’52 Huhn and Midge Zischke ’54 enjoy the pre-game luncheon.
9. Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations David Blinder M.A. ’78, Ph.D. ’81 (center) and Judy ’62 and David ’61 Redo were also on hand for the festivities.
10. Civil rights advocate and U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson ’55, J.D. ’62 (center) celebrated among friends when the California Alumni Association honored him with the Alumnus of the Year award at the 2008 Charter Gala. On April 2, the School of Public Health honored four “Public Health Heroes” at a dinner and ceremony held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
11. Regional Public Health Hero Barbara Staggers ’76, M.P.H. ’80 (left) and award presenter Wilma Chan, a former California assemblywoman, display Staggers’s award.
12. International Public Health Hero Donald P. Francis, M.D. (left) attends a pre-dinner reception with award presenter William Foege. The UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies recently held its Gala Annual Salon event in San Francisco.
13. Michael Krasny (left), host of the KQED radio program “Forum,” and Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” share the stage to discuss the current political landscape.
14. Matthews is welcomed to the event by Lisa and Doug ’74 Goldman.
15. The College of Natural Resources (CNR) celebrated the creation of the Thomas J. Graff Endowed Chair, funded by a generous gift from George Miller and Janet McKinley with a matching grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Pictured (from left) are Chancellor Birgeneau, Thomas J. Graff, Keith Gilless, dean of CNR, Mary Catherine Birgeneau, Professor David Sunding Ph.D. ’89, George Miller M.B.A. ’61, and Janet McKinley.
