More than 1,000 guests attended the California Alumni Association’s annual Charter Gala at Fort Mason in San Francisco.
1. Richard C. Blum ’58, M.B.A ’59, chair of the UC Board of Regents, and his wife, Senator Dianne Feinstein.
2. Robert D. Haas ’64 (pictured with his wife, Colleen, and Oski) was honored as the 2009 Alumnus of the Year.
3. Rey Banatao ’96 and his three-week-old daughter, Chloe, tour the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory during the February opening of Sutardja Dai Hall, the new headquarters of CITRIS. The Banatao family were among the building’s cornerstone donors
4. Finance executive William Brandt (third from left), who sponsors student awards for excellence in research on American politics, spoke at an Institute of Governmental Studies event. Pictured with him are (from left) Bruce Huber J.D. ’00, M.A. ’06, Amanda Hollis-Brusky M.A. ’05, M.A. ’12, Ming Hsu Chen M.A. ’08, Ph.D. ’12, Vikram Maheshri M.A. ’12, and Terri Bimes, director of the IGS Center for the Study of Representation.
The School of Public Health recently held its Public Health Heroes Award Ceremony, honoring those making great contributions to the health of the human population.
5. Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer (left) received the 2009 International Public Health Hero award. With Farmer is lifestyle educator Dean Ornish, recipient of the National Public Health Hero award in 2007.
6. Gordon Moore ’50 (center) accepts the Regional Public Health Hero Award on behalf of his wife, Betty. Presenting the award are Helen Kim (left) and Edward Penhoet, formerly with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
More than 200 members of the Benjamin Ide Wheeler Society enjoyed a pregame luncheon and talk by Coach Joanne Boyle before watching the women’s basketball team beat Arizona State. The Wheeler Society honors individuals who have included Cal in their estate plan or through a life income gift.
7. Bernie ’51, D.D.S. ’52 and Ellen Feldman.
8. Leila and Peter ’50, Ph.D. ’55 Moulthrop.
Guests from around the globe were on hand at the International House Berkeley’s 21st Annual Celebration and Awards Gala.
9. International House resident Tansu Acik of Turkey welcomes Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and his wife, Mary Catherine, to the festivities.
10. International House Alumna of the Year Firoozeh Dumas ’88, author of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America, is shown with her husband, Francois ’88, whom she met at I-House in 1987.
11. Venture capitalist and former United Nations Development Programme CEO William Draper III and his wife, Phyllis (center), were feted as Global Citizens of the Year and welcomed by International House residents Stine Broch from Denmark and Charles Kirubi of Kenya.
12. Record attendance at a recent event in New York reflects strong East Coast support for The Campaign for Haas. Pictured (from left) are Gregg ’82 and Leslie Solomon, and Harrison M.B.A. ’66 and Leslie Bains.
The Goldman School of Public Policy’s Class of ’68 Center on Civility and Democratic Engagement sponsored “YouTube, Blogs, Texting, the Web: How Are New Media Changing Politics?” as part of Cal Day 2009.
13. Bob Wong ’68, Professor Emeritus and Nobel laureate Charles Townes, and Budd Shekin M.P.P. ’71.
14. D. D. van Löben Sels ’68, and Judy ’68 and Bruce ’67 Moorad.
15. Campaign volunteers Dean ’70, M.S. ’75 and Becky Draemel were among the guests at the College of Chemistry’s recent donor recognition dinner.
16. Frederick L. Moore ’96, winner of the 2008 Peter E. Haas Public Service Award, chats with Mimi Haas (wife of the late Peter E. Haas) in Sibley Auditorium after presenting his lecture “Transformation: A Measured or Candidate Approach to Happiness.”
17. A group including Berkeley Law alumni Judge Charles Breyer ’66, Scott Carey ’61, and Harold Hohbach ’52 joined Dean Christopher Edley, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Judge Michael McConnell, Judge David Tatel in the Morrison Library. The judges were on campus to judge the final round of the McBaine Moot Court Competition.
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