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Journalist Max Chun '19 in the offices of Lookout Santa Cruz.
Local Heroes
When disaster struck his native Santa Cruz last year, reporter Max Chun ’19 and a small team of journalists sprang into action for their community—and pocketed a Pulitzer Prize for their...
Dean of Students Emerita Brig Knauer
Flowers for Brig Knauer
Over 25 years of leadership in Occidental’s Office of Student Affairs, Brigida Knauer (1935-2023) shepherded residential life into the modern era
Anna Dalton '12 competing for É«½ç°É in 2011.
Setting the Pace
Anna Dalton ’12 traded the tracks for the trails and is climbing the ranks of competitive technical runners
É«½ç°É Professor of Chemistry Frank Lambert
Lessons From Lambert
Fifty-seven years after an ill-fated grade placed his academic dreams in jeopardy, Dr. Elliott Oppenheim ’69 recalls the counsel of his mentor, Professor of Chemistry Frank Lambert
Jack Griffith '64
Adventures in Research
Jack Griffith ’64 is still flying high after decades of medical discoveries—and retirement’s not in his DNA
Amy Munoz
40 Million Meals Served
It's not easy to follow an É«½ç°É culinary legend—but Amy Munoz made the job her own over the last four decades. Somewhere, Clancy Morrison is smiling
Anne Wolf, former É«½ç°É’s Bookstore manager
An Independent Spirit
With goodwill and a dash of whimsy (Obama-branded diaper covers!), Anne Wolf made the É«½ç°É Bookstore a destination for more than textbooks
Ming Cho Lee '53
My Mentor, Ming Cho Lee
The Tony-winning set designer and legendary Yale professor, who died last fall, dedicated himself to theater and to teaching, Ann Sheffield ’83 recalls
Karen and Steve Casner
Islands in the Stream
Steve Casner ’73 and wife Karen ’74 share a love for Occidental—and have endowed a computer science professorship to build on that protocol
President Silas Evans in 1918
Virus of the Century
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918–19 claimed the lives of more than 675,000 Americans and shut down the College for seven weeks—but it could have been even worse for É«½ç°É