The Magazine of the University of La Verne

Online Edition

Summer/Fall 2008

Ort

For more than 60 years, Roland “Ort” Ortmayer embodied the spirit of La Verne College and the University of La Verne in a way that reaches far beyond athletics.

Somewhere To Turn

Two University of La Verne legal clinics provide advice and representation to clients in need and give students real-world training.

Making Dollars Make Sense

Once economic advisor to the Shah of Iran, Ahmed Ispahani has settled in La Verne, where he teaches economics and is one of the university’s most beloved professors.

The Music Man

PJ Butta, aka Joseph Paul Kilanski, has developed a following as diverse and rich as his background and experiences while studying at University of La Verne.

Strength In Numbers

Armed with a new model for training teachers to be leaders at their schools, the University of La Verne’s Center for Teacher Leadership is reaching out to make an impact.

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Dr. Robert Neher, chairman of the Natural Sciences Division at the University of La Verne, will soon retire with the satisfaction of having helped produce millions in research grant money, though he still recalls his early days on the job, when he once had a budget of only $400.

ALUMNI

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Dr. Dianne Van Hook '75, right, who the University Center at College of the Canyons was named after in 2010, recently received another honor.

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Dr. Alfred P. Clark, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Faculty, at the University of La Verne, will soon publish a book covering 500 years of water in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Karl Schubert, right, purchased his golf apparel company, Beyond The Links, from another University of La Verne alumnus, Joe Skovron, left.

FACULTY

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Dr. Janice Pilgreen, the newest member of The Academy at La Verne has become a leader in her field doing something she loves to do.

THE ACADEMY AT LA VERNE

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Dr. Kenneth Marcus, a founding member of The Academy at University of La Verne, was recently notified that he was selected to receive a Fulbright Scholar Award for a Senior Professorship in American Culture. Through this opportunity, Marcus is scheduled to spend a semester teaching at Leiden University in Holland, the location of his choice, during Spring Semester 2013.

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