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… Fullerton Junior College for a year and a half before he was drafted into the Army. Paxson served in the 99th Infantry Division during World War II. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and crossed the … stage (Joanna Hall Gleason ’72, Tom Flynn ’80) but also in set design (Ming Cho Lee ’53, Heidi Ettinger ’73, and …
… its curriculum, internships, co-curricular programs, and a set of longstanding outreach programs that date back to the … education and the Promise Neighborhoods model. Occidental was one a handful of top-ranked liberal arts colleges named … roll five times since the national recognition program was launched in 2006. During the 2011-2012 school year, …
… the Times building in downtown Los Angeles. The bomb was supposed to explode at 4 a.m., when the building would have been empty. But the bomb's timing mechanism was faulty, and the explosion started a fire, killing 21 … and the past. Subtitled "class warfare in a classroom setting," the play is set in part at Occidental, in a …
… States--pays the Alta Gracia factory workers a living wage, provides a safe working environment and freely allows … website: http://oxybookstore.com/. "Alta Gracia is a pathway out of poverty. We pay a living wage so that the workers … some major suppliers if they'd be willing to step up and set up a model factory for the college market. And Knights …
… to Occidental athletics. "It’s our fifth year so we wanted it to be a special one with the induction of not only … athletics history. They were national champions, they set world and NCAA records and now they will be immortalized." JoAnn (Brobst) Hirsch ’58 was Oxy’s "water queen of the 1950s" and a member of the …
… associate professor of political science James H. Lare ’55 was putting those ideas into practice. In 1968, he and a … of politics emeritus and died Dec. 1, 2018, at age 84—was a three-time chair of the political science department … coordinated the Occidental-in-Washington, D.C., program and set up internships for students in local and state …
… "What a thrill it is, after 50 motel nights, to have a closet instead of a suitcase, to have a home-cooked meal … an average daily riding total of 80 miles. The inspiration was a birthday gift from his Oxy girlfriend, Tina Forster … "By the time I had enough leisure time to do the trip, I was a bit worried that I was too old to go out there alone. …
… tenure-track faculty to campus this fall—its most diverse set of hires in a single academic year. The appointments … Black Middle Class (2012) and the forthcoming Madam C.J. Walker: Modern Race Woman (Rowman & Littlefield), and … professor of sociology) has a B.S. from National Taiwan University, an M.A. in international and development …
… By Dick Anderson "I always had a great relationship with both my grandparents," … a lot of their meals at cafeterias. "Cafeterias were a good way to feed a bunch of people without spending too much … years later. "The letters sat on the top shelf of my closet, and I never really looked at them," he says. That …
… Maria '78—to get an Occidental education. "There's no way our family would have been able to finance all the kids … aid made all the difference. "I still remember that tuition was $2,400 a year, because I had to pay for it," she says. …