Pi Beta Phi - University of Southern California

Fall 2023 Newsletter

California Gamma Chapter of Pi Beta Phi at the University of Southern California

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3 Alumnae Updates Virginia Witmer Casey '51 lives in Santa Barbara, Calif., and feels great at 90! Email: virgwen@yahoo.com Jerra Lynne Tyler Beckhart '54 and her spouse are retired in Laguna Woods, Calif. ey're surrounded by their combined families of seven kids, 10 grandchildren, and six great-grandkids, most of whom live nearby. "We are blessed to see most of them from time to time and be involved in their lives." Email: jerralynne1@gmail.com Christyne Dalby Byron '54 enjoyed lots of travel before the pandemic, with trips including Greece, Barcelona, India, Alaska, Japan, and China. Since the pandemic, she has kept busy with art classes and Tai-Chi as well as finishing her book. Christyne lives in Laguna Niguel, Calif. Email: cabyron1@me.com Mary Laird Holman '54 lives in Reno, Nev., surrounded by her two sons and their families. She enjoys managing her rental properties and attending social events with her friends and family. "I have a blessed, good life! Health is everything, and I am lucky there too." Email: maryaholman@gmail.com Bonnie Hutchinson Fox '61 is 82 and widowed, but she is far from alone with children, grandkids, and great-grandkids from SoCal to Oregon. Bonnie lives in Los Gatos, Calif., and has been active in the San Jose Alumnae Club since 1966. Email: bonifox@gmail.com Ann C. Lippincott '70 Lives in Santa Barbara, Calif., and is retired after 38 years on the faculty of the Teacher Education Program at UCSB. She now teaches about mental health in local sixth grade classes, leading a team of volunteers. Ann is also involved with Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, where she leads hikes. Email: annlippincott1@me.com Dorothy Wheaton Judy '73 lives in wine country and helps pour wine at Mystic Hills Vineyard in San Miguel. She loves meeting new people and learning new things about wine. "Great way to spend retirement!" Email: dj91381@gmail.com Linda Payne Smith '74 retired on May 31 and looks forward to more time for travel and visiting family. She lives in Boise, Idaho, where several sisters have visited as their children move nearby. "It has been such fun to reconnect." Kathy Simons May '77 and her husband, Greg, have been married for 42 years and have raised four happy, healthy kids. "Our two daughters are married to wonderful guys, and we are hoping for grandchildren someday soon. Greg is still working, but we try to travel when we can!" Kathy and Greg live in Corona del Mar, Calif. Email: kathymay@me.com Ronni Ross Wilde '80 lives on acreage in Central Oregon, enjoying life in the pine trees and working from home. She loves the active Oregon lifestyle, including skiing, backpacking, and trail running. Ronni is an emerging empty-nester and looks forward to traveling more. Email: rwildepr@gmail.com Cynthia Knoll Wuthrich '80 has four adult children and has been married to Max Wuthrich for 31 years. She lives in Encinitas, Calif., and recently joined Trojan League in San Diego. Email: cindywuthrich1@gmail.com Maureen Kris Halikis '82 lives in Los Angeles, where she is a steward for her church and a community volunteer for Volunteer Community Cleanups and Heal the Bay. She is active in family missions aligned with their church. Email: maureen.halikis@me.com Catherine Zapanta Brockette '92 lives in Dallas, Texas, where she is a licensed professional counselor working at a high school. Creatively, she directs the school's musical. Catherine has a daughter who is a high school senior. Email: cbrockette@hotmail.com Cindy Kober '03 and her husband live in Los Angeles with their two sons, Emmett and Oliver. Cindy works as a unit production manager, producing episodic television. Email: cindykkober@gmail.com ese sisters have stayed good friends despite living in three states (and one, for a while, in Hong Kong). "It had been a few years since we had all been together, and we had the best time," Paige writes. "e only person we wish was in this picture is our dear friend, Ellen omasson Malecek '90, who has passed away. anks to Pi Phi, we have each other!" From left: Jessica Collins Lonergan '90, Dee Dee McKinney '90, Carrie Davis McGaughey '90, Paige Martin '90, and Katie Birney '90 in downtown Los Angeles for the USC vs. UCLA football game last fall. Thank You for Supporting Pi Phi Still Time to Give in 2023! O nce again, we thank all our California Gamma donors who have contributed to our annual campaign in 2023. We truly appreciate your support! Tracy and Lee Brading Jordan Floriani Jessie Granado Bill H. Lyon Catherine Naltsas Spiro and Kathy Roditis Carlene Stauff Mary Laird Holman '54 Elizabeth Glenn Stiles '56 Sally Sheik Hinckley '57 Nancy Corkett Myers '57 Trish Dwyer O'Donnell '57 Patricia Badham Tilton '57 Sally Messer Buschek '58 In memory of Stephanie Smith Moseley '60 Cathy Glenn Martinet '58 Sharon Wood Schurmer '59 Linda Bowen Anderson '61 Bobbe Hensley Edwards '62 Barbara Birkenhead Cornelius '66 Teri Jamieson Hoops '67 Trish Lee Scarborough '68 Patricia Crehan Baxter '70 Katherine Munroe Brittingham '70 Mikie Burke Hay '70 Judy Huntington Martin '70 Carlyn Pierose Peterson '70 Lorna Lockwood Pizzorni '70 Pamela Brasure Ferguson '72 Dorothy Wheaton Judy '73 Carol Gordon Penniman '73 Deborah Pollard Gilmour '74 Janet Abrams Lengel '74 Donna Duthie Mays '74 Deborah Krueger Moore '74 Mary Suttie '74 Domini Donlon Tarman '74 Deborah Wheeler Zimmerman '74 Janine Boskovich Colich '75 Pamela Christy Peterson '75 Lisa Donlon York '76 Julie Tedesco Bas '77 Elizabeth Storm McGovern '77 Stacy Nichols Stone '77 Cathy Cottrell Griffin '78 Valerie Pickard Carli '80 Maureen Kris Halikis '82 Kathryn Kellogg Johnson '82 Alexia Christine Haidos '83 Alexia Haidos Itzigsohn '83 Regina Wambold Finnegan '84 Kelly Quigley Applegate '85 Stacy Brannen Verbiest '85 Janine Hirsch McMillion '86 Betsy McColl Cooper '87 Rebecca Yarchover Mace '88 Carolyn Choboian Chaikovsky '89 Renee Dutton '89 In honor of Jennifer Fish Conrad '89 and Kristina Matthews Burkhardt '89 Heather MacLeod Kline '90 Paige Martin '90 In memory of Ellen omasson Malecek '90 Elizabeth Hart Wood '91 Kirsten Kluth Bennett '92 Emily Barclay Ford '92 In memory of Katherine Beradino '92 Logan Elizabeth Wilson '92 Bevin Elaine Allen Pike '94 Kristin Gentle Holstein '95 Alyson Fischer Drennan '96 In memory of Erin Bell '96 Meg Graham Florence '96 Carolyn Kusian Oberholtzer '96 Lindsay Towle Riley '96 Natasha de Man Tronstein '96 Jill Cooper McDermott '97 Lisa Hoshek Reddy '97 Stacey Ammons Shane '97 Melissa Shapiro Ovadia '98 Sarah Gallagher Parker '99 Destiny Savage '99 Colleen O'Leary Swinney '99 Jordan Floriani '01 Melissa Lanni Haugh '01 Ellie Eversole Richardson '02 Jacki Rhodes '04 Megan Sandy McKay '06 Robin May Ibbetson '07 Elise Hebert '20 In honor of Her graduation Berkeley Elizabeth Baird '21 Charlotte Fondren Baird '21 Riley Dutton '21 Gry Nystrom '21 Leah Besser '23 Francesca Pruitt '23

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