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Home > Alumni News : Caught in the Headlines
Other Election News: Despite what the cable news channels may be
telling us, there were other offices involved in the November election — and
at least three Lowell alumnae were candidates here in the Bay Area. Joan
Tomaich Buchanan ’70, long-time San Ramon school board member, was
elected to the California Assembly from the 15th district. Emily Murase ’83,
LAA director and Executive Director of the Commission on the Status of
Women for the city and county of San Francisco, ran a strong campaign for
the SF Board of Education (receiving more than 50,000 votes) but fell short
of winning a seat. She promises to run again in 2010, so keep your eye out
for her. And Lynette Sweet ’77 easily won re-election to the BART board,
where she represents parts of San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
One of Ms. Sweet’s fellow BART board members is James Fang ’79.
Legal Eagles: Next time you’re at SFO, look around to see the progress on
the boarding area in Terminal 2 that is undergoing renovation to become the
Coblentz Concourse, in honor of lawyer William Coblentz ’40, one of the
founders of the San Francisco International Airport’s Airport Commission…
California Appellate Court Justice Stuart Pollack ’55 was honored earlier
this month by the Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco, a group
providing interest-free loans to Jewish residents of Northern California in
financial need. Justice Pollak and his wife, Lee Labe Pollak ’56, have been
involved with the HFLA for nearly three decades. L’Chaim!
A Couple of Real Giants: Great to see that Larry Baer ’75 has been
chosen to take over as president of the San Francisco Giants, after 16 very
successful years as second in command to Peter Magowan. Larry was spotted
at Lowell last month with his 8th-grader son as they visited campus
with hundreds of other prospective students…and not-so-good news out of
Modesto, where the legendary Carol Channing ’38 took a bad fall at her
home, sustaining a broken hip and left femur and forcing her to cancel a
planned appearance at SF’s Herbst Theater. Reliable sources claim that this is
the first time in her storied career that Dr. Channing has ever had to miss a
performance, but she promises to soon be back to her good work promoting
arts in the schools throughout California and the nation. Lowell friends who
want to send best wishes to Carol can send a message to the LAA that we will
promptly forward. Get well soon, Dolly!
Sad, but Important, Memories: Be sure to check out a recent article that
Duffy Jennings ’65 contributed to the SF Chronicle (search www.sfgate.
com), recounting the tragic events of November 27, 1978 as he covered the
George Moscone and Harvey Milk assassinations for the Chronicle.
Big Stars on the Small Screen: Seems like you can’t flip channels without
running into Lowell alumni these days…Benjamin Bratt ’82 has been enjoying
deserved success with his new series, “The Cleaner”, on A&E. Word is
that the series has been picked up for a second season…and relative newcomer
Jamie Chung ’01 starred in the recent ABC Family network miniseries
“Samurai Girl”, set in San Francisco. Jamie first hit TV as a cast member
on MTV’s “Real World: San Diego” and is currently working on a couple
of movies expected to be released next year…and for a show that you definitely
won’t see on ABC Family, check out VH1’s “The Cho Show”, starring
Margaret Cho ’87. As will come as no surprise to her many fans, the show
gives her free rein to showcase what LA Weekly describes as her “brilliantly
dirty and observationally astute comedy mind.”
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