Cal State Fullerton - Titan Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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As graduating students you have worked long and hard for this moment. You have striven for the best you could be and you have labored for knowledge and opened your minds to new ideas. You have done all of this and you have succeeded in completing your degree programs and are now ready to make your mark in your respective professions as well as meet your responsibilities to our society. We are proud of you and your accomplishments as Cal State Fullerton ' s newest alumni and we are also proud that Cal State Fullerton continues to be the university where learning is preeminent. Our undergraduate and graduate programs have provided you with the best of current practice, theory and research. With 86 percent of our 1 15,000 alumni living and working in Southern California, Cal State Fullerton ' s greatest contribution to this region has been and will continue to be the quality of our graduate ' s performance in the area ' s business, educational, professional and governmental arenas. We hope that your graduation from Cal State Fullerton will be the beginning of lives that are productive and satisfying for you. We hope that you will always use the knowledge that you have obtained from Cal State Fullerton for the betterment of not only your life but those of your fellow human beings. We hope that the days you have spent at Cal State Fullerton will be but the prologue for happy and fulfilling days yet to come. Your graduation from Cal State Fullerton denotes not severance from the university but your union with it. Com- mencement does not mean, as many wrongly think, the breaking of ties and the beginning of life apart. Rather it marks your initiation in the fullest sense into the fellowship of Cal State Fullerton as bearers of its torch, as centers of its influence, as promoters of its spirit. Wherever you go, Cal State Fullerton goes with you. Wherever you are at work, there is Cal State Fullerton at work. We want to encourage you to see this campus as yours, to be active alumni, discovering for yourselves the personal benefits of continued involvement with Cal State Fullerton. We wish you luck, success and much happiness to you in all your future endeavors. Sincerely, Milton A. Gordon President President Gordon B.S. Xavier University, Louisiana M.A. University of Detroit PliD. Illinois Institute of Technology The new Mission and Goals, planning initiatives and graphic identity all highlight what the Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff strive to accomplish- to make learning preeminent. H Er Al op -Letters from the presidents

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ss siaried led len 85? by ' medical ly year s over IS perfect explain n i pretty an at m rid to ems. (obeil E. iicCartliv Dr. Miles McCarthy 1 teacli. of Its vas «as irin? his ; jene ' - ■as ' lade d he 3| in 1968. She described him as ilways able to say the right thing. The advice he gave was always ' downhome, accurate, insightful, ind constructive. If any one Derson lived the values that the ;ampus could and should be. it ' s Vliles, she said. I think every- 3ody that has known Miles would lave to say that in some way or mother, whether you were his student or his colleague or what- ver that he affected you in that way. That ' s quite a legacy. A story that demonstrates McCarthy ' s effect on his students ;omes from a neighbor of Hippolyto ' s. The student ' s name s Heather and her mother told :he story to Hippolyto. Heather leeded to take her general educa- ion biology class and decided to cike it in the summer of 1995, the ast class McCarthy ever taught. r eather was a liberal arts major md was not looking forward to aking biology, but a summer with McCarthy changed her tune to- A ard the subject. Initially she irned a B in the class which ;hanged to an A after McCarthy .ailed her and told her he decided o throw out one of the questions n the final. She was so moved by iim that she decided to go into caching to try and affect others ihe way he had affected her. When he passed away. Heather as crushed. Teaching was not the only thing. McCarthy did at the univer- sity. Besides the Health Profes- sions Committee he served as vice- president of the university for four years and as president for nine months. McCarthy recog- nized the importance of adminis- tration to student advancement and he put his full effort into the job. Still, his favorite place to be was the classroom. The only year I haven ' t taught ever since I got out of school was the year I played president. McCarthy said once. I just couldn ' t manage it. All the time 1 was vice president I taught si. units every semester. . .1 li od for those six hours. When he got frustrated, he always felt better after hitting the dirt in his garden. When 1 was dean or doing admin- istrative jobs I would always say Well, at least at night I can go home and take out my frustra- tions on the shovel. ' And it helped, it really did. In 1983, McCarthy was granted emeritus status by the university. Had he been anyone else, he would have retired and spent his time gardening and sailing. But he was not everyone else. He continued teaching one class every semester, which was more than his doctors advised him to. To McCarthy, teaching was part of a healthy lifestyle. He did find time to enjoy those other things, though. Every year he and Martha produced a large vegetable garden. Shields remembers get- ting McCarthy produce each season. Another great love of his was the theater. Shields and McCarthy, while attending a conference in Chicago once, trekked through the snow and -15 degree weather to see a play. In 1984 the university broke tradition by renaming the Letters and Sciences Building McCarthy Hall while he was still teaching in it. In her letter re- questing the building renaming. Dr. Jewell Cobb, former university president, wrote: Throughout his service at Fullerton, Dr. McCarthy has put his own interests aside in favor of advancing those of stu- dents and the university. He is truly a leader of the highest stat- ure and one fully worthy of the honor a building renaming would provide. 1 know of no leader besides Dr. McCarthy who has contributed so much to the university ' s first quarter-century with so little recognition, she wrote in a second letter. He is a totally unselfish individual whose chief concern is the welfare of students. Miles had great enthusi- asm for the work he did, said Shields of his friend and former colleague. Whether it was planting the seeds of tomatoes in his garden or the seeds of knowledge in his students, he always gave them his full attention. After over 30 years of getting his full attention, he is getting ours one more time. If he were still with us, he would most likely decline any more awards or memorials. Whether he likes it or not, he is getting one more: this yearbook. As you look through it and see students learning, having fun, graduating, and especially as you remember the time you spent in the building on the south side of the quad that was designed by and named for him, know that Dr. Miles McCarthy helped start it all because he was dedicated to giving students a better opportu- nity. The university will never forget him. I never knew him. but I won ' t forget him either. - Nathan Orme Dr. McCarthy-

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r Heith Rothman Graduated Saddleback High School Spring 1993. Entered Cal State Fullerton Fall 1993. B.A. Political Science 1997. At Cal State Fullerton, the opportunities for involve- ment are endless. It is up to each individual. Issocl Ud tKAcnts rcslAcnt As President of the Associated Students. Inc. it is my pleasure to congratulate you on earning your degree from Cal State Fullerton. Being a fellow classmate I realize the pressures and hard work you have had to endure in order to achieve this most honored accomplish- ment. In the past few years you have studied, explored, grown, matured, and met many objectives in your aca- demic career. You have also contributed to the educa- tional foundation of this institution by testing concepts and theories in your classwork, participating in campus groups and interacting with faculty and staff members through projects or campus jobs. Throughout your academic struggles you have shown strength in discipline, dedication, and achieve- ment. It is my hope that these qualities along with your personal experiences at Cal State Fullerton will aid you in your future endeavors. Again. I extend to you my sincere congratulations and hope that success follows as you strive to reach many more career and personal goals. Sincerely, Heith Kothman Letters from the presidents-!