University of California Santa Barbara - La Cumbre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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CONTENTS FOREWORD 2 DEDICATION 8 ENRICHMENT 10 CAMPUS EVENTS 26 SPORTS 90 UNIVERSITY 162 ACADEMICS 230 SENIORS 266 HONORS 308 HOUSING 326 INDEPENDENTS 328 ISLA VISTA LEAGUE 342 GREEKS , 388 RHA 438 UCSB SALUTE 487 INDEX 491 IN MEMORIAM 510 CLOSING 512

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DEDICATION: Thomas M. StorkG Thomas More Storke has spent the entire 91 years of his life in California. It is by no mere chance that his growth, the development of the University of California and the flourishing .of a vibrant state culture have coincided. A descendant of Gold- Rush pioneers, Mr Storke was imbued with the Old- West tradition in which, as he once put it, men were men. In his lifetime as a journalist and a leader, the native Santa Barbaran has helped preserve and enhance the integrity of man in his noblest sense. Tom Storke has realized that the vitality of his life-long ideals depends upon progress. The most tangible manifesta- tions of this awareness are found in his investments in edu- cation, especially at the Santa Barbara campus of the University of California. His influence encouraged the UC Board of Regents, of which he was a member, to acquire the spacious 600-acre promontory where the campus has stood since 1954. As the University entered its recent crucial decade of growth, Mr. Storke complemented generous public financing as an eminent private supporter of UCSB. His donation was a major source of revenue for the University Center, completed in 1966. Overlooking the lagoon, this hub of student activity was a milestone in the transformation of the land from a drab military base to an inviting campus. Ground was broken this year for the product of his latest contribution, a Student Communications Building. Its 176- foot tower will be the premier campus landmark. More important than these monuments is the spirit that Storke has shared with the University. He devoted his 60 years as active editor and publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press to taking an honest stand on all issues. For one such stand, exposing in 1961 the slanderous tactics of the John Birch Society, he won a Pulitzer Prize. By unceasingly search ing for tru th and supplying kn o wiedge, for 100 years the University has prepared men to make sound commitments in life and to perform such services for the state. Because he has exemplified and supported so thoroughly this fundamental exercise of the University of California, we dedicate the 1968 La Cumbre to Thomas M. Storke.