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Before he was a star, Bob Newhart Hon. ’00 was a Jesuit-educated aspiring accountant. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Bob dabbled in accounting and advertising before discovering his knack for show business. His 1960 album, “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart,” became the first comedy album ever to hit the […]
Though Gerald Orr ’57 earned a rare chemistry degree, he found his true calling in the skies. In the Army, the Transportation Corps taught Jerry how to pilot fixed wing aircrafts, which he did for the rest of this life. He became a flight instructor, served three tours flying helicopters in Vietnam, and enjoyed taking off […]
William Slivkoff M.S. ’64 was a pioneer in the development of the Global Positioning System, popularly known as GPS. Much of his work remains relevant today, including a lunar probe he designed in the 1960s which is still on the moon. Bill grew up excelling in academics as well as sports and became the first […]
Peggy Saunders M.A. ’93 worked as a bio-technician at Stanford, where she met her future husband, Alex. After settling down and raising three children, Peggy returned to school and later worked for years as an adult religion educator at parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. She also volunteered with the American Red Cross for […]