Fall 2012
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The boys of '50
An engineering class like no other.
Fall 2012
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Two Bills and me
Learning from a pair of passionate Broncos and extraordinary human beings.
Fall 2012
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In Print
Chuck Eichten ’84 writes on living a better life despite diabetes and Nicholas Buccola ’01 examines the political thought of Frederick Douglass.
Fall 2012
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Follow your compass
From the classroom to the clinic, from California farm communities to Haiti and Tanzania, these Broncos have made a difference. They were recognized at the 2012 Alumni Association Awards, presented April 28.
Fall 2012
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Obituaries
Remembrances of board member and former Alumni Association president Robert Frederick Lautze ’39, friend of the University Emma Rita Shane Anderson, former athletic news director Richard W. Degnon—and recent obituaries of Santa Clara alumni.
Fall 2012
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From the Mission to Mars
Start with a question you’ve heard a million times: Why? And the stories start to spin out from there, perhaps of fitting together plastic blocks as a boy, which is part of the answer: Here’s why I became an engineer.
Fall 2012
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Letters
Readers write in about Dr. Victor Vari, the de Saisset Museum, women who've made a difference, and a family with five generations of Broncos.
Fall 2012
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Dream harder
What idea do you expect to see—or would you like to see—built to scale as we begin the second century of engineering at Santa Clara?
Fall 2012
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A clear and thorough teacher
Farewell, William Donnelly, S.J. '49, MST '64: The longtime faculty member, alumnus, and past administrator passed away on Oct. 26.
Fall 2012
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Table of contents
Features
Walk Across California
An epic journey whereby one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and what and where is the Golden State.
Miller's Tale
To tell the story of Bob Miller ’67 is to tell the coming-of-age tale of Las Vegas itself. And it’s the chronicle of a man who served a decade as governor of Nevada. Quite a journey for the son of an illegal bookie from Chicago.
Blood. Sweat. Tears. Repeat.
Nina Acosta ’82 was a tough enough cop to pass the test for the LAPD’s SWAT team. Then she learned the hard way about gender discrimination. So how did she do on Survivor?
Mission Matters
When justice is kidnapped
The 2013 Alexander Law Prize honors Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese civil-rights activist and attorney who protested government abuses—including excessive enforcement of the one-child policy—then escaped house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Double trouble
Growing up tennis with Kelly Lamble ’13 and John Lamble ’14. And Bronco teams that are a force to be reckoned with nationally.
Keep the door open
For teaching and advising and a ministry that’s blessed this place for 48 years—paying tribute to Charles Phipps, S.J.

