July 12, 1995 Contact: Francine Tyler (408/459-2495)

STODDARD P. JOHNSTON ELECTED PRESIDENT OF UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION; FIVE NEW TRUSTEES NAMED TO BOARD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA--The University of California, Santa Cruz, Foundation has elected Stoddard P. Johnston of Pebble Beach to serve as president of the board, announced Daniel G. Aldrich III, assistant chancellor for University Advancement at UCSC. In addition, the Foundation has added five new trustees.

Johnston is chairman and CEO of KBOQ, a classical music station based in Monterey. He entered the radio and television business after graduating from Yale in 1950, where he had chaired the college radio station. During his lengthy career, he served as president and general manager of KMBY in Seaside and KWAV in Monterey, and as chairman of KMST-TV (now KCCN) in Monterey.

Johnston joined the Foundation board in 1989. His involvement with UCSC dates back to 1966, when he joined the university's Media Council. In that role, he has provided counsel and guidance to members of the student media at UCSC.

As president, Johnston will guide the board in its private fund- raising efforts, which promote and support academic programs, scholarships and fellowships, and capital improvements at UCSC. His one-year term began July 1, and may be renewed for a second year.

Also newly named as officers were George A. Malloch of San Francisco as vice president and Fred S. Farr of Carmel as parliamentarian. John M. Halliday of Mill Valley, who served as president for 1993-95, was named past president.

Five new trustees were welcomed to the board in June. Selected as part of a plan to increase UCSC Foundation membership from 31 to 50 over a period of several years, their appointments boost membership on the board to 39.

The new trustees, who come from a variety of backgrounds, are as follows:

-- Margaret S. Lyons Giberson of Los Gatos has taught French, Spanish, German, and English at the high school level and French at the community college level. She is currently a candidate for a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law. Giberson and her husband, Alan Giberson, pledged a $250,000 gift to UCSC in June to establish an endowed chair in environmental studies. The Gibersons were inspired to make the donation by the influence a UCSC professor's mentorship had on their son and their own conviction about the importance of environmental studies as a discipline, said Margaret Giberson. Their son, Erik Giberson, earned a bachelor's degree from UCSC last year.

-- Ernest "Bud" T. Kretschmer of Aptos is retired after a wide- ranging career which included owning and operating nursing homes and serving in the U.S. Air Force. Kretschmer studied music at an early age and never lost his love for it, even as practical considerations led him into other careers. After moving to the Santa Cruz area in 1962, he became involved in launching the first Cabrillo Music Festival and joined its board and the board of the Santa Cruz Symphony. He earned an associate's degree from Aquinas College in East Lansing, Michigan, in 1935; a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1938; and a master's degree from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University in 1951.

-- Julian L. Peabody of San Francisco is a retired attorney who specialized in trust and estate law. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a bachelor's degree from Princeton University. His granddaughter, Jennifer Davies, was a junior this past year at UCSC.

-- Dwight Steffensen of Seal Beach is president and chief operating officer of Bergen Brunswig Corporation, a national distributor of pharmaceuticals and medical and surgical products based in Orange, California. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford University in 1965 and is a Certified Public Accountant. His son, Jon Eric Steffensen, is an alumnus of UCSC.

-- Michael Woo of Los Angeles is the western states director for the Corporation for National Service. Appointed by President Clinton, he oversees programs including AmeriCorps VISTA and the National Senior Service Corps. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1985 to 1993, leaving the council to run for mayor of Los Angeles. Woo holds a bachelor's degree in politics and urban studies from UCSC and a master's degree from UC Berkeley.

Since its inception in 1974, the Foundation has brought $33 million in private gift support to the university. Approximately $22 million has been distributed in the form of fellowships, scholarships, capital improvements, and campus programs, and more than $11 million has been invested in endowments and trusts. The Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation.

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