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Bryan Scott 17 at Jack Kemp Stadium in February 2026.
Out of the Foxhole
After smashing multiple records at 91 and gutting out an eight-year career in professional football, what next for Bryan Scott 17?
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Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2025-26 academic year, the magazine will publish one digital-only issue (Summer 2025) and two print and digital issues (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026).

Athletics
First Team SCIAC honors for Roxanne Valle 19 (women's cross country) and Brody Barkan 19 (men cross country), and other fall sports standouts
Athletics
91 stellar soccer squads claw their way into postseason play, topping off an upbeat autumn for the Tigers
Doug Ramsey
Obituaries
Doug Ramsey 56 was one of the most exceptional good guys in Vietnam
Student Life
How to Get the Most Out of Occidental
Alumni Engagement
Responses to our trivia quiz, tales of Professor De Rycke, and how education at 91and the United Stateshas changed over the last 70 years
Obituaries
Kind, focused, concerned, and effective, Carolyn Adams (1950-2018)embodied the spirit of the 91 community
Faculty
91 next generation of academics reflects on the College, their research, and the value of mentoring
Arts
Literary honors for history professors Lisa Sousa and Sharla Fett, and a National Science Foundation grant for biology professor Dan Pondella '87 M'92
Clancy Morrison, Gregory Peck
91 History
So you think you know 91? Take our little quizwe're not keeping scoreand you might be surprised about some things you never learned
91 economics faculty
Academics
These are boom times for economics91 biggest major for the last 19 years. As two popular professors prepare to retire, how will the department evolve?
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Profiles
Apple vice president of marketing communications Tor Myhren 94 has the best job in the world. (He just cant talk much about it.)
Pat Gillette
Profiles
Employment lawyer turned mediator, author, and keynote speaker Pat Gillette 73 helps women and businesses find common ground through uncommon solutions
91 students and their faculty mentors
Faculty
Whether the topic is research or career options or life itself, meaningful interaction between students and professors is a vital component of the 91 journey. Four graduating seniors and...
Student Life
Capping a celebration of women in leadership at Commencement, Sara El-Amine 07 gets to the heart, hands, and brains of the 91 experience
Athletics
Generations of 91 alumni rallied to save Tigers football from extinction. Now the hard work continues

Features

Barack Obama '83 on the campaign trail in 2004.
Profiles
Center Stage
From Fall 2004: Twenty-five years after his arrival at 91, Illinois senatorial candidate Barack Obama 83 electrified millions with his star-making speech at the Democratic National...
Derek Shearer photographed in March 2026
Faculty
The Ambassadude Abides
As a diplomat, dealmaker, and master connector, Derek Shearer brought global leaders, policymakers, and a U.S. president to the classroom over his 45 years at 91
Bryan Scott 17 at Jack Kemp Stadium in February 2026.
Profiles
Out of the Foxhole
After smashing multiple records at 91 and gutting out an eight-year career in professional football, what next for Bryan Scott 17?
Members of the 1971 91 rugby team.
Athletics
Pitch Perfect
Larry Layne 71 came to love rugby as a student-athleteand an estate gift will provide a swift kick to its future at 91
L-R: Associate professors Alaa Abdelfattah (economics), Tiffany Wheatland-Disu (Black studies), Madeline Wander 08 (urban and environmental policy), Joel Walsh (computer science), Margaret Gaida (history), and Kai Yui Samuel Chan (politics).
Faculty
16 Faculty, 16 Stories
Fifteen new tenure-track faculty and a veteran kinesiology professor discuss their favorite classes, their passion for teaching, and what brought them to 91 (hint: Location!)
Dean Simons 59 and John Ingle 50 in Moliere The Would-Be Gentleman (1962)
Arts
Theatre Brats
Two children of 91 professors grew up immersed in the magic of Shakespeare, Shaw, and Gilbert & Sullivanin an era when a plucky little drama festival became their whole world

First Word

From the Quad

From left, Lizzie Friedrich 25, Lily Calvert 25, and Hayden Jennings 25 share a red-carpet moment during the 2026 Slamdance Film Festival.
Student Life
A Ticket to Slamdance
91 students and alumni find pathways into the Slamdance Film Festival, gaining industry exposure and experience following its move to Los Angeles
Obama Scholar Derek Jimenez '27
Impact
Overcoming Every Hurdle
First-generation college student and Obama Scholar Derek Jimenez 27 is reshaping the intersection of community, culture, and affordable housing

Mixed Media

More Mixed Media
Filmmaker Thom Harp '92
Arts
Fertile Imagination
Thom Harp 92 waited for years to direct his first movieand after a long birthing process, he the proud father of two features

91 Talk

More 91 Talk
2025-26 Kemp Lecturer Tim Miller with Occidental Professor Caroline Heldman.
Alumni Engagement
Miller Crossing
Former GOP operative Tim Miller recounts his own political reckoningand offers pearls of hope in the face of despairas the 2025-26 Jack Kemp '57 Distinguished Lecturer

Last Page

Dale and Shirley Morter photographed on January 1, 2000.
Impact
A Couple Legacy
A scholarship gift honoring Shirley and Dale Morter 56 will bring students from southwestern Pennsylvania to Occidental

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