Alumni Events

Young Alumni Summer Social

August 5, 2022 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Join us in the Fir Grove to catch up with fellow recent grads from the classes of 2018 through 2022.  Enjoy music, lawn games, and tacos from Tamale Boy!

Alumni Weekend
June 18, 2022

Saturday, June 18

11:30 am to 1:00 pm: Pine Cone Guild Luncheon (class years 50+ years out). You've reached a great milestone and we want to celebrate your long relationship with the school and maybe take a trip down memory lane with a display of memorabilia from archives. Alumni from class of 1972 and before can view the invitation and RSVP by June 10 here.

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Alumni & Former Faculty Social in the Paddock under the tent. Gather in the Paddock for food and a chance to catch up with fellow alumni and former faculty. We will have the playground open for families, and an option to take a campus tour. Register here.

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Alumni Soccer Game on main Davis-Gant soccer field. If you are interested in playing with fellow members of the alumni community, please sign up here. And if you'd just like to cheer from the sidelines, we'd love to see you there.

In the evening, optional off-site or virtual gatherings by class year. If your class would like to gather on Zoom, let us know and we can help provide a link. If you have already or would like to plan a gathering of your classmates, reach out to Rebecca Allen, Alumni Relations Assistant Director, at allenr@catlin.edu so we can best support you. For those classes whom we know have an event planned, we will list those on the alumni events webpage and can put you in touch with organizers.

For questions, please email alumni@catlin.edu.

Bay Area Alumni Social

Saturday, May 21, 4-6PM

SPIN 690 Folsom Street #100
San Francisco, CA 94107

SPIN is ping pong venue that serves food and drinks. We have reserved an outdoor covered patio space with plenty of room to visit - ping pong optional! Appetizers and drinks provided, and this is a family-friendly event.

virtual alumni Science Series: The Future of Computing with Abram Falk '99
May 4, 5:00-6:00 PM (PDT)

Join retired faculty Paul Dickinson and Dave Corkran as they moderate this discussion with Abram Falk '99, covering quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and other related topics based on your submitted questions.

Abram “Alfie” Falk ’99 was a lifer at Catlin Gabel, along with his twin sister Jani '99 and little brother Phillip '02. He then went on to Swarthmore College for his B.A., Harvard University for his Ph.D. in Physics, and the University of California Santa Barbara for a postdoctoral fellowship, where he was awarded the Elings Prize in Experimental Science. He is now a research staff member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research center in Yorktown Heights, NY, where he studies quantum photonics and quantum computing. His achievements include the discovery of a new type of optical excitation in carbon nanotubes and a new class of artificial atoms based on crystal defects in wide-gap semiconductors. He has published 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been granted 20 patents by the U.S. patent office.

The event will be recorded for those who cannot attend. If you'd like to view the recording, please contact Rebecca Allen at allenr@catlin.edu.

virtual alumni panel: Alternative Housing Models in the Pacific Northwest
March 8, 5-6:15 PM (PST)

Today’s most common housing models haven’t changed much from mid-century concepts of suburban tract housing and urban multifamily developments. Though these traditional approaches fall short of meeting the needs of all Americans, alternatives have been slow to emerge. Join our panel with alumni Owen Gabbert ’02, Erik Granum ’03, and Afton Walsh ’03, moderated by Taylor Kaplan ’05, to hear some of the new ways these builders and developers are formulating residential projects to provide a wider array of housing options in the Pacific Northwest. The panelists will discuss some of their projects, and there will be time for a Q & A.

December 9
Virtual Alumni Art Class

Join William Hernandez, Lower school parent and art instructor with Catlin Gabel's Adult Community Programs, as he provides a virtual introductory mixed media class on
Thursday, December 9, 6:00-7:15 pm (PST).

Watch the virtual ceremony here.

2021 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS

Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award - Gil Kelley ’71 has served as the Chief Urban Planner for several West Coast cities (Portland, Berkeley, San Francisco and Vancouver, BC). After graduating from Catlin Gabel, he pursued education in urban studies and planning at Evergreen, Harvard and MIT and has spent over four decades in public and private sector roles, guiding the planning and development of cities in the US and abroad. He has served as Practitioner in Residence at Portland State University, taught master classes at the University of Amsterdam and maintains an independent consulting practice, advising cities and private clients on urban planning and design strategies, climate action and sustainable development, as well as housing and economic development. He is also a member of the Oregon Investment Board. He and his wife currently live near Hood River, Oregon.

Distinguished Alumni Community Engagement Award - Katie Sharff ’98 MD, is an Infectious Disease physician at Kaiser Permanente in Clackamas, Oregon. Dr. Sharff received her BA in Biology at Williams College, her MD at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Disease fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences University.  As a physician with Kaiser Permanente, she has been the Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship for the NW region, leading a program that was awarded the Infectious Disease Society of America Center of Excellence Designation, an award only bestowed to 131 hospitals nationwide.

Dr. Sharff diagnosed the first case of COVID-19 in Oregon and only the 2^nd known case of community transmission in the United States with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.  Throughout the pandemic she has continued to contribute to the medical field and served as the Infectious Disease physician lead at the All4Oregon mass vaccination site at the Oregon Convention Center. She continues to lead vaccination work for the Kaiser Permanente region and serves as a sub-investigator on several COVID-19 vaccine trials at the Center for Health Research. Additionally, she co-chairs the KP National Quality COVID-19 Vaccine Medication Safety Workgroup to impact patient safety related to COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Sharff has appeared in several local and national media outlets throughout the pandemic to educate the public on COVID-19 and vaccines.  Katie enjoys long-distance running and spending time with her husband, 2 children and bernedoodle dog.

Distinguished Younger Alumni Award - Sprinavasa Brown ’02 is a recognized change agent, community leader, and advocate for education with a deep passion for social justice, racial equity, and solving complex problems facing Communities of Color. Holding a BA from Oberlin College in Biology and African American Studies and an MA in Communication and Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University, Sprinavasa has experience advising and working alongside local agencies and regional governments to further engagement with Communities of Color. In 2015 she co-founded ELSO, Inc. as a space where Youth of Color have the opportunity to see people who look like them as their science mentors.

Zoom Visits with Former Faculty (June 25, 4-5:30 p.m. (PST))

Drop in and out of various Zoom breakout rooms to catch up with former faculty! Visit with Dave Corkran, Paul Dickinson, Ron Sobel, and Meg & Sid Eaton. Click here to receive your personal zoom link. 

Zoom Gatherings by Class Year (June 26, 10-11 a.m. (PST))

Connect with classmates near and far without having to go anywhere! While most alumni are wanting to connect through Alumni Talks & Former Faculty drop-ins, some want to hold a virtual class gathering over Zoom. If you want to catch up with your classmates over Zoom, sign-up here to host a zoom gathering.

Hoping for more time in-person with other Catlin Gabel alumni? Sign-up here to host an outdoor gathering in your area.

We will help coordinate the details!