Herb Tews has joined the Westmont Foundation board of directors. Mr. Tews has been a Westmont Art Council member since 2006. Before his retirement, he was owner of Midwest Sintered Products, a metal powder parts manufacturer in Chicago. While living in the Midwest, he served on the board of governors for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was chairman of the Ox-Bow School of Painting, where he and wife Karen established a scholarship for students. He is vice chairman of the Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation and serves on the board of Cottage Hospital Auxiliary Volunteers. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College. more
Yearly Archives: 2010
What have you done for us lately?
Every May, after the tasseled hats have fallen to the ground and the graduation parties have died down, hundreds of thousands of new graduates enter the workforce. Or at least that’s the plan. … “I still hate it,” he says. But at the moment, he doesn’t feel as though he has much choice. His private schooling at Westmont College in Santa Barbara gave him “all kinds of lofty ideals and not a lot of practical skills” and, he says, “plenty of financial debt.” more
Two high school football teams hope moving key players will be a hit on defense: Big-time prospect
Junior pitcher Lucas Giolito from North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake was clocked throwing his fastball between 90 and 93 mph at the Stanford camp last week, according to his high school coach, Matt LaCour. Giolito has received multiple scholarship offers from Pacific 10 and Big West schools. He was at the Area Code tryouts Tuesday at Westmont College. more
Dr. Courtney Baldridge: Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas Award for Excellence in Pediatric Medicine
It was no surprise to anyone that Dr. Courtney Baldridge opted to become a pediatrician — except perhaps to herself. The 26-year-old California native said she planned to become a nurse and didn’t think otherwise until her freshman year at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif. “When I was really young, I felt strongly called that God wanted me to go to another country and do some kind of work with people who have less and need more hope,” she said. “I really wanted the one-on-one patient care that nursing offers, so until college I hadn’t really considered going to medical school.” more