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Alaska Club

Contact: Barbara Zipkin
Phone: 907.230.6010 cell
Email: bzipkin@alaska.net

Alumni Scholars Alumni Association

Contact: Harrison Cheng
Phone: 510.579.8858 cell
Email: harryyc@berkeley.edu
Description: This group is for all alumni who received CAA's Alumni Scholarship Award, previously called the Alumni Leadership Award.

Arizona Club - Phoenix

Contact: Helen Pugh
Phone: 602.309.4445 cell
Email: hpugh@worldnet.att.net

Arizona Club - Tucson

Contact: Daniel Nowlan
Phone: 520.271.6565 cell
Email: calbears@cox.net
Web: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1230&pg=main
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UC Berkeley Armenian Alumni

Contact: Haiganoush Preisler
Phone: 510.524.0169 home
Email: hbpreisler@alum.berkeley.edu
Web: www.ucbaa.com
Description: The UC Berkeley Armenian Alumni is comprised of graduates, former students, and faculty of UC Berkeley. The purpose of our organization is to promote and support Armenian studies at Berkeley, and to contribute to the many enriching activities of the Bay Area Armenian community. Some of the activities of the UCBAA include fundraising for the Armenian studies program at Berkeley supported by the William Saroyan Endowment and Krouzian Endowment, organizing lectures and other academic or social events, and providing scholarship programs. Eligible alumnus can become a member of the UCBAA for a yearly membership fee of $35. Associate membership may be granted to those who have not attended the University, upon paying the membership fees.

Art Alumni Group

Contact: Lynne Rutter
Phone: 415-282-8820
Email: lynne@calartalumni.org
Web: calartalumni.org
Description: We are located at 345 Kroeber Hall. This group is dedicated to promoting the growth, improvement, and esteem of the Art Practice Department at UC Berkeley; to support and promote social and professional activities on behalf of the department for students, alumni and professionals; to encourage educational activities for students, alumni and professional; and to assist in meeting the needs of current undergraduate and graduate students within the department.

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Berkeley Chinese Alumni International

Contact: Robert Wu / Chuck Ng
Phone: 650.961.6023 work
Email: shihchiuwu@yahoo.com, chuck.ng@Gmail.com
Web: www.bcaia.org
Description: To facilitate cultural and business ties between Greater China and the U.S.

Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN)

Contact: Jim Perich-Anderson
Phone: 510.406.8105 cell
Email: jimperand@email.com
Web: www.calbean.org
Description: The Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN) engages alumni from the University of California at Berkeley in professional and fun networking opportunities as well as environmental philanthropy and volunteering activities that benefit the University.
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Black Alumni

Contact: Zain McKinney
Phone: 510.599.5055 cell
Email: zmckinney@deloitte.com

Bowles Hall Alumni Association

Contact: Robert A. Sayles
Phone: 916.851.0250 home
Email: r.sayles@comcast.net

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Cal Alumni Club of Chicago

Contact: Stephen M Maier
Phone: 510.508.3001 cell
Email: stephen.maier@gmail.com
Web: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1760&pg=main
Description: The purpose of the Cal Alumni Club of Chicago is to bring alumni from the area together through social and student outreach activities. Please call today for more information!

Cal Alumni Club of the Desert

Contact: Terry Cole '58
Phone: 760.989.7847
Email: teecole59@aol.com
Web: www.cacd.dreamhost.com
Description: We operate about eight months out of the year in the Palm Springs area, September to May. We have approximately 60 paid members. Our main yearly events include either a USC or UCLA football game, Winter Dinner with a speaker from Berkeley, a basketball luncheon, and our Golf Tournament fundraiser for the Scholarship Program.

Cal Alumni Club of Hawaii

Contact: David Tanabe
Phone: 808.271.9839 cell
Email: californiadave@alum.berkeley.edu
Web: groups.yahoo.com/group/kulapea
Description: If you want fun-loving, energetic members to associate with, the Cal Alumni Club of Hawaii is for you. It offers a diverse and exciting array of programs, such as a kickoff get-acquainted party, two Cal speaker dinners with topics such as political science, astronomy (update on the Hubble telescope), and a survey of Cal sports by the Director of Athletics, a great Big Game Party with Stanford, and a gala Christmas Party with the UCLA and Stanford alumni clubs. We also feature a Spring hike to a lighthouse for whale watching, Cal scholarship presentations, and a Student-Parent Reception for potential Cal freshmen.

Cal Alumni Club of New England

Contact: Ben Narodick
Phone: 510.384.9665 cell
Email: ben@calnewengland.org
Web: www.calnewengland.org

Cal Alumni Club of New Mexico

Contact: Jeff Thomsen
Phone: 505.293.5037 home
Email: JMthomsen@aol.com
Description: The Cal Alumni Club of New Mexico is an association currently comprised of Cal graduates from 1937 to present. The purpose of the Club is to promote socialization among Cal graduates in New Mexico through Big Game parties, field trips, educational programs, and other fun activities. We hope to foster opportunities for new friendships, personal growth, and a strong Cal Alumni spirit here in the Land of Enchantment.

Cal Alumni Club of New York

Contact: Natasha DeRivi
Phone: 917.757.8250 cell
Email: derivi@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.calnewyork.org
Description: Join us, and the Pac-10 Board in New York City, the second Thursday of every month for happy hour.

Cal Alumni of Utah

Contact: Max Chang
Phone: 801-554-5824 cell
Email: maxchang11@aol.com

Cal Alumni Pride

Contact: Alexander Randolph
Phone: 415.205.6190 cell
Email: alexrandolph@sfgov.org
Web: www.calalumnipride.org
Description: Cal Alumni Pride is the official alumni club for LGBT alumni of Cal. Cal Alumni Pride supports the needs and represents the interests of LGBT alumni of Cal. In addition, in coordination with the LGBT services office on campus, Cal Alumni Pride promotes the education of LGBT students. Cal Alumni Pride awards multiple scholarships and participates in mentorship programs on campus. From time to time, Cal Alumni Pride members interact socially at holiday and student functions. Your support makes a difference!!

Cal Alumni Singles

Contact: Mal Dorinson
Phone: 415.461.7969
Email: doctormal@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.calsingles.org
Description: The club seeks to bring together local single alumni, faculty and friends by organizing activities assigned to create an ongoing intellectual, social and supportive environment. An important objective of the Cal Alumni Singles Club shall see the promotion of all interests of the University. The Club will donate ten percent of the amount in its bank account as of May 31st each year to University causes.

Cal Financial Professionals Alumni

Contact: Peter Philipp
Phone: 415.677.9300 work
Email: peter-eric@cal.berkeley.edu
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Cal Newman Alumni

Contact: Christopher Joseph Page
Phone: 714.330.2209
Email: christopherpage@cal.berkeley.edu
Web: www.calnewmanalumni.org

Cal Spirit Alumni

Contact: Peter Munoz
Phone: 510.339.8801
Email: pmunoz@reedsmith.com

Cal Spirit of Las Vegas

Contact: Dan Asera
Phone: 702.882.7666 cell
Email: asera@alum.berkeley.edu
Web: my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1150&pg=main
Description: Cal Spirit of Las Vegas is the alumni organization of the University of California, Berkeley in southern Nevada and is affiliated with the 95,000-member California Alumni Association. Over 2,100 Cal alumni currently reside in southern Nevada. The group was founded in 2005 by Prof. Dan Asera, president of the Class of 1969 and a California Alumni Scholar. Please visit our website for details of current events and activities.

California Band Alumni

Contact: Barbara Goodson
Phone: 925.872.0275 cell
Email: bhgoodson@comcast.net
Web: www.calband.berkeley.edu/cbaa/
Description: More than 450 dues-paying former Cal Band members sustain the Cal Band Alumni Association, a club of the California Alumni Association. The club represents over 2,600 former living Cal Band members. Its goals include active support to the Cal Band and the University as well as providing performance and social opportunities for its members. Events include the sponsorship of Alumni Band Day, band and alumni awards, students officer training workshops and an alumni Straw Hat band. The organization acts to preserve historical documents, tapes and other records of the Cal Band, including generation of videotape copies of various past performances. Long-term financial support via a Cal Band endowment fund is encouraged through two separate organizations: the Cal Band backers and Friends of the Cal Band.
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Central California

Contact: Robert D. Tookoian
Phone: 559.916.3647 cell
Email: RTookoian@OvToLaw.com

Central Coast Alumni Club

Contact: Bud Zeuschner
Phone: 805.543.0265 home
Email: RFZjr@aol.com
Web: http://centralcoastcalalumniclub.googlepages.com/home

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Chicano Latino Alumni Association So Cal (CLAA)

Contact: Luis Chavez
Phone: 562.983.2575
Email: lmchavezlawyer@hotmail.com
Web: www.berkeleyclac.org
Description: Chicano Latino Alumni Association - Mission CLAA is committed to maintaining CAL's tradition of excellence through diversity, by providing a mechanism for alumni to network as professionals, and share ideas and resources that will foster stewardship and mentorship for Chicano/Latino students. We strive to create an expanding network of CAL Chicano/Latino alumni throughout the state, including international contacts, who are committed to maintaining ties with the larger CAL community, as well as provide valuable support to CAL's efforts in recruiting and graduating Chicano/Latino students.

Chicano Latino Alumni Association Nor Cal (CLAA)

Contact: Angel-Max Guerrero
Phone: 510.595.1382 home
Email: AngelMax26@aol.com
Description: Chicano Latino Alumni Association - Mission CLAA is committed to maintaining CAL's tradition of excellence through diversity, by providing a mechanism for alumni to network as professionals, and share ideas and resources that will foster stewardship and mentorship for Chicano/Latino students. We strive to create an expanding network of CAL Chicano/Latino alumni throughout the state, including international contacts, who are committed to maintaining ties with the larger CAL community, as well as provide valuable support to CAL's efforts in recruiting and graduating Chicano/Latino students.
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Chinese Chapter

Contact: Victor Chan
Phone: 415.794.1053 cell
Email: victorchanhw@hotmail.com
Description: The Chinese Chapter is a very active organization which has been awarded the Outstanding Alumni Chapter for 2001 (the fifth time we have been awarded this honor- more than any other alumni chapter!) Our goals are to raise scholarship funds, to promote the interests of the University, and to facilitate social and professional ties amongst its alumni. Some of our events include, The Big Game Dinner Dance & Reunion, Michael Chang Tennis Challenge, Speaker Series and attendance at Cal sporting events. We also work with our sister organization, the UC Chinese Foundation in raising funds and awarding scholarships. We meet regularly on the third Thursday of each month at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco or Oakland's Chinatown. If you are interested in our club, send us an Email. Go Bears!!

Colorado (Rocky Mountain Golden Bears)

Contact: Michael Mason
Phone: 303.814.3112 home
Email: goldenbear95@comcast.net
Web: http://www.rockymtngoldenbears.org
Description: Rocky Mountain Golden Bears (RMGB) has close to 100 members throughout Colorado. RMBG's main purpose are to encourage Colorado high school students to attend Cal, to award Alumni Scholarships to deserving Colorado high school students going to Berkeley, and to provide networking and social activities for local Cal alums. Annual events include a Prospective Students Reception, a Rockies game, an All-U.C. Campus Picnic, and the Big Game Party. RMBG memberships are $15 per family and are renewed each year in the Fall. Memberships directly support Alumni Scholarships for Colorado students attending Cal and entitle members to club mailings, invitations to club events and a RMBG Member Directory. Help keep the Cal spirit alive in Colorado by becoming an RMBG member!

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Daily Californian Alumni Association

Contact: Larry Wilson
Phone: 626.818.9262 home
Email: larry.wilson@sgvn.com
Web: alumni.dailycal.org
Description: The Daily Californian Alumni Association is a growing club of more than 300 members. Since being resurrected in 1996, we have held five alumni reunions, including events in Berkeley, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Membership is open to all former staffers and other UC Berkeley alums. Members receive a great quarterly newsletter, an annual alumni directory and invitations to our frequent alumni events. (Any tax-deductible donation to the Daily Californian Education Foundation, which supports student training programs at the newspaper, earns a one-year membership in the Alumni Association.)

Diablo Valley/East Bay (Lamorinda Cal Alumni)

Contact: David Wong
Phone: 510.684.2759 cell
Email: david [at] davidwonglaw [dot] com
Web: www.lamorindacalalum.org
Description: We have several hundred members in the Lamorinda (Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda) Cal Alumni Club who enjoy programs ranging from the spirited Big Game Party to performances by local theater productions. We also host a reception for newly admitted Cal students and their parents to introduce them to campus representatives and welcome them to Berkeley. The proceeds from these events have raised funds for two endowed scholarships for continuing students from our area, an accomplishment in which we take great pride. Our proximity to Berkeley enables us to participate in and assist in occasional campus programs and thus really keep in touch with Cal! GO BEARS!!!

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Engineering Alumni Society

Contact: Vince Dilworth
Phone: 925.830.2732 home
Email: vincedilworth@comcast.net
Web: http://groups.google.com/group/uc-berkeley-engineering-alumni-society
Description: Our society is open to all UC Berkeley engineering alumni. Our mission is to foster opportunities for social connections between alumni, for personal, career and lifelong learning, and to use our expertise and networks to enrich the experience of all UC Berkeley engineering students and alumni.

Entertainment Industry Alums (Cal in Hollywood)

Contact: Alex Weingarten
Phone: 310.229.9300 work
Email: aweingarten@spillaneweingarten.com

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UC Berkeley Alumni Club of Georgia

Contact: Kara Kapczynski
Phone: 404-840-9840
Email: karakap@msn.com
Web: www.geocities.com/mbison0309/berkeley
Description: As the only Cal Alumni club in region and 2,600 miles from the Bay Area, the Georgia club provides a number of services to Cal grads. In addition to our annual holiday party and hosting of the Big Game, we provide an opportunity for newly arrived grads to meet other grads. We provide one-on-one contacts for newly accepted Atlanta area high school seniors. Newsletters keep members updated on local and campus activities. Wine tasting and lake outings in the Spring and Summer add up to a full year. Join us and Go Bears!

Gender and Women's Studies Alumni Association

Contact: Andrea Rose Scally
Phone: 415.613.4799 cell
Email: ascally@alum.berkeley.edu

Gold Country Chapter

Contact: Larry Friedlander
Phone: 530.274.4460 home
Email: ziceeye@aol.com
Web: my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1130&pg=main
Description: Our Chapter serves the Greater Nevada County and Sierra County areas from our core membership base in Grass Valley/Nevada City. We conduct quarterly social and educational events that often include speakers from the University or the Cal Community. We provide outreach to the local High Schools and provide scholarships to incoming Freshman. We host a reception for newly admitted Cal students and their parents to introduce them to campus representatives and welcome them to Berkeley. The proceeds from these events raise funds for scholarships for students from our area. Our distance from Berkeley has not been a deterrent to a healthy membership base that is still very well connected to the campus and thus really keeps in touch with Cal! Call or email us and join the fun. GO BEARS!!!

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Indiana

Contact: Helen Huber
Phone: 317.918.8344 cell
Email: helen.g.huber@gmail.com

Inland C's

Contact: Barry Hofeld
Phone: 951.318.4735
Email: bchofeld@hotmail.com
Description: Based in the San Bernardino/Riverside area, the Inland C's host annual dinner events with guest speakers from Berkeley, a spring picnic at Lake Arrowhead for local admitted Cal freshmen and their parents, and counsel prospective Cal students at CAA's Inland Empire New Student Reception.

International Clubs

Contact: Amy Ambrose
Phone: 510.642.2048 work
Email: amyambrose@berkeley.edu
Web: international.berkeley.edu/alumni-clubs/
Description: Participate in an international alumni club. Alumni club members across the globe participate in a variety of activities such as networking with other Cal professionals; encouraging the best and brightest students to apply to Cal; attending receptions and lectures with Berkeley faculty and administrators; and rooting for the Bears at Big Game parties. Club membership is open to all Cal alumni, spouses, friends and parents of Cal students.

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Japanese American Alumnae of UCB

Contact: Betty Furuta
Phone: 510.223.1742 home
Email: bettyfuruta@earthlink.net
Web: JAWAUCB.org
Description: Women of Japanese ancestry who have earned a minimum of 12 units at Cal-Berkeley are invited to be members of this club. The board of directors of the club oversees the distribution of scholarships given annually. The scholarship funding comes from the interest earned from revenue derived from the sale of a clubhouse which was paid for primarily by Japanese women alumni of UCB. The club promotes bequests, donations and gifts on behalf of the Endowment Fund for Scholarship at UC Berkeley.

Jazz Alumni

Contact: Sam Lind
Phone: 510.653.1348 home
Email: slind@stmarys-ca.edu

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Kings/Tulare

Contact: Karla Orosco
Phone: 559.816.3486 cell
Email: k.orosco@comcast.net

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Lair Staff Alumni

Contact: Betsy Jo Carleton
Phone: 425.405.3828 work
Email: carleton@sfsu.edu

Lake Tahoe (Bears in the Woods)

Contact: Chet Curtis
Phone: 775.831.7320
Email: campcurtis@aol.com
Web: http://www.bearsinthewoods.com/
Description: We're always looking for new members. Please contact us about membership information!
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Long Beach

Contact: Jack W. Swing
Phone: 562.439.4212 home
Email: jack_swing@msn.com
Description: The Cal Alumni Club of Long Beach, established in 1989, hosts annual dinner events with guest speakers from Berkeley and raises funds for scholarships. Club members also participate in the Greater Los Angeles New Student Reception in the spring.

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Marin County Cal Alumni Club

Contact: Nancy E. Lubamersky
Email: nlubear@pacbell.net
Web: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1310&pg=main

Martial Arts Program Alumni Association

Contact: Perry Seto
Phone: 925-899-6248 cell
Email: pgseto@gmail.com

Michigan

Contact: Lisa Guzman
Phone: 734.222.9871 home
Email: lcguzman@umich.edu
Web: caamichigan.blogsome.com
Description: The purpose of this club is to join local University of California Alumni together in an organized effort to benefit both the club members and the University of California, Berkeley. If you have any social, community service or student outreach ideas, please give us a call. We would love to hear from you!
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Minnesota Cal Alumni (Frozen Blues)

Contact: Nick Nguyen
Phone: 651.324.6756 cell
Email: nickhxnguyen@gmail.com
Description: The Cal Alumni Club of Minnesota is made up of Cal-Berkeley alumni of all ages in a wide range of professions, all residing in the Twin Cities/Minnesota area. We plan a variety of gatherings throughout the year, including our annual Big Game party with the area Stanfurd alumni club and admitted student reception. Alumni gather regularly each month for a happy hour event. New and prospective members are always welcome!

Monterey Peninsula Alumni Club

Contact: Jeff Gorman
Phone: 831.402.6436 cell
Email: jeff.gorman@cal.berkeley.edu
Description: We get together for social events a few times per year which have included speakers from the UC Berkeley faculty, athletic department and administration. Please give us a call!

Muslim Students' Alumni Association

Contact: Aasim Khan
Phone: 408.421.4075 cell
Email: aasim.khan@gmail.com

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Napa Valley Alumni Club

Contact: Saanen Kerson
Phone: 707.799.2399 cell
Email: saanenkerson@hotmail.com

North Carolina (Triangle Golden Bears)

Contact: Joseph Carsanaro
Phone: 925.819.1191 cell
Email: joe.carsanaro@gmail.com
Description: As the first Cal Alumni organization in the great state of North Carolina, the NC Triangle Golden Bears helps Cal alumni connect with each other by organizing, facilitating and communicating Cal Alumni events in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area. From the website, alumni can update their personal profile, subscribe to events in their area and invite alumni to events they are organizing or hosting. While located in the RTP region of North Carolina, the organization welcomes all Cal alumni in North Carolina and willingly advises other alumni who wish to form Cal alumni organizations in their region.

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Oakmont Cal Alums (Santa Rosa)

Contact: Brian Adams
Phone: 707.537.7272 home
Email: adamspers@aol.com
Web: www.oakmontcalalums.org
Description: The Cal Alumni Club of Oakmont in Sonoma County is made up of men and women living in the Santa Rosa area of the Valley of the Moon. The members, their spouses and partners, are UC Alumni, representing classes from 1939 through 2006. Our club actively supports the CAA Scholarship programs for both the Leadership and the TAAP endowment funds. The club also offers scholarships to students transferring from the Santa Rosa Junior College to Berkeley. The Oakmont club is an active club with over 200 members, who meet monthly for informal dinners at the Wild Oak Saddle Club. There are two annual dinners in the spring and fall, featuring speakers from the Berkeley campus; the annual Labor Day Picnic; Big Game Party and a “Pass the Axe” party with the local Stanford Alumni Club.
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Octet Alumni

Contact: Toby Jaw
Phone: 510.483.8338 home
Email: tobyj@cal.berkeley.edu

Orange County Cal Alumni Club

Contact: Atish Bagrodia
Phone: 818.312.7392 cell
Email: atishbazi@gmail.com
Description: Members of the Orange County Cal Alumni Club enjoy various activities throughout the year, including dinners with guest speakers from Berkeley, community service projects, happy hours, and Big Game Viewing Parties. Each spring club members counsel prospective Cal freshmen and their families at CAA's Orange County New Student Reception.

Oregon - Bend

Contact: Peter Brewer
Phone: 541.390.1970 cell
Email: mr9grain@gmail.com
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Portland Cal Alumni

Contact: Juan Carlos Blacker
Phone: 503.206.6261 home
Email: jcblacker1@gmail.com
Web: groups.google.com/group/pdx-cal-alumni

Overtones Alumnae

Contact: Abra Rosenbaum
Email: abredrosey@hotmail.com

OASES Cal Alumni Club

Contact: Mark Sithi
Phone: 818.730.2128 cell
Email: mark.sithi@gmail.com
Web: www.oases.org/alumni

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Pappy's Boys

Contact: Richard Erickson
Phone: 925.944.6400 home
Email: mailto:calqb20@aol.com
Description: Pappy's Boys includes all freshmen, Rambler and varsity football players who played football for Pappy Waldorf from 1947 through the 1956 seasons. Widows are also included. Our primary activity is an annual banquet scheduled for the Friday evening prior to the first home football game.

Peace and Justice

Contact: Blase Martin Briar-Bonpane
Phone: 707.629.3544 home
Email: blasejr@hotmail.com

Peninsula

Contact: Suzanne Legallet
Phone: 650.365.9820 home
Email: z@wooska.com
Web: www.peninsulagobears.com
Description: The California Alumni Club of the Peninsula is primarily focused on supporting scholarships for students from the Peninsula. In addition, the club aims to develop social and professional camaraderie among local Cal alums through events and get-togethers.
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Philadelphia

Contact: Steve Blechman, MBA 86
Phone: 215.888.8849 cell
Email: steveblechman@yahoo.com
Web: www.calphilly.org
Description: Come join the CAL Alumni Club of Philadelphia and meet fellow Berkeley alumni. Participate in such activities as the Big Game party with the Stanford Club, the Spring reception for high school students accepted to CAL, scholarship interviews, the summer country supper, and a variety of special events. The club also provides career networking opportunities, promotes CAL in the region and encourages continued alumni support for the University. We have just recently reached our goal of becoming an official Alumni Scholarship District. This enables us to provide annual freshman scholarships to local students from Philadelphia, its neighboring counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the state of Delaware. The club is actively seeking new members. We invite you to join us and keep the CAL spirit alive here in the East.
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Pilipino-American Alumni

Contact: Johanna Laigo
Phone: 510.390.3543 cell
Email: johanna@paac.com
Web: www.paac.com/

Placer County

Contact: Dick Wise
Phone: 530.320.9473
Email: dickwise@jps.net
Description:This club is dedicated to student outreach, scholarship and communicating between alumni in the Placer County area and the California Alumni Association and the University.

Prytanean Alumnae, Inc. Alumni Club

Contact Eden Hass
Phone: 925.639.0239 cell
Email: eden@petsportusa.com
Web: www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~prytnean

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Redding (Northern C's)

Contact: Dick Roseberry
Phone: 530.223.4021 home
Email: tocats@charter.net
Web: www.northerncs.org
Description: We get together for a number of great events through out the year, which include dinners, guest speakers from the University, athletic events and much more. Please give us call!

Re-Entry Alumni

Contact: Ann Newton
Phone: 510.741.5550
Email: annlnewton@yahoo.com

Rossmoor

Contact: Bill Scherer
Phone: 925.296.9075 home
Email: bpscherer@sbcglobal.net
Description:Our club has a membership of close to 500. The average age is 70 years old. We support all the activities of the CAA and just this year set up an endowed scholarship of $25,000 to be paid over a three year period. We also give $1500/year to support the scholarship program. We have 4 events a year. The first is a dinner meeting in May with a speaker from the University. In August, we have our Barbecue with invited guests from CAL. The Big Game Rally is always the Sunday before Big Game. We always have the rally, spirit and cheer groups there to incite excitement about the Game. Our seminar meeting, in January, at which time we change Board members and have an interesting program of speakers from various departments in the University.

Russian Business Association

Contact: Juliya Rubin
Phone: 415.806.0091
Email: juliya@gmail.com

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Sacramento

Contact: Rick Holmes
Phone: 916.925.2106 work
Email: RickH@omsoft.com
Web: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1120&pg=main
Description: The U.C. Alumni Club of Sacramento is your connection to everything Cal throughout the greater Sacramento area. We offer a wide range of events & programs throughout the year -- Alumni Scholar Interviews, New Student/Parent Reception, Cal-in-Sacramento, Cal-in-the-Community, California Grid Club (Golden Bear Football), Alumni Softball league, governmental relations, and more. Members receive the Club's periodic newsletter regarding our many events & activities. Have fun with your fellow Old Blues-- join the UC Alumni Club of Sacramento. GO BEARS!!!

San Diego Alumni Club

Contact: Glenn Baity
Phone: 858.692.0625 cell
Email: sdpresident@sdcalalumni.org
Web: www.sdcalalumni.org
Description: The San Diego Alumni Club is dedicated to keeping the Bear Spirit bright and strong with Alumni Scholarship Awards, outreach to our local schools, Cal in the Community, the Annual Cal Speaker International Potluck and other social gatherings- day at the races, wine tasting, and your choice too. Please join and share the rewards. Our newsletter will keep you posted. (Please note: The San Diego Alumni Club and the North San Diego County Alumni Club have merged.)

Cal Alumni Group of San Francisco

Contact: Christina Rosa
Phone: 510.501.9823
Email: shoukri@alum.berkeley.edu
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San Gabriel Valley

Contact: Joanne Shimada
Phone: 626.793.7920 home
Email: joanne.shimada@acm.org
Web: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1162&pg=main
Description: The San Gabriel Valley Cal Alumni Club participates in football viewing parties, counsels prospective Cal freshmen at the Greater Los Angeles New Student Reception and has helped in various community service projects including beautification efforts at a local shelter for abused children.

San Joaquin County

Contact: Herb Danielsen
Phone: 209.239.1071 home
Email: herb.danielsen@gmail.com
Description: Come and join the club! We have a number of great events planned each year, which include faculty speakers, dinners, new student receptions and scholarship! Call us today for more information.

Santa Barbara

Contact: Gail Anikouchine
Phone: 805.966.4157 work
Email: gail@mfco.com
Web: www.silcom.com/~cal
Description: Beginning in 1984, alumni in Greater Santa Barbara have been proudly flying the Cal colors by hosting guest speakers from campus, participating in beach clean-ups, raising money for the Club's scholarship, visiting museums and attending concerts, hosting an annual Big Game Wine and Cheese Reception with local Stanfurd alumni, and promoting Cal to prospective freshmen at the Santa Barbara New Student Reception.
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Santa Clara County

Contact: Milt Loo
Phone: 408.268.4352 home
Email: mjloo@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.uccscc.org
Description: Your Santa Clara County Club is dedicated to keeping the Cal Spirit bright by endowing Alumni Scholarships. We have fun and stay connected to Cal through social gatherings--Oktoberfest dinner, wine tasting, pizza party and many more. The Blues News, our newsletter, keeps you posted.

Solano County

Contact: Terry Odneal
Phone: 707.290.3326 cell
Email: t.odneal@alum.berkeley.edu
Web: www.alumniclub.org/berkeley/solano
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Sonoma County

Contact: Phil Talamantes
Phone: 707.838.8268 home
Email: philtalamantes@comcast.net
Description: With more than 500 members, the Sonoma County Cal Alumni Club is a great way to stay in touch with CAL. We offer a wide range of activities, including our famous Big Game Party, fireside chats with CAL professors, art museum and symphony outings as well as hikes into the countryside and more. Camaraderie is a key element of the club. It is made up of both recent and not-so-recent graduates, and welcomes all ages, ethnic backgrounds, diverse lifestyles and interests. The club provides a way to give back to CAL by raising funds for young scholars as well as an opportunity to meet friends and share a good time.

South Bay

Contact: Richard C. Morse
Phone: 310.316.6416 home
Email: richardrichmorse@gmail.com

South Bay Young Blues

Contact: Carrie Young
Phone: 408.938.8321 work
Email: carrie.young@alum.berkeley.edu
Web: southbayyoungblues.blogspot.com
Description: The South Bay Young Blues is a chartered club of the California Alumni Association. Its purpose is to provide a framework for young Cal alumni and friends of the University in the southern San Francisco Bay Area to socialize and network. The Club offers a wide range of enjoyable activities, such as TGIFs, camping trips, hikes, barbeques, amusement park excursions, parties, etc. By this, it is hoped that dedication to Cal will be enhanced so that the University will receive stronger support from recent grads in Silicon Valley.
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South Carolina Golden Bears

Contact: Stephanie Kusinski
Phone: 864.653.3266
Email: steph.kusinski@gmail.com
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Texas - Austin

Contact: Brad Johnson
Phone: 512.458.9353
Email: bradrjohnson@yahoo.com

Texas - Dallas Fort Worth

Contact: Marshall Edelman
Phone: 469.733.2253 cell
Email: medel1@earthlink.net
Web: my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1121&pg=main
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Texas - Houston

Contact: Jeff Otchis
Phone: 281.256.1125 home
Email: jeff.otchis@calalum.org
Web: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1122&pg=mainp

Tri-Valley Alumni

Contact: Audrey Glafkides for Don Garman - President
Phone: 925.463.6615 work
Email: audrey.glafkides@morganstanley.com
Web: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1311&pg=main

Tuolumne County

Contact: Dan Mohn
Phone: 209-586-4430 home
Email: danmohn@mlode.com
Description: At about 100 members strong, the Tuolumne County Cal Alumni Club serves all of Tuolumne County. We have three dinner meetings each year, usually the last Monday in January, April and September. We also have a picnic brunch in August at Pinecrest Lake. Because we are close to the Lair of the Golden Bear, a summer camp owned by CAA, we do special projects at the Lair and are also able to attend the lectures given there during the summer. Our club also conducts interviews for the Alumni Scholarship Program.

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UC Alumni Chorus

Contact: Karen K. Moore
Phone: 510.848.5452 home
Email: kkmoore48@comcast.net
Web: ucac.net
Description: The U.C. Alumni Chorus comprises ninety singers (members) who are alumni from various campuses, faculty and staff, graduate students and friends of UC Berkeley. The UCAC is one of the UC Choral Ensembles made up of other student choral groups. Our traditional holiday concert is performed with the student groups. We perform at least three other concerts during the year, and for special occasions, and have a chamber choir for small group performances. UCAC will tour China in 2002. web site: www-ucchoral.berkeley.edu/ucchoral/alumni
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USCA Alumni Association

Contact: Arthur Walenta
Phone: 510.526.4383 home
Email: awalenta@comcast.net
Web: bsc.coop/alumni
Description: The USCA Alumni Association exists to support the USCA's mission to offer a quality, low-cost housing community to students who might not otherwise be able to afford an university education. When you join the USCA Alumni Association, you will be invited to co-op reunions where you can meet co-opers of all generations, and also have the opportunity to connect with and support today's co-opers.

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Washington - Cal Alumni Club of Puget Sound

Contact: Donna Brethauer
Email: northwestbears@aol.com
Web: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1372&pg=main
Description: Cal Alumni of Puget Sound is a group of Berkeley alumni supporting Cal in the Puget Sound area. CAPS supports CAL through statewide scholarship activities and new student/grad receptions, game day events, and social gatherings held in Seattle and East Side locations throughout the year. CAPS is a growing organization of all ages. Cal alums with ideas and spirit are invited to help expand our program to include support for athletics, a scholarship endowment, mentorship, speaker forums, cultural events and establish a solid CAL alumni presence in the greater Puget Sound area. Join us!

Washington, D.C.

Contact: David Timmons
Phone: 408.896.6477 cell
Email: dave.timmons@gmail.com
Web: www.dccalalumni.org
Description: The Cal Alumni Club of Washington, D.C. is made up of Cal-Berkeley alumni of all ages in a wide range of professions, all residing in the Washington, D.C., area. We plan a variety of gatherings throughout the year, including our annual Big Game party with the area Stanford alumni club. Young alumni gather on the first Friday of each month for happy hour. New and prospective members are always welcome! Contact Dave Timmons (above) for more info.

Wells Fargo Bank Cal Alumni

Contact: David Won
Phone: 925.746.4088 work
Email: david.won@wellsfargo.com

West Los Angeles

Contact: Larry Kao
Phone: 510.388.7978 cell
Email: mookao@alum.berkeley.edu
Web: my.berkeley.edu/site/Clubs?club_id=1135&pg=main

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