Gift Planning
Peace of mind
Sylvia Tellez ’79 is the youngest of nine children. She was born in San Diego and traces her roots to Mexico—a point of pride for Tellez. But growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, Tellez felt the pressure from stereotypes attached to women and minorities. School counselors directed her away from college-track classes, and Tellez felt destined for a career path as a secretary. That outlook changed when she was a student at Santa Clara, where she received the Everett Alvarez ’60 scholarship and came to see herself as “an individual who had power and who had gifts, and who was not just going to do what someone else expected of me.”
After retiring, she reflected on the lessons she learned at Santa Clara and how they have guided her—both in her career and, most important, spiritually and as a member of her community. The decision to donate to the Everett Alvarez scholarship through her retirement savings became obvious.
“How could you not?” Tellez says. “I’ve received so much. The tradition here is to have people grow. Santa Clara is so nourishing. I was offered a hand and I took it.”
And in her way, Tellez is ensuring that future generations may be offered a hand as well.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about planning your own legacy for future generations, please contact the Office of Gift Planning: Liz Gallegos Glynn, CFRE and Sue Covey, CFRE • 408-554-2108 • giftplanning@scu.edu • www.scu.edu/giftplanning
Spring/Summer 2013
Table of contents
Features
Walk Across California
An epic journey whereby one foot is put in front of the other to discover, up close and personal, who and what and where is the Golden State.
Miller's Tale
To tell the story of Bob Miller ’67 is to tell the coming-of-age tale of Las Vegas itself. And it’s the chronicle of a man who served a decade as governor of Nevada. Quite a journey for the son of an illegal bookie from Chicago.
Blood. Sweat. Tears. Repeat.
Nina Acosta '82 was a tough enough cop to pass the test for the LAPD’s SWAT team. Then she learned the hard way about gender discrimination. So how did she do on Survivor?
Mission Matters
When justice is kidnapped
The 2013 Alexander Law Prize honors Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese civil-rights activist and attorney who protested government abuses—including excessive enforcement of the one-child policy—then escaped house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Double trouble
Growing up tennis with Kelly Lamble ’13 and John Lamble ’13. And Bronco teams that are a force to be reckoned with nationally.
Keep the door open
For teaching and advising and a ministry that’s blessed this place for 48 years—paying tribute to Charles Phipps, S.J.
