KELEBEK ÖZEL BİR STİLDİR

CONTENTS

Alumni Association News Page 4

Bizim Tepe

In the News

Students

Sayfa 6

Page 8

Page 15

• Faculty Nedim Göknil RC Yük'65 reminesces with Dorothy İz

Page 18

• Cover Celebrity Survey Results

• Annual Giving

Page 20

Page 27

• Memories Tahsin Pamir RC Yük'65 recounts the "Lucky Luke and the Daltons" days.

Page 28

• Söyleşi Kâzime Beygirci ACG'67, Ester Ruso ACG'67 ile söyleşti.

Sayfa 30

Reunions

Alumni News

Questionnaire

Page 33

Page 41

Page 46

Yayın Kurulu:

Suay Aksoy RC Yük'72, Leylâ Aktay RC'72.

Deniz Alphan ACG'67. Nuri Çolakoğlu RA'63

Cahit Düzel RA'65. Evin ilyasoğlu ACG'69.

Nursuna Memecan RC'75. Sema Özsoy ACG'67

Mete Taşkıran RC'55.

oyalties are often difficult to explain and loyalty to one's school is no exception. Yet, loyalty is more than an empty concept. The fact that it is a tangible reality is attested to by the loyalty of RC alumni which is one of the school's greatest assets. The Annual Giving Campaign which is moving to the conclusion of its second year will succeed because of the loyalty of its graduates (p. 27). As you know, this campaign relies on individual gifts. Large or small, the fact that every Kolejli gives something back to the school every year, has meant the establishment of a substantial source of support for the Robert College of today and tomorrow. The Annual Giving Report for the 1989-90 school year scheduled for publication in October will honor the names of each and every donor.

A major gift received from another loyal friend, was in the form of a corporate gift from Phillip Morris Co., a leading company in three large industries —tobacco, food and beer. A check of 25 million TL presented to Headmaster Dawe by Mark Duerst, General Manager of EPSAS— a Phillip Morris subsidiary— has given the campaign a new dimension. Other companies that have contributed by way of a corporate gift include Plastas, and Pfizer.

We gratefully acknowledge their valuable support, and invite others to join the cause.

Leylâ Aktay Alumni and Development Office

Sahibi Nihal PULAT

Yayınlayan Mart Ajans 165 83 00

Robert College P.O. Box 1

Arnavutköy-istanbul Tel: 165 34 30

Alumni Journal published quarterly by the RC Alumni & Development Office for 7000 members of

the RC community-graduates, students, faculty, administration, parents and friends.

RCQ, SUMMER 1990 3

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS

The flickering candles, the cool breeze and warm friendship ties gave the traditional Midsummer Night's Dream Ball a truly dream-like quality (above). The Alumni Association is happy to be organizing various events to bring alumni together (on the right).

Share the Dream The night of the 31 st of July was like a dream come true. The weather was beautiful and still and the atmosphere of Çubuklu added to the magical quality. The cocktails were at 8 pm and by the time we were seated and dinner was served it was 10 pm. The disco music was very

inviting and kept people on the dance floor until 2:00 in the morning. Among the nearly 300 alumni and friends that night there was a group of 25 alumni celebrating their 40 th year and it was a pleasure to see a small group of very recent graduates, the class of '89, there also. The most exciting moment of the night was when the lottery was drawn for grand prizes

like Arcelik's newest model refrigerator and a Pan Am plane ticket to New York City. Vecahat Sizrriazoglu ACG'52 ex., was the lucky person who added a brand new fridge to her kitchen while Nuran Günden Aslan ACG'58 ex., won the ticket which will transport her to the BigApple. Summer, in Istanbul go by fast and SO it was that another

Midsummer Night's Ball came to an end. We are looking forward to the next one in 1991.

Day Trips Gain in Popularity On May 23 rd the first springt o u r o r g a n i z e d b y t h e a l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n

was to Atabay Motel in Eskihisarowned by Nur Atabay ACG'56and her brother Bülent Atabay

RCQ

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS

The traditional Alumni Association tea for new graduates has always been a fun way for the older alumni to welcome new ones into their midst.

An hours bus ride from Levent took the 28 participants to Eskihisar where a wonderful lunch had been prepared in the garden. This was followed by a tour of the newly restored house of Osman Hamdi Bey which also contains various photographs of his paintings. Tea was taken at a typically old-fashioned cafe by the sea and no one knew how the day had flown by when the trip was over at 6 pm. The second trip during the spring months was to

Sapanca (Masukiye). A wonder of nature, secluded and quiet, it was a pleasure to sit under the big trees, among the flowers and enjoy lunch together. Of the 34 participants we were especially happy to have Mayda Mimar ACG'27 among us on both trips. Mayda Mimar says if the Alumni Association had not organized these trips she would not have been able to see such interesting places. Hopefully, more of our alumni friends and family

Somehow everything tastes and feels nicer when in the presence of friends and Mother Nature.

will join us and take advantage of these opportunities. Meanwhile in Ankara, the social committee branch at work there organized a day trip to Safranbolu. With its narrow roads, magnifi-cient old homes, mosques, bazaar, markets, its traditions and folklore, Safranbolu is one of the cities reflecting the structure of the ancient Turkish society. The participating alumni were in awe of the centuries old, silent yet impressive architecture. The visit was thoroughly enjoyed by all and we all look forward to the next one.

Alumni Host Tea for New Alumni The Alumni Association gave the class of 1990 their traditional tea on the shady porch of Marble

Hall. Lycee Director Ayfer Yeniçağ and Headmaster Harry Dawe were present at the occasion. The president of the association Engin Asal gave a short speech and congratulated the new graduates. The association later presented the young adults with the gift of one year free membership to the association as well as a baseball cap stamped with the Rf loon

PLEASE NOTE

SUMMER 1990 5

The member­ship dues for the Alumni As-

sociation is not included in the dues paid to Bizim Tepe and must be paid separately to the Alumni Office. For more infor­mation please call Nevin Torkak at 1653430/308.

B i z i M TEPE

izim Tepe'ye bu yıl üye olan ve mezuniyet yılları RC 79-'90 arasında değişen 300'ü aşkın genç mezun için BT havuz başında "Welcome Party" yapıldı. Yeni ve eski üyeleri kaynaştıran, uzun süredir birbirinden uzak kalan arkadaşları yeniden bir araya getiren bu gecede üyeler, ılık bir yaz gecesinin keyfini yaşadılar.

Tatil yöresi değil, Bizim Tepe

s ıcak İstanbul günleri Bizim Tepe'nin havuzu başında oldukça serin geçiyor. Üyeler, bir yandan güneşlenip havuzda serinlerken, diğer yandan da

açık havada artan iştahlarını BT'nin spesiyal hamburger ve tostlarıyla bastırıyorlar. Ayrıca, çay saatinde havuz başında sunulan birbirinden lezzetli pastalar, kağıt helvalı dondurma, buz gibi karpuz, haşlanmış mısır ve çocukların sevgilisi hazır paket dondurmalar herkesin zevkine göre... Şehir gürültüsünden, çılgın kalabalıktan uzakta, sayfiyedeymiş gibi hissedebilirsiniz kendinizi...

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BÍZÍM TEPE

Tüm konukların hoşça vakit geçirdiği 5.Boğaziçi Tenis - Briç Mixed Turnuvası ödül töreni Bizim Tepe'de yapıldı

Tenis Briç Turnuvası sonuçlandı

R aks Spor Kulübü ile Bizim Tepe tarafından düzenlenen 5.Boğaziçi Tenis - Briç Mixed Turnuvası'nda şampiyon olanlara ödül ve kupaları verildi. 26 Mayıs'da başlayan ve bir ay süren turnuvada tenis birinciliğini Meltem ve Haluk Özmerzifon, Ayşe ve Tunç Baysal,

İnci Sarıok ve Can Karapınar ekibi kazandı. Briçte ise Melih Özdil, Ahmet Dedehayır, Mehmet

Sırıklıoğlu, Yılmaz Güzelbay, Sam ve Ayşegül Gattenia'dan kurulu Özdil takımı birinciliğe ulaştı. Tenis - Briç mixed birinciliğini Ferihan Göksu, Mesut Karadeniz, Nezih Kırbaç, İsmail Cebi, Günhan Türker, Cem İncesulu, Surkay Resmor ekibi elde ederken briçte şampiyon olan Özdil takımı ikinci oldu. Derece alanların ödülleri Bizim Tepe'de törenle verildi.

Şirin bir köy var uzakta

B izim Tepe'nin asırlık ağaçlarının güvenli gölgesi altında 4-12 yaş arası mezun çocukları yaz

günlerini geçiriyorlar. Bizim Köy'de yaratıcı el sanatları, hafif sporlar ve yüzme gibi eğitici faaliyetlerle "oynayarak öğrenelim" anlayışı yaşatılıyor. Tecrübeli öğret­menler nezaretindeki bu programa tüm mezun çocukları katılabiliyor.

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IN T H E NEWS

Trustees on Campus Trustees host cocktail for faculty and meet with seat donors in a "Sneak Preview" of the new theater.

I t was that time of the year again when the nonresident trustees of RC visited the campus and met to discuss issues concerning our

school. A full schedule of committee meet­

ings, board meetings, visiting class­es, touring the new buildings and working lunches and dinners kept the trustees busy during their week in Istanbul. On May 21, at Bizim Tepe, the trustees hosted a cocktail dinner for the faculty and staff of RC at which over drinks and dinner, mem­bers of the board and faculty got a chance to mingle informally.

The Chairman of the Board, Rod­ney Wagner, took this opportunity to thank the faculty for their hard work and dedication which plays such a vi­tal role in making RC what it is to­day.

During the same week, trustees met

with theater seat donors for a "sneak preview" of the new RC theater to be named for Suna Kıraç. The evening started with drinks at the colorful foy­er decorated with RC students' art work.

The guests then went in to take their seats and get ready for an evening of student performances. This was not a formal theater opening but rather an opportunity created to give the trus-

Seû? donors Ayşe Kulin,

Tanju and Ayda Köseoğlu (right),

Feyyaz Berker, inan Kıraç,

Rodney Wagner and Suna Kıraç

at the "Sneak Preview"

cocktail (below).

tees a glimpse of what the theater was like and to show the seat donors what their valuable contributions had achieved - a brand new theater with the capacity to seat 550 people.

RC Orta and Lycee students dis­played their wide range of talent from singing madrigals to acting Shakes­peare, dancing Turkish folklore, per­forming a Turkish play, chanting rhymes and putting on musicals. The lycee musical performed was also written and composed by the stu­dents.

It was a successful night and guests enjoyed the wide range of artistic tal­ent on stage. It looks like RC will re­sume to raise stage artists as the new theater will certainly be most inspira­tional. 1?

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RC Alumni Make Headlines Alp Yalman RC'59, Nuri golakoglu RA'62 and Ahmet Levendoglu RA'64 have been highly successful in the world of sport, business and entertainment.

T hree alumni have made a splash recently... A l l three are big successes in their own spheres, and well known to the

general public. One is a high-flying businessman also committed to a leading soccer club, another the gen­eral director of a private television company emerging as competition to TRT and Magic Box and the third, a versatile actor/director reclaiming the stage.

Alp Yalman RC'59, is vice presi­dent ofTatko, a family business, and at the same time president of Galata-saray, one of Turkey's oldest and most established clubs, supported by thousands of fans.

Yalman has succeeded in combin­

ing two completely separate activities and is employing his economic knowledge to impose a new econom­ic model on the club. Although he

Ahmet Levendoglu RA'64 (above). Alp Yalman RC'59 (left) and Nuri Colakoglu RA'62 (right) have recently been in the public eye for many achievements in their respective fie

complains that "Running a club is harder than running a company," his attachment to Galatasaray remains just as strong.

Nuri Colakoglu RA'62, formerly vice-president of TRT is now General Director of International Television (INTV) which will broadcast in cod­ed signals. He is a perfectionist whose objective is a well established infra­structure.

"We are obliged to set an accurate and realistic target for both Turkey and European broadcasters abroad," he says, announcing that once the in­frastructure is complete the station will get on the air.

After graduating from RA in 1964, Ahmet Levendoglu studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in

the UK and is currently a drama teacher in addition to his own multifaceted act­ing career. After an absence of about nine years, he has returned to the limelight acting in several recent television series, and has directed as well as performed in the current production of "Betrayal"

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"BİR Y E R D E B E K O V A R S A ,

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TEKNOLOJİSİYLE...

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"Teknolojinin o d u I u

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SOĞUK DUVAK TEKNOLOJİSİ: Isı kaybını en aza indirerek maksimum tasarruf sağlayan en yeni buzdolabı teknolojisidir. Bu teknolojide ana bölmedeki soğutucular (evoporatörj arka duvann gerisine gömülmüştür. Arka duvar tümüyle soğutucu yüzey görevi yapar. • Bu nedenle 32ST'nin iç görünümü daha estetiktir.

BUILT-IN (GÖMME) KULLANIM ÖZELLİĞİ: Arkasındaki kondenser özel bölmesine gömülü olduğu için mutfak duvarına çok yakın yerleştirilebilir. • Hava akımı kapı altındaki özel bölümden sağlanır.

DİÖEK ÜSTÜNLÜKLERİ: ^Gövde ve kapı raffan istendiği gibi ayarlanabik^Kapılan

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Grand Finale for Young Graduates Orta graduates rounded off the year with traditional Maze Day festivities, their Annual Ball and Graduation ceremony while the Lyceé 3's revived "77", danced the night away at their ball and took a big step towards the future.

Ayşe Odman could not hide her excite­ment as she received her prize

from Engin Asal (above)

According to many spectators, the 123rd Lycee graduation ceremony held on June 10,1990 was one of the most moving and sincere ones in the past years.

The maturity reflected in the faces of the graduating students was worth seeing. It seemed as though in one day the LIII class had suddenly become grown-up ladies and gentlemen. Math department head Whitman Shepard gave a "super" speech as de­scribed by the audience, in which he gave advice to the young graduates.

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Following this, Headmas­ter Harry Dawe also voiced his sentiments. Lycee Di ­rector Ayfer Yeniçağ hand­ed out award plaques to the most deserving students and Ayşe Odman received the admiration of everyone as she was called on stage for most of the awards. Özlenen Kalav ACG'67 was this year's guest speak­er. Now the vice-president in a leading foreign bank operating in Turkey she emphasized the need for the graduates to be respon­sible individuals to themselves, to their community and to their coun­try.

Closing remarks were made by stu­dent speaker Ahmet Uysal. He charmed the audience with his easy manner and original speech accom­panied by the strains of Rodriquez's Guitar Concerto. He animatedly described their seven years at RC and concluded his words by addressing his friends going abroad to study. He urged them to go but also to return to their country which so badly needs talented people like themselves. As the Alma Mater was sung with shiny eyes, another graduation cere­mony had come to an end and young talent were sent out to the world to continue living and learning.

135 young and beautiful people from the Class of'90 gathered to cele­brate a new beginning and share the mixed feelings of their last dinner to­gether, that is, last dinner until their first reunion rolls around! At the graduation ball held on June 7, Satur­day, the young adults shared the night with proud families and facul­ty. Once decorative balloons were let loose that special night, they each took a different path as will all these young graduates. However, some fundamentals will remain the same ,ii RC; a unique sense of unity and closebonds of friendship.

Both RC graduation celebrations at BT were

lively and enjoyable occa­sions. The graduates

sang, danced the horon and cut their graduation

cakes. Plenty of photo­graphs were taken as

souveniers of these happy events.

The Orta Class of '90 graduated this year with a ceremony held on June 7, with proud parents, family and friends present to applaud them. Orta Director George Damon was absent due to an operation on his ankle ten­don and therefore was unable to make a speech.

The opening speech by Headmaster Harry Dawe was followed by the in­troduction of next years Lycee I stu­dents and the presentation of awards. The Director's Service award went to Hande Giilen while Eda Kemahlioglu received an award for the highest grade point average. Bob and Eva Forsgren who were P.E. and Math teachers at RC for the past 4 years were the guest speakers of the day.

As they will be leaving Istanbul to open a new page in their life, students, administration and faculty were very sorry to have to bid farewell.

The moving ceremony was f o l lowed by a reception in front of BartonHALL AND THERE WERE A LOT OF TEARY

goodbyes said as students and teach­ers ended yet another chapter in the education process at RC.

The Orta 3 class of 1990 graduated on June 7, but had already started celebrating the occasion earlier with their annual ball sponsored by the Parents Association, the Parents Club and held at Bizim Tepe on June 2, Sa­turday. Unexpected rainy weather

The Forsgrens who will be teaching in Taiwan next year will be missed.

The traditional Maze Day Festival was as exuberant as ever. The show put on by the graduating Orta 3's was top-rate and received loud applause.

forced them inside for dinner but cock­tails were served around the pool. Yel­low and white was the theme of the decorations and the parents and facul­ty wore yellow carnations on their la­pels. Dinner was followed by speech­es given by the president of the Parents Club, Gülsevil Nalbantoğlu ACG'67 and Headmaster Harry Dawe. The Or­ta Director, George Damon, sent greetings from home as he was recov­ering from an operation due to an inju­ry sustained while playing mini-foot­ball with the Orta's! Merve Mısırlı (Orta 3) played the piano for her class­mates and while the boys asked their mothers to the dance floor the girls were in the arms of their fathers. The dark blue of the pool reflected faces of a happy crowd, celebrating until the early hours of the new day.

77 was a traditional carnival or­ganized by the senior class 77 days before their graduation. Ac­cording to the alumni who cele­brated 77 back in the old days, the fun started out with a parade then continued with various "şakla­banlıklar" and ended with a dress-ball at night. The class of

'90 decided to revive this tradition af­ter it had been laid to rest for many years. Originally, 77 had been the source of many wild and crazy hap­penings like painting the teachers and throwing bed springs out of win­dows!! However, since permission to revive the 77 spirit needed a lot of con­vincing to get, it was decided that this year 77 merriment would be kept un­der more control ! The event started out with dinner at "The Club" restaurant. The next day, everyone spent the en­tire day at the Plateau. In the morning the traditional day/boarder soccer game was played and ended with the boarders' victory. Gökhan Erkinalp, Ertuğ Ayık and Serhan Babaoğlu pre­pared "çiğ köfte" for the picnic and P.E. teacher Bob Forsgren organized a square dance which was very popular.

Even though it was different from the 77 days organized in the old but gold­en days, the class of 90 hope they will be remembered for having revived this tradition and that it will continue in the coming years.

An afternoon of song and dance, jokes and imitations of teachers, filled the maze on the traditional "Maze Day" festivities. Usually held on the last day of school and prepared and performed by the graduating Orta 3 class this colorful afternoon is a great way to view young talent all together having fun while being fun for others! Under the guidance of their chemistry teacher Rahel Cikvasvili and with the special appearance of English teacher Gerard Kennedy, the Orta 3 class en­tertained a very large audience com­posed of faculty, staff, parents, fellow classmates and Lycee students.

This year, for the first time in the history of RC, a group of students made a daring attempt to create their own musical. Members of the Musi­cal Activities Club, under the supervi­sion of Jerry Kent, Gerard Kennedy, Brigitte Işıl and Gi l l Bloor, succeeded in this enormous task. The text of the musical was written by a Lycee III student Kerem Deren, the music was composed and the dances were chore­ographed with the collaboration of many students. By writing, directing and performing, they created a brand new musical, "Delusions". The presi­dent of the club Yeşim Özsoy (LIII) voiced the sentiments of many when she said "To create from scratch, to practice with very limited time and to finally come up with the finished work of art was very difficult. Despite the difficulties it was a source of great pride and excitement. I hope there will be others who will want to feel this excitement in the future." "jf

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FACULTY

The Leading Lady of the College Theater Nedim Goknil RC Yiik'65, a theatrical talent in his own right, interviewed his former teacher Dorothy Iz.

"When asked to interview Mrs. Dorothy Iz, I was more than thrilled. Not only was it going to give me the opportunity to talk to a lady whom I had always liked and admired, but it was also going to take me back to a period of my life which was rich, beautiful and unforgettable. We met in Marble Hall. Years had not made one bit of a change in her. The only change was in her hair. The once blond mane was now cropped short and modern. She was, as always, full of vigor and energy. We toured the new theater building then returned to the teachers' lounge and started the interview over coffee and my in­cessant smoking."

Nedim Goknil - We go a long way back Dorothy. But I want to go even further back and start at the very beginning. When was the begin­ning? When did you start all the things you have been doing in the school theater?

Dorothy Iz - It was 1956. It all start­ed in the old auditorium. There was no proper lighting. What was ordered came smashed, on route. It took a long time to repair them. I think there al­ways was an interest in theater. Re­member this was a hill. The girls did not have much of a life outside the campus. The need to express them­selves was there. We started doing four assembly plays a year and two major productions, all in English.

We used to do a lot of classical plays, like "Hedda Gabler", "The Three Sisters", etc. At the time we al­so had one Turkish History play a year. Students wrote the text. I vividly

remember one play, the theme of which involved the debate of philoso­phers in the presence of Fatih the Con-querer. It contained discussions on the extent the philosophy of Aristotle was

echoed in Islam. We even had the Ja­nissary Band in the production. The sounding of "Allah! Allah! Allah!" for the attack on the "surlar" sent the whole audience into an uproar. It was a great production. Would you be­lieve it, we even had period piece chain-mail, sancak and swords from the military museum.

NG- For the mixed productions, you had the boys coming from the other hill, Robert College... What do you think made them so enthu­siastic about taking part in the A C G productions? Like myself for example...

DI - Good food... (she laughs) NG - Young ladies?

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DI - (Laughs again) Yes! that too... A l l in all, I think the two hills shared a lot in common. But I always thought that the girls spoke better English than the boys. They were exposed to more English then you were.

NG - Well! Let's go back again. What happened when you became coeducational?

DI - That was 1970. The auditorium was torn down. There was no more theater. So we had 6 platforms made from the wood of the old assembly hall, and started staging our produc­tions in the make-shift gymnasium. We staged plays like "Empty Room", "Galileo", etc., and some Turkish plays like "Bozuk Diizen".

NG - So you started doing more modern plays?

Dİ - Yes! Istoped doing classics and concentrated on plays which con­tained material to discuss afterwards. I remember one which was called the "Sarcophagus" by Vladimir Gubaryev on the Cher­nobyl tragedy. It shook the audi­ence.

NG - How do you compare the old students with the new? Which ones

do you still remember as talents? Dİ - For one thing, the older students spoke better English. Also they were chronologi­cally older than the pre­sent students. There­fore they could do older parts, stay late and re­hearse. For example, we cannot rehearse past 5.30 in the afternoon these days. Transportation prob­lems, being very young and all that. NG - I remember us rehearsing up until one, two o'clock in the morning and taking the day student girls back home. Anyway, who do you remember from the old days? Dİ - Well! most. Nevra (Şirvan) Serezli, Mürvet Somuncuoğlu, Çiğdem Selışık, A l i Taygun, Tarık Okyay and many others. NG - Did you have pro­ductions outside the campus? Dİ -Yes ! We took "The Sea" to İzmir. Then we travelled to the States to perform "Mother

More plays

in English,

I think, will be

a real asset

Figure" and "Strangeness of Others" by 4 stu­dents for the trus­tees in New York, and Washington. NG - You are for­getting our fa­mous trip. Dİ - Oh yes! To Nancy, France. That was the only international theat­

er festival we participated in. That was Güngör Dilmen's "Canlı May­mun Lokantası" in English. You re­member the train that took 3 days and we were 8 students and myself in one compartment.

NG - Of course I do. I also remem­ber that we had Jean Paul Sartre and Jules Romain in the jury. I was petrified.

Dİ - Did you know that the present Minister of Culture of France, Jacques Lang, was the Director of that Nancy Festival?

NG - No! I didn't. Well! Dorothy what are your plans for the new fa­cility?

DI -1 would like to call it a multi purpose auditorium. It will be used for other purposes besides the theater. There will be concerts, lectures, ex­ams and possibly other activities. This will involve a lot of careful plan­ning.We have been performing in all kinds of conditions, determined to keep on with the tradition of theater on this hill and we will keep on.

NG - One last question Dorothy. What do you think of reviving old Groups like the "Hisar Players" and also turning the "Campus Fol­lies" into a traditional fund raising annual activity?

DI -1 fully agree. I think it will be marvellous to revive the Hisar Players. More plays in English, I think, will be a real asset. I also feel that "The Campus Follies" was a great happening and that it should be re­peated.

NG - Well! I guess this sort of con­cludes our interview. Thank you very much indeed. *

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COVER

T h e Most Famous T e n W e went ahead and tried to do

the impossible - to shortlist famous and infamous college graduates. The method employed was

to grab the first graduate that came within eyesight and pop the question: "Can you name the first three 'most famous' college graduates that spring to your mind? You have 5 seconds to answer!"

The survey was carried out in the most diverse places to have a representative scientific sample population, which by the way, turned out to be convenient and impressive 100! Unsuspecting graduates of all ages were approached at random on the street, by the Bizim Tepe pool. Telephone interviews were carried out as well as interrogations at the BT Tuesday night bars.

The responses were alike in one respect. Almost everyone questioned remarked that it was impossible to narrow down three names. At the same time, people also had a hard time thinking of a third name! Every now and then, celebrity names crept up in the answers that had no connection to the Colleges.

You will find the results of this survey on the next pages. We hope that it will provide lighthearted and amusing summer reading.

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1. Bülent Ecevit RC'44 Journalist, poet, politician, Prime Minister of Turkey three times in the 1970's. 2. Haldun Dormen RC'49 Theater actor, director, TV personality. 3. Genco Erkal RC*57 Theater actor, director 4. Feyyaz Berker RC Eng'46 Chairman of Tekfen Holding, Trustee of RC and Head of Hisar Foundation. Nevra Serezli ACG'65 Theater and movie actress. 5. Zeki Alasya RC'63 ex. Theater and movie actor.

IHETEN

MOST MENTIONED

6. Halide Edip Adıvar ACG 1901 First Turkish female graduate, author of several Turkish literature classics, was member of parliament during the first years of the Turkish Republic. 7. Burhan Karaçam RA'68 RC Yük*72 General Manager of Yapı Kredi Bank. 8. Cem Boyner RC'74 Head of TUSİAD (Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists Association).

Nejat Eczacıbaşı RC'32 Chairman of Eczacıbaşı Holding, Head of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Talat Halman RC'51 Poet, translator, writer, Turkey's first minister of culture in 1971 9. Engin Cezzar RC '55 Theater actor, director. 10. Ibrahim Betil RA '64 RC Yük '68 General Manager of Garanti Bank.

The Ten Most Mentioned Names came out to be thirteen because of ties. The list of the other names that sprang to mind is on the next page. We know that many more would have come up if the survey had gone on.

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• Vural Akışık

A Cem A Pınar Kozlu Kür

A Ömer Kavur

B e s t K n o w n R C

a l u m n i a c c o r d i n g

t o p a r t i c i p a n t s (in alphabetical order )

Halide Edip Adıvar, Vural Akışık, Zeki Alasya, Ercan Arıklı, Esin Atıl, Mehmet Baler, Kutsi Beğdeş, Feyyaz Berker, İbrahim Betil, Behice Boran, Cem Boyner, Birim Bozok, Ayşe İlgaz Carden, Engin Cezzar, Sahire Çilli, Uğur Derman, Şirin Devrim, Vecdi Diker, Ömer Dinçkök, Haldun Dormen, Bülent Ecevit, Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Orhan Eralp, NeşeErberk, RefikErduran, Genco Erkal, Şenes Erzik, Ersin Faralyalı, Kasım Gülek, Avedis Hacınlıyan, Talat Halman, Korkmaz İlkorur, İsmail Cem İpekçi, Erdal Kabatepe, Cem Karaca, Burhan Karaçam, Ercüment Karacan, Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, Ömer Kavur, Altemur Kılıç, Suna Kıraç, Suna K i l i , Rahmi Koç, Göksel Kortay, Cem Kozlu, Süheyla Kunt, Pınar Kür, Orhan Mersinli, Olcay Neyzi, A l i Neyzi, Hüsnü Özyeğin, Orhan Pamuk, Mihri Pektaş, Ersin Pertan, Nur Sabuncu, Hakan Saka, Selim Sarper, Nevra Serezli, Çiğdem Selışık, Ünal Sihman, Fuat Tahir, A l i Taygun, Ülkü Tamer, Meral Taygun, Tunç Yalman, Alp Yalman, Bedii Yazıcı, Bülent Yazıcı, Vedat Yerlici.

P A R T I C I P A N T S O F T H E Q U E S T I O N N A I R E Nilgün Yucaoğlu» Cahit Düzel • Meral İkizler • Işıl Bilger • Alp Yalman «Suna Kıraç • F atma Barlas • Melih Şensoy • İlker Gülfıdan • Erzin Ataç • Nuran Onar • Zeynep Muşkara • Semih Özmen • Zeynep Erk • Lale Göçmez • Hakan Binbaşgil • Simin Soydan • Suna Eralp • Bülent Şenver «Sami Başaran • Erkut Yucaoğlu • Güler Vafi • Çınar Kılıç • Burhan Karaçam • Salih Katipoğlu • İris Barzilay • Lale Cansun • Meral Müminoğlu • Engin Asal • Işık İplikçi »Leyla İsmier • İsmet Birsol • Cem Kozlu • Nevra Serezli • Can Göknil • Çetin Kurman • Rahmi Koç • İgal Zakuto • Leyla Pekcan • Nazan Kabatepe • Oğuz Karakaş • Berna Erdinç • Neslihan Özer • Emel Göktürk • Sevil Ören • Nadire Özalp • Ümit Samanlı • Gülten Özaltay • Cana Balay • Nesime Morali • Zeynep Yalım • Selmin Tüzel • Leylâ Ohri • Nesrin Ölçmen • Vedat Urul • Seyra Dorken Armay • Kâzime Beygirci • Ester Ruso • Ökkeş Özuygur • Şakir Eczacıbaşı • Aydın Haşefe • Emre Kocaoğlu • Hasan Yazıcı • Betül Mardin • Nuri Çolakoğlu • Suna Haşefe • Celal Üster • Şahin Alpay • Feyza Onursal • Yasemin Kahya • Bülent Garan • Mehmet Kâhya • Şenes Erzik • Ersin Pertan • Ülkü Faks • Nejat Özcan • Ferit Demren • Bülent Özsoy • Sema Özsoy • İpek Demre • Hasan Subaşı, • Nihal Pulat • Atilla Çelikiz • Gül Özseven • Leyla Tara • Hakan Önen • Gülay Demirci • A l i Özkurd • Banu Yalçınalp • Necla Kurukahvecioğlu • Süheyla Yenal • Serpil Yazoğlu • Güler Topkaya • Giray Pultar • Gülay Yumen • Banu Yılmazcan • Dilek Mert • Gülin Aköz • Güney Savaş • Nesrin Gülsoy •

RCQ, SUMMER 1990 22

" İtalyan usulü"bir yer...

Sicily's Pizza

Italian Eatery Pizza ve hamur işlerinde "İtalyan usulü" gerçek lezzeti

arayanlar için rahat, içten, güleryüzlü bir atmosfer... 20

yılı aşkın bir süredir Amerika'da başarıyla sürdürdüğü

İtalyan çeşnisi ve ağız tadı geleneğini,-Mecidiyeköy'den

sonra- Bağdat Caddesine getiren "İtalyan usulü" bir

yer: SİCİLY'S Pizza-Italian Eatery.

Geleneksel (original crust) ve derin tava (deep dish)

"İtalyan usulü" Amerikan pizza çeşitleri... Özel sosları ve

malzemesiyle İtalyan hamur işleri ve ev spesiyaliteleri...

Salata-bar, tatlılar, sıcak ve soğuk içecekler. SİCİL VS

Pizza-Italian Eatery'de herşey özenli ve güleryüzlü bir

servisle, aradığınız tat ve özellikte. İster self-service

(kafeterya) olarak, ister full-service (restoran) olarak...

Pizza ve hamur işlerinde "İtalyan usulü" gerçek lezzeti

tatmak, içten ve kendine özgü bir ortamı yaşamak için,

siz de SIÇILYS Pizza-Italian Eatery ye gelin

Mecid iyeköy 'den sonra,

y a k ı n d a Ş a ş k ı n b a k k a l ' d a !

SICILYS PIZZA Italian Eatery • Mecidiyeköy, Aksoy Hastanesi karşısı

• Şaşkınbakkal, Bağdat Caddesi (yakında)

ANNUAL GIVING

Is Your Name In Print? This year's Annual Giving Report will list loyal alumni contributors ranging from the class of 18 to the class of '90.

T he Annual Giving Report for 1989-90 due out in October will boast many more names than the pre­

vious year. The number of partici­pants has increased to 890 at press time compared to the overall figure of 604 in the initial year.

Close to the end of its second year, the Robert College Annual Giving Campaign is progressing steadily to reach its goal of 300 million TL.

Please consider making your con­tribution at this time if you have not yet joined the ranks of this special group of donors.

Your name in the "Honor Roll" is absolutely crucial for the success of this campaign that has established a substantial source of annual support for Robert College.

Contributions received after Sep­tember 15, will be included into next year's campaign.

form below and mail it to the Alumni and Development Office, Robert Col­lege, PK. 1, Arnavutköy, 80820, Istanbul.

(US residents who are solicited through the NY Office of the Board of Trustees should channel their communications through: Office of the RC Board of Trustees, 850 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022.) *

To Fulfill Your Pledge: For those of you who

have not fulfilled your pledge yet, the follow­ing options are availa­ble.

1. The amount may be billed to your credit card.

2. You may send a check.

3. The money may be deposited to a bank account.

Please fill out the

RCQ, SUMMER 1990 27

MEMORIES

Lucky Luke, The Daltons and Kazim's Place Tahsin Pamir, the artist of drawings that decorated the walls of Kazim's Place for years, talks about the College social life then.

I f Istanbul were to be excavated three centuries from now, the pictures of Lucky Luke and the

Daltons on the walls of Kazim's place might be discovered. Then they would begin to tell the story of the College..." related Tahsin Pamir RC'60, RC Yuk'65 in his account of Kazim's Place and the pictures on its walls. Tahsin Pamir feels he is one of those lucky students who expe­rienced life at Robert College at its best between 1954 and 1971. His election as The Most Athletic Student in 1961 and 1963, his poetry, his drawings, his sur-veyorship and his period as chemistry teacher at his old school after graduation, make him a major figure in the history of the College of those years. He is presently the Turkish manager for METRO shopping centres. No one who was a student on the RC Bebek campus, particularly

if they were boarders, could have failed to breathe the vivid atmosphere of Kazim's. It was a place of great sig­nificance. Everyone met there. It was the only canteen. In rainy weather, hot weather, during lessons and after lessons, students passed their time there. Just some of its patrons who

come to Pamir's mind off hand are Senes Erzik, Baskin Hiidayioglu, Ke-mal Noyan, Ki r i l Kirof... Without ex­ception everyone has an anectode to tell about Kazim's. And after the ar­rival of female students, its popularity exploded. It was the place where all the College students met, confided in one another, conducted their love lives and made plans... It was a place for give and take... In all those years no one came to blows here. "The con­certs given by Giiven and Munir were an added attraction...", Pamir adds. We pass the microphone to Kiri l K i -rof. "It was the main place to escape tests. It was a home away from home to take refuge in. In the evening it was a wonderful place to postpone study-

Tahsin Pamir's drawings of Lucky Luke and the Daltons that decorated Kazim's Place's walls are no longer there. They are now unforgettable sweet memories of both Pamir and the alumni.

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ing. There you shared your fate with those who were not in a studying mood, drinking tea and coffee on the pretext that it would keep you awake... We complained about wait­ing in the queue at the school dining hall, but we cheerfully spent twice as long queuing for a toasted sandwich at Kazim's. You didn't even realise how the time had passed in the chatty exchanges with those around. I wonder if today's students have a place similar in con­cept to Kazim's where they can get to­gether..." Pamir explains where he got the idea of Lucky Luke: "Kazim's walls were dingy grey. One day Özer Kabaş and I decided to decorate the place. It was 1962. Every evening as if drawing a cartoon strip, I drew a character or an incident. I was Lucky Luke, and each of the Daltons symbolised the school's feared personalities: the first Dalton was registration director George Williams, the second Dalton was the physics teacher McMickle; the third Dalton was the physics teacher Welton and the fourth was the mathematics teacher Kortel, the nightmare of engineers. In every story these people were try­ing a student and sending him to the gallows. The teachers themselves were interested in these drawings and used to ask whether a character repre­sented them or not. But the teachers were very tolerant at the College at that time. I wonder how similar esca­pades by a later generation would have been received. The tolerance of our College days en­couraged students to be creative. For instance, to prepare 77, really crea­tive innovative teams were needed, because every class was judged on its 77."

1971 was a transition time for the school. The fashion for posters had begun.Pamir doesn't know why or

who painted over them, but these original

drawings were re­placed by

posters.

S h a r e Y o u r N e w s for the Robert College Quarterly

We and your classmates enjoy keeping up with what's happened and is happening in your life. Please fill out this information sheet and drop it in the mail (Add extra sheets if necessary). Pictures are welcome and will be published in

the future issues of RC Quarterly as they are received.

Name (Mr. Mrs. Miss. Ms.) Date

Maiden Name (if married) or name you were enrolled under while attending the

College

Address

Phone: Home Office Company Name and Address

Graduated ACG / RA / RC Class of .

or Years attended

Further Education

Professional Experience

Children (and ages)

Recent News: (Schooling, Travel, Interests, Hobbies, Field of Special Studies

or Research, Family Growth, Vocation and Avocations, Accomplishments,

Education, Degrees, Musical Talents, etc.)

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S Ö Y L E Ş İ

İnsanları şimdi daha çok seviyorum Geçmiş günleri yad etmenin tadına doyum olmuyor ama, eskiler anılırken bugünü es geçmek olur mu? İşte, eski iki dost, eski iki Robert Kolejli... Kâzime Beygirci ACG'67 sordu, bugünün başarılı klinik psikologu Ester Ruso ACG'67 yanıtladı.

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ala güneşi da­ma bağlayıp, uçurtmaya var mısın Ester" dediğimde göz­leri parladı. "Hem de nasıl?

Üstelik 40 tane sevimli varlıkla" de­di. "İnsanları şimdi daha da çok sevi­yorum, onlara daha bilinçle, daha çok şey verebildiğim için, sevgim büyü­yor. Bunu bilmek çok güzel, verebi­leceklerim ve yapabileceklerim adı­na içim içime sığmıyor."

Sevgili güzel Ester, güzel insan, güzel dost, güzel anne, yetenekli öğ­renci, başarılı klinik psikolog, başa­

rılı iş kadını ve profesyonel öğrenci. Coya fotoğraflarımızı çekerken, A C G günlerimize uzanıyor belleğim. Ne çok flash-back... Sınıfın edebiyat tut­kunları, Ester, Gül (Özgüven), Ayfer (Akşit), Özlenen (Eser), Sema (Öz-can), ben... "İzleri-miz" dergisinde şiir­ler, denemeler, hika­yeler, sınav heyecan­ları, baharı karşıla­manın coşkusu, me­zuniyet balosu... Okul kraliçesi seçil­diğin gün...

1967 Record'ına dönüyorum sonra... Hüma (Bilimer) "you rebel, therefore you exist", Ayfer (Hortaç-su) "Ester, yoksuzluk içinde yetişmiş her in­san doğal olarak bu durumun üzerine eği­lir. Ama salt senin gi­bi, bencil duygular­dan uzak az bulunur kişiler, tatmadıkları aksaklıkları düzelt­mek için çırpımrlar" demişler... İnsan 7'sinde neyse 70'inde de o oluyor de­mek ki.. . Ne güzel tanımlamış kalıcı dostların seni.

Kâzime Beygirci - Ne oldu Ester edebiyata? Yazıyor musun?

Ester Ruso - Edebiyat, artık yalnız­ca beni besleyen bir kaynak. Yaşam bi­zi farklı seçimlere yöneltti. Annelik, eş olma, iş kadını olma, para getiren alan­larda uzmanlaşma gibi.

Ama edebiyat, kişiliğimizi zengin­leştiren, varoluşumuzu anlamlı kılan bir ayraç hala. Okuyorum, özellikle de kadın yazarları.

KB - Hatırladığım kadarıyla Şişli İktisat'ta okuyordun anne olmadan önce, sonra neden psikoloji, ne za­man?

ER - İktisat bana göre bir alan değil­di, kendimi anlatabildiğim, yeni bo­yutlar kazandığım bir konu değildi.

Ne zaman ki, iki kızım odalarının kapısını kapatıp dersleri ve özel ya­şamlarına daldılar, o zaman yeniden okumaya, psikoloji eğitimi almaya ka­rar verdim ve Boğaziçi Üniversitesi'ne girdim.Yani bana gereksinmeleri, gö­rece olarak kalmadığında tekrar vere­bileceğim, bana gereksinim duyacak olanları bulabileceğim bir alana, psi-

Yetişkin

çocuk

çatışması

beni çocuklara

yönelik

çalışmaya itti

kolojiye kaydım. Tam böyle. Bence mutluluğun tanımı insanın kendisi­ne gereksinim duyulduğunu bilmcsi-dir.

KB - Neden psikiyatri değil? ER - Geç kalmıştım, psikiyatri için

6 yil tip okumak gerekiyordu bu bir. İkincisi soru sormak, insan ilişkilerini anla­mak, yorumla­mak benim için hep çok ilginç olmuştu. Ayrıca özgü­ven, bağımsız­lık, para kazan­mak, bunlar da amaçladığım şeylerdi. Bir psi­koloji kliniği aç­tım önce. Çocuklara yöne­lik bir çalışma yoktu başlan­gıçta, ama sonra yetişkin-çocuk çatışması beni

bu alana da itti. Yine de, en önemli et­kileşim bence çiftler arasında; evli­lik, cinsellik sorunları, nesil farkın­dan doğan çatışmalar, davranış bo­zuklukları uzmanlaştığım alan.

KB - Klinikteki yorucu saatler özel yaşamını olumsuz etkiliyor mu?

ER - Hayır, switch-off yapıyorum kapıdan çıkınca. Aksi takdirde başa­rılı olamam, işimde de, evimde de.

KB - Neden bir anaokulu, bir ço­cuk evi değil?

ER - Bu soruyu bize okul açma iz­ni sırasında yetkililer de sordu, eş dost herkes. Kolay yoldan "mis gibi" para kazanmak varken, "Allah'ın al­dığını biz mi verecektik" gibi soru­lar. Bu beni ve ortağımı bezdirdi ama yıldırmadı. Olmayan bir şeyi yapmak, zoru başarmak istedim. Her sorunu tek tek aştık. Mutluyum.

Zeka Özürlü Çocuklar Evi, bir eği­tim kurumu. Tedavi etmiyor, eğiti­yor. Bahçeli ve iki katlı yer aradık. Küçükyalı'da bulduk. İki yakaya ser­vis koyduk. Bakırköy'den gelenler var. Bu, trafikte geçen çok uzun süre demek. Devletin veya kurumların mutlaka benzeri yuva ve okulları aç­ması gerek.

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KB - Nasıl bir eğitim veriyorsu­nuz?

ER - Küçük Bahçe'de 4-12 yaş ara­sı 40 çocuk var. Zeka geriliği; do­ğum öncesi (hücrelerde bozukluk, akraba evliliği, kan uyuşmazlığı), doğum esnası (travma, oksijen yet­mezliğinin beyni zedelemesi) ve do­ğum ertesi (yüksek ateş, menenjit vb.) ortaya çıkan özür. Haftada 5 gün, 9.30 - 16.30 arası beden özürü olmayan zeka özürlü çocukları eğiti­yoruz.

Küçük Bahçe'de çocuklara esas olarak kavram eğitimi verilir. Bu eğitim yemek yerken, oynarken hep sürer. Örneğin, büyük küçük, sağ sol gibi kavramları belleklerine kazı­mak için "patatesin küçüğünü ye, ka­

şığını sağa koy" gibi uyarılarda bu­lunuruz. Önce yemek, temizlik, tu­valet ve giyinip soyunma öğretilir. Soma masa başı çalışmalara yöneli-nir. Kurallar durmadan öğretilir. Toplumdaki kurallara uyum sağla­yabilmesi için, kurallarını kavraya­bilmesi için. Okulda ağırlıklı olarak orta, alt gelir düzeyinden ailelerin çocukları var. Üçü okulun olanakla­rıyla, 10'u yardımsever insanların partial burslarıyla eğitim görüyorlar. Burs için sırada bekleyenler var.

KB - İnsanlara birşeyler verebil­menin seni mutlu ettiğine bir kez daha tanık oluyorum. Sence, ACG'nin ya da yaşama bakış açı­nın böylesi bir yönelişe katkısı ne? ER - Bence ilkokulu özel bir okulda değil de, ayaklarımı yere basmamı sağlayan Cihangir Firuzağa İlkoku­lunda okumanın değeri yadsınamaz.

Orada paylaşmayı, bende olanı olma­yana vermenin mutluluğunu öğren­dim. Sonra ACG'de Mr. & Mrs. Holmstrom'lardan psikoloji dersleri aldım. Onlar hayatımın en önemli ka­rarını almama çok önemli katkısı olan güzel insanlar. Burada Miss Pulat ve Mrs. Kunkle'ı da şükranla anmak iste­rim, değerli hocalardı. Yalnızca bizim sınıftan 5 psikolog yetişti. Ayhan Ak­su, Mirey Namer, Suzette Behmoa-ram, Nurder Çalışal. Ayrıca, hep hiz­met satmayı isterdim öteden beri, ürün değil. A C G bana sormayı, araştırma­yı, merak etmeyi ve birey olmayı, bi­rey olarak topluma katkının yöntemle­rini öğretti. Tabii, yabancı dil öğreni­mi de, bilimsel gelişmeleri izlememi sağladı. 42 yaşında ve Marmara Üni-

ACG, bana birey

olarak topluma

katkının

yöntemlerini

öğretti versitesi'nde doktora öğrencisiyim. Kızlarımdan biri bu yıl üniversiteye gidecek, öbürü de RC'de öğrenci. Evde 3 öğrenci, 3 arkadaşız. Bu da beni zi­hinsel ve bedensel olarak genç kılı­yor.

KB - Çocuklar yaşları nedeniyle okuldan ayrılmak zorunda kaldık­larında ne oluyor, onları izliyor mu­sunuz?

ER - Henüz 3 yıllık bir okul bizimki. Ayrılan yok, ama aileleri de eğitiyo­ruz, yönlendiriyoruz. Çocuklar arasın­da ilkokul bitirebilecekler var, bazı be­ceriler kazanabilecekler var. Basit iş­lerde çalışarak yaşamlarını sürdürebi­lirler. Amacımız ileride bir atölye-okul açabilmek, 12-18 yaş grubuna.

KB - Peki, yabancı ülkelerle bilgi, görgü alışverişi oluyor mu?

ER - Evet, bu karşılıklı oluyor. Ör­neğin, İsveç'ten aynı konuda çalışan­

lar geldi ve Küçük Bahçe'yi gezdi­ler.

Uyguladıkları program ve yön­temleri içeren belgeler yolladılar. Oraya gitmeden de, çalışmalarına ilişkin bilgiler alabildik. Ben İsra­il'de, ortağım da Fransa'da benzeri kuruluşları gördük. Esas olarak Fransız sisteminden yararlandığı­mız Küçük Bahçe'nin bu konuda ge­niş mali ve idari destek gören yurtdı­şındaki benzerlerinin ne denli başa­rılı olduğunu görmek beni çok yü­reklendirdi.

KB - Benzeri kuruluşlar var mı ülkemizde?

ER - Bir tane Göztepe'de var, bir vakfın. Ankara'da da olduğunu duy­dum.

KB - Çalışanlar kimler? ER - Ortağım Dr. Psikoterapist, 8

pedagog, bir konuşma özürlüler için terapist var, ayrıca yemek ve temiz­lik işçileri. 13 kişiyiz. Okulu ev sı­caklığında döşedik. Anaokulların-da diğer çocuklara sağlanan sıcak renkli dünyayı sağlamayı amaçla­dık.

Çocuklarla yapılan çalışmalar, program başlıkları olarak diğer yu-vadakilerle aynı, yalnızca daha ya­vaş, daha yinelemeli, daha çok sa­bır, daha çok güleryüz ve daha az sa­yıda çocuk gerektiriyor.

Bu çocuklar normal çocukların gittiği yuvalara gittiklerinde, özel eğitim verilmiyor. Oysa amaç, özel bir eğitimle giyinmeyi, yemeyi, ku­rallara uymayı, sosyalleşmeyi öğ­renmesi. Küçük Bahçe'de benzer özellikleri olan 5 çocuk bir sınıfta kümelenir ve specific eğitim verilir. Yazmayı, okumayı öğrenebilenler var aralarında.

Çocukların davranışlarına ilişkin istatistikler tutuluyor. İşte bunlar ileride bilimsel yöntem ve sonuçlan anlatan kitaplara dönüşebilir ve kı-yıcığından da olsa yazma hevesimi giderebilirim.

KB - Çocuklardan bağlandığın oluyor mu?

ER - Değişik zamanlarda, farklı çocuklara daha yakın hissedebiliyo­rum kendimi. Önümüzdeki bir yılda da "The Effect of Job Satisfaction on Mental Health" konulu bir tez yaza­cağım.

KB - Ester,verirken zenginleşen yüreğin hiç durmasın.

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Pınar Utku, Gürsan Şeyhun, Su: Melek Bolak, Meral Müminoğlu

ACG'62 Members of the class of

ACG'62 travelled from Ankara and Bursa to join their classmates for their 28th reunion. Wearing pink carnations on their collars, the class enjoyed the get-together with cocktails and lunch at Bizim Tepe. Everyone was in tears with laughter when Figen (Tecimer) Ozan started telling stories about the days and nights in the dormitories. School days were back again for a few hours and fond memories were revived. The videotapes prepared for the '88 and '89 Homecoming days were highly appreciated.

The class members parted with promises to meet again for their 29th reunion in the coming year.

ACG'68 The A C G class of '68

came together for their 22nd reunion on May 26, 1990. On that

an Yağlayan, idil Ergüner, Şafak Kocacıklıoğlu, (from the left) at the ACG'62 reunion.

unexpectedly warm Saturday, eighteen classmates first had lunch at Bizim Tepe, then visited the new buildings, including the theater.

Sevgi Elgin, Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Ayşe Göksel, Semiha Baban, Güney Savaş, Gülin Arkadaş, Sitare Kurtuluş, Nilgün İskenderoğlu, Handan Sezginer, Ömür Göktuna, Hatice Orhon, Nazan Kırkaya, Seçkin Wieting, Şule Özbaşar, Nimet Karan, Sayra

Armay, Gülden Günalp Kurtboğan and Gülgün Canlı were those attending this happy occasion. Everyone of them hope to see more of their friends at these reunions in the coming years.

RA'70

The years go by fast but reunions like the one RA'70 celebrated on June 8, 1990 at Bizim Tepe give us a chance to pause, remember and enjoy the past and the present. 101 people, alumni and spouses, got together on their 20th year anniversary. The participants included former faculty members John Chalfant, Münir Aysu, Şefik Yalçın and Netice Erişen. There was even an alumni from Jeddah, here for the event! The multivision show presented after • cocktails were served, moved everyone at the event. Also, the speeches given by the guest faculty

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A C G ' 6 9 The Class of ACG '69 came to BT for tea on March

17. Animated conversations took place about the film festival, Anadolu Liseleri exams, business projects and regrets for some of the Kadıköy residents who did not come! Promises were made for a fall reunion and plans made to encourage more participation including those from far away like Australia and South Africa.

members, two decades after graduation, added a whole different warmth to the night.

This warmth encouraged people to spend a beautiful night by the pool till the early hours of the next day.

The interest shown to the Alumni Association's souvenier items on display was phenomenal and many alumni also paid their dues to become new members of the association.

RA'71

v s RC'72

Italia'90 World Cup football matches probably could not compete with the excitement felt on June 16, on the Robert College Plateau. The score of the match of the year, '71 vs.'72 was 6-6,

a pleasing result for everyone!

This match which has become a tradition, held every year, started with a kick by Münir Aysu. Well-known referees Doğan Babacan, Güngör Tuncel and Güngör Gürkaynak were the trio in charge of the game. The sunny day was a boost and allowed the all-star teams to enjoy the reunion match, followed by a picnic.

The teams are hoping to challenge each other once again in the near future.

RC'75

The reunion of '75 graduates on June 15, which started out with cocktails at Bizim Tepe was well attended and the atmosphere was lively. Graduates who had long lost touch renewed old

friendships and vowed to get together again at the earliest opportunity. Two teachers, Munir Aysu and Aydin Ungan joined in the happiness and excitement evocative of the good old college days. Address lists of '75 graduates prepared by class representative Zeynep Kunter Muskara were in great demand, and all agreed that five years was too long to wait for another reunion.

RC'75 alumni enjoyed the reunion at the BT poolside.

Castro! GTX

Europcar

European dan kiraladığınız araca kendinizinki gibi güvenebilirsiniz

Europcar'dan kiraladığınız araca bindiniz, yerinize yerleştiniz... silecek koluna asılı

bir "Onay Kartı" göreceksiniz. Bu kart, kiraladığınız aracın tüm kont-rollarının yapıldığını ve "sorunsuz"

olduğunu belgeler. Çünkü, Europcarda tüm araçlar, her

kiralamadan sonra 20 temel konuda "check-up"tan geçirilir. Bu "eheck-up",

genel görünümden iç ve dış temizliğe, motordan frene, silecek suyundan em­

niyet kemerine, yedek lastikten küllüğe kadar... en küçük ayrıntıları bile içerir. Ve

ancak, hiçbir eksiği olmayan araçların kira­lanmasına onay verilir. Europcardan kirala­

dığınız araca kendi aracınız gibi güvenebilir, huzur içinde kullanabilirsiniz.

^ l î S I İ V Europcar'ın Türkiye temsilcisi Esin Turizm'dir.

istanbul • Merkez:

Tel: (1) 154 77 88(12 hat) • Taksim

Tel: (1) 154 77 88(12 hat) • Atatürk Havalimanı

Tel: (1)574 19 08 573 70 24

• Kadıköy Tel: (1)360 33 33(2 hat)

• Bursa Tel: (24) 20 00 16 (3 hat)

izmir • Merkez

Tel: (51) 25 46 98-12 09 65 • Adnan Menderes

Havaalanı Tel: (51)51 30 74

• K u ş a d a s ı Tel: (636) 1 3 6 0 7 - 1 6 7 79

• Ç e ş m e Tel: (549) 279 95

• Bodrum Tel: (6141) 56 32

• Marmaris Tel: (612) 120 01 -123 28

• Dalaman H a v a a l a n ı Tel: (6119) 1117

• Fethiye Tel: (6151)49 95 Antalya

• Merkez Tel: (31)11 88 79-11 1542 11 84 10 -11 12 60

• Antalya Havaalanı Tel: (31) 21 62 48 21 77 80 Dahili: 435

• Steigenberger Falez Hotel Tel: (31) 18 50 00 Dahili: Europcar

•18 47

• Alanya Tel: (323) 119 29 205 84 - 152 39

• Side Tel: (3213) 17 64 -

• Side (Pamfilya) Tel: (3213) 13 44 (2 hat)

• Robinson Club Pamfilya Tel: (3211)47 00 (5 hat) Dahili: Europcar

• Kemer Tel: (3214) 20 83 - 29 09

• Robinson Club Çamyuva Tel: (3214) 63 84 (6 hat) Dahili: Europcar

• Kiriş World Hotel Tel: (3214) 33 00 (10 hat) Dahili: Europcar

Ankara • Merkez

Tel: (4) 118 34 30 118 38 77

• Esenboğa Havaalanı Tel: (4)312 28 20 Dahili : 740

• Ü r g ü p Tel: (4868) 13 15

Adana • Merkez

Tel: (71) 13 47 75 • Adana Havaalanı

Tel: (71) 15 03 80(2 hat) Dahili: 303

• Mersin Tel: (741) 200 17 (2 hat) Trabzon

• Merkez Tel: (031)258 44 - 241 64

• Trabzon Havaalanı Tel: (031) 508 01 (2 hat) Dahili: 83

REUNIONS

ACQ 70 girls sat in the lounge

talking about teachers and friends and

when they went to their rooms to

sleep they discovered no

one actually wanted to!

ACG'70 55 ACG'70 "girls" met

at Marble Hall on June 16, and over tea, exchanged the latest news in their lives. Since they all recognized each other it was decided that most people don't change all that much! After touring the new buildings and celebrating Nese Katirci's birthday at Bizim Tepe, 42 adventurous alumni wishing to relive boarding life came back to the dormitories to spend the night. Not wanting to sleep some of the "girls" went around as ghosts, waking everyone up and keeping

them up until 5:00 in the morning!! After breakfast, the boarders were reluctant to part. Some had travelled far to be together. Miriam Rodrig Farhi came from Tel Aviv, Lale Özes Özkaragil from Germany, Vildan Demirtaş Durmaz from London, Giilru Selek Paksoy from Adana, Gülderen Süzek from Ankara, Beyhan Yeğen Oğuz who recently had a traffic accident came with crutches and stayed the night. She had to be carried to BT on a chair! Such are the bonds that tie us to RC that no matter what, alumni always try to make it back for these colorful reunions!

The RC '80 class celebrated their 10th year with a cocktail and dinner party at BT on June 8. During cocktails everyone was able to recognize each other at once; therefore it was happily concluded that years have not done much harm to anyone. It seemed that getting together and refreshing the memories of the good old days pleased

everyone. The night ended with Münir Bey organizing a special event. Each graduate got up and gave a brief description of his/her past 10 years and this part of the evening received everyone's undivided attention.

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Ankara students got together to relive the College days at a video and multivision show, and took time out for plenty of photos.

A N K A R A

Headmaster Harry Dawe and the President of the Alumni Association Social Committee Leylâ Pekcan were in Ankara to be together with the Ankara alumni at the last lunch of the '89/'90 season on May 5th. During lunch the Homecoming '88 and '89 video shows "multivision" and "Hiç Unutmam, Hocalarımız" were shown.

Following speeches by Mr. Dawe and Mrs. Pekcan, pledge cards for the Annual Giving Campaign were distributed and immediately returned with donations. On June 8, a "Welcome to Summer" dinner party was held and a prize filled lottery drawing added excitement to the

event. During these get-togethers, the Ankara alumni learned to cherish the warmth of togetherness based on common values and shared memories. They agreed that these meetings were to be treasured more and more with time.

The Ankara Alumni announces its Fall'90 program and invites everyone to join them.

-Regular Monthly Saturday Lunches Oct 6,

Nov 3, Dec 1, Jan 5, 1991.

- New Years Party: Dec. 22, 1990

R C '89

The class of '89 had its first reunion on June 2nd, Saturday. Though only one year had passed, there was a lot to say. 58 alumni showed up at Marble Hall even though it was an unbelievably

rainy day. A spontaneous

decision was made to have lunch at Bizim Tepe and the wind and steady downpour couldn't alter plans to be together. Alumni studying abroad and those remaining here had endless discussions and anectodes to share. The next reunion date as written in Record '89 is June 1, 1991 at 1 pm, in front of Marble Hall. See you all there.

Please Note!..

" W ho's Who in Ankara from American Colleges in İ s t a n b u l " is being prepared. If you are living in Ankara, please send your C.V. to

P.O.Box 114 Kavaklıdere 06692 Ankara at the earliest convenient time or call Coşkun Mançuhan 117 54 75 (home 243 26 28/ 243 26 34 (office), Ayla Polat 126 73 54, Eren Artu 235 11 40.

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Yusuf Mardin RC36 The author of "Colloquial Turkish: Turkish Phrasebook in English", several poetry books and a few biographies In Turkish, Yusuf Mardin is married to Seniha Reşit Maykut ACG'42. The Mardin couple Is living in England, Address: "Mola11 Pilgrims Close, Westhumble Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AR England Tel: 884 594

Miizehher Yeğinobal ı Erim ACG'42 Studied classical philology at the Faculty

of Letters, Istanbul Univ. Prof. Dr. Muzehher Erim is presently head of the Latin department at istanbul Univ. At the threshold of retirement after 42.5 years of pursuing her career, she has at different periods, done research at Tubingen Univ, (Germany), Oxford Univ., Univ. of California, San Francisco and Berkely Univ. Having travelled extensively in Europe and the USA she has written books on ancient Greek and Latin literature

and hopes to continue upon retirement. Her family has also been educated at RC. Other than herself her sister Nihal Yeğ inoba l ı ACG'45, her brother Asım Yeğinobal ı RC ENG'55, at present an assoc. prof, at METU, and her daughter Zeynep G ü l e ç ACG'67, RCYÜK'71 ,a l l share the same alma mater. Müzehher Erim is pictured with her daughter Zeynep on her left and her grandaughter Gül Yaprak, who studies at TED College, on her right. Address: 2. kısım blok H-4 16/13 34750 Ataköy-istanbul Tel: (home) 559 77 99 / (office) 520 75 40 / 277,278

Behnam Juma RC Eng '43 Upon graduation from RC, joined the Iraqui Railway as a junior engineer and worked his way through until he became Deputy Chief Engineer. He was later transferred as a traffic manager of the railways. At this post between 1964-67 he attended many international conferences and made friends with many Turks in the railway business, In July 1967 he retired from the railway and opened his own consulting engineering office. His firm became a partner with an American Consulting firm in the design of a major bridge across the Tigris river. He has travelled in many countries all over Europe and has also been to the USA. Gardening and reading are what he enjoys during his free time. He has one daughter (25) who is attending a post graduate course in structural engineering. Address: Şhakir Ghassali Bldg. Karrada Al-Sharkia Bagdad - Iraq Tel: (home) 719 78 3 9 / (office) 718 71 47

Emine Pişkin Dora ACG'46 Emine has 4 children who are all married and 5 grandchildren. Here she is pictured sitting on the steps of Marble Hall, during her senior year, with her friends Turan ( G ö k a y ) Kurdoğlu, Asuman (Ünügür) Müftüoğlu, Naile (Dudaş) Ö k e and one friend we have been unable to identify. If anyone recognizes her could you please let us know? Address: Şirket Geçidi 3 Emirgân - istanbul Tel: (home) 177 63 22

Mehmet Cemal Bolgil RC Eng'57 Mehmet Bolgil is working at U.B.P. Constructions Ltd. and living in Surrey, U.K. with his wife Zerrin Bolgil. Address: Little Orchard Grove Rd. Beacon Hill Hindhead, Surrey GUZ6SQR, United Kingdom Tel: (home) 0428 504072 / (office) 071-284 1955

Feryal Zola ACG'62 Studied at the Univ. of Istanbul's Faculty of Literature upon graduation from A C G . She has a daughter Beyza, who is 15 years old. Tel: (home) 360 60 70

Sam Gatteno RA'64 For the first time In 20 odd years, Sam Gatteno came to istanbul for a visit with his family and dropped by the Alumni Office to catch

up with RC news. After completing his Ph.D, at Columbia Univ. in 1975 he is presently living in Michigan and working as Joint Venture Negotiating Manager at Chrysler, He has extended an invitation to all fellow alumni to visit him in Grosse Pointe if they ever find themselves in Michigan. Address: 542 Lakeland, Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230, USA Tel: (home) 885 2254 / (office) 497 0893

G ü l a y Yurdal Michaels ACG'64 Gülay Michaels is living in England where she is self-employed as a translator, She is married to Robert Michaels. Address: 81a C i c a d a Road, Wandsworth, London SW18 2PA Tel: (home and office) 071-870 9249

Gürkan Kazancı RA 65 Was at RA under the name of Kurken Kazanclyan. Furthered his education at the Faculty of Medicine at Çapa, With a background of specialization in urology at SSK Aydın, SSK Kastamonu and as an assistant professor at Ondokuz Mayıs School of Medicine between 1984-1988, he is

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presently the Chief of Dept. of Urology at the PTT hospital at Bostancı. He has three children, iskender (14), Şahin (10) and Deniz (8) and his interests include American literature, medical terminology and chess. Address: Yenimahale cad . Hamam Arkası sok. 2, Sarıyer Tel: (home) 171 21 3 8 / (office) 171 28 43

G ü n e y Kocaengin Savaş ACG'68 Went on to study at istanbul Üniv. iktisadi ve Ticari ilimler Yüksek Okulu and Ziverbey Eğitim Enstitüsü. She is presently working at the office of the Turkish Head at Robert College and is married to Mehmet Savaş RC Eng'67 who is a manager at Tekstiplik A.Ş. in Edirne. They have two daughters, Aslı (12) and Banu (8). Address: imar Sitesi L blok D,3 Arnatvutköy Tel: (home) 163 25 3 2 / (Office) 165 34 30

Tülin M u m c u o ğ l u Arnık ACG'69 She continued her education at istanbul University of Law, After working in various companies until 1983. She has established her own international inspection and consultancy company, CGS A.Ş., mainly giving service for textile products, She is also the Turkish shareholder of a Finnish-Turkish joint venture textile company, Reima Tekstil A.Ş., producing and exporting children outerwear. She is a member of the Turkish-Soviet Business Council ano Turkish American Businessmen's Association. She has one daughter, Ceren (14 years old). Address: Dümen sok, 7/3 Gümüşsüyü, Taksim Tel: (home) 178 47 14 (Office) 151 48 47/ 145 77 22

Zeynep Erim G ü l e ç ACG'67, R C Y ü k ' 7 1 Studied sociology at METU then received her M,S, in sociology in 1986. She started her Ph.D. studies in 1986 again at METU and having passed the qualification exams she is presently doing research for her dissertation on political sociology. She has also been teaching freshman English in the department of Modern Languages at METU since 1972. Unfortunately, Zeynep Güleç's husband Erbil Güleç who was a geological engineer passed away in Feb, 1989. She has one daughter, Gül Yaprak who is 14 years old, Address: Şen Yuva Mah. Meriç sok. 1/38 Emek -Ankara Tel: (home) 223 57 40 / (office) 223 71 00/ 3162,3147

Tahir Ş a m a n RC'70 He is living in England with his wife Hülya and working with Entrade Ltd. (Enka). Address: 67 Charlbert Court, Mackennal Street London NW8, Great Britian Tel: (home) 071-7221842/ (office) 071-4934213

H.Melih ( Ö z c a n ) Fereli RC Eng'70 He was known as Melih Özcan during his years as a student at RC, His last name was changed to Fereli, Fere being the name of his father's village from which his family immigrated. Address: 5 Crosslands Ave. London W5 3QH England Tel: 081 993 8988

Ümit Bilge Samanl ı ACG'71 Graduated from the Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty in 1977 and specialized in pediatrics. After two years of obligatory duty at the Bolu State Hospital and several years of private practice , she is now

superspecializing in pediatric cardiology at the istanbul University Institute of Cardiology, Haseki. She is married to Vahap Samanl ı RA'67, and BÜ72 and has two sons named Bilge Serdar (8 years) and Sinan (4 months). Address: Acisu Sok.9/12 Taşlık, Maçka Tel: 160 16 14

Ronnie Margulies RC 72 Furthered his education at the City Univ, in London (B.Sc), Cambridge Univ. (diploma in Development Econ,), London Univ. (M,Sc) and of East Anglia (Ph.D). Ronnie Margulies has had experience being an economic bulletin publisher and as a freelance writer. Still not married, he is spending his time putting the final touches on a co-authored book on Turkish economy to be published in London. The company he works for is "Turkey Research and Information Center" in London. He sees classmates Şavker Altıner (England) and Osman Tümay (istanbul) as often as he can. Address: 9 Belmont Road, London N 15 England Tel: (home) 44 81 889 77 20 (Office) 44 81 881 31 99

Semra (Kayaoğlu) Ayarslan RC'73 Studied Business Administration in Portland, Oregon after RC and got her BA in 1977 and her MA in counselling psychology in 1982. She received her medical degree, in 1987, from istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Çapa. She worked at Şişli Social Security Administration

Hospital at the Internal Medicine Department where she completed her "mecburi hizmet", At the present she is preparing for her specialization exams. In 1989, she got married to Prof, Solmaz Ayarslan who worked in the USA for 20 years as a professor of finance and as V.P. of Irving Trust in New York. Despite having been the captain of the volleyball team at RC she doesn't

play anymore, However, Semra does play tennis as well as several other sports. She says her medical career leaves her little time to concentrate on other activities, Address: Ihlamur yolu sok. Koza Levent Evleri Koza 14 D. 16,4. Levent/İstanbul Tel: (home) 179 52 48

Tanzer Başar RC'73 After RC, Tanzer Başar continued his studies at Boğaziçi Univ. and received his B,S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1977. He is still a bachelor and presently the general manager of Ikpas A.Ş, Address: Hacı Emin Efendi sok. Bahar apt. No.3 D. l , Teşvikiye - istanbul Tel: (home) 147 88 2 5 / (office) 141 03 68-141 58 89

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F R I E N D S

Dr. Pauline Heizer (ex-faculty member) She was born in Bebek in 1901 and grew up there. A former faculty member who taught biology after WWI she has retired from doing cancer research at Stanford Medical School and now lives near her daughter, takes care of her large garden and is in good health at the age of 89. Address: 3357 Moraga Blv. Lafayette, Ca 94549 USA

Yosef Dov Asseo RC74 Furthered his education at istanbul Technical Univ., Architecture and Univ. of illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been designing single family residences, apartment buildings, restaurants and library buildings since he started his firm, Yosef Dov Asseo Architecture In Chicago in 1988. He says they, as a firm, are quickly growing and implementing a computer aided design system for all of their projects. His experience working with Fujikawa Johnson and Associates between 1984-1988, was mainly on 40-60 story high reinforced concrete buildings for commercial or residential use. Yosef Dov Asseo says he is currently the President of the Young Internationals Club, a director of the International Visitors Center and an executive Board Member at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, all in Chicago. He is currently in touch with Hatice Öğüş RC 74 (New York), Lale Ansen RC74 and Oton (Toni) Skarpatiyoti RC73 (Washington DC), Erol H a k a n o ğ l u RC 74, (New York) and G ü n d ü z D a ğ d e l e n (Chicago). Yosef says if you are planning to visit Chicago just drop him a note or give him a call. Address: 733 West Aidine Avenue, Chicago-illlnois. 60657 Tel: (home) 312-883 9026 (office) 312 - 883 9044

İ lhan Yıldız RA 74 Having studied In istanbul Medical Faculty and the State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, ilhan Yıldız is currently in private practice in general surgery and vascular surgery in izmir. He is the father of two children, Işıl (8) and Deniz (1). Address: 1386 sok. 19/8 Alsancak, izmlr 35220 Tel: (home) 51 219 612/ (office) 51 630930

Sema Anak RC 75 After graduation, she studied at ist. Univ. School of Medicine till 1981. Then she studied in the same faculty, Dept. of Pediatrics, to be a Pediatrician, After two years of experience in the Dept. of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, she went to Royal Free Hospital, London

University, U.K. for one year to be educated for Bone Marrow Transplantation, After she returned she became an Associate Proffessor in Pe­diatrics in 1989. She is now working In istanbul Univ., School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology and continues her academic career. Address: Siracevizler c a d .

130/3 A Blok, Şişli, istanbul, Tel: (home) 140 45 50-148 55 60/(work) 521 94 50 - 525 92 30/2297 - 2437

Serdar Aksoy RC 75 A graduate of Boğaziçi University, he started his professional career in Marketing at Unilever and continued In Komili. Serdar joined HDM FULMAR Reklamcılık AŞ as General Manager at the

beglning of 1990 when HDM entered Turkish market by purchasing the great majority of Fulmar. HDM is no 16 and at the present is the Fastest growing advertising agency In the world and is founded by Hawas of France (no 1 in Europe), Dentsu of Japan (no 1 in the world) and Burson Marsteller of USA (no 1 PR company in the world). Serdar has a 1 year old son, Address: Matbaacı Osmanbeysok. 17/6 Osmanbey - istanbu ITel: (home) 130 46 11 / (office) 143 17 70-149 78 03

Betül Ç a k m a k ç ı Obdan RC75 After graduating from Robert College, Betül studied at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science. In 1980 she married customs agent Arif Obdan. She has two children, Elif (8 years) and Barış (3 years). Betül

says she would be delighted to get in touch with old friends. Address: Bağdat c a d . Selvill sok. Selvi apt. No: 10, B Blok, D,7 Suadiye -istanbul Tel: 357 51 17

Osman Tüzün RC 76 Osman studied Business Administration at BÜ upon graduation from RC. Between 1982-1984 he worked for Koç Holding and Migros and then joined Şişe C a m where he got promoted to the position of Sales Manager. Presently, he Is the Marketing Manager of Vestel and he continues to enhance his career by attending related international fairs and seminars, Osman's deep involvement in music has been going on for 16 years now. With ever Increasing dedication he continues to pursue his love of music. He plays the"kanun" and is

stiil a chorus member in the Ruhi Ayangil Orchestra and Choral group which performs in the istanbul Festival. Address: Caddebostan, Şen Sokak, Neşe apt. 10/4, Göztepe / istanbul Tel: (home) 350 34 15-350 76 44 / ( O f f i c e ) 17471 79

Hakan Ö n e n RC 78 After graduating from the BÜ Department of Business Administration in 1982, he was in charge of marketing at Menkan Sanayi Ürünleri Pazarlama A.Ş., between '84 and '86, as Product Manager for L'Oreal between '87 and '89 and in March '89 was appointed Market Development Manager at Tifduruk.

ALUMNI NEWS

Önen, who became Assistant General Manager in July '90, is married with a daughter Ece, aged 2, Önen described Tifduruk as the Number 1 printer for the cleaning materials, sanitary and food packaging industry.

Address: Palanga cad . No: 21, D 3, Ortaköy. istanbul Tel: (home) 160 69 3 2 / (office) 567 98 00

Simin Çel ikoğlu Soydan RC'78 After graduating, Simin took a degree in foreign trade and exchange at Boğaziçi University. After completing a trainee course at

Aksa-Akrilik Kimya, she joined Pamukbank, where she worked for four years in the Credit Control and Credit Marketing departments. She then transferred to Ege Bank Invest, and is currently Sales Manager at Yapi Kredi Investment Banking. She married C a n Soydan, a dentist in 1989. Address: Birkent, R BLok, B-3 Korukent yolu, Levent - istanbul Tel: (home) 167 55 61 / (office) 132 62 00

Filiz Yavuz RC'76 After RC, Filiz attended BU and received a B.S, in industrial engineering in 1980. In 1982, she received an M.S. In the same field from the Univ. of Miami, Since then, she has been working at Suave Shoe

Corporation in Miami, Florida as a Sr. Industrial Engineer specializing in computer aided design and manufacturing systems and systems automation. Filiz would love to hear from old friends and if you are ever in her part of the world, look her up! Address: 9916 NW41 street Miami, Florida 33178 USA Tel: (home) 305-477 7229 / (office) 305-822 7880

Mary Yuvanidis RC76ex. She was known as Marika while at RC. After junior school at RC she attended the Evening Commercial High School while working as a secretary at Merkez Deniz Acenteliği. In 78-'87 she worked at Tekfen inşaat, and since '87 has been working as an executive secretary of Bülent Şenver at Pamukbank, She enjoys being an executive secretary and the friendly working relationship with her colleagues. She would

be very happy to get in touch with former school friends, Address: Bilezikçi sok, No: 153 D. 10 Emek apt. Kurtuluş - istanbul Tel: (home) 148 95 32

Sedat Karaosmanoğ lu RC76 Graduated from the istanbul Faculty of Medicine and specialized in obstetrics and gynecology, He works part-time at Zeynep Kâmil Maternity Hospital and has a private practice in Kadıköy. Due to rotation duty he has recently spent two interesting months in Doğu Beyazıt. Address: Bakla sok. 18/2

Croutier lectures on the "Harem" in NY

T he Alumni Associ­ation and The Board of Trustees

of Robert College in New York City welcomed Alev Lytle Croutier ACG"63 as guest lecturer on May 10, 1990.

The lecture, based on her highly acclaimed book, Harem: The World Behind the Veil, was at­tended by enthusiastic Alumni/ae, Trustees and Friends. Chairman of the Board Rodney B.Wagner opened the program, then turned the evening over to Ms. Croutier to entertain and inform with her lecture and slides and to answer questions posed by her au­dience. Closing remarks

were graciously given by Mrs. Emel Glicksman ACG'57, President of the Association.Following the program, more than 100 guests met at Anatolia, New York's lovely Turkish restaurant, for cocktails and a gala dinner.

Joining the group were Amb. and Mrs. Mustafa Akjin RC50, and Deputy Consul General Vesahan Ocak and Mrs. Ocak. Erol RC'74 and Rachel Benjenk RC77andMusaRC77 and Lika Levi Yenni RC'77 were on hand to extend warm welcomes to their many friends and fellow alumni/ae, trustees John Guest, Barbara Lawrence, Susan and Alfred Ogden,

Jane and Walter Page and Robert Trainer also took part in the festivities.

The many smiling faces

and the warm atmosphere of fun and friendship proved that the evening was a de­lightful success.

Barbara Cramer, A. Croutier, Amb. M. Aksin, Lauren Cramer, Mrs. Baum shared a table at the gala dinner.

RCQ, SUMMER 1990 44

ALUMNI NEWS

Güven apt. Kadıköy Tel: (home) 345 53 6 7 / ( O f f i c e ) 349 48 81

Esin Uslu Avşar RC'80 After RC, Esin majored İn Business at Boğaziçi Univ. with a concentration in marketing. She worked as a sales representative at PaşaPahçe for three years

Pefore moving to Glrne, Cyprus In 1989 due to her husPand's job. For the past year and a half, Esln has been working as the Director of Student Affairs at the University College of Northern Cyprus which is the middle eastern campus of Southeastern Univ. based in Washington D.C Address: P.O. box 388, Girne KKTC

Meral Bolak RC'81 She studied English Literature at BU upon graduation from RC. She did her graduate studies at Southern Illinois University. After studying at the Ph.D, program for two years she came back to istanbul. She is working for Cen Ajans Grey as account executive in the international clients department, Her marital status has not changed since she graduated from RC! Address: Nispetlye Mah., Peker sokak, Yasemin apt. 22, 1. Levent / istanbul Tel: 164 03 69

Selim Taylan Koseoglu RC83 Dear Friends, as you may know, my part-time hoPby was to apply to the US during the last year of school. This time I was accep ted by the

Pediatrics division of Massachusetts General Hospital, a primary teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. After graduating In second p lace from medical school, I p laced first In the Turkish Clinical Sciences competition, got one of the highest scores In FMGEMS, received third place in TUS and completed four months in the Dept. of Ophthalmology In istanbul Tıp Fakültesi. I am greatly looking forward to an academic career In pediatrics and needless to say I will be very happy to see you if you come to Boston and I plan to contriPute to the well being of your children. Address: Ebulula C a d . Akatlar Maya Sitesi J1 D.l 1 80630 istanbul Tel: 178 27 11 Beacon Hill, 34 Grove Street, Boston, MA, USA

Serra Ersan RC'85 Daughter of İnci Gergel As ACG'67 ex., received her degree in architecture from the Technical Univ. of istanbul in June 1989. She Is presently working for EVO Design. Address: Hüsrev Gerede C a d . 63/7 Teşvikiye, istanPul.

Sırma Umur RC'85 After graduation from RC In '85, she attended Business Administration Faculty of BÜ. Just after completing her undergraduate studies she started her MBA at BÜ. Currently, she is working at Procter & Gamble Co . in the Marketing Department while writing her MBA thesis. Address: Hüsrev Gerede C a d . No:70 - 72 /6 80200 Teşvikiye / istanPul Tel: (home) 161 88 68

OBITUARIES

irfan G ü c ü m RC Eng 50 Passed away In March 1990. He is survived by his wife Tamer Gücüm and children Ceyhan and Reyhan.

Yaman Veral RC74 Yaman Veral who has been one of the best friends of the Ankara Alumni Group passed away on May 18, 1990. Ankara based graduates wish to express their sorrow upon death of diplomat Yaman Veral and offer condolences to his parents and

colleagues. To keep his name alive, a fund will Pe established by the Ankara Social Committee. Please contact Coşkun Mançuhan (4-175475), Ayla Polat (4-1267354), Eren Artu (4-2351140) and/or write to P.O.B. 114, Kavaklıdere 06692 Ankara, iş Bankası Ankara Köroğlu Şubesi 4234-300-31965

Dixie Lee Bell (ex-faculty member) Also known as Mrs. Hasan while teaching math at Robert Col lege, died of a-car accident In California the spring of 1989. She had last Peen teaching at Chico State College and had been voted teacher of the year.

Arif Samih Şinink RA'59 Maintenance Manager at Pan Am, Arif Samih Şinink died of a heart attack in the spring of 1990,

He Is survived by his wife Hale Şinink and children, Billur and Melis,

Keskin Kılıç RC'43 ex. Passed away in April 1990, He is survived by his wife Nuhbe Kılıç and brother Altemur Kılıç RC'44.

Despina Spanieles Agapalidou ACG'29 Passed away In July 1988. She is survived by her son Damlanos Agapalides, her daughter Lillian Agapal idou-Panagopoulou and five grandchildren.

Alexander Veglery RC Eng'26 Passed away on April 8, 1990 leaving behind his daughter Anna Veglery. He was an expert on Byzantine coins and was the author of two Pooks on the subject.

Osman Evran RC'90 The tragic death of one of RC's youngest graduates in a car accident in July 1990 saddened the class of '90 as well as the whole RC community. A successful basketball player and a brillant math student, Osman, who was from Denizli, lived at RC as a boarder

for the past seven years. The son of Raife and Vedat Evran he will always be remembered for his everlasting energy and desire to live life to Its fullest as well as his extreme honesty. He is survived by his parents and two sisters.

RCQ, SUMMER 1990 45

QUESTIONNAIRE

Is the Future a Labyrinth? 1. Which three words would you choose to describe yourself? Emotional %18.3 Cheerful %11.7 Clever % 10.0 Shy %9.4 Honest %8.8

2. Is the future a labyrinth or broad meadows? Labyrinth %56.3 Broad meadows %40.6 Neither %3.1 3. Do you like taking responsibility? Yes %49.7 No %38.3 Sometimes %12.0

4. Are you selfish? Yes %25.7 No %60.4 Sometimes %13.9 5. Do you enjoy being alone? Yes %41.0 No %39.3 Sometimes %19.7 6. Do you believe that love demands self-sacrifice? Yes %85.2 No %14.8 7. Are you jealous? Yes %47.4 No %46.2 Sometimes %6.4 8. What do you expect from your friends? Sum up in just three words... Understanding %24.7 Affection %22.9 Honesty %20.0 Reliability %18.8 Loyalty %17.1 9. Do you think it is possible to live without affectation? Yes %35.6

Objective, is the lyceé school students' own magazine, which is

edited and published by themselves... In the

April issue they published the results of

a questionnaire on a wide range of subjects to which 170 students responded. The results give interesting insight into contemporary RC students' attitudes-

No %62.4 Sometimes %2.0 10. What is the word you use most frequently? Abi; hadi ya; inanmıyorum; evet; hayır; bariz; şey 11. In what areas do you feel pressurised? School/lessons %22.9 Family %17.6 University %10.0

The future %3.2 Sex %7.7 Society %7.1 Dormitory %5.9 None %8.2 12. How often do you go to the theater? 1 - 2 times a year % 17.6 3 - 4 times a year %39.4 1 - 2 times a month %34.1 3 - 4 times a month %5.9 More than 4 times a month %1.2 Never % 1.8 13. How often do you go to the cinema? 1 - 2 times a year %2.1 3 - 4 times a year %14.0 1 - 2 times a month %42.4 3 - 4 times a month %33.8 More than 4 times a month %7.7 14. What types of music do you listen to? Pop %37.6 Rock %28.2 Classical %25.9 Hard-rock / heavy-metal % 18.9 Avant-garde music %18.2 Jazz %17.6 Rhythm and blues %10.6 Acid %9.4 New-wave %8.2 Every kind % 11.7

15. Do you keep track of new types of music? Yes %74.6 No %24.0 Some of them % 1.4 16. Which newspa­per^) do you read regu­larly? Hürriyet %41.8 Cumhuriyet %37.6 Milliyet %35.5 Güneş %8.2 Fotospor %7.6 Tercüman %7.1 Sabah %6.5

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Borusan'ın ilkeleri vardır!

ileri teknoloji. Değişmeyen, üstün kalite. Uluslararası standart. Zamanında teslimat.

Borusan, İşte bu ilkelerle İşe başladı. Üretimden pazarlamasına kadar her aşamada, bu ilkeleri titizlikle uyguladı. Böylece, sanayimizde bugünkü yerine ulaşırken, ihraç ettiği ürünleriyle dünya pazarlarında da tanındı.

Bugün, çelik borudan çelik profillere, elektrolitik yöntemle kaplanmış çelik bantlardan galvanizli saclara, ağır sa ­nayi makinelerine, motor supaplarından amortisörlere kadar her alanda, Borusan adı, "titizlik" ve "sorumluluk" anlamına geliyor.

Çünkü Borusan, otuz iki yıldır ilkele­rinden ödün vermiyor.

Borusan Birleşik Boru Fabrikaları A.Ş. • Kerim Çelik Mamulleri imalat ve Ticaret A.Ş. • Birlik Galvaniz Sac Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. • Borusan Makine imalat A.Ş. • Boru Nakliyat ve Ticaret A.Ş. • Birlik Çelik Ticareti A.Ş. • Borusan Otomotiv Yatırım ve Pazarlama A.Ş. • Borusan Amortisör imalat ve Ticaret A.Ş. • Supsan Motor Supapları Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. • Borusan Oto Servis ve Ticaret A.Ş. • Askon inşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.