Cindy’s service to Princeton is evident through her commitment to the Princeton Club of Orange County’s Alumni Schools Committee, for which she has volunteered since 1985. From 1993 through 2007, she served as the committee chair, arranging for thousands of Orange County high school students the opportunity to interview with Princeton alumni. For the last several years, she has served as the PCOC’s Treasurer.

Cindy has also given back to the community by serving as Treasurer for a number of organizations, including the Newport Harbor High School PTA Board, Girls Soccer Boosters and Wolfpack Soccer Club. She was a Board Member of the school’s Educational Foundation, and also serves as an AYSO Soccer referee.

This year’s dinner was attended by more than 50 Princetonians and guests. The PCOC was delighted to welcome Dean David Dobkin, Dean of Faculty at Princeton, and hear his description of the position and the fascinating stories that come with the role. He accurately asserted that most students never know the name, face, or role of the Dean of the Faculty. However, the group came to understand well how the Dean’s actions and judgments profoundly affect the student experience at Princeton. As both Dean and Phillip Y. Goldman '86 Professor of Computer Science, Dobkin keeps a foot in both the faculty and the administration camps. The program was most fascinating in its description, often humorously so, of the inner workings of academia that mere outsiders seldom witness.

Dean David Dobkin, Cindy Barnard '85 and Chris Looney '95	Award Recipient Cindy Barnard '85	Featured speaker Dean David Dobkin
Dean Dobkin and current Princeton students

2010 Award

Peter graduated with honors from Princeton in 1965, majoring in economics, and received his master's degree in business from Stanford in 1967. He has served as a member of the Alumni Advisory Committee to Princeton's Economics Department and on the Schools Committee, and has been very involved with the Class of 1965.

Peter currently serves as Founder and Chairman of the Board of the Fieldstone Group of Companies and the Fieldstone Foundation. Since its inception, Fieldstone has built nearly 26,000 homes in Southern California, Utah and Texas. Involved in homebuilding since 1968, Peter is a recognized leader in the industry, having been named the National Builder of the Year for 1989 by Professional Builder magazine, among many other industry honors.

His guiding principle of supporting the communities in which the corporation does business led to the creation of the Fieldstone Foundation in 1983 to provide grants, leadership development and service to nonprofit organizations working in the communities. Over the years, the Foundation's Leadership Network has trained more than 1,300 non-profit executives.

A committed Christian, Peter sees his faith as an integral part of his business life. His Christian principles are reflected by his participatory management style and a value-driven approach to business. Today, Peter and his wife, Gail, spend much of their time on the work of First Fruit, Inc., which was founded on the simple premise of giving grants from a heart of generosity and with wisdom to Christian-led organizations in the developing world. The Ochses have traveled extensively all over the world for First Fruit to meet with the people they support and provide encouragement and mentoring.

The Tiger Tribute dinner is proving to be the PCOC's premier event, with more than 60 alumni, Princeton parents and guests attending. The evening also included a presentation on the American democracy by UCI Politics Professor Shawn Rosenberg, who filled in for our scheduled speaker on a moment's notice.

Award recipeint Peter Ochs '65 and family	Peter Ochs '65 and Chris Looney '95	Jay Heffron '74, UCI Professor Shawn Rosenberg, and Jodi and Martin Greenbaum P'12
Mary Ann Poladian P'12 P'14, Gail Ochs and Peter Ochs '65	Armene Humber, Melissa Moffa and Duncan Moffat'69	Armene Humber, Roger Philips '67 and Antoinette Philips
Michael Eidam '96, Nazanin Saedi '03 and Chris Porter '98	Princeton Professor Fred Greenstein and Chris Looney '95	Roger Philips '67, Amit Lal '88 and Chris Looney '95
Stacy Thurber Whitelock '96 and Sarah Metherell '94	"In The Nation's Service Award" recipeint Peter Ochs '65

2009 Award

Reflecting the university's motto - "In the Nation's Service and in the Service of All Nations" - the award is presented each year to a deserving individual living in Orange County who has demonstrated a commitment to serving our country. That service can represent efforts on a local, regional, national or global level.

For the last 13 years, Peter has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mission Hospital, where he is directly responsible for providing leadership, accountability, coordination, and communication consistent with tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange by continually improving the health and quality of life of people in the communities they serve. Under Peter's leadership, Mission Hospital has received numerous awards for quality of care and service to the community.

Peter serves on the board of a number of local and state organizations, has been involved with the Boy Scouts of America, Summer Olympic Games Organizing Committee, and serves on the JSerra High School Board of Trustees. In service to Princeton, Peter has been a long-time member of the Alumni Schools Committee here in Orange County and Princeton's National School Committee. Peter is a member of the Princeton Club of Orange County, and serves as Vice President of the Princeton Football Association.

The 2009 Tiger Tribute dinner was the club's largest event in recent history, with more than 60 alumni, current students and Princeton parents attending. The evening also included a presentation on "Political Bubbles" by Professor Nolan McCarty, the associate dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Karen Ketchum '84, Ed Thurber '62 and Ann Thurber	Carter Greenbaum '12, Jodi Greenbaum P'12, Jennifer Sakioka '08, Martin Greenbaum P'12 and Katlin Poladian '12	Nazanin Saedi '03, Joe Dolan '07 and Michael Eidam '96
Professor Nolan McCarty, Larry Van Pelt '80 and Linda Van Pelt	Professor Nolan McCarty and Chris Looney '95	Chris Looney '95 and award recipient Peter Bastone '80
Antoinette Philips and Roger Philips '67	Amit Lal '88, Rachna Lal, Mary Ann Poladian P'12 & P'14, Katlin Poladian '12	Roger Philips '67, Katlin Poladian '12, Professor Nolan McCarty and Carter Greenbaum '12
Chris Looney '95 and Chris Porter '98

2008 Award

Reflecting the university's motto - "In the Nation's Service and in the Service of All Nations" - the award is presented each year to a deserving individual living in Orange County who has demonstrated a commitment to serving our country. That service can represent efforts on a local, regional, national or global level.

Ellen was recognized for her tremendous contributions to the Club, including establishing the Princeton Book Award for Secondary Schools, her efforts as coordinator for the graduate school alumni and Princeton in Education series, and for her extensive interviewing of high school seniors for the Alumni Schools Council.

In 2008, largely due to Ellen's efforts, the PCOC was a co-winner of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Regional Association Award for increasing participation of Princeton graduate alumni in its regional activities and fostering the cause of graduate education.

The annual dinner, which was one of the best-attended events in the Club's history, also featured an insightful and entertaining presentation by Professor Lawrence Rosen from Princeton's Anthropology department on Arab culture and politics.

2007 Award

The 2007 recipient, George Elsey, was a small-town kid from western Pennsylvania who graduated from Princeton in 1939 and received an A.M. from Harvard one year later. At the age of 24, Elsey was assigned to Franklin Roosevelt's top-secret intelligence and communications center in the White House.

As an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Elsey helped brief the president and his senior associates on war events. He and his map room colleagues acted as the secretariat for Roosevelt's cabled exchanges with Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek; filed records of "summit conferences"; and stored in safes plans for future operations.

Elsey's duties continued with Harry Truman's succession to the presidency. In 1947, he shed his Naval Reserve uniform and joined the White House's civilian staff as assistant to the special counsel to the president. In 1949, he became administrative assistant to the president, and, in 1952, he became a member of the Mutual Security Agency staff.

His memoir, "An Unplanned Life," is a fascinating and invaluable read for anyone with an interest in history.