Profiles

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  A Book You Could Love

  By John Callanhan
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  Gwen Pacarro B.A. ‘76

  In the wee hours of the morning in Hawaii, 11-year-old Gwen Pacarro rolled out of bed to deliver newspapers with her brother. At age 14, she ventured into babysitting, and the following year she was part of the team that opened the first Farrell’s ice cream parlor franchise in Honolulu. “I’ve pretty much been working ever since,” she says. On April 13, her 53rd birthday, Pacarro took the helm as executive director and manager of the Morgan Stanley Global Wealth Management Group office in Hawaii.
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  Kat West J.D. ‘97

  I remember when spiny lobsters were as thick as fleas on a dog,” says Kat West, who grew up in the Florida Keys. “It was hard to throw a rock in the water without hitting one.” But over the years, she watched the lobster population dwindle significantly. Later, during two years of extensive travel after graduating from the University of Florida, West discovered similar widespread habitat degradation and made a commitment to help reverse that trend.
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  Andrew Dittmore B.A. ‘04

  Dittmore was recently awarded a prestigious National Defense and Science Engineering Graduate Fellowship, which rewards individuals with demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced science and engineering. He’s the first Lewis & Clark graduate to receive this honor, and one of 200 winners selected from 3,400 applicants.
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