USD Magazine, Spring 1993

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tions. She has served on the boards of the Old Globe Theatre, the San Diego Sym– phony, the San Diego Opera, La Jolla Country Day School, and Children's Hos– pital and Health Center of San Diego. Her numerous honors include: Woman of Vision from the San Diego League of Women Voters (1992); Philanthropist of the Year from the San Diego chapter of the National Society of Fund-Raising Executives (1991); and Outstanding Vol– unteer Service from United Way (1985). Warren's husband, Frank Warren, is the owner of Warren Properties of Ran– cho Santa Fe, which owns and operates properties in 16 states. The Warrens also own the La Jolla Bank, of which Frank Warren is chair. Under Joanne Warren's direction, the Warren Family Foundation has benefited such causes as Children's Hospital and Health Center, Scripps Clinic, UC San Diego Medical Center, and the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation. CHONG WAN KIM, a renowned archi– tect and urban planner, began serving a three-year term on the board this spring semester. Kim is a native of Namwon, Chonbook Province, Korea. His parents, who still reside in Namwon, have believed so strongly in the importance of education that they established a scholarship foun– dation following the Korean War to assist needy students. After graduating from the University of Washington in 1956, Kim gained six years of professional experience with vari– ous Seattle architecture firms. In 1971, he won the prestigious Mellon Fellowship from the University of California, where he later received dual master's degrees in architecture and urban planning. In 1978, Kim joined San Diego's Hope Consulting Group as its director of design and planning. In 1984, he opened his own firm and delved into such projects as Daley Center and the Emerald-Shapery Center and Pan Pacific Hotel. Kim designed the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Hotel and helped plan and design light-rail trolley stations for SANDAG and the Metropolitan Transit District.

retired as president of Allied-Signal International Inc. Derbes is an active member of numerous community service organiza– tions. He is on the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America and has been a director of the National Committee, U.S.-China Trade; and the U.S./U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council. He also is a director of Oak Industries Inc., WD-40 Co., San Diego Gas & Electric, Wahlco Environmental Systems, and Pacific Diversified Capital. He has served on the boards of the United Way and Scripps Memorial Hos– pital Foundation and is a member of the finance committee of the hospital foun– dation. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Derbes earned a B.S. in engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an M.B.A. in management and mar– keting from Xavier University. Follow– ing his 1952 graduation from West Point, he served four years as a U .S. Army officer in Germany, France and the United States before joining AiRe– search Manufacturing Co. of Arizona, a division of the Garrett Corp., one of the Signal Cos. In a distinguished 24-year career at Garrett, Derbes was vice president and general manager of AiResearch Manu– facturing Co. of California from 1975 to 1979, when he was named Garrett's executive vice president. In 1980, he joined The Signal Cos., serving as both executive vice president and president until the merger of Signal and Allied Corp. in 1985. JOANNE WARREN, a USD trustee since 1986, has served the university as chairman of the executive committee of USD's successful "Education for a New Age" Capital Campaign. A resident of Del Mar, Warren has been a guiding force in many of San Diego's leading arts and civic organiza-

DANIEL W. DERBES

Daniel W. Derbes, president of Signal Ventures, has been elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of San Diego, and Joanne C. Warren, president of the Warren Family Founda– tion, has been elected vice chairman. Chong Wan Kim, AIA, president of C.W. Kim, AIA, Architects & Planners Inc., has been named a member of the board. DANIEL W. DERBES, a USD trustee since 1981 and vice chairman of the board since 1990, replaces the late Ernest W. Hahn as the head of the uni– versity's 36-member governing body. Derbes has served the university as chair of the academic affairs and annual fund committees and of USD Corporate Associates. A resident of Rancho Santa Fe, Derbes formed Signal Ventures, a pri– vate investment group, in 1989 after he

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