News Scrapbook 1979

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John Chambers has set the not-so-modest goal of figuring out the Middle East. - George Snj1th photo

THE SAN DIEGANS Researcher seeks key o Mideast By GUS STEVENS TRIBUNE Stoff Wriltr the black jungle nights and of finally being relieved and . nt to New Zealand.

"About 70 percent of our outfit had malaria," Chambrrs said, picking up his pipe and hghling it again. "After about ·1x months they sent me to a convalescent hospital at Rancho Santa Fe railed the Burham home " Chambers recovered and finished the war at Quantico, Va., as an instructor at an officers' training school, but his career was far from over. He stayed mthe Marines after the war, gomg to ea for more than two years and serving as a battalion commander of infantry and as operations officer of the 1st , !arine Division. Along the way, he earned a bachelor's degree Finally, in 1964, Chambers ended 24 years' serv1cr and walked into civilian life with a lieutenant colonel's pen~10n and seven children to support. "I had to keep working," Chambers said, "so I went to San Diego State and got a master's in political science. Then I went hunting, and there were some offers, but we Jived here, and when the University of San Diego nodded, I accepted." Today, Chambers is an associate professor of pohtical science, a 14-year faculty member at USD, in a job he wants to keep for the rest of his academic life. His Middle East project is one of gathering data from that part of the world, arrangmg it so that it can be digested by a computer and then making it available for convenient call-up by scholars or anyone else studying that area. Despite years of thought and months of active research, Chambers is hard-put to explain Middle Eastern behaVIor "I am looking at 26 countries in the Middle East regional subsystem," he said, "working on the patterns of hostility and amity from 1946 through the Camp David peace treaty this year "Is the L .S. doing the right thing in its )liddle East policy? I can't say. What will happen next? I can't say. There is too much instability. We simply don't know enough. "We are looking at an area that is rooted in its past, an area that never had a renaissance. They haven't been able to give a rebirth to the great things they once did m mathematics, engineering - like the pyramids - and language "I can say the main thing I've learned in three word. Beware of zealots." The interview was ended and Chambers was lighting his pipe yet another time, clouding himself in blue smoke as he studied a huge map of the world.

As he labors m his tmy office in a quiet corner of the campus, birds make a racket on the grass outside his window, the sun slants at a sharp autumn angle and the nearby bell tower tolls the quarter-hours. There are lots of quarter-hours of work for John Chambers th e days, because the University of San Diego has freed 1nm from classroom obligations for six months so he can devote au of his thought, research and energy toward unlocking a riddle of the decade. Chambers' puzzle is one that has stumped Americans ranging from the casual scanner of newspaper headlines to White House foreign pohcy advisers. Chambers Is studying the Middle East, gathering information from more than two dozen countnes, hoping to contribute to solut10n of the nddle of why the Middle East behaves the way it does and what it may do in the future. Very quickly, Chambers informs a visitor that he's a long way from arranging all the pieces properly. There is too much history, too much that is without logic, too much entrusted to passion rather than to reason. But Chambers 1s a mature man, a patient man who 1s willing to push the heavy door open an inch at a time, sifting through the sounds and shadows that lurk behind it Chambers' past has taught him the discipline of a patient scholar He is 61 now, a pleasant pipe-smoking man who goes through a book of matches per smoke. His d1sclplines came early in his career. He was born in Springfield. ill., where he grew up and was studying prelaw al the local college when World War II loomed. "I knew we were gving to get mto it pretty soon," Chambers said, llghtmg his pipe one more time, "so I went down and enlisted. I wanted a rifle, nothing more." Chambers was sent to San Diego, where he got his wish. The Marines trained him as an infantryman and, when war broke out a few months later, he was sent from Camp Elliott to Samoa with the 8th ,Mannes. They made Chamber go to school after all and, after an eight- week crash ~ourse on Samoa, he became an officer. Later that year, 1942, he went to Guadalcanal as the commander of a machine-gun platoon Chambers survived with many stories of battle, of being lost in

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SMALL COLLEGES

Tuesday, November 27, I979

THE SAN DIEGO UNION D-5 Gulls Prove Walsh Prophet With Best Season Since '7 4

By AILENE VOISIN Staff Writer, TIit SOn D1"0 UniOII

defensive strength. "Not to be greedy or any- thing, but we should con- ceivably have been 10-1," Walsh, the first year coach said. "We never should have lost to Chico or Hum- boldt State. "On the whole, though, it was a pretty good year. An S-3 record isn't too bad." No, indeed. * * • USD and usn; begin the basketball season this weekend, while two other schools, Pt. Loma and UCSD, continue theirs. USD opens its initial Di- vision I year Saturday at home against Samford (Alabama), a team with an 11-16 1978 record, and more importantly, a 6-10 center Samford's front line in- cludes Steve Khan in the post, and forwards Robin Bumbry and Ronald Rad- ford, 6-7 and 6-8, respective- ly. As if that wasn't enough, the Bulldogs' top scorers are the guards, 6-3 Marvin Stewart and 6-4 Steve Bark- er. "They've been an estab- lished Division I team for several years," said USD Coach Jim Brovelli, "and obviously, very, very big. They could be tough." The Toreros will go with last year's starting team; center Joe Evans (6-8), for- wards Bob Bartholomew (6-7) and Russell Jackson (6-5). and guards Mike

home-court advantage. Only three of USIU's 22 games will be at the Sports Arena. The others are at places like Nevada-Las Vegas, Denver, Colorado and Illinois State. Pt. Loma goes after its third win of the season and first in two years against Occidental Friday, then •hosts LaVerne Saturday.

tons open against Pomona- Pitzer, with Sonoma State and Claremont Mudd meet- ing in the first contest. "We have to cut down on the turnovers (30)," Coach Ron Carter said concerning the Redlands loss. "We blew that one ourselves. And surprisingly, we con- trolled the boards. That was the area I thought was our weakest."

Carter, another new head coach, cited Anthony Filer, Gary Haynes and Kevin Douglas for their perfor- mances against Redlands. • • • Elsewhere on the small college scene: UCSD's women's volley- ball team will compete in the AIAWDivision III Na- tionals Dec. 6-8 at Occiden-

tal College. The Tritons beat UC Davis and Sacra- mento State, and lost to Azusa-Pacific and UC Davis in the Regionals last weekend. The Pt. Loma women's volleyball team competed in its first-ever volleyball regionals and were elimi- nated early in the competi- tion by Azusa-Pacific and Laverne.

On a warm, sunny after- noon last August, Tom Walsh reviewed United States International University's roster, and concluded that the Gulls could be an excellent foot- ball team. Not Just any excellent team, but an excellent passing team. Walsh insisted that quarterbacks Bob Gagliano and University of Oregon transfer Mike Kennedy were two of the best around. He also liked what wide receivers Lyle Leong and Wayne Brown, and de- fensive backs Vernon Dean and Aaron Graham had shown him in practice. The weather has since turned cool, the season is l>ehind him, and looking back, most of Walsh's pre- dictions have proved accu- rate. -The Gulls compiled an S-3 record, the school's best since 197-4. They started slowly, and were 1-2 before capturing victories over San Francisco State, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Luther- an, Western Illmms, Hay- ward State and USD. USIU was stopped by Puget Sound, but finished the season with a 28-22 win over Portland State last Friday. -Gagl!ano led the Gulls' passing attack and broke

The Crusaders got strong performances from Steve J Southworth, Pat Hedman and Bob Chambers and twice defeated Mid-Ameri- -can Nazarene College a week ago. "Pat is our steady play- er, and we're depending on

STEVE SOUTIIWORTII ... been playing well the school's single-season passing record before he was through. The 6-3 junior completed 163 of 325 a•. tempts for 2,076 yards and 17 touchdowns. In the matchup with Portland State quarterbac, Neil Lomax, Gagliano threw for 253 yards, Lomax -413. Lomax, however, was also intercepted six limes - three times by Dean. -Dean, another junior, broke USIU's single-season interception mark (8) wilh his thefts against the Vik- ings. Dean, Graham, Mike Santellan, Gregg Dunn, Dale Johnson and Steve Speicher performed well all season, and turned the sec- ondary into USIIJ's major

BOB CHAMBERS Southworth and Chambe . . gives Crusaders scoring to provide some scoring;~ Coach Ben Foster said. Stockalper (6-0) and Earl As for Occidental• "We Pierce (6-3). . won 25 games last ye~ b t USD has the month of they beat us three ti~e~ December to prepare for its They shoot well, are a very West Coast Athletic Confer- intelligent team and for ence opponents, but only a some reason, al~ays play week before.a Sports Arena exceptionally well against contest agamst San Diego us." State. Pt. Loma has had better USIU, under new head success against Laverne, Coach Freddie Goss, begins defeating it in the sole a. seven-game road trip meeting between the two with contests Friday and last year Saturday against the Uni- UCSD, meanwhile will versity of Hawaii and try to improve on i~ per- Chaminade College, respec- formance against Redlands lively. 1 The Gulls have an entrrc- asl Friday (a 61-60 defeat), ly new team, comprised In th e La Jolla Classic Fri- mainly of junior college day and Saturday. The Tri-

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transfers from the Los An- geles area, and intend to improve on last season's 5- 23 r~cord 'o , however, is co _ fronted with major :.i~1.ac1e:;.., m«mly lack of a