USD Magazine, Spring 2000

ALUMNI ~- GALLERY

•CLASS OF '90• To the Ends of the Earth

L ou Marino can be a tough guy to catch up with. If you miss him backpacking through the Southwestern United States, you might reach him

before he climbs the Andes in Ecuador or the Himalayas in Nepal.That is, unless he's hiking the jungles of Indonesia or the Australian outback. A traveler

and adventurer by nature, Marino has wandered the planet working as a trekking guide. If all else fails, you can try him at home in the French Alps, the mountaineering capital of the world. "City life is not for me," says Marino."I wouldn't say mine is a simple life, but I definitely try to keep it as uncluttered and as uncomplicated as possible." Marino has made adventure a career since graduating from USO in 1990, and may soon make his fortune from it.The interna– tional relations and French major is completing work on a state– required trekker's license and hopes to lead excursions into the French Alps next winter. "People from all over the world come here to go climbing and mountaineering," Marino says of Charmonix, an area of the Alps near Switzerland where he makes his home. It is from his home that Marino hopes to fash ion a lucrative busi– ness. Several years ago he saved enough money from his adventur– er jobs to buy a ISO-year-old barn. A I0-minute hike from the tiny town ofVallorcine, population 400, the property has no access road, so Marino flew construction materials in by helicopter to transform it into his comfortable, if modest, home. of Kansas, where her position allows her to partner with com– munity members, practitioners, researchers and policymakers co affect social change. In addition co reaching and research, Debora is working on a feminise oriented collaborative writing project. ... Quelene (Yapp) Slattery and her husband, Tom, have two sons, Blaize, 3, and Zackery, I .

"It's a risky lifestyle," says Marino of the remote area, which is susceptible to avalanches."I've lost friends and have had to go looking for some who were lost." Marino plans to set his house up as a lodge for small groups of travelers who wish to ski, climb or hike in the nearby mountains. He currently works for a French trekking company, but says his business will cater to British and American visitors by offering internationally credentialed, English-speaking guides. The son of an American oil company executive, Marino was born in Tripoli, grew up in Indonesia and Connecticut and spent each summer between the ages of 9 and I5 with family in the Normandy area of France. His French is so good residents don't suspect he's an American with dual citizenship. Since it is easier for him to do business as a Frenchman, Marino isn't always forthright about his American roots. "I guess I've just always had a penchant for France," says Marino, who shares his spruced up barn with Karin Stubenvoll, his German girlfriend of several years. "I've just always preferred life over here." Lou Marino can be reached at lmarino74@hotmail.com.

Lou Marino '90 (right) at the summit of Dent Blanche, a 4,000-meter peak in Switzerland.

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UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Carol (Howard) Leland received a master's degree in geography and regional planning from Cali fo rnia University of Pennsylvania. She currently reaches geography as an adjunct professor at Fairmont Scare College.. .. Debora Ortega is a professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI

CLASS CHAIR T im Huckaby

Marie Fredenburg (M.S.N.) is a psychiatric nurse clinical specialist in Manassas, Va., and is a full-rime student in the nurse practitioner program at the University of Virginia.

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Norma Samaniego 489 Pescado Place Encinitas, CA 92024 e-mail: normasamaniego@rkei.com

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