Can you tell us some of your fondest memories while you were at CSULB?
: The Lipski/Howard family celebrates three generations of Beach graduates
Back row, left to right, Beatrice (Lipski) Metz (’76), Sophia (Lipski) Hogan
(’80), Brian Hogan, Sonja Hogan, Emily Hogan (’09), Tommy Hogan, Irene
(Lipski) Howard (’77), Sarah Howard (’09) and George Howard (’78, ‘79).
Front row, left to right: Dr. Alexander Lipski and Mia Lipski.
A: "Since my father, Dr. Alexander Lipski (1919-09), was a
CSULB professor from 1958 until his retirement in 1984, he would take my mom
and my sisters, Beatrice and Sophia, and me swimming at the swimming pool down
by the Physical Education Department. He would also take us to visit his office, where
he had a little brass figurine of the Three Wise Monkeys. He told us to always remember
what the monkeys stood for: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. He taught
history and religious studies, and was always giving out little bits of his wisdom.
I met my husband at CSULB. By fate, he sat beside me in an English literature
class. Since then, we have had over 30 wonderful years together. He got his degrees
from CSULB in history and German, and a social science credential and a secondary
education credential at CSULB. My older sister, Beatrice, got her degree from
CSULB in German, and my younger sister, Sophia, got her degree from CSULB in
psychology. Sophia’s husband, Brian Hogan, got his degrees from CSULB in computer
science and engineering...." - Irene Howard [See Expanded Answer in the Printed Publication]
e Barnes Family: The Barbara Barnes family spans five decades and includes three granddaughters who are currently attending The Beach!
Back row, left to right, Gary Erbe, Kelly Erbe (currently attending), Michelle
Erbe (currently attending), Brittany Crafton (currently attending) and Keith
Crafton (’78). Seated, left to right: Carol (Barnes) Erbe (’83, ’00,’05), Barbara
(Friendson) Barnes (’55) and Ann (Barnes) Crafton (’83).
A: "When I attended CSULB it was just Long Beach State and it just begun to admit Freshmen and Sophomores; therefore I came in as a Junior from LBCC. I remember our classes were held in bungalows and the whole campus was on the lower campus where the Administration Bldg. and the Student Center is now. We used to park at first on the road that now goes through upper and lower campus. It was not a parking lot, but in the dirt. (not too much fun when it rained!).... We had good times as well as out studies. We had 49er Days when the Greeks and other organizations built an old mining town and had games and food for sale. We dressed up as 49ers and had a great time. We also had Spring Sing where the organizations sand and hoped their "tone deaf" members would just lip synch so their group might win the contest." - Barbara Barnes
You and your family have a long tradition of selecting CSULB as your alma mater with many generations coming to "The Beach."
Can you tell me why you and your family selected CSULB as your University of Choice?
Left to right, Lindy R. Rodrigo (‘04), Christalle Garcia-Rodrigo (‘04), Samuel R. Ramirez (‘09), Michelle Alanis-Ricaforte (‘96) and Neil B. Ricaforte (‘96).
"CSULB’s world renowned education offered at a public university geared
towards academic excellence, a culturally diverse scholastic environment and the
local commute was the driving component that led me to select
CSULB as my
university of choice. I am proud to be a 49er. Go Beach!!
As for my family, factors such as CSULB’s reputation of having a great business
program, strong human resource management program, affordability, location,
academic reputation, diverse student body and successful athletic programs in
volleyball and baseball were important." - Samuel Ramirez
