Beach Crew alumni, coaches, and staff from years past will be descending on Zubie’s Dry Dock in Huntington Beach, this Saturday, February 26, to reconnect with their roots and pay tribute to the impacts of this sport at CSULB. The event starts at 4:00 PM until the “last boat leaves the dock.” Come whenever you like.

The Beach Crew Alumni Association would also like to remind you that it’s time to renew your membership if you have not already done so. Come hear about the projects that BCA is sponsoring to assist the program and make such needs a reality for them. Join us!

Zubies Dry Dock
9059 Adams Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA

About the BCA

The mission of the Beach Crew Alumni Association (BCA) is to enhance the rowing programs at California State University, Long Beach, help provide funding for the team’s necessities, and maintain the relationship with alumni to extend the involvement of the program.

The BCA is an official project of the CSULB Foundation and qualifies as a part of their 501.c3 operation. The BCA is open to all rowers (men & women), coaching staff, and campus personnel, who were involved with the team through at least one season regardless of the level of competition. The BCA is run by seven directors, elected annually by the membership, and campus personnel appointed by the university.

Beach Crew is excited to move forward with a more comprehensive website (opening soon) that will continue to evolve with updates coming to the alumni that will retain stories of lore and success. This will keep you posted on events that will be driven around embracing the alumni back into an active roll in the program. We hope to include you in crew functions, days on the water with the coaches, and any other kind of gathering to help make the rowing experience a special one for the athletes as it was for you. Keep the traditions and create new experiences for the athletes that will leave a lifelong impression on them.

Be a part of the movement and join BCA.

Concluding the day’s events, the Beach Crew Alumni Association (BCA) conducted their annual meeting to cover current investment projects, ideas, and to plan BCA’s next event for alumni and the crew community. BCA would like to welcome Ken Glenn (’72) and Elena Delgado (’08) to the Board of Directors.

Project “NextGen” Scheduled to Launch over the Holiday Break

BCA will move away from the team’s general website to launch a new community for Beach Crew Alumni to collaborate, stay in touch, and track membership across the world. This project has been underway for the past year between the CSULB Foundation and Associated Students Inc. BCA will have its own way to communicate with alumni and separate the B-Newsline from its operation.

Beach Crew’s General Manager, Brandin Grams, has been working with the CSULB campus, to launch this around the holiday break to insure minimal downtime of the team’s general website. Stay tuned for more details.

Beach Crew Alumni at Other Institutions

BCA would like to recognize alumns who are off facilitating other rowing teams at higher education institutions around Southern California:

• Steve Guentz [Chapman University]
• Michael Long [UC Irvine]
• Scott Charette [UCLA]
• Ron Long [Loyola Marymount]

Join or Renew Your Membership

Become a member of the Beach Crew Alumni Association today. If you were a member in the past year, it is time to renew. Follow this link to register or renew your membership.

Ending a tremendous day of racing at the LB Fall Collegiate Invitation Regatta, Beach Crew celebrated the latest dedication to its fleet of racing shells in eight years, the “Dr. Stuart L. Farber” Vespoli 4+. Beach Crew families, friends, and the Beach Crew Alumni Association, partook in a festive ceremony, celebrating Dr. Farber’s contribution that bestowed a physical manifestation of the spirit of cooperation and our love of the sport.

Associated Students (ASI) Vice President, Lucy Nguyen, and ASI Treasurer, Jameson Nyeholt, attended the day’s events. The christening was sponsored by Mrs. Trish Farber.

About Dr. Farber

Dr. Stuart L. Farber has been active in the Long Beach community and CSULB specifically for more than 50 years. During his tenure at CSULB, Dr. Farber has held the positions of Professor of Health Science, Assistant Football Coach, Dean of Student Affairs, and the Assistant Vice President of Student Serices.

Dr. Farber is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Conservation Corps of Long Beach, an organization dedicated to raising self-esteem, developing basic work skills, work ethics, and education, and promoting teamwork for Long Beach at-risk youth through a combination of work, conservation, and education programs.

He is the former chairman of the Downtown Long Beach YMCA Board of Directors.

Dr. Farber is the former chairman of the Citizens Advisory Commission for the Handicapped, an organization which advises the Long Beach City Council and mayor on matters pertaining to persons with disabilities. As well as a former member of the Navy Properties Reuse Committee.

He has received proclamation from the City of Long Beach and citation from the United States Congress for his tireless efforts in the community. The Associated Students (ASI) of CSULB have named their Senate Chambers in his honor for his 30 years of unswerving guidance to ASI and the student body.

About the Restoration

The “Dr. Stuart L. Farber” vessel was restored with 100% volunteer time by the team’s boatmaster, John O’Donnell, Matthew Dalton of Beach Crew, AC DuPont, Larry Hambleton, & Renn Levy of the Long Beach Rowing Association. The Sempra Energy Foundation and various contributions from the CSULB Foundation allocated by the Beach Crew Board of Officers provided a portion of the restoration costs. Decals for the boat and various other projects were produced by Iconography Studios of Los Alamitos.

Below is a video of the ceremony. Click the image below to play.