EEP Quarterly Spring 2007

February 8th saw the first ever EEP–related film premier when EEP alum, commercial actor and director GJ Echternkamp’96 first full length feature film, "Frank and Cindy, a documentary" premiered at the Fine Arts Theater on Wilshire in Beverly Hills 9:00pm to midnight. We heard shortly thereafter that it was a huge success and GJ hopes that a cable distribution deal is in the works, perhaps through Showtime. We will alert everyone through e-mail when it is picked-up for general television viewing. Congratulations GJ!!

More Late Breaking News sent in e-mail on 3-22-07 about GJ’s film. This American Life (!) will be airing an entire TV episode about GJ and the film: April 12th, at 10:30pm on Showtime with repeats throughout the week. Go here for info: www.sho.com/site/thisamericanlife/home.do , www.thislife.org ...this is an entirely new cut with a different focus than the feature length version, so it should be worth seeing even if you've already seen the film. Also, the film will be playing in the New York Underground Film Festival: Sunday, April 1st, at 7:00pm at the Anthology Film Archives, on 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street. For more and tickets info go to: www.nyuff.com/2006/

EEP alumni checking in this term:

• Tina Nguyen'01 called to relate having a great experience during her interview for a UCLA med center residency position following the completion this June of her medical school training at Mt Sinai School of Medicine in New York
• Justin Padilla'06 called the EEP office to say hi and check up on Rich
• Sheldon Schwartz'06 called to tell us he was directing small independent films after finishing his degree last spring
• Erik Mendoza'05 sent us an e-mail re: work opportunities at his engineering company Northrop Grumman his employment offer to EEPsters was forwarded to all Elders
• Laura Hwang'03 stopped by while in town on a break from medical school stopped by the lounge to check up on Rich and to say "hi"
• Pankit Doshi'99 a 4th year associate at a national law firm located in the OC called to share news about his continued involvement in a film company www.indoamericanfilms.com
• Susan Ngo'02 sent a note telling us she is actively visiting business schools including Wharton and Stanford awaiting news on admission soon and just competed in the L.A. Marathon. Susan has been accepted to Cornell's MBA program with a $20,000 scholarship!
• Paul Gowder'98 (J.D. Harvard Law) sent an email telling us that he has recently left the practice of law in Oregon and has reestablished himself as a student in a doctoral program in Political Science at Stanford University.

We are proud and happy to again announce that EEP alum Leana Wen currently a 5th year med student at Washington University at St Louis was selected as one of only 32 Americans nationally chosen for a Rhodes Scholarship and she will begin her studies at Oxford in the fall. Leana who is also the national president of AMSA (American Medical Student Association) accomplished much while an EEPster and was accepted with scholarships in 2001to several medical schools including Baylor, Cornell, Sloan-Kettering, Stanford and Vanderbilt. She was one of only five students selected from California for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship named after famed British philanthropist Cecil B. Rhodes.

Most of the EEP alum have agreed to counsel the current EEPsters regarding careers and graduate school. Info and email addresses available at Group Meetings.