Proceeds from the event will be used to fund student scholarships. For more information on sponsorship opportunities and event tickets, please visit www.sbvcfoundation.org/95gala.

To nominate distinguished SBVC Alumni, please email: mlayne@valleycollege.edu before March 17, 2022.

Dr. Margaret Hill, who dedicated most of her life to education, passed away at the age of 81 on December 19th. She had served as a member of the Board of Education for San Bernardino City Unified School since 2011. Former San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Herbert Fischer, recalled first meeting Hill while working on John Woods’ campaign to be the first Black person to serve on the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board. She subsequently became Fischer’s assistant principal at San Bernardino High School. Hill also worked with Fischer during his decade as San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, serving as Assistant Superintendent of Student Services. Dr. Hill was appointed to the Community Action Partnership Board of Directors in July 2009 and was a member of several local boards and committees, including the Black Culture Foundation and the San Bernardino African American Committee. She founded Maggie’s Kids, a nonprofit foundation providing financial support to youth and families with emergency needs.

Lois Carson, former San Bernardino

Community College Trustee and SBVC Foundation Emeritus passed away July 14th, eleven days after her 90th birthday. Carson spent a lifetime of volunteer service, which started as a child and continued while she and her husband raised six children. She worked as a teacher, then as Director of UC Riverside’s Upward Bound program. Carson worked as Deputy Director of San Bernardino County Community Action Partnership and was subsequently hired as Executive Director of Community Action Partnership of Riverside County. She had formed partnerships with

organizations and networks that serve low-income families, such as the Riverside County Consortium for Early Learning Services and the Coachella Valley Housing Union. After 30 years with Riverside County, she retired, but her life work didn’t stop after retirement. Lois served 24 years on the SBCCD Board of Trustees and 30 years on the SBVC Foundation Board of Directors.

Marta Macias Brown advocated for human rights, social justice, and equal access to education. Marta was also the original editor of El Chicano newspaper (the first grassroots publication of the IECN newsgroup). She meant a lot to many people and will be missed. Marta passed away peacefully at home on December 17 at the age of 77. Marta was born in the year of D-Day and lived the narrative of Latina/o and Chicana/o empowerment and women’s assertion of self-determination and equality. She resided in Riverside and was a native of Inland California. Marta was a longtime public servant and a former member of the California State Bar Board of Governors. She was also a mother, surviving spouse, sister, friend, and champion of the legacy of her late husband, Congressman George Brown. Marta Macias joined his staff and worked with Brown for years before the two married and enjoyed a decade that the Congressman described as “the happiest of his life.

Edward Joseph Szumski was a retired SBVC electronics professor. “Ed” passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 18th at the age of 72. Ed earned an Associate of Arts degree in Electronics Communications Technology and then earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at California State University San Bernardino. He taught electricity and electronics at SBVC and retired as a professor in May 2013. At the SBVC annual awards celebrations, Ed received the Outstanding Service Award five times, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2012, and 2013. He also received the Honored Retiree Award twice in 2014 and 2015. He was considered the unofficial social chair of SBVC. For 21 years, Ed composed most of the FAN Mail, an SBVC Faculty Association Newsletter where he wrote campus news stories, made announcements and listed personnel celebrating birthdays. He also was the one who sent out hundreds of birthday cards to the SBVC community. Ed also served as President of the Academic Senate (1989-90), the SBVC Alumni Association (2004-06), and the SBVC Foundation Board as the Foundation’s Alumni Association representative.