Portland State University Alumni News Fan 1986 The Blumel Years (page 1)
Alumni News Fall 1986 Inside Reflecting on the '70s & '80s I 3 An alum, a sludenl and a professor lake a look allhe lasllwo decades. Animal School I 5 Ann ChUders 1'85) can help dOlis and people become betler friends. The only teacher in town I 7 Palricia Cox (,77) gravilales 10 lawns where all the swdenlS fit in one room. Your favorite professors I 9 Alumni celebrale 40 years ofgrealleaching with cfassroom memories. Homecoming '86 I 10 Vikin8s ride winning streak to traditional meet with the University of Montana AlumNotes I 4 Foundation News I 11 Campus News I 13 Calendar I 15 See the special pages on Homecoming and the search for the Missing Viking I 8, 14 On the cover: PSU Presidenl Joseph Blumel and Portland Mayor Neil Goldschmidl, recenlly elecled governor of Oregon, were often seen together during the early days of PSU and Portland's "vital partnership," a Bilimel innovation. In this 1975 photo, the two commune on the Presiden(s Cramer Hall balcony. The Blumel Years: A Remembrance His colleagues threw their support behind him and on May 22, 1974, Joseph Blumel became the fourth president of Portland State - the first to have come up through the ranks. It was at a time when the University needed healing. Still smarting from the student upheavals of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and reeling from the serious budget crisis and enrollment slump of 1972-73, PSU was in need of direction. The quiet economics professor was perceived by his fellow faculty members - and the State Board - as the right kind of leader to take the young university to maturity. As vice president for academic affairs, Blumel had helped guide the campus through difficult times and won the faculty's affection with his accessibility and fairness. Though he never forgot his colleagues, the Continued on page 2 Milestones in programs, policy mark 12 years of progress 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 "Vital Partners Week" Undergraduate Certificate in Women's Studies New registralion procedures; simpler, less paperwork 1980 School of Urban Affairs; Master of Public Administration, Ph.D. In 1981 Urban Studies 1982 Athletic Training minor lincoln Hall remodeling PSU Distillgui hed Service Awards Alumni Relations program Formal working relationship wilh Muhnomah County Phase I Profes,ional Schools Building and Smith Center 1983 remodeling approved First development officer Master of Urban Policy First woman vice president in State System - Orcilia Forbes Joint and tri-university doctoral program in Education (with OSU and UO) Master of Taxation Parking Slructure II groulldbreaking BS in Compuler Science 1984 BS in Mechanical Engineering Graduale Certificate in Gerontology PSU Mission and Goals statement approved by Stale Board, "full university" status for PSU First annual Alumni Fund First meril scholarships for freshmen BS in Civil Engineering Reorganization o( School of Engineering and Applied Science. College of liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Performing Arts, School of Urban and Public Affairs Task force for PSU strategic academic plan appointed OSSHE Strategic Plan modified to more accurately reflect PSU's mission Oregon Institute of Technology branch on campus BNBS ill Computer Engineering ROTC comes to campus MNMS in Applied Stiente changed 10 MNMS in Engineering wilh oplions in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering Ph.D. In Electrical and Computer Engineering 1985 1986 International Trade and Commerce Institute BA in International Studies Cooperallve agreement between PSU and China's Zhenlhou University tegj,lative budget note directs State Board to plan (or "comprehensive research university" status ror PSU New stale sySlem budget formula favors PSU by recognizing costs of part-time students. Oaegu University in Korea becomes PSU's sister . Ed.D. in Educational Leadership First on-campus student housing approved (Monlgomery Block) Phase II Professional Schools Building (School of Business) groundbreaking Computer Applications minor Shattuck Hall remodeling for expanded computing center Agreemenl with Central Oregon Community College to ease transfer of credits from cacc to PSU State Board adopts new PSU mission statement
Blumel was steadying influence through difficult times Continued from P 4 ~ 1 President eventually had to face the even more severe budget crisis of 1981-82 and the painful necessity of laying off tenured faculty and terminating whole programs. But, again, he came through ii, and people remember that period as President Blumel's finest hour. There were, of course, happier hours. Instead of an inauguration. the new president declared a week of activities in observance of the "vital partnership" he envisioned between PSU and the City of Portland. It was to be a theme throughout his 12-year tenure as president. reflected in the many new programs with urban flavor Ihat cropped up at the University. As 8lumel's term drew to a close, a new partnership was developing - this time with other universities and cities around the Pacific Rim. PSU was standing on the threshold of international recognition, and Blumel stepped down to let PSU's fifth president take the University the rest of the way. President Blumel- in office longer than any other Portland State president - had done everything he felt he could do. It had been a long time since the day in 1957 when the fresh-faced Korean War veteran and Ph.D. candidate from the University of Oregon came looking for a job teaching economics at Portland State College. Twenty-nine-year-old Joe Blumel was hired as-an economics instructor, and went on to become assistant professor, associate professor and full profesSOf, as well as acting department head and graduate coordinator for the social sciences. By the late '60s, after much University committee work, Blumel was appointed Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Dean of the Faculties, becoming Vice President for Academic Affairs in 1970. It had been a long journey for Portland State, too. When Blumel "I've heard an awful lot about the inferiority complex at Portland State University. I have decided to try something out on you today to once and for all eliminate and erase that inferiority complex. As a magician, t say 'Shazam - it's gone,' O.K.ll'm a psychiatrist and for the first time in history I'm going to cure somebody: You're cured of the inferiority complex. You're cured! And lastly, I see 'inferiority complex' across the blackboard and campus at Portland State, and I'm a teacher and I've just erased the inferiority complex. It's gone, it's gone forever. Period. O.K., are you with me?" - PSU President Natale Sicuro at 1986-87 UniverSity Convocation, Sept. 24, 1986. _1/ PSU Perspective, Fall t986 became president in 1974, the University was a far different place from the struggling college of 1957, and President Blumel spent the next 12 years helping to define that difference. As Joseph Blumel prepared to leave his office on the third floor of Cramer Hall this summer, his colleagues 'provided a chorus of salutes and reminiscences focused on "the Blumel years" and "Blumel the man." Some of their remarks are preserved here. Matprel /. Dobson Executive Vic£" Pre5idf"nt One of the most significant achievements of Dr. Blumel's presidency has been the steady and continued academic development of Portland State University from 1974 to the present. .. The Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges' Evaluation Committee in 1985 affirmed PSU's skillful ascent from adolescence to adulthood under Dr. Blumel's stewardship by stating that it has "emerged with viable academic programs and a university which looks to the future with a confidence and pride which..• is impressive." Orcili._ Vice President for Student Affairs President Blumel has been the right President for a University in an urban setting. He values quality education while encouraging diversity in the programs we offer and in the students, faculty and staff that PSU attracts. Forbes Williams Dean of Undergraduate Studies First, I have always been impressed with Joe's insistence on academic excellence long before that phrase was the "buzz" phrase of American educational circles... Joe's overall Letters Enjoyed Uris memories I enjoy reading about current events and news of the alumni from Portland State. I particularly enjoyed the article about Joe Uris (Summer 1986), since he was student body president the year I graduated. Keep up the good work. Robert Pattison ('67) Woodinville, Washington likes history series Excellent, well-written article in the Sum'mer '86 PSU Perspective ("The Sixties: A tradition of change and progress," by Clarence Heinl. I am thoroughly enjoying your series. Ed Cavin PSU Admissions experience at PSU and his knowledge of the institution allowed him to perform much as a concert organist - adjusting stops, volume and chords so that the whole thing made some sense. . . No one has yet had as much influence on the direction and growth of PSU as Joe.. . Finally, President Blumel has truly loved this institution with all of its warts and blemishes. IkmiInJ /loss Dean, Craduate School of Social Work Joe Blumel (more than once) reminded me that human beings are the 'ends' and universities are but the 'means.' On such occasions when perspective seemed to falter, this president with wisdom and compassion rekindled founded truths which are to me self-evident. We must continue on our search for excellence, but we shall seek it in its many ways: we shall remember our own roots and whom we serve, and carefully avoid elitist cant. . , I feel the privilege of serving in his era; I've felt his caring for us each and all. Dawn DressJer Physics 1973-74 was not a vintage year for PSU ... when Dr, Blumel's selection as president was announced, there was a sense of relief on campus. It looked like better days had to be ahead. He recognized that his first priority was a reconciliation effort with the community, and he set out resolutely to mend fences. I don't want to leave the impression that President Blumel forgot the faculty in those early years, because he didn't. /lichanJ Halley Emeritus, Economics I can remember almost 30 years ago when George Hoffmann said to How about a videotape? During a recent flight from Portland to Chicago, I had an opportunity to review in depth your summer Perspective issue. The article "Turning on with Math" was excellent. Also, I really appreciated catching up with the personalities in "Memories of the 60's." I always wondered what happened to thai wild-eyed radical. Joe Uris (I voted for him too). In thinking about the theme, "40 Years of Great Teaching, 1946-1986," I have a suggestion to the Alumni Association... Consider developing a nostalgic and informational videotape with the same name that could be sold to alumni and friends of PSU... Hopefu/ly I can sit back and eagerly await the 0pjXlrtunity to relive some of those greal college bowl highlights as well as get a look at what Neil lomax did for PSU after I left. Kenneth F. Sample ('67) Zion, Illinois me one day, 'There is some gent coming up here from the University of Oregon, wants to be an economist. . .' Joe came walking in - we were in the Bill's House and we had five desks in a bedroom. He was tall and good looking. We managed to get him in and we talked a bit. .. I went back to George and said, 'This dude is all right, let's hire him if we can get him.' He accepted and so this is the way he came to Portland State... He wasn't here very long until he married the prettiest and brightest girl in his class. I/oben/OMS Psychology Certainly the presidency of this University has not been a singular affair; it has been a family affair also. . . Over the years I have had the occasion to anend a number of social functions at the President's residence. The enjoyment and pleasure of each of these evenings has been enhanced by Priscilla (Blume!)'s social grace and charm. Ma/')'CumpstOll Placement Services He has remained in this tough job through these twelve years, many of which have been economically lean, politically challenging, and personally taxing. It is evidence of his deep commitment to this University... He ~ f ~ ~ l : b u ~ ~ ~ t s t ~ o ~ : ~ ~ ~ t n ~ r credited the faculty, the students, and the community for most of the University's gains. Dr. Skura has said that Portland State is poised for a great leap forward. I submit that we are positioned to take the great leap in large part because of the work of Joe Blume!' 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Reflecting on the '70s & '80s 4 years of • memorzes Carisa Bohus Student, graduating at the end of fall term with a BA in computer science and a certificate in women's studies I had to support myself so I could only handle about one class a term for the first five years. During those times it was like a real island experience coming into Portland Stale just for a class. You kind of bubbled in and bubbled back out. When I started full-time, I still felt like an island and I saw this sign that said "Notetakers wanted: regular wage. It It was for handicapped student services. So I figured, well, if I take noles for somebody, I'd at least meellhat one person... and I gOI exposed 10 all these different classes that I would never go take on my own. I started doing a lot more things. D One thing about PSU's personality that I have always loved is all the bulletin boards. All the stuff going on. I write it down all the lime. Sometimes I end up getting .. jewel of a lecture of performance. D The computer science course is quite rigorous. You really have to know how to bang yourself up against the wall and go "Hm, I learned from that" and then do it again... What's really disappointing to me is there's no master's program here for computer science. D My cooperative education job with the U.S. Forest Service has been a wonderful experience. I've done real-life things, real production stuff. I've dealt with real issues on the job. Even though J've been working all my life, this is like what I would be doing with my degree... I thought I was going to be a programmer, and in the process I set my sights a lot higher . D I think there are so many possibilities going on (at PSU) and you just have to seek them oul like I did... Because of the diverse population here, the people in your class could be the owner of some business. I feel I've been taken as an individual . I was in the right place at the right time at Panland State in the '70s... I took my first night class in 'S7 and started in day school probably in '71, pursuing my college degree. During that period a lot of things had happened. I had settled down in a job (with Continental Airlines) where I was on a straight shift. My family was older, I was more mature. I had a much better idea of what I wanted to do and Portland State was the university there to help me do il. D The whole scope of education had changed by the '70s, I {elt that the curriculum at the University made a dramatic shift to meet the needs of the student more than the students having to meet the needs o{ the University. It was a time when you could do some innovative things. You could say to a professor. . . I really don't want to sit in a class, I want to do some independent research. D So much of what I am today can be directly attributed to my experience with the University, off and on during those fifteen or sixteen years. It was a sanduary. It was a place out of the storm. It was a place where you could go and intellectually stimulate your mind. D By the time Blumel came to Portland State (became president), people were saying, "Man, this college is radical! We've got to change this place. These students need to know why they're here. They're here to get an education, they're not here to protest in the Park Blocks, they're 110t here to smear up windows and smoke dope and all that." 1 think Blumel was the calming force. D We still carried a great deal of that '" want to The past fifteen years have been against a backdrop of financial problems and belt-tightening. There'd been such growth there in the middle '60s. Then in the 70s, high inflation, a slumping construction industry and problems in the Oregon lumber industry really had an impact on Portland State. For the first time there was talk of lay-offs or cutbacks. It came at a time when we were just getting our first doctoral programs and putting a great deal of emphasis on graduate education, which is always very expensive. It really was a juggling act. D One of the things that I remember about the '70s and '80s most of all was this dance that went on between Portland State and the State Board and the legislature over duplication of programs. If we stayed where we were in 1967, you're really saying to half the people in the Slate, "You've got to drive a hundred miles to get to the type of education you want." I think we now have won that particular battle. D It's pretty clear now that raising funds from the private sector for public institutions (beyond) tax support is critical. President Skuro is clearly pushing for development at a very active and energetic pace. It's the wave of the last ha lf of the '80s and into the '90s. D What happened in Ihe 1970s is that students staned saying, " I don't want just an education. I want 10 know what I'm going to do when I get out. I want a job... "Students became more concerned about getting their money's worth. A lot of people saId the students of the '70s were just placid and inclined to regurgitate information. I think they were just more serious in approaching the class and didn't want other students or the instructor to digress. Ed Washington ('74) Market Administrator Pacific Northwest Bell help the world" that was abounding in the '60s. We were fairly warm·blooded creatures. Bul then reality set in and I knew I couldn't send two sons to college on a teacher's salary. So as I matured and developed through the '70s, (PSU) just helped me to get my feet on the ground. o If you look at some of the public leaders in the Portland area now, you find a lot of women and a lot of blacks who are Portland State graduates. They were born from the Park Blocks. What it gave us was an opportunity to sharpen our skills, to gel ready to go out and seize the opJ:K)rtunities. Jim Heath History professor; former Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Most schools founded since World War II, usually in areas where the population is centered, have to struggle through a 25-year period in which they build a solid foundation. And I think that's what we have. Whether we call it 40 years or 25 years, it was a building block time. Portland State has come through it without being either damaged badly or pigeon-holed into a narrow confine... Given improving economic health for the state, Portland State should be able to capitalize on its position and its foundation. PSU PerspKlive, Fall /986 1".ge J
Compiled by Cliff lohnson Vanport Ron.Jki E. Walcotl has been named vice pre!iident of purchasing at Fabric Wholesalers, Inc" in Ponlaod. '57 ....wrem:e l. (85) and kathleen D. ('76 BA) Smith journeyed to Moscow during August, where lawrence Smith conducted the M(&"ow Philharmonic Orcheitra in a joint appearance wilh the Ofchestra's regular conduct(J(. Smith has been conductor and musical director of the Louisville (Ky.) Symphony since 1981. Kathy recently completed her training as.:a phySician. '59 Ricmrd A. Cole ISS), (ormerly administrator for curriculum development in the Portland Public School Distrio, has been named curriculum director for the David Douglas School District in !iOUtheast Portland. Cole holds master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Washington. lim Perkin (8S, '73 MS), named one of lhe nation's top 10 5e<ond.:ary school principals while at Clackamas High SchooL Milwaukie, Ore., has resigned to become principal at MOSi JUnior High School, Oregon City, Ore. Recurring budget problems in his old distriO and duties as a new step-father played a rote ill his de<:isiOn to chanKC Jobs, '60 Bruce E, Ricturds rBS) is a new vice principal at lincoln High SchOO, Portland. He is a fO/Tllef assistant principal at Lakeridge High School, lake Oswego. Ore. '61 D,lVid A. Durfee, M.D. (BA), an Oregon City, Ore. ophthalmologi!tt, has been named secretdryltreasurer of Physicians Associalion of Clackclmas Counly (PACO. Guy H. Hilncock rBS, '67 MSW) hilS been appointed director of Kerr Youth and Family Center, Pordand, a program of Albertina Ken Centers for Children. l oser A. Upium !BS) has been named art'a manager fOf all 5 O U t h e a ~ 1 Portland branches of First Interstate Bank ofOr('gOfl. '62 Adri.nM Brockmiln (BS, '77 MUP). an auo4'rl('y for the City of Portland, has been appointed chairwoman of the lake Oswego, Ore, Planning Commission. Milton R. Smith rSS), one- of the founders of Floating Point Systems, Inc., BeavettOfl, Ore., who has also been serving as the firm's general coon!oel and as a director, has been named interim chairman and chief executive officer following the sudden resignalton of Lloyd D. Turner Oct. 15, Smith is a manag10g partner in the Portland law firm of Acker, underwood and Smith. '64 Ancil K. H.nce (8A) returned 10 Portland Sept. 27 after spending the previous 89 days as a member 01 a rafting party ndVigating the Yangtze River in China. The Portland free· lance photographer joined the Yangtze venture .IS a rock climber, a specialty he has long enjoyed, '66 Sen. Iilod Monroe (O·Portland) IBS, '69 Msn has been named an aSiislanl to thE> preside-nl of Warner P.acific College, Portland. Kim H. Whitman IDS, '78 MS) has joined Melvin Mark 8rokeMge Co .. Portl.:and, in office aftd telali leasing and sales. He is a fonner eICecutlve director 0( the Oregon Republican Party. page 4 / PSU Perspective, Fall 1986 Iilev, Gary l . Widrig 18A) h a ~ been illstatred as the new pastor al the Free M e t h o d i ~ t Church in Albany, Ore. He and his wife, Mary lou, are parents of six children. '67 Lois C. Beck (BA), an aso;ociale professor of anthropology at Washington University, SI. louis, Mo. , is the authof of a new book, "The Qashqa'i of Iran" {Yale UniverSity Press, 368 pp.J The wO(k is considered to be tht' firS! full·scale historical and anthropoligical account of the pastoral nomadic people who occupy a strategic area between the Persian Gulf and Iran's major population centers. lYlye l. Darby (MSn, who has taught American politics at David Douglas High School near Portland (or the past 2] y e a ~ , was one of only two teachers in Oregon and 30 nationwide chosen to attend this year's prestigious ''Taft Institute for Two Party Government." a two·week dose-up look al leading government figures. Darby plans to share what he learned with his American politics classes. William Mortimer (MSl. a mathematics teacher at Mark Morris High School, longview, Wash.. has been named to a five· year term on the Lower Columbia College Board of Trustees. t-te is also a member of the Cowlitz Economic Development Council and is a former president of the longview Education Aso;ociation, '68 frieda Fehrenbacher (BA), an art professor al M()()fe College of Art in Philadelphia since 1971, had her work displayed on the PSU campus this fall. Her oil paintings, charcoal and pastel drawings have been shown in more than SO exhibitions to date, and her work is included III over 20 art collections. Rkbard Kelson tBS) has joined David Evans and Associates, Inc., a Portland-Vancouver c o n ~ l t i n g engineering firm, to provide electrical engineering services. He most recently owned his O\I.'n consulting firm, KlC Engineering. Michael ....ndt.i, CBS) has }oined the Portland offkes of Dain Bosworth, Inc. as a vice presidenVinvestrnent officer. Ric .... rd ~ (SS) has been elected a vice president of Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and loan Association. Roy ~ l c n s k y (85) owns Oregon Berry Packing Co" Hillsboro, Ore. Recently named rhe 1986 Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce Farmer of tile Year, Malensky grows and ships fresh red raspberries 10 250 locOltions in the United Slates and Canada. He expects to work this winler on expanding his markets overseas, including Japan. Beverly ,. 0000 (MSn has been named supervisor of the Friendly Visitor Program operated by Crisis Support Network in Naselle, Wash. The program provides emotional support and education to young parents, single parents, first-time parents, and those having problems, Tom Parr iMS) has been named principal of Benson High School in the Portland School Oistrict. Terrie Wetle, Ph,D, (BS) has been named associilte director of the Division on Aging at Harvard Medical Schoo(, Boston, Mass. She also has completed iI recent book, Older Vereran5: Linking VA and Community Relations, which has been published by Harvard University Press. '69 Dennis Doht (BS), a principal in the firm of Interwest Financial A d v i ~ , Inc .. has met all necessary qualifications and has been admitted 10 The Registry of Financial Planning. Ron Hillbury (SS), a veteran of Portland advertising and broadcasting, has ,oined Turtledove Clemens, Inc., Portland, as an acCOUnt manager. Janet .... ughlin CBS) is now a slICth-grade leachef at Sunset Elementary School, Hermiston. Ore. She has taught at schools in Bogota, Cotombia and lar.llmie, Wyo" as well as in five Oregon districts. Robert E. Shimek (65) h i I ~ been elected to the board of directors of Century West Engineering Corp.. Portland. '70 John G. Foster (BS) has been named a vice president al Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and loan Association. He joined the firm in 1977 as property manager. '71 Merit> Bradford (MS) has been named director of special instruction and support services for the Portland School District. Iticturd Drinkwater (BS) is the new city engineer for the City of Wilsonville, Ore, He formerly served as an engineer for the City of Beaverton, Ore. '72 b lph R. Bieker 185) has ioined Fred S. James & Co. as an account executive. The firm is the North American unit of Sedgwick Group, an International insurance brokerage firm. Michael G. Jordan (NlS), principal of Sabin Element.:ary School, Portland, has been appointed to the Consolidation of Education Grants Advisory Committee by Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh. Anthony P.rkto, (BS, '76 MFA), a Portland artiS! and creator of art glass and icons, combined his works with another artist in a display of American Art in Romania, at Maryhill Museum of Art, Maryhill, Wash., Aug. 3Q-Nov. IS, Stdney Smith (BS) has been proffiO(oo to vice president <lnd commercial 10<ln offICer of The Oregon Bank's business services division, Pordand, His responsibilities include business development and commercial lending services to business customers in west Portland, the Sunset aod 1-5 corridors, aod the OOftheT"n coast region. Lt. Steven Winer,ar ('74 85, '76 65, '64 MPS) of the Washington County, Ore. Sheriff's Office, has been named the (irst police chief in tile city of Tualalin, Ore, '73 Patricia J. Collins eMS), who organized c.c. Publications of Tualatin, Ore. with fellow lake Oswego speech pathologist Gary Cunningham, recently observed the firm's tenth anniversary. It now publishes educational programs written by 109 educators, researchers and speech pathologisls from 26 states i1nd Canada. David James Duncan (BA), whose first novel, The River Why, was published by Sierra Club Books three years ago, has sold his second book to Doubleday & Co., Inc. for an advance "in excess of S100,000," he said. The book is tentatively titled "The Brothers K," and dedls with a father and four SOf15 involved 10 minor-league ba5eball. Continued on page 6 Grad satisfies campus pizza appetite Working his way through PSU by waiting tables al Jake's in downtown Portland, Eric Stromquist ('81) had his sights set on graduate school and teaching political science at the college level. Owning and managing a pizza-by-the-slice business didn't seem to be in the cards. But this fall, Stromquist and his two partners, all Jake's "alumni," opened their second Hot lips Pizza storefront near Ihe PSU campus, at 1909 S.W, SiXlh, In a building previously occupied by a video arcade and a bookstore, Hot lips Pizza is right across the street from a Pizza Hul. That doesn't bother Stromquist. who says, "They're tapping a slightly differenl market- people with a little more time and money." Hot Ups Pizza is not just cheap fast food. Featuring "unique combinations" with names like "Tex-Mex" and "Tomato Overkill:' Hot lips uses high-quality ingredients that mean "less profit, but we'll stay in business longer," according to Stromquist. Originally an East Coast phenomenon, pizza by the slice is growing fast on the West Coast. and Stromquist and his partners would like 10 see fheir lipstick-kiss logo displayed throughout Oregon, Washington and Ca lifornia. " I don't see myself on the cover of Fortune," admits Slromquist. BUI he has high hopes for his PSU location. "Twenty thousand students go marchjng by here once a day... and we offer something fun that appeals to students economically," he says, Cheerful Tortoise and Sam's Hofbrau, watch out!
Grad combines her psychology and biology degrees to help humans and an imals work out their problems Becoming better friends by Cynthia o. Stowell There he is, cute as can be, sining under the Christmas tree with a red bow around his neck. As Ihe new puppy bounds and burrows through the piles of wrapping paper, you wonder how your family sneaked him into the house. later, as you get up from Christmas dinner and find your brand new slippers in shreds and the living room carpet stained in two places, you're beginning to wonder why they bothered. You'd better hope your family thought to buy you Ann Childers' videotape "Puppy's First Year." Until you and the puppy work it out. the video could be your best friend. Actually, Childers ('85), who owns Animal School, Inc. in Beaverton, prefers that people come see her or view her tape before they get a puppy. And she doesn't recommend dogs as gifts. As with children, those first few weeks of a puppy's development are critical and an owner has to be ready for the responsi bility. By the time a barking, biling, or chewing dog comes through Childers' office door with his distraught owner in tow, it is usually way past the ideal time for correcting the problem. "A puppy's behavior is set by the time he's 12 weeks old," claims Childers. Nevertheless, she and her trainers have a number of success stories to report. There was the dog who faithfully guarded the family's front door, but from the wrong side. So much did this dog have "the upper paw," said Childers, that his mistress had to leave the house through a window. ~ ~ : r l r ° ~ ~ m ~ ~ ! ~ ~ h ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ ' : h e n Childers used a more forceful training technique than her usually gentle style to show the dog who was boss. It was a classic example of a dog's t h ~ t d ! ~ ~ i ~ ~ t J ~ : n ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ ~ ~ dogs tend to "set up a social structure, a dominance order," she explains. "Every dog discovers its rank through body languagewrestling or brief power displays." With people, 100, dogs want to know where they stand. 'rrraining does not change a dog's nature," says Childers. "II tells him what he wants to know." And unless he is told otherwise, the dog just might decide for himself that he is number one in a family. That's when the owner sneaks out the window and goes to see a professional. "Most of the people who come here are very intelligent, open to new ideas and wanting information," says the proprietress of Animal School. Most are dog owners, since Childers admits she still has a lot to learn about cats. But contrary to the "dog on the couch" image that the public conjured up when animal behaviorists first began to practice, Childers and her feY\l counterparts across the nation spend a lot more time counseling people than their pets. This suits Childers, who set out to be a pediatrician with the encouragement of PSU professors such as Dawn Dressler, Physics, and Gerald Guthrie, Psychology. "I figured I could use my psychology background to communicate with parents," said Childers, who has two degrees, in biology and psychology. But she didn't gel into medical school on her first try and in the meantime an opportunity came up to handle behavior problems at a downtown veterinary business. '" really wanted IC ••• loe "Every clever circus dog started by leam;ng to sit: 1 reminds Ann Childers ('85) in her videotilpe "Puppys First Yearl " produced in Beaverton by Media West. Childers works with if family dog during one of her evening obedience classes (above) and gives her Shetland Sheepdog Jonathan if hug (/eh). to work with people and I love animals. So it all clicked." Now in business for herself, Childers does about a dozen private consultations each week, but most of her clientele attend Animal School's weekly dog obedience classes. Held in a warehouse adjoining Childers' office, the classes are a cacaphony of canine barks and whines and human coaxing and commands, with Childers in the middle of it all, offering pointers and handing out doggie treats to the owners, who are encouraged to reward their dogs liberall y. Positive or negative reinforcement - but no hitting - within one-half second of a particular behavior is the key to successful training, maintains Childers. For, beneath some of her gentle and creative techniques lies nothing more mysterious than simple stimulus· response theory. While dogs' mental faculties can go beyond the purely behavioral, says Childers, "we have to work with them on a stimulus-response level because we can't communicate with them." She doesn't discount interspecies communication, but says it can be as difficult as communication between human cultures. The pack instinct is one "cultural" difference between dogs and their owners. As Childers points out in her videotape, it is difficult for Americans with their notion of a democratic order to understand the dog's hierarchical view of the universe. Democracy, for a dog, is chaos. But, 12,000 years after the first dog was domesticated, dogs and humans continue to reach across the abyss to work together and provide companionship to one another. Only recently, however, has the subject of human-animal bonding been of scientific interest, says Childers. The little old lady doting on her poodle is an amusing stereotype, but the beneficial effects of pet companions to the elderly and heart attack victims have finally been measured - in lower blood pressure and longer lives. "Dogs and cats are very non-threatening. They offer unconditional love," says Childers, adding in layman's terms, "If you come home and you've had a bad day or your breath is bad, they don't care!" That may be small comfort, however, when you find your feather pillow gutted and spread around the bedroom and your blood pressure going up, not down. "It's hard to believe that cute furry thing has not turned oul to be everything you wanted," says Childers of the Christmas pup gone amok. But at the moment when a trip to the pound is looking really good, the soh-spoken Ann Childers can step in with some sensible advice and an apron full of treats and restore peace between the species. PSU Perspective, Fall 1986/_ 5
Professor and alum keep language map in the family by Cynthia D. Stowell A PSU anthropology professor and a graduate in graphic design have teamed up 10 (reate a handsome full-color map of nearly 50 native languages of the Pacific Northwest ~ : S ~ a ~ ~ : ~ ~ h ~ f ~ ~ e ~ a ~ ~ r : n ~ e r '" always wanted to recruit the family," said professor emeritus Wayne Suttles, the father oi seven. Added his son Cameron Sullies (79), " I've always been interested in maps. I remember as a kid working with Dad on his maps." The collaboration began in the early 'lOs when the two were both on campus. " I needed a map for classes I was leaching, so I asked Cam to draw me one," said Dr. Suttles. The resuhing black and white map was the first one to cover exclusively the professor's area of specialty - southeastern Alaska to northern California. As Cameron's cartography skills sharpened, partly under the tutelage of Fritz Kramer in the geography department, the map underwent refinement. In 1978, the Suttles produced a two-color language map which they published and distributed themselves. Useful in many classrooms beyond Suttles', the supply of 1.000 maps is now nearly depleted, much to the relief of Cameron, who has had to package and mail each one. AlumNotes '73 'OirMI.\ T ~ ~ (85), employee hE-ollth manag,emcnt coordinator for Pacinc Power & light Co. sInce 1985. has been oll>POinted to a lWo-year term 00 the Oregon G o v e t n o r ' ~ CouncIl fOf Health. FItness and S p o r 1 ~ . '74 kverty Gt.dder (MST), principal .It Aloha High School In 8eavmon, Orr., has Ix-en appointed to the Nat/OlUl AssociatIOn of Secondary School Pnneipals' Commlnee on School-College RelatIOnS. The youp works to Imp!'ove reiallons between c o l l ~ ilnd SoeCondary schools, p.lrticularly m the area of a d m i ~ S l o n s and recruitmenl. She r ( ' J ) f ~ t s nme western states on the committee M i c h ~ Go&dha:mmn (BS, works as a specialized consuhant for D i ~ l b i l i t y P r o f ~ s H ) ( l i l l ServICes In Eugene, Ore" where hEOKWocales bel:ter 11\'mg facilities for people WIth mobility problems c t w . r ~ twrir (BS) has begun leKhmg physics and ChemIstry to Sl.uderits at Newberg HIgh Sct.ool. Newberg. Ore. Judy LKhetvnrier (MS) h a ~ been named principal of Llncotn High School in the Portland School District. C h r i S I ~ Mocft iBS) has been appointed dlfectol' of NotIOnal ret.lrl sales for Miller B ~ l r r g Company, Milwaukee. WIS. His accounts include on- and orf-preml§t' rrlall c"ams, shIp chandlers and the mllrldry pogo 6 / PSU PerspecNve, Fall 1986 The latest incarnation of the map was born of the professor's desire to show language families in differe nt hues and the son's dream of an art print marketable outside the classroom. Western Imprints, the press of the Oregon Historical Society, agreed to publish the map, which appeared in 1985. All of the maps have been unusual in that they were presented from the perspective of someone approaching the west coast from the ocean. "That reminds people Ihat north is not up and south is not down," explains Dr. Suttles. "In most of the native languages there are no words for the cardinal directions. They have words describing toward water, away from water, upstream, downstream. Besides, it shakes people up to see a different perspective." Drawing on his own field work and the research of "dozens and dozens" of linguists and anthropologists, Dr. r a u ~ ~ : a ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ ~ a ~ : i ~ ~ l b ~ ~ ~ i l ~ u a l village and tribal names, all at approximately the time of European contact. As Suttles points out in the text that accompanies the map, the northwest has a greater diversity of native languages than any other region in North America. Most of the languages are still spoken to some extent, said Suttles, except for those of western Oregon, where Indian populations were decimated by '75 T.nya Collier (BS, '79 MPA) h . i I ~ been appointed to the Metropolitan Service Dlstflct COUncIl. ~ IS employed H a labor repfe5t'fltahve for the On'gon Nurws ~ i a t t o n . Linda G. f ~ n ISS), mathtomatics department chair and teacher at We5I Unn HiS" School, West Unn, Ore., is one of only 108 teachM acrO!ts the country to be selected by lhe White HOlM to " . ~ c e i v e Presidential Awards for ExceUeflCp In SCIence and Mathematics Teaching. Each teacher receives a S5,OOO grant plus gifts of equipment to be used at their schools. Gerald M. Hubbud IBS), Willametle Center Manager for Pooland Gfonernl Eie<:tric Co., Ponland, has been named past j)fesident emt>fltuS of the loternatlOOal Facility Management Association. He is responSIble (Of Corpor;lte membership and Intemationat ch.lpter development. RtchOlrd KUCZH (MS) is the new labor economIst serving eight hstern Oregon counlies from the Orrgon State Empioyment Servkf" office in Pendleton, Ore. He becomes one of nine state economISts stalioned throughout Oregon who predict and analyze counry-by-county employmf!nt trends In cKkIilion to maintaIning labor statistics and demot;raphtCs. Kenneth A, Nrkon (85), a princip.ill wilh OTAK, Inc., Lake Oswego. Ore., was recently in$lalled as president of the Engineermg Coord,natmg Council of Oregon. MichH,1 R. SIrf:kher (BS) recently Qualified a ~ a member m tlle 1986 ChairrTUn·s CouncIl of New York lIft' Inwlance Co Members rank In the top (OOr percent of the firm's 9,000 agents in the U.S and CaniKb, b.ned on their 1985-6(, sales pf'riormance C<JrnHOO Sunles ('79) and his f.tMr, emeritus professor of anthropology WaYM Suttles, IooIt over tM Norlhwrst IWtivr I.mglUge m.Ip 'My CrNted. non-native disease or violence and the remnants were grouped together without cultural distinction on a few reservations. Dr. Suules, who has laught at Portland State since 1966, will soon have another publication to his credit - a collection of articles he has written through the years. And he is currently completing work as volume editor of the Northwest Coast volume of the Smithsonian'S comprehensive Handbook of North American Indians. Meanwhile, Cameron, who spent eight years in the city of Portland planning bureau as a graphic '76 C r ~ Saker (BS) has been named rewon<rl manager for NorthWt"St Funding. Ltd., tIgard. Ore G.iry Barthoklmew (85), aSSiSlant coot,oIler and budget director ilt Harsh Investment Corp., Portland, has been selected the most villuable member of the Portland-Columbia Chclptet" of the National AsSOCiation of Accountants. Wesley L. Davis (MB"), owner of an Aloha. Ore. CPA firm bearing his namt', hJS been elected 1986-87 president of lhe Aloha-Sunsel Rotary Club. David Ford (BS) has been named to a neoN community relations group ror Portland General EleclftcCo. Anrw Kntthl, D.M.D. (85), a Portland d e n t i ~ t wrves on the current Multnom.ah Dental Society board of directOl'S ... Verne H. Moore IMU5) W.lS recently appointed to the Oregon Governor's Commission on Senior Services Robert Weiss (BSI, a Portland school teacher, purc"ased a lonery ticket whtCh proved to be worth $10,000. He later collected $B,OOO, the ilmoun! 01 thE- check due after federallalt.e5 had been deducted. '77 Jamrt Chaney IMS) is in charge of the Chapter 1 readin8 program involVing studerlts al Hermiston High School, Hermiston, Ore. S h i r ~ M. Kina lBA) has been awarded a Fulbright grant 10 condoct doctoral rese,lfch In West Ge(many. She plans 10 complete her doclOfale In rom.mce lolnguages and litt'fillure at the Un1V('r1lty of W a ~ h l n g t o n aftf'!" 5he returns from her fulbnght ye.lt "broad. illustrator, is now in business with his wife Karen Madsen, also a 1979 graduate of PSU. Doing business as "Folo-Trek," the couple is designing and marketing do-it-yourself post cards, a line of graphic frames that fold around favorite snapshots and are ready to mail. Foto-Trek has found "a niche in the market" between Sleeting cards and amateur photography, reported Cameron. and is growing rapidly. Has the father-son collaboration ended? "We've talked about some local area maps.. ." said Wayne Suttles, his voice trailing off. his son silent. Martie Ranslam 185, 'B6 MSW) and Oawn weeks ('BS MSW) St'f'o'f! as COOfdinatOf and as social Vt'Orkef. ri!Sp('Ctively, of Mount Hood o\oiedkal CenIer'S recently restructured Alcoholism Treatment Services program in Gresham, Ore. The program now inviles family and fneoch to participate directly In the recovery j)fOCI!SS, aloog with the actual alcohol or chemical abuser. '78 Petf'!" M. Cbrr. IMSTl is the neoN vice principal at Banks High School, Banil5, Ore. Clark Pfl"Yiously taught in the Oregon City, Ore. School District for the PelS! seo.en years. John Cobsurdo, D.M.D. (BSI. J Portland dentist. has been elected to serve as an officer in the MulTnorn.lh Ot'ntal Society for 1986-B7 Barbara Rehman 185, '8J MPAJ, a public utilities specialISt with the Bonneville Power AdministratIon, is a new member of lhe BeaYe1lorr, Ore.• Planning CommissiOn. Prior to moving to Beaverton, she worked WIth the North Portland Housing and Community Development C l t i z ~ Advisory Task FOfCP, recommending to city officials how to sPt'fl(t some S9 million for housing olnd community Improvements. '79 Maria Boucher (85) h.ls been ""meet controller of AudIO Group, Inc., Portland Samuel Brooks !SSt president of s. BrooI<s and Associates, tnc., Portland, has been apPOinted to the National Advisory Board of Small 8usiness Development Centers by the dlreclor of the u.S. Small Busine\ Administration. David K. Carboneau !BS), controller at Portldnd General E ~ t r i c Co.. Portland. has been elected t r ~ a W t e f of the NOfmwest Ek.>«:trrc lIght & Power ASSOCiatIon ConrinU«l on pige 11
Population: small Patricia Cox ('77) specializes in one-teacher schools. by Katlin Smith II's a warm autumn afternoon in southern Oregon. Outside the schoolhouse In tiny Agness. an isolated community on the Rogue River, oil steel-gray squirrel creeps headfirst down a massive oak tree. He hesitates, swiveling his head to peer in the wmdow at the eight students who are struggling with their math lessons. The scene is typical - but with a twist. The students. all laught by one t e a c h e r ~ range from first-graders to sixth-graders. They are students in one of Oregon's' 7 remaining one-teacher schoors. Agness school teacher Patricia Cox ('77) is a rarity. She has specialized in ~ ~ ~ : ~ c ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ s ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ k s to leach in larger lawns, the schools in small burgs continue to attract her. Cox's firslleaching job was tn north central Montana in the 19&05. A college degree was not required (or the position, but stamina was. Her first class included 10 students and seven different grade levels. "Now when I think back," ~ h e says. I think 'How did I have enough nerve to go and do thaI!' ., Cox soon realized that seven different grade levels translated into seven different daily lesson plans. She also found that specialization wa not an option. Not only did she teach the basic subjects, but also art, music and physical education Planning time and pe:oona I break!, were, and are, also an ImrKlSsibJlity. "'n my school, jf they go somewhere, I go with them," she explains. "We are together all day long from the time they come to the time they leave. There are no breaks off, for them or for me, from each other." Antelope p e ~ c e shattered Cox finished her college degree at Portland Slate in 1977, followed by a stint at substitute teaching. She then headed for her next one·teacher school, in soon·to-be-famous Antelope, Ore. Expecting another quiet. small·town teaching aSSIgnment, Cox found herself in the center of a tense media event. When Ihe f o l l o w ~ of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh moved 10 the Big Muddy Ranch near Antelope, and the media followed. the placid central Oregon town changed personalities. "The school was the only big building in town where .....e held meetings," s.1ys Cal(. "The telephone was always nnging. "At first It was exciting," she remembers. But the stre5S of the situation soon interfered with her teaching. She finally refused to allow film crews into the school. Her students thanked her In relief. Aher three years in remote Antelope, Cox decided it was lime to move 10 a larger school. But when she read about the opening in Agness, she remembered a spectacular trip she had taken up the Rogue River by maillxtal years earlier. Her memories of the natural beauty of the communrty. which is still served by mailboat. swayed her. In 1982, she arrived in the tiny resort town to take over another one-teacher school. One large family moving into or out of the district can totally change her teaching plans. Cox finds many advantages to her teaching assignments. The one-teacher situation allows her to work with Individual students over a number of years. "You can see that they are definitely learning," she says. "If you have them fOf one year and they are having difficulty in some subject, you never know if they ever learned that or not But here you do." Cox also appreciates her independence in the classroom. "You don't have someone standing over your shoulder and telling you what to do," she says. "You choose what you want to teach, when you want 10 teach it, how you want to teach it. and you choose your textbooks. But the ,ob can be unpredictable. One large family moving inlO or oul of the district can totally change her teaching plans. She once expected eight students in her Antelope classroom and ended up wilh 18. Older kids help Ihe younger Cox is presently teaching 1 S students - eight students ranging (rom 6 years to 11 years, and seven kinderganen students. Though she is still responsible for her youngest students' curriculum development and leaching. Cox gladly accepts help from a part·time aide who works wilh the kindergarteners. In the classroom, Cox's youngest students benefit from the knowledge of It'lelr elder5. "Give me an equation," Cox commands, as she points to the day's date. October 9. Instantly, each student has a hand in the air, regardless of age. "Zero plus nine," a first-grader responds. "Seventy-two divided by eight," suggests a sIxth-grader. Each student shares an equation whICh equals moe. Afterwards, they al! stand in a circle for a counting game, the older : ~ ~ ~ u : ~ t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ students At the end of the day, Cox drives 3S miles - a winding hour-long drive along the Rogue River - to her apartment, which she shares with six cats, neat Gold Beach. She lived in Agness during her first three years in the community. but chose to move to a more populated area. Even Agness' main sign, posted by the store, which is now out of business, doesn't give the count of the few people living In the scenIC fishing and logging village. " says "Population: small." The number of one-teacher schools continues to dwindle. But there will ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ : ' a r . k ~ ~ ' ! ! ~ n need of a leacher who is committed to facing a roomful of children of different ages and at differem stages of development. Patricia Cox is one of a rare breed who is happy in front of such a challenging and unusual classroom. Blumel reminiscences eonfinuu/ from ~ 2 NMK:y T ~ n g Accounting It is a measure of the man, and of his respect for us as individuals, that in a job as demanding and intense as that of a University president, Joe Blumel knew each one of us and. more importantly, that he cared about us Frederick Wdller Emeritus, fns/ish If I had to cite one pre-eminent virtue among others that Joe has ~ h o w n as president. it would be. steadHless of purpose toward the welfare of the University, steadiness In deCIsion-making, and steadiness to the face of the disappointments. Dd¥id Newhdll Philosophy Probably the most significant achievement while Joe was president has been the progressive recognition of Portland State University as a valuablc resource to the metropolitan area and to the entire state of Orcgon... We are continuously SC'Cking our own identity. Joe has certainly conlributed a part of thaI Identity. PSU PerspectIve. Fall 1986 page 7
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