Certificates Pamela Baton, BA Middle East Studies Certificate, Arts and Letters; Portland Gretchen Ann Brevig, BS International Business Studies Certificate, Business Administration; Sandy Cynthia Capka, BA Middle East Studies Certificate, Arts and Letters; Portland Patricia Anne Carroll, Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate; Portland Savino Joseph DeBenedetto, Public Health Studies Certificate; Portland Devereaux Horace Dixon, Jr., BS Black Studies Certificate, Political Science; Portland Greg Ellars, Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate; Portland Patricia S. Hannan, BA Public Health Studies Certificate, Biology, Science; Portland Katherine Juhl, BS Urban Studies Certificate, General Studies; Portland Diane Marie Kulstad, BS Women’s Studies Certificate, Psychology; Aloha Catherine Ann Lach, BS Public Health Studies Certificate, Biology; Beaverton James C. Mayer, Teaching English as a Second Lan^ua^e Certificate; Portland Jane Kyle McFarland, BS Urban Studies Certificate, Social Science; Portland Claudia A. Miller, BS Public Health Studies Certificate, Science; Portland Juanita M. Mioni, BA Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate, General Studies; Beaverton Karen Lee Nordgren, BA Middle East Studies Certificate, Arts and Letters; Portland Terry Lamonte Pettigrew, BS Black Studies Certificate, Business Administration; Portland Roberta Snell Rifer, Dance Certificate; Portland Josephine Steffian St. Clair, BS Public Health Studies Certificate, Health Education; Portland Shelley Stephens, BA Latin American Studies Certificate, Social Science; Portland Stephen James Subject, Urban Studies Certificate; Vancouver, Washington Pendra Allene Surette, Public Health Studies Certificate; Lake Oswego Madelon Taylor, BA Latin American Studies Certificate, General Studies, Arts and Letters, Social Science; Hillsboro Paul David Turgesen, BS Public Health Studies Certificate, Science; Portland Class of 1956 Today marks the 25th June Commencement since 1956, the year Portland State graduated its first class. The school was small then, its campus just one building and its enrollment only 2,800. But those first graduates were much like today’s, a diverse group whose varied backgrounds and interests were their common thread. Portland State has accomplished much since 1956. A major university now, it has nearly 17,000 students and a campus which covers 26 blocks. Those same years also have been a time of accomplishment for the Class of ’56. Its 72 members have had distinguished careers in many professions, including law, education, management, and social work. Recently, some of the 1956 graduates recalled those early days at Portland State. They remembered the “friendly” faculty, the “nice days in the Park Blocks,” the “well-rounded” educations they received. And one made an observation which some day will be echoed by today’s graduates: “The years at PSU are among my most saemorable.” 36
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