PSU Magazine Fall 1987

'73 Marvin Hoff(BS) has been named vice president of materials for Freightliner Corp., Portland. Larry Hudnall (BA) displayed some of his artistic carvings re– cently at the World Forestry Cen– ter, Portland. He creates wooden artifacts reminiscent of carvings by Northwest Indian tribesmen, often employing the same types of tools which the Indian carver.s used. Matthias D. Kemeny (BS), presi– dent of Color & Design Exhibits, reported that his firm recently completed building the exhibits for the new six-story Museum of Flight Great Gallery in Seattle. Kemeny's company employs about 85 workers in its Portland and Seattle offices. Nelson Olf (MBA), manager of the Diamond Cabinets plant in Hillsboro, Ore. recently accepted a recognition award from Sears, Roebuck & Co. on behalf of the 170 employees in his faci lity. Diamond produces kitchen and bathroom cabinets for the giant department store chain, and be– came one of on ly 75 of Sears' I0,000 suppliers chosen for the honor. Floyd Shelton (BS) is the new manager of the Port of Redwood City in the San Francisco Bay area of Californ ia. The former manager of the Pon ofAstoria in Oregon left that position after two years to return to school. Last year he received a masters of science degree from the Univer– sity of Wales in Cardiff, Wales. '75 Judy Baxter (BS, '86 MT), former director of the Gresham, Ore. Board of Realtors, is a new certi– fied public accountant. She is a tax specialist with Peat Marwick Main and Co., Portland. James M. Brady (BS) has been named treasurer of the Oregon chapter of the Financial Manag– ers Society. He is vice president and controller for Oregon Pio– neer Savings and Loan Associa– tion, Portland. Georgia Deetz (MS) h as been selected to be the new principal of Tom McCall Middle School, Forest Grove, Ore. Employed by the district since 1972, Deetz has spent the past three years as prin– cipal at neighboring Nei l Arm– strong Middle School. Gene E. Leo, Jr. (BS), director of the Washington Park Zoo in Port– land since 1985, has been named executive manager of the Por– tland Rose Festival Association. During his ten ure, attendance at the 600-specimen zoo hit its second-highest year ever in 1986. '78 Colleen Cavin (BA), winner of a recent Fulbright grant, will spend the 1987-88 academic year study– ing bookbinding and calligraphy at Digby Stuart College in the Roe Hampton Institute, London, Eng– land. Dan Hotchkiss (BS) has been promoted to national sales man– ager of KKCW-FM radio station ("K-103"), Beaverton, Ore. Joseph Peterson (MBA) has been named controller for the metal products division of Tektronix, inc., Beaverton, Ore. George Telisman (MPA) has been appointed executive director of the Providence Medical Center's "On Lok" project in Portland. "On Lok" is a method of caring for the frail e lderly that was deve– loped in San Francisco's Chinese community. '79 Samuel Brooks (BS), president of S. Brooks and Associates, Inc., Portland, has been appointed to the Portland Chamber of Com– merce board of directors. David K. Carboneau (BS) has bee n named vice president of planning and controller of Port– land General Electric Co.'s gener– ating division . He was previously controller and assistant treasurer for the firm. Richard Kelly (MST) and about I00 students in his two-year mar– keting course at Aloha High School, Alo ha, Ore. have re– ceived recognition from the Ore– gon Department of Education as Create a gift of significance ... An endowed or named scholarship is a very special way of helping a deserving student while providing lasting recognition for the individual for whom the scholarship is named. Planned giving allows the use of techniques to combine current and deferred gifts, often providing increased income and immediate income tax savings. These techniques can create a gift that may, at first, seem beyond reach. May we send you a copy of our new booklet, "The Personal Rewards of Giving to PSU"? Judith E. Nichols Vice President, Development (503) 464-4478 Portland State University PSU MAGAZINE PAGE 18 P.O. Box 75 1, Portland, OR 97207