PSU Magazine Fall 1992

EDITOR Kathryn Kirkland CONTRIBUTORS Danielle Fischer, Clarence Hein '65, Lanny Proffer, Teresa O'Heam Schumacher '80, Pat Scott, Douglas wanson CALENDAR EDITOR Bertha Martell DESIGN Terry Daline ADVERTISING SALES Judi Schons Independent Ad Director (503)224-1759 EDITORIAL OFFICE 325 Cramer Hall P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 (503) 725-4451 ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE Pat Squire, Director Scott Kaden, Assistant Director 239 Mill Street Building P.O. Box 75 1 Portland, OR 97207-075 l (503) 725-4948 ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jory Abrams '79, President Brian Black '69 Charles C lemans '56 Don Dickinson '68, MBA '72 Gary Dominick '73, MSW '77 John Eccles '69 Nancy Fargo '82 Ann Romano Freestone '72 James Griffith '67 Peter Grundfossen '58, MST '66 Wally Harding '59 Deanna Hotchkiss '88 Terry Hunt '65 Lee Jenkins '79 Jan Kurtz '87 Dolores Leon '70 Linda Marshall '83 Laura Osburn '88, MSW '91 Jim Perkin '59, MS '73 Susan Purpura '77 Stan Sanders '8 l Miriam Selby '68, MA '70 Jo Ann Smith '90 Larry Thompson '68 Dennis West '63 Jane Wiener '69 Merrie Ziady '80, MST '82 Cover: Broadcast journalist Susan Stamburg will be the guest speaker during PSU Weekend, Nov. 14 (see story in insert following page 6). FEATURES A Fighting Style A PSU professor continues his work on innovative community projects while coping with the effects of a cancerous brain tumor. The Lights Stay On Community and alumni accomplishments remain, despite the closing of the School of Health and Human Performance. A City Behind Walls Columbia River Correctional Institution is like a small town with a PSU alumnus as its mayor. A Day in the Life of PSU Students photographed the people and places of Portland State during a 24-hour period last spring. DEPARTMENTS Around the Park Blocks Alumni Association News Alum Notes Sports Calendar 4 7 12 14 2 18 21 28 29 PSU Magazine is published for alumni and friends of Portland State University. Contents may be reprinted only by permission of the editor. Please send address changes to the Office of Alumni Relations, Portland State University, P.O. Box 75 l, Portland, OR 97207-0751. PSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. PSU 1