PSU Magazine Fall 1992

Returning to school The Nancy Ryles Scholarship, which assists women who want to return to college, was awarded to Cassandra Gar– rison for the 1992-93 academic year. Garrison, a North Bend native, is a recent graduate of Portland Commun– ity College, where she received her associate degree in civil engineering technology. At PSU Garrison will pursue an undergraduate degree in geotechnical engineering. The $5,000 renewable scholarship honors Nancy Ryles, who died of brain cancer in 1990 after a career as a school board member, state senator, and Oregon's first woman public utility commissioner. Eleanor Dominguez, recipient of the first Ryles scholarship, awarded for 1991-92, has had her scholarship renewed for 1992-93. Both Dominguez and Garrison are single mothers. Profs remembered Byron Gardner, professor emeritus of art, a prominent Northwest artist and a master falconer, died of cancer May 14 in Oregon City. He was 61. Gardner, who was known for his landscapes of the high desert, joined PSU in 1966 and retired in 1990. Helen Wilderman, professor emerita of administration, died of leukemia in her home June 5. She was 85. Wilder– man retired in 1972 from the Regis– trar's Office. She served the University for 26 years and was involved with overseas student programs at Pavia, Italy, and Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Jean Black, who organized the library at Vanport Extension Center in 1946, died June 22 in her Portland home of cancer. She was 89. Black was head librarian at Portland State until she retired in 1969 and became a professor emerita of the University. James Hale, professor emeritus of education, died of a stroke June 29 in Portland. He was 65. Hale, who served the University from 1961 until his retirement in 1987, was responsible for drafting a plan to revamp school sys– tems in U.S. trust territories in the late 1960s. Five students, including Laurie Austin (pictured here), designed and constructed a sculpture this past spring and summer with steel donated by the Civil Engineering Department. The steel was originally used by Professor Wendelin Mueller in his failure analysis of transmission towers. The sculpture is being donated to Mueller's department. A magical, mystical event The theme "Genies and Houdinis" carried the evening for the fourth annual PSU Ultimate Tailgate, a din– ner and auction fund-rai er for student scholarships and University programs. A camel caravan greeted party-goers as they entered the transformed HPE Building. The 600 corporate and civic leaders attending the Sept. 12 event were entertained by jugglers, dancers, and snake charmer in a Middle East– ern market decor. Dinner was accompanied by an auction of unusual items and services. President Judith Ramaley will be taking eight people birdwatching; one bidder will be riding in the Budweiser Clydes– dale float in the 1993 Rose Festival Parade; a cattle-branding experience will be had by another; and an art profes or will lead a group tour through Portland art galleries with de ert after– wards. The Ultimate Tailgate ended with the "ultimate illu ion," a woman riding a magic carpet above the crowd. Chair of this year's event was Norm Daniels, president of G.I. Joe's. The Tailgate is sponsored by the Viking Club and the PSU Foundation. Corporate sponsors included Bryan Bickmore Dodge and Gresham Ford, Columbia Sportswear, First Interstate Bank of Oregon, Fleming Companies, G.I. Joe's, PayLess Drug Stores, United Grocers, and Western Family Foods. Working for justice's sake Justice is not always fairly served in Oregon's judicial system, as Khalil Zonoozy, coordinator of programs for international students and faculty at PSU, can and has testified. Last year Zonoozy served as an inter– preter and mediator during the post– conviction hearing for a man from the Middle East. This was not the first time Zonoozy, who is an expert in inter– cultural and cross-cultural communica– tion, has testified for the defense in such cases. In Zonoozy's opinion, neither the defendant nor the system were fairly served. The defendant was "dramatical– ly handicapped by his low proficiency in the English language and his lack of understanding of American culture and the legal system," says Zonoozy. The attorney/client relationship was so hampered that the defendant's age could not even be determined, let alone the facts of the case. It is this kind of experience that Zonoozy and others are bringing to the newly created Oregon Supreme Court Task Force on Racial/Ethnic Issues in the Judicial System. Formation of the 16-member panel was recommended by the Supreme Court and the Oregon Judicial Conference. "This is an important task force in my opinion," says Zonoozy, who serves as its vice chairman, "and it couldn't be more appropriate following the Rodney King verdict that shook the nation." The panel, which is holding public hearings around the state, includes three Portland State alumni: District Court Judge Nancy W. Campbell '76, attorney Kathryn H. Clarke '75 MA, and attorney Jack L. Morris '79. D PSUJ