PSU Magazine Fall 1995

UM Compiled by Myrna Ouray Vanport John Aha is a senior staff engi– neer at Hughes Space and Communications, a division of Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles. Aha recently stopped by the Alumni Office while visiting his daughter in Portland. Harry Thompson is chai rman of the board at Thompson Construction and Sidra Property Management in Portland. '50s Alice Brettauer '58 writes that she retired after teaching for 20 years and since then has "trav– eled the world over." Jon Bish '59 fa rms near Hillsboro, raising walnuts and hazelnuts. Bish also has a small antique shop, specializing in oriental porcelains. '60s Elinor (Woods) Hill '60 and her husband, Glenn '62, founded Learning Works fo llow– ing their retirement from Gresham Grade School and Portland Public Schools, respec– tively. The Hills, who live in Eagle Creek, provide tutoring for math and read ing. Gary Barrett '61 is president and co-owner of Hot Springs Resort, a family-owned business in Calistoga, Calif. Barrett was a pilot with Pan American Airlines for 30 years. Elizabeth Grimes Marshall '61 is semi-retired and an assistant manager of Harry and David, a retail food and gift shop. Marshall previously was an administrative medical technol– ogist. She resides in Sunriver. Carl Perkins '61 has been elected president of the Multnomah Dental Society. Perkins practices general dentistry in Gresham. Dan Gemma '64 has joined the PSU Alumni Board of N 0 TES Directors. Gemma is a sen ior vice president at First Interstate Bank. He and his wife, Ro sie, live in Portland. L.B. Day '66 has been appoint– ed to the board of directors of Microchip Technology, a semi– conductor chip manufactu ring company in Phoenix, Ariz. Day is president of Day-Floren Associates, a management consulting firm in Portland. Donald Franklin '66 teaches soc ial stud ies at Molalla High School. Franklin "thanks Dr. Charles White, Dr. Manning, and Portland State for being there and making my goals possible." He has been an educator for 29 years. James McCreight '66 has been appointed to the board of trustees of the Maryhill Museum of Art and to the Beaverton Arts Commission. McCreight is president of Future Focus, which distributes video and aud io training programs to corporations. Leonard Mei '66 is president of Suntel Design, an architectural design firm in Tigard . James Vogland '66 is president of Pacific Rim and Trim International, an importi ng firm in Portland. Pamela Erickson '67 is the development project manager at Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission in Portland. MERC manages the Performing Arts Center, Convention Center, Exposition Center, and Civ ic Stadium. W. Dennis Noack '67 has been named director of customer financial services at Graphic Arts Center, a commercial color printing firm in Portland. Claude Smith '67, a retired U.S. Air Force major residing in Palo Alto, Calif., reminds us that he was 58 when he gradu– ated from PSU. Allen Russell Taggard '67 designs and builds homes on the northern Oregon coast and is president of Russ Taggard Company in Gearhart. Taggard serves on the board of directors of the Seaside Public Library. Glen Beckley '68 is a new member of the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. Beckley is president of Beckley & Associates, an information systems consulting firm. PSU Weekend Open House Visit us Friday, Oct. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) Accounting alumni bowling, 5:30 - 9:00 p.m., Viking Lanes, Smith Memorial Center (SMC) Anthropology, 141 Cramer Hall (CH) Biology, 2nd floor lounge, Science Building II (SBII) Business Administration Reception, First floor lobby, 631 SW Harrison St. Economics, 241 CH English, 407 Neuberger Hall (NH) Environmental Programs, 218 SBII Geography, 424 CH Geology, 17 CH History, 441 CH; dedication of the George Hoffman Library, 447 CH at 5:30 p.m., sponsored by Friends of History International Affairs, 112 Sixth Ave. Bldg., 1950 SW 6th Philosophy, 473 NH Physics, 201 Science Building I Political Science, 11 7 CH Psychology, 317 CH Sociology, 217 CH Vanguard student newspaper, Vanguard offices, 429 SMC Thomas Bryant '68 is owner of Bryant Well Drilling and Pump in Newberg. Don Dickinson '68 MBA '72 has established a new Beaverton– based marketing communica– tions firm named D.Marcations. Dickinson is a 27-year veteran of Portland advertising and was sen ior vice president and partner at Gerber Advertising Agency. Donald Morgan '68 MBA '7 1 and Richard Grant MBA '71, co-founders of GMA Research Corporation, note that the company will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. GMA is an independent marketing research firm based in Bellevue, Wash. Stephen Murawski '68 is presi– dent of Rigging Products Inc., a warehousing distributor in Portland. Miriam Selby '68 MA '70 is owner and publisher of Sibyl Publications in Portland. Sibyl is a feminist press, "dedicated to giving voice to women." Selby welcomes queries and manu – scripts. Michael Call '69 MA '73 is deputy general manager in the government relations depart– ment with Mitsubishi International in their Washington, D.C., office. Leandra Fox '69 is the MetroQuest reference librarian for the library information network of Clackamas County. MetroQuest provides back-up reference service to all Clackamas County libraries. Steven Kolb '69 and Kevin Kolb '73 are partners at Plastikoil of Oregon, a book bindery business in Milwaukie. Rev. Joel Lewton '69 is program coordinator for the Yakima Valley Partners Habitat for Humanity in Wapato, Wash. Lewton also is a volunteer chaplain at Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima. He is writ– ing a book about his great-great grandfather's journey across the Oregon Trail. FALL 1995 PSU MAGAZINE 23