PSU Magazine Fall 1996

'71 Robert A. Peterson MBA attended the inauguration of Constantine Papadakis as presi– dent of Drexel University in Philadelphia on May 3, 1996. Peterson is senior vice president and chief financial officer at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Patricia Rumer PhD '81 is the director of Extended and Summer Programs with the PSU School of Extended Studies. David Swanson is a non– commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) of the U.S. Air Force Strolling Strings, a USAF band at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. Lenore Vest is a mathematics instructor at Lower Columbia Community College in Longview, Wash. Vest completed a two-year term as president of the Association for Higher Education, which serves the interests of higher educa– tion faculty in the state of Washington. '72 Cynthia Dreyer Berg is a retirement counselor with the Public Employees Retirement System in Portland. E. Kay Davis has been named associate dean of humanities, arts and social sciences at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City. Davis has been a member of the faculty at CCC since 1972. She served as an instructor and director for refugee and non-refugee courses in English as a Second Language and an instructor in the English department. She lives in Camas, Wash. Davis will replace Jack Shields '66, who is retiring. Elizabeth Lindsay MS, MA '80 is a professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland. 22 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 1996 Judith Norman served as a delegate for President Judith Ramaley at the inauguration of Merrill Bateman as president of Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City on April 25, 1996. Norman is a professor in the School of Social Work at Brigham Young. Robert "Bob" Schlichting is the plant manager for Kanto Corporation, located in the Rivergate industrial district of Portland. Kanto is a major worldwide supplier of electron– ics chemicals. Joan Altenburger Schultz MS is a self-employed counselor in Bend. Schultz also works for PLAN International Adoption Agency, teaches community education for Central Oregon Community College, and is an adjunct professor for Warner Pacific College where she teaches a Biblical Values and Vocation class. Theresa "Terry" Vatter is a mathematics teacher at TST Community School, a secondary school for at-risk youth in Ithaca, N.Y. Vatter authored a book entitled, Civic Mathematics: Fundamentals in the Context of Social Issues, which was published in May. Her father, Harold G. Vatter, is a PSU professor emeritus of economics. Andrea Pedersen Wood is a business systems analyst for Chevron in Dublin, Calif. '73 David Hansen MS is dean of students at Linfield College in McMinnville. Hansen conducted leadership workshops for Chambers of Commerce in Canby, McMinnville, Coos Bay, and Albany this year. Walter Kawecki Jr., is a labor relations representative with the Bay Area Rapid Transit in Oakland, Calif. Thomas Keeling was named vice president and general manager of Commercial Equip– ment Lease in Eugene. Keeling formerly was general manager and chief executive officer of Farwest Commercial Finance Company in Bellevue, Wash. Jill Nichols MPA '84 retired from her position as executive director of American Red Cross Oregon Trail Chapter in September. Nichols is moving to the LaGrande area, but will remain active as a Red Cross volunteer. Thomas K. Reilly is serving as acting supervisor for the Umatilla National Forest based in Pendleton. Reilly has been the Walla Walla district ranger for four years and will return to that position when the acting supervisor detail is completed. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a registered professional geologist. Gregory Scherzinger is producer and director at KVOS TV-12, a television station in Bellingham, Wash. Scherzinger lives aboard a 41' ketch, "TigerLily." Therese "Terry" Walker MBA '81 has joined the PSU Alumni Board of Directors and is on the 1996 PSU Weekend planning committee as sponsor chair. Walker is vice president, rela– tionship manager at the U.S. Bank of Oregon in Portland. '74 Fred Bachofner is executive director of the National Kidney Foundation of Oregon and Southwest Washington. Bachofner previously was vice president at Mecca Interna– tional. He is active in PSU's Viking Club and was co-chair of its golf scramble for 10 years. He and his family live in Clackamas. Franklyn Gaast MS retired after teaching in the Camas, Wash., School District for 30 years. Marlene Bayless Mitchell MS is a fellow of the American Leadership Forum, vice-presi– dent of the Oregon Senior Women's Golf Association, and a member of the Reed College Women's Committee. Mitchell is a retired communications specialist with the Portland School District. Patricia Weber MS is a realtor with Century 21 in Castle Rock, Wash. '75 Donald Barnd is a captain on the Longview Police Department in Washington. Barnd's duties include adminis– tration of the detective unit, crime prevention program, and the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. He previ– ously was the administrative sergeant for the patrol division. Analene Leppin-Waterman is owner and agent of a State Farm Insurance office in Silverton. Her husband, Dennis, is a local cattle rancher. '76 Nancy Phelps Bowen received a Master of Music in piano performance/pedagogy in 1984 and a master's degree in music history in 1985, both from Arizona State University– Tempe. Bowen returned to grad– uate school in 1991 and earned a Master of English Literature at California State University– Fullerton. She is currently in the Ph.D. program in musicol– ogy and medieval studies at the Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, Calif. James Dunlap is general manager of Eckstrom Industries, a stainless steel pipe and fitting manufacturer and distributor in Vancouver, Wash. Thomas Kemper is vice presi– dent and managing director at Pacific Harbor Capital Inc., a PacifiCorp financial services company in Portland. Susan Love was named statewide Member of the Year of the Women Entrepreneurs of Oregon. Love has three busi– nesses in the Clackamas area. She also serves as treasurer for the Portland Brentwood– Darlington Neighborhood Association and chaired the annual neighborhood cleanup for two years. Dennis Ross is the director of professional development for the American Public Works Association in Kansas City, Mo. Ross is responsible for managing a major division which provides professional and technical support to the members.