PSU Magazine Fall 1996

'77 Sharon "Shari" Furtwangler is a teacher at Hawthorne Elementary in Sweet Home. Furtwangler was chosen a Teacher of the Month, an award and recognition from State Farm Insurance. Furtwangler has been in education for 19 years and currently teaches a fourth/fifth grade blended classroom. Michael Jeffries is owner of Michael's Custom Homes, a contracting business in Bend. Andrew Merrifield MA is an associate professor of political science and coordinator of the public administration graduate program at Sonoma State University in California. Merrifield teaches graduate courses in public administration and undergraduate courses in political science. John Mertlich is the regional consulting manager for Catalyst Corporation, a manufacturing systems integration business in Tualatin . Nancy Ann Peck MSW is a social worker at St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center in Portland . Peck celebrated the Chinese New Year in Taipei, Taiwan, with Grace Boys MSW '76, a social work instructor living there. John "Dick" Trtek MST is a physics teacher at Lake Oswego High School. Trtek enhances the learning environment in his classes with a collection of 50 to 100 props, which he uses to demonstrate physical properties. Trtek also enjoys writing and hopes to make it a secondary career. Louis Tupen is a program manager and technical special– ist with McDonnell Douglas, an aerospace corporation in Mesa, Ariz. Cheri Weaver MS teaches fourth and fifth grade at Cedaroak Park Primary School in West Linn. Weaver was named O regon's Social Studies Teacher of the Year (1996) by the O regon Council of Social Studies. '78 Milton Asher is a premium auditor for Industrial Indemnity Insurance Company in its Anchorage, Alaska, office. Prior to accepting this position, Asher received an Associate in Premium Auditing (APA) designation from the Insurance Institute of America and also qualified for a Continuing Professional Development Award . Martha Pfanschmidt is an instructor in the art department at Marylhurst College in Portland . Pfanschmidt will attend a low-residency Master of Fine Arts program at Vermont College for the next two years. Dr. John Yetto is an assistant professor (division of general surgery, section of surgical oncology ) at O regon Health Sciences University. Yetto also is chief for sections of surgical oncology and head and neck surgery at the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center. '79 Arthur Buck Jr., owns and operates Tax Services Inc., a small tax and accounting firm with offices in Tualatin and Beaverton. Buck and his wife, Marcie, and their three children make their home in Tualatin. Carmela Mallon Huang was a Peace Corps worker in Honduras in 1979- 1980. Huang also taught English in Taiwan and has travelled around the world . James Mabbott MS '85 has been named superintendent of the Riverdale School District in Lake Oswego. Mabbott formerly was the assistant superintendent of the Washington County Education Service District where he supervised the busi– ness office, data processing, media services, special educa– tion, and instructional services. G. Hossein Parandvash MS '82 is an economist with the Portland Water Bureau. Parandvash lives in Beaverton. Dr. Moira Gunn National Public Radio September 25th in Eugene September 27th, Portland Titanic/Deep Sea Dr. Robert Ballard Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Friday, October 11th Portland Global Dreams Dr. David Suzuki PBS Host, UBC Geneticist November 6th in Eugene November 8th in Portland What is Life? with Dr. LynnMargulis and Dorion Sagan December 4th in Eugene December 6th in Portland Jean-Michel Cousteau Oceanographer, Filmmaker January 24th, 1997 Cosmology ofMind Dr. Keith Devlin, Stanford February 12th in Eugene February 14th in Portland Mind Made Flesh Dr. George Lakoff UC Berkeley March 11th in Eugene March 14th in Portland April 11th in Portland Emergence ofOrder Dr. Stuart Kauffman Santa Fe Institute May 14th in Eugene May 16th in Portland • For Tickets in Portland Call FASTIXX at 224-8499 For Season Tickets in Eugene Call the Hult Center Box Office at 541 687-5000 FALL 1996 PSU MAGAZINE 23