PSU Magazine Fall 1996

ALUM NOTES Judith Poe is controller at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Nader Sabahi is a sales associ– ate and realtor with the Equity Group Inc., in Beaverton. Rosemarie Torrence is an associate manager for Sterling Property Services Inc., a firm that manages homeowners' associations. Torrence lives in Portland. '80 Matt Albright is a lieutenant commander with the U.S. Navy. Following six years naval service, Albright attended PSU on the G.l. Bill. Upon gradua– tion he was a navy reserve recruiter, then completed Officers Candidate School and was commissioned in 1984. Albright has served on both FBM and Trident submarines and is attending Marine Command and Staff College in Quantico, Va. He and his wife, Cindy, have three children and celebrated their 25th anniver– sary in June. Bruce Czopek MBA is a land– scape contractor with Land Design Group in Portland. Sharon Fitz is a physical educa– tion specialist with the Portland Public Schools. Fitz lives in Sandy. Mary M. Ryan MBA is presi– dent of Kaleidoscope Kitchens Inc., a commercial baked goods and food service company in Pleasanton, Calif. Robert "Bob" Schulz has been elected to the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. He is an innovative funding manager with Portland Parks and Recreation. Schulz and his wife, Vicki, live in Portland. '81 Caren E. Mullins MS '91 is a humanities teacher at Clear Creek Middle School in Gresham. Mullins teaches a multi-age sixth-through eight– grade program integrating social studies, writing and literature. 24 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 1996 In her spare time, Mullins enjoys photography and travelling. William Sparling MURP is a senior evaluator with the U.S. General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. '82 Jasmar Reddin is owner of Jasmar Reddin, D.C., P.C., a chiropractic clinic in Portland. Lorali Sinnen MBA '92 is an escrow officer with TICOR Title in Portland. '83 John C. Allen MS represented PSU President Judith Ramaley at the investiture of James Moeser as chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on April 26, 1996. Allen is an associate professor of rural sociology at the university. John Chonka MS is president of Hearing Associates Inc., in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Chonka is a certified clinical audiologist and has been in private practice for 13 years. Beverly "Bev" Davis is the director of client relations and business development at Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen, a law firm in Portland. Davis previously was the princi– pal administrator and marketing director for Tarlow, Jordan & Schrader. Peggy Falkenstein MPA is a project coordinator for C lackamas Community College's Customized Training and Development Services Department. The department functions as a liaison between the college and private/public sector organizations that are seeking training solutions to help them meet their business objectives. Peggy also is a musi– cian in the band PowerSurge. Nancy Berg Kuller is an accounting administrator with San Diego Trolley Inc., a non– profit public benefit corporation in San Diego. Randall Macinnes MS is the librarian and bookstore manager at Blair Junior College in Colorado Springs, Colo. Angeline Welch writes that upon her retirement as a psychi– atric nurse with the Veterans Administration, she went to Costa Rica as a Peace Corps volunteer. Welch served there from March 1991 through June, 1993. "A wonderful experi– ence," says Welch, who now lives in Ashland and is enjoying retirement and volunteer work. '84 Dr. Thomas Del Zotto is a doctor of pediatric medicine practicing with Foot & Ankle Associates; Surgery & Treatment in Folsom, Calif. Anthony "Tony" Gerlicz MST is the head of upper school at Graland Country Day School in Denver. Stephen Kloser is president of New Vision Productions, a sound and video production company in Bellevue, Wash. Roger LeSueur earned a master's degree in engineering applications from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1990 and became a registered profes– sional engineer in the state of Nevada in 1991. LeSueur is employed by the Bureau of Reclamation in Fallon, Nevada, working with the local irriga– tion district in issues of water management, water conserva– tion, and water measurement. Pamela Gesme Miller has joined the PSU Alumni Board of Directors and is Seminar Day Chair for PSU Weekend '96. Miller is owner and principal at PGM Consulting. Miller and her husband, Fred, live in Portland. Edna Mae Pittman MPA '86 received the 1996 Gladys McCoy Volunteer Award in April. Pittman is a student services specialist at Whitaker Middle School in Portland. She is a board member for Portland Youth Philharmonic; coordina– tor of Whitaker's Young Artists Project; and is the co-founder of North/Northeast Community Mental Health Center. In the 1980s, Pittman was appointed by then-Gov. Vic Atiyeh to advisory committees addressing child abuse prevention and welfare. Jacqueline Simpson Richey MBA is the director of finance with Northwest Housing Alternatives, a non-profit hous– ing firm in Milwaukie. '85 Alexandra Buell is an advisor to Sen. Ron Wyden on natural resources and agricultural. Buell previously worked for the U.S. House Agriculture Committee on natural resources and conser– vation for three years. Rebecca "Becky" Washington MPA '95 is an instructional support technician for Steps to Success at Portland Community College. '86 Michael Bean MT is a senior tax accountant with the Bank of Boston, private bank-tax department in Boston. Mindy Hackett is an assistant forest planner for the Inyo National Forest in Bishop, Calif. Hackett is responsible for GIS implementation and forest– level analysis. She previously was a forest economist at the Klamath National Forest in Yreka, Calif. Mary Hammons MSW is a social worker with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Tacoma, Wash. Margo Lamphere is the all resource reporting coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service in Ft. Collins, Colo. Freda Maston-Omer is a guardianship representative III supervisor with the Guardianship and Advocacy Committee which serves the State of Illinois-Guardian for Disabled Adults. Omer lives in Alton, Ill. Karen Mueller is a therapist in respiratory care services at Providence Portland Medical Center. Mueller also has respon– sibilities in pulmonary rehabili– tation, pulmonary function and exercise lab, the sleep lab, and