PSU Magazine Fall 1998

UM Compiled by Myrna Ouray /ri ( rt Donald Dinsmore is director of the University of Portland Museum. '60 Thomas Farrell was honored by Pope John Paul II for his contri– bution to the archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia. During a ceremony in June, Archbishop Adam Exner awarded Farrell the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, the high– est decoration for service given by the church . The award was last given five years ago. Farrell , a professional social worker, was executive director of Catholic Charities in Vancouver from 1987 until his retirement in 1997. 6 Barbara Cotter is a retired special education teacher and lives in Carson City, Nevada. '6~ Neil S. Lewis is chair of the history depart– ment at the University of Wisconsin– Stevens Point. Following his graduation from Portland State, Lewis earned a master's degree at Harvard University and his doctorate from the University of Michigan . Lewis, who has been on the faculty at Wisconsin since 197 1, is also coordinator of international studies. 64 Stan Schook is a broker at Russe ll-Schook and Associates Realtors, an investment real estate firm in Beaverton. N 0 T E S Barbara Simpson MST '70 is a professor of speech at C lark College in Vancouver, Washington. Simpson lives in Gresham. 65 Roger H enderson is vice presi– dent of Reinhardt, Henderson and Company, a CPA firm in Beaverton. Robert Millsap is retired from the U.S. Bank of Washington in Seattle, where he was vice presi– dent in corporate banking. Previously, Millsap was employed for 20 years in various positions with the company in Portland. He and his wife, Jane, live in Port Ludlow, Washington, and enjoy landscaping their new property. '67 Gary Benson is the human resources director at Pendleton Woolen Mi lls, Inc ., a textile and appare l manufacturing company in Portland. Karen H afenstein is the direc– tor at Northeast California Arts Proj ect, which provides profes– sional development for teachers. Hafenste in lives in Palo Cedro, California. Lloyd Semprevivo is an associ– ate research professor in the department of veterinary and animal science at the University of Massachusetts– Amher t. Semprevivo and h i wife, Judy (Rude) '65, live in Wendell, Massachusetts. Donald Stepp is president and broker at First Real Estate Network, a real estate invest– ment firm in Tigard. Larry Van Gordon is a dentist and owns a practice in A loha. '68 Sandra Barker MAT is chair of the division of teaching and learning in the school of educa– tion at Seattle University. James Rice retired in June after teaching 31 years in the Portland School District. Rice lives in Gre ham. Jon Sundq uist is owner of Sundquist Insurance, an agency located in Sisters, which offers life, hea lth, and disability insurance. '69 Joy Conger is the owner of Art Exchange, an art sa les and rentals firm in Portland. Thomas "Tom" Johnston is a mortgage broker at NorthStar Financial Services in Portland. Johnston writes, "Recently returned to Portland after 28 years in southern Cali fornia. Initially with Coopers & Lybrand, C PA, then 14 years as a chief financial officer in rea l estate lender/brokerage. Past nine years as owner of real estate brokerage firm. Recently started mortgage brokerage firm in Portland. A lso 22 years as a reserve police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department." F ratemity brothers from Delta Tau Rho came to campus this spring to perform a service that they haven't done since 1961-shine the brass plaque attached to the basalt boulder outside Lincoln Hall. Delta Tau Rho originally donated and dedica,ted the plaque 50 years ago to commemorate the founding of the Vanport Extension Center. From then through 1961, it was a tradition to send pledges out with toothbrushes to clean the plaque. And in those early years the rock and plaque were a moving target. Just nine days after the origi– nal dedication, a flood destroyed the Vanport campus. The rock and plaque moved with the students to the Oregon Shipyards and moved again in 1952 to its current location. The cleaning tradition ended when Delta Tau Rho was absorbed into Kappa Sigma. Gathered near "Old Main" to clean and rededicate the plaque are fraternity brothers (back row) Bob Rawson, Glenn Wagner, Gary Morris, George Gwinnutt, Earl Glass, and Duane Schwarm; (front) John Bell, Gary Coats, Jim Baird, Larry Anthony, Gerry Lenzen, and Evan Lichty. FALL 1998 PSU MAGAZINE 21