PSU Magazine Fall 1999

Compiled by Myrna Duray Vanport Arnold Cogan was elected to the Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners in 1999. As a fellow, Cogan– who is managing partner of Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC in Portland-will assist planners new to the profession, deliver presentations and work– shops, and help manage endow– ment and philanthropic programs. '58 James Baird is president of BRAGS International, a consu lting firm in Clackamas. '61 Vern Freeman is retired from the Hockinson School District in Clark County, Washington. Freeman was an educator for six years and an administrator for 23. He most recently served as principal at Hockinson Primary School. Freeman has also worked in contruction and now plans to pursue home building as a general contractor. '62 William "Bill" Kallimanis is president of Micro-Eco International, a mangement consu lting firm in Beaverton. '64 James Flatters is retired from First Interstate Bank/Wells Fargo, where he was a vice pres– ident in the commercial lending department. Flatters lives in Tigard. Lynn Good is general manager of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe in Auburn, Washington. 20 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 1999 Elizabeth "Betty" Mayther MS '85 is an art therapist instructor with Pacific Northwest College of Art and an adjunct facu lty member in the PSU Graduate Counseling Department. '65 James Chadney is dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Western Oregon Un iversity in Monmouth. Chadney formerly was interim dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Northern Iowa. June Summerville is the community and media services manager at Tacoma Public Utilities. Summerville lives in Fircrest, Washington. '66 Gerry Craig has joined the PSU A lumni Board of Directors. Craig works for Ablenet, an equipment finance company in Beaverton. He and his wife, Gloria '69, a retired elementary school teacher, live in Portland. Marie Olds is a pro shop staff member with the Crooked River Ranch Golf Course in Terrebonne. '67 Naomi "Becky" Mansfield– Simmons MSW is a retired clinical social worker and educator who resides in Tigard. '68 Charles H ouston is a state conservation engineer with the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service in Reno, Nevada. '69 Clark Anderson is the regional service manager with Siemens T&D, a manufacturer and services provider to the energy industry. Anderson lives in Portland. Rena Cusma is the specialty crew manager with Oregon Transportation Department District 14 maintenance section headquartered in Ontario. Cusma previously was CEO of Metro, the regional government agency. Dennis Lenahan is office manager at Backcountry Brewery & Restaurant in Frisco, Colorado. Lenahan retired from the U.S. A ir Force as a lieu– tenant colonel. Ray Anne (Kibbey) Lockard is head of the Frick Fine Arts Library at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She formerly served as an academic librarian at the University of South Florida and at Southern Oregon University and was an art librarian at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. She is co-chair of the Art Libraries Society of North America annual confer– ence to be held in March 2000. Joi! Southwell Sr. MS '79 is retired from the Vocational Rehabilitation Division (VRD) of the State of Oregon Department of Human Resources. Southwell was with VRD since 1981, most recently serving as administrator. He participated in national, state, and local organizations to advo– cate increasing and improving services to Oregonians with disabilities. He and his wife, C indy, live in Portland. '70 Theonie Gilmore MST is busy 5¢ preparing for the T Millennium Winter Lights Festival planned for December 4 in Wilsonville. The day– long festival will include music, dance, theater, puppetry, a relay run, a parade, an art show, scientific demonstrations, vendor displays, and community bonfire-all with a light theme. Gi lmore, a retired music educa– tor, is heading up the festival as president of the Wi lsonville Arts & Culture Council. To get involved or learn more, call G ilmore at 638-6933. David Randall is the director of human resources at Columbia teel Casting Company, a steel foundry in Portland. H arold Scofield retired in May as a regional commissioner with the Immigration and Naturalization Service after 28 years. He served tours in Chula Vista, California; Chicago; Las Vegas; and Minneapolis. Scofield lives in Anchorage, Alaska, and writes, "I'm now a dealer in nuclear devices and import and export through Novosibirsk and Magadan, Siberia. My wife, Linda, and I enj oy semi-retirement." James "Jim" Semling is a phar– macist and co-owner of Semling Pharmacy in St. Helens. Kay Toran MSW is the chief executive officer at the Volunteers of America of Oregon. Toran previously was director for Services to Children and Family for the State of Oregon. '71 William "Bill" Amorin is owner of Alloy Steel, Inc., of Norcross, Georgia. Barbara Johnson MS '75 is a personal fin ancial analyst specializing in debt elimination at Primerica Financial Services in Portland. David Mandel is vice president of training and software develop– ment at Avalon Technology Group in Portland . Mandel formerly was the systems manger with the College of Oceanography at O regon State University.