PSU Magazine Fall 2000

my studies both professionally and emotionally. Without them • I wouldn't be where I am today." Ryan Campbell is an invest- ment representative with Edward Jones Investments in Scappoose. Alice Chung is a staff accoun- tant with Geffen Mesher & Company, PC, in Portland. Shelley Dickinson is a cus- tamer service representative at Bank of the Northwest in Port- land. Maryann Fletcher is a systems engineer at Nike, Inc. Fletcher debugs glitches in the computer program receiving orders from Nike's retail outlets. Her hus- band, Michael "Mike" Fletcher '97, is director of sales and the annual fund for PSU Athletics. They live in Beaverton. Morgan Hartnell MBA is a commodity specialist with Intel Corporation in Hillsboro. Gerald Herrmann is president of Earth Crusaders, an educa- tion and training firm in West • Linn. Jennifer Haselton is head sec- retary with the PSU Athletics Office. Olivia Johnson MS is principal of Grand Ronde Elementary School. Johnson previously was principal at Round Valley Ele- mentary and Middle School in Covelo, Calif. Ken Kveton is a design engi- neer at Vitesse Semiconductor in Lake Oswego. John Millen MBA is chief financial officer for Intema- tional Air Academy, Inc., of Vancouver, Wash. Traci Pashley is a structural design engineer at KPFF Con- suiting Engineers in Portland. Pashley is working on the West Salem High School and the Brewery Blocks redevelopment project. Derek Watson is a legal assis- tant at Marger Johnson & McCollom law firm in Portland. • '00 Bruce Bikle PhD is an assistant professor in the school of crimi- nal justice at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Mich. Bikle is looking forward to "catching up with reading fiction and my hobby of building wooden boats" after defending his dissertation. Raymond "Ray" Elliott is director of the Satori Men's Chorus, one of the seven cho- ruses that make up the local Concord Community of Choirs. Elliott also serves as assistant director of the Portland Gay Men's Chorus and sings in the David York Ensemble. April Herb MS is a project sci- entist at PBS Environmental in Portland. Herb will assist with the firm's environmental site assessment projects. In Memory James Ashbaugh, professor emeritus of geography, died Aug. 6 following a stroke. Dr. Ashbaugh taught at PSU from 1957 to 1993. His early research interests included urban geogra- phy and the Columbia River ports. In later years, his research extended to Mexico, Europe, and Southem Asia. As a teacher, Dr. Ashbaugh was well- loved by his students. He could often be seen lecturing to atten- tive students on Portland's downtown streets. He is sur- vived by his wife and two chil- dren. Harold Vatter, professor emeri- tus of economics, died Sept. 8 in his Portland home. He was 89. Dr. Vatter came to Portland State in 1965 as an expert in the field of American economic history and the history of eco- nomic thought. During his 35 years at PSU Dr. Vatter turned out an impressive array of arti- des, books, and teamed stu- dents. He remained active in his profession until just a few weeks before his death. Dr. Vat- ter taught this past summer on campus and co-authored an article coming out next montl1 in Challenge. D SIMON BENSON AWARDS DINNER TuESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2000 • MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN KEYNOTE SPEAKER Mario Cuomo Three-term governor of New York AWARD R ECIPIENTS Don Frisbee Former chairman of PacifiCorp Mary and Maurie Clark Founders of the philanthropic Clark Foundation THE SIMON BENSON AWARD WAS CREATED TO HONOR OREGON'S PIONEERS OF PHILANTHROPY. $150 per person. Tables start at $1,500. Advance reservations required. For more information, call 503-725-8212. S I M 0 N POJmAND STATE l]NIVERSI1Y FALL 2000 PSU MAGAZINE 27