PSU Magazine Fall 2000

• • seven-campus system. The board has included two student representatives since 1974. Young was PSU student body president this past year and served as student fee committee chair and vice chair the two previous years. He also was on a committee of faculty and Unive rsity leaders that identified University direction and priorities. Young is pursuing a degree in business administration with a minor in po liti– cal science. In her new post on the State S tu– dent Ass istance Commission , Cohen will help guide the state's financial aid program. The commission is also the guarantee agency fo r student loans. Cohen, who grad uated this past June, was active in the disab ility com– munity at PSU as we ll as student gov– ernment, and achi eved an impress ive academic record . She is now pursuing a Master of Public Administration degree. Cohen is the third stud en t from PSU to serve on the board since 1975 . Couple's gift largest ever Gary Ames '67, former chief of US West, and his wife, Barbara Ames '68, have given the largest, single personal donation ever made to Portland State. Their gift of $ 1.5 million will endow a business professorship and scholar– ships. The couple's donation establishes the Ames Professorship in the Man– agement of Innovation and Technol– ogy. The School of Business Administration will hire a nationally renowned e-business expert to fill the professorship by fa ll 2001. The annual salary of $ 120,000 to $140,000 is expected to attract a top expert in electronic business, the fastest-growing specialty in the business school. The Ames Scholarship Program will finance the education of future leaders in the fi elds of business and education. The U niversity expects to grant approx imately 10 Ames scholar– ships a year. Gary Ames was president and chief executive officer of US West Commu– nications, Medi aOne International, and Mountain Bell. Barbara Ames was an elementary school teacher. D PHOTO BYSTEVE DIPAOLA The University's new front door, the Urban Center Building and Plaza, was formally dedicated September 22. L E T T E R S Inclusiveness praised I just wanted to commend the edito rial staff for highlighting the contribu– tion of Phillip Gibbons and Orville Garrison (inside front cover, spring 2000 PSU Magazine) to the Graduate School of Social Work. Your inclu– siveness of all members of the PSU community is appreciated. Christine Cress PSU Education faculty Terminology causes confusion The article "Going to Extremes" (page 6, spring 2000 PSU Magazine) was interesting reading. I have a question about the use of the two words "bac– teria" and "microbes." They seemed to be used interchangeably as syn– onyms. I would have appreciated it if the author had defined these two terms. Are they indeed synonyms? John Sutherland, Jr. Sent by e-mail The terms microbe and bacteria are not quite synonymous . The term microbe refers to living organisms too small to be seen by the naked eye , including bacte– ria, protozoa and some fungi . A bacterium (plural : bacteria) is a microbe that has no nucleus. - David Boone, professor of environmental microbiology PSU Magazine wants to hear from you. Send your comments to PSU Magazine, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207- 0751; or to e-mail address psumag@pdx.edu . We reserve the right to edit for space and clarity. FALL 2000 PSU MAGAZINE 5