PSU Magazine Fall 2003

Sharon Schneider MS '74 retired in June, following a 30- year career with the Canby School District. Schneider was a counselor al Canby High School and was awarded the Oregon Education Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. Michael Scott is branch man– ager at Prudential Securities in Portland. Vonne Williams MS '70 is prin– cipal at Pacific Middle School in Vancouver, Washington. Her husband, Joseph Williams '65, MST '67 retired from the Portland Public School District, where he most recently served as a principal. Ronald Glaus is a forensic psychologist at Oregon State Hospital in Salem. Paul Thompson MST carves carousel horses. He previously taught at David Douglas High School, served as athletic direc– tor al Portland's Mittleman Jewish Community Center, and retired in 1996 from his posi– tion as athletic director at the Dallas, Texas, Jewish Commu– nity Center. He and his wife live in Leaburg. Barbara Hermanson is an adver– tising systems manager with The Washington Post in Washington, D.C. Hermanson writes, "After 29 years at Fred Meyer moved to D.C. area LO work at Post." Linda oah MS '85 is the artis– tic director with Northwest Children's Choir in Portland. Harry Tate writes, "After teach– ing at Jefferson High School in Portland and at the Byron Mid– dle School in Byron, lllinois, I have retired with my wife, Adele, LO Wilsall, Montana." Steven Huff is an auorney with the law firm of Anderson, McPharlin &: Conners in Los Angeles. Joan Loschiavo is a service cen– ter executive with ADP, a payroll services firm. Loschiavo lives in Mulino. Darie Johnson MS '99 is a media specialist with Hillsboro School District. Tom elson is a computer crimes investigator with the Deschutes County Sheriff's Department. Nelson previously was with the Portland Police Bureau for 29 years, serving as officer, detective, and detective sergeant. He lives in Bend. Ronald Hudson MST is retired and lives in Oregon City. He was principal at Madison High School in Portland. Patrick Stone MS is executive director of Tucker-Maxon Oral School in Portland. The nonprofit school teaches deaf children Lo talk. Stone received the Honors of the Association award from the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in July. He also is an adjunct professor at Lewis &: Clark College and a clinical instructor al Oregon Health &: Science University. Jon Townsend has been a medi– ator and negotiation professional for 28 years. He founded the Clackamas County Dispute Res– olution Center, is chair of the center's advisory board, and is managing partner of Cascade Alternative Resolution Services in Portland. He is a founding faculty member of Sonoma State University's conflict resolution certificate program. Pras it Kooponsakorn is a senior engineer with Interna– tional Rectifier Corporation in El Segundo, California. Lynn Carver is director of sales operations at Xerox in Wilsonville. Linda Gerber MS '88, EdD '94 is dean of language and litera– ture al ML Hood Community College. Gerber is an evaluator for the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges Commis– sion on Colleges. She lives in Portland with her husband and enjoys the company of four children and two grandchildren. Ed Murphy MURP is principal al Ed Murphy &: Associates, an urban planning and consulting firm in Tigard. Jean Thorne MPA '79, who led the successful 1994 implemen– tation of the Oregon Health Plan, returned LO the Oregon Department of Human Services in October as acting stale Med– icaid director. Thorne, who was state Medicaid director for eight years, has worked in the office of Gov. John Kitzhaber since 1995, the past five years as the governor's education and work– force policy adviser. Ylre you an a[umnus of 1 the Odin 2{aiders 1 tfze P S'U. cliapter of tfze Interco[fegiate :! (nigh.ts :fraternity? The IK is looking for you. Get back in touch by contacting: James Williams (former national executive secretary), 503 N7th St., Temple TX 76501 , (254) 771-2577; or visit the lK alumni Web site at inman.surnameweb.org/lK/index.html Scien~e~ Technology & Soc1e 10% DiscountforPSUAlumni Future Oceans Jean Michel Cousteau October 18th , 2002 Fractals Benoit Mandelbrot November 8th Uncle Tungsten Dr. Oliver Sacks January 17th , 2003 Super Renaissance Burt Rutan February 21st Our Cosmic Roots Dr. Anne Kinney March 14th, 2003 Co-sponsored by PSU • I FALL 2002 PSU MAGAZINE 21