PSU Magazine Fall 2003

A L UM N O TES Jeffrey Austin has Joined lhe PSU Alumni Board of DirecLOrs. Auslin is partner al Miller Nash, LLP, a Portland law rirm. Austin and his wife, Bess, live in Portland. Mark Bird is a business leacher at Robert Faltell High School, part of Hillcresl Juvenile Correc– lions Facilily in Salem. Ruth Hul ett MAT is a retired English and drama teacher. Huleu is a member of lhe Wash– ingwn State Poetry Associmion and in 1999 was chosen besl supporting actress at the Old Sol um Theatre Company in Vancouver, Washington. Oscar Flores-Fiol, Eagle Creek resident and international artist, created "Maui Kowie" [or the Kows for Kids fondraiser in Portland. His colorful bovine sold for $3,500 during the fundraiser's on line auction. Ed Lone Fight MPA is lribal operalions specialist with the Bureau of lndian Affairs in Billings, Montana. Keith Robinette is president at ampere & Robinette, a CPA practice in Ozark, Missouri. Mark Neffendorf is principal at cappoose High School. He was vice principal of South Ridge High School in Beaverton. Reiko Yamada is professor of Japanese at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachuseus. Yamada, who has been at Williams since 1986, was previ– ously associate professor of linguistics o[ Hokkaido Tokai University and visiting assistant professor o[ linguistics at Meiji Gakuin University in Japan. Debbie Dicker is head art teacher at Marin Horizon School, a private preschool through eighlh-grade institution in Mill Valley, California. usan Peter is the prima1y edi– LOr of Exploring the Tualatin River Basin, published by the Oregon State University Press in April (see page 5). Peter lives in Beaverton. Scott Cline MA is a city archivist for Seaule. He is over– seeing the resLOration o[ lhe cily's aging phoLO negalives. Jan Weston is chairman and chief financial officer al Weslon Pontiac-Buick-GMC in Gresham. Andrew Bittner is manager of LOne Lodge, an independenl retirement apartment manage– ment facility in Bend. Kristin Mangino MS is vice president at Arden Tree Farms in Colville, WashingLOn. Terry Ramsey MSW is a kindergarten teacher al Suuon S hool in Sulton, Vermont. Charles Gohn writes, "Cur– rently working on master's of divinity at Emmanuel Seminary in Johnson City, Tennessee." Mark Kloster is a probation offi– cer with the Denver probation department in Denver, Colorado. Seeing to Oregon's future as head of DEQ TEPHA IE HALLOCK '77, MPA '79 , is a native Oregonian with a life-long interest in the env1ron– ment. Two years ago, Hallock's dedication to the environment and public senice was rewarded when she was named director of the Oregon Depart– ment of Emiron– memal Quality (DEQ). Hallock joined DEQ in 1988 and has worked in var– ious divisions, from hazardous and solid waste Lo water quality. Although she did not have a specific asp iration LO r11m o 8 ' nRtA!\ '' 11111 become director as she moved through her profession, when she was selected to lead the agency, Hallock knew it was the right fit and the nght time. 22 P U MAGAZINE FALL 2002 DEQ'.s strategic directions are to protect Oregon's water, safeguard people's health from toxins, and involve Oregoni– ans in key actions to help the emironment. Hallock added a personal priority to these directions with a customer ser– \ice bent: deliver excellence in performance and product. "We are here to serve the citizens of Oregon, do good work on their behalf, and use funds wisely," says Hallock. Hallock believes effective communication with the public is essential to meeting these goals. "How people are spoken to and whether they feel listened to form the public's impressions of DEQ's perfor– mance," says Hallock. "If we are perceived to do quality work, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy." Hallock sees her position at DEQ as the apex of her career. She wants to effect certain changes in the agency before she retires. Once her time is her own again, Hallock plans to write fiction. Until then, she will continue to squeeze in moments of gardening, S\\imming, and going to the theater. For Oregon's future , Hallock worries about what will happen to natural resource activities \\ith the current bud– get crisis, but shes proud of Oregon's tremendous environ– mental accomplishments. "'vVe are way out in front of emironmental issues nauonally," says Hallock. "The path people look to is here." -Kelli Fie/els