PSU Magazine Fall 2003

Compiled by Myrna Duray Vanport William "Bill" Lewis writes, ''.Just to let you know that some of us pre-1953 alums are still alive and kicking! As a charter member of Portland State from Vanport Extension Center, I remember voting on whether to call us Portland City or Portland State." Lewis has worked as a teacher, building principal, dis– trict superintendent of schools, and owner of a construction company. He currently lives in Long Beach, California, and is teaching movie kids in Holly– wood, but plans to retire perma– nently to the Pacific Northwest. He and his wife, Kathleen, have four children and three grand– sons. Lewis is 72 and says "hello to all of my mates in the old Delta Tau Rho fraternity." Joan "Tarky" Smith-Clay-Hart is now living in Thousand Oaks, California, and still interested in dancing. She would love to hear from other Vanporters and can be contacted at ta,·ky@ compuserve.com . '57 Ellery Pierson is a consultant at Livingford Associates, an assess– ment and evaluation firm in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. '61 Sam Scott retired from the Beaverton School District in 1993, after teaching seven years and serving 25 years as a princi– pal. Scott then went to work al Quest Academy, a private alter– native school in Tigard, where he was principal. He retired this year and remains active in the Beaverton Rotary Club, St. Vin– cent de Paul Society, and Salva– tion Army. He has five children, 11 grandchildren, two great– grandchildren, and lives in Tigard. '62 Dr. Stewart Tuft retired in 2002 after practicing fami ly medicine in Bend for 32 years. Tuft now resides in Manzanita. '63 John Saltwick is an owner of Marine &: Construction Supplies (MCS) in Seattle. His wholesale distributing firm deals mostly with water-tight doors, win– dows, and hatches for ships and offshore drilling platforms. After graduation, Saltwick worked for First National Bank, followed by a "short stint" at Boeing. He earned an MBA degree from Seattle University and has been self-employed since 1973. '64 Jane Lamb MS '70 tutors Maori students in English through the Global Volunteers program. Lamb has taught in grades 7-12 in Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands, for the past six years. She formerly was a teacher in the Canby and Scappoose school districts. '65 Gerry Scovil MS '68 has joined the PSU Alumni Board of Direc– tors. Scovil is a retired educator, most recently serving as director of elementary education for the North Clackamas School District. Scovil and his wife, Margaret, live in Wilsonville. '66 Jim McCreight has been elected to the PSU Friends of History board. Mccreight also serves as a national board member of the Museum Trustee Association, a Trustee of Maryhill Museum of Art, and is co-founder and pres– ident of the Beaverton Arts Foundation. He lives in Beaverton. '67 Larry Adamson retired from the Estacada School District in June. During his career in edu– cation, Adamson was a mathe– matics teacher, athletic director, and most recently served as principal at River Mill High School. His wife, Frances "Carolyn" Adamson '87, MS '96, retired from her position as counselor at Colton Middle School. They reside in Estacada and their plans include traveling and spending time with their grandchildren. '68 Joe Spooner is the creator of the Mr. Portland comic strip, a regular feature in The Oregonian. Before he became a syndicated cartoonist, Spooner served as a pilot in the Air Force. He also teaches cartooning at Mt. Hood Community College. He lives in Portland. '69 Larry Anderson has retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where he was a civil engineer. Anderson lives in Gladstone. Peggy Lou Sams Hillman is an immunization coordinator with Multnomah County Health Department. She also has served as a health educator and writes, "I have enjoyed many public health successes in my career; both eight years with Oregon Lung Association and then 25 years in county government." She lives in Beaverton. Ray Anne Kibbey Lockard has been the head of the Frick Fine Arts Library at the University of Pittsburgh since 1986. While an exchange librarian at Wuhan University in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in October 2002, Lockard lectured to uni– versity librarians on such topics as evaluating information, cur– rent trends in reference services, best practices in library instruc- lion, and searching for image and art information on the Internet. Lockard also lectured at a graduate seminar in the WU school of information sciences. She followed her teaching expe– rience with a month-long tour of China. David Lievsay is a registered associate at Hayes, Seay, Mauern &: Mattern, where he provides and manages electrical engineer– ing services for multiple high– tech industrial, commercial, and institutional clients. He lives in Roanoke, Virginia. '70 Ed Collier MA is the director of theater at Pacific University in Forest Grove. Collier has been at the university for 25 years, produced 213 university shows, and was instrumental in improving the Tom Miles The– ater. He also did voice-over work for G.l. Joe's commercials on both radio and TV in 1974- 1992. His wife , Sarah Andrews-Collier MA '78, is chair of the Theater Ans Department al PSU. '71 Keith Eisele MS '78 is director of network and information ser– vices for the Multnomah Educa– tion Service District in Portland. Duane Funk retired from the U.S. avy after a 20-year career and now lives in West Linn . Funk volunteers at the West Linn Senior Center, leading walking groups and helping people set up their computers. He also volunteers at the West Linn Public Library. His hobby is genealogy. George Levens worked in sales for four years after graduation before joining the Portland Police Bureau in 1975. He retired in 2000. He and his wife, Pam, live in Oregon City in a custom home they built, and they enjoy traveling. FALL 2003 PSU MAGAZINE 19