PSU Magazine Fall 2005

Home in Portland working with delinquent youth. He writes, "I could not have had a more rewarding career." He lives in Santa Barbara, California. Terrie Wetle MS '71, PhD '76 is associate dean of medicine for public health and public policy and a professor in the depart– ment of community health at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. On June 3, Wetle was awarded a Docteure Hon– oris Causa by University of Geneva, noting her work in gerontological research , service to University of Geneva schoo l of medicine, and her interna– tional contributions. Brian Black is vice president and relationship manager in the commercial real estate division at West Coast Bank in Portland. Robert "Bob" Dickie is senior vice president and manager in the commercial real estate divi– sion at West Coast Bank in Portland. Phili p Mellen MA '71, was con– ferred in March with the title of professor emeritus at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Vir– ginia. Mellen was a pro fessor of foreign languages and li teratures for 24 years, and German pro– gram coordinator for 20 years. Patrick Foreman has been with United Airlines for 10 years and is a supervisor al its flight atten– dant crew desk at Los Angeles International Airport. Foreman is a graduate of the Musicians Institute in Hollywood , Califor– nia, has played the bass guitar professionally for several years, and continues to perform in local bands. He has traveled extensively in Europe and the U.S. He and his wife live in Long Beach, Californ ia. Madeline Meza Janovec is an artist specializing in ponraiture. She also creates metal jewelry and abstract rnonotypes. Janovec has been showing her work in Washington and Oregon since 1972 and currently teaches al Penland Community College. Priscilla Kimboko PhD '82 is dean of graduate studies and grants administration at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She and her husband, Andre Kimboko MST '70, PhD '78, celebrated their 40th weddi ng ann iversary in Hawaii in December. Dan Bolstad is senior vice pres– ident of operations at Wi ld Oats Markets, Inc. , a national and organic foods retailer in Boulder, Colorado. He was formally sen ior vice presidem of opera– tions for ShopKo Stores in Green Bay, Wisconsin. John Brunke MS '80 received the Bonneville Power Associa– tion Award for Meritorious Ser– vice, one of the agency's highest honors, at a ceremony held in March. Brunke has been an innovator in the high-voltage technology field and has devel– oped, evaluated, and applied several advanced substation technologies. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and an honorary member of the lmer– national Conference of Large J-ligh Voltage Electric Systems. He li ves in Tigard. Jerry Campbell M T '79 has worked for Portland Public Schools as a health and biology teacher for 28 years and for– merly served as a track and bas– ketball coach. Campbell received the 1975 PSU Out– standing Graduate in Health Education award. He writes, "Thank you Dr. Tichy, Dr. Wirth, Dr. Mickelson and all the rest for making a transforming difference in my life by opening up such a vast horizon of opportunities for growth. I wouldn't trade my years at Port– land State for anything." Taking UPS global C HIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SCOTT DAVIS '74 likes to keep his learning curve growing at a steady pace, and helping to chart the future of UPS-a $36 billion corporation-gives him that opportunity. A member of the UPS management committee, Davis is heavily involved with the company's strategic direction and has been instrumental in the business's expansion. Since 1999, UP has acquired 35 companies and increased its services to provide inventory management and streamline product distribution for its sev– eral million customers. "Globalization has offered more efficient places to assemble products, but the com– plexity of gelling mer– chand ise to the consumer has greatly increased ," says Davis. "We use our resources to help customers get their products to the market faster and cut their costs." UPS operates in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. ln the U.S., the company handles nearly 7 per– cent of the gross domestic product on a daily basis. "This places us in an excellent position to know what's going on in the economy today and to understand the larger picture of global commerce," says Davis. Davis was the chief executive offi er of the Oregon technology company II Marrow Corporation when UPS acquired the business in 1996. He moved up through the company and became its CFO in 2001. In add iti on to his pivotal role at UPS, Davis is also a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the vice chairman of the Georgia Council on Economic Education, and was recently elected Lo Honeywell's board of directors. ln May, Davis participated in the School of Business Administration's Business Briefings and taught a leadership class on business ethics. His best advice for corporate America is to look beyond short-term results. "At UPS, we're not running the company for the next quarter, we're running it for the next quarter of a century," says Davis. "You've got to be disciplined enough to make decisions for the long-term good of your company." -Kelli Fields FALL 2005 PSU MAGAZINE 29