PSU Magazine Spring 1987

Carole Shick (MS) is one of three new members on the Beaverton, Ore. City Council. She is also a current member of the Beaver– ton Planning Commission and a former member of the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation Dis– trict's board of directors. '69 Rena Cusma (BS) is the newly– elected executive officer of the Metropolitan Sen'ice District (Metro), Portland. Laszlo Dezsofi (MSW) is director of the Chelan-Douglas Mental Health Center and program coor– dinator for Chelan-Douglas County in Wenatchee, Wash. Michael Nelson (BS) has been elected president of BenjFran Development, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Benj. Franklin Savings and Loan Association , Portland. Barbara Ritt (BA, '72 MS) is the new principal at Colton Middle School, Colton, Ore. She was for– merly the middle school principal at Corbett, Ore. for the past six years. Masaru Yatabe (BS), assistant vice president with First In terstate Bank of Oregon, has been ap– pointed to the Advisory Commit– tee to the Governor's Council for Health, Fitness and Sports. '70 George Buettner (BA, '81 MS) is working as a counselor and reme– dial education teacher in two Camas, Wash . intermediate schools. Cheryl Close (BS, '77 MST), a Reynolds School District physical education teacher for nine years, was recently named Oregon's top physical education teacher by the Oregon Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Close has since left her district near Portland to work on a doctorate at the University of Virginia. David Core (BS) has been named to the 1987 board of directors of Associated Builders & Contrac– tors, Inc., Portland. He is em– ployed by Halton Tractor Co., Portland. James A. Geltz (BS) has been elected a senior vice president of Marsh & McLennan, Inc. , a Port– land, Ore.-based international insurance brokerage firm. Michael McKee!, DMD (BS), a dentist in family practice in the Gresham, Ore. area, has been elected one of four new members to the 1986-87 board of the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette. David Yaden (BA) , manager of corporate planning at NERCO, Inc. , Portland, has been elected treasurer and member of the board of directors for Chamber Music Northwest during 1986-87. '71 Toni A. Bernardi (BS), coordina– tor of youth services for the Mult– nomah County Library system since 1982, has been appointed a member of the 1988 Newberry Award Committee, which annu– ally selects the best in American literature for children. Carl 0. Bunnell III (BS) has been promoted to vice president for the real estate loan division administration of First Interstate Bank of Oregon. Rob Drake (BS) , who started his first four-year term on the Beaverton, Ore. City Council Jan . 5, has been unanimously elected counci l president for 1987. Gary Eichman (BS) has been appointed president of Oregon Transfer Co., a large-volume local trucking firm based in Mil– waukie, Ore. Eichman also is vice president of the Oregon Trucking Associations. Jo Rita Gann (MST) , executive director of the Salem, Ore. YWCA since 1975, has been selected for inclusion in the forth– coming edition of "Who's Who of American Women." Through the years , she has been a non-gov– ernmental delegate to the United Nations, and has served on the board of directors of the Corpo– ration of Renewable Resources. Thomas Gordon (BS) , a Portland lawyer, has been re-elected to chair the Insurance Law Commit– tee of the Defense Research Insti– tute. Ann Helmick (BS) , an audit part– ner in the New York City office of KMG Main Hurdman, one of the world's largest accounting and consulting organizations, was recently inducted into the YMCA's Academy of Women Achievers. Dick Hofland (BS), formerly a private management consultant from Yamhill , Ore., has been hired as Gresham, Ore.'s assistant city finance director. Lt. Del Hussey (BS) is the new commander of the 19-member Oregon State Police unit in McMinnville, Ore. He joined the State Police in 1972 and previ– ously served in Newport, Baker and Roseburg, Ore. Wayne J ensen (BS), director of the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, Tillamook, Ore. , has been named 1986 Citizen of the Year by the Tillamook County Chamber of Commerce. Jensen is a charter member of the Tilla– mook Bay Community College Service District board. Richard J. Marshall (MBA) has been named senior vice president of U.S. Bancorp, Portland. He joined U.S. Bancorp in 1974 as commercial lending and national accounts officer. Beverley E. Phillipson (BS), a Portland endocrinologist, is con– ducting research on the healthy effect of fish oil on cholesterol levels in humq.n blood. Barney Speight (BS) has been named chief operating officer for Health Maintenance of Oregon, a Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Ore– gon subsidiary. Steve Tennent (BS) has been pro– moted to president of Buckeye Pacific Corp., a Portland lumber trading firm. '72 Dorothy Alexander, Ph.D. (MS), a research associate with the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Portland, has been named to sen •e a three-year term as chair of the Oregon Commis– sion on Black Affairs. James Breck (BS), president of the Canby, Ore. tax consulting and preparation firm bearing his name, has been appointed a vice– president of the Oregon Associa– tion of Tax Consultants. 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