PSU Magazine Spring 1988

Randolph L. Miller (MS), president of The Moore Co., Ponland, has been named membership chair for the Ponland chapter of Profes– sionals Working in Emp loyee Benefits. '78 John Barratt (BS) has been named vice president and manager of the bank card division for First Inter– state Bank of Oregon. He began his career with the bank in 1978. Steven Christenson (BS), Ronald L. Hoyt ('84 BS), and A.J. Rincohn ('85 BS) are three new cenified public accountants recently awarded their cenificates by the Oregon State Board of Accountancy. Beverly McPherson (MST), admini– strative assistant to Alan Jones ('67 BS), president of United Grocers Inc., Milwaukie, Ore., has been named secretary of the year for 1988 by the Oregon Trail chapter of Professional Secretaries Inter– national. Edward W. Sager (BS) has been promoted to manager of Lefever, Kingsland & Co., a Tigard, Ore. public accounting firm . A CPA, Sager specializes in taxes and financial planning. Thomas B. Siebert ('85 BS) recentlyjoined the firm. Rebecca Saunders-Solomon (BS) has joined Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co., Inc. as a stock broker. She will be based at the firm's Eugene, Ore. office. Steven K. Worden (BS) has joined the sociology depanment at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, as an assistant professor. He is a former visiting assistant professor of sociology at the university. '79 Samuel Brooks (BS) has been named one of seven appointees to the new Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission. The panel will oversee operations of the new $85 million Oregon Convention Center in Ponland. Barbara Jordan (BS), a former reponer for The Oregonian news– paper, Ponland, was one of eleven tourists who recently visited Vietnam for two weeks. It was one of the first such group tours of that country since it opened its doors to Ameri- cans last February. Ms. Jordan currently works as a free-lance travel writer. Adrian Navarro (MSW) and Nora Wayman ('87 MSW) have joined the staff of Metropolitan Family Service as bilingual counselors in the nonprofit organization's Hills– boro, Ore. office. Bill Stoller (MBA), owner of Express Personnel and Temporary Services in Ponland, has been appointed treasurer of the Rotary Club of Portland for 1988. Jon Woodworth (MBA) has been promoted to vice president and regional sales manager of First Interstate Bank of Oregon's metro west administration offices. '84 Aase Besson (BA), this year's presi– dent of the American Scandinavian Foundation, also served as one of the coordinators for December's "Scanfest" and "Scanfair," Pon– land's annual celebrations of culture from Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The celebrations were created four years ago to help raise money for the continuation of Scandinavian studies through PSU's Division of Continuing Education. Yvonne Cornell (BA) has been named international sales manager at Oregon Software Inc., Portland. Cornell served four years with the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service as a n international trade specialist, and recently worked with the Inter– national Trade Institute at PSU as coordinator of international trade field study. Robert D. McMahon (BS) was recently named one of three final– ists for the 1987 San Francisco Bay area Federal Employee of the Year in the handicapped category. He was chosen from among 80,000 federal employees for the honor. McMahon is a quadriplegic engi– neer who works in the world's largest aircraft wind test tunnel, located at NASA's Ames Research Center in California. Pamela Gesme Miller (BS) h as been named assistant to the vice president, finance and treasurer at Portland General Corp., parent company of Portland General Electric Co. Miller was previously manager of shareholder services at Portland General. e a part of tl1e 30-year tradition. Subscribe to tl1e 1988 edition of tl1e Portland Review. This year the Portland Review, PSU's arts and literature magazine, will be ····~p~roduced as a bound volume. The editors have selected artwork, stories, poems, and essays from students, faculty, and other contributors. This year's volume is available now! .-------------------------------------, 1 Subscribe Today! I 0 Yes I would like to subscribe to the 1988 edition of the Portland Review. : I I have enclosed $4.95 + $1.00 for postage. I I Name....................................................................................................................................................................................... I I I I Address......................................................................................................... City............................................................. I I State......................................................................................................Zip............................................................ I L Portland Rwiew P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 9'n.(Jl (A non-profit student-run organization) .J ------------------------------------- PSU MAGAZINE PAGE 26