PSU Magazine Spring 1989

t STUDY/TRAVEL t SUMMER 1989 • Study/travel programs in 9 countries Britain, China, France, Germany, Ita– ly, Papua New Guinea , Spain , Yugoslavia, and the Virgin Islands • Programs range from 10 days to 6 weeks • Credit or audit options • For brochures and fu rther information contact: PSU Summer Session PO Box 751 Portl and , OR 97207 (503) 464-4081 tol l-free in Oregon 1-800-452-4909 outsi de Oregon 1-800-547-8887 • • • • • • • • • Terry Soriano (BS) has been pro– moted to used car manager at Beaver– ton Chrysler- Plymouth , a Lanphere Enterprises firm in Beaverton, Ore. John D. Watkins (BS) has been ap– pointed vice president of finance and administration at Radix Microsystems Inc.. Beaverton, Ore. He is the former chief financial officer of Interconnect Technology of Beaverton, a company he helped to found in 1984. '73 Thomas Klapstein (BS) reports that he is teaching history at the Universi– ty of Fl o rid a whil e pursuing postgraduate studies there. He and his wife Elisabeth recently celebrated the birth of their first child . Myrla Magness (BA ), ma rine marketing development manager for the Port of Portland , has been named a new member of the Northwest Regional China Council. Glenn Perica (BS) reports that he and his family are now in New Jersey. where he recently enrolled in Princeton Theological Seminary's Master of Divinity degree program. He worked as a public and private sector planning consultant in the Los Angeles area for the past 12 years. Donald W. Schmidt (BS) of Nygaard Mims & Hoffman CPAs, has been elected 1989 president of the Central Eastside Industrial Council in Portland . Caroline Stoel (MA) has been named assistant treasurer and member of the board of directors of the Oregon Historical Society, Portland . She is an adjunct associate professor of history at PSU. '74 Sam Cangemi (MS) has been ap– pointed social service counseling supervisor at Portland's William Tem– ple House. He formerly worked with the Peace Corps in Libya and also has worked with the Head Start program. Molly Ackley Cook (BA) has formed a partnership in Portland with Carl In– gram called 'The Mindworks Project." The fim1 offers business consulting and coaching services which employ elements such as humor in planning and implementing the human side or organizational change. Beverly Gladder (MST) has been reappointed to the state Fair Dismissal Appea ls Boa rd by Gov. Ne il Goldschmidt. She is principal of Aloha High School in the Beaverton. O re.. School District. Don Goeller (MA) reports he has received certification from the Self– Talk Institute. Scottsdale. Ariz. , to help him conduct training programs for businesses. groups and individuals with problems related to selling, weight loss. personal achievement , motivation and parenting, all part of his Salem, Ore.. busine;.s called Ti me Strategies Inc. Patrick D. Schwab (BS) reports he has been named director of computer and telephone information systems at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore. Prior to joining the col– lege in 1983 as a microcomputer specialist, he taught visually impai red students in the Salem School District. Edward J. Washington (BS ), customer support specialist for US West Communications in Portland , has been named to Tri- Met's Citizen Ad– visory Committee on the Budget. '75 A. "Ramy" EI-Moassib (BA) has developed a new fi ve- minute television program to bring the essentials of health education to people living in the provinces of North Yemen, where he is general director of the republic's en– vironmental health department. Lynne V. McFarland, Ph.D. (BS), repo rts she has been appointed direc– tor of scientific affitirs at Biocodex Inc., a Seattle-based pharmaceutical clinical research firm . following completion of her doctorate in epidemiology at the University of Washington. Tom Moyer (BS), founder of the Lux– ury Theatres chain of movie houses, has signed a limited partnership agree– ment with Hillman Properties North– west to construct a $40 million, 24- story high- rise office tower and parking structure on the site of the former Broadway Theater building in downtown Portland . Rev. Stephan Ross (BS) is a new reserve deputy for the Philomath. Ore. , Police Department. working as the department's volunteer police chaplain. Rob Stone (BA ) is president of a new Tigard . Ore.. firm . Cuvee Northwest Inc. The firm takes its special 45- foot enclosed mobile trailer to smaller wineries situated th roughout Oregon and Washington in order to bottle their wines on site. '76 Ben Altman (BS), owner of Altman Urban Solutions. a Portland plann ing and organizational management firm . has appointed Barbara Smolak ('76 BS) vice president of development. She worked for Marriott Corp. for the past five years. Dahli Gray, Ph.D. (MBA) . reports she has joined the faculty of The American University. Washington. D.C. , as associate professor in the Kogod Col– lege of Business Administration. She also celebrated the birth of a daughter in May of last year. Conrad J. "Randy" Yost (BS) reports he is now president and chief executive officer at Placer Bank of Commerce in Rosev ille. Cali f. '77 Meridel Prideaux Meridel Prideaux (BA) has amicably dissolved her 17- year partnership at Portland 's Collaborative Group Inc. advertising agency to form a new ven– ture with a Eugene, Ore., communica– tions firm. The new agency, with offices in both cities, is Prideaux, Sullivan & Pattison Advertising. George E. Stevenson (MS) has been named the 1987- 88 Industrial Educa– tion Teacher of the Year by the 1,400- member Oregon Vocational Trade Technical Association. PSU 25