PSU Magazine Spring 1989

Debbie Swoboda (BS) coached the Corbett. Ore., High School girls volleyball team to its third straight Class A state volleyball title Nov. 12 . After spending II successful years at Corbett High, she has applied for the head volleyball coaching position at nearby Reynolds High School and will also coach a softball team in the spring. Arthur G. Buck, Jr. (BS), president of Tax Services Inc. , Tualatin , Ore., has been admitted to active member– ship in the Oregon Association of Public Accountants. Karen Whitehill (BA) repol1S that she and her husband Terry are authors of a new book , "40 Walks in Portland Area Parks and Neighborhoods," schedu led to be released in April by The Mountaineers Books in Seattle. '78 Maureen Zimmer (BS, '80 MBA) has been named general manager of Den– tal Management Corp. , a subsidiary of the Oregon Dental Association (ODA), lake Oswego, Ore. '80 Karen Blomquist (MBA), vice presi– dent of real estate for Capital Con– sultants Inc., Portland , has been named 1989 president for the Oregon– Columbia River chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management. '79 Donald A. Bloodworth (BS) has been promoted to controller of PacifiCorp Financial Services in Port land . Michael D. Wagoner ('76 BS) has been elected treasurer of the fi rm . J udi Brenes (MST) has been named assistant sales director for Kaiser Per– manente in Portland. She is the former program director fur the organization's adolescent Chemical Health Program . ~ PSU Summer Session 1989 ..... .... Study/travel programs in 10 countries - Australia. Britain. China. France, Germany. Italy. Papua New Guinea. Spain. Yugoslavia. and the Virgin Islands. .... Variety - over 500 cou rses to choose from. in– cluding a dazzling array of cou rses taught by 1nter– nat1onal visiting professors. .... Language study - 19 foreign languages and a one-week Spanish and French language refresher on Mt. Hood. .... Special programs and events - 1nclud1ng Con– stitution courses. Revolution cou rses. and the award-winning lectures series. Tou r the World at Home this Summer .... Special interest progra.rns off-campus - rang· ing from Volcanic Studies in Hawaii to Alpine Ecology on Mt Hood. .... Designed for you - no admission required, no additional tuition for non-residents. easy phone or mail-in registration, and on-campus classes guaranteed regardless of class size For brochures and a complimentary copy of the 1989 Summer Session catalog, contact: PSU Summer Session PO. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207 (503) 464-4081 toll-free in Oregon: 1-800-452-4909 outside Oregon: 1-800-547-8887 PSU 26 Jean Harrison (BS, '83 MUP) will help represent the City of Beaverton, Ore.. on a new citizens' advisory com– mittee for the proposed light rail and highway design and development in conjunction with Tri- Met's new Westside Corridor Project. She is a community development specialist for Washington County, Ore. Ron Irinaga (BS, "ifl MBA) and Michael E. Osborne ('86 BS) have received certificates from the Oregon State Board of Accountancy to practice as certified public accountants. Elizabeth Stein (BS), an elementary physical education specialist with the Palo Alto, Calif. , Unified School District, expects to receive her master's degree in education this January from San Francisco State University. '81 Diana Burns (BS) has been appointed director of finance for the Association for Portland Progress. She is a co– director in the Portland office of Touche Ross & Co. CPAs. David M . l..omnicki (BS), a senior loan analyst with Standard Insurance Co. in Portland, has been elected presi– dent of River East Progress Inc.. a non- profit organization in Portland which specializes in financing the growth of small business. Mar k Reaksecker, DMD (BS), has begun his dental practice at the 82nd Drive Dental Clinic in Clackamas, Ore. He received his degree in den– tistry at the Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, in 1988. Jo Rymer (BS) has been made a part– ner of Culver- Stowell Inc., and also promoted to general manager of Pro Tern Professional Temporary Services in Portland . '82 Dan Blunk (Ph.D.) repol1S he is now working as environmental manager for Monterey Mushrooms Inc. in Watson– ville, Calif. , where he is responsible for 12 of the firm's facilities located in five states. Kathy K. Chiu (BS) has been pro– moted to assistant vice president of Key Bank of Oregon's corporate accounting department in the firm's Portland head– quarters office. She has been with the bank since 1981. Nancy Fargo (BS) and partners K. Frank Fujitani and David Hilts, Portland geotechnical consultants. have purchased the Portland office of Shan– non & Wilson, Inc. Susan Jowaiszas (BA) has joined Lucy Z. Martin & Associates, Portland, as account executive. She will be respon– sible for communications planning, project supervision and client service. David C. Moss (BS). former science ed itor for the Vanguard student newspaper at PSU, now owns Yapor– Soft Inc., a firm sell ing humorous computer- related products. The latest is '"Nerd Perfect," an imitation com– puter floppy disc that does nothing. and comes complete with a user manual. J. H. " Dutch" Sigmund (BS) is the new director of the civ il engineering division of Land Development Con– sultants Inc., a Hillsboro, Ore.. civ il engineering firm . Paul ~!dram Paul D. Waldram (BS) is a new associate with Preising & Probst CPAs, Portland . '83 Beverly Davis (BS), marketing and ad– ministrative manager of Wilsey & Ham Pacific Inc. , has been promoted to associate in the Portland office of the Northwest planning and engineering firm . Donna Fischnaller (BS) has joined AT&T as an account executive in the firm's General Business Systems Divi– sion , Portland . She is a former area sales manager for Continental/Eastern Ai rlines Sales, Inc. in Portland . Naomi Keck (MPA) has been pro– moted to assistant vice president in the Portland office of Government Finance Associates Inc. She has been with the company for three years and has served in the public finance field since 1984.