PSU Magazine Spring 1990

David T. Keys (BS) reports that he has joined Norris & Stevens Real– tors in Portl and , as vice president of the multi-family division re– sponsib le for over $75 million in assets and over 55 projects. Keys is also currently a candidate for the certified property manager (CPM) designation. Mark Prater (BS) has been named minority council for the United States Senate Committee on Finance . Prater, a graduate of the University Honors Program at PSU, will act as tax counsel to the committee. Prater began his ap– pointment in January 1990. He was previously an associate attor– ney practicing tax law with the Portland firm of Dunn , Carney, Allen , Higgins & Tongue. ' 82 Anne Bender (BA) is the Study Abroad advi ser in the PSU office of International Exchange Pro– grams. Bender who has been with the PSU Summer Session office since 1981 , was previ ously the program coordinator for PSU 's Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik . In her new role , she serves as campus contact for over a dozen study abroad programs ad– mini stered by PSU. Sara Cogan (MPA) is the new executive director of the Alz– heimer's Disease and related Dis– orders Association Inc . Neil Lomax (BS) announced hi s retirement from the National Foot– ball League because of an arthritic left hip that forced him to sit out the 1989 season. Lomax , who spent nearly all of his eight sea– sons with the Phoenix Cardinals as a starter and was twice named to the Pro Bowl, underwent surgery thi s February in New York to re– place his hip . The former quarter– back is unsure of hi s future , but has mentioned coaching and pro golf as possibilities. Diane Luther (MPA) has joined the staff of Multnomah County Commissioner Pauline Anderson. As an aide to the Commissioner, Luther will work on family and children's issues as well as con– cerns of alcoho l and drug treat– ment. Luther previously was executive director of the Mental Health Association of Oregon . Nan cy St. Peter (BS) is complet– ing her junior year at Purdue Uni– versity School of Veterinary Medicine. St. Peter is specializing in equine arthroscopic surgery, and plans to be an intern at an equine practice this summer in Chino, Calif. '84 Tommy Conlon (BS) writes that for the last three years he has been the owner and director of Asbes– tech , an environmental laboratory located in Carmichael , Calif., speci ali zi ng in asbestos identifica– tion . The bu siness serves Califor– nia school districts, universities , government agencies and private industry. Shir ley Dahlsten (BS) recently had a show of her oil paintings at Michael's Gallery in Astoria, Ore . Dahlsten has her paintings on dis– pl ay at galleries in Cannon Beach and Sun River, Ore ., Carmel Calif., and New York, N. Y. Sev– eral of her paintings have been printed on greeting cards and dis– tributed nationally. Dah lsten lives with her hu sband and son in As– toria. Samuel J. Kuntz (MBA) was elected pres ident of the Board of Directors of Northwest Wholesale Stationers, an Oregon cooperative corporation , headquartered in Portland . He was previously chief financi al officer and controller. Terry Lomax (BS) and hi s wife Rebecca, recently attended the 50th anniversary celebration of Young Life in San Diego, Calif. Young Life is a worldwide non-de– nomi nati onal Christian club for teenagers. Lomax is the director of the Greater Clackamas Young Life chapter. Pamela Gesme M iller (BS) has been elected president of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries Inc ., a professional as– sociation of executives working with management , boards of di– rectors and shareholders . Mi ller is an administrator with Portland General Corporate Offices. Laurie Schwartz-Knee (BS) was recently voted vice chair of Gover– nor Goldschmidt 's Developmental Disabilities Planning and Advis– ory Council. Knee, who has cereb– ral Palsy, received notoriety in 198 1when she travelled from Port– land to Washington , D.C., in her wheel chair. She was appointed to the Governor's Council in 1987. Lynn Taggart (BS) has joined the Portl and CPA firm of Nygaard , Mims & Hoffman , P.C., as mar– keting coordinator. In her new pos– ition, Taggart will further practice development and client relations. '85 Marsha K. Enright (BS) has been elected vice president of fi– nance for the Institute For Man– agerial and Professional Women (IMPW) . IMPW, a local organiza– tion formed 11 years ago , recently joined with a number of other or– ganizations to form a non-profit group called The Womens Sum– mit , whose purpose is to encour– age networking among profes– sional womens' groups and to sponsor major events. Enright is employed by the Portland account– ing firm of DeLap White & Raish. Ra ndall A. Jones (BS , '87 MS ) has been promoted to wetlands project manager at Scientific Re– sources Inc ., a Lake Oswego en– vironmental consulting company. Kr isten Lunden-Amb rose (BA) writes that she's currently serving in the U.S. Navy as an electronics technician , repairing and main– taining communications equip– ment. Back in the United States after having been stationed in Scotland, Lunden-Ambrose also makes wearable art and clothing. Her five-year goal is " to return to PSU and become the perpetual stu– dent of language." Patr ick Nofield (BS) has been promoted to general manager of the Best Western Surfsand Resort in Cannon Beach , Ore. Nofield was previously director of sales for the Steve Martin Management Company in Cannon Beach. Gabrielle Simmons (BA) has re– cently enrolled in the Preservation Carpentry program of study at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, Mass. The sc hool, estab– li shed in 1885 , is preserving tradi– tional hand craftsmanship and fo– cuses on the conservation, recon– struction and restoration of pre- 20th century buildings . Gary Walsworth (BS ) has ac– cepted a position as Volunteer Program supervisor with the Ore– gon Department of Human Re– sources. Walsworth , who moved to Bend for hi s new job , will be in charge of programs that provide goods and services to clients of Adult and Family Services, Chil– dren's Services , Senior Services and the Mental Health depart– ment. The program , which serves Deschutes County, also provides information and referral s to those seeking to meet their basic human needs. ' 86 Gary Bart h (BS ) has been ap– pointed assistant vice president in Planning and Forecasting for U.S. Bancorp in Port land . Barth has been with the corporation since March 1989 , when he began as a senior financial analyst. In his new positi on Barth is responsible for admini stering and maintaining the U.S. Bancorp budgeting sys– tem and process, as well as provid– ing bu siness units with fin anci al support and training on budgeting and forecasting. Suzanne Carlson (MT) has joined the faculty of Concordia College in Portland , as a professor of finance in the Busi ness Man– agement department. Bill Cowley (BS) has been prom– oted to marketing manager for Pry Publishing, a printing firm that owns JO local Portl and commun– ity newspapers. Cowley prev i– ously had been advertising man– ager for one of the Pry publica– tions. Ra ndall A. Morter (BS) reports that he entered the U.S. Navy in August 1987 . Morter was prom– oted to lieutenant junior grade in November 1989 and is based in Long Beach, Calif. PSU 27