PSU Magazine Spring 1990

Neil Woller (MS) has joined Rit– tenhouse-Zemen & Associates Inc., a Portland environmental en– gineering firm, as a senior hy– drogeologist. Woller was previ– ously a geologist and geothermal specialist with the Oregon Depart– ment of Geology and Mineral In– dustries. Barbara J . Wood (BS) has joined Riverview Savings Bank in Camas, Wash., as controller. Wood previously worked for Touche Ross & Co. as a senior .au– ditor. '87 Scott D. Beaudry (BS) reports that he is currently attending graduate school at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N. Y. Beaudry is enrolled in the MBA program there and was selected as a Xerox Scholar for the 1989-90 academic year. Christine Volker (BS) reports that she received her Master of Arts in Therapy from Loyola Marymount , Los Angeles , Calif., and in Sep– tember 1989 began Ph .D. studies in clinical psychology at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, Calif. Volker was graduated Suma Cum, Laude from Loyola Marymount , and was a member of the National Honor Society. ' 88 Sarah Anne Brix (BS) was prom– oted to marketing services coor– dinator at Whitman Advertising and Public Relations. Jn her new position , she will coordinate medi a and production activities, as well as assist in the marketing focus of the agency. Brix is also a member of Ad 2, an affi liate of the American Advertising Associa– tion. July 2 -August 10, 1990 One-week and two-week courses and some weekend workshops taught by well -known artists and authorities during the summer at Cannon Beach, Oregon. BASIC CHOIR MUSICIANSHIP TEACHING CREATIVE WRITING WRITING FOR ADULTS DRAWING FROM NATURE ACTING: BUILDING A CHARACTER WRITING FROM YOUR ROQTS NORTHWEST COASTAL INDIAN ART MYSTERY WRITING WATERCOLOR AT THE BEACH ORAL HISTORY POETRY, FICTION, AND NONFICTION CHORAL CONDUCTING LITERARY JOURNALISM FLATPICK GUITAR OLD TIME FIDDLE DOBRO BANJO MASK MAKING SHORE COMMUNITIES FICTION WRITING TECHNIQUES INTRODUCTION TO THEATER EDITING AND REWRITING LEATHER MASK MAKING Call now for a brochure: PSU Summer Session, (503) 725-4081 . PSU 28 Sherie M . Chaney (BS) has begun studies at Southwestern University School of Law. The law school is located in Los Angeles and offers programs of study lead– ing to the Juris doctorate. Emanuel M . Mavricakis (BS ) re– ports that he has been hired as a writer/ producer for KWGN Tele– vision in Denver, Colo. ' 89 Mark Ankeny (MS ) has been ap– pointed presiding clerk of North– west Yearly Meeting of Friends Churches. Ankeny is a facu lty member at George Fox College in Newberg , Oregon , and a member of the advisory board for the col– lege's Center for Peace Learning. He is the youngest lay leader in the Quaker organization's hi story. Richard A. Connor (MBA) and David M . Crawford (MBA) have both joined Rubicon West Inc., Lake Oswego , as management consultants. Crawford was prev– ious ly working as an independent consultant , and owned hi s own de– sign and manufacturing company. Richard Di Falco (BS) is cur– rently enrolled in a graduate de– gree program in composition at the ew England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass. Camilla Morrison Camilla Morrison (BS ) has joined Riley Research & As– sociates, a Portland marketing, public affairs, adverti sing and opinion polling fi rm , as a project manager. Morrison, who was named " 1989 Marketing Student of the Year" by the faculty of the PS U School of Busi ness , was pre– viously with Far West Federal Bank. Rebecca Ann Ryan (BS) reports that she is an editor and technical writer for Iseli Nursery in Boring, Ore. Ryan is also enrolled in a grnduate history program. In Memoriam Lucia n Carson (' 62 BA) died Januray 19, 1990. A resident of Salem, Ore., he was also a graduate of Willamette University Law School and had operated a pri vate law practice in Salem. Andrew Clement ('75 BS) died February 19, 1990 at the age of38. He was a newly appoi nted Lane County District Court judge, and was just about to begin his cam– paign to run for election for this seat on the bench. A quadriplegic, Clement was a strong advocate for the disadvantaged. He had been Eugene, Oregon's human rights speci alist and was the recipient of an award last year fo r hi s volun– teer work for the homeless. While in law school at the Un iversity of Oregon , his fellow students voted him the Michae l A. Johnson Memorial Award, given annually to a disabled student displaying "qualities of perseverance, gentle– ness of spirit and love for all man– ner of people and things." Patricia Solvie Specht ('78 MS), former head of the Home Econo– mics department of Franklin High School died November 1989. Ms. Specht taught at Franklin for the past 14 years. Survivors include her two daughters, two brothers, a sister and a granddaughter. Robert McKenney ('78 BS , '82 MSW) died January 16, 1990, at the age of 34 . A graduate of the PS U School of Social Work , he was a c linical social worker for St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center. Castilla J . Ryan ('83 Ph .D .), a soc ial studies teacher at Franklin Hi gh School and an associate pastor for Atkinson memorial Church, died November 4, 1989. Mr. Ryan taught at Frankl in for the last 10 years, and had been a member of the Atkinson church for 20 years. He is survived by his wife and five children. The fami ly suggests that remembrances be contributions to the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund at Port– land State Uni versi ty.